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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes eks n e is in r e i e we edited by Stan Zawadzki National affairs x urged Kennedy president Kennedy last week urged peace Between american business and his administration. In a tale univer sity commencement address the president called on critical Busl Ness leaders to put aside partisan wrangling with his administration and join in common con i cent ration on common problems of the National Economy. Shortly after his new Haven Conn talk Tfir. Kennedy met in w a s h n g Jon with is. Steel corp. Board chair Man Roger Blough and members of a special task Force of Busi Ness leaders studying the and balance of pay ments situation. White House officials said the president regarded the meeting As a particularly significant move and representative the  of cooperation Between government and  in. The week or. Ken a Nedy held a news conference at which he assailed a labor Union threatening a major airlines strike and hinted at government retaliation against any walkout. The president criticized the Al to flight engineers inter National Assn. Which threatened to strike pan american trans world and Eastern airlines. Or. Kennedy noting that the Union has ignored an arbitration proposal by him while the companies have accepted said "1 strongly urge the flight engineers to meet their Respo Sibili ties/1 asked what he would do if the Union did not comply the presi Dent said " we would then have to consider what would be the proper  on another subject or. Ken Nedy denounced congressional proposals to restrict Aid and Trade to communist Poland and Yugoslavia he said the proposals rail wreck forty one children were killed. In Buenos. Aires last week when a commuter rain sliced a school bus in two in dense fog. Authorities said 83 persons were sent to hospitals including several adults travelling with the children. ". Sost of the children were 3 to 6 years old. The Accident occurred shortly before school opening. The Driver of the bus was reported As say ing that the Railroad crossing Barrier was not Down and he did not see the  another train mishap a 17 car Northern Pacific luxury train speeding Down a Mountain Grade near Missoula Montr derailed on a curved three year old Teresa Ann dooms of Kalaha mont., was killed and 243 of an estimated 300 passengers were injured. The Fife in packed with tourists returning from the worlds fair in Seattle was bound for St Faux Minn amounted to doing Javors for Moscow. Von other topics or. Kennedy said he feels congressional democrats have done pretty Well by his legislative program. He believes the United states is not first in the space Field yet but added we Are making Progress in that  asked about reports that India is leaning toward the Purchase of Mig aircraft from the soviet Union or. Kennedy cautiously replied this is a matter which is being considered in this government also being considered with other governments or. Kennedy rebuffed a suggestion that the successive drops in the Stock Market have been aimed at him in order to bring hint to terms with big business. He said he could not believe that in order to gain political benefits business would be willing to see the Market go Down or the american Economy in difficulty. Senate Nyrhe Senate last week a Al proved a defense spending Bill totalling $48,429.220,000 a peacetime record the Bill was $590 million higher than that approved by the House and was to go to a House Senate conference committee where differences must be ironed out. It was also $522 million More than president Kennedy budgeted. However because of an accounting Price d u re involving Money from last year the sen. Ate Bill would finance a pro Gram Only $8 million larger than or. Kennedy s request. Defense Bill the 88-0 approval came after the Senate rejected attempts to Cut the Money for speeding development of the rs70 supersonic strike plane. The Senate also beat Back a try to eliminate $280 Mil lion for construction of a conventional Carrier of the Forrestal class. In another matter of Contro Versy the Senate maintained a House provision for an army National guard strength of 400,000 and reserves totalling 300,000. The admin Straton had proposed Cut Ting the army National guard to 367,000 and reserves to 275,000. The Bill was approved a Day of debate that entered largely around the Speed Wiy which the United states Woost try to develop the rs70. The president requested h71 million for the plane and Safe he did not want any More Money until it was determined whether the aircraft s radar and necessary a weapons could be seeded of completion. However the House added Jwj million when it passed the but and the Senate appropriations committee boosted the total be Dit ional funds to $320 million. Space atthe defense department last Al week reorganized the Mili tary communications satellite pro Gram stripping the army of the main development role and giving it to the air Force. The army which has been working on the Advent pro Gram for nearly two years was left Only the responsibility for the system s