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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stapes wednesday August Ify Admiral Burke says Navy could be drawn into laotian conflict Washington up adm Arleigh a. Burke chief of naval operations says it is possible the . Navy might be drawn into the laotian conflict. ,.he did not say what part the Navy would play however in trying to help the laotian government Ward off attacks from communists in closeup photo of Sun shot from balloon the Northern area of the nation. Burke discussed the laotian situation briefly with newsmen just before was sworn for a thiro1 term As he top . Naval officer. Burke described the laotian situation As  he. Mad Clear he thought the chinese communists were stirring up the rouble by pushing pretty  asked if the Navy might fee ailed into action in the laotian area Burke said it might it s  when reporters asked him what he Navy would do to help theand locked indochinese nation Burke replied whatever is Neces  presumably if the . Though the situation required american military support the Navy would Send a Carrier task Force to the area. Burke told reporters during he questioning that there have been Many places in the world where carriers Are the Force that provides manned  St. Paul Minn. Up a re Mote controlled telescopic camera hovering in the stratosphere be Neath a balloon snapped closeup pictures of the Sun and then re turned them to Earth. A radio signal Cut the precious instruments Loose and they parachuted to the ground Landing without damage six Miles South East of Cannon Falls Minn. Martin Schwarzchild project director from Princeton University said it was a perfect flight and he was most optimistic of the re  2d attempt it was the second of the Strat scope balloon ascension to take telescopic pictures of the Sun. The first flight last month was no entirely successful Schwarzchild said although a fair number Osgood pictures were made. The pictures were made from a Altitude of about 31,000 feet High above the Haze of the atmosphere which fogs pictures taken from lower Levels. The plastic balloon after its As Cension from the Lake Elmo air port East of St. Paul drifted East Ward to Menomonie wis., and then Westward. 100 african women seized Scott Burgh South Africa a police have arrested about100 african women at i Siofu few Miles South of Here after they armed themselves with machetes grabbed from labourers working i nearby sugar Cane Fields. They were taken to us into to appear before a magistrate. The jail at us into is already crowded with african women arrested during the past few Day Sand police called for reinforce ments when another 114 women were to appear on charges of destroying property. The 114 arrested earlier Are accused of destroying cattle dipping tanks. There was an incident to High Flats Between Pietermaritzburg and Scott Burgh eighty women stopped a bus and demanded Tobe taken to Isopo where a number of african women Are jailed police rushed in from plete Maritz Burg and arrested the women. Al Cio Council oks probationary entry of dockers Forest Park a. A the Al Cio executive Council has voted to admit the International longshoremen s Assn. Ila on probationary basis. The 60,000-member Ila was ousted from the Al six years ago on corruption charges. That was before the Al merged with the Cio. George Meany Al Cio pres ident said the Council okayed admission of the Ila to the combined federation because Al Cio leaders Are convinced the East and Ulf coast waterfront Union has made substantial Progress in rid Ding itself of hoodlums and correcting corrupt conditions. The Council s action is subject to a vote by the Al Cio Conven Tion next month in san Francisco but approval appeared to be foregone conclusion. Meany said the Al Cio s International brotherhood of longshoremen chartered As a new waterfront Union when the Ila was ousted has no objection to taking Back the Ila. Uranium discovered on scottish coast Edinburgh up a geologist has confirmed that uranium in has been discovered on the scottish coast. The geologist who works Fother atomic Energy division Sale the find was near Solway firtion the West coast a few mile from the English Border. 16th congressional Rebuff of red chinese House bids in retain piping bar Washington up the House of representatives has urged hat communist China continue toe Bat Fred from the in. The action came when the Cham Ier passed and Dent to the Senate Resolution reaffirming Cong res ional opposition to admitting the piping regime to the in the/6te was 368-2. The Resolution s sponsors  j. Zablocki a wis and rep. Walter Judd a min said they Felt such an expression w6uld help the . Delegation during the forthcoming meeting of the in general  told the House that communist China s aggressive action against Tibet find Laos bowed it does not qualify As a peace Loving nation and is not prep aimed to live up to the principles of  report on a rolling editor Jim Cortese 41, sunday editor of the Memphis commercial Appeal is interviewed