European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                \ Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday August 5, 1959 i m 1" $1 million in stockpile diamonds to be sold at Federal auction Washington Dpi the House has authorized the disposal by Public auction of More than $1 million Worth of surplus Dia monds from the . Strategic de sense stockpile. The diamonds were stockpile for Industrial use mainly As precision cutting instruments. The legislation permits the director of the office of civil and defense mobilization to put on the auction Block 47,019 carats of rough mutable diamonds and 8,142 carats of Cut and polished Gem Quality  the Cut and polished diamonds alone Are valued at More than $1million. They will be auctioned by the Bureau of customs. The diamonds were acquired under the program of putting aside strategic metals and minerals to meet wartime demands. Under the stockpiling act con Gress must authorize the disposal of materials in the National Stock pile which do not deteriorate or become obsolescent. The diamonds were deemed sur plus because of improved Market available for acquiring Industrial gems. Pentagon fire said started by Light bulb world s largest Crucifix Washington Tupi the Gen eral services administration Gas blamed a Light bulb for the five alarm fire that swept through a secret air Force storage room at the defense department july 2.the government housekeeping Agency also said after an investigation that total damage to government owned property was $690,000. It noted however that the greatest damage was to computing equipment leased by the government from International Busi Ness machines. These losses have been estimated at $5 million. Below estimate the damage figures Are consider ably below one Early estimate of530. Million Given by some spokes men on the  Gas said that just before j the fire workmen had been moving storage Racks in a storeroom which housed highly inflammable plastic tapes bearing statistical information the Gas noted that temporary lighting had been installed until the moving Job was finished. It is believed the report said that the fire started As a result of one of the Light bulbs becoming lodged Between a Metal shelf top and the fiber Board acoustical Ceil ing material in the course of mov ing the  dense smoke the report said the workmen left and the storage room was locked at about 10 am. The first odor of smoke was noticed about10 30. The report said that the difficulty in fighting the fire and get Ting it under control was due to Denge smoke and fumes resulting from the burning of the plastic tape reels and containers and the inaccessibility of the basement storage  damage to the Penta gon was put at $20,000 damage to floors Walls ceilings and utilities at $170,000, and to air Force equip ment mostly tapes at $500,000. New anti smut Law offered Washington up rep. Kathryn s. Granahan a a has introduced legislation that would make jail sentences mandatory for persons convicted of sending smutty i films and pictures through the mails. Mrs. Granahan Heads a House Post office subcommittee which has been holding hearings on the alleged multimillion Dollar pornography mail order business. She Al ready has introduced a Bill that would strengthen the Powers of the Post office in impounding obscene mail. " penalties under the legislation would Range from one year in jail and $1,000 Fine for first offenders convicted of transmitting pornography. It or subsequent offences it would require fines from $3,000 to$20,000 and from three to 10 years jail victims of air mishaps Flat Odds will to survive pulls pair through ordeals workers at a Hill location near Indian River mich., move a huge Bronze figure of Chirst into position to be bolted onto ii 55-ton Cross made of California Redwood. The three ton figure of Christ is 31 feet High and the world s largest. United Tress International photo Doorbell ignites blast kills woman Linz Austria a a neighbor went visiting. He rang the front Doorbell and blew up a two Story House killing one person and in Juring several others police said. The explosion was caused by Doorbell spark which ignited a room filled with cooking Gas on the first floor. Inside a 52-year-old widow had turned on the Gas taps to commit suicide. The widow was killed by the blast her would be visitor washout seriously injured. Page Ariz. A All the time i kept thinking of All my per Sonal obligations and my Man friends and i just could t give  Daniel Reisman 44, a Salt Lake City Pilot was telling of a four Day fight foil survival that began when his Light single engine plane was forced Down on an abandoned Airstrip in Southeastern Utah. Speaking from a Hospital bed at Page Reisman told an amazing Story of a two Day trek with no food and Little water across a blistering desert and a dangerous ride Down the turbulent Colorado River. I was forced off course by a storm and landed on  at an old uranium mine after nearly running out of fuel he said. I knew i needed water and food so i walked about five Miles West hat night. Put i could t find any so i came Back to the plane. It started to drizzle thursday. I wiped the