European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes wine Day August 12, 1959 Castro s crackdown / sweeps into country Havana a Fidel Castro s Battle against the first major conspiracy threatening his revolutionary regime swept into the cuban Countryside tuesday. New arrests and armed clashes were reported in several places. Officials claimed the plot was crushed. Unofficial reports said 1,500 persons had been arrested by tuesday night. A military communications blackout in Las Villas prov Ince hid developments there. But it was understood Castro forces fought skirmishes with groups opposing him. Havana quiet Havana was quiet after a night of disturbances. About a dozen cases of Street shooting were re ported but no casualties. A police spokesman said conspirators fired on official automobiles and Public buildings in an unsuccessful at tempt to create panic. Reports also filtered through the military screen from Santa Clara and Cienfuegos. Numerous arrests were reported in both of those Cen trial cities. The . Embassy said it had no word of any american being detained in the Roundup. Talks spurned by Mcdonald new York a president David j. Mcdonald of the United steelworkers turned his Back on peace talks in the 27-Day, 500,000 Man steel strike. He put in a Sec Ond string team of  got sick of that show in new York Mcdonald told a group of strikers in Pittsburgh. I will talk to people in authority. I refuse total with  r. Conrad Cooper chief Industry negotiator replied that Mcdonald s efforts to downgrade company negotiators to messenger status was unfortunate. Meanwhile Federal mediators were attempting to bring Kenne Cott Copper co. Negotiators to Gether with representatives of 8,000 Idle strikers who walked out Mon Day. . Tanker runs aground Bombay up the 10,645 ton . Tanker National peace ran aground off Choulet 250 Miles from Cochin Harbor but a message reaching Here said there were no casualties. Mixed schools open today in Little Rock Little Rock Ark. A Little Rock s four Public High schools Are scheduled to open wednesday with Token integration at Central and Hall High schools. The school Board has warned that any student disorders will be dealt with fairly firmly and  police have been instructed bythe City Board of directors to Safe guard life and property in the High school  buyers strike instigated by segregationists against stores Hir ing negroes has  take hold. The Boycott was called in an at tempt to Force negroes to Call off court enforced integration. Meanwhile s  relation its planned a rally wednesday morn ing to ask gov. Orval e. Faubus to do something about integration. Mothers league the Little Rock school Board said it expected peaceful opera Tion of the schools when the open. Mrs. Margaret Jackson presi Dent of the league of Central High school mothers said we Are inviting every patriotic citizen to meet us on the state Capitol grounds. To pay tribute to our great governor and Tell him that we need and want his continue leadership in our fight against Federal  police chief Gene Smith advised newsmen they were not to go on school property to cover the open ing of the High schools. He also pledged them to interview no Stu dents within two blocks of the Campus. Press identification cards were issued with the understand ing Smith s rules would be observed. Everett Tucker jr., president of the school Board said he believed there would be no trouble. Smith declined to say what he thought. House passes Money Bill for military construction continued from Page 1 rest of the Law covers construction of Reserve forces facilities and in creases in authorizations voted by previous congresses. It also approves the defense department s master plan for the use of both air Force to Marc and army Nike Hercules ground to air missiles which will provide the nation s air defense defense Secretary  h. My Elroy is directed in the Law to give Congress a report by sept. 15 on a Complete review of the ground to air missile site situation. The authorization measure give Congress a new double Check on purchases of planes missiles an ships. The authorization and the appropriation which followed it carry differing amounts of Money be cause the Money Bill provides funds for some projects which had been previously approved by con Gress. The new authorization Law re quires the military services to seek separate authorizations Start log n 1961 for procurement or air Craft rockets and naval vessels. In the past Congress s Only Check on this buying was in justifications submitted with single appropriations Bill. The change Means the armed services committees of the Senate and House As Well As their appropriations committees will re View such spending which amounts to about $10 billion a year. The authorization total is almost10 per cent less than $1,356,290, 000 which or Eisenhower asked. Latest in show Biz new Eliza wedding Bells Knees Anne Rogers looks Over congratulatory Tele Grams in London after she wowed audience and critics As the new Eliza Doolittle of my fair  some say she. Is better than the original Julie Andrews. Miss Rogers played Eliza 700 times in Chicago and los Angeles. A wire photo red bloc stirring Southeast Asia crisis . Says continued from Page 1 North Vietnam president to Chi Minh to Moscow at the height of the communist insurgent attacks. It said communist forces attack ing laotian government positions near the North Vietnam Border Are obviously under North Vietnam direction and receiving their sup plies from that communist nation. And nothing else the american statement said the threat to Laos is a communist threat and nothing else. Laos is engaged in a Long Range plan to develop its country and it needs above All peace and Security to carry it out. We thoroughly agree with that objective. Nevertheless the communists seem determined to keep tensions alive in Southeast Asia. It is still not Clear if this is their Only motive or whether it is part of a broader communist  jobs. Continued from. Page t they Are actively seeking new jobs. At the beginning of August about 50,000 workers Laid off in Allied industries because of the steel strike had filed initial claims for unemployment insurance  number of workers in non farm industries reached a record of 60,769,000 in july an increase of658,000 from june. Marpessa Dawn  Star of the Cannes prize winning movie or Feu negro exchanges a Confidence with belgian actor Georges Eric Vander Elst after their secret marriage in Paris. They met six months ago when they appeared together in � play at the american Center in Paris. A wire photo Liz buys four of dior s knee showing shockers Paris a Elizabeth Taylor goes for the knee showing new woman of 1960 look at dior. She has just bought 10 models from the collection designed by Yves Saint Laurent at least four of them Are the Short. Hobble hemmed styles which were the Shock numbers of the show. Will she actually show her knee Caps Jike the dior mannequins do a spokesman for the fashion House said the customer always decides the length she likes at fittings so we Don t know yet. But we have the impression she likes  the film Star has bought three two piece dresses All with the knee band or hobble hem three cocktail dresses three Short evening dresses one hobble style and a fur lined gabardine Raincoat. Eddie Fisher miss Taylor s Hus band visited the dior fashion House looked at some of the models and came Back a few hours later with his wife. She did not see the collection which is being shown every afternoon. But two mannequins put on a private show for her after she had indicated the Type of clothes she wanted to buy. Fittings will begin very soon said a spokesman but miss Taylor can t have any of her new dior clothes before aug. 26, even if they Are ready sooner. That is the Date set for delivery to Trade buyers and the houses Are forbidden to let private clients take new models away sooner. Miss Taylor asked dior s press representatives not to describe Herne clothes too closely to news papers before she gets them. While his wife was getting out fitted in the shortest hems in town Eddie Fisher did some shopping for himself i the men s depart ment of ?8 boutique