European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 27, stars and stripes High flying Tail fins decried Federal car safety Bill nears final House vote Washington a House members. Argued for More emphasis on safety in automobiles and less on fancy Tail fins in a debate on a Bill to require safety devices on cars bought by the Federal government. The House reached no final decision but refused 57-31, to return it to committee. The next vote will come in a Day or so. Rep. Kenneth a. Roberts a Al author of the Bill contended i offers a Chance for the govern nation s hospitals urged to Start super health insurance setup new police Pursuit weapon Navy studies High Altitude Sun photos Washington up scientists Are studying pictures taken of the sky with a flying Chronograph in the Hope of finding new information on the weather role of dust and other particles in the Atmos  pictures were taken Aisig. 7 during a nine hour balloon flight from rapid City . For the first time in history a Chronograph a Telescope with an occult ing disc which blots out the Sun was car ried aloft to photograph the sky. The flight was part of the strato lab program of balloon research be ing conducted by the office of naval research on. A strato lab balloon Crew will attempt i october to determine whether water vapor exists in the atmosphere of the planet Venus. Carried in balloon the Chronograph used in the aug. 7 flight was carried to 38,000feet in an open Basket balloon manned by Robert Cooper of the Observatory and cmdr Malcolm d. Ross described by the Navy As the world s. Most experienced  flight reportedly proved the feasibility of photographing the solar Aureole the Bright sky around the Sun made visible by creating an artificial eclipse from the Vantage Point of the upper  a year the High Altitude Observatory Hopes to photograph the Sun s Corona extending out to a distance of some 2 million Miles from an Altitude of 100,000 feet. The but rep. John b. Bennett r Mich said ii would put the fed eral government into the business of designing and engineering Auto mobiles jobs that ate now done mainly in Bennett s Home state. The government has some 45,700 cars and buys about 10,000 replace ments a year. The Bill would authorize the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe the standards for safety devices but mentions no specific device. Discussion included seat belts crash padding recessed knobs an handles and safety steering wheels. Rep. John a. Blatnik a Minn mentioned the High flying Tail fins and said there should be More emphasis on safety and less on some of the  sought to change the legislation so it would Call for the Secretary of Commerce to make a study of what safety devices were necessary. This was turned Down 43-31. Truck plunge kills 4, hurts 2 Middlesboro by. A four persons died and two were injured when a truck loaded with furniture plunged off a 50-foot Cliff on Cumberland Mountain near this resort  police said the victims were members of two Knox county families returning with a Load of furniture from Tennessee. Dead Are the Driver Thomas Ben Moore 58 his wife Ava 46 will Asher 68, and Johnny Tye Asher his 21-year-old son. All were from  injured Are mrs. Will Asher 50, and Leonard Asher her 23-year-old son. Luckless gunman foiled by feathers in robbery Effort new York a Louis Charatz had just returned from the Bank to his millinery factory with a $2,600 Cash payroll when he heard a voice say Gimme the Money he Felt a pistol jabbed against his , Charatz bellowed get out of Here you  were several Clicks but no explosions from the  Charatz spun around the gunman opened the chamber to Correct the fault whereupon All the bullets fell to the  seized a bag full of feathers and thumped the gun Man s head with it. The sack burst open and showered the gunman with Bright Green  up the Bandit sprinted from the Plant and raced Down the Avenue a Garland of Green feathers clinging to his head. Elan includes All medical dental Bills c. A. Stockholm top left shows William Mcelroy of the Texas bangers How his car mounted gun operates at Hondo air Force base Tex. The pistol has its trigger and handle mounted on the dashboard. Its Long barrel extends under the Hood and out the front end of the car. In Bottom photo Stockholm demonstrates the Gunby firing bullets into a Well armoured getaway  up photos badgered caller vows hell shoot at planes Appleton wis. Up a Man who lives near the Oul Anmie county Airport apparently Lias decided to take the problem of air Craft noise into his own  received an Anonymous phone Call warning unless these planes Stop flying around my House i m going to shoot them  Highway fighters killed by car Clearfield a. Up two men were killed by an automobile when they stopped their car on the Highway to Settle an argument with their  victims were George Moore 48, Grassflat pa., and Kenneth Reese 25, Karthaus a. State police said they were struck by a Auto operated by Ruth Mcgovern 36, of , rain and fog prevented her from seeing the brawlers in time troopers said. Penguin s frosty sex life subject of scientific peek Washington a scientists Are doing their Best to defrost the Wall of secrecy that has surrounded the private life of the  the Adelie Penguin. For years the Short legged aquatic Birds with Flipper like wings have