European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Teft 6 the stars and stripes saturday August is 1959 political scene 60 role for Ike set Butler flies to la. Washington a president Eisenhower is being cast by sen. He Rusoti b. Morton Ray in the 3960 role of High level defender of gop policies rather than As a Cross country campaigner. Morton the Republican National chairman said in an interview he believes or. Eisenhower could give highly effective help to next year s party presidential nominee by developing for the people the simple reasoning behind the position the administration has taken on major  this will be True if the Nom Inee As i feel sure he will be cause he will not have much Choice indicates he intends to carry out the Basic principles of the present administration Morton said. Bickering for time Morton who already is bickering for 1960 television radio time said lie has in mind presidential explanation of the administration s position such As or. Eisenhower gave last week on the labor re form measure. Morton indicated he regards this As. Likely to produce More results than tub thumping campaigning Uch As former president Truman carried on in 1952 and 1956. Or. Eisenhower told his recent news conference that As an out going chief executive he would be a Little bit of a bystander in the 1960 Campaign. But Morton said he thinks the president will continue to pack a Wallop when he Speaks to the nation. Or. Eisenhower himself said he is completely dedicated to strength ening what i Call moderate gov rement sound Middle of the Road  he said he will do what he can in the Campaign so Long As his activities fit his presidential work schedule. The president said the gop nominee should be vigorous straightforward and  he said the candidate should have experience honesty integrity Cour age and real standing with the people. Stop Gap chairman As something of a Stopgap chair Man Morton expects to give Way to next year s convention to the presidential nominee s Choice of a new chairman. But before he goes out of office Morton will have gone a Long Way toward shaping the television radio  for the Campaign. The gop chairman thinks the Novelty is gone from political broadcasting and for that reason he wants very few expensive half hour to appearances. He leans to five minute Windup on established entertainment programs and to 50-second spots in which the political pitch rivals the Best of the commercials. While he is maintaining strict neutrality in the contest for the presidential nomination he would use different techniques in present ing vice president Richard m. Nix on and new York gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller if As is expected one of them is the nominee. Morton s idea would be to put Rockefeller on informally and let him take care of himself. For Nix on " he would make More formal preparations. Washington a demo cratic National chairman Paul m. Butler flew to the West coast in an Effort to keep the a hefty s 1960 National convention in los Angeles. A four months argument Over convention tickets must be settled by monday Butler repeated before departure or he will again invite bids for the convention from five other cities los Angeles was chosen last february Over san Francisco Chicago new York Philadelphia and Miami Beach. The winning City agreed to raise $350,000 to pay convention expenses. Philadelphia and Miami Beach made it Plain they Are still interested. Since last april there has been a running controversy Between the National committee and los an Geles oilman Edwin Pauley co chairman of a convention Host committee Over How Many tickets will go to the Host group. Claimed 5,000 Pauley originally claimed .5,000 daily tickets apparently to be distributed to contributors to the convention expense fund. He said he was promised that number in Exchange for raising the $350,000. Butler says he can give the Host committee no More than. 1,500. He said no specific n u m b e r was pledged in Advance. Pauley agreed this week to accept a Compromise of 3,133 tickets. Butler would not agree to that. Samuel c. Brightman Deputy chairman of the National com Mittee said Butler has no firm Agenda in los Angeles but expects to Confer with mayor Norris Poul son a Republican and democratic leaders. Asked about reports in los an Geles that another ticket com Promise might be reached Bright Man said i Don t think Butler is going to Budge an Inch from 1,500. There Are Many groups to be taken care of besides the Host committee including five advisory committees of the democratic advisory  another group Brightman was asked about a statement by los Angeles county supervisor Kenneth Hahn that an other group is ready to put up the $350,000 expense fund and accept Butler s ticket terms if another Compromise attempt fails. Brightman said