European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 tin stars and Hapis thursday August 20, 1959 president gets Bill raising vets pensions Washington a presi Dent Eisenhower has before him a Bill that raises veterans pension benefits by $10 billion Over the next 40 years. The Senate completed action on it tuesday by withdrawing a sen ate amendment to which the House objected. That would have Given veterans of world War ii and later another year to take out National service life  Eisenhower administration has opposed the Bill strongly in its present form. The Senate passed the Bill Las thursday by a vote of 86-6 and the House by 226-34 on june 15. Both votes Are Well Over the two third margin needed to pass a Law Over the president s veto. Helps widows the Bill concerns Only pensions for veterans with no service con heated disabilities and their de Pendents. It puts future pensions on a sliding scale based on actual need of the recipient. The scale is sex injected to save about $12 billion by the year 2000 As compared with present Law. But it also brings into the sys tem widows of world War ii and Korea War veterans a provision estimated to Cost $22 billion Over 40  Veteran now on Rolls will have his pension Cut. In fact about 65 per cent of these will get in creases under the Bill. Quake Rescue efforts stalled continued from Page 1 what hit them he said As he de scribed the tragedy. Martin and his Brothers John,13, and Morgan 8, were sleeping in a separate tent 20 feet away. We could hear Trees cracking he said. When we got out of the tent two Trees had fallen across our car and another crushed  seconds later the Avalanche hit the parents tent. Officials have reported none of the famous Scenic wonders of the huge summer playground was damaged. Old faithful Geyser continued to throw its Fountain of boiling water skyward on the hour. Hot weather returns to West German area Frankfurt up hot sunny weather returned to German wednesday with temperatures of 86 degrees in the Frankfurt  experts meanwhile predicted a new heat wave for the nation during the latter part of the week. Temperatures will climb Over 90 degrees meteorologists said. Walkout May be a Long one1 big Copper producer struck in Montana Utah Butte Mont. A mine Sand Smet Termen wednesday struck the Anaconda co., one of the world s largest Copper  walkout by an estimated 5,600 members of the International Union of mine Mill and smelter workers began at Butte Anaconda great Falls and East Helena in Montana and Tooele in Utah. No last minute meetings to aver the strike were held. The final Effort was a Union company session monday. Then the huge Copper company refused to guarantee in writing that it would base local contracts on settlements won else where in the Industry. Mine Mill workers had demanded the guarantee sunday on an or else we strike  the company and Union have repeatedly announced that neither wanted the strike which the company said May be a  Anaconda officials said losses in Montana wages alone will run nearly $3 million a month. Negotiations have been under Way since june 1 for a new con tract to replace a three year pact which expired june 30. A Union official said mine Mill s principal demands Are a wage in crease of 15 to 17 cents an hour. Current wage Scales Range "from$2.20 to $2.55 an hour. About 2,100 of the striking mine Mill workers Are at Anaconda co properties in Butte 2,000 at Ana Conda 1,200 at great Falls 85 at East Helena and 250 at Tooele Utah. About 15,000 workers Are on strike against Kennicott Copper co. And Arizona properties of the magma Copper co. A strike against another major . Copper producer the Phelps Dodge co. Has been called for thursday by the mine Mill Union. Montana Highway victim of nature on rampage the Highway paralleling Hebgen Lake near West Yellowstone Mont., disappears into Crater caused by earthquake and landslide that sent the Road into the Reservoir. Searching1 parties Are digging through debris in the area for More possible victims. The quake has been described As the largest in the . In the present Century outside California and Nevada. United press International photo 2 killed 20 Hurt in hangar blast on Carrier Wasp quonset Point . A the aircraft Carrier Wasp a Han Gar compartment blackened by an explosion brought two dead and about 20 injured crewmen into port at the naval air station Here. The blast occurred when a Heli copter engine Over seeded in the hangar area just below the Carrier s flight deck. The copter s Pilot it Jug Jim Frank Hagan was killed. Aviation apprentice Donald Howard Trask drowned in an elevator pit while fighting the resultant fire. The fire broke out while the Wasp was 250 Miles East of