European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tot Falls into arms of boil thestain european edition ripes Weatherd rain Imiri Wren Tutty ant Hurt mar Tim str Wuhan to melt t3.lch. Volume 22, number 1 army Navy air Force Urief Telal publication duh . Arm a pert in Lur opt. North Africa and in my dds Eail d Adina to ii 17 4tftfft it to 17 a i a m a 4j bar Len Al 14 ii fran Fri m 41 Lyndin h m ii . Wily f Idelt to m m Tulett ii h 41 tit to � 41 it to m 14 it shift m ii new k in ii 11 air we that sulm $ Cint Dolly. 10 it nil lunar wed today april 17. 1963 . Steel boosts prices says demands could bring War . Rebuffs exile chief Washington the United states has charged Cuba exile Lender or. Jose Miro car Donn with demanding commitments that would almost certainly bring War with Fidel Castro s Cuba. It said it did not intend to put american foreign policy at the mercy of foreign refugees. The state department made the statement in a roughly worded response to Miro s charge that president Kennedy was guilty of breaking Promise and agree ments for a new invasion of Cuba. The department said this was a Gross distortion of recent history and that no Moranda of Kennedy Miro conversations proved it. The department for the first time publicly charged Miro with de Mand ing at least $30 million to permit exile leaders to recruit an army and wage a War the unforeseeable consequences of which would almost certainly have to be borne ultimately by us. Armed forces or would engage the United states now to wage u  the us. Statement flatly rejected Miro s Elam made when he at tempted last wednesday to resign As president of the cuban revolutionary Council that or. Ken Neily promised him Jim after the ill fated Bay of pigs invasion two years ago that there would be a new invasion attempt the cuban claimed plans were formalized with the president april 20, 1901, sources in Miami revealed details of Miro s charges. The lengthy department St tement rejected the cuban Leader s assertion that or. Kennedy had double crossed him in favor of peaceful coexistence with the Castro regime. The United states cannot co exist with a soviet satellite in cont on Pago 2\. Col. To Kennedy plans 2nd visit to Italy in 64with wife in position eleven year old Jame Thomas had Juat three Leeond to a aume the position and catch � toll nor child at bit burs air bae t Germany. Of Birberg Germany is the 11-year-old son of an no stationed at the is. Air base Here caught a 2 a year old boy As he fell from the second floor of the family quarters probably saving the child s  child Michael la Hen a son of s sgt and mrs. Edward Labeau was seen leaning out of his parents bedroom window. The window is directly above a Cement lined base ment stairwell. Observing Michael s peril was James Thomas Ion of m sgt and mrs Robert i. Thomas also orbit Burg air base. Jim ran to the basement stairwell leaned Over the railing and curled one foot under the lower bar for support. Seconds later the child fell he was screaming All the Way Down said Jim. The noise fright ened me i guess when i caught him. He slipped out of my hands and x. Had to grab again it his  incident was witnessed by cont. On pages col. Palm Beach Fla. A the i impending birth of a third child revised president Kennedy s travel plans tuesday but Only to the extent of reducing his trip to ital this summer from a state visit to a working session without his wife. The White House announced that agreement Ting been reached with the italian government to Post Pone the state visit by both the chief executive and mrs. Kenned until Early 1904, Here is the text of the Whitehouse announcement on plans for the visit to Italy by agreement Between the governments of Italy and the .,the slate visit of president and mrs. Kennedy to Rome is being postponed until Early 1904. Mrs. Kennedy will not be a Leto travel this Spring end summer. But both the president and  wish to make this visit to Rome together. With a read understanding of this desire the italian government with the As sent of the president of the re Public has agreed to a postpone ment of the state  june the president win have a working visit to Italy with the italian prime minister with the exception of the change from a state visit to a working trip to Italy plans for the flying voyage to Europe remain unchanged. Pierre Salinger White House press secretory who made tues Day s announcement said he had no information on the possibility hat or. Kennedy will include the Hometown of his forebears in new loss county Wexford Ireland on his itinerary. However it is understood  does expect to go to ire end in addition to Italy and West  is believed he will go to Europe sometime after june 20. The president reportedly will i a it several cities in both Italy my Germany. However working out of details will be Post Pontic until after the italian elections Ter this month. Vance holds talks in Paris will Fly to Germany today paris., Sas army Secretary Cyrus r. Vance began a 10-Day visit to France Germany Berlin and Britain tuesday with conferences at shape and Neucom Headquarters Here. Vance is making his Glrst trip to Europe since he became Secretary last june. He will Fly to Bon wednesday. To will meet with Gen Paul l. Freeman or.  in chief. In Heidelberg