European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday Augurt 21, the stars and stripes Little Rock after class segregation Jefferson Thomas 16, the Only negro student at Central High school Little Bock Ark., Waits for a car to pick him up after school lets out. ., Moons Roll up nearly billion space Miles Washington a the Man made Moons of the Earth have rolled up nearly a billion Miles of travel since they blasted off their . And soviet launching pads calculations by the ism Van guard computing Center Here gave All the satellites a total of More than 934,700,000 Miles As of noon aug. 15. The figures did not include the fantastic space travels of Russia s Mechta rocket believed to be in orbit around the Sun or of Pioneer in America s first successful solar satellite. Pioneer in launched March 3, made its closest approach to the sun91.7 million Miles March 17, and is due to be at its farthest Point of 106.1 million Miles away Abovitz oct. 1. Here Are the tallies for the satellites still in orbit explorer 1, launched Jan. 31, 1958213 million Miles. Vanguard i launched March 17, 1958186.1 million Miles. Sputnik Iii launched May 15, 1958177.1 million Miles. Explorer in launched july 26, 1958145.5 million Miles. Vanguard ii launched feb. 17, 1959 66.1 million Miles. Explorer i. Launched aug. 7, 19591,350,000 Miles. The totals for the longer lived 6 singers held on drug count Pasadena Calif. A six Rocic n Roll singers the flamingos were arrested on suspicion of possessing marijuana As they were driving to an Airport. Police said a gasoline station attendant told them he smelled marijuana smoke when the group stopped for Gas. The singers said they had come from san Francisco and were in route to Honolulu to open an engagement Friday. Booked at City jail were Charles j. Hunt 20 Isaih s. Johnson 23 Paul d. Wilson 23 Ezekial j. Carey 26 Nathaniel j. Nelson 27, and Jacob a. Carey 31. Thieves Anbolt to Freedom Lockport. . Up Walter Van Buren scrambled into his car to pursue a pair of thieves he d seen tampering with his tires. The Chase ended abruptly when the wheels of his Auto fell off among the satellites that have fallen out of their orbits sputnik i life Span oct. 4, 1957 Jan. 4, 195836.8 million Miles. Sputnik ii nov. 3, 1957-april 13, 195863 million Miles. Explorer Iii March 26-june 27, 195832.2 million Miles. Atlas dec. 18, 1958-Jan. 21, 1959 13.3 million Miles. Expectant father lies Way to jail to liberate wife London a a Young eng Lish labourer revealed in court that he lied his Way behind bars so that he could save his wife from having her first baby in jail. It was an act of pure chivalry said counsel for Edward George Brown 26. The Story unfolded like this Brown who worked in a Mill and his Blond 20-year-old wife Margaret were overjoyed at the Prospect of parenthood. But just when everything looked Rosy Trou ble struck. Short in accounts Margaret a bookkeeper who handled Money for a Large firm was found to be 74 pounds $207.20 Short in her accounts. She was brought to trial. Brown fearing his child might be born in prison thought up a Way out. He testified in court that his wife had taken the Money because he told her to and that he needed the Cash for drink and bet ring at dog races. He was sentenced to serve a year and chivalry s payoff his Young wife was placed on probation for a year. The rest of the Story was heard in the London court of appeals there was Only one thing to do and that was to take the blame myself said Brown haltingly. We made up a Story Abou dogs and drink and i had to make out that i was a Rotter otherwise the police would t have believed it is a Case of a chivalrous Hus band whose Only object was to try to save his wife from prison and avoid the stigma of their expected child being born in jail said John Mathew Brown s and his wife Are now on a year s probation. Their child won t be born in prison. White students of Central stand across the Street. Thomas told school Board members that reports of violence against him were untrue. A Only negro Pupil at school denies violence reports Little Rock Ark. A two chop Board members said the Only negro student in Central High school refuted segregationist charges of racial violence behind its doors. Board members Ted Lamb and Russell Matson met after classes with the negro Jefferson Thomas 16, and several teachers., these charges had been made and we wanted to see for our selves Lamb said. A segregationist Leader the Rev. Wesley Pruden complained to City authorities about reported fights Between Thomas and White Stu dents. Classes As usual three negro girls Elsie Robin son Estella Thompson and Effie Jones attended classes at Hall High school. The Robinson girl said school was just Fine and classes were As parents of eight White pupils asked the school Board not to As sign their children to classes with members of another or different race under a state lavs. No action has been taken on the request for five Hall and Throe Central Stu dents. Board president Everett Tucker jr., said on a National television program that More Little Rock people Are concluding their Choice is not Between integration and segregation but Between some de Gree of desegregation and no pub Lic schools at meanwhile police Cut their forces at. The two integrated High schools to a Bare minimum up reported. Only four patrolmen were at Central As Thomas went to class virtually ignored by while students. There were about a half dozen policemen at Hall .9 Philippines near Accord on revision of military base pact Manila up the . And Tho Philippines appeared to have re moved one of the major stumbling blocks toward revision of their 1947 military bases agreement. And philippine negotiators formally signed last Friday and have just made Public a memorandum of agreement calling Cor the relinquishment to the Philippines of 17 . Military bases scattered All Over the country and the retention by the . Of its four major installations. It was the first signed agree ment since the Start last year of diplomatic talks Between foreign Secretary Felixberto Serrano and . Ambassador Charles e. Bohlen and set the stage for the two negotiators to move on to other items in their Agenda. The Accord also hauled out the talks from virtual collapse which appeared imminent in the Early stages because of Sharp .