European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes monday july 15, 1963 heavy rainfall ends drought in Plains lakes Region by United press International drought breaking Rains fell from Texas to Michigan last weekend accompanied by crop damaging Hail in some areas and touching off Flash floods in Kansas and be Bridge was swept away by flood Waters in a Nebraska state Park near Chadron where 2vi inches of rain fell. High water blocked several Kansas Highway Early in the Day. Harveyville kan., had 9va inches of rain forc ing evacuation of one family. Two cars and a Semi trailer collided during heavy rain near Keo Kuk Iowa killing one Man and in Juring four others. Six persons required treatment for injuries Early saturday after a Chicago bound United air lines Jet with 56 persons aboard hit tur Bulent weather Over Nebraska. Communities in new Mexico an Kansas cleared damage from Torna does and wind storms which struck saturday night. A Tornado chewed a 5-mile path along new Mexico route 104 near Tucumcari seventy mile an hour winds Mountain division vets visit to crossing site by Bob hover stall writer san Benedetto Del to Italy is troops of the . 10th Mountain div were the first Allied soldiers to Cross the to River inthe climactic closing week of Wii fighting in Italy. I was criticized at that time but later 1 was told it was one of the Best moves of the italian Campaign said it Gen George p. Hays re the Man who made the decision to Cross the swollen River. Hays briefing 101 veterans on a tour of Italy with their families stood on the South Bank of Thespo As he explained the crossing. Skier sparked formation of division lofty san Benedetto Del to Italy is i had an idea that the United states could use troop with special training in Mountain speaker was Charles Minot Dole the Man whose idea led tothe founding of the 10th Mountain div the Only Mountain unit in the . tour with 10th div veterans to their former Battle Sites in Italy Dole stood on the South ban of the to River and explained his role in the formation of the Divi an avid skier Dole founded in 1938 the National ski patrol system naps soon after this. I was sitting by a fire in a ski Lodge in Vermont when someone came up with the idea of Mountain troops he said. After several rebuffs i finally was Given an interview with Gen George a Marshall in july of 1940, which ultimately led to the formation of the 87th Mountain regt in november 1941, just three weeks before the attack on Pear 87th was the forerunner o the was Able to recruit 12.0ck men for the division with the help of the became particularly impressed with the idea that Ameri Ca needed Mountain troops aft learning that european armies in eluded troops with special training in Mountain after breaking through the Ger Man line in the Mountain Campi Ign South of the to soldiers of the 10th division became the first Allied troops to Cross the River. The division included Many me from College and Mountain clubs and had the second highest i rating in the army in Wii a fact Many tried to forget. We were often called the Blue bloods said col Gordon e. Daw son ret former adjutant general of the , the name got us into trouble. Soldiers from other divisions weren t always sympathetic to those High i remember our vehicles were double parked Here. There were no Trees then. I scanned the far Bank with my binoculars and could see Foxholes but no one was Manning decided then that we d better Cross with amt delay. During the crossing we attracted fire but soon we captured 500 German soldiers who were hurrying into the Fox holes. If we had waited the Cross no would have been much More difficult and much More Hays explained that after the first wave of troops crossed the Iver on april 23, 1945, a Pontoon Bridge was erected at a ferry Rossing two Miles North of this Village in the to Bottom land. The Bridge was used to transport cavy equipment across the one Way Pontoon Bridge still Erves the crossing veterans and their families stepped from the. Bus they were surrounded at a Roadside restau rant. One elated italian wanted of buy drinks for everyone on the remember crossing right Here said Frank Kappler a Cor poral with the division and associate editor of the blizzard a High pret Ture wind flows a map rom air weal her service data Outlook Fob 1 . Today Northern France the Benelux countries and Northern Germany will be under the influence of a Low pressure system West of Ireland causing mostly Cloudy skies with occasional Light rain. Southern France and Southern Germany will be partly Cloudy. . Temperatures by United press International High Low Anu Querze Atlanta Baltimore Boston Buffalo hic ago Cincinnati Denver the division newspaper. We Cheyenne crossed with a United press Cor respondent and crawled up an embankment on the far Side with the shells ripping just Over our division cracked the German line in b i 11 e r fighting in the rugged Ruffeno Musolo Region 80 Miles South of Here then swept on to the veterans arrived at this River town after visits to Rome Flor ence leghorn and several italian villages in the mountains South of Here. E. German Soldier a escapes to West Berlin up a Young East German Soldier fled to West be Linin full combat gear sunday morn ing West Berlin police said the 20-year-old private crept through the barbed wire into the West Berlin District of Span Dau in the British sector without being noticed by communist Escapee carried a loaded soviet sub machine gun and asked for Asylum in West Berlin police said. High Low 94 66 82 62 83 61 77 64 89 62 82 34 70 64 81 59 84 56 Detroit Duluth Fargo it. Worth Houston Indianapolis Kaii Iai City Lai vegas Louisville High Low 87 67 81 b3 84 58 101 79 94 79 71 62 88 72 108 75 80 63 los Angeles Memphis Miami Beach Minneapolis Milwaukee new York Norfolk okla. City Phoenix 85 62 89 74 88 75 88 65 67 63 78 02 81 59 90 70 Iii 74 Pittsburgh Portland. Me. St. Louis san Diego High Low 87 57 82 60 83 70 76 02 54san Francisco 61 Salt Lake City 93 b4 Sioux City 88 67 Spokane 85 95 Washington 85 03 hottest spot in the . 