nor Folk on an Antisubmarine exercise. Army admits of Nike ads to Washington up the army has admitted to House investigators that it urged the West Ern electric corp. To step up its advertising about the Nike Hercules missile during a congressional controversy Over missile funds. But army under Secretary Hugh h. Milton insisted the action was not intended to influence any body in our  he told a House armed services subcommittee that army Public in formation official made the suggestion so the american people would have More information on the antiaircraft defense rocket. The controversial ads were pub urging St Pup inform Public listed in the Washington Post and new York newspapers at the height of a Capitol Hill fight Over merits of the army Nike and the air Force Bomarc missiles. Influence bit charged rep. F. Edward Hebert a up chairman of the House investigating unit has charged that the Western electric ads and similar ones in behalf of the Bomarc by the Boeing air plane co. Were de signed to influence Congress and the Pentagon on which weapon was Best. He said a decision of this sort should be made by military experts instead of being debated publicly. Mcelroy warns on lowering guard Washington up defense Secretary Neil h. Mcelroy warned wednesday against a very human inclination to lower our guard in the friendlier world atmosphere of Exchange visits Between top . And soviet officials. Acid hits Backer of labor Reform Bill Crank blamed Washington a rep. Frank Thompson . Said a Crank tossed a fluid which he believed was acid into his Automo bile As he drove to the Capitol. The fluid hurled from a passing panel truck burned a Hole in Thompson s shirt and marred the paint on his automobile. Con Gressional associates said Thomp son had a Burn on his shoulder the size of a dime. Leading Rol Ethompson played a leading role in recent House consideration of a labor control Bill As a Backer of a democratic sponsored measure opposed by most Union leaders. The House first turned Down a More limited measure and then passed a still More stringent Bill than Thompson advocated. A source close to Thompson was quoted As reporting the Congress Man said he had been getting Anonymous threats Over his labor Bill  answering reporters questions however Thompson attached no significance to the incident of the fluid. He attributed it to the work of a Crank to follow such a course would be the worst kind of Folly he told the Senate appropriations committee. Even to suggest to the Public to our allies or tothe soviets that we Are doing so would be most  Mcelroy testified behind close doors in urging the committee to approve the full $3,929,995,000 asked by president Eisenhower in appropriations for another year of the decor comic and military foreign Aid programs. The House voted Only $3,186,500,000. Mcelroy particularly stressed the need for restoring a $200 million House Cut in military Aid funds. President Eisenhower asked $1.6billion, but the House voted Only $1.4 billion. Another witness under Secre tary of state c. Douglas Dillon also asked the committee to restore the House cuts. Dillon concentrated his testimony on the development loan fund through which most economic Aid is channelled in Long term Loans. Or. Eisenhower asked $700 Mil lion for the new fiscal year which began july 1, but the House voted Only $550 million to be obligated in the 1960-61 fiscal year. Dillon termed the House action severe and  Selassie starts Yugo tour Belgrade a Ethiopia emperor Haile Selassie accompanied by president Tito has started his tour of the Western Yugo slav Republic of Slovenia. For four Days Selassie has had talks with Tito at the secluded Adriatic Island of brioni. Us plane crashes in Spain All 33 aboard feared dead continued from Page 1 the weather seemed Good All along the route to England although there May have been Clouds around Montsena chief Peak in a Chain of mountains of the same name. Trans air Ltd., operate with Fleet of 11 dc3s and a number of Vickers Viscount aircraft from Gatwick Airport near London. The airline is owned by a charter airline firm air work Ltd. Trans air officials in Britain said they had been notified of the crash and were launching an immediate investigation. The twin engine pcs crashed just minutes after Takeoff near a meteorological station at Ture de Lhome near the top of Montsena Observatory keeper Fernando Garcia de Castro and his wife were the first on the scene of the Accident. They said they heard a big explosion shortly after 4 pm. The plane had crashed just Over 100yards away. They tried to reach the plane to search for survivors they said. But a series of explosions rocked the wreckage and they could not get close