-Phil i Pine differences on the question of criminal jurisdiction Over american m i 1 i t a r y servicemen Here. Terms of agreement the terms of agreement on the relinquished 17 american military installations follow 1total and unconditional relinquishment of eight . Military installations to the Philippines. 2four . Bases will be subject to joint Phu Ppine-. Operational use which would be mutually agreed upon in the Light of Mili tary requirements. Five coast guard Loran Long Range air to navigation stations will become philippine bases but still under exclusive use administration and operation by the . Pending ability of the Philippines to take them Over. Four bases the four major bases to be retained by the . Are All in the Philippines biggest Island of Luzon. They Are the 13lh .. Air forces base at Clark Field in Central Luzon the vital 7th Fleet Supply and repair bases at Subic Bay on Luzon s West coast the . Naval air station at Langley Point 15 Miles from Manila and the . Recreation Center at Camp John Hay in the Mountain resort City of Baguio. Another important Point in the Serrano Bohlen agreement was the turnover of the Community of Olon Gapo presently within the limits of the Subic naval base and a philippine town of 60,000 now being run by the . Navy. Helpless wife sees Navy cant drown Pensacola Fla. Up Navy capt William Francis Martin of Phoenix drowned while swimming near the Pensacola naval air Sta Tion Here. Martin was swimming a Short distance from a boat in which his wife was Silling Whon he was stricken with an undetermined ser ure. He drowned before his wife could reach him. Martin was executive officer of the Marine air Del Achmet naval air Basic thu Cotmil at the air station Here. Girls lose hearts to Peru headhunters Lima Peru up two Cali fornia girls have returned to civilization after two months of missionary work among peruvian headhunters. The girls Janet Pugh 19, of red Bluff and Shirley Haueter 22, of Oakland carried a chief s head dress with them As a souvenir of their stay in Remote Jungle coun try. We did t lose our Heads Only our hearts said Janet who had High Praise for the Courtesy and Good will shown her by their primitive hosts. Janet is a Junior at the University of California. Shirley graduated this year. I used to kill the headdress belonged to chief Sariri of the Stapras tribe who was quoted As saying i used to kill. I was the greatest chief and lived very bad. We went far on the Trail and killed people to take that s the Way i used to do before you people told me about god. Then my heart took Wing with Joy the chief added. The girls Are members of the first presbyterian Church in Berkeley. Their trip to Peru was sponsored by the Carlos r. Leclair inst tulo linguistic Ano Verano a nonprofit organization which car Ries on its work in the most re Mote Jungle areas. Youth denies $19,000 theft Exeter . A Emery n. Eaton or. 26-year-old language scholar arrested by dutch police in connection with a larceny charge pleaded innocent to a charge of fleeing to Holland with $19,000 from a state liquor store managed by his a i her. Eaton who returned to the . Voluntarily after he was arrested was held for grand jury action next month on the charge of Lar Ceny. Bail was set at. $2,000 after Eaton s municipal court arraign me it. Polic Zaniou 4 thu Siirid Eaton and a com flew to Amsterdam aug. Day after Euton vanished with ? 19,000. They flew Back to Gether. The companion was identified As Robert a. England 25. No charge was brought against eng land. Swindler faces Fine because he in t one Frankfurt a the Law finally caught up with Hans Jochen Verhl and he faces a Fine because he in t a swindler. Verhl a Salesman for a publish ing House who spends night after night in hotels 11 years ago got fed up with filling out in Block letters the yellow White or Pink registration cards every place he stayed. Tireless useless bureaucratic nonsense he decided and began a Campaign against it requested profession i listed myself As rat Catcher Bear Irvinc a whatever my fancy told me. I listed birth dates hut never have appeared on any Calendar. I was born most in the Himalayas or in Sodom or gomorrah. My identification number i listed As 12 5-ir.g. Nobody Ever noticed. I consulted the criminal codes and began to list myself As Bur Glar forger embezzler. Finally i listed myself As a swindler and gave my Correct name and and that was in Frankfurt and that s where he ran into trouble. Someone looked at the card and summoned police investigation showed Verhl to be a sales Man and no More but they ran him in anyway. The charge Hans Jochen Verhl a hotel guest from Kassel was charged with violation of article 25, Para graph 2 of the ordinance concern ing registration. He listed himself As a swindler although he did not carry on this
