European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                European edition army Navy air Force unofficial publication of the . Armed farm in Europe North Africa and the Middle East volume 18, number 129 5 cents Dolly 10 cents sunday leaves tomorrow Toj St f i be Utt Tumis Eek. T in briefing for trip Washington up president Eisenhower conferred monday with Secretary of state Christian a. Herter and state department officials on the chief executive s trip this week to meet with Allied leaders in West Germany Britain and France. Or. Eisenhower who ended a vacation in Gettysburg sunday will leave by plane for Europe at 3 am wednesday of a ._.,to i his first Stop will be Bonn Detroit flood swamps cars by thousands d tuesday August 25, t959 a Detroit a a torrential rain swamped Detroit s Multi million Dollar expressway system stranding thousands of motorists in water up to four feet deep. Detroit police closed both the Edsel Ford and John c. Lodge expressways to vehicle traffic. Tow trucks worked late to Clear thousands of stranded cars from the expressway system which cuts through the heart of the metro Politan area. A 14-foot police department Power boat cruised the express ways taking stranded motorists to safety. One Section of Concrete buckled under the water pressure opening a Hole 128 feet deep. Two cars were reported to have fallen into the water filled holes. No casualties were reported on either the North South Lodge or the East West for expressway. Heavy runoffs caused sewers to Gont. On Page 2lh col. 1 where he will meet with West German Chancellor Konrad see Story on Page. Adenauer. Meetings Are also arranged with British prime minister Harold Macmillan and French president Charles de Gaulle in and Vance of the . Visit next month of soviet Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev. The president also conferred with Secretary of the Treasury Robert b. Anderson Secretary of health education and welfare Arthur s. Flemming. The president talked with Herter and Deputy under Secretary of state Livingston t. Merchant who will make the flight i filth him plus Robert Murphy under Secretary of state for political affairs. The White House also announced some additional details of the chief executive s european trip. In addition to Herter and merchant the president also will be accompanied on the flight to Bonn by Deputy defense Secretary Thomas s. Gates jr., and John n. Irwin ii assistant Secretary of defense for International Security affairs plus members of the president s own staff. Data capsule found after Atlas flight Cape canaveral Fla up a Early Model at Jas missile roared 5,000 Miles into the South Atlantic Mon Day in the fourth straight successful test since a series of failures upset the july 1timetable for operational capability of the missile. " the air Force said prelim Inary data indicated the 82-foot at Las appeared to achieve its  the air Force announced four hours after blast off that a data capsule carried in the nose coneway recovered. The Atlas was scheduled to reach limited operational capability by july but five consecutive fail ures from february through june caused the air Force to revise this Date to sept. 1. Missile ground tested at Vandenberg of base Vandenberg air Force base Calif. Up the air Force Static fired its Atlas inter Continental ballistic missile for the first time at this missile base. The test where the missile is anchored to the ground while its engines Are checked Dut prompted observers to expect a full firing of the missile Here soon. Herter labels Laos situation As dangerous Washington up Secretary of state Christian a Herter told congressmen at a briefing monday that he con siders the developments in Laos very  his 75-minute briefing session with senior members of the  relations committee and the House foreign affairs committee Herter was quoted As expressing deep concern Over the laotian situation where communists have mounted an  j. William Ful Brigu dark of the Senate committee said after the meeting that while not too much is known of the actual conditions in the Southeast Asia nation Herter closing stocks new York a the Stock Market declined in slow trading monday. Thinks the situation is a Verj dangerous  Fulbright quoted the Secretary As saying he was deeply concerned about it and As advising that the United nations May take action in the matter before  rebels in North laotian Royal government troops have been attempting. To quell a rebel uprising in two Northern provinces. They charge that the rebels Are being supplied and Lee by communist forces from North Vietnam and red China. The laotian government has submitted its Case to in officials. The British foreign office said monday it has received information that the military position of the government forces is deteriorating the . Several times has sex cont. On Page-2.ii, col. Koreans Block . Embassy Seoul a several thousand South koreans protesting Japan s plan to repatriate koreans to communist North Korea blocked the Entrance to the . Embassy Here for four hours monday. They demanded american action to halt the japanese project. Police and firemen cleared them away after a 10-Miiuite Battle. The incident Drew a verbal pro test from embassy Counselor Sam p. Gilstrap in the absence of ambassador Walter Dowling who is vacationing. The demonstrators described As labor Union members gave up after a Brush with the first group of 50 police followed by fire fighters. They tried to seize the first fire engine to arrive but gave up when they saw four other moving up. 3 lawmakers from Hawaii take office Washington a Hawaii s two senators and one representative took office monday. Republican sen. Hiram l. Fong twice out lucked democratic sen. Oren e. Long and won both the title of senior senator from the new 50th state and a six year term. Long Drew a four year term. Vice president Richard m. Nixon administered the oath of office to the two new senators. In the House rep. Daniel k. Inouye 34-year-old world War ii hero who lost his right Arm fight ing in Italy raised his left hand and took the oath As it was administered by speaker Sam Ray Burn a Tex. Rep. John w. Mccormack mass House democratic Leader told the House it marked the first time in 160 years there had been no territorial representation in the House. He said 169 delegates from 31-territories have sat in the House. See Page 7. With Hawaii s senators and representative seated the Senate now has 100 members. The num Ber of House seats was raised to437. Fong won the title of senior senator in a Dollar tossing cer Emony in the office of Felton m. Johnston Secretary of the Senate. Long on. Another flip of the Dollar won the right to make first draw for the longer term one expiring in january 1965. Baseball american league Baltimore 012 602 00011 19 i Detroit 000 000 000- 0 5 i Willii Lin. I in Lic i Ami to Namlos. Inst � mos i. Nair Lifshi stump 4so  Icli 9 and Bevy Crit. A Vudhi uni iks.  u-8. Lar wiil i univ. Tri amlo i 2 ih5. New York 001 001 0002 c 3 Chicago Oil 010 lox4 9 i  ii Blaylocl 01, tin icy 7. Grim 8 my Ali  Mouv i own 01 Zintl . A in. Lar in fi-7. Nasa not As far along As hoped says Glennan president Eisenhower has a smile for speaker of the House Sam Rayburn and other Washington dignitaries As he displays the nation s newest Flag the 50-Star Ola glory was unfurled after the president signed � proclamation adding Hawaii to the Union As the 50th state we photo los Angeles a the chief of the civilian space Agency said monday we Are not nearly As far advanced in space technology As we had thought or  speaking of the lessons Learned by his Agency p. Keith Glennan made this other Concession our experiences in the space vehicle Field have been less than completely  Glennan administrator of the National aeronautics and space administration Nas presented his report on . Progress in space in a speech prepared for an air Force symposium on missiles and space technology. Glennan emphasized that he was speaking of the civilian space pro Gram not the military program. The ratio of successful launches to what has been termed by some As successful failures has not improved very much in the past year Glennan said. Even today he said every shot we make either by the Mili tary or by ourselves in Nasa is a shot in which there is Little or no margin for even a slight Devia Tion from planned  Glennan said we should admit quite frankly that with distressing. Cont on Page 2jf, Gol s weather forecast fair with morning Haze and groundhog. High 88, Low co. Air weather service