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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, August 25, 1959

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes tuesday August 25, 1959 joint unit asks . To seek More data on radiation perils Washington a a congressional group has called for greater efforts by the . Government to assess radiation hazards from weapons testing on present and future  Senate House atomic Energy committee linked its criticism to endings that dangerous debris from nuclear blasts prior to the Start of the International test Holiday last autumn is returning to Earth much More rapidly than previously  threat from atomic Radia Tion fallout As a whole has no received the High level administrative support and impetus which it need and merits the committee new yorkers hit by fourth Power failure new York a another Power failure the fourth i seven Days hit new York City affecting Only a Small area con Taining relatively Small buildings. Power was restored after 3v1  consolidated Edison co., said electricity was Cut off to a dozen buildings on the South Side of 73d Street Between first and second  buildings Are mostly old brownstones being renovated. Authorities could not say How Many tenants were involved. Cooler weather a burnout of a secondary line into the buildings caused the Trou ble a company spokesman said. The failure came in relatively Cool weather in Sharp contrast to last week s mass blackout which affected half a million people and lasted 13 hours in one of the sum Mer s hottest  subsequent Power failures affected about 20,000 people also in sweltering heat. Concluded in a report. Warn of Hazard the congressmen avoided an direct reference to International debate Over the resumption of nuclear testing. But they warned Ofa Hazard to the world s Popula Tion Over the next two generations if testing is resumed this fall and continued at the same High rate of the past five years. A scientific accounting of Al atomic tests to Date the committee said showed a total fission yield equivalent to the explosion of from 90 to 92 million tons of int. The report said nearly half of this resulted from the extensive . And soviet tests of 1957-58,and that Large portions of this radioactivity have already fallen on the Earth. Two years ago the committee said scientists estimated that radioactive debris spewed into the stratosphere by nuclear detonations would remain there for fro five to 10 years. The revised find Ings disclosed in the recent hear Ings however reduce this period to from one to five years. Car dealer with a new Deal Only 65 he and no self starter May make this three wheeled Trade in on a used car difficult for a Monroe wis., dealer to sell but it has one Gim Mick his other models Don t have it has wings and it flies. Mechanic David Peterson is ready to Start the engine and his Spiel about the Little old lady who Only used it on  the Price he quoted was $1,400 up photo customs Law violation charged to East Germany Washington up the Treasury says customs agents will investigate charges that a Law re Quiring Complete markings on goods imported from East Ger the human Side of storm reports by North american newspaper Alliance Milwaukee Why do some arthritis feel it in their Bones when a storm is on the Way is it a change in humidity in Baro metric pressure or some yet unknown weather Factor one doctor Here an arthritis suf Ferer can forecast with consider Able accuracy the arrival of a storm Center that is several Hun dred Miles away before barometer and humidity changes occur. A variety of diseases besides arthritis tend to flare up before the arrival of a Stormy Low pressure air mass. Anong them Are asthma angina Rectoris glaucoma and migraine headache. The reason is unknown. From the beginning of life Cli mate influences body function. The temperate zone with its Sharp sea Sonal weather variations severely challenges body metabolism other adaptive mechanisms. And this is thought to be a major Shock Burns kill boy As to set explodes Escondido Calif. Up Arthur Gonzales 12, was burned mad shocked to death when a to set he was watching exploded and caught fire. Police said Art Hup Montoya 64, of Whittier Calif., was re moving the to Aerial from the roof of the Gonzales Home when it slipped from his grasp and fell across some outside wires. The current flowed Back through the Aerial into the to set which blew up and caught  boy tried to pull the plug out from a Wail socket an suffered electric Shock and severe Burns. He was rushed to fair mar memorial Hospital where artificial respiration and one of heart Massage by three failed to revive my reason for the greater vigor an Energy of Northern residents. How Ever it also is believed that the human engine running hotter and faster in the North Breaks Down sooner. Degenerative diseases have a earlier and higher incidence in the North. Metabolic diseases Are easier to control and have fewer complications in warm even  with mild diabetes live mortar Shell turned Over to police by boy 11 Cadillac Mich. A eleven year old Russell Cass walked into the Cadillac state police Post an asked is there any Law against owning an 81-millimeter mortar Shell Why do you ask replied trooper Charles Labelle. Because i be got one the big rapids Mich., youngster replied. And i bounced