European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 we stars and stripes sunday August 16,1959 Russ vetoed Nixon visit to missile Plant Washington a vice president Richard m. Nixon has disclosed the soviets denied his request to look at missile production facilities during his visit to Russia. Nixon said he had asked to see a missile Assembly line in Exchange for a similar inspection made by Andrei n. Tupoljev top soviet aircraft designer of Thor missile production facilities in the . Under the circumstances it occurred to me that reciprocity demanded and they believe in reciprocity quid pro quo up and Down the line that we have a Opportunity to see a similar line when we were there Nixon said. Request turned Down i did t demand to see that. We requested the Opportunity to do so and it was not  Tupoljev came to the . With Frol r. Kozlov first Deputy Premier but did some travelling on his own. In the course of this hews taken by air Force representatives through the Douglas air Craft co. Plant at Santa Monica. Calif., where the Thor intermediate Range missile is assembled. Nixon says Khrushchev thinks . Weak split Washington a vice pres ident Richard m. Nixon said on at program soviet Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev believes the . Is weak sinking economically and split Over foreign policy. Nixon said Khrushchev s Forth coming visit to the . Will be another Story Page 7 worthwhile if it removes his mis calculation about . Strength and determination. The net effect Nixon added could Advance the cause of peace. Nixon said he does not expect Khrushchev to be converted from his communist views by conferences with president Eisenhower or his tour of this country. Premier s beliefs but based on the conversation she had with the russian Leader in Moscow Nixon said he feel Khrushchev believes that the United states is weak that we reon the Way downhill economically that our people Are divided and do not support the president in the firm stand he has taken in Thefield of foreign  citing a russian proverb Tosee once is better than hearing a Hundred times Nixon added i think he has got to see it  that this is going to convert him. He will not admit he has changed his views but i do feel it can have a salutary effect in removing his miscalculations . Strength and More important than that about . Will. An determination squirted out Skunk is Given the air san Diego Calif. Up Peter Pollero 28, thought fast when he discovered a Skunk in his garbage can. He slammed the lid and called the police the humane society the zoo and a pet shop. The police said it was his worry and the others said they weren t interested in skunks. Finall Pollero and a neighbor got the Skunk into a Bird Cage drove out to the country and turned it Loose. Asked if this was t pretty dangerous Pollero replied no. He was All squirted 0w." polio cases hit highest weekly total in 3 Yean Washington a reported paralytic polio cases jumped by 33 per cent during the weekending Augi 8 to 245, the highest weekly figure since september. 4. ,.the Public health service said the total inj3luded_l5 in Nort Carolina that should have been reported previously. Through a in. D there Iha Beeh 1,560 paralytic cases listed this year. That compared with 666 in the similar period of 1958 and3,045 in 1955, the year Salk polio vaccine first became available. Surgeon general Leroy e. Bur Ney said the Rise was caused by a general increase in a number of see picture on Page 17 states., rather than occurrence of any new major epidemics. The .245 paralytic cases during the w Eek. Compared with 183 in the week need aug 1 and 89 in the ended aug. 9,1958. The highest weekly total in 1958 was 221 in 1957 it was 105, Andin 1956, a heavy year it was 388, altogether there were 432 polio cases listed in the week. This was one Case More than in the highest 1958 week and the largest weekly total since 1956. There have been 2,482 polio cases this year through the week ended aug. 8, compared with 1,365 last year through aug. 9, in new York the National foundation said that polio vac file was in Short Supply in Many areas of the country due to the Sha upturn in polio incidence. The foundation launched Steps to try to remedy the situation. Part of this situation can be eased if communities which have an adequate Supply will share with areas where vaccine is scarce said Melvin a. Glasser executive vice president of the  foundation also set up a revolving fund of $500,000 to provi Delow Cost clinics for vaccinations in areas where heavy r concentration of  persons exist. Swimming teacher Hiji fed in dive swimming instructor Jerry Harrington 28, is carried to an ambulance at Brooklyn Center minn., after he nearly drowned while demonstrating a dive. Harrington teaching a class of youngsters struck his head during the dive. He is in critical condition. Up Borgnine s wife denied request to undo divorce Hollywood a Superior court has denied mrs. Rhoda Borgnine s request that her divorce from actor Ernest Borgnine be ruled invalid. The actor is now free to marry mexican actress Katy Jurado his Fiancee As soon As the divorce be comes final. Judge Edward r. Brand granted mrs. Borgnine 37, a divorce from the Academy award winning actor last August. Last june mrs. Borgnine asked that the divorce be set aside. She charged that Borgnine pressure her into agreeing to the divorce. In the latest action Brand Rule that mrs. Borgnine had no Legal grounds to Challenge the Validity two die in plane crash Auburn Ala. Up two Opelika Ala., men were killed when a private plane crashed an exploded in a wooded area three Miles South of Here. Search parties recovered the bodies of Clifford Otto Sasser. 