European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 03, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday october 3, 1964 alieo9 Cleo it Al. Come from an old family by Dick West Washington up each year when the weather Bureau releases the list of female name that will be used to identify the new crop of hurricanes it produces reactions that Are More predictable than the storm themselves. Inevitably some women s group will protein that the whole idea of Labelling hurricanes in this Man Ner is unfair to womanhood. Some dancer named Ursula will urge the Bureau to use the Namei in reverse alphabetical order. She fear that otherwise there won t be enough storms to enable her to reap any publicity from having one Bear her a result of these rituals there is a general Public aware Ness of How the hurricanes gel their Given names. But did you Ever wonder where the surname Hurricane comes from neither did i. My curiosity on that Point was almost nil. Nevertheless i have just been involuntarily apprised of the answer. A fellow i know has been Gath ering material for a Magazine article on the archaeological find Ings at the recently discovered Taino Indian ceremonial Plaza near Utuado puerto Rico. As frequently happens Hoover research d the piece. That is he collected More information than he could use. So it should t be a total lost i am sending it to you he wrote archaeologists have found that the Talon indians were using Hurricane As the word for storms at least 200 years before they discovered Christopher col Tullos who no longer exist also used such words As tobacco Hammock Canoe and Savannah it is no wonder that these puerto Alcan indians invented 90much of our language. They Evi Dently had a scientific turn of mind. When t h e Conquistador Escame to the Island from Spain they tried to give the impression that they were immortal gods. The idea was spreading until some Talon Einstein decided to tent the theory scientifically. He captured a specimen immortal took him to the Labora tory and held him under watering a Large test tube for 24 hours. After observing and record ing the effect this had on the specimen the Taino hypothesized that All Conquistador i were actually very mortal in deed. This concept was in turn tested by a Large scale Spear Ana Arrow attack which almost drove the Conquistador is off the is of report i Felt that i should pass it along so that Yon can amaze your friends with you erudition during the next Hunt Cane season. The Xoi ruling eliminate 100,000 military May cast 1.5 million votes Washington up de sense department officials pre dict that . Military families May cast More than 1,900,000 Absentee ballot in the coming presidential election in spite of new Texas voting requirement that eliminates possibly 100,000 who otherwise would be eligible. Easier procedures Tor casting Absentee votes in other slates and a new Rule that Ever eligible Serviceman must be per. Soni Illy handed a ballot Appl Calion arc among the reasons for expecting a larger military vote this year. Officials Are hoping that 10 per 300-mile-an-hour train unveiled in Washington Washington up Afu per speedy train of the future was unveiled in miniature Here. The train Laid to be capable of speeds up to 300 Miles an hour was suggested As the curator the transportation problems of the traffic congested North Eastern United states. Fast eur Pean and japanese trains have been cited by planners hero As indicating what the . Could do. A Model of the rail system was presented to sen. Claiborne Pell d-h.i., the leading advocate for rapid rail transportation Between Boston and new York. The general american transportation corporation of Chicago said the train would be capable of 300-mlle-an-hour speeds. But officials said that probably would frighten most people. They Laid top speeds at the Star would be about Iso to 200 Miles an hour. Under the corporation s plans the train would carry Automo Biles with their passengers fro special Railroad terminals out fide major cities. The Railroad would be automated and run Clejan the company s transportation planning director said the train system would Cost More than ii billion to set up but he said the system was cheaper than building toll roads. He estimated it would Cost $2million a mile to build the Spe Cial rail Lino compared to $3 Mil lion a mile for toll roads in the East. Between Boston and Laid the huge bite financially was the main drawback tothe proposal. Divorced Houston Man still can visit dog Houston up Oiiver far Guson has won the right to visit a poodle. The divorce settlement specified he could visit Pari Par be the poodle at the convenience of sex wife mrs. Jane Ellen Farguson and the dog. Mrs. For Guson led for divorce on the grounds he had mistreated botnet end Parl Par be. Car returned with full tanks Columbia 8.c. A a thoughtful thief left this note in a stolen car found abandoned in Colombia i needed a ride. I m sorry.1 put Gas la medics say Glenn recovery will be nearly Complete san Antonio Tex. A doctors said former astronaut John h. Glenn or. Is on the Wayto virtually Complete recovery from an inner ear injury suffer Din Ohio feb. M. Glenn underwent a checkup atan air Force Hospital Here wednesday. It lasted about two hours. The Marine lieutenant colonel remains on convalescent leave from the Hospital. Progress is excellent and fit continues at uie present rate it indicates there will be virtually Complete recovery his Doc tors said in a statement. Glenn the statement said complains of no dizziness and no dizziness and Nau sea were the most apparent symptoms of the inner ear injury suffered in a bathroom