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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-02-19
Congressional
Viewpoint
Fan Inhn MarrhalI R,,klaR
Statehood ter Hawaii

The spotlight will soon focus
again on the Hawaiian Islands.
Legislation to admit this strategic
bastion of our defense perimeter
to the Union is scheduled for early
consideration by the Congress. I'm
questionably, the prospects for
statehood are good. 1t is therefore
essential to view with dispassionate
feeling some of the problems with
which we must reckon when this
Pacific island paradise becomes a
state. Not the least important of
these problems is the extent to
which influences continue to pre-
vail.
1t is a truism that the Interna-
tional Longshoreman's and Ware
housemen's Union, the ILWU,
through strikes, work stoppages,
slowdowns and other tactics
could impair U. S. military acti-
vities and disrupt the economic
stability of Hawaii. This labor
organization was expelled by the
CLIO in 1850 because its leader
ship had consistently and with
out single deviation followed the
sharp turns and swerves of the
communist party line and Chad)
sacrificed the economic and social
interests of its membership to
that line" The leaders so-cited al
most nine years ago are Harry
Bridges and Jack Hall, and both
are still running the ILWU show
in the Islands. Thus. by reason of
their oligarchic control of the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-02-19
80 Marriage Permits
Granted in 2 Weeks

Thirty-nine marriage licenses
were issued during the past two
weeks ending Monday at noon
Twenty were issued during one
week and 10 last week. During
that time three licenses were
marked don't publish"
Jerry Bruce Wilson, 81, laborer,
and Virginia Sue Thompson, p,
both Akron, O.
Kenneth Benson Wiles, 81, Ia
hcrer, near Tunnelton, w. Va, and
Loretta Ann Miller, II, parents
consent Grafton, w. Va.
David Lee Jacobs, 81, machin-
list, and Patricia Roberta Keller,
% both Grafton, w Va.
Earl Grey keTns, 80, laborer,
aid Martha Arlene Thompson, %,
both Elkla... w. Va.
William Kay Hlnerman, Is, stu
dent, and Patricia Lee Webb, %,
both Waynesburg, Pa.
Frederick Eugene Owens, 10,
parents consent miner, near
Newburg. w. Va, and Dolly Flor
ence Tichnell, 16, parents con-
sent Kingwood, w. Va.
Edward Anthony Savarno, 81
accountant, Dunlevy, Pa, and
Shirley Mae Gadus, Is, Pricedale,
Pa.
Dale Homer Wicklow, 10, par
entS consent farmer, Markleton,
Pa, and DeAnna Elaine Walker,
II, parents CONSENT lockwood,
Pa.
Clarence Wander Cogley. 81,
barber, Oakland, Md, and Doro-
thy Jane Whitacre, 20, Kitzmiller,
Md
Richard Lee McDaniels, IS, oar
ents CONSENT student, Blanche
Regina Casio, IS, parents CONSENT
both Philippi, w. Va.
Henry Joseph Stefanacci %
steel worker, and Helen Marie
! Mansueti, 10, both Aliquippa, Pa
John William Deison III, 49,
| parents consent meat wrapper
and Margaret Sharon Delaney, 20
both Fairmont, W. Va.
Bernard Davis McClung, "a, stu
dent, Fairmont, w. Va, and Sally
Jane Loboda, 10, Rivesville, W. Va
Eldon Paul Graham, %, serv
sta. att, Pisgah, w. Va, and Doro-
thy May McCauley, %, Morgan
| town, w. Va.
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union, they could WELD great
power in the affairs of the new
state.
UNDERSTANDABLE, the people of
Hawaii-loyal and patriotic Ameri-
cans-tend to minimize the signifi-
canoe of this potential force. A
sideshow has been staged, how
ever. to distract attention from the
main communist issue. There has
been a noticeable acceleration of
a drive for responsibility and
popular acceptance of identified
communists into the life and civic
activities of the Islands.
Thomas Yagi, divisional ILWU
Director, has become Chairman of
the Board of Directors of the Maui
County Community Hospital. New
ton Miyagi, Secretary-Treasurer
of an ILWU local, has become a
member of the Board of Directors
of Hawaii Chapter Of the Ameri-
can Red Cross. David Thompson,
ILWU Education Director, was adj
