European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes sunday August 16, 1959 a. In Iii Iffla in 111 no in in in i it Lammi it w in Dlf it it Al i i n mini 51 n Iti in Duk n o nah m it a House passed Tough labor Bill to sweeten Kiev Eek some rioted As Little Rock integrated a was a week which saw one Day of integration violence Fol idled by comparative peace natural disasters and actions of a Congress burning Bright with adjournment nearing were other highlights. Mostly the congressional week was Sweet for president Eisen Hower. The House passed303-105thetough labor Bill the president insisted was needed to curb corruption among Union leaders. Labor leaders branded the Billas anti Union and said it would punish honest unions. Al Cio president George Meany called it the product of years of work bythe National Assn. Of manufacturers and the chamber of Commerce. Opponents still Hope the Senate has already passed i less stringent labor Bill and proponents of a Milder measure Are hoping the Senate House con Ference committee which will no take up the Bill will tone it Down another Ike Victory came when the Senate failed by nine votes Inan attempt to override his veto of the $1,375,000,000 housing a presidential veto re quires a two thirds other actions the Senate approved a Bill boost ing the Cost of veterans benefits not connected with military serv ice $10 billion Over the next 40 years. The Bill now goes Back to the House for consideration of minor differences Between the Senate and House Bills. The House passed a $1,285,002,700 military construction appropriation Bill 18 per cent less than the president requested. Retire the debt sen. Wallace f. Bennett a Totah is offering a plan to set aside $2.5 billion annually for retirement of the National debt. Attis rate it would take 115 years to pay off the debt. Violence broke out in Littlerock As five negro children were integrated in Hall and Centra High schools. There was no trouble at Hall where three girls were enrolled but police broke up with angry mob wich tried to demonstrate at Central. More than 1,000 persons Marche to the school after a protest meet ing at the state Capitol. Some grappled with police and at least three were injured and several arrested. Two women were taken into custody by police after segregationist demonstrators tried to break through police Rock. At the e rally before the March Arkansas gov. Orval e. Faubus told the crowd he was with Yoxall the he did not make the March however. Firemen moved in with High pressure hoses and dispersed the crowd. . Secretary of state Christiana. Herter flew to Santiago Chile for a meeting of the hemisphere foreign ministers and into Hornet s nest stirred up by cuban claims that dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo was financing invasions and attacks on Cuba. The meeting had been called to find some Way of dealing with the recurrent crises in the objected to any plan which would prevent refugees from a dictator ruled country to Arm themselves for the overthrow of the dictator. Cuban Premier Fidel Castro called the Santiago conference farce and accused the . Of sup porting the him. In a telecast he said the us. Could Stop the arms running from Florida if it wished. He said that he had headed an army detachment which captured a plane Load of arms and what he described As dominican Republic experts led into a trap by an american in Castro s service maj William Morgan who played agent s role. In Santiago the dominican re Public hurled Cuba s charges Brackat Castro accusing him of exporting revolutions to other coun tries. Cuba also announced that a internal plot against the Castro government had been crushed up to 4,000 persons were being held. Castro the report said also personally led a raid on the head quarters of the plotters. Floods typhoons natural disasters struck widely separated parts of the world. Floods the worst since 1897shattered Homes washed out roads and Bridges and caused eight deaths in Austria. Such world famous resort Arvasas Salzburg in the midst of its annual festival were battered an Cut off by rain swollen Rivers whose rampaging extended Over tothe Berchtesgaden area of Ger Many. By the end of the week the Sun came out and weather officials re ported most Rivers Back to nor Mal. Two typhoons battered Japan and Formosa. Six Hundred in Formosa and Soin Japan were reported dead in the skies were full of american rockets and satellites in one of space and missile scientists Busi est weeks on record but the week was Root without its disappoint ments. Two satellite attempts we remade. A 1,700-Pound discoverer a powered by a new fuel zoomed into a North South Polar orbit and sent Back radio signals loud to Clear but an attempt to recover a 30qpound instrument capsule ejected by the discoverer on its 17tfi pass around the Earth failed when search teams in ships and planes were unable to spot it. Scientists had Downs officials said a radio homing device in the capsule failed to operate. The second satellite attempt this time a 12-foot balloon to Check on atmospheric density failed. All three stages of the Juno ii rocket fired but scientists believed a guidance system flaw doomed the rocket to Burn up on reentry j the Pep gun system of the Polaris 1rbm was successfully tested for the first time from an underground submarine simulator. The compressed air tube shot Thep Jaris missile 65 feet into the air. The missile s engines ignited and the rocket roared Down the at lactic missile tracking Range. Also successfully fired were two Thors and a pre operational was one failure among the missile tests however. A huge Titan fell Back on its launching pad and blew up two seconds after Blastoff. The icbms most advanced of the . Second generation Long Range missiles was undergo ing a test of its second stage when the first stage successfully tested four times before exploded. There were no casualties and scientists although disappointed said the explosion was to be expected at this Early testing stage. Lines around Central High school up photo the two storms. Hundreds More were injured. Four . Sailors were killed when typhoon Waves slammed two against a Bulkhead and tossed two More overboard. One of the men overboard was rescued by an in sigh who jumped into the sea to save him then was drowned him self. Vast Forest fires in North an South California were brought under control. One fire fighter was killed. Several Homes were destroyed. The fire in the Southern part broke out near Lake Elsinore after a truck veered off a Highway and crashed in flames. The Driver escaped unharmed. Nearly 1,500 acres of Timber were destroyed he fore the halted. The Louisiana state for a special session at the Call of gov. Earl k. Long and promptly adjourned. In a speech that began calmly and ended with the governor shouting Long said he would carry his fight to the people. He had called the special session because of Bills he called urgent. Legislators said there was nothing at All that could t wait until the regular session. Stumping for re election Long told listeners that the legislature had knifed him in the Back. It done me Good he told them he thought the legislature s action done me Don t believe it done the Legisla Ture any Good with the the russian exhibit closed inner York after drawing 1.5 Mil lion americans in 42 Days. In mos cow the american National exhibition after two weeks had draw nearly a million visitors. In Washington under Secretary of state c. Douglas Dillon said the meeting of president Eisenhower and soviet Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev might Leal to a sum Mit conference. We Don t get along people in the news Gary Crosby told newsmen that he and his father Bing were we just Don t he said Bing had not been to see the nightclub act in which he and his three Brothers have scored a hit in Washington Las vegas Chicago and other cities. Called by radio phone on the yacht where he and entertainer Phil Harris were fishing with publisher Max Bell Bing said he was proud of his sons Success an would probably catch their act in Las vegas. He would not comment on Gary s statement. President Eisenhower has chose medal of Honor Winner maj Gen David m. Shoup to command the Marine corps. The nomination must be approved by the Senate. Frederick h. Mueller was sworn n As Secretary of Commerce. The army Navy air Force chief chief col John 0. Nottingham Usan pit ,0,. I it col t. J. 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