European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and St iks hearings Start today Washington up the House ways and Means committee monday will hear the first of 240 witnesses anxious to testify for or against president Kennedy s revolutionary Trade Bill. The Trade expansion act of 1962which or. Kennedy has cent to Congress to replace the reciprocal Trade agreements act of 1934 would give him wide Powers to negotiate lower tariffs on Broad categories of products with the european common Market and other countries. Because the Trade agreement act expire june 30, the House committee is hustling proceedings As much As possible. First witness will be Secretary of Commerce Luther h. Hodges. Big 3 envoys talk in Geneva continued from Page i of the russian Effort to confuse the West s radar by dumping thousands of flakes of Metal in Theair corridors linking West Berlin with West Germany. This action constituted the latest in a month Long series of incidents in the air lanes. Hundreds of thin metallic strip were found buried in the Snow in it rifts of the Lichterfeld residential District in the american sector of West Berlin. Rusk let it be known thai the american delegation intends to keep a close watch on the new from Berlin. Any worsening to the situation there in his View would have unfortunate repercussions on the disarmament talks. Lord Home the last of the Lead ing participants to reach Geneva arrived at midday on a regular commercial flight from London. Lord Home said Southeast Asia would be among the problems which he would discuss with Rusk and Gromyko. The 195 Indochina peace conference gave the British and russians special responsibility for the maintenance of peace in troubled Southeast Asia. . Car. Continued from Page 1 soviet forces in East Germany. These missions Are based at pots dam an old German Garrison to non the outskirts of Berlin. The soviets have similar mis Sions to the ., British and French Headquarters in West Germany. The staff cars used by the mis Sions both soviet and Western Are painted Khaki and have Over size number plates with yellow lettering on a red background. The letters identify them in rus Sian and English As cars of the Liaison missions. National flags Are also painted on the cars Back an front. The East germans maintain Strong patrols in the areas immediately outside Berlin to pre vent attempts by people to escape through the City Border wire into West Berlin. Heroism and a a t dogged determination Richard Lewis 18, of Topeka Kan reaches for m Small Shepherd who just would t learn to stay off the thin ice covering the Kansas bluer. The dog Choo Choo fed through twice and had to be rescued twice first time m fireman lowered on a 90-foot rope from a Bridge called Choo Choo out. The dog then ran to another Hole and had by Lewis. After his second shivering animal scampered off  far from the River. Fallout with obvious expressions of pleasure three members of the  Army Parachute team begin their 7,000-foot descent Over Arizona in a attempt to shatter skydiving records. The  Team recently broke 18 of them. The jumpers from left Are sgt Joe a. Norman Louisville kjr., spa Richard t. Fortenberry Riverside calif., and see Harold Lewis Fayetteville . At photo Rusa piping Complete 1st part of Trade talks Moscow up the soviet Union and communist China after nearly three months of talks completed the first phase of negotiations on their 1962 Mutual Trade agreement it was officially announced Here. Further talks to be held Appel plug Are still needed before the 1962 Trade pact Between the two countries can be signed. These talks Are to be held at some unspecified future Date. Girl 19, slips out of red bag to West Germany in a bag continued from Page with Girt the handle broke off but a managed to lift the bag up to the moving train. She was hidden in a lavatory until the Tram finally crossed into West Germany about 10 minute Slater. A Telephone Call to the Young Man s parents near Frankfurt confirmed the Story. The girl who normally would have to go through a refugee transit Center was flagged through by police Soshe could stay with her Fiance. Their identities were withheld to protect the girl s relatives living in East Germany. More honors a col John h. Glenn receives the Navy s Altro Nauf s wings from Navy Secretary Fred Koran left in Washington and the Marina corp astronaut s insignia from Marine corp commandant Gen Davit m. Shoan Center. First lady visits Pope continued from Page to so Happy a woman comment mrs. Kennedy a roman went to meet Pope John l weekend Stopover in Rome leaving sunday night for official Goodwill visit to in Pakistan. Smiling portraits of the old first lady dominate sunday morning newspapers mrs. Kennedy had stayed1 . At a saturday night party at the Palace Home family Friend count Dino Blunt. No make on sunday morning she the traditional somber Cost i Black and wore no makeup audience with the Pope. The beaming 80-year-oldgreeted mrs. Kennedy 32 minutes talking to French in his Vatican Library. Such audiences usually 15.to 20 minutes and it  unusual when the spent 26 minutes with " Queen Elizabeth h last it was mrs. Kennedy s meeting with Pope John. Shi seemed emotionally by the meeting and some they saw tears in her Eye she left the audience. The. First lady said that the Pope s extreme Ture had placed her Immy ease. She Knelt twice to Pope s ring Ras he Gre which is traditional and for any Catholic when me Pope. Uke Nam during their meeting mrs. Nedy said the Pope spoke journey and her family. The made note of the fact that Dent Kennedy s first name own is John.-.-, the pontiff also said a proved of the name of mrs Nedys 4-year-old daughter line. A Beautiful name he j and also that of one of his saints is St. Carlo Charles Romeo. When the audience ended John accompanied mrs. Through three rooms to theber of the Tronetti the 1 throne room. Vatican this attention was most after the audience or went to the North leg where she attended