vertised recently as a distinguish
ed guest on workmen's compen-
sation panel discussion instigated
by the territorial government.
ILWU Public Director, Robert
McElrath, has been most generous
with his time in addressing both
Democratic and Republican rallies
on the subject of labor and poll
tics. Another identified commu-
mist is now installed as an officer
of Parent-Teacher group. These
are only a few examples of this
drive for responsibility.
In enacting Hawaiian statehood
legislation, safeguards must be in
cluded to ensure that the machin-
cry of government does not fall
prey to persons of the Bridges
Hall variety of dressed-up COM
munists.
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John William Tissue, %, student,
Bethel Park, Pa, and Minnie Sue
Morris, 81, Charleston, w. Va.
David Wilson Brown, 81. unem-
ployed, near Finleyville, Pa, and
Wendy Jeanne Clifford, IS, Pitts
burgh Pa.
Clifford Ray Hixon, 81, laborer,
Brandonsville, W. Va, and Flea
nor Jean Hughes, 20, near Union
town, Pa.
Ernest Junior Stanton, %, weld
er, Albright, w. Va, and Shirley
Louellen Hines, 20, Arthurdale, w.
Va.
Mike Lodor, %, U. S. army, Nc
Keesport, Pa, and Nancy Lou
Kuhn, 20, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Clayton Donald Reese, 81, la
borer, and Phyllis Luawanna Bor-
ris, %, both Connellsville, Pa.
Licenses Recently Issued
James Jonathan Funk, 70, re-
tired, and Christine Melvina Fret
we'll, IS, both of Rowlesburg, w.
Va.
Wayne Reckart, %, miner and
Thelma Marie Kidwell, q, both
of near Albright, w. Va.
Paul Warren Mattern, 20, par
ent's CONSENT tester, Morgantown,
w. Va, and Maxine Hagedorn, Is,
Star City, w. Va.
William Andrew Pounds, IS,
farmer, and Phoebe Jane Feathers,
S. both near Morgantown, W. Va.
Thomas Hartman Mcdowell, Jr.,
81 estimating engineer, and Mar
garet Emily Pavlick, 10, both Pitts
burgh, Pa.
Norval Ellsworth Raymond, %,
stone applicator, and Katherine
Agnes Ploskunak, 10, both Cleve-
land, o.
Hersey Lee Hudkins, SO, car
penter, Phillippi, w. Va, and
Daisy Ruth Delaney, 40, Fairmont,
w. Va.
Brooks Alton Barth, %, con-
| troller, and Lucille June Fanber,
IS. both New Martinsville, W. Va.
Michael Patrick Corral, SO, I'M
employed, Davis, w. Va, and
! Belva Kathryn Bodkin, At, Par
sons, w. Va.
Richard Homer Christopher, 20,
service man, and Rebecca Darling
Dewitt IS, both MorgantoWn, w.
Va.
Kenneth Royce. 81, laborer, and
Edna Frances Nicholson, 40, both
Morgantown, w. Va.
Elmer Roy, 80, farmer, and Vir-
ginia Elizabeth Mitchell, 10, both
Hendricks, w. Va.
Gene Carol Kile, 81, car washer,
Landes, w Va, and Ina Shirley
Whetzel, II, Brushy Run, W. Va.
Lake Allen Amtower, 80, farmer,
Laurel Dale, w. Va, and Dolores
Rosalea Robinson, "a, McCoole,
Md.
Norman Dale Sparks, 10, (par-
ent's CONSENT student, Sundial, w.
Va, and Sandra Jane Preston, -
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and Eva Katheryn Clark, 16, par
ent's CONSENT both near Lemont
Furnace. Pa.
William Junior Fishcl. 25, woods
man, near Gormania, W. Va, in
Garrett county. and Barbara Jean
Meats. 10, Aurora. w. Va.
william Clark Henry, q, stu
dent. and Claire Harriet Osborne,
10, both Old Greenwich. Conn.
Ray jefferson Keplinger, %,
trucker. Maysville, w. Va, and
Yvonne Anna Cosner, 49, Mt.
Storm, w. Va.
Jimmie Allen Fizer, 18, par
ent's consent salesman, King
wood, w. Va and Barbara Marie
Bolyard II. parents CONSENT
Function, W. Va.
Paul David Ruble. 81 laborer,
Weston. w. Va, and Barbara Jean
Philpott, 81, Clarksburg, w. Va.
Robert Henry Emery, %, U. ).
Navy. Kingwood, W. Va. and
Merle Marie Kelley, 20, Tunnel
ton, w. Va.
Tod Alan Terrence, 81, student,
Morris PLANES, N. j.. and Pa
tricia Wentworth, %. Hampstead
N. II.
Floyd Kepiinger. rs, trucker,
and Nellie Marie Lohr. 10, both
Maysville, W. Va.
James Robert Farley, 81, miner
and Bobbie Lee Carole Polling, II,
parents CONSENT both near New
burg, w. Va.
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Medical Assistance
CONTINUED From Page One)