34, and Walter we Mam wite hew 3ft, of the interlocutory decree. Mrs. Borgnine s suit came after he 44-year-old actor announced his intention to marry miss Jurado one of Mexico s top stars. Borgnine who gained stardom in the award winning role of Marty termed mrs. Borgnine suit the action of a bitter Wom  mrs Borgnine obtained a $2,000-a-month settlement in her divorce from the actor. She said that she would give it up to see the divorce invalidated. Rickover says . Leads Russia in a ship race Washington a vice adm Hyman g. Rickover the Navy s chief of nuclear Power has Tol Congress he is convinced the . Is far ahead of Russia in harness ing atomic Energy for sea Power. This report on Rickover s find Flay found 8 marines Bride in it Rig san Diego Calif a the general s Flag has been found Anda Marine Corporal and his Marine Bride Are among nine marines con fined Cpl Ramon m. Lambert 20, and seven other marines Are in the Brig. Lambeff s Bride of a month pfc Lee Ann Lambert is confined in woman s Barracks. The four Star Flag of Gen ran Dolph Mcc Pate commandant of the Marine corps was found under a Rug in the Lambert s Home capt. B. Stevens Public information officer at the Marine corps recruit depot said. It disappeared from its staff atop the depot s Headquarters july 26 while Pate was making an inspection visit. Stevens said investigation is also continuing of the disappearance of two other command flags from the staff in the past year. They Are still missing. Hearings for the accused marines Are pending. Flooded Formosa flown Navy Aid Taipei up the . Nav assault ship thetis Bay has sent 21 huge Marine helicopters to Cen trial Formosa to Speed Relief goods to stranded flood victims. The Hon Kong based helicopter flew to Taichung Airport to Airlift about 500 tons of food medical another supplies to stricken areas. The provincial social affair department said the latest casualty toll showed 642 dead 748 seriously injured and 752 persons still miss ing. . Gives funds for building Berlin special the Ott Suhr Institute for political study founded Here in 1920 by Theodor Heuss president of Germany will move to a new $700,000 building to be constructed by 1961. The funds Are being provided by the . Ings during his recent trip to rus Sia was presented to a House sub committee by chairman John Mccone of the atomic Energy com Mission. Rickover himself was not present. Mccone noted that Rickover accompanying vice president Rich Ard m. Nixon on the latter s recent soviet visit was Able after some difficulty to inspect Russia s nuclear icebreaker Lenin now near ing completion. From All he saw Mccone re ported we Are far ahead in nuclear propulsion of  Rickover the prime mover i construction of America s nuclear submarine Fleet concluded that the Quality of construction of the Lenin was generally Good Mcco Esaid. Mccone added that Rickover had no criticism of the Lenin nuclear reactors but Felt the fundamentals of his own design for reactors were  army material said misused Kaiserslautern Ger Many a both americans and germans Are involved in a scandal Over the misuse 6f . Army property to build eight House for German civilians a German prosecutor said Here. Hermann Lenhard chief prosecutor erf Kaiserslautern will be working with the army on therase beginning monday Kaiserslautern is a City of More than80,000 in Southwest Germany the area includes one of the biggest concentrations of . Troops an their families in Europe. He said that separate investigations have been going on for a week at an army office in charge of building repairs and maintenance. He said he could make no estimate yet of the value of the materials misused. No arrests announced no arrests have been announced. A . Army statement said Thad been alleged that both army labor and materials were  cautiously confirmed the truth of certain aspects of these Allega  it did not say what aspects and army spokesmen refused to answer questions. It has also been charged Accord ing to the army statement that German employees of the army who reported the irregularities were demoted or fired. West German poll favors bund Estehr Bonn up a majority of West germans Are agreed regard ing necessity of maintaining West German defense forces a Survey showed. The Survey conducted by a re search firm in conjunction wit the West German defense ministry showed that 71 per cent of the people approved of the present rearmament of the bund Estehr West German armed forces13 per cent opposed the plan and 16per cent did not know. " when asked if they were in favor of West Germany being a nato member 53 per cent said they were in favor of the policy and 18 per cent said they were in favor of a National army rather than German participation in an International Force. More women than men had definite answers to the Survey questions asked if it would be better to have a military Man or a civilian to head the defense ministry 73 per cent said they were in favor of a civilian chief. Only 14 per cent wanted a military Leader. The rearmament policy found heaviest support among the age group irom 13 to 34 years