European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday january 20, 1969 the stars and stripes Page 3 China s pigs foes of native Tongue increase two convicted in crucifixion London a two me were convicted Here of Nail ing a 27-year-old Mystic to across on a lonely part of Hamp Stead de Havilland an Interior decorator was described i court As a willing victim who persuaded the men to crucify him. Using real nails lie was putting Forward claims of being something in the nature of a Messiah said the Leach 41, was jailed for a year on charges of unlawful wounding. David Conklin it was Given a conditional discharge. 20-lire coins to return Rome a Italy will Issue new 20-lire 3 . Cents piece this year resuming coining of the pieces after a 10-year halt. Ireland s gaelic War goes on source of flu United nations up world health organization investigators suspect that pigs on the chinese Mainland Are the source responsible for the asian influenza virus now sweeping the Western theory is that pigs in China where pork is a favorite food arc a Sanctuary for the flu virus that from time to Tim emerges through Hong Kong cuts a deadly Swath around the world and subsides. The virus is known by scientist Sas Mylo virus influenza and in one form or another can infect humans horses pigs Birds and some other , the relation Between animal and human influenza i Uncertain. Killed 20 million probably the worst influenza epidemic in history struck in1918. Known As the Spanish flu because the first major out Breaks occurred in Spain it killed 20 million persons around the world. Mystery obscures the origin of the new strains that emerge to overcome immunities built up in earlier outbreaks. Who scientists believe modern influenza epidemics including the 1918 Spanish Type arose Zinasia. The first influenza virus Ever isolated was found in pigskin 1931. An almost identical Strain was found in humans two years later. The Type found in pigs now i considered the same As the one that caused the 1918 is no certainty where it turned up first in men or i pigs. A distantly related Strain infected horses and Birds. Able to mutate influenza viruses Are Able to mutate according to a recent who article and seem to change continually in which afflict Man and beast alike Are who scientists rate influenza As a probationary member of the zoonosis club. There Are Over 100 zoonoses transmissible Between animals and Man. Perhaps a dozen Are significant Public health prob have colourful and suggestive popular names. For example there Are a whole spec Trum of fevers Rabbit Deer Fly Parrot Rice Field and und ulant and sheep carry an organism that induces chills sweats headache and mild cough it is variously known a Queensland fever query fever and just Plain a fever. 4 Dublin a the Irish Are still engaged in a Lively Row about How Irish they should be a Row that has gone on for quite a few years. Some protest that the government put too much emphasis on trying to keep their ancient language leading campaigner is Brooklyn born president Eamon de Valera but he i running into increasing opposition. The 82 year old Patriot once condemned to death by the English during Ireland s fight for Independence regards the native Tongue As the hallmark of Ireland. It will be a great shame for this Genera Tion if we let the Irish language die he warns. We should strive As earnestly nowt revive the language As we strove in the past to win a majority even those who know no gaelic agree that the restoration of the Mother Tongue is a commendable More and More Don t like is the extent of the government program to make this a National policy. It s a compulsory subject in school Andall students must pass their Irish test or fail the entire have to know gaelic to get a govern ment Job or teaching Post or join the army or air Force and fluency helps toward promotion in slate run English remains the everyday language for most of Eire s three million All the work of the courts the Dail parliament and the civil service i conducted in English though official Docu ments Are printed in English and Irish. Dublin lawyer Christopher Morris head the language Freedom movement which is waging a Campaign to remove All compulsions to learn gaelic especially in schools. The gaelic league which recently celebrated its 75th anniversary estimates there Are 700,000 fluent Irish speakers inthe country. One million others have a nodding the Remote Western Seaboard and on a few islands Are Little groups whose everyday Tongue is Irish this area takes in the picturesque Connemara Region of Galway the aran islands and the Dingle Peninsula in irishman said the Only thing that is certain is that the language will never be allowed to die out completely or Bolivia state of siege la Paz Bolivia up president Rene Barrientos placed Bolivia under a state of siege saturday and suspended All constitutional Guaran