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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 7, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Feet the stars and stripes Friday August 7, 1959 Congress Talent Trio remembering Nixon to scout gop Timber by North american newspaper Alliance Washington three Republican congressmen Are Starling a nationwide Talent Hunt for 1960 congressional candidates in the Hope of coming up with another Richard m.  a the Way the vice president came to Washington said rep. Thomas b. Curtis a Toa group of californians were looking around for a candidate for the House Back in 1946 and they asked Nixon to  Curtis and reps. Peter freling Huyssen or.  John j. Rhodes a Ariz have volunteered to serve As Talent scouts to help local party leaders entice attract Canyon hero gets Academy Ingmen Tappio was Hington a John Manson Owens 16, who survived a six Day ordeal in the grand Canyon has been offered an appointment to one of the . Serv ice academies. The offer was made in a Telegram to the boy from his con Gressman rep. Prince h. Preston a a. Owens lives in Savannah. Owens two companions on a hike to find a Silver mine were found dead during the first three Days of a search for the three. Owens was spotted along the Colo Rado River deep in the Canyon. Preston telegraphed he had Fol Lowed the amazing Story of your survival after six Days of living under the most trying Circum  you exhibited courage perseverance and talents that i think demonstrate in you qualities that would be an outstanding credit to our military leadership of Tomor Row he continued. Since you have demonstrate interest in military affairs by at tending Benedictine military school and in View of your supreme Effort to survive i hereby tender you an appointment to on of the United states service academies for 1962." court refuses Chessman bid san Francisco up the California supreme court has refused to Grant a rehearing to author convict Caryl Chessman convicted kidnapper and rapist who has avoided the san Quentin death chamber for 11 years. The High court will return the Case on Friday to the trial court in los Angeles county which is expected some time next week to fix a new execution Date. Under Normal procedures chess Man s execution Date would be some time in the Middle of october. Chessman 38, has said that if denied a rehearing he would a peal a decision to the . Supreme court and seek a stay of any new execution Date. It would be the eighth time that he has carried his cause to the highest tribunal. The red Light robber was seek ing a hearing on the California court s decision july 7 that the transcript of Chessman s 1948 trial was adequate for purposes of re View on Appeal. The California High court s decision was a review of special proceedings last year in which a los Angeles court had re considered transcript. The accuracy of the a kentuckian Dies in crash r Salem 111. Up a 44 year Oid Kentucky Man suffered fatal Chest injuries when his car went out of control and struck a Bridge 10 Miles East of Here. The victim a identified As Charles  of Louisville. Live Young faces to run for con Gress next  Trio anticipates a Busy season and is banking on a Trump card in their Talent quest a White House Assurance that president Eisenhower won t mind writing a personal letter of encouragement if a local Prospect needs More convincing. We anticipate serving As trouble shooters for the state and local Republican organizations Curtis explained. We Don t intend to Wade in anyplace without the knowledge of party leaders. But the object is to win a few More seats for our Side of the aisle  and Curtis Are members of the House gop congressional Campaign committee which channels funds and Campaign material to Republican candidates i districts across the country. All three anticipate help from other House republicans endpoint to the Surprise gop show ing in Hawaii s first statehood election As proof that Good Candi dates can win in spite of the Odds. As they see it their Mission will be twofold. Scout Force in areas where Republican organizational strength is weak the Talent scouts will Volunteer to help citizens set up a Campaign committee to Back a candidate. Where the organizations Are adequate but candidates Are scarce the congressmen will offer to help seek out Likely prospects in a Community and persuade them to run. Nixon won his House seat in 1946 after a local group drafted him to run when he left the Navy. Woman 71, Waits five Days for Aid after breaking hip Saginaw Mich. A for five Days 71-year-old mrs. Sadie Rublowski Lay on the floor of her living room shouting for help. See had broken a hip in a fall but Noone heard her cries. Finally a neighbor noticed a accumulation of milk bottles on the front porch and called police to investigate. Mrs. Rublowski a widow who lives alone was Semi conscious when found. A Hospital