European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Fakir Day August 22, 1959 the stars and stripes Faubus asked to Check new integration Little Rock Ark. Up patrons of the Dollar Way school District formally petitioned e. Faubus to prevent Inte Gration of their White school by three negro students. A petition bearing. 1,202 Signa Tures said to represent 90 percent of the White residents of the area was delivered to the Gover nor by l. D. Poynter president of the Arkansas citizens school is on the outskirts of Pine Bluff. I Don t plan anything at the moment Faubus told Poynter. Integration ordered Federal judge Axel j. Beck ordered the school integrated an then refused to delay his order at the request of Dollar Way school Board attorneys. The school Board then appealed his order to the . Eighth Cir Cuit court of appeals in St. is under a Federal in Junction not to interfere with Inte Gration in Little Rock but the order does not specifically apply elsewhere in the state. 26 Virginia negroes ask entry in schools Fairfax up Twenty six negro students have filed suiting Federal court asking admission to eight White schools in Fairfax Page i county. A act attorney Frank d. Reeves of Washington who rep resents the students asked fed eral District judge Albert v. Bryan of Alexandria va., to order immediate enrolment of 20 of the negro students in elementary schools and 6. Others in High school. It marked the first court Sui against Fairfax county which has drawn up a voluntary integration plan but has steadfastly refused to reveal its contents. Air conditioning Kos Holifield Washington up rep. Ghet Holifield a calif55,stricken by pains in his Chest and Back collapsed in the speaker lobby off the House floor. Too much air conditioning was blamed. Or. George w. Calver Capitol physician examined Holifield administered a codeine Pill and sent him Home to rest. It s a muscle spasm brought on from too much air conditioning Calver said. Sex child Star Beckett Hurt As tree los Angeles up Scott Beckett former child movie Star was injured seriously when Hiscar crashed into a tree at High Speed. Beckett 29, was taken unconscious to Urcla medical Center where attendants said his Condi Tion was serious but not suffered a severe head injury but regained consciousness. The ultimate in compact cars Theodore 8. Rau looks like he got the jump on the Auto Industry s compact cars As he drives his replica of a Model t Ford on a Street in St. Louis to. Gnu who won the car in a grocery store con test had to drive it Home. A 200 Pounder he out weights the Auto by 50 pounds. Up photo Man made lightning said soviet goal Washington a a Detroit scientist said Here that soviet rus Sia is studying the possible us of Man made balls of lightning As weapons. Donald j. Ritchie of Bendix aviation corp. Research Labora tories said the proposal has come from physicist George i. Babat head of the soviet Institute of energetics. Ritchie writing in missiles an rockets Magazine said Babat pro poses to generate balls of lightning in the sky High above cities. He would do this by focusing two huge parabolic antennas to create an intense electromagnetic Field. Nuclear fusion the Field would develop the Ballof lightning fed from the ground by electromagnetic Energy. Nuclear fusion processes would occur within the Ball. The Ball could be easily move through the sky by directing the ground antennas Ritchie said. The effect of directing it atan aircraft or missile can be easily imagined. Such a soviet weapon is not of course just around the Corner. The work in Progress almost certainly is still in the research phase. But russian science is rapidly expand ing its understanding of electrical discharge Ball lightning and Light Ning under Man s Best Friend Miami Fla. A Lynn Wald on Swink 21, and Robert r. Banks 22, left their German Shepherd to watch while the broke into a Telephone Coin Box. The dog did t make a sound Asa sheriff s Deputy crept up and arrested the two men. Former army private wants Back pay at lieutenant rate Houston Tex. A a for Mer Soldier has sued Uncle Sam for the difference Between his$85.80 monthly salary As a private and the $222.30 pay of a a. Kanakis 26, asks the salary Del a Fence of ,$3,276 plus interest quarters and allowances. Kanakis a pharmaceutical firm reprise Rita Tver was a1 p h y s 1 c a 1 therapist at methodist Hospital Here when inducted feb. 25, 1957.he was also a Reserve second lieu tenant in the army medical specialists corps. He said he was turned Down three times in efforts to enter the army As an officer. The army told him there were no vacancies for physical therapists he said. He was a private until seven months before he was discharged As specialist 4th class last Jan. 19. Kanakis1 attorney Gordon j. Kroll says Federal regulations exempt medical dental and Allied specialists holding Reserve commis Sions from induction except i their commission grades. ,4 million overcharge reported Washington. Up govern ment auditors have complained that the . Will be overcharged$3,402 000 unless the air Force adjusts a contract for supersonic fighter planes. The contract is with the con Vair division of general dynamics corp., san Diego Calif. Officials of the general account ing office Gao Congress watchdog on government spend ing voiced the warning during Ziegfeld Era Glamor Queen Dies in new York new York a mrs. Eliza Beth Dodero Shannon one of the most glamorous of new York show girls during the great Era of Ziegfeld George White and ear Lcarroll died Here after a Long ill Ness. Known in show business Sabetty Sundmark