European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                " the stars and stripesn0ft or d the Star gasoline tax hike for roads rejected wednesday August 12, 1959 " Washington a the House ways and Means commit t6e rejected for the second time Art increase in the Federal Gaso line tax to keep the interstate Highway program trim coming to a halt for Lack of funds 1 with the financing deadlock still unbroken the committee planned another Effort to solve the High problem by a reported 15-8 vote the com Mittee turned Down a proposal by rep. John w. Byrnes a wis to boost the fuel tax from 3 to 4 cents a gallon for the remaining 21 months of the next two fiscal years which end june 30, 1961. On this vote it was reported that 12 of 15 committee democrats and three of the 10 republicans voted against the tax increase. Two members were not at the meeting the eight votes for the tax in crease represented a gain of two votes Over the support Given pre Vious tax proposals. The proposed one cent tax boost it was estimated would permit allocations to the states of $1.1 Bil lion in the fiscal year ending june 30, 1961 and $1.3 billion in fiscal year ending june 30, 1962.this would be roughly half the rate of spending called for by the House Public works committee which voted to schedule construction at a rate of $2.2 billion a year1 for the next 13 years. The ways and Means committee which is charged with raising the funds to satisfy authorizations set by the Public works committee was Back where it started july 28. Hour s session ends Long s Assembly Call Baton Rouge la. A the Louisiana legislature summoned Toa 12-Day special session by gov. Earl k. Long ended the meet Reg less than one hour after it started. Long who conceived the idea of the session after he was taken to Texas mental Hospital last May took the legislature s rebuke calmly maybe it s a Good thing the 63-year-old chief executive said. I might be the difference in life or death to me. It la give me a Chance to get a Little  s followers viewed the Sud Den end of the session As a boost to his Campaign for re election in the december democratic primary./. This will mean another 100,000 votes for the governor said . Lether e. Frazar. After both houses quickly met and voted to adjourn Long his face White went stalking to the Senate where Frazar asked the members to stay and hear the governor. If that s the Way you look Atit i Don t know much i can do l Ong told the senators. I m going to carry my fight to the people. If i was Ever crazy then i m  Long was Calm As he began speaking but was shouting denunciations of his opponents whence finished five minutes later. He went to a nearby office where ,herelaxed., in a few minutes he was laughing and telling  no had prepared 21 Bills one of. Them to make it More difficult to commit a person to a mental institution. Of identifies o victims Darmstadt Germany is Safe officials identified the air sri and German woman killed in s car train crash near he re As a/2cdonald g. Lehman 21, of home111., and Hildrud Maurer 20,. Injured in the collision werea/2c George t. Dill 20, of san i Goy Califi and Brigette Reinhardt of Darmstadt. Safe said the four were Ridingin a car which crashed through a Railroad crossing Barrier at wolfs Kuehlen then bounced off the Sec Ond Barrier on the other Side of the track and into the path of a freight train southbound from Frankfurt. The train carried the car about75 feet before stopping. Dill was in satisfactory condition at the 97th e r a 1 Hospital in Frankf Urt while miss Reinhardt was under treatment for bruises and Contu Sions at the Darmstadt Eberstadt German Hospital. Both airmen were assigned to the 6911th radio up at Darmstadt. Usa eur he bans Monte Carlo night is Heidelberg Germany is Usa eur he has outlawed Monte Carlo gambling nights in officer no and pm clubs under its jurisdiction in Germany France and Italy a Usa eur spokesman said Here. The Usa eur ban follows one by Northern area come earlier this month and outlaws Monte Carlo nights even when held to raise funds for approved charities the spokesman explained adding that now Only Bingo Raffles and lotteries May be used to raise funds for command approved Chari to projects. Slot machines the new regulation does not affect the use of Slot machines previously sanctioned within Lim its by Usa eur. Only military personnel civilian employees of the army and their dependents May participate i Bingo Raffles and lotteries for the approved charities the spokesman explained pointing out that the Monte Carlo ban does not preclude holding carnivals for special fund raising projects. West Berlin raises $380,000 to Honor 71 Airlift dead Berlin a the West Ber Lin City government announced its citizens have donated 1,626,000marks $380,000 to express their gratitude for the 1948/49 Allied Airlift. The Money will be used for scholarships for children and rela Tives of the 71 British and Amer ican fliers killed in the Airlift. The fund raising drive has been under Way since the 10th anniversary last Spring of the