European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              8 if there was a Western slates Man who  exactly win u pop a Lully contest in the West this it was surely Gen Charles Andre Joseph Marie de president of a de Gaulle press conference is a but always remarkable and on 31 he graciously invited journalists to hear him confirm that France was recognizing red hut he this step did not imply approval of the communist at a presidential news conference the next Johnson commented i do not think it would be in the interest of Freedom to share his the French president moved a bit closer to Home territory when he flew off to Mexico for 10 Days on March meeting president Topez Gaulle moved in on latin America in visiting 10 countries Between 21 and on the common after 13 months of reached agreement on a single Grain effective july in so they just met a deadline set by none other than do who had threatened that France would pull out of the Market if an Accord were not amid word that France was pushing for a separate european the nato Council met in Paris for three Days in december after which u Secretary of state Dean Rusk was Only Able to say that he was confident some sort of Allied multilateral Force would be set up despite de Gaul Les vigorous the Milf plan for a Fleet of mixed manned ships was not even mentioned in the councils closing French president Charles Gaulle draw crowd in latin american 9 Little Cyprus made big headlines in n year of bloodshed that brought nato partners Greece and Turkey to the Edge of the fighting followed president Makarios move in november 1963 to Amend the Constitution the Turk cyp riots believed this sharply Cut into their isolated attacks on villages ensued with Turkey and Greece beginning to take the and Britain first proposed a nato Force of men to insure that proposal failed and charged with responsibility for main Taining peace when it granted Independence to rushed in More the fighting with the result that on March 14 the first x a United nations peacekeeping Force but the fighting stepped a Karlos Cut off water and food from isolated Turk cypriot and greek turkish relations on 78 turkish planes strafed a Harbor in support of Bele Ogurek turkish cyp about 100 greek cypriots died in the the was Able to arrange a successful ceasefire the Day after russian Premier Nikulla Khrushchev expressed his and two Days after the turks removed some air and ground units from nato control for use in the the economic blockade of Turk cyp lot villages was finally utter 17 after an Athens meeting Between a Karlos and greek prime minister George and the Arch Bishop began a policy of peace and Goodwill that eased tensions As the year Cyprus dispute reached Peak in August when turkish attacked cypriot 1 out then an Amer Ion Mariner and russian Zond Are spending new years Ere Rushing toward a season of some remarkable space successes to both nations began july 91 when americas Ranger 7 televised to Earth closeups of the then its successful Mission Ranger launched from Cape Ken Nedy july j8 on the sent Back photos the last u minutes of its and indicated that much of the Moons surface was sort of ask for Landing a manned spacecraft but the soviets had a glorious Suc tinged with a hint that it was Only a partial when the spaceship Sunrise landed via Parachute 11 carrying three men who had spent 84 hours and 7 minutes in 11 orbits covering aboard it Wen u Boris doctor col Vladimir a fighter Pilot and Kon Stanton a scientist it was believed the capsule was to have stayed aloft a week but that its unusually elliptical orbit required that the trip be Cut the took space headlines again with the 975pound Mariner which was launched from Cape Kennedy 18 on a h5mllllonmlle trip to Fly past the planet it is to reach its destination july 14 and Send Back Tele vision the russians seemed to want to make i race of it when on 1 they launched Zond 2 probe 1 toward the same planet the russian Experiment was experiencing Power and scientists voiced doubt that they could be Russia said last picture of Moon taken by Ranger before spaceship per 14 the stars and stripes december 1964