mrs. Shannon left the stage to marry the late Alberto Dodero Argentine ship Ping magnate and one of the wealthiest men in the world. Shemet him in Europe while appear ing As the Star of the Montecarlo after her marriage to Dode Roshe embarked on a successful Ca reer As a hostess of International society dividing her time Between european luxury spots and he husband s palatial Homes in South America. She became one of Evita Peron s closest confidants. After Dodero died in 1951 she married the late motion picture actor Alan Curtis. They were divorced in 1952, and in 1953 she married Hugh Shannon pianist and night club owner who sur . Dodero lived for a number of years in Rome where she was Awell known member of the Amer ican Community. Stained Glass artist Dies in Philadelphia Philadelphia a David Bramnick 67, noted stained Glass artist whose work is in churches around the world died in a hos Pital the windows he created Are those in the Cathedral of St. John the divine in new York the National Cathedral in Washington and other edifices in Europe Hawaii and Japan. Hearings by a House armed serv ices subcommittee. The subcommittee headed Byre. F. Edward Hebert a Lais investigating possible influence peddling on defense contracts by retired military officers and the so called munitions the Gao said its audit of the$490 million con Vair contract showed the aircraft firm estimated its costs Way above what they actually were the air Force could have Dis covered this had it been watchful enough the Gao further charged. Terms not Settle the company delivered the last of 325 f102a interceptors to Theair Force in july of last year but final contract payment terms still Are hanging fire. Con Vair protested in a letter from its president j. V. Naish that the Gao report was in Gross error and saw no reason Cor a contract revision. Con Vair s name also played prominent role in hearings this week. Newspaper columnist Drew Pearson charged that the company got the f102a contract through the influence of a retired air Force general. One Way of getting even Fredericksburg a. Up patrolman Michael Ashley pursued a speeder so assiduously that the Driver lost control of his car and smashed into another Ashley personal car parked along the Sti get. Labor letters blast backers of strict Bill Washington a House members who voted for strict la Bor control legislation have been threatened with retaliation at the polls by a top Al Cio official. James b. Carey. Al Cio vice president and head of the internal Lional electrical workers sent identical letters to the 134 republicans and 95 democrats who hacked the Landrum Griffin labor control Bill saying to wish to assure you. That we shall do All n our Power to prove of the working men and women in your District that you have cast your lot against them and that. W take appropriate action at flip ballot Bill bucked by Ike the Bill sponsored by reps. Phil m. Landrum a a and Robert p. Griffin a Mich. Was backed by president Eisenhower. A House vote aug. 13 substituted the Landrum Griffin Bill for a democratic backed measure considered less stringent in curbs on secondary Boycotts and so called blackmail picketing. Members who voted for the More democratic backed measure also received letters from Carey saying their support of a progressive legislative program will i am confident assure you of support by the working men and women in your District the letters stirred up angry re action among House members. Rep. William h. Ayres a Ohio said he hoped Carey was not speak ing for Al Cio president George Meany. If threats like this on members of Congress continue or. Carey will be Plachin himself in the same category As or Hoffa James Hoffa teamsters Union presi Dent Ayres said. Europe teeters in . For study new York up More than700 european High school students have arrived aboard the line Waterman to spend 11 months at tending schools in this country and living with american families. The teen agers were brought Here by the american Field serv ice ass. Since the program be Gan in 1947, the ass has arranged for 6,701 students from 46 com tries to visit the . The ass also sends . Stu dents to Europe. This year and next 690 american students will attend schools in european coun tries. Anti foreign Aid group claims majority oppose huge outlay Washington up the counsel for the citizens foreign Aid committee said Here that either political party could sweep the country by running on a ticket of All out opposition to foreign Manion said the pres ent foreign Aid program is no authorized by the Constitution and is continued by Congress i Defiance of the wishes of the great majority of the , he said in testimony pre pared for the Senate appropriations committee the government does not have enough tax income to support the program and is forced to borrow Money to Payfor it. Manion testified As counsel of the citizens committee a private organization opposing the Aid pro Gram. He was backed by Walter Harnischfege of Milwaukee chair Man of the organization a Dcharles Callan Tansill former pro Fessor of diplomatic history a Georgetown University. All three opposed president Eisenhower s $3,929,995,000 request for funds for another year of Thea id program which the commit tee is considering. The House voted Only $3,186.500,000 in actual Money. Harnischfege urged that the Billbe Cut to $2 billion and trimmed More each year until the programs wiped out in three years Tansill said the nation should Stop placing its Reliance on collective Security and build a fortress America that can give us adequate Security in the world gone
