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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday August 23, 199 not in race Adlai repeats after trip new York a Adlai �. Stevenson returned from Europe and reiterated his stand that he will not be a candidate for the democratic president Ial Nomina Hon. But he did not say what he would do if drafted. The twice Defeated candidate for the presidency said i d like to add my Hope that my dear and Loyal friends in Oregon will not enter me in their primary next Spring because it would put me in the position of being a candidate which i am  he added that if his name were entered he would submit an affidavit removing it. Greatest Reward i am flattered that so Many people seem to want me to run for president again he said. This continued Confidence is the greatest Reward for Public service and i am deeply grateful to All of them. But As i have said since 1956, i will not seek the demo cratic nomination in 1960, and i Hope that All of my friends will support the avowed candidates of their  asked How he would respond if nominated anyway he said Only i have never thought for a moment it was possible for me to be drafted in 1960, and i have no reason to think it  there have been recent reports to the effect that Many of the big Money contributors to the demo cratic party want Stevenson to make a third try. 2 months abroad Stevenson returned by plane from from a two month vacation and business trip abroad. He said he had found that the forthcoming Exchange of visits be tween president Eisenhower and soviet Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev was generally interpreted in Europe As a great achievement by or.  i detected some anxiety about secret diplomacy he said but i am sure the president s visit to Europe next week will relieve that  or. Eisenhower will Confer with top european officials As a pre Lini Inary to Khrushchev s arrival in the . Stevenson said he planned 19 leave for Chicago tuesday after a weekend Here. No a Home of their own los Angeles a sixty civil defense leaders met Here to sell the Public on the idea of build ing Back Yard a bomb shelters. During the meeting someone asked for a show of hands to see How Many had government approved shelters on their own prop erty. Not a hand was raised. Power failure strikes again in heat wave single . Block blacked out new York a an underground Power Cable grounded out a and temporarily blacked out a popu Lous and High rent Block on West 68th Street Man Hattan. The failure was on a smaller scale than last monday s crippling Power shutdown. Unlike the earlier failure which halted electric service to half a million residents in upper new re for nearly 12 hours the new shutdown lasted for Only slightly More than an hour. But like monday s failure the blackout came in sweltering 90-degree  was the South Side of West 68th Street Between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue a Block dotted by apartment buildings and multiple  estimated thousand residents were left with out lights air conditioning and elevator service in the midst of new York s continuing heat wave. Monday s blackout Cut off electric Power to half million residents in a 500-Square-Block area. Parents held in starvation Heath of baby san Antonio Tex. A authorities have accused a san Antonio couple of deliberately starving their 2-month-old son to  Hope god forgives you for what you be done Justice of the peace Albert Trevino said As he fixed Bond at $10,000 each for Manuel Quesada 55, and his wife Francisca 39, on a murder charge. Their son Juan died wednesday. The Quesadas told police they gave away eight of their 11 children born in the past 13 years. Two others Are staying with a grand Mother  detective Frank Castillon related these details answering a Call to police Cas Tillon found the body of the baby wrapped in a Cotton. Blanket at the Home of mrs. Marciana Martinez j 60, Mother of mrs. Quesada. Mrs Quesada said she and her husband came Here two weeks ago from Brownsville Tex., with the three children. Quesada then abandoned his family she  City health nurse went to the grandmother s Home tuesday gave mrs. Quesada Vitamin tablets for the baby and told her to take the infant to a doctor. Next day1-the nurse returned with four quarts of milk and again urged medical at Tention for the . Quesada said she had no Money to pay a doctor. Although they could t afford doctor for the child Castillon told the Justice of the peace i noticed a Large 21-Inch television set in one of the  complaint accuses the parents of voluntarily killing Juan Quesada by neglecting and Refus ing to give him enough food. Or. Robert Hausman county medical examiner said the baby died of malnutrition. Sues for service pay difference 1xv1�.$fe a � 4," t5 a a i 4x v4 4 i a jux i x " a., a suspect swallows Sweet evidence Trenton . A a num Bers operator who recorded his bets on Candy wafers has been arrested by state agents despite the fact that he swallowed the  attorney general Charles s. Joelson said that state agents had anticipated that Henry Kohr 43, a twice convicted Jersey City numbers Salesman would gulp Down the betting records Joelson said marked Money would be Sedas evidence. Smithsonian turns up nose at Piaster cast of durante9 s Hollywood up Jimmy sch Vozzola Durante was Morti fied upon receiving news that the smithsonian institution in Washington had refused to accept a plaster cast of his outsize proboscis. Stunned by the rejection Durante flapped his arms in exasperation. I took pm at their word he cried. Everything was done in Good late. But now they Don t want Durante s nose to get into lie act originally the Durante beak was to be displayed in the museum s anthropology exhibit. According to a Durante adviser an official of the institution agreed it would to an interesting addition to the display. Later however a higher up dismissed