European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday August 30, 1959 the stars and stripes Page 7 Sim photos May Aid weather studies Boulder Colo  Altitude scientists announced Here they May be on the Brink of solv ing the Ages old Riddle of what in fluence the Sun has on weather. The announcement came from Gordon Newkirk a scientist at the Colorado University High Altitude Observatory after studying photo graphs of the Sun from a manned balloon that soared 38,000 feet. The flight made aug. 7 Over South Dakota and Iowa by a Navy officer and another Colorado University scientist produced nine photographs of the Sun s Corona the outer envelope of the  said the flight proved that accurate unlimited photo graphs of the Sun May be taken at High altitudes. It May very Well be that such pictures would enable us to find out what influence the Corona has on weather and weather forecast ing he said. The aug. 7 photographs were made with a Coronagraph a seven foot Long 58-Pound instrument equipped with a 35-mm camera. The Coronagraph produces an artificial eclipse of the Sun for the camera s Eye enabling scientists to photograph the Corona and the spectacular explosions that take place on the  explained that natural eclipses occur Only about once a year and that scientists must travel the world around to be in position to take Pic utes from the  those conditions new Kirk said we re Lucky to get one snapshot of the Sun in eclipse a  comforting cuddle it was a Nice sunny Clay at the san Francisco zoo so mama Koala decided to bring her baby out for some fresh air instead of keeping the youngster in her Pouch As usual. It was the first look at the baby for zoo patrons. United press International photo life in the . Front door count finds inside Job Larcelous Memphis Tenn. Up the hand was quicker than the Eye at the Handy pantry store. That accounts for the fact that whenever 60 cases of soda pop were delivered to the store Only 30 remained inside. Store officials told police that they recently checked off 60 cases of cola at the front door but then found Only 30 inside. When it happened a second time they notified police. The third time around sure enough it happened again. Sixty cases checked at the front door but Only 30 cases inside. But this time police were watch ing and checked the delivery truck. Case solved. Two officers testified in court that the deliveryman after rolling the cases past the checkers at the front door would Roll half of them right through the store out the Back door and Back onto the truck. The deliveryman. C. D. Callicut 45, and Willie Fossett 27, were charged with larceny. Third of Columbus cops fail on pistol Range Columbus Ohio up col Umbus safety director Leo l. Phil lips says that almost one third of tie members of the Columbus police department failed to qualify on the pistol Range. It s a sad thing Phillip said. Backyard slides leave owner s los Angeles a How does a Man feel living in a House that has just lost More than half itsbackyard1 and is now ouly 20 feet from a 240-foot Cliff shaky As Heck says Milton Pattison. He s the latest property owner victimized by landslides dating from prehistoric times in one of Southern California s most picturesque  Pacific Palisades are200 foot High Bluffs overlooking Busy Pacific coast Highway and the Ocean Between Santa Monica and the fire scarred Mali u Hills. Slip pages there Over the years have destroyed Homes streets and sew ers killed a Man and repeatedly buried . Highway 101. Pattison 46, a retired House builder was vacationing last May with his wife and Mother at  National Park. At breakfast one morning the paper brought startling news six Hundred tons of Cliff at the rear of their Home had crashed Down onto the High Way 240 feet below. A red traffic Light across the Highway intersection had stopped several cars that might otherwise have been covered by the Ava Lanche. The Patti sons hurried  Crane operators Ven Turing near the Edge of the Preci pice clawed off big hunks of Earth still dangling dangerously. When they finished the Yard that had been 50 feet wide was 20. Sen. Stennis says poll tax does t impair anyone s vote Washington up sen. John c. Stennis a miss said the poll tax in his and four other states is More an emotional is sue than a real fact of political  told a Senate subcommittee considering a proposed constitutional amendment to outlaw the poll to that the tax when fairly administered does not operate to deprive any group of the right to . Francis Case . Asked the group to include a provision the vote to residents of the District of Columbia he said it was hypocrisy for people at the seat of a popular government to be denied the right to participate. Chairman Estes Kefauver d Tenn closed the hearings after hearing from Stennis and Case and putting into the Recor d additional opposing testimony from sen Lister Hill a Ala. Mississippi Virginia Alabama Arkansas and Texas require poll taxes As a requirement for voting. Every morning Pattison wets Clown the Edge of his Cliff to see whether the Earth when it dries reveals cracks warning of further slides. Daily he checks a meandering crack like a a Iver on a map in the plaster of his 80-year-old Mother s second floor bedroom to see whether it a  and his Mother have lived in the House since his late brother Richard built it 19 year Sago. It s an imposing two Story Struc Ture with a Stone front spacious grounds and a Beautiful View of the