European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Quake smashes yugoslav City estimates put toll in thousands from Preim Dos Patch Belgrade an Earth quake devastated the Mace donian capital of Skopje Early Friday killing injuring thousands Caus ing untold property damage. Tho official inn Jirik news Genry quoted Rescue teams in the shattered City its reporting More than a thousand people have lost their the number of injured exceeds several Tho mind the reports bold. More than 100.000 persons were Home leu. Tens of thousands of terrified residents Ninny still Clad in in Jim Mas Otter bran hurled from their Beds surged into the rubble strewn streets Nufler the first Shock hit the City it 5 15 . The railway station the army Barrack the army club the Lead ing Bank the 80-room Mace Donia Motel crashed Down. They fell like Cut Trees going Down with r rumbling Boom said one yugoslav newsman. The hotel packed with sleeping guests was split to us foundations levelled. A 300 persons in the hotel were reported killed. Greatest tragedy the City has been hit by the greatest tragedy in its history the Belgrade newspaper poll Taka in a special edition contain ing dispatches from its reporters at Skopje. The City in an awful sight. More than 200.000 citizens Are in the streets. The screams of the trapped those who have lost their relative can be heard All it said. The most striking scene is the wreckage of the great Macedonia hotel. The hotel does not exist anymore. Guests hotel personnel found death under Concrete blocks. In the wreckage of the rail Way station the screams of trapped persons could still be heard. The question is whether Rescue teams can reach them in time. Rescue Force rutted yugoslav authorities in Belgrade rushed a special Force of 900 res Cue workers to the Belgrade Selim logic Institute said that the Karl Rorn area i Macedonia is very liable to quakes. It referred to the destruction of the City in 51h a.d., when a quo he opened big ravines through the town. The Institute aug nol irl Power let Bun agreement of Momolu a Victory for nun the Rel of Eier Ullic added hit thl. Treaty u not the ill i Colum. It will not resolve ill conflict or cause thit comm data to forego their nil ton or Ett Munato the dangers of War. It will not reduce our need for arms or allies or program of Aei Malanea to other. I but it in i Iraq Grunt tint i tap a step Lowi ird Pew a Nti a toward reason Tep away Fromi army Navy air Force a a Lacall Nel Ine u. Aim form in wipe aft to end the my Deli Oil Velum 22, number 100 i a Iii Dolly 10 nah London do stateside Static City Dpi mra. Myrtle Sheffield nil sued John a Shenfeld for divorce Al if flair incompatibility. They have 19 children under 16. Saturday july 27, 1963 Khrushchev urges meetings to liquidate the cold War initial step Are ret i Barelman sealed far left of the United slam Ili Tena u soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko right talk fit urea at the nuclear tent ban meeting in Moscow where a partial treaty initiated. In foreground la Brillh detention. Dpi army dependent schools get new superintendent Heidelberg is the new general superintendent of usar cur dependent schools will be or Soberl m. O Kune. It was announced Friday by Usa eur he o Kune has resigned effective sept. 1. As superintendent o schools in Glen Cove n.y., in order o take Tho Usa eur pout. He had Field the Glen Cove position since 1938. O Kne will succeed or. John Sti ple who stepped Down in myrrh from crud Long Usa eur i dependent schools to accept Pusl army Larson position Washington i i Pri so Ilene Kenneil hns Woluc Laully a Petiti d inv resignation of finn j Uren. In assistant Secretary o the army. Larson submitted his lion with a kens of ions re Gret As assistant Secretary o research development Ellec to Lac july 31. In an Exchange of ice Lori. M Kennedy told Larsen that he a played an important role in help inn to assure the effectiveness o a program vital to National Sucur by. _ quake jolts Cau Fornin. Small Rollin earthquake rattle windows in communities East Hure Early Friday but no Damag was reported. Ion in the United slates. Or William j. Dolt Deputy to Steele for the Post two years has served As interim general super tend Cut of the dependent Educa Ion group dec since Steele s resignation. Tho new Usa eur top educator is a doctor s degree from har Vard. During world War ii he served As an no is an offi cer in Germany Austria with the 3rd inf div. His decorations Jne tude two Silver stars two presidential unit citations Bronze Star the purple heart. Howze takes Korea Post Skoul a it a Hamilton ii Howzw arrived Friday to assume til new poit us commander Inch let of the . Come in Korea replacing retiring Gen g. S. Mcloy or. On Board motor kicks syncom 2 toward orbit Cape canaveral. Flo. A the syncom 2 communications satellite soared into orbit Friday after More than 5s hours of flight a Small on Board motor ignited to kick the payload toward a path where it would hang Over one area of the Globe at All times. The National aeronautics space administration Nasa re ported the email motor fired As planned five hours Anil 33 minutes after the satellite blasted off from Cape canaveral atop n Delta rocket. The motor fired when syncom 2 reached an Altitude of 22,548 Miles. Purpose of the furl Etc was to arrest the 147-Pound payload near that Altitude. Otherwise it would have continued in an elliptical path ranging from 140 to 22.548 Miles icon. On pane 2, col. 51 lists Points to be solved in talks Moscow up pre Mier Nikita s. Khrushchev following up the initiating partial nuclear test ban treaty with the United stat Sand Britain Friday appealed for East West negotiations to liquidate the cold in i joint interview with the newspapers invest i Prev in the soviet Lender sold we Appeal to the Western now ers with a proposition let us Grce on All these questions. We in pc jointly Mode the beginning by agreeing on Banning nuclear test weapons. Let us continue towards lessening International tensions liquidation of the cold War thereby we will open the Way towards deciding Tho fundamental questions on general Complete Khrushchev s Appeal was read to foreign correspondents who were called to the foreign ministry Headquarters. Khrushchev declared that the question 01 a peaceful German settlement was Basic to the liquidation of International tensions. The soviet government he added. Is ready to conduct Nego to talons on these questions with representatives of the Western Powers on a Businesslike basis in the Effort to negotiate con clude a corresponding agreement. There would a no shortage of front on Pagot col. 5j weather hit it r n. My 4s. r�mrtfi4 Friy Cutrali Cra my Tlell a 4. N m album to m ai4 i ii Byrll m 19 to tit my Del to h m a Mph to is h Forli a 71 ii Prnto k m 17 82 Gas veils 49 at Reading Pool Reading a. Up a chlo Rine Gas tank sprang a leak at a crowded City owned swimming Pool Friday deadly fumes felled dozens of swimmers most of them youngsters a total of 40 persons were treated at three hospitals which reported one child in critical an adult in serious condition. The violently 111 victims had to travel through the heaviest con cent ration of the Gas to leave the area. Many of the youngsters were found staggering around the Street. Some nearly unconscious by the first police at the scene. J every available ambulance taxi cab private Auto in the area was pressed into service to take the children to the hospitals. St. Joseph s Hospital reported 13 treated Community general Hospital admitted 13 treated 10 others Reading to Spital treated seriously Iii was Robert Leaf 3, who was reported in critical condition at so Joseph a mrs. Mum a Richardson practical nurse at St. Joseph s Hospital who lives across the Street from the Pool. Lint noticed children leaving the Pool area in their bathing suits wandering about aimlessly apparently dazed. Mrs. Richardson telephoned City Hall or an ambulance Rode to the Hospital with the first children taken there. Her husband. Rev. Angelo Richardson took several additional children to the Hospital in his automobile. Seven ambulances a tire comp my emergency truck responded to the alarm