114 at Needles Calif. Coldest spot 4 at Butte Mont. Bankers ask interest hike tax Cut to Stem Gold Drain Washington a the american Bankers association has recommended an income tax Cut and higher interest rates As Steps toward solving the persistent Drain on . Gold a year s study by two committees the association came up with recommendations which closely parallel the approach taken by the Kennedy administration. But it said also president Kennedy should declare that the problem is being Given the highest . Charles e. Walker executive vice president of the association said we Are recommending an enlargement recognizing that the government has taken some action in practically All of these areas. The dedication of our Treasury officials to the solution of this problem has been apparent. London Blaze kills one London a at least one person was killed and eight injured when fire swept through four Story terraced House in North West London Early sunday. Soviet paper praises West Side story9 film Moscow Cap a soviet news paper finally has printed a review of the american film West Side Story a full week after it was shown a1 the current Moscow film festival. The review appeared in the official communist youth news paper Komsomol Skaya p r a v d a which frankly said it liked the Story of new York s West Side. The film obviously has presented a difficult problem for this country s movie reviewers bound As they Are by the communist party line. West Side Story deals v. Ith a soviet propaganda subject american Street gangs but pre sents the Story in such a Brillian tand sympathetic manner that so Viet critics were apparently Dis armed if not confused. The review said the leading players including Natalie Wood were Brilliant and the support ing players were Good. We believe said Komsomol Kaya pravda that the significance of this movie lies in the fact that it was created by the sincere love of the collective authors a love for the people living in the numerous West sides of they expressed a great theme in an interesting artistic but the problem is so urge that we Are calling for the High just official reaffirmation of the executive Branch of the govern foreign Aid and cur ailed government spending were deficit in the International balance of payments the net outflow of dollars to foreign coun tries has persisted for the last 13 years and has resulted in a reduction in the nation s Gold stocks from about $22 billion to $13.7 billion. The deficit Rose to $3.9 billion in 1960, and then declined until it reached $2.2 billion last year but the trend was reversed in the first Quarter of this year As it Reache billion. Although the Bankers called for the reaffirmation of the serious Ness of the problem they concluded that there should be no devaluation of the Dollar or other direct control of believe As does the administration that such action would undermine Confidence in the Dollar and in the Long run do More harm than Good. Recommendations included monetary authorities should permit less credit ease and some firming of interest spending should be held at present Levels during the transition of lower tax rates this will require Sharp reductions in new obligation al Progress should be in reducing the loss of dollars through financing military operations overseas raked Newton kan., smashing win Dows and a roofing buildings. A funnel Cloud was spotted in the air but apparently failed to touch Down. Newton got 1.85 inches of rain in an , kan., had 4.95 inches of rain in two hours. Near Chad Ron a Farmer reported foot deep drifts of hailstones. Baton Rouge la., collected 2 inches of Brighton 111., heavy rain soaked through to an underground Cable shorting out service to 475 Telephone and Milwaukee got their first rain in 17 Days. Detroit s last rainfall was june 13.cedar rapids Iowa measured 2.70 inches of rain while burling ton Iowa had 2.13 inches Grimes Iowa 2.15 inches and Williamsburg Iowa 2 inches. Quincy 111., had 1.85 inches and la Crosse. Wis. 1.35 inches. Kansas City. Mo., reported 3.59 Rains were welcomed from the great Plains through the great Topeka kan., . Weather Bureau meteorologist Richard Gar rett said the Rains relieved the drought in most parts of Kansas but that the South portion of the state still needed rainfall. Low water Levels Michigan s conservation depart ment cancelled All trash burning permits because of the drought. Motorists were warned against throw ing lighted cigarettes from car windows in the Detroit area As water consumption reached record lows. Several counties sought drought disaster Wisconsin counties Nave received drought disaster Are designation and hundreds of farm ers lined up Friday in the stat capital at Madison to Register for the emergency Aid. Three other counties sought disaster area Des Northern Illinois 20 counties petitioned gov. Otto Kerner to seek drought disaster Indianapolis water company officials announced they were dip Ping into the Utility s Morse Reservoir for the first time in 11 months. A spokesman said 50 Mil lion Gallons of water would be withdrawn daily from the Reservoir until the White River returns to Normal. Low temperature records we reset saturday at Lynchburg va., and Raleigh n.c., where the Mercury hit 53 degrees and at Greensboro,n.c., where the Low was 54. It was the third straight Day of record tows at Raleigh n.c., and the fourth successive Day at Greensboro. The temperature dipped to 41 de Grees at Mullan Idaho and at Butte and Livingston Mont. It was42 at Bozeman Mont. B47 Jet crashes one feared dead Zaragoza Spain up a american b47 Jet bomber crashed Here injuring three crewmen and possibly killing another an air Force spokesman said. The plane was assigned to the 98th bomb Wing of Lincoln air Force base neb. The plane hit the runway skidded sideways and burst into flame. A . Air Force spokesman said one Crew member was missing and presumed dead. Gen Amin Hafez named Syria s defense chief Damascus Syria a baath is Gen Amin Hafez was named to replace ousted maj Gen Ziyad Elhariri As Syria s army chief of staff and defense minister. The promotion left Hafez in the posts of vice Premier minister of the Interior and Deputy martial governor As Well As in Hariri s old jobs he also was promoted from brigadier to major general
