European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                24 the stars and strikes Castro rations food drastically " v admits Cuba in serious trouble from press dispatches Havana cuban Premier Fidel Castro admitting his three year old revolution faces serious prob lems has announced drastic ration ing of food and other Staples an declared we Are ashamed of not fulfilling the promises  Castro blamed the current hard la hips on counterrevolutionary ele ments and the brutal economic blockade the . Embargo presi Dent Kennedy ordered last month on shipments to Cuba of nearly All american goods except medical supplies. But Castro also admitted that his regime had made serious blunders in planning. The most serious problem of the revolutions that of supplies he told the cuban people in a radio tvs Peech. Castro was unsmiling and histone was often bitter As he re called his Promise last july that food rationing in Cuba would end toward the Middle of this  said Rice and Black Beans fundamental Staples of the cuban diet would be rationed Long with lard and cooking Oil beginning  said that in the 26 most important cities of the Island rationing would be imposed for Laun dry soap and detergents Bath soap and toothpaste. In the metropolitan Havana area rationing will cover beef Chicken fish eggs and milk he said. Besides rationing he announced two cent hike in the Price of beef. Every cuban will be limited to6 pounds of Rice and 1% pounds of each Type of Beans a month he said. Children up to 7 years of age Are allotted a quart of milk a Day. Older persons May have Only fifth of a quart per Day or six cans of evaporated or condensed milk a month. A cuban s monthly ration of butter will be 2 ounces and he will be entitled to 3 pounds of potatoes or Yucca a potato like tuber. Iron curtain parts for rare Medicine Soellinger Germany is International cooperation breached the Iron curtain when a rare Medicine was delivered to Poznan Poland for a woman stricken with it brain  in the mercy Mission were radio hams from Poland an West Germany a West German drug firm the Canadian and  forces pan american world airways and the German Redcross. It All started late last Friday when Heino Eulerich an Amateur radio operator from Gernsback Germany picked up a radio Mes age from a Ham operator in Gor Cowa Poland. Rare drug sough the message Vas urgently seek ing a rare drug which is manufactured in Karlsruhe Germany by the Holder Mann drug . Upon receiving the message immediately notified the drug firm and the 4th fighter Wing of the Royal Canadian air Force based at Soellinger Ger Many. The Medicine was delivered tothe Craf unit. Group capt John j. Jordon co of the Wing made arrangements for it to a delivered by staff car to Rhine main air base near  Rhine main the . Air Force duty officer had the Medicine delivered to the Frankfurt Airport where a pan american Airliner was leaving for Berlin. Darmstadt student killed by train Darmstadt is a 29-year-old German student at the technical University Here committed suicide at about Midnight monday by throwing himself i front of a train behind the Ameri can Lincoln housing area police said. He was identified As Gerhard Lommel of Darmstadt detective lieutenant Werner Moehring said the student had been suffering from emotional problems. He committed suicide shortly be fore completing hit University final examinations Moehring said the body was found at about 8 30 am. Tuesday by Railroad personnel. 47th inf unit ends Transfer to West Berlin Berlin Kennedy told democratic signal leaders tuesday negotiators in Geneva mined to seek realistic agreement to move the to nuclear peril to a pro Misini this description of the to twas provided by Senate Leader Mike Mansfield Kennedy s weekly break ing with the legislative the president Euphas Flthe purpose of the unite at these negotiations is to agreement on a Complete ment program under International control and i end to seek widest armament at the earliest posit Mansfield said. The Montana Democrat Kennedy stated that in these objectives the Unitis prepared to take action Ever disarmament measure agreed upon As soon As sucs ment is  committee Kennedy tax Washington Page Bill embodying most Dent Kennedy s tax pro cleared the House ways an committee by a 18-6 vote. The controversial me tentatively scheduled action next week. It would provide stax concessions to american Industry to it would impose a new tax withholding on dividends and mos tit would tighten up tax earning entertainment foreign earnings of business