European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 6, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 6, 1959 the stars and stripes subway cars Barge Inlow York Harbor a shipment of new subway cais i of new York City is ferried across new York Harbor on the last leg of a trip from Berwick a. The 5th arkansans Dies of polio in epidemic Little Rock a a fifth death from polio was reported Ashe disease reached epidemic pro portions in Arkansas. Gov. Orval e. Faubus announce that $50,000 in state funds had been designated for use in the car of some needy victims. The state health department said101 polio cases 88 of them Para Lytic had been reported com pared to Only seven cases at this time last year. Marion sue Clark 5, died of the disease at a Harrison ark., Hospital and three other children mid Ona adult also have died of polio this summer. The . Public health service said Arkansas has the highest incidence of paralytic polio in the nation. Faubus said the state fund would augment Money provided by the National foundation. The foun Dation flew two More Iron lungs to Little Rock from Tulsa okla the governor said state health officer j. T. Herron had called the outbreak an epidemic. Of the 88 paralytic polio cases Only 24 victims had received Sal vaccine shots the health depart ment said. Man who refused shots for children fined $50 Nashville Tenn. Up a labourer was fined $50 for refusing to allow his two children to be vaccinated against polio. An All male jury convicted Ben Gamble  a county Ordi Nance requiring vaccination of All children. Gamble refused to let his son and daughter Arthur and Elizabeth receive the shots. Gamble s wife testified that a thur had received one shot but became deathly ill and that she vowed to god he would not be allowed to receive another. Meanwhile at Knoxville Tenn.,doctors at University Hospital re ported that three children with paralytic polio were admitted. One of the children was 5-year-old Mil dred Flenniken whose four Broth ers and Sisters All had receive polio vaccinations while she had not. Shipment included the first eight. Of 110 cars ordered by the Newyork transit authority in december. Up photo von Broun hopeful it will carry men to Moon los rocket giant rocket engine to be tested of Angeles a . Able he said. The Salem a mifa. On a  Angeleen Hope to captive fire this year a huge rocket Engin Complex capable of one Day exploring the solar system and carry ing men to and from the Moon. Wernher von Braun army rocket expert told the american Astro nautical society the 188-foot Saturn rocket will tie much bigger than the rocket that launched the rus Sian artificial planet Mechta. If unlimited funds were Avail Ablee Saturn could in four years land an unmanned instrument package softly on the Moon. In six years carry two men Ona trip around the Moon and Back to Earth. Within 10 years land two men on the Moon and bring them Back again. The first stage of the Saturn Isth rocket Complex to be tested this year at the army ballistic mis Sile Agency Huntsville Ala. It consists of eight rocket engine similar to the engine that Powers the intermediate Range ballistic missiles but More powerful. Because of the expense of the Saturn it will be tested extensively on the ground before it is flight tested von Braun said. The first launching stand capable of handling the rocket to be built at Cape canaveral fla., May be completed next year he said. Firm bolsters gear on 707s Seattle a the Boeing. Air plane co. Has announced Thane parts to strengthen the land ing gear of its 707 Jet airliners a being distributed. Suice the four engined 707s we recently put into commercial serv ice there have been 14 incident affecting the Landing gear. On one occasion two wheels Belfrom an Airliner which later Landec safely after circling new York s Idlewild Airport for several hour structural changes including new parts have corrected the fault Boeing said. Latest soviet sputnik peels to housewives London up radio mob co v brought news of a new rus Sian Kitchen Gadget that Pool potatoes and mixes cocktails. It peels Roe quiz ters of a Pound of potatoes in three to four minutes or makes con Tainer of cocktails in iv4 minutes. This is the Best possible gift or housewives the broadcast said 7 killed 43 Hurt in african riot Brazzaville Congo Republic up mat Swani fanatics killed seven fellow africans and wounded 43 in a Shantytown suburb of Brazzaville it was announced Here the government of this Semi Auto Monous african Republic re acted swiftly. It imposed a 7 pm curfew banned the gathering of More than five africans in the capital Region and set up Emer gency police patrols. The mat Swanis who refused Topay taxes or have any dealings with the government for religious reasons struck out in revenge against members of the pro government Lari tribe. Aussies told keep out of West irian dispute Jakarta a Indonesia s Foz eign minister sub Andrio has warned Australia to keep out of territorial disputes Over West irian dutch new Guinea. He also warned that overcrowded asian nations might be looking at Australia for Lebensraum in with in the next five or 10 years. Sub Andrio s comments were prompted by a reported statement from pre Mier Robert g. Menzies recently that he hoped West irian would one Day be Seif governed. Stoi away dead., 2d half crazed on Cuba ship in  new York a the freighter Cordoba arrived from Cuba with two stowaways aboard. One a dead the other half crazed b thirst and hunger. Wien the ship docked at Brook Lyn and its hatches were opened for the unloading of raw tobacco cargo longshoremen were amazed to see a Man come crawling out. He looked like a maniac one of the dockers said. The stowaway Clad in Brown dungarees a dirty undershirt and shoes without socks scuttled the length of the pier and into a waterfront bar and Grill. There he gulped Down half a dozen glasses of water and then staggered off toward a Spanish speaking area of Brooklyn 2cl stowaway some hours later working the same hold longshoremen came across the body of a second Stow away the clothes stripped off apparently against the heat of the sealed hold and the fingers clutch ing the Throat As though in thirst or hunger. An autopsy was scheduled to at empt to learn How the Man died. Neither Man was identified. A passport found in the hold Indi ated one was Sergio Manuel Cep Eroy Miro 31. The immigration service said a Man of that name had returned voluntarily to Cuba after his arrest Here in december on an indecency charge. 