European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 7, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                An stapes 5 steel strike halts jobs for 100,000 in a tiled industries Pittsburgh a the effects of the 3-week-old steel strike continue to spread claiming thousands More victims in industries Allied to steel. " Tan unofficial tally of layoffs in Indus tries depending on steel indicates that nearly 100,000 workers Are Idle. They Are furloughed men who have no current arguments with their companies and whose companies have no grievances with them1. They became involved in the dispute because their companies depend on steel to operate at full scale. Their prospects for regular work Are Remote until the 500,000-Man nationwide steel walkout is settled. The victims include mostly Coal and Iron miners Railroad workers truckers and other transportation men who handle steel. To lesser extents there have been layoffs among Dock and Lake Boatmen and people employed by the steel plants whore not members of the striking United steelworkers Union.  businesses buried deep in struck areas and with few customers besides the strikers have been seriously affected bythe abrupt drop in income retailers in the Gary ind., steel making heartland say the business slump already is severe. In Pennsylvania one of the states most heavily hit there Are 28,538 Idle workers in Allied industries. They include 9,157 railroaders and showed an increase of 1,000 in less than three Days. Layoffs in other states and areas included 5,000 in Western new York 3,093 in Maryland 4,361 in Alabama 500 in the 3an Francisco Bay area 3,225 in Colorado 2,200 in Wisconsin 2,300 in Indiana 1,500 in Detroit. In Utah the number of unemployment claims have jumped from 3,000to 4,500. A majority of the new claims were from idled Coal miners. The source of Many layoffs have been Eastern railroads. On the Norfolk and Western carloads Are Down 20 per cent steel losses said nearing billion Mark Cleveland a losses in the current steel strike Are approaching the $1 billion Mark according to steel Magazine. The weekly Magazine of Metal working broke Down the estimate losses this Way to. The workers $208 million i wages. To the companies $588 million in sales and 5,662,000 ingot tons of steel production. To the government $45 million week in taxes. If the strike can be settled be fore labor Day steel said the metalworking Industry still could have record profits this year. Observing that Many firms had record High earnings in the first half the Magazine Sard the steel strike is setting the stage for the Best fourth Quarter in the nation s history. The longer the strike goes the quicker the recovery will be once settlement is  bar Dot to be abbreviated new York a american television audiences will not seethe Complete scenes of French film Star Brigitte Bardot doing a strip tease. The National broadcasting co. Said that some of the scenes from the movie please or. Balzac will be deleted. When the film is shown on television. The film deals with a girl who enters a strip tease contest. The company decided that there was too much of miss Bardo showing during some scenes. The station also decided that the film should be run at night to confine it to adult audiences. The cutting of the film was considered reasonable said the com Pany because elimination of the strip tease scenes did not interfere with the Story line. Bad wheat named Washington up the agriculture department has named 37 wheat varieties As undesirable because of inferior milling or Bak ing qualities. They will be Dis counted 20 cents a Bushel in Price support rates on the 1960 crop. Good Little Man beats 619 bad Man san Francisco a the tall thief took Long strides but the Little grocer caught him. Shin Sakamoto who s less than 5 feet Alii said 6-Foet, 6 Inch Willy Butler reached into Sakamoto s Cash Register an grabbed some Bills. Police found $37 hidden in nearby men s room where Saka Moto cornered Butler the speedy Sakamoto is 80 years old. And 850 men Are out of work. The Reading railway has furloughed 1,100 and is How considering additional layoffs. The giant Pennsylvania Railroad has stepped up layoffs from 6,200 to 7,600 and the Nickel plate has about 700 away from their jobs. The Erie Railroad still hauls Ore to the stockpiles but already 250 in in the Youngstown Warren Ohio area Are Laid off. About 350 steel hauling truck Drivers Are off in the Cleveland area and 350 Morein the Youngstown District. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad plans to furlough another 980 workers in the next two weeks and the blame is put squarely on the steel strike. Involved in polio shot Wrangle with a look of Defiance still in his eyes Ben Gamble a Nashville Tenn labourer poses with his two children Elizabeth 9, and Arthur Ray 12, after a Nashville court fined him $50 for refusing to allow the children to receive polio shots. Gamble believed to be the first Man convicted in such a Case said Arthur became ill after the first polio shot. Up photo Road Compromise asked of Ike by governors san Juan puerto Rico a a proposal that president Eisen Hower Compromise with Congress on the financing of the interstate Highway program has won unanimous approval of the nation s governors. The governors acted in the Clos ing business session of their 51st annual conference after hearing predictions that the nation s Economy would be damaged seriously i the