waddled around in the coolness of Antarctica pretty much undisturbed. Now they Are the object of penetrating studies. The Adelie is the main target. It s the smallest of the species notto be confused with the medium sized jackass Penguin or the Kingor emperor Penguin the largest of the  sexual behaviour of the Adelie is being studied at Wilkes Sta Tion in the South Polar area by Richard l. Penney of the univer sity of Wisconsin. He s also look ing into the Adelie s parental be Havior and its orientation. The Salt and water metabolism of the Penguin will be studied in the extensive Penguin Colony on Cape Hallett. The nasal discharge of the Adelie will be examined to find whether Salt taken in by the Bird is eliminated from the body by this Means As currently believed. Donald s. Douglas researcher for a Duke University project will gather the metabolism information. The Penguin studies were included in Antarctica scientific re search projects announced by the National science foundation. The foundation s Grants for 29 projects total $3,170,009. Colleges universities and other agencies will conduct the various studies starting in october. Other Grants will be made soon. Holdup Man escapes somehow or another. _ i.,._. Mrtle a f for for \ i Fri l t Flot til d 1 1111 outside Job no help Albuquerque . A new Mexico s it. Gov. De. V. Mead attended the summer session atthe University of new Mexico. He received a b in English and Ana in speech. But what Hurt the most was that b in government. New York up James Reeves the night attendant at an All night garage was Busy working under an Auto when he Felt sudden Sharp pain in his ribs. He twisted and looked up right into the muzzle of a shiny  gunman ordered Reeves out from under the car and forced him to open the Cash  removing the $35 from the till the Bandit said you know i could shoot  please Don to Reeves pleaded. You re bigger than me you could take this gun. Away from to try  m not going assured , take it. I be got another gun the gunman said and handed Reeves the pistol. Reeves handed it Back. Police patrol the Bandit then introduced him self put the pistol Back in his pocket and gave Reeves $10. Just then two policemen on patrol entered the garage. The ban Dit strolled toward them the turned to Reeves and asked is the Gas All right yes the Gas is Okay Reeves  cops left. The Bandit Fol Lowed them waved Goodby to Reeves from the doorway and Dis  then telephoned the police he was still out $25."he told me his name too Reeves said but i forgot  new York up the a Ion s voluntary hospitals have been urged to set up a super Blue Cross insurance plan that would cover Mjor and minor Den Al medical and Hospital Bills from Cradle to grave. The 61st annual meeting of the american Hospital Assn. Was told by John r. Mannix executive vice president of Blue Cross of North East Ohio that the hospitals have responsibility for leadership since it is unlikely that voluntary hospitals will Long survive if current pressures to enforce compulsory governmental health insurance Are successful. Under a system of compulsory governmental health insurance Mannix said it seems Likely that the government would first finance Hospital building and operation and then inevitably own and operate All  service in jeopardy in jeopardy under such a system Mannix said would be the excellence of service accomplished in the . Primarily through the private practice of Medicine dentistry and voluntary hospitals. Mannix said present voluntary health insurance plans Are not providing the broadest possible coverage to  gaps in coverage he explained have Given Rise to demands that the govern ment step in. The needed broader coverage he warned cannot be accomplished in the present Hodge podge of 80 or More individual Blue Cross and 7individual Blue shield plans across the  time has come he said when there must be a nationwide coordination of All these organizations while preserving to the greatest degree possible the autonomy of present local plans the super Blue Cross which Mannix suggested be called the american Blue Cross would according to the proposal be Avail Able to everybody including unemployed and retired persons. It would even cover those on welfare  american Blue Cross Mannix said should be charter Eddy Congress and sponsored by hos pitals., Medicine and dentistry with additional representation on its Board from agriculture labor management preferably appointed by the president of the United  should he said assure the individual of free Choice in these Lection of a physician dentist or Hospital.56 million enrolled at present 56 million americans Are enrolled in Blue Cross  50 million persons carry health and medical insurance offered on a commercial basis by about 900 insurance companies. The major difference Between Blue Cross and the commercial carriers is that Blue Cross set Upas a nonprofit organization is tax exempt. The commercial carriers profit making corporations for the most part   difference Blue Cross pays the Hospital directly. The commercial carriers  the patient and he in turn pays the Hospital. That wanted feeling St. Louis up Harry e. Henson 27, heard that police were looking for him so he dropped Down to Headquarters to find out Why. I found out Henson said after they arrested him for passing bad checks