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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, August 13, 1959

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                4f, / a. T. T Way stretch democracy urged for mrs. Khrushchev to girdles Koy to closer ties with r. 9f. Wet a thu Stan Boris actress who gave thfej6 command performances at the Kremlin Hopes Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev will bring his wife to America for a lesson in two Way stretch  Kyra Petrovskaya once a. Close Friend of Josef staling son it Gen Vassily Stalin says she know Egv about if Tih both sides of the Iron curtain to advise mrs. Khrushchev what she should see i America. One of the most important things to see miss Petrovskaya said is the two Way stretch Girdle. She. Should be american corsets and bras she said. I d never seen or worn a Girdle until i came to the United  they would be a very important thing for russian women. A few russian women make corsets almost like on he Black Market but the russian Corset is.  construction Job with lots of Bones. It has buttons not r. Zippers. When a corseted woman wears a i tight dress you can count the buttons. When i lived in Russia there was one Model Bra with buttons in the Back. It did t do anything for you. If you had a problem the Bra intensified it. If you had no problem it created  miss Petrovskaya a slim attractive Blond recently turned author with her memoirs titled Kyra which detail her life in. Russia As a theatrical Darling of the top communists. She came to the . 12 years ago As the wife of a state depart ment official her fourth husband whom she has since divorced. Her present Homes in Santa Monica Calif. In miss Petrovskaya s opinion the stat department makes a mistake in casting top russian reds among millionaires Dur ing american visits. Keep them away from people with Money she said. They should go into Ordinary Homes for dinner. They should not see How millionaires and beatniks  miss Petrovskaya wants mrs. Khrushchev to. See the wonders of an american drug store Heije one can buy anything from concedes influence bids admits pressure by Congress Washington up a former assistant air Force Secretary has admitted to Jouse investigators that retired military officers did try to influence decisions at the Pentagon at least while hews there several years ago. Edwin v. Huggins now executive vice president of Westinghouse electric corp., conceded this was True in testimony before a House record breaking Mermaid armed services  Huggins said Pentagon officials were subjected to a variety of pressures Norf Lily from re tired military men hut also from Congress itself. In fact he. Said with a wide Grin it is More congressional than anything else.". The subcommittee headed by rep. F. Edward Heberta Lais investigating to determine if retired officers now employed by Industry influence the awarding of defense contracts. Hebert said Huggins was the first witness in the Many weeks of hearings to admit that retired military officers have tried to in fluence Pentagon decisions. I congratulate you for your frankness Hebert told him. We know this situation exists but everyone else has thrown up their hands and said it does  Huggins testified that while he was a top air Force official from 1952 to 1953 some retired officers were too evident by their pres ence in the Pentagon. It was Clear they were around too much he said. However h u g g i is told the House investigators that. Defense department officials resented these outside pressures. Whether they were by retired military people or anyone else.". He testified Thal his company employs 33 High ranking retired military officers. One is maj Gen Albert Boyd reformer commander of the air development Center at Wright Patterson air Force base at Day ton Ohio. Huggins said Boyd now makes $60,000 a year As a Westing House vice president in charge of defense work. This is in addition to his air. Force retirement payoff $10,020 a year soviet writers tour . New York a eight soviet writers and journalists travel ing As tourists study american arrived Here to life. They said they have saved up Money to make the trip which will include visits to Princeton end Niagara places University Chicago Falls among other appeals court new Gold Fixie plea Boston up counsel for Bernard Goldfine and his Secre tary Mildred Paperman Are seek ing a rehearing on contempt convictions. _ " attorney Harold Rosenwald in a petition to the . Court of appeals argued that crimina.1 con tempt proceedings  undertaken in haste by the government be cause of Goldfine s poor publicity. He was a Central figure in Washington h e a r i n g s involving former presidential assistant Sher Man Adams who subsequently re signed Goldfine and miss Paperman were convicted of criminal con tempt late last year for failure to surrender certain documents in a tax investigation. He was sentenced to 90. Days in prison and she to 10days. _ Rosenwald s petition said the government acted with unus Ual Zeal in pressing for criminal con tempt action Only two Days after the documents were to have been surrendered. The records in question concerned Goldfine s textile Mills at Lebanon n.y., Boston and North Field it. Earlier appeals by Goldfine and miss Paperman were rejected by the appeals court. Police disturb sleeping Driver Racine wis. A Raymond k. Morin 26, fell asleep at the wheel of his car. The Auto jumped a curb knocked Down a Small tree and some Shrub Bery and stopped when it slammed into a Home. When police arrived. Morin was still behind the wheel of the car and still asleep. He paid a $20 Fine for inattentive driving. I. Mrs. Jane Baldasare 24, rests on the shoulder of her husband