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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                European edition army Navy air Force j � unofficial publication of the . Armod. Force in Europe North Africa and the Middle East volume 21, number 55 5 tent daily 10 a Fri monday june 11, 1962 a sets i a Gas Blaze t � in 1ested at Torbahn Pentecost weekend travellers near task is i is ii ii Jav i in Hulln to Iii congestion of Wile Ita Road Wmk tiption  for several Busanus of motor Steffero lured to the roads the Long weekend for Many the in list via ii Rwm spoiled by hours of breathing Gam  photo i Jar. Jiri / " a 1/-" Vara v1 l to a in so moriday Whit u a Lermen say per lures were 4owr  on some British its to tiie continent were held air Corr Dow  jammed with a Brett so european air messaged Brit Ong Anjer Verich Leniton because air traffic wasjio3 Busy. Any i. Artivey said would " be aus. Be Bea Fligh to cont Neistal �f_1 j Jujj foul. Minutes and Zurich graduate killed .22, of was Grad the "md., i ent nearihere.". It a Toji Jujj h-r1v"iw to. Coun tries and Britain Youv still the crowds poured from the cities to beaches and country resorts and traffic was heavier in in London the afternoon teen Pesature was 9 degrees lower than record for the year. ". Traffic jams Miles Long were re ported on several British roads.,the transport ministry announced a provisional Whitsun traffic death toll of 21 to Midnight saturday. To " this is thre fewer than last year a. In Central and Southwest Ger Many the weather was still warm arid sunny. North Germany was partly overcast 1 the usual tourist invasion from West Germany caused traffic Jameall Over Holland but Cloud patches we re or wig slowly in the Blue predicted Algiers Algeria cup French natural Gas we in As ablaze in the Sahara desert sunday As a result of secret army organization Oas sabotage attack. Officials at the Algeria administration Headquarters at Roche r noir near Algiers confirmed that the sabotage took place Early sat urday. The  Oas propaganda leaflets4 there scattered at the scene. The saboteurs blew up the super Structure at the head of the Well with a Platte charge. The Gas. Well was sending flames 80 feet High according to  As protest after earlier sabotage attacks in the Region the Oas said it was a protest against plans to give the future Independent moslem Algeria a share in the exploitation of Sahara Petroleum and  was the first Day of the official Campaign for the july 1"self determination referendum which will give Algeria Independence in cooperation with  the Oas marked the occasion in Algiers with a dozen More plastic bomb and arson attacks on schools cinemas tax offices and other pub Lic buildings in Algiers but largely continued its truce on terrorist shooting attacks against  victims had been reported in Algeria s cities although several moslem were believed wounded in the machine gunning of a moslem vehicle in the Algiers suburb of Maison Carree sunday morning. 1 dead 243 Hurt As luxury train derails in Mont. Missoula Mont. A a 17-car Northern Pacific luxury train speeding Down a Mountain Grade derailed on a curve sunday killing at least one and injuring 243 of an estimated 300  cars on the North coast limited bound from Seattle to St. Paul spilled Down a Steep embankment Pas sengers in some cars were trapped for As Long As two hours duty weathermen thunderstorms. 5 weather parity Cloudy and hazy. Outlook Lett ii. Frankfurt High 70.Low so Helenl Hwy High 73,Low 50. Temper Iturri recorded sunday . Central europ a time Adana Atheni Al no Berlin Frankf t London 4 ? 4 . A. To 41 67 -01 73 84 cd 63 60 a 72 w a 77 ,48 pm 63 54" Madrid Munich parti pm two Rome we cola 4 . . P j 79 is of c8 so r 68 _ s7 9h s7asp 61 48 in in g8. Al Cloudy to partly Cloudy a rain. Air Wal her str Lee Kail strike renewed in s. Ranee Paris up France s Railroad unions resumed the labor offensive against the gaullist government sunday with a strike in the Mediterranean Region which held up hundreds of Whitsun Holiday Ink ers. The strike started at 4 . Sun Day and was planned to Las through most of tuesday. The movement was led by the communist general labor confederation Cut and mainly affected the Southern cities of Marseilles Nic and  the fact that about 70.00c men took part in the walkout serv ice on the big National lines was largely unaffected. But local serv ices were paralysed through much of the Mediterranean hinterland. Before rescuers with cutting Pirches reached them. The fatality was identified As 3-year-old Teresa Ann dooms of Kalaha