AOO0llUueu rage OIlGJ
result of not having a doctor, in
dicating an economic potential to
support a doctor
Mr. Davis also explained the con-
struction of modern medical ia
cility that was functional, mex
pensive and could utilize local
materials and labor, such as would
be done in that community, should
the plan be accepted there. Plans
are available free through the
foundation.
A third service the foundation
would provide would be advice and
guidance to the community in the
matter of fund raising. The pledges
would be considered loans. at no
interest or a low interest rate. Re-
tirement Of the loans would be
determined by the Executive COM
mittee. to be done as soon as the
corporation would be financially
able to do so. Income TO repay the
loans and interest would come
from rent of the doctor.
He said the chances of getting a
doctor we're very slim unless a
modern medical facility could be
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NorgantoWn. w. Va.

Morgantown, w. Va.
William Harrison Vail, IS, par
ent's CONSENT no occupation, near
Smock, Pa. and Florence Ann Me-
Ginty. 10, UniOntown. Pa.
Jackie Eugene Snyder, 20. par
cnt's consent L. s. air force, and
Alma Virginia Donaham, 10, both
near Aurora, w. Va.
Larry Glen Rankin. 10, asst fun
eral director, near Newburg, w.
Va. and Nancy Louise Mcdaniel,
20 near Thornton, w. Va.
Wayne Ronald Bruce, %. truck
err, and Lois Ann Price, l8, both
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Howard Hedrick Bolen. "a, stu
dent, and Iris Elaine Chapman, 10,
both Morgantown, w. Va.
George Edward Stockdale, Is,
parents CONSENT no occupation,
Mt Braddock, Pa, and Patricia
Ann McNair, 10, West Brownsville,
w. Va.
Frank Dallis johnson. %, insur-
ance agent, and Virginia Marie
Fischer, 10, both Pittsburgh, Pa.
Lloyd Paul LaRue. 36, welder,
and Emma Griffin, AZ, both near
independence. w. Va.
Ronald Dudley Vincent, %,
truck driver, and Shirley Ann
Shaffer, 20. both Simpson. w. Va.
Alfred Lyle Carr, %, laborer
Hendricks, w. Va, and Iris Jean
Simmons, IS, Red Creek, w. Va.
Ralph Jonathan Shaffer. 49,
parents CONSENT miner, and Mar
gle Madeline Watson, IS, both Po-
land Mines, Pa.
Clarence Albert Lyons, 81, steel
worker, Kitzmiller, Md, and Mary
Catherine Broadwater, II, parents
consent Reedsville, w. Va.
Rene Walters Stone, 10, parents
CONSENT students, and Nancy
Cook Erskine, 20, both Charles
ton, w. Va.
! Robert Gene Melusio. 20, w.
Va, state liquor commission, and
Charlotte Elizabeth Ann Lambert,
81, both of Fairmont, w. Va.
Marvin Paul Phillips, 81, laborer,
near Kingwood, w. Va. and Anna
Mae Ferguson, 16, parents con-
sent Morgantown, w. Va.
Donald Gene Phillips. 81, truck
err, and Thelma Lucille Potts, II,
parents consent both near Nor
gantown, w. Va.
Reed Lewis Friend 80. trucker,
and Mildred Awandajean Thorn
as, 81, both Friendsville. Md.
Charles J. R. Kraus, 25, laborer,
and Mary Elizabeth DOMAIN, 49,
both Duquesne, Pa.
Luther Earl Mclaughlin, 81, U
S. army, Emoryville, W. Va, and
Joan Whitacre, 20, Kitzmiller
Maryland
Harry Galen Carr, 10, parents
consent unemployed, near PIT
Marion, Pa, and Shirley Joseph
inc Carr, II parents consent)
near Lake Lynn, Pa.
Walter Price Augustus, 81, sales
man, Nutter Fort, w Va, and
Alice Virginia Eneix, 81. Fairmont
W. Va.
Charles Howard Martin, IS
parents CONSENT waiter. and
Joyce Marlene Lohr, Is, parents
consent both Morgantown, W
Va.
James Russell Sewers, 26, U. S
army, Crellin, Md, and Margaret
Mae Green, 16, parents consent
near SWanton, Md
Wilmer Dale Davis, 20, farmer
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provided.