7 sentenced or strike Call Madrid up a military Urt has sentenced seven univer Ity students to prison terms of up 0 three years for distributing propaganda calling for a nation wide strike against the regime of 3eneralissimo Francisco Franco he strike intended for mid june ailed Church to help others rebuild Berlin a Germany s evangelical lutheran Church has revealed details of a construction program which is to atone for the destruction caused in various coun tries during world War,11 by the invading nazis. A Church spokesman told a new conference a test program has been carried out in Holland during the past nine months and worked Well. Another program is scheduled for Norway later this year. Next year Greece and France Are on the list. A key ingredient of the programs Youthful germans who work As unpaid Volunteer construction workers. Building material used mostly for housing projects is paid for by Church donations. The forthcoming norwegian project is to Cost 15,000 Marks $35,000. It involves construction of a building at an institution for retarded children at Birkenes. Barbara Hutton buys $200,000 dress line Paris up american Heires Barbara Hutton has bought almost he entire collection of the elegant Paris fashion House of Lanvin Cas Illo which dresses movie Star Brigitte bar clot and charges $600and up for its dresses one observer said that she or dered More than 150 of the 171 models shown. The Bill was Esti mated at $200,000. More boosts in taxes seen by governors san Juan puerto Rico a american governors took a hard look at taxes and saw nothing ahead but further boosts. The figured fresh levies will be needed to finance the Home front and defences to meet the soviet nuclear threat. These would be piled up on top of record increases already chalked up at the state level in the Pas year. The chief executives were widely agreed too that a heavy cutback or halt in the National Highway program would harm state economies severely. But Here and there. A governor suggested the programs too big. As a prelude to adopting a report recommending strengthening of Ivil defense the governors Hea Dallen w. Dulles director of the Central intelligence Agency voice this judgment the evidence is overwhelming that the soviets intend to use no Ilear blackmail As a major weapon of promote their objectives name to spread communism through out the world. Open door to blackmail if due to any weakening of our defences and All forms of pro Section against nuclear attack Are important elements of our defense or due to any failure to main Ain our retaliatory striking Power Jve Render ourselves susceptible touch nuclear blackmail the Security this country and of the free world would be gravely compromised. I have no reason to believe that we will fail to meet this Challenge there was the customary Quot of politics around the conference s edges. And an almost unprecedented huddle of the 15 Republican governors presaged a prominent role for them in the 1960 political mane vering and candidate pick ing. Gov. William g. Stratton of Illinois set it up. He has some kind but noncommittal word s forgot. Nelson a. Rockefeller of new York As a fellow progressive. Rockefeller is cautiously Canvas sing the possibility of trying to snatch the Republican presiden tial nomination away from vice president Richard m. Nixon. Nixon has a handful of openly committed rooters among the gop governors and Stratton invited them to the meeting along with Rockefeller. In their formal business sessions the governors got a recommendation from a. Special committee that ingress provide a one year Ceil ing on the required period of residence in a state before a Personis entitled to Public assistance. The period now varies from  state. Secretary of health education and welfare Arthur s. Flamming told the governors however he i convinced residence requirements should be abolished in handing out funds to the needy or handicapped Jakarta train crash kills 6 Jakarta a the Jakarta Bandung express crashed into two Rucks at a Railroad crossing i Jakarta killing six persons and seriously injuring 15, the indonesian news Agency reported. Autumn Boom seen boosting travel to Europe to new High new York up american tourism in Europe this year is expected to Rise above last year s rec 3rd As travel this autumn will be heavier than usual a mid year Ravel Survey by american express showed. Tie Survey covering 34 key american express offices in by Ope stateside foreign hotel repro Anta Tives and major transatlantic carriers concluded that the heavy autumn schedule atop an excellent summer is an Extension of the european season into the autumn months. From 20 of the cities hotels Are reported to be fully booked for August and 13 of them say sep tember october bookings Are Al most As heavy. Another 16 replied that bookings were medium to full for september and october