by a Texas newsman on roller skates As Cortese Trieste roller skate across the i Rae Star state. Cortese started at Shreve port late Hopes to end trip at Hobbs n.m.1,000 Miles away a Senate asked to bypass panel adopt rights plan Washington a sen. Thomas c. Hennings do has appealed to the Senate to bypass its judiciary committee and adopt sweeping eight Point civil rights program. Hennings took the step As the committee called off a closed door meeting to debate the hotly fought civil rights Issue. Hennings not in formed of the cancellation at the time predicted the meeting would amount Only to an exercise in  Norstad to visit Britain London a Gen Lauris Norstad supreme Allied com Mander in Europe will make a Brief visit to Britain in Early october officials announced Here. Panchen Lama said under arrest Calcutta up reports teaching the indo tibetan Bordertown of Calimpong and darjeeling said the chinese communists have placed the Panchen Lama under House arrest in the pot Ala Palace in Tibet and declared his father a rebel. The reports said the action was taken after it was believed that the Panchen Lama would Lead anew uprising against the comm reports were published on the front pages of the Hindustan Standard and Ananda Bazar Pat Rika one of the largest Indian morning newspapers. The newspapers said their reports came from correspondents who have just completed a tour of the Borders of Tibet Sikkim and Bhutan. The reports said the Panchen Lama s father was placed under House arrest soon after the uprising in Lhasa earlier this year Fol lowing which the Dalai Lama fled to India. The Panchen Lama s father is now said to have Bee declared to be a rebel. The reports also said a new wave of arrests has broken out i Tibet. Many tibetans Are reported to be wearing chinese dress in an attempt to evade the chinese communists As much As possible. Chinese troops Are reported Tobe invading the monasteries in an attempt to find arms and ammunition even primitive arrows Are being seized said the reports Hennings offered his package inthe form of a series of amendments to a pending Senate Bill on a entirely different subject but aides said this was merely a device Mohave them printed and in the hands of the Senate. His Hope isto Hook them onto some House passed Bill  told the Senate he adopted this approach reluctantly and Only because the civil rights Issue has become entangled i what he termed technical delaying tactics and a debate that shows no Prospect of ending before Cong res adjourns. No nearer he said the committee is no nearer to reporting out a Bill now than it was at the Start of the . Kenneth b. Keating r . Told the Senate he endorses the move to bypass the committee the Bill to which the amendments were offered is one by sen John l. Mcclellan dark which the judiciary committee had approved last month. It seeks to restore to the states some of to jurisdictions authority now vested in the Federal government Congress has reaffirmed this pol by on 15 occasions in the past Sablocki said and a similar express Ion of opinion was written into he Mutual Security act and Testate department appropriations  Only expressed opposition to he Resolution came from rep. Wil Iam h. Meyer Dot who de Crl bed it As unnecessary and un-desirable.". / House sends 6 measures to Senate Washington a the Housen Quick action passed and sent to he Senate the following Legisla Ion 1_a Bill to extend Federal educational benefits to children of servicemen who died As the result of armed conflict or extra Hazard Ous service since the korean con flict.2a Bill prohibiting commercial collection or private detective agencies from using names or in Signia conveying the false impress Ion they Are Federal  Bill is the outgrowth of Dis closures that private agencies have been operating under such names As treasurer s office or claims office Washington  violators of the proposed Legisla Tion would be subject to a year in jail and $10,000 fine.3a Compromise Bill appropriating $128,797,380 to finance the legislative Branch of government for the present fiscal year ending next june 30.4ra Bill which would permit re tired members of Congress to continue to receive pensions if employed by the government on apart time Job or named to an appointive position without pay. Under present civil service Law the would forfeit pension payments. 5_a Bill authorizing the defens department to award a commemorative medal to persons who have served on . Expeditions to Antarctica since 1945.6a Bill ordering a study of motor vehicle exhaust fumes often named a culprit in smog. The study which would be. Conducted by the surgeon general would Beto determine. The amounts and kinds of exhaust substances which from the Point of View of health it is Safe for motor vehicles to discharge into the air. New defense Aid named Toledo Ohio up James Falvey chairman of the Board o electric Auto Lite co., has Bee appointed Deputy assistant Secre tary of defense it was announce  
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