European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse 24 the stars and stripes tuesday August 2$, Detroit flood swamps cars by thousands continued from Page t break on the High Speed highways increasing the flood danger. The rain flooded numerous Sid streets knocking out Utility serv ice and flooding basements. Elsewhere a severe Thunder storm struck Milwaukee leaving one Man killed by lightning a dozen persons spilled from boat sin Lake Michigan and consider Able wind damage. The dead Man was Jules Gagnon 23, struck by a Bolt As he headed his speedboat toward Shore. Lightning claimed another life in a storm in the Pittsburgh area. Frank Kozak 11, of Library was struck As he played behind his House. The lightning also touched off a Small fire and caused some minor damage to Homes in the area. Hot in Midwest temperatures were 94 in Chi Cago Louisville and Huntington w.va., and 93 in Lynchburg a. In Kewanee 111., heavy rain and High wind swept the Mercury Down from 92 to 72 degrees in a few were reported Southeast of Elpaso tex., and near emmets burg., air Force base near Omaha neb., had nearly three inches of rain in an Early morning thunderstorm. Turbulence extend Jed eastward to Pennsylvania where Brookville received nearly an Inchon rain in a Thunder and lightning storm. A sub visits italian port la spezia. Italy up the nuclear powered submarine. Skip Jack arrived Here on a Mediterranean Shakedown cruise. It is the seventh nuclear powered. Sub Marine launched by the Skipjack which has a so called Teardrop Hull built for High under water speeds has racked up a world underwater Speed record and diving record. The Navy has announced officially that it has a Speed of at least 31 Mph underwater and can go below 400 feet. Beats Nautilus the first atomic submarine Nautilus has an announced Speed of More than 20 Mph and probably can hit about 30. It also can go about double the announced depth of 400 , the Skipjack probably can go Well below 1.000 feet and prob ably tops 40 Mph underwater. The Skipjack also is the first Ofa series of submarines designed to " carry Polaris submarine will remain in Italy for four Days before going ahead with its cruise. Dag on South America tour new York up unite nations Secretary general Dag Hara Harskjold left by plane for Buenos Aires to begin a tour that will take him to Argentina Para Guay Uruguay and Brazil. Rains hoes lion i Camitta torrential Rains undercut this House in Nipigon Canada spilling it and its occupants mrs. Claude Courtmanche and six of her eight children into a Ravine. Peter Courtmanche Zzz was seriously injured. The others escaped safely. A photo Nasa not As far along As hoped., says Glennan continued from Page 1 by few exceptions we have riot achieved Complete Success in any Mission to Date Success in the sense that the payload has been injected into orbit or into a deep Pace trajectory within reason Able limits of the planned flight objectives and in the sense that the payload has performed its mis Sion he noted that Russia has re ported Only its successful flights although we know they have had Glennan said that when Nasa went into operation last october the Agency and everyone else in the space business lacked full realization of the complexity of the technological problems ahead. We were neophytes probably still Are in our understanding of the costs to be incurred in a hard hitting broadly based National space program he said. Moon probes Glennan said that before becom ing heavily involved in deep space research Nasa will concentrate on launching Moon probes including 1shots designed to come closet the Moon without hitting it. Previously it had been announced that these shots would attempt to relay to the Earth photographs and other information about the Moon. 2launching vehicles into orbit around the Moon. 3shots designed to smash into the Moon. ,4launching vehicles designed to land gently on the Moon. In this program we will develop the techniques necessary to accomplish missions into deeper space Glennan said. The Nasa director added that it was becoming Clear that we can not and should not attempt to undertake All the hundreds of projects that Are being recommended to Advance our understanding of the space he said the . Lacks the Man Power the facilities and the funds for such Large scale operations. Uts. Scientists will make Progress faster if they understand a bit More about things already accomplished before starting new Ven Tures he added. Herter says situation very dangerous in Laos continued from Page 1 pressed belief the rebel uprisings being plotted in Moscow As part of a worldwide cold War pressure drive. Fulbright who also attended the Herter briefing agreed with the Secretary that the laotian Situa Tion is very he said Herter