Pacific. Four years ago an appraiser rated it at $65,000. Right now it in t Worth one tenth of that Pattison says. He has asked geologists whether his House is in  one would commit himself he  state has just built a 1,000 foot bypass to carry two lanes of Highway farther away from his Cliff. The state must consider it a Hazard said Pattison. If you wore a fellow officer and had to depend upon one of these Guys who could t qualify you d probably end up getting  Washington d.c., cops May get patrol dogs Washington api police clogs May be used to help patrol Washington s streets. Robert e. Mclaughlin a District of Columbia commissioner and police chief Robert v. Murphy plan to visit Baltimore to observe the use of police dogs there. Police in St. Louis and London also have been using police dogs. The dogs assigned to accompany patrolmen Are especially effective in discouraging Street crime police said. Woman 67, Given Back $58,850 she threw away new York up a 67-year-old woman  the a e w away $65,300. By mistake last year got most of it Back. Mrs. Anna Kidansky s lawyer was Given a Check for about $58,850 by police. The rest was awarded by the courts to the 80-year-old janitor who found the Money in a garbage can last november and to the City which had entered a claim for Hospital care Given mrs. Kidan sky when she said she had no Money. Cat walks 2,000 Miles to find former Home Alhambra Calif. Up Skunk a Black and while cat apparently walked 2,000 Miles to get Back to his old Home in min Neapolis. Skunk s owner Ralph Morey said he was notified by relatives in Minneapolis that Skunk showed up there after being missing for the past 18 months. Morey said he moved to this los Angeles suburb three years ago and shortly afterwards had the cat sent  Don t know How he did it said Morey. He came out by air so he could t have seen any land Marks to travel  4 legislators plan Check on Aid program Washington up rep. Otto e. Passman a la has announced he will Lead a six week overseas investigation of the ugly foreign Aid mess into which our nation is wastefully shovelling Bil Lions of  Passman chairman of the House foreign Aid appropriations subcommittee said a congressional Dele gation would visit 10 or 12 Middle and far Eastern countries. The group also will visit the North Atlantic treaty Organiza Tion nato Headquarters in Paris and make inspections of american military bases and foreign Aid projects in Spain and Italy. Rep. J. Vaughn Gary  q. Alexander . And. John j. Rhodes a Ariz will accompany Passman on the trip. Our intensive fact finding mis Sion will have As its Basic purpose the further substantial reduction of the wasteful spending and improvement of the administration of the multimillion Dollar program Passman  claims credit for Lead ing congressional fights slashing $4 billion from proposed foreign Aid spending in the last live years. He said he would look for errors mismanagement waste and cover up in the  and asian countries congressmen will visit include Lebanon Israel India Pakistan Thailand Vietnam Cambodia Burma Formosa and Japan. Counterfeiter still ahead by $140,000 Knoxville Tenn. Up John c. Bowling 42, told police they were a Little late when the arrested him and found.$750 Worth of counterfeit $20 Bills in his pocket. I Don t care about these Bills he said i be already passed $140, 000  poem s still Good anyway York me. Up the Maine department of health and welfare says Maud Muller s Spring made famous by John Greenleaf Whit tier s poem is no longer fit to drink from. Faa drops paint plan Washington a the fed eral aviation Agency Faa has dropped plans to require civil air Craft to use High visibility paint Faa said in a notice of withdrawal of proposed Rule making that the requirement would impose burdens on the Public not War ranted by the probable gain in  civil aeronautics administration Cazanow the Faa announced nov. 12 that it planned to require the use of High visibility paint on certain surfaces of All air Craft to make planes More conspicuous in flight and thus to re  the danger of collisions. Faa invited comment and said it has received Many comments most of them in  Faa said there was general agreement that the Bright paint increased Conspicuity but opinion differed As to whether there was an increase in attention attracting  training commands of the air Force and the Navy for some time have used Bright Orange orred Blaze paints on All aircraft with reportedly Good results in reducing collisions and near Colli Sio Sother air Force and Navy units have adopted the anti collision paints and some airlines and Many private operators have experimented with the  said there has been a wide variation of opinions among the private operators As to the effectiveness As to proper ways of applying the paint. Keeper gored visitors Scurry As Indian Antelope escapes Philadelphia up Visi tors to the Philadelphia zoo were sent into buildings for safety when 350-Pound Niagai an Antelope from India escaped from the Deer  Halpin 50, keeper of the Park was gored by the animal. A dozen attendants with lassos nets and a tranquil Izer gun finally cornered the Niagai. It was at Liberty for 15 minutes but was kept within 100 feet of the Deer Park until its capture. Fred Ulmer curator of mammals explained the zoo visitors were sent into the buildings because it was feared the Antelope might charge blindly among them. Halpin was gored when he dived at the animal s head and Clung to its horns