European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday August 18, 1959 cab Faa airline seek cause 3-Way probe of 707 crash starts Calverton . Up a three Way investigation has been launched to seek the cause for the nation s first commercial Jet air plane crash which killed five american airlines crewmen Satur Day. The civil aeronautics Board cab joined by the Federal Avia Tion Agency and american airlines went to work sifting the remains of the shattered Boeing 707 Jet liner in the potato Field where it crashed during a Landing attempt. The huge swept Wing four engine Craft dived into the Fielland exploded on Long Island 70 Miles East of new York  plane was on a training flight in and out of Peconic air see photo on Page port operated by the Grumman aircraft co. An american. Airlines official said the plane was making its Sec Ond Landing with the Crew of three trainees and two instructors when it crashed. The first one was made with the flaps up simulating an emergency in which the plane had to land at High Speed. It is possible they were trying some other emergency when they crashed an airline spokesman said but we do not know David Thompson cab chief of safety investigation for the new York Region headed the team of investigators who swarmed Over the area to try to find every shattered scrap of the air plane. At the moment we could t even guess As to the cause of  Thompson said. Nike Asp fired to Studif winds at High altitudes Wallops Island a. Up the civilian space Agency launched a Nike Asp experimental rocket Here monday which emitted a 100 mlle Rong sodium vapor Trail Anda huge yellow Orange Cloud. The Cloud was visible for hundreds of Miles along the East coast. The National aeronautics an space administration Nasa said the two stage rocket was fired Ashe first in a series of tests de signed to study High Altitude win currents. The Nike Asp began giving its invisible vapor Trail about Miles up. Nasa cameras equipped with special filters filmed to Trail and the Cloud which top  said the Experiment two purposes to determine wind velocities and currents affecting Tho vapor Trail. -.-, .,.,. ".,. To measure diffusion or the rate of spread of the Cloud in the upper atmosphere. Men material misuse probed by Usa eur Heidelberg Germany a Usa eur Headquarters refused to deny or confirm reports that 100 germans and americans Are involved in the misuse of a million dollars Worth of army labor an material to build private Homes for germans. The reports have been widely published in German newspapers. An investigation has been going on for several weeks the army said. German authorities have Bee carrying on their own probe. The first official word came Ina cautiously worded army state ment saturday confirming Only certain aspects of the charges. Which aspects were not specified and the army refused to answer questions. 8 houses involved Hermann Lenhard chief prosecutor of Kaiserslautern said that Only eight houses were involved rather than 28, As reported. Monday a second army state ment acknowledged unlawful use of . Govern ment owned supplies and equip ment and illegal utilization of employees has been  the army statement added pre mature disclosure by the . Army of new unconfirmed information or confirmation of information based on Early estimates opinions reports and assumptions could be Only no factual prejudicial to the effective and conclusive conductor the investigation and completely unfair and prejudicial to the be Gal rights of individuals who allegedly Are involved or who May become  army to report army spokesmen promised to furnish further details As soon a they could. The army said maj Gen Ralph. Mace Northern area come cd initiated the army investigation and is in charge of it. Mace has received Assurance of the Complete support of Gen c. D. Eddleman Usa eur commander in chief in his determination to bring the investigation and result ant Legal or disciplinary actions to a conclusive termination the army added. According to German press re ports the unit involved is the army s repair and utilities Section. In Kaiserslautern which employs about 1,400 German  labor and . Building material Are said to have been use to build three private streets As Well As the houses. Disc jockey claims Wak athon record Kewanee 111. Up disc jockey Bob Wright 28, has claimed the world s record for staying Wake while broadcasting and was still going Strong after 230 hours Wright of radio station Wei said the former record of 229 a hours was held by Jim Austin of Miami Fia business As usual during Boycott department store managers in Little Rock Ark., against stores employing negroes. This crowded have reported no business falloff since the Start shopping Section of the City would seem to Back of a. Boycott called by the capital citizens Council their claim. A photo first Little Rock negro student jeered Little Rock Ark. Up the first open harassment of negro students attending integrated classes broke out at Central High school. A group of 20 to 25 White students jeered at Jefferson Thomas As he walk a out of the school and stood waiting on Street Corner for a car to pick up him and take him