in Eastern. Montana she survived by her Mother and step father or. And mrs. James  child suffocated in mud several feet thick which had oozed through the doorway of a Railroad car. At least 75 persons were taken on stretchers to three hospitals in Missoula. As Many As 168 others suffered injuries requiring treat ment. Speed blamed crewmen and passengers said the Only apparent cause of the Accident was Speed As the limited started Down the Steep Evaro Hill Grade at an Elevation of 4,500 feet above sea level in the Mission Mountain Range. The area 15 Miles Northwest of Missoula is near the Idaho  train sped into the three mile downgrade after slowing As scheduled at the Little town of  four diesel engines Jack knifed off the tracks about a mile before reaching a Long trestle that spans a 300-foot-deep Canyon along the right of any. One of the engines broke in half. The others spilled off the tracks. The derailed cars tumbled Down asleep embankment where the tracks parallel . Highway 93. The rail bed is about 200 feet up the Mountainside from the High Way. Two stayed upright the last two cars of the train a Vista dome Pullman and a pull Man club car remained upright on the tracks. The rest crashed into a jumbled mass of wreckage Over an area 500 to goo feet Long. The Engineer e. E. Lynn of mis Soula had been a Northern Pacific employee since 1919. He and the fireman Jerry Haynes of Missoula suffered head and neck cuts. I noticed such a fast rate of Speed that i got dizzy said Jessie Connor a Pullman Porter i Laid on the floor and Felt the car Roll Over the  loan lobby ends fight on withholding Washington up the pow Erful savings and loan lobby has called off its fight against presi Dent Kennedy s proposal to with hold taxes on interest and dividend income it was Learned sunday the Moye in expected to improve prospects that or. Kennedy s tax revision Bill already passed by the House will win approval from the Senate finance committee which has been considering it for two months. The United states savings and loan league which says it rep resents 6,000 member associations has notified Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon and senators that it now supports the measure with the withholding feature. Before dropping its tight the league sparked a letter a r 111 n of Campaign which brought hundreds of thousands of letters to senator voicing opposition to or. Kennedy s plan to withhold 20 cents fro every $1 in interest and dividends. At a May 9 news conference.  Kennedy accused the sittings an loan Industry of mis informing Many millions of people by giving them the impression he was proposing a new tax rather than merely trying to collect taxes which Are now ignored by some. To �"1 c1 m to tf7 1 rage Engineer strike wednesday -v1 o Rig Iners for pan american world Eastern air a contract Between the Union arid the three big  tvs cd is i e rail the flight engineers who have a ". Org \wbjf\4\ali tit a lilt a la Kail  1 Wilu 1?.v or pc or Tol a i t a Faia we been negotiating for two years for a new contract legally have been Able to strike the three major air lines since june 2. However negotiations have continued. At Issue is a  fight Between the airline pilots association Allathe flight Engineer find the airlines. The airlines have proposed that flight engineers receive Pilot training. Alpa has supported this proposal flight engineers have opposed the suggestion. They contend that their Union would be absorbed eventually by Alpa. They would lose seniority rights and eventually their  increases also have been asked by the flight engineers. Pres ent wage Scales Start at a minimum $7,000 to a maximum of $21,000. The average is $12,000 annually. Tied to the wage request is the amount of hours spent in flight. The lines have opposed the Engi neers proposal that this be reduced from 85 to 75 hours a month. Threat to kill Kennedy probed Washington up these Cret service has disclosed that itis investigating a reported threat to kill president Kennedy by a Man who claimed he lost Money in the recent Stock Market dive. A secret service spokesman said the service Felt there was no significant danger to or. Kennedy agents stationed in new boric Are looking into the incident theman is thought to be in that City. Static Vernon Tex. A Buford Walsh says it rained More than cats and dogs Here. During a downpour Flint Mussared she inches in Leas Tuut an hour Walsh found a half drowned Monkey in his Doghouse and he has t the slightest idea were fhe animal came from  
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