wings of the plane with my handkerchief and then squeezed it into a cup. I managed to get about a cupful then went to sleep under the Wing. I later decided to walk East. I saw the Colorado River but could t get Down the sheer Cliffs. I knew the Colorado just had Togo to Glen Canyon dam. Water found i figured to walk Back along the River and find a Wash and letdown by that. I found a Little indentation in the Rock that  in it and drank All i   i saw a Wash. When i got to the River i made a raft  logs and started floating. The raft turned Over in rapids couple of times but it held to Gether. I saw some planes saturday but they did to see me. I though they d Given up the search. Then i saw the  Reisman was found by Earl John son a River guide who was taking a group on a chartered boat trip up the  helicopter later took the Pilot off the boat and flew him to Page. Doctors said he was suffering from exhaustion and malnutrition but otherwise was in Good condition. Okmulgee okla. A i found that water Pond and i just drank and drank that water tasted so Good said the Lone survivor of a plane crash which killed three other persons. Mrs. Jewel Lois Hamby 43, of Kennett. Mo., told How she spent the night near the wreckage the crawled and staggered to a House she found out to be the Home of the dead Pilot s parents. Killed were Pilot John l. Lane 35, la Habra. Calif., son of or. And mrs. F. F. Lane of Okmulgee mrs. Emma Shanks 73, and her sister mrs. Agnes Tidwell 63, both of Kennett. Mrs. Ham by in the Hospital in serious condition said she her Mother and her aunt were returning from a California visit. Taken o Hospital mrs. Lane said mrs. Humby appeared it their Home about 8 am. The Lane s took her to the hos Pital. At  the injured woman mumbled he Pilot was Lior brother. Then at the Hospital Sho mentioned the name Lane. That must to my son cried mrs. Lane. The couple rushed bark and found the wreckage obscured by High weeds about 300 Yard from their Homo four Miles North East of Here. Officer searching the area later found a weighted note saying see you sunday  Tho lanes said their son often flew Over their Home and dropped similar  lie  Stop. Flight Han altered Federal aviation authority officials seeking cause of. The crash said Lane filed a flight plan for Missouri. At 3 22 pm he alter etl it to include a Stop in on Wilgee. Mrs. Hamby said she remembered Little about he crash other than that it occurred about dark. There was no explosion or fire. Slio said she was in a stale of Semi consciousness during the warm muggy night. When Dawn came she started in search of help despite internal injuries and severe Scalp lacerations. Between the Lane House and the wreckage she found the Pond and her first drink in several hours. Decision delayed on bid to release to probe record new York up general ses Sions judge Mitchell d. Schweitzer has delayed a request by a con Gressional subcommittee to look a grand jury records of an investigation of television quiz shows. Schweitzer said it May be sep tember before he would Rule on whether the House subcommittee on legislative oversight could see the grand jury record. The subcommittee filed a motion asking permission for staff invest gators to View the record. The minutes of the grand jury were sealed june 10. Germany or Japan May build . Company s electric Auto san Diego Calif. Cap Sllyn son aircraft tool and engineering corp. Plans to produce an electric automobile in Germany or Japan Charles Graves executive vice president said. Pie said costs of manufacturing in san Diego or elsewhere in the . Appeared too High. Production has been put off for 12 months he added and bids for manufacture of the car Are being sought in the two countries. Graves said that both Stinson and the Charles motor corp., the sales company of which he is president were studying foreign production of the car. Several of the cars which Fea Ture a Home charging Battery that would run 77 Miles Between charges were test produced Here. The companies expected an initial re Tail Price of $2,800 to drop to $2,000 As output increased. Embezzler gets 9 years Marion ind. A Gray haired Julian Lett 63, who admit Ted embezzling $357,000 from the Indiana masonic Home foundation in an unsuccessful attempt to save his appliance business has been sentenced to nine years in the Indiana state prison. The former Marion City attorney stood Frozen As special judge Oli ver l. Wheatley announced the relatively Light sentence. Lett could have been sentence to 20 years in prison. Judge Wheatley fined Lett. $900 and disenfranchised him for 10years. Friends business associates an former employees half pleaded for a Light sentence after Lett abruptly changed his plea july g from inno cent to guilty As questioning of prospective jurors was about to begin in his Trmal. Another group of Marion townsfolk signed a Peti Tion urging leniency. Lett had made restitution of$275,000 and said he would repay the remainder of the Money some How. He had intercepted bequests to the foundation from the estates of masons. V v easy to remember Southbury Conn. Up All four of mrs. Fred finn s Chil Dren were born on oct. 23 between1952 and 1958. I