ground equipment while the air Force develops the space Craft. A Pentagon spokesman said the act a was expected to result in the beginnings of an operational system by 1964, rather than 1966.1 meanwhile the x15 rocket ship successfully passed its most dangerous re entry test in a flight at Edwards air Force base Calif. Shooting for the x15 s highest Angle. Of attack during re entry test Pilot Bob White daringly cockeyed the ship s nose higher than its Tail perilously close to a slightly steeper Angle at which it would have lost stability and spun out of control. A Slighter ror in the ship s Complex control system could have spelled the difference. White performed the risky tac tic after streaking at five times the Speed of sound and to an Altitude of nearly 35 Miles. Alcatraz manhunt a coast guard boat approaches a Cave on Alcatraz Island in a search for three convicts who dug their Way out of their cells at the Penitentiary in san Francisco Bay. The convicts used spoons to dig their Way out. Associated Prewit photo Littler won classic tournament ene Littler defending Champion in the National open last week shot a five under Par 67 for a 275 total and won the $25,000 first prize in the $100,000 classic Golf tournament at Clifton . One shot Back when the final round began the 31-year-old californian Fin world i sned two shot ahead of Rookie of 22-year-old Jack Nicklaus. Sports lit tie Sandra Haynie a Petite 19-year-old playing out of fort Worth rammed in a five foot putt on the 18th Green to win the $7,500 Austin women s civitan open tournament  stroke. Miss Haynie earned a $1,200 Check for her first tournament Victory in her second year on the ladies professional Golf association. She finished a stroke ahead of Mickey Wright. The american hockey league last week admitted Baltimore As the ninth member of the league. No name was chosen for the new club which will be the first professional hockey team for the City since 1956 when fire destroyed Carlin s Park and Cost the Baltimore clippers of the Eastern league a Home rink. The clippers then moved to Charlotte . Baltimore became the 16th City sen. Johnston was renominated sen. Olin d. Johnston apolitical a Wise Veteran last week soundly Defeated Youthful gov. Ernest f. Hollings for demo cratic renomination to the . Senate in South Carolina s Pri Mary election. In another Surprise Donald Russell wealthy Spartanburg at Torney and former president of the University of South Carolina ran away from it. Gov. Burnet r. Maybank and three others to win the democratic nomination for governor. The nomination is tantamount to election since the republicans have no candidate in the november election. Johnston will face William d. Work Ham Columbia syndicated columnist and the Republican nominee in the november race. In Massachusetts Endicott Chub Peabody a 42-year-old onetime Harvard football All american won the democratic state convention endorsement for governor. He Defeated it gov. Edward f. Mclaughlin or. Peabody will be a running mate of Edward m. Kennedy who earlier was endorsed by the convention As its Choice for the sen ate seat once held by his brother the president the 30-year-old Kennedy had easily Defeated Edward j. Mccormack jr., the Nephew of speaker of the House John w. Mccormack. The 38-year-old Mccormack announced later that he would take my Case to the  in Connecticut former gov. John Davis Lodge said he has decided against entering a state wide primary to Challenge rept Horace Seely Brownjr for the Republican nomination to the . Senate. Seely Brown a six term con Gressman from Eastern Connecticut swamped the favored Lodge at the Republican state Conven Tion a week earlier. To hold a franchise in the league s 26-season history. Other teams ins the league Are Buffalo Cleve land Hershey Pittsburgh provi Dence Quebec Rochester and Springfield. Jockey Willie Shoemaker last week became the first rider Ever to win 1,000 races at a single track when he guided Home Jesse s invader in the fifth race at Hollywood Park Calif. It was the third Winner of the. Day for Shoemaker who several Days before Rode Jaipur to vie tory in the $153,300 b e 1 m o n t stakes. In boxing Kenny Lane eighth ranked lightweight won a loudly hooted unanimous 10-round-" " decision Over Boston s Tommy Tibbs at the Boston Arena. Lane of Muskegon mich., weighed 137 i to 13214 for Tibbs Jerry Siebert ran the third fastest half mile in history with a clacking of 1 47 Flat at the Pacific association aau track and Field meet at Stanford Calif. Only Peter Snell of new zealand with a world record of 1 45 1, and Tom Courtney of the United states have turned in faster times than Siebert. Tass the official soviet press Agency reported in Moscow last week that Igor Ter Ovanesyan of the soviet Union smashed the world Broad jump record by leap ing 27 feet 3 inches. Thor recognized world record is 27 feet 1% inches by Ralph Boston of ten Nessee state a. And x. B raffia Gene group bad tend in i men fore ing As s hint ii Frei Mai Trai vers Prol oth m fir1 a Bai ate Quinba Tho so to of a b h e ii  
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