it on the sidewalk16 times and threw it against a tree and nothing  was told to bring the Shell in for inspection. State police experts cautiously defused the projectile took one look at the Shell and dumped it into the Manistee River. Wexford county sheriff Paul  said the Rusty Shell was primed and could have gone offal any  police said Russell told them begot the Shell from a junk dealer in big rapids. The junk dealer de Nied giving the Shell to the boy. Raze in pay Crescent City Calif. Up contractor Tom Hull built a water tank for the City 40 years ago for $1,800, he recently was awarded a contract to tear Down the Sam tank for a $2,000 fee sometimes find they can do with out drugs when they move to the South. Temperature extremes appear to precipitate heart attacks. In dal Las there Are More in july and August when the daytime Thermo meter Reading commonly exceeds 95 degrees. In Milwaukee hear attacks Are commoner in Midwin Ter. Stormy weather increases the incidence of pulmonary embolism a condition in which clots that have formed in deep veins break Loose and Migrate to the network of ves Sels in the lungs. It is As if the storm shakes Loose the clots which might have remained in place i Calmer weather. Seasonal effect the seasonal nature of Many Dis eases has become accepted Al though the reasons Are mostly unknown. Why for instance do polio myelitis epidemics follow hot weather measles is a Spring disease but again the reason is unknown. Why has whooping cough a year round incidence it is suspected that weather influences the virulence of some germs As Well As the susceptibility of the patient. Certain diseases have a particularly Low incidence in the tropics. Rheumatic fever is an example and in this instance the reason is known. The disease follows a particular kind of streptococcus respiratory infection respiratory infections Are unusual in the tropics. Bootleg dances okd after three decades Jamestown . Up after More than 30 years the Bunny hug and the shimmy Are Legal again i Jamestown. They were banned during the jazz age 20s by the outraged town Folk. Recently the dances were removed from the proscribed hat by the City Council Nany has been violated. It notified rep. Samuel s. Strat ton d-.that it was request ing an investigation into his com plaint that certain cameras made Iri East Germany were improperly labelled when imported to the . The Treasury informed Stratton that products of the soviet zone of Germany and Berlin Are required to indicate Germany soviet occupied " As the country of origin. Despite this Stratton said .shops Are Selling East German cameras bearing Only the names of the cities where they were made for example Dresden and Jena but not the country. Advertising problem Stratton said an advertisement in a recent photography Magazine described a camera As manufactured in Germany when it actually was made in the soviet zone. The Treasury told Stratton i knew of no reason Why any Cam eras from East Germany were re leased from customs if not properly marked. Stratton said he hoped the Treasury would pursue the investigation vigorously. He said he would demand a full report. In addition the congressman said he would introduce a Bill to prevent advertising of anything made in the soviet zone of Ger Many As having been made simply in Germany. Santiago meet said Success Washington a assist ant Secretary of state Roy r. Rubottom jr., says the . Would work through the inter american system in combating any communist penetration of the Western hemisphere. Rubottom who handles inter american affairs appeared on National television program. He termed the recent foreign minis ters conference in Santiago very  the conference s action in temporarily strengthening the inter american peace committee tenable it to Deal with any new latin american outbreaks robot Tom said is a very considerable  reds opposed answering questions on communism in latin America Rubottom said latin americans have deep seated opposition to the reds but current unrest has provided a great Deal of Opportunity for extremists to move Iri. Asked specifically about communism in Cuba Rubottom said communists do appear to be Boring in in several important places  he said this is not the first time there has been an upsurge of communism in Cuba. He recalled that in 1946 communists held two Cabinet posts in the cuban government. Rubottom said cuban Premier Fidel Castro has in weighed against the . In a very very serious Way but he said this May be duet exaggerated  gee9 bees9 can to you see we bees Are Vlecina bees 1 a ii a a vat a Vav i. _ Mas far As the Alon bees Are concerned and will they please leave the bees the Bee Jackson miss. Up bees Are for the Birds alone Alon boo mrs. And two Young bees Call their  it became one several weeks ago when bees came in through an attic window and began to make themselves at  harassed bees holed up in two rooms while exterminators routed the unwanted bees. The people bees then took off for their country Home to rest. Bee reported they were walking happily through some tall grass when one Bee stepped on a Cluster of bees Mary Bee 13, was stung three times Bee counted seven stings on himself we d change our name he said plaintively if we thought i would give us any Relief  
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