Home. The three negro girls attending Hall High school walked to and from school  stood and directed traffic As the group jeered Thomas. The watched closely but made no at tempt to run the group off. Thomas ignored jeers Thomas ignored the cat Calls and jeers until a girl who identified herself As Elizabeth Doland and a boy approached him from opposite sides. The girl shouted Back at. Friend across the Street i Don t like it on this  she returned to theother Side. The boy cupped his hands so newsmen could t hear his shouts at Thomas. A few minutes later a car arrived for Thomas and. He drove off. The White students yelled and jeered As he left. School officials reported mean sex child Star cleared los Angeles a former juvenile actor Scotty Beckett 29, was cleared and released after be ing arrested on suspicion of Violat ing the state narcotics act. While that apparently the Whit students Are ignoring the Opportunity to use a state Law which would keep them from attending classes with negroes. They said there was Only on request to invoke the Sleeper statute o n Arkansas Law books Ashe school went into the second week of Token integration. The Sleeper Law is the lates Legal weapon to prevent mass integration of schools. It is a la passed among a package of Segre gation Bills in 1958. It provide simply that no student will be forced to attend class with Mem Bers of another race. In effect it would set up Segre gated classes in integrated schools. John a. Mcleod jr., a White attorney said he had asked Ter Rell Powell school superintendent not to assign his daughter Ann Lane 15, to any class with negroes. The girl is a Junior at Hall. Powell said Mcleod s request would be granted and so would any similar request from other White parents. But the principals of both Halland Central High schools reported Mcleod s request was the Only one received. On another front mrs. Dale Al Ford wife of the . Representative from Little Rock sent a let Ter to mayor Werner Knoop de manding action on charges of brutality brought against police chief Gene Smith by segregationists whore angry at him for using Billy clubs and fire hoses to break up demonstration wednesday at Cen trial High . Has also received a re quest from mrs. Margaret Jackson president of the Central High Mother s league for an open hear ing to allow Smith to answer the charges of police  nazi general on trial for execution Dusseldorf Germany a former Gen Hasso von Manteuffel is on trial for manslaughter charged with the illegal execution of a German Soldier 15 years  maximum penalty is life in  Manteuffel 62, who commanded the crack German 7thtank d i v in world War ii since the War has been manager of the Export Divi Sion of an Indus trial firm in Law is Vav Neuss near dus if Lei Meldorf. From 1953to 1957 he was a parliamentary Deputy of the free democratic party. At the time of the execution he was defending the russian front near Shepetov a. The Soldier had been sentenced by a court martial to two years imprisonment for re fusing duty. Von Manteuffel had him shot for cowardice in the fac of the enemy. Von Manteuffel says he is Cov ered by a direct command of Adolf hitlers known As fuehrer s or Der no. 7." the indictment read at the opening of the trial said the presiding officer of the court mar tial had told von Manteuffel that any change in the sentence Wouldhave to be made by von Manteuffel s Superior and that the fuehrer s order did not apply. According to the. Indictment von Manteuffel overrode the objection and ordered the firing squad for what he called educational  von Manteuffel harpsichordist Lanclo ska Dies Lakeville Conn. A mme. Wanda Landowska 80, noted pol ish born harpsichordist died at her Home Here. Mme. Landowska took to the harpsichord after a search for an instrument which most closely resembled the Beauty of instruments of the 18th Century. She used a harpsichord similar to that used by Bach and was a recognized scholar of Bach Mozart and Haydn. Mme. Landowska lived for Man years in Berlin and Paris and had a big following in Europe. She came to the . In 1941 As a ref Ugee from Germany. Socialists Rule Friiss film festival Moscow up the soviet Union and virtually All the Mem Bers of the socialist Camp walked off with the main prizes of the Moscow International film Festi Val Russia taking a top prize with its film the Fate of  but West Germany with a Story of a generation that lived through two world wars and the nazi Era took second prize for the feature length films with its entry Wir wunderkinder we infant prodigies Pakistan s " the Day dawns also scared a third prize with Czecho Slovakia Britain s a cry from the Street won an award for the Best direction with children an France s Jean Valre took a jury diploma for his direction of the French entry la  despite the Western prizewinner the festival definitely was a socialist world show. The awards were announced by soviet director Sergei Gerasimov on behalf of the International jury. Formal presentations of theorizes were to be made at a gala festival wind up ceremony in the Kremlin theater the two week Competition had brought to Moscow film celebrities from 40 countries