European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes 13 Bors repair Ocean City storm damage a car determine Hood spirit into this town to and and re Many with Tor Allen town i brought their touches. were Boardwalk and were shovel another 100 loaded into buses ant went to Strathmere a Community just Down the coast. The Pennsyl Vallans came fro Allentown. Bethlehem e m m a u i East on. . surrounding com Unlue. The nine men from Harrisburg started driving at 2 . To get to alien town in time to leave with the others by s .some of them like Charlet a. Eckhart of Bugtown a suburb of Bethlehem had never been to thu part of the coast before. I thought that if anything like this happened up Home i knowhow they d feel Eckhart Sah when asked Why he volunteered. Neighbourhood spirit caravan was born about two weeks ago when Charley Zaimes of an Allen town radio station commented during a broadcast i wonder if people in the Lehigh Valley still hav the neighbourhood spirit of the old Days Zaimes then suggested the trip to Ocean i finished the broadcast. Our four trunk Telephone lines started jumping the be whiskered Zaimes said. Since then this we have hoped that this project will serve As an example to other communities to help out their neighbors in distress added Theca chairman of the project. Nell Mullen of Allentown. Zaimes said All of his group had planned to work in Ocean Cit after hearing the accounts of the damage was Scott Burman s Ocean City s civil defense director idea to share some of us with a he said. Among the workers were 25 student volunteers fro Allentown s muh Jen Berg col fall but one of them a Fren Maii. Not to be outdone 20 students from rival moravian Colleg in Bethlehem Canoe too. Among the few without beards were some explorer scouts fro Allentown and 27 Civ l air patrol members from Bethlehem an4 Allentown. They weren t old enough to grow them. American Home is publishing co. Dies 3 magazines a Curtis in m move designed set. Has announced saturday evening t Imlay to 45 issues Homo journal Merican Home from net to 10 issues a Robert Macneal Cement in out i Dollar coct each of the at Lonny magazines Jack and Jill Are theotto Fonh must pay to justify Collinu l management has heavy fire recently stockholders d disclosed Robert recently re _ Post has or signed than three months As trill be issued five 10-week period n i july and there will be it taking Market one Issue for the last tvo weeks in december and one Issue for the first two weeks in january. For the journal and american Home there will be a Winter Issue combining january and february. And a summer Issue uniting july and August Robert Lee Sherrod 53. Moves up from m a n a it i n p editor to i succeed Fuoss. And Clay Blair jr.36. Becomes managing editor. There will be no changes in subscription prices for the Post journal or american Home. Officials explained that there would by no rebates but current sub j scribers would get All the issues they have rold for. For example a Reader with one year subscription to the Post will get 52 issues or 45 issues this year. Plu seven issues into the new one official said. Renewals will be on the 45-Issue basis he blamed i mounted Lupe Selling the we icon end monday producing in the Clork Market moderate trading i Block pared the Selloff. Issues in the group 2 to More than 5 lion to a report from Royal College Olphy to the evidence is now in that c i g a r e 1i e Al lung Ujj nex Industrial t tobacco Rii pred and Proctor and Gamble ican Telephone fell. General electric aircraft and Texaco were roughly a Point. Al. In outlining his reason for the policy changes noted thut television has attracted atut Riisma dollars which might otherwise have gone to Magallnes As Wells potential it Gatine readers. Also he said readers help and advertising income always drop Dur ing the eur and holidays and the months of july and Aucul no immediate changes were de tailed for Holiday or Jack fun Jill. Said Post editor floss Qutul voluntarily because of n completely Friendly but difference of opinion with manage ment on matters of Nephew held in burglary huntsv1i.le. Alfi. Up a 17 year old boy was held on Chat pcs of Cal Eirik the Home of his unclean stewing $14.963. Police said the you Mvi. 41v,n has wet wart pm dirt by c1 Ham a Marta a Ken �7s 174 m /. 