told the Law makers much of the difficulty lies in Lack of Concrete information due mainly to the Jungle terrain sparsely settled areas and poor communications. He described Herter As hopeful that the in would Send observers As requested by Laos. State department spokesman Lincoln White said the department had not yet received official re ports on the latest communist actions in Laos. He said according to the in formation available to the depart ment the laotian communists Are employing guerrilla Type hit and run tactics. He said that after some of their latest attacks the communists had withdrawn again and their positions had been reoccupied by the laotian army. Warns against Trade with red China stump says piping would ruin in Miami Beach Fla. Up admission of communist China to the United nations would ruin the world organization adm Felix b. Stump it said monday. Stump head of the freedoms foundation at Valley forge said admission to the in would follow if the . Recognizes communist China. Recognition of red China is primary communist aim he said. I think we can safely predict that were red China admitted to the United nations it would not Bevery Long before the United nations would be As defunct an organization As the old league of spoke before a luncheon at the american bar Assn. Conven Tion. He said the opening of Trade with communist China would be just As harmful As diplomatic recognition. This too would help the com Scran dealer scraps to save ship Seattle a is the Battle ship West Virginia Worth it weight in scrap Iron a Seattle Auto wrecker says it is. And he says he and 104 other Guys Are willing to put up the \ scrap to save it. The West Virginia smashed inthe japanese attack on Pearl har Bor but later rebuilt is now at the puget sound naval shipyard i Bremerton Wash last week the Navy sold it to a new York Metaj company for $781, 389.89. The company said it would scrap the Battle Wagon on the West coast because the ship is too big to go through the Panama s a crime said a. W. Bert Trudeau. She s a Beautiful just Don t make them like that any Trudeau who has Long cherished the dream of a floating museum got Busy on the Telephone. He said he has put together group of 105 men junk merchants Farmers and automobile. Dealer who have pledged 1,000 tons of sent a letter to the Union metals and alloys co. Of new York offering equal tonnage of scrap for the big is the scrap coming from Well said Trudeau an Auto Mobile dealer promised 25 old pledged their Rusty old an lumber Mills chipped in with obsolete equipment. And so on How much will it take to Ransom the West Virginia i Don t Fonow said Trudeau. I never weighed someone who apparently has reported Trudeau Only has 30,800more tons to go munits a lot More than it would help us he said. He said under modern conditions there is no such thing As innocent Trade with an stump said the piping regime is still at War with the United were it not for the ., he added All Asia would be communist today. To prevent further spread of communism in Asia is a life and death matter of vital importance to the Security of the United states he said. It is utter fallacy for anyone to suggest that the free world could Long survive if we make the terrible mistake of allow ing Asia to be swallowed up bythe communist Steven Bride Startin honeymoon in America new York apr. And mrs. Steven Rockefeller the millionaire s son and the family maid he wooed and won in a modern fairy tale Romance arrived from the Bride s native Norway to set Forth on an american honeymoon. The newlyweds and the Groom parents gov. And mrs. Nelson a. Rockefeller flew to new York. The Bride and Groom came out Steven with his Arm around Anne Marie a position in which it was kept most of the time they were at the Airport. Everyone smiled and the governor waved As photographers snapped an Airport news conference Young Rockefeller said he and his wife just wish to disappear the new mrs. Rockefeller spoke 5 die in train crash mores Spain up a bar Celona to Valladolid passenger train crashed into a parked freight train Here killing five passengers an injuring another 37, Only two words during the 15 minute press conference. Replying to a question As to whether she was Happy to be Back in America she said ,. Very two Farmers Hoof it across Iron curtain Kassel Germany a two Farmers from communist East Germany have succeeded in Tak ing their entire livestock along when they fled across the Iron curtain into West Germany. Fearing the collectivization of his farm one 55-year-old Farmer came across with wife and two children and drove a Herd of 14cows to Freedom after he had Cut the barbed wire Fence that Marks the Border. Another Farmer brought seven cows. His Herd was grazing to the Border and heals Cut the Fence. \