fall in his Columbus Ohio apartment. The injury forced Glenn to de Lay his retirement from the marines and withdraw from a race for uie democratic senatorial nomination in Ohio. Shot in dynamite fatal to two boys Colfax. Calif. A two Wal a cd c f i f 8 " Hoyt War killed when one fired his Rifle into shed filled with dynamite. The sheriff s office said one oath. Victims a Leroy Sanders 15. And the other was Robert jr., 14. The blast dismembered both youths. Pieces of two Hunting rifles also were blast broke windows As far As three Miles away the shed was used by the Southern Pacific Railroad to Tor dynamite for construction a Phat by Between sacrament and Lake Taboe. Cent of eligible military person Nel will vote compared to 40 per cent in 19 0. There Are 2 million men of voting age in uniform plus an estimated 750.000 Mili tary dependents living outside their Home states. Many of themare abroad. The Texas provision is that anyone who had not paid his 11.50 poll tax by last Jan. 31 must have obtained by last March a certificate of eligibility to vote without paying the tax. This Law was adopted last february immediately after the poll tax was outlawed As a voting requirement by constitutional amendment. The new Law Al Lowed Only 30 Days of notice to obtain the necessary certificate officials said the measure was Given Little publicity out Elde Tex As and the defense department was unaware of it until after the deadline had passed. 115,m texan the armed forces list approximately 115,000 men from Texas who Are of voting age. A estimated 50,000 dependents also could be affected. No figure were available on How Many Tex ans in military service paid the poll tax. Officials doubt dial the Mill tary vote will differ greatly with that of the general population inthe race Between president John son and sen. Barry m. Gold wat such evidence As was available indicated that Richard m. Nixon May have been Given a slight Edge Over the late president John f. Kennedy by the military four years ago. Absentees swung Calif. Nixon it was noted Carrie California on the basis of Absen tee ballots the bulk of which May have been from service men. California and Rhode Island have since repealed provisions which permitted counting absence ballots after election Day. This is still allowed in five states Missouri Nebraska Pennsyl Vania Washington and North Dakota. The allowable time lag Range from one Day in Missouri to 15 Days in Washington. I campaigners these a youngsters suitably Black eyed leave to doubt of their allegiance during a stroll on the sidewalks of new York. Keystone photo solid fuel motor of thrust tested Portero Calif. Up this nation s largest solid fuel rocket motor 151 inches in diameter and standing nearly 175 feet High was successfully test fired at the Lockheed propulsion company s facility near Here. It was the second in inc rocket motor to be tested and carried 30 per cent More propel Lam than the one fired by lock heed four months ago. The motor developed More than 1 million pounds of thrust during the two minute Static contained 50.000 pounds of rubber bused propellant. The casing of the rocket Motorway a specially col Harold w. Robbins Large Olid rocket motor program director for the space systems division of the air Force said the Luck awful test was further proof of the potential value solid fuel motors hold foie rations " jobless rate shows Rise in september Washington up an unexplained increase in unemployment among married men boost Chi the nation s jobless rate to 5.1 per cent during september the labor department reported. But Harold Goldstein of the Bureau of labor statistics said the change was not statistically significant. It is something we will have to watch he said but i would t Send up danger signals at this , both employment and unemployment declined at roughly seasonal rates in september the Start of the school Yea brought the usual Large reduction in the teen age labor the jobless rate for adult men edged up from 3.7 per Cento 3.9 per cent. The rate for married men climbed from 1.1per cent to 2.9. At lowest Leve Goldstein said the figures might represent Only Normal fluctuations in the figures re said he could not account for the change. At 3.3 million the unemployed total was 350,000 less than in August and at the lowest septem Ber level since 1859. During the first nine months of this year unemployment hns averaged 250,000 below the comparable it Rod of in the unemployment rate has ranged Between 4.9 and 1.3 up i cent Over the past five months consistently below 1952 and 1963 Levels. The september rate was three t tenths of 1 per cent below the s.5 per cent rate recorded in s september a year ago. A women s rate steady the unemployment rate fourteen agers declined from 15 per cent in August to 14.2 per cent if a month Goldstein said. In a first nine months of the year am i Erat Lons " i we Anorea Uttie change from a \ jul g gust at 750.000. A him blk no More when the Bride and Groom first came face to face for zit wed Ding ceremony they gently Flung be e leaves at each other Tho a presented Honor de love. Went a ans. P01"1 Durlyne Cere Mony the Groom spilled a has Kerful of yellow Rice coins an Flower petals into Hiu brew i Lap the objects signified All his prop erty his earnings and everlasting love. His Bride in turn promised 10take Good care of them. Ameri can males in the audience agreed that they could certainly use parts of the ceremony especially the washing of feet and the wife s pledge of humility. However an indonesian spokeswoman nipped the dream in the Bud. That s the Way twas a Long time ago she Laid. Things have changed line