67%a. Is 22v, 12n a in. Fri. Pm lust fat a Calm it to filth or by the world s first nuclear powered Mer chant ship the Savannah has completed three any preliminary sen trials to which its propulsion Plant gave a performance describe Das the 22,000ton ship knifed the Atlantic at 20 knots its design Speed while its reactor or atomic Furnace operated at Only 80 per cent of its total pow r its master and atomic Energy commission officials reported. The Savannah s master told newsmen he believed the 59&-Footship will attain a Speed of 21 knots or slightly More when it operates at 100 per cent of reactor Power,88 knot possible one Engineer on the trial rum said privately he expects the ship to attain a Speed of 23 knots. John Robb project Engineer for the dec maritime administration Point group in charge of the Savannah said we evaluated the ship s performance daily and were Well pleased. The performance of the entire propulsion Plant when it goes into service this year the Savannah will carry 60 passengers and a Crew of 110. It has a dry cargo capacity o 10,000 tons. It will be operated by the states Marine line As general agent for the . Maritime administration. Ham9 gets mercy Mission in the air Washington a mercy Mission rushed five hoses of a drug to a nicaraguan woman dying of cancer after a Ham operator to Ohio picked up a Midnight Emer gency radio plea. Tie red Cross police druggists a Hospital the armed forces and commercial airlines teamed up and corked through the night to find the drug and Speed it on its Wayto the Central american nation. A pan american world airways Mercoal plane carrying the drug Tri ethylene melamine touched Down in the Panama Ca Nal zone after the red Cross there was notified through Mil itary communication. Red Cross Field director Aubrey Matthews rushed onto the plane took the Medicine from the Pilot who had carried it in his pocket and placed it aboard an air Force plane. The plane took off ust 10minutes later for a three hour flight to Managua capital of Nicaragua. An ambulance stood by at Man Agua Airport to Rush the drug infill form to the stricken woman. The nicaraguan red Cross was forced to turn to Short wave radio to plead for the Medicine because no Telephone circuits out of the country were available after 10 . The drug was administered immediately to Marta elation de Lugo at Managua s Bautisia Hospital the drug inhibits growth Olcer Tain cancer cells. The drama began about Midnight when Albert Allison a Ham radio operator in new Philadelphia. Ohio was signing off after a con versa Tion with a Friend in Allison s receiver picked up the voice of la s Acevedo vice president of the nicaraguan red Cross broadcasting Over the organization s Short wave station i Managua. Acevedo told of the can cer patient and asked that All Sontry to find the rare drug. This was the first of the coincidences. Allison happens to be treasurer und a member of the Board of directors of the new Philadel phia red Cross. He also speak Spanish. 11 q telephoned the Ham operator telephoned the executive Secretary of his red Cross chapter who told him to notify National Headquarters i Washington. Allison put in a cat to Fred g. Sigerist. Assistant Redcross director. Sigerist telephoned most of the All night drugstores in the Washington area Bui was unable to ind a Supply of the drug. A drug Gist suggested thai be try George town University Hospital. The Medicine was there. Washington police rushed to the Hospital and sped the drug to the Airport meanwhile Sigerist Tele phoned the airlines trying to arrange for speedy transportation. About 4 . The drug was put aboard an american airlines com Mercial flight to new York s la guar la Airport. There an official of the new York red Cross Chap Ter met the plane and rushed the drug to Idlewild Airport at the International terminal it was put aboard the pan am flight to Cristobal. At this Point however the mercy Mission hit a Snag. There was no commercial flight Between Cris Tobal and mans a until the next Day. The military Wau contacted an the air Force agreed to carry the Medicine on the last Teg of the flight. Maj Gen Leland s. Stran Athan. Head of the Caribbean air comte volunteered All necessary help. Police Chase plane to Speed blood cargo new York jul a police red of car chased a plane Down an Idlewild Airport runway to get some Humar blood extract aboard for a Rush trip to Bogota. Colom Bia. The Fulbri Nolyin extract was provided by Mise Cordia Hospital itis destined for 18-year-old George Alfonso who is confined to the Marly clinic in Bogota with it thrombosis. The incident began when Pardo of Jackson Heights received a Telephone cd from m physician in Bogota asking for the plan sir extract. Mrs. Pardo is an aunt. A the stricken youth. Mrs. Pardo1 and others began canvassing hospitals and finally Misericordia said it could provide 20 units of the extract. A Hurrie Call Vas put to for the police to Rush it to the radio car sped to the Hospital picked up the extract and with erred lights flashing raced to the Airport and onto the runway where the plane was waiting
