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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, August 11, 1959

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Adfle 6 the stars and stripes tue Titan August 11, 1959 none of the . Gadgetry he saw in Moscow Khrushchev to sleep in  of firm House Washington up soviet Premier Nikita a Khrushchev s image of modern America is cer Tain to go to pieces the first nighttime spends in washingt6"h. " the shattering blow will be dealt by president Eisenhower guest House where Khrushchev is expected to stay during his visit Here next  Only american House Khrushchev has seen so far is the modest $14,000 Home at the Amer ican National exhibition in mos  from this and the Pic Ture of America contained in magazines and movies Khrushchev probably expects the president s guest House to look somewhat like a modernistic children s Hospital built of Glass stainless steel an chromium with electronic gadgets and a slight smell of disinfectants. Khrushchev is in for a Shock. The president s guest House located across the Street from the White House is As gracefully old fashioned As any patrician s Home in Europe. Built in the 1820s, Blair House As it is known retains All the ele Gance of a bygone  is six windows wide and four stories High. Its style and Decora Lions Are English Regency but less severe and mellowed by the air touch often found in old buildings of the american  rooms Are Small and High Cellin ged and full of antique Furni Ture and assorted Bric a Brac if Khrushchev occupies the Mas Ter bedroom he will sleep in an old Faur posted bed. Opposite themed is a Small Marble fireplace with a French Empire Mirror on top. The Only lamps in the House Are Crystal chandeliers and brass and Bronze Oil lamps and candlesticks which have been converted to  the House is a tiny Gar Den with a Lawn and a few As sorted shrubberies and Flower Beds Blair House was a private Man Sion until 1941 when it was Bough by the Federal government. It was built by or. Joseph Levell first surgeon general of the .army. In 1836 he sold it for $6,500 to the Blair family which gave it its name and retained it for More than 100 years. Every generation of Blairs provided the . With a prominent Public figure and for More than a Century Blair House was a Cen Ter of Washington society. Many presidents came to Blair House parties As guests of the Blair family. President Truman and his family lived there when the White House was rebuilt in1949. The Only other russian to Call it a temporary Home was v. , during world War ii. Travelling As or. Brown the then soviet foreign minister stayed Here for two weeks in 1942 on a secret wartime Mission. Student sought in Europe for . Larceny Concord . A new Hampshire will seek extradition of a Young student who flew to the Netherlands allegedly with $19,000 in new Hampshire state liquor store funds Deputy attorney Gen eral Warren Waters said. Waters said Paris police had inquired by radio if new Hampshire wished to extradite Emory -n.Eaton, jr.-, 26, and that he replied thatt did. Waters said he was told by Paris authorities Eaton had been questioned by Amsterdam officials and released in the absence of any charge against him there. Water said the French police told him they did not know where Eaton is. J Eaton allegedly took the $19,000 j from a state store managed by his father in Seabrook . Norway comes of Central Park ii dogs kitted at Gator Hole Tampa Fla. A eleven dogs have been killed by alligators that have preyed on neighbourhood pets Here during recent weeks. Parents in the area Are out raged. They fear the gators one reported at least 10 feet Long May lure a curious child to the Pond in North Tampa where the alligators live. John Fields who lives near the Pond said his children s pet a Large dog was found dead an mangled at the Edge of the Pond. Police said the alligators Mustbe captured alive because fire arms cannot be discharged in the City. Attempts to catch the Allie gators have been unsuccessful. Woman s husband dad drown in Pool Cheyenne Wyo. A a vacationing Illinois woman Dis covered the bodies of her husband and father floating in a Motel swimming Pool Here. The men were victims of accidental drowning Coroner Marvin Schrader said. No inquest is sched pred. They were Robert j. Barker 48, of Chicago and his son in Law Melvin l. Germanos 28, of Blue Island. 111. Bound theft victim dials cops with Teeth Dallas a Ever try to dial a Telephone with a screwdriver held by your Teeth Raymomt-4 Al Lant did it. Valiant said that two armed men held him up and took $400 from the  
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