thursday. On Friday he will go to Stutt Gart for briefings at 7th army hand visits to the 24th inf and 4th army Delvs then move on to Munich for a tour of the us army Hospital there. Following inst Colon of guerrilla warfare troops of the 10th special forces up in the bad Stoelz area on saturday. Vance will spend sunday in Garmisch and monday at the7th army training Center in Grafe Woehr visiting the 3rd inf div  Pentagon official will Cli Max his swing to army combat units in Europe with a three Day Stopover in West  april 25 he Wilt Fly to eng land. If i exemption Cut deferred 6 months by customs chief Washington map the Cus Toms Bureau deferred for six months its plan to reduce the exemption on imports of gift parcel from s10 to is. Customs commissioner Philip Nichols or. Said there had been fewer abuses of the exemption since he first announced the level would be reduced lost january. At that time he said parcel falsely labelled As gifts had been shipped into the country and that various other deceptions had been practice. The Bureau delayed its order Fornix months. At the end of this period it will determine whether to carry through the reduction de Lay action pending further study or continue the present $10 limit. . Girl first to swim Messina Strait both ways Messina Stolly a a 29. Ear old Strawberry blonde from Detroit tuesday swam the awl re no Waters of the Strait of Mes Sina from Sicily to Calabria and Back without a shark in sight Mary Margaret revel said after Ward she suffered such severe ramps in the Chilly racing Waters hat she took a More direct route inn she and plan nod a total of .3 Miles for the two Way crossing nut cad 01 ".5. She made it in 5 Tours. 28 minutes. Men have swum the treo Cheroti Channel Between the tabled scylla ind Charybdis one Way Many Imes. But neither Man nor woman iad Ever before made a two Way nonstop crossing. The american girl. In a Blu lathing suit but without the usual cavy grease coating went into the Waters at Lido do  Miles North of hero. She had planned to swim to t cont on Page 24, col. 3 syrian Archbie Flop shot rallies from 3 wounds Damascus Syria a Arch Bishop Shawarsh Kouyoumjian head of the armenian orthodox Church in Syria was reported rallying Well from three h u 11 o i wounds he received in an attempt on his life monday night. The bearded archbishop was gunned Down by four unknown assailants in a Church headquarter in Southeastern Damascus. Stateside Static Bedford. A. Special Theori of the Bedford Volunteer fire company for mirth ii m the Lauoe of one Field Frei boy burning stump to smoke out  Industry expected to. Follow suit new York  corp., the giant of the Al Dusty tuesday Marche through president Kennedy s half opon door to higher prices virtually assuring an Industry wide Price boost. The . Steel announcement come quickly after Aramco steel corp. The nation Iloth largest producer. Joined the drive for higher prices. Six companies now have increased prices. , Worth ing ton is. Steel pres ident said the nation s largest steel corporation would put into effect selective Price increases of approximately w.85 per ton on Flat rolled steel which commutes about 29 per cent of the company sales. Aramco from its Middletown Ohio Headquarters said that to was boosting proc a from 94180 to $7 per ton on several  on the new York Stock Market Tamedl Nelly started a climb in a Lurry of activity led by the steel issues. Kennedy in conference president Kennedy conferred with his economic experts at his Palm Beach. Fla vacation head quarters about the latest Price hikes. In making the announcement for . Steel Worthington said store 1908. When Price Wen last increased employment coat have gone up on five occasions earnings have dropped substantially dividends have been reduced and employment he  . Steel also referred to the need for Plant modernization in order to meet Competition from abroad declined margins of profit and rising costs m Factor in the increase. Most of the nation s smaller steet companies have been watch ing and waiting to see what . Steel would do. And that company by becoming the second member of steel s big three to raise its i cont m Pago �4, cot. S Neutra lists reds reported ignoring laotian cease fire Vientiane Laos up re ports brought Back from the Plain of jars by International inspectors raised Grove doubts tuesday that the warring neutralise and pro communist factions Are ready trend their fighting. Actor Singh chairman of the International control commission ice said the situation on the Plain continues to be  Singh did not elaborate but unofficial reports reaching Vientiane said lighting Between Neutral smiled by Gen Kong to and the pro communist Patchet lao went on after a cease fire pledge Given Premier Youvonna Houma Sun Day. Communist broadcasts said Kong be to troops had seized control of Phong Savan a town in Leng Khouan province in an operation monday  were fears that further fighting Between Tho Neutra lists and pallet lao would involve Gen Phot i Nosavan s rightist troops and cause deeper rupture in the three Way coalition government of rightists pro communists and Neu  of the Plain of jars would give the pro communist control of Central Laos and open the Way for possible intervention by communist China and North Viet Nam