Highway program is suspended. Republican gov. Christopher Del Sesto of Rhode Island told his col leagues that the combination of a steel strike and a Highway Stop Page would confront the country with a grave economic problem. In their Resolution the Gover nors urged or. Eisenhower and Congress to come to an agree ment on a program to provide sufficient funds to meet the current Federal Highway fiscal  after some spirited discussion As to whether president Eisenhower should have taken a firmer hand in the steel strike the governors also adopted a Resolution urging the steel Industry and labor to continue negotiations to reach a speedy settlement. The conference adopted a re solution urging that National guard strength be maintained at 400,000 men up reported. The vote followed a charge by Georgia gov. S. Ernest Van diver that fluctuating strength Levels by the defense depart ment have caused utter con fusion and disrupted an other Wise sound program. Gov. A. B. Chandler of Ken Tucky opposed the guard i Solu Tion because he said it contained reckless criticism of defense officials army budget called far Short of needs Washington a the army said military budgets Are falling far Short of providing the Means for keeping the ground Force modern. In a panel discussion at the annual meeting of the Assn. Of the . Army speakers said there is wide discrepancy Between what the army needs and what it gets. By coincidence the scheduled discussion came As Congress finally approved a $39 billion defense budget of which $9,350,000,000 was for the army. Herbert e. Striner of the operations research office run under contract for the army by John Hopkins University put it this Way you cannot say you Are modern izing when you ask for $13 billion and get $9 billion. You Aren t in a race with Russia you have slowed Down to a  $4 billion Short maj Gen David w. Traub director of the army budget said the Ai my now is something Over $4 billion Short of what it  discussed the Money now spent for defense As compare with the Gross National product of the nation saying militia y expenditures in this ratio have been decreasing instead of increasing because of the expanded total of the National product. He said we have the  what is needed Striner said is the National fortitude to face up to the needs for defense. 3 negroes indicted in Georgia attack of 2 White girls la Grange a. A a grand jury indicted three negroes for raping two Young White women and trial of the Case was set for next monday. Two indictments were returned. One charged rape of one of the women against Clifford johnson32 Brannon Epps 24, and George Alford jr., 18. The other indict ment charged Epps and Alfor with raping the other victim. Johnson and Epps Are la Grange labourers. Alford is a former Day ton Ohio Soldier. The Young women were taken from their White escorts As they were returning Home from a dance saturday  witnesses appeared before the grand jury. In addition to the victims they included Robert Hub Bard 18-year-old negro and his Cousin Willie Horace Lawson 19, who had attempted to help the White women As they were chased by their assailants. Mame author in quarantine he likes it new York a Patrick Den Nis author of the Best Selling Book about a fun Loving flighty Worl traveler named auntie mame is in quarantine on Staten Island for two weeks. He forgot to get vaccinated before going abroad. When Dennis returned from a visit to Russia officials at Idle wild Airport noticed that his vaccination certificate was out of Date. The bearded author whose real name is Edward Tanner said he forgot to be inoculated against smallpox before leaving the .in june. The government promptly sent him to the . Public health hos Pital on the Island where hell re main until aug. 16enough time to determine if he has contracted smallpox. Although Dennis is in effect a prisoner he seemed undisturbed. It s very pleasant Here he commented. Private room Fine food Good service restful  pastor shot to death prowler suspected Dayton Ohio a the  h. Riggs pastor of a Large Dayton Church was found shot dead in the Church study his face obliterated by a Shotgun blast. Harry Bloomer Deputy Coroner said there was a possibility that the 49-year-old pastor was shot with his own gun by a prowler. Police said it appeared the minis Ter had interrupted a burglary. . Opens embassy Washington a the . Has opened an embassy at Kat Mandu capital of the kingdom of Nepal the state department announced. Previously the . Ambassador to India handled Diplo Matic relations with Nepal. Accepts ride just 72 Miles Short of goal grandma May give up tithe the Dalles Ore. A the walking grandma from Ohio mrs. Emma Gatewo ocl hints she might give up her 2,000-mile trek Over the old Oregon Trail just 72 Miles Short of her destination. Mrs. Gatewood 71, admitted she accepted a ride 10 Miles East of Here and an invitation to rest at the Home of an unidentified woman from the Dalles after a Brush with a welcoming committee. Gut Wood who declined to have any part in a civic reception planned for her at this Columbia River Community 72 Miles East of Portland Ore said she Felt like a sideshow  Gallipolis Ohio woman was fatigued arid apparently near physical exhaustion. Her plan about continuing were Uncertain. Mrs. Gatewood left Independence mo., in May headed for Portland for a look at the Oregon Centennial exposition. She had been making As much As 30 Miles a Day refusing All rides in route