provided.
At the suggestion Of Mr.. Davis
no decision was made at the meet
ing about building a medical cen
ter. However, he felt sentiment was
favorable and another meeting is
to be arranged to arrange details.
Also present at the meeting
Monday in addition TO Mr.. Davis,
we're Donald Carols, regional
representative for the Sears-Roe-
buck Foundation; John Sargent,
executive secretary, Maryland
State Medical society, and some
$50 people from Friendsville and
Accident sections.
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Six persons lost their lives by
drowning when a car plunged into
the water near Charleston, w. Va.
The Western Big Three called
on Russia to join in foreign minis
ter meeting with East and West
Germans attending.
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Commissioners Meeting

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
That the Board of County Com
missioners for Garrett County
Maryland, will be in session fol-
the transaction of all routine bust
ness that may properly come be-
fore them on
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
MARCH and 8
BY order of the Board.
MRS. VIRGINIA FIZER,
Clerk.
Advertisement l If.
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL ADS, Ton
LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION

FOR RENT-3-room unfinished
Apartment. Apply Mrs. Frank
Rathbun, % Fifth St, phone DE A.
1902. ADV. Stiff
FOR SAILS acres of Timber
for immediate removal. Contact
Austin Merrbach or phone Meyers
dale. Pa. MErcury 4-3680. ADV.
h1-1t
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-02-19

Cecil Dwane Mayfield, %. Z S.
army. GYPSY, w. Va, and Donna
May MacTavish, 81, Clarksburg' w.
Va
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Five Points
For Popularity

Dicks sure-re rules for making, and keeping friends
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19

DEAR DICK: My problem is trying to
get boys to like me. am IA, iueaT
glasses, have tTeckles, and am a real
COON. Could you help me9
= SARAH, Denver
q My wife wears glasses and has
freckles, but is not a "goon." She
is twice your age, but IA is great
age too.
Pick glasses that will flatter you
and add to your personality. As
for your freckles, many of the
worlds most beautiful women have
them. Now, we come to the impor-
tant part: how not to be COON.
.. Participate as much as pos
sibIe in school activities.
z. Keep uP-tO-d0te on tUh0t's
going on around torn.
.. Be fun to be scith.
4. Be as cordial to your school
mates as you possibly can.
q. Become in terested in the PEG.
pie around you and stop cOncen-
tr0ting on yourself.
Try these ideas and l am sure
you will be one of the most popu-
lar and hapPiest bespectacled, free
kled young ladies in Denver.
Lonely sailor
DEAR MR.. CLARK: / am a l7.yedT-OId
sailor, and am stationed far from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19