the project. It � bjortifyin1," Jimmy said. My nose Ain t Ever been snubbed  former army pvt Nick a. Kanakis 26, of Houston a Reserve second lieutenant is suing the government for the difference be tween officer and enlisted pay amounting to More than $3,200 in a two year hitch. He claims he was forced to serve As a private although holding a Reserve commission. He says his pleas while in service were ignored or rejected. A photo ,000 alleged payment to Long to be aired Baton Rouge la. A the East Baton Rouge Parish county District attorney will make a re port to the grand jury wednesday on an alleged $5,000 payment to gov. Earl k. Long by a new Orleans. Steamship group the Baton Rouge state times says. The grand jury meeting this week will decide then whether the reports warrant further investigation the newspaper said it Learned from a reliable source. Some time ago it added District attorney j. St. Glair Favrot received grand jury directions to file a report on verbal and published accounts of the $5,000 brought to Long by new Orleans oilman Louis j. Roussel. Roussel said the $5,000 was handed to him by Earl s. Binnings member of the steamship group interested in blocking 1956 legis lation dealing with the Mississippi bar pilots Assn. Binnings denied the Money Wasa bribe. Long vetoed the measure. At his Home in Winnfield the governor said he never had received tainted Money and said he would be Able to explain the matter. While i be been lieutenant governor or governor. Uncle Earl never got hold of any tainted Money. I know nothing of an bribes. Whatever it was i la be Able to sleepy Sime Down South Dallas Tex. Up sleepy 6 am radio listeners heard this analysis on a Dallas station news cast the effects of the steel strike Are slowing out up readily give satisfactory explanation. When All this was supposed to have happened the Bill they were talking about had been vetoed 30 Days. When i first read about the item i announced publicly i would veto  a few months ago Favrot visited new Orleans to Confer with Federal officials in connection he said with the Federal income tax investigation of Long. The governor himself first revealed the Federal income tax probe. Nudists to hold showing Devore Calif. Up the regional nudist group of the Ameri can sunbathing Assn. Announced that the first Public showing of the three bares and Goldilocks would be held Here. 8 i scientists meet with cd on discipline Edgewood map the Soldier scientists at the army chemical Center who took pot shots at the army during a noisy Beer party probably won t be charged the base commander said. Brig Gen Harold Walmsley held a four hour closed door meeting with eight of the party goers when he emerged he said the meeting was very  the general said he believed that the entire matter could be handled without any court martial charges being filed although a final decision would have to await the completion of an army investigation. Walmsley said his talk with the eight enlisted men covered the entire subject of discipline at the highly secret chemical Center and also covered the Beer party. A base spokesman said two of the eight men admitted attending the party at a nearby tavern. He said the other six were noncom Mital but agreed to Confer with Walmsley in the interest of pre serving Harmony. Maj Philip Polak Post Legal offi cer also attended the meeting. None of the enlisted men was available for comment. Earlier the army said a letter of apology to the commanding general was drafted and reportedly signed by most of the College trained Soldier scientists who at tended the  spokesman said a few of the men opposed he Brief letter but the majority were in favor. The letter pledged the men not to re peat the incident and apologized for any derision or derogatory statements that occurred during the affair. An estimated 60 of the Post s 400 enlisted scientists took part in the noisy party at nearby Bush riverine. The celebrants according to witnesses uttered loud anti army slogans and Sang such songs As Down with the  some of the verses contained obscene phrases. A similar party near the base last year resulted in a court mar tial for 11 Soldier scientists. They were convicted of disorderly con duct and were demoted and fined $25 each. A civilian lawyer for the 11 enlisted men complained to the Secretary of the army that the men were being penalized merely for exercising the Soldier s time Hon ored right to Gripe. Slayer of 2 Dies in Gas chamber san Quentin Calif. A Stephen Nash confessed killer of 11 persons died in san Quentin Gas  was condemned specifically for two 195g stabbings. Nash admitted killing 10-year-old Larry Rice under a Santa Monica pier. He also admitted the slaying of John Berg 26, whose body was found in a Long Beach apartment. Senate passed Bill defines which Roosevelt dam honors Washington up the sen ate has passed and sent to the House a Bill to change the name of Roosevelt dam in Arizona to Theodore Roosevelt dam. Sen. Barry Goldwater a Ariz introduced the measure to eliminate any confusion Over whether the name of the dam honoured Theodore Roosevelt or Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The Senate Interior committee said in a report that it was during Theodore Roosevelt s term of office As president 1901-1909 that the dam and auxiliary works were authorized As major features of the Salt River project. This act was sponsored by Theodore Roosevelt and the major Basic facility Roosevelt dam was Given his name on its comple Tion in 1911," the committee said. Subsequently. Franklin d. Roosevelt s name also became associated with reclamation and his name has been linked with the Reservoir behind grand Coulee am in Washington state it added. Under this legislation the com Mittee added the name of Theo Dore Roosevelt is definitely associated with the Arizona dam  
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