if some other group would carry out the City s commitment and accept what Butler regards As a generous ticket offer that would be satisfactory to the National committee. Brightman reiterated that Butler regards the matter As urgent. Butler announced the National committee will meet in the capital sept. 16 to consider convention de tails and allot Delegate strength. He said he wants a formal convention contract signed Well before that. Fish wounds youth fort Pierce Fla. Up Les Ter Johnson 18, was severely bitten on the neck by a Large fish Here As he stood in neck deep water a Short distance from Shore a Barra Cuda was believed to have caused the wound which took 10 stitches to close. The things that go on underwater it Miami Kathy Phillips quenches nor thirst a she relaxes Mermaid fashion underwater i a Miami hotel Pool while. A diver below gathers eggs Laid by a Loggerhead Turtle on the Bottom of the Miami a aquarium. J that in t � Rock under the diver s free hand but mama Turtle who s mad Over losing her eggs. Topi photos . Starts constructing longest suspension Span new York up construction began on the verrazano Nar rows Bridge Between Brooklyn and Staten Island. It will be the Long est suspension Span in the world. The Bridge scheduled for completion in 1965 at a Cost of $320 million will be 6,690 feet Long from Anchorage to Anchorage and nearly three Miles Long altogether. Its 4,260-foot suspended Center schoolteacher spends summertime clowning los Angeles a school teacher Tom Kelly thinks a teach Fer should do something really Dif Ferent in the summer. So he s doing it As a circus Clown. Kelly 28, has been teaching inner York for six years. In the Hummer he joins Christian . It was in 1057 that he got the that a circus ring would be a Good contrast to a classroom. He wrote of his ambition to Ernesto Christian at Sarasota Fla., and was invited to join. Kelly works with an italian Clown John bog Oghi a Veteran of30 years with circuses he s the Hobo Kelly said. I m the neat Clown. I m All in White with White makeup. It s an old european  he is no relation to the famous Clown Emmett Kelly. Tom says he s found a lot of satisfaction in amusing people. In this Day and nge there just does t seem to be enough laugh Ter he says but even under the big top he a t get away from teaching in can tirely. Each morning he holds for the circus people s children Span will be 60 feet longer than that of the Golden Gate Bridge in san Francisco currently the world s longest. The Bridge named for the Flor Entine explorer who discovered Staten Island will be a double Decker with six traffic lanes on each level. It will be the first direct link Between Brooklyn and Staten Island. Ferry boats currently ply the route. It also will be a link Between new England Long Island and the new Jersey Turnpike providing a bypass around the crowded Down town Manhattan area. Those present at the ground breaking ceremony included gov. Robert b. Meyner of new Jersey mayor Robert of Wagner of new York and Robert Moses chairman of the Treborough Bridge and Nel authority which will operate the Bridge. Collision kills five in Florida Ocala Fla up a head on automobile collision killed five persons including three members of a new York City family and injured two others. Killed instantly in the crash on . 441 near Here were Murray m. Cohen 42, of new York City his wife Shirley 37 their 5-year old son Richard and Sam j. Hil Liard 56, of Miami Beach. Milliard s 21-year-old daughter mrs. Patricia Covington died later in a Hospital Here. Driver Dies As truck hurtles onto freeway los Angeles. A a Beer Laden truck arid trailer hurtled from a ramp onto the crowded san Bernardino freeway. It landed upside Down Between cars moving in Rush hour traffic. The Driver Michael Steck 42, was killed. Fly ing Beer cases injured three occupants of other cars. One of the slightly injured was Toshiyoshi oni 37, an aviation expert from Japan. Dying of Bullet wound cabbie rams bus new York a a taxi Driver dying of a Bullet wound crashed into a bus. Morris Trapman 50, was lifted unconscious from be Hind the wheel and died later in a Hospital. Police said Trapman May have been shot by a Holdup an. A pregnant woman a passenger in the bus was treated at Harlem Hospital for premature labor pains caused by the Jar of the collision. Bull in China shop child s play to this Pittsburgh a. Up John w. Butler 55, of Jersey City n.j., veered nearly 200 feet off . 1 following a minor collision and wound up in the midst of a wholesale China shop. About 30,000 cups saucers and plates in the place which advertises it has 100,000 on display were shattered when Butler s car came crashing through the Wall. W. A Pochardt owner of the building estimated damages to the building alone at about $6,000. Air Ana mrs Butler suffered slight injuries