home. What / tOGnt to knOiO is, hOtC
come wherever there are SeTUicemen
people act cold2 1t all the houses
are signs dogs and Sailors :.
Keep off," We haze a hard time get
ting girls to go out With us II they
act as if zoe iUere no good, or some
thing. Is this the kind Of scOrld ne
may haze to fight to protect
DON L., Norfolk, IA.
. In some places, it is unfortu-
nately true that many boys who are
lonesome and homesick are denied
the friendship they need because a
few inconsiderate servicemen left
unpleasant memories behind when
they moved on. Talk with your
chaplain and see if he can't put
you in touch with organizations
such as the USO, YMCA, CYO
and others which are set up to pro-
vide social programs for service
men. Once you've made some con-
facts it will be up to you to prove
that you are just as acceptable as
"the boy next door,"
Do you have a question? Write
to me in care of THIS WEEK Maya
zine, P.O. Box 1873, Grand Central
Station, New York II, N. Y. |
can't answer letters individually,
but I'll pick some of general inter-
est and try to answer them in
'''' '''O O-DoO II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-05
9 Nations Join
NATO Parade

BONN. Germany. April 4
tAP) Troops from nine ma
tons paraded along the Rhine
at Mainz today on the 10th an
niversary Of the North ATTAIN
tic Treaty Organisation.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer,
In q statement praising the
pact, declared It had brought
Germany into the family Of
free nations" and guarantees
German peace. freedom and
security"
under the protection Of
NATO," the 83-year-old chan
cellor said, I'VE have been able
to accomplish the rebuilding of
our land.
1--WE will achieve reunifica-
ton in peace and freedom II
we adhere to our NATO duties. +"
Leading the 5000 marching
troops at Mainz was a battalion
Of West German paratroopers.
Other units included the BLACK
Panthers." an airborne battle
group Of the crack United
States 9th Infantry Division:
British light infantry, French
veterans from Indochina and
Algeria. Dutch veterans from
Indonesia, Belgian grenadiers
and Canadian, Portuguese and
Luxembourg attachments.
Gen. Lauris Norstad, COM
mander of NATO forces in Eu-
rope, reviewed a river flotilla
of French, Belgian and West
German forces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-05
BY the Associated Press

Breaking up the North At
lantic Treaty Organization has
been RusSia's No. / goal for the
last several years, Gen. Alfred
Gruenther said yesterday.
Gen. Gruenther, form e r
NATO commander. called this
"a pretty good tribute from a
very reliable source" Gen
Gruenther, now retired from
the Army. is president of the
American Red Cross.
Speaking on a recorded radio
program sponsored by the ALL
CLIO tABC, AS We See IT., on
the 10th anniversary of the
forming of NATO, Gen
Gruenther said certain pro-
posals for disagreement in
Europe may present "tremen-
dous bear traps"
When you move Soviet
troops back a couple hundred
miles, it's just a matter Of
day and Q half or so before
they are back, |" he said. IF ON
troops move back q couple 81
hundred miles, they move bach
into the water and where d.
you take them then?"
Describing West Germany al
essential to NATo, he said all
and ground power there is o.
extreme significance to the
security Of the free world
Asked If he agreed with Paul.
Henri Spaak, Secretary Genera
of NATO, that atomic arrna
ments should be provided NATC
armies, he replied:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-05
Pope Tops Foot
To Special Music

VATICAN CITY. April 4
(AP) = A smile covering his
broad face. Pope John XXI
showed millions Of Europeans
today how much he likes mu-
sic.
At a special concert In his
honor. he tapped his foot and
nodded his head to the rhy-
thin Of symphonic music.
Television cameras caught
the relaxed Pope enjoging the
concert put on for him by the
italian state radio-Tv network,
Other European Tv networks
picked UP the live broadcast
from the Hall Of Benedictions
in the Vatican Palace.
In featured roles were the
Rome Radio Orchestra and
Choir, American Mezzo-Sopra-
no Vera Little Of Memphis,
Tenn, and Finnish Bass Kim
Borg. =
Pope John sat on a throne
near the orchestra.
Miss Little, in a black gown
with a lace mantilla veil over
her head, was soloist in Bach's
Cantata ITO.
When the two-hour concert
was over. the conductor and
each soloist shook hands with
the 77-year-old pontiff. To each
he gave q souvenir medal of
his pontif1cate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-05
Red Aim: To Break Up
NATO, Gruenther Saws