ending of the soviet blockade of West Ber Lin. The blockade lasted 11 month Sand the Airlift supplied the City with food and fuel. All set to ind de us. Bases american jazz Singer Billy Eckstine left and accompanist com Poser Bobby Tucker arrive at Frankfurt Airport for five engagements at . Installations in West Germany. Eckstine will appear at the Rhine main rocket club and the Nimbus club at Wiesbaden wednes Day Baum older pm club thursday Sembach airmen s and officers clubs Friday and at Halm officers and pm clubs saturday. Paddle wheel s secret could foil saboteurs Washington up explorer i the paddle wheel satellite Cir cling the Earth carries a secret designed to save its life from kibitzer or possible saboteurs. The secret is the frequency of .9 receiver to which scientists on Earth from time to time Send radio commands governing 30 different functions built into the satellite. One of these functions which May or May not Ever be exercised another Story Page 5 is the firing of a five Pound 14 Inch rocket in the explorer s spine. The rocket was put there to prolong the satellite s life in the event something went wrong at it birth. Nothing went wrong How Ever and the rocket was not fired. But the rocket is still in  it were fired accidentally or on purpose at the wrong moment., it three companions drown 2 youths clutch upset boat 5 hours Cannelton ind. Cap two Kentucky youths dragged them actives up the Indiana Bank of the River shortly after Daybreak told of clinging to an Over met Orbat live hours after companions disappeared in water Gene Meadow and Carl Jaboe both 20 and both of near hardens Burg ky., said the boat capsize Between Cloverport ky., and Tobinsport ind., about 15 mile upstream from Cannelton. Missing and presumed drowned Are Mary Jarboe 17 Billie Wilson m and j. Trobinson 21, All of Hardinsburg Jar Poe said the motor ran out of fuel in Ltd Streim. While u was being refuelled the passenger overloaded one Side and it Over turned when the motor was re started firemen from Cannelton an Tell City began a search for  night was Chilly a the nowbut the survivors appeared tube in Good condition could Dom explorer i to a fiery and Early  Long As the vital frequency is kept secret however there is Little Chance that the firing signal will be dispatched before explore i has lived out. Its useful Span. Cuba releases Marine grabbed during Roundup Havana a a i Marine from the american embassy guard Force has been released by cuban authorities after being held since saturday in the Roundup of suspected plotters against the Castro government. Acting sgt Stanley f. Wesson was held Over the weekend at Camp Libertad. His release came after prolonged insistence by the embassy. Embassy officials said  his girl Friend Elena can eras a cuban Secretary employed in the embassy s visa Section went to visit one of the girl s relatives who is a member of the cuban army. They arrived just As Cuba Mili tary police were raiding the rela Tive s House embassy officials  the girl identified herself As a relative she and Wesson were seized and taken to Camp Libertad where several Hundred suspects Mcelroy sees liberalization of a policies Ottawa up defense Secrce tary Neil h. Mcelroy has indicated that american policy on the control of atom i c weapons in the hands of its allies May be in proc Ess of  Delroy questioned at a new conference about . Insistence of detaining full control overs n Clear weapons stored in Allied countries said that such an attitude was a matter of Domestic political dec-,sion.". But it is Clear he said that the recent events throughout the world have Ted United states Opin Ion toward a liberalization of the handling of atomic weapons i connection with our Friendly Al  discounts reports Mcelroy discounted recent re ports that the . Would want to establish missile bases in Canada. That is a matter for decision bythe Canadian government he said. But my own belief is that the existing defense system a Combina Tioff of warning fighter bases and planned missile bases is an effective defense against manned bomb  Mcelroy hailed the coming meet ing of president Eisenhower wit soviet Premier Nikita a Khrushchev As the most Favora Lechance for a relaxation of tensions that the world has had in  but he said the .-en pertains no sanguine Hopes that there will be an immediate let Down of tensions. New Date set for Chessman los Angeles up Cary Chessman 38-year-old red Light Bandit is Back where he was 11years ago facing a Date of execution. The convict author who has lived 11 years in san Quentin s death Row was told he is to die in the prison s Gas chamber oct. 23. Superior judge Herbert v. Walker set the latest Date of execution after the California supreme court again reviewed his Case and re affirmed the death penalty. A. L. Wirin Southern Californi attorney for the american civil liberties Union unsuccessfully pleaded that Chessman be brought Here to hear personally the setting of the execution Date. Walker turned Down the request pointing but that , duty in the Case was merely to set the