tees to Block an alleged plot to overthrow his opposition St political leaders were arrested in the capital six of them members of the National revolutionary movement mar of former president Victor Paz Estensoro. Other arrests were being made in the Interior. The sudden announcement of the state of siege said the measure was necessary because of an a to i atmosphere of subversion existing in the land Arne mos locked South american country of 3.8 million. Government minister David Fernandez said later that the Myrand other bolivian opposition St groups were plotting with the Aid of Cuba to topple Barrientos. Actress seeks to Stop Krupp Book objects to a passage in the american author s Book which says that the guests at hit Ler s parties very often included Mady Rahl a voluptuous blonde who was very popular in Hitler s closest Rahl declared she had never been a private guest of Hitler the attorney said. Last month the publishing House agreed to make slight changes in the Book after lawyers for Arndt von Bohlin und Halbach son of the late Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbaub. Had obtained a temporary court order prohibiting the Sale of the German trans lation. Munich a for the second time in As m an y months the West German pub usher of William Manchester s Book on the Krupp dynasty faces the Prospect of a court order baiting distribution of Chebook s German language Edi Munich lawyer confirmed sunday that on behalf of Ger Man movie actress Mady Rahl 51, he has called on the kind Ler publishing House to Stop distribution of the Book on the grounds that is suggests that she was on very Friendly terms with Adolf Hitler and his to attorney Josef Heli idl miss Rahl in particular Dayani Calls Beirut raid warning Tel Aviv up defense minister Moshe Dayan said saturday night Israel s commando raid on Beirut Airport was a warning tothe Arab states to cease All hostilities against Israel and negotiate a peace said the devastating raid last month was effective in showing that this country could if provoked strike its foes in their weak is not retaliatory he said. It is a warning aimed at getting the arabs to Stop fighting us and to Start seeking peace with spoke shortly after Israel announced its opposition to France s proposal for a big four conference on the Middle East an reiterated that any peace settlement should be achieved by the parties directly involved. Nothing like a warm jail Cele Yugoslavia a an escaped convict returned to jail Here because he bad cold leu Esic had lost a shoe and it was bitterly cold. After several unsuccessful attempts to steal some footwear he decided that life was warmer inside. U.k., France Battle for arms order Paris up a struggle appeared to be developing sunday Between Britain and France Over who would provide equipment for the future defense of malay Sia. Turku Abdul Rahman prime minister and foreign minister of the Southeast asian nation revealed at a diplomatic reception saturday night that negotiation were All but concluded for the Purchase of 16 French Mirage Jet fighters the same kind of plane France is now denying is he added that he would re turn to London monday to hear a British offer to sell Malaysia lightning jets instead. Bond s latest interest israeli actress Helena Ronee 19,takes a break during shooting of the latest James Bond film adventure on her majesty s secret a photo Kiesinger aide backs nazi trial cutoff Date Hamburg Germany a the Deputy chairman of Chan cellar Kurt Georg Kiesinger Christian democratic party cd says he is against extending the statute of limitations \ on nazi criminals because i would just Jam court dockets and put an undue Strain on West German an interview saturday with the nationally circulated Welt am sonntag cd official Kai Uwe von Hassel said that even if jurisdiction Over nazi crime sends dec 31 the courts would be filled to the brim during the 70s with thousands of cases against trials he claimed would be cases begun before the year Send. Even today he said it i difficult to come up with Correct decisions in these the witnesses Are often Over strained psychologically when they have to discuss in detail events of the cruel past he added. The memory is often imprecise and von Hassel who is also minis Ter for refugee matters said a lifting of the statute of limitations would simply Strain the Al ways increasing difficulties our Justice has in its Pursuit of the Nasser asks . For Tair line Cairo a president Gam Al Abdel Nasser has urged in coming . President Richard. Nixon to follow a fair line in the Middle East the news paper Al Aurum reported sat urday in a dispatch from Washington. The paper said Nasser had sent Nixon a lengthy message through Donald Bergus head of the american interests Section of the Spanish embassy. Al ashram reported that Nixon aides described the message As Frank and it terme Nasser s message a significant