There is a tendency in GER
tain areas to say, You can have
a harmless war, a gentleman's
war. Unfortunately, those days
are gone. The atomic bomb is
here and you cannot wish ii
away.
THE Soviets keep large
bodies of So-called conventional
forces. in being. We are unable
to match those forces in num-
Der, and ] don't think we
should. We attempt to match
them by chronological advances
and one such is the atomic
weapon.
sits not the atomic weapon
that's evil. It's war itself that
is the evil. During the last wal
we had cotton blockbusterS
dropping on us. and people
were just as dead then as they
are when an atomic bomb falls
on them"
Gen. Gruenther, remarkine
THAT Soviet Premier KhrushcheN
has been trying to divide mem
bers of NATO, said he didn't
think a settlement of the Berlin
problem by negotiation woulc
lessen the Importance of the
organization.
I'm fact, quite the contrary
he said. with the idea that
the Soviets have of uniting the
Communist bloc countries which
they do with the gun-in-the-
back method. more than ever
we have got to be certain that
there is allied unity"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-05

East Germany above 10000
feet.
The State Department said
at first United States planes
would go right on flying the
corridors above 10000 feet,
Later the department said it
did not know whether any fur
ther flights at high attitudes
were planned.
The United States memo to-
day explained that the C130 is
designed to cruise above 10000
feet and there is no reason for
the plane not to fly at its nor
NAL altitude.
Whether future flights Of the
Hercules planes TO Berlin win
be undertaken could not be
learned. Responsible sources
here indicated no one was in
any hurry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-05
Monty Going to Talk
With Moscow OfficioIs

LONDON, April 4 (AP).-
Britain's Field Marshal Wis
count Montgomery. ever happy
to be In the thick Of things,
announced tonight he's going
TO Moscow to talk over "this
conflict between East and
West"
Lord Montgomery. now II
but still as At as when he led
British tanks In the North
African desert, said he asked
Soviet Premier Khrushchev If
he could visit Moscow and was
assured he would be very well
come.
IT want to talk to these
people to see what they think
about it ALL" he said.
II know what the West
thinks" he added. I'VE cannot
60 on living In this state OF
tension"
Did Monty. never exactly an
easy chap to get along with,
believe he could smooth things
over?
Il certainly shall not make
1t worse" he said.
Lord Montgomery, former
deputy supreme commander of
NATO in Europe, said he plans
to leave for Moscow April %
and return to London by May /.
That makes two full days in
the Soviet capital.
He was last there in January,
l947, on an official visit as
chief Of the British imperial
general staff. He was popular
with the Russians-and with
Stain.
They gave him a sable lined
great coat and q lambs wool
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-05

hat of the kind worn by Rus
sian generals.
Lord Montgomery has long
believed that soldiers should do
more to help politicians bring
about International friendship,
This was one of the main
themes of his memoirs pub
lished last
The m EN- oirs. however,
seemed to disturb more friend
ships than they made. Tor
British soldiers Joined Belgians
and Italians in denouncine
them.
Lord Montgomery himself
complained that after writing
them he was cold shouldered
by President Eisenhower whose
generalship he had criticized.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-05
u. 5. Denies
Peril in High
Berlin FLIGHTS

BONN. Germany. April 4
.(AP).-The United States TO-
day denied o Soviet charge that
an air trafiic hazard was Gre
ated when an American trans
port plane few at high altitude
to West Berlin March ~, reli-
able sources reported.
A written memo was handed
to the Soviets at the four
power air safety center in
Berlin.
1t answered q Soviet protest
to United States officials after
an American C-130 turboprop
Hercules few to Berlin, Ito
miles inside Communist East
Germany. at $4,000 feet.
Buzzed by Red Jets
Soviet Jet fighters buzzed the
American plane as it crossed
the Western air corridor to and
from West Berlin.
United States officials pro-
tested to the Russians against
what they called harassment,
The Soviets lodged q counter
protest. saying the Americans
had no right TO fly at such a
high altitude. The Russians
maintain that Western planes
Aging to and from West Berlin
should stay under 10000 feet
Informants said today'S
memo could not be considered
a diplomatic note. since it was
delivered only at the level OF
the air