Fred seconds after she set a new world underwater distance record of 14 Miles. The Lithe Blond stayed under water 31 hours off Pensacola Beach Fla. She set the world s underwater endurance record of 62 hours last july. Associated press photo Crew stripped bomber in Low 1,000-mile ride Hilo Hawaii up the Crew of a crippled Navy patrol bomber told How they threw overboard Al most everything including Para chutes during their 1,000-mile touch and go flight Over the Pacific. The Navy Neptune p2v with in men aboard landed safely at Hilo after one of the two engines failed approximately 1,000 Miles out. The plane was in route from Alameda Calif., to Barbers Point near Honolulu. We just figured we would be too Low to bail out anyway said Ike urges teen Road vigilantes \ Washington up presi Dent  to a group of teen age driving experts that they organize a vigilante committee to help Cut Down High Way death tolls greeting Conte slants in the eighth annul teen age Safe orig ing Bonadeo or Eisenhower noted that the 1959. Highway toll is expected to hit a tragic 40,000 per sons. He told the boys they should Tell other people what they d bet Ter do to be Safe Drivers the president made the remarks in a ceremony at the White  51 youngsters who Defeated 500,000 contestant in state and City competitions Are taking a Sei Ries of tests to determine the Best Young Driver in the nation. The contest sponsored by the . Junior chamber of Commerce boasts a $2,000 College scholarship As first prize a $1,500 scholarship As second prize and a $1,000 scholarship for the third place Winner. It Jug b. R. Briggs 27, of Mari Etta Ohio so we just tossed out the parachutes food Galley Gas tanks radar equipment and every thing else that was Loose on board.". After the starboard engine coughed three times exploded flames and began vibrating we dropped like a Rock from 8,000 feet to about one Hundred feet Over the Waves. We used our auxiliary jets intermittently to gain Altitude but we would always drop Back Down again he said. We continued this roller coast ering Over the White Caps for about two hours before we stabilized at 65 feet and came in for the land ing Briggs concluded. The plane had less than half an hour s fuel Supply left when it made the emergency Landing Here. Porch chairs to a gooey hot fudge sundae a Rural Market where Farmers sell mountains of produce in free Competition appliance stores dealing in All sorts of work saving gadgets and Myca and Owca Hobby shops to refute the communist propaganda that Only russians have such  Are some of the other things that have impressed miss Petrovskaya and she thinks they would impress mrs uhrus i Chev too they should go to Rural districts not just cities. They should drop in of farm families unannounced. They might see some dirty laundry but they also would see washing machines refrigerators deep freezes television sets and other things people in cities have. Mrs. Khrushchev should go not Only to Saks fifth Avenue where millionaires buy clothes but also to bargain basements to see that Well dressed women in the United states Are not just Rich women. She should see our kindergartens and Nursery schools. Russia shave the idea that american Chil Dren Are neglected that there Are no programs for children in this country Only guns to play with. Russian women should see american hospitals where there is some privacy for everyone even in a room that is not private fit Russia i never heard of private rooms in any Hospital except in the Kremlin. In Russia they deliver 10 to 15 babies All at one time in one big room. Here even an Ordi nary labourer s wife can have a baby delivered All alone. It would be interesting for Khrushchev himself to see an Ordinary Rural hardware store where you can buy a Nail of any. Size. In Russia there is Only on size. Let mrs. Khrushchev see Beautiful fabrics in stores and the big interest in Home sewing. She will learn there Are fashionable sizes of All sizes and electric sewing machines instead of the russian foot pedal kind. Russian patterns Are awful. They come in three Basic sizes. Mrs. Khrushchev is a big woman but there would be a Pat Tern for her size Here. Another thing that would impress a russian woman is an Amer ican shoe store. Russians always have a problem of getting Good shoes that Are attractive and fit. Mrs. Khrushchev could see a store with hundreds of styles and at  miss Petrovskaya also Hopes someone will explain the buy now pay later plan that has put a to set in almost every american living room. Someone should explain to the Khrushchev the reason people i e so Well in the United states is that they Trust each other with credit. Russians can t understand every american can have a car a 204th Folio Case in Iowa lbs Moines up Iowa has recorded its 204th Case of polio the polio death toll in the epidemic hit state reached five with the death of James Fowler 32, of Waterloo House and to because of credit which does t exist in Russia. We must explain Why it can be  . Firm to make Bonn Jet device new York a Minneapolis Honeywell regulator company has announced it will develop and pro Duce an automatic flight control system for the f104 fighters that have been purchased by the. West German government. Initial production will be in he ., but an undetermined number of the system will be produced later by Honeywell s German sub is Clury Honeywell a Mph in Frankfurt. The subsidiary n i a makes precision instruments for the German Industry. A spokesman for Honeywell Sal d. His firm was selected for the work after joint consideration by the German defense ministry German air Force and Lockheed aircraft corp., maker of the fighters  
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