attendant said considering what she went through she is in a remarkably Good  pets in the Peke of fashion. In in .5 v a Penney the pekingese haughtily Sticks her nose in the air As she shows off her fancy earrings. She has pierced ears so she can look her Best at All times. Penney even sleeps with the earrings on. Sheds the 2 /4-month-old pet of mrs. Concepcion bios of Dallas. Up. And in very Good taste Suzie 5-month-old pet groundhog nibbles on an ice Cream Cone at the Home of or. And mrs. Jackie l. Bledsoe in North Baltimore my. Bledsoe captured Suzie a few Days after she was born. The 10-Pound pet lives in a Hole she dug in the basement. In addition to ice Cream Suzie eats  items As lettuce Bacon and sausage. A photo pm May Back study of exhaust cancer tie Detroit up general motors confirmed it is looking into the idea of financing a study of a possible link Between automobile exhaust fumes and cancer. If undertaken the study would be made by the Sloan Kettering Institute for cancer research and would be the first  project Ever undertaken by a single Auto Mobile company. A spokesman emphasized How Ever that the project has not pro Gressed beyond the conversational stage the matter is under study but no commitments have been made said the pm spokesman in new York. Another pm spokesman explained that the idea was proposed some time ago and that officials of the Sloan Kettering Institute proposed drawing up a  said there were still Many discussions to be held concerning just what form the investigation would take and How much it would Cost As Welt As How big an area would be involved in the study if the study were undertaken it would include chemical analysis of exhaust fumes to isolate any materials that might be suspected of causing cancer. It would also involve trapping air in congested areas with heavy concentrations of Auto traffic  As times Square new York. Auto exhaust fumes including hydrocarbons and oxides of Nitro Gen have been criticized by medical scientists As possible causes of lung and skin cancers As Well As other diseases but no positive link has Ever been proven. Jury indicts sex lawmaker in bus hassle Rio Grande City Tex. Up a grand jury has indicted a for Mer North Carolina legislator on grand larceny charges in connection with the Sale of three buses to two Mexico City millionaires for $24,000.the Man indicted is Jack d. Love former legislator and vice president of a bus company in North Carolina. District attorney Randall Nye said love is in North Carolina. Authorities prepared extradition papers to try to return him to  grand jury also indicted on the same charges the two Mexico City millionaires Jose Castro and Jose a. Fuentecilla. Both mexicans Are free on $5,000 Bond each. Their attorney has filed a $7,500 damage suit for each Man against Hamish Turner of Spartanburg s.c., alleging false arrest and malicious prosecution. Presses Case Turner who owns the Carolina Scenic stages of Spartanburg is the Man pressing the Case against  May the two mexicans bought three buses from love for $24,000. They were delivered to Laredo Tex., where the two mexi cans received them and took them into Mexico where the mexicans said they sold the buses. Love said he bought the buses from Turner but Turner charged that love never paid for them and he brought charges against love and the two mexicans. Charges were filed in Rio Grande City last May 24 and Cas Tro and Fuentecilla were arrested within three Days at Roma Tex. They posted Bond at that time and were  were also filed in Laredo Tex., but a grand jury there refused to indict them. 2-car crash kills 1, hurts 8 Monroe Mich. Up one Man was killed and eight other persons including three children were injured in a two car crash on the Detroit Toledo expressway. The dead Man was Kermit , 27, of Trenton Mich., father of three children. His wife and the three children were in  injured were relatives in the other car William e. Gear Hart 28 Earl Gearhart 48, and his wife Ethel 48, and Ronald Shaffer 18, All of Johnstown  to investigators Ker Mit Gearhart and his family were returning to Trenton followed by the relatives from Johnstown. Kermit Gearhart apparently fell asleep at the wheel. His car swerved into the path of the following car driven by William Gearhart. None of the injured was critically Hurt. First Rule of Retreat guard your rear Savannah a. Up mrs. Lil Schwelb a City clerk sat on a soft Pillow at her desk a victim of another Hazard of Lawn mow ing. Mrs. Schwelb Clad in Short shorts ran her Power Mower Over a swarm of hornets in her Yard and was stung 10 times while re treating. Ugh voltage kills boy to. Paul Minn up Vernon Neameyer 17, climbed a steel Utill by Tower against the advice of teen aged companions he touched a High voltage Cable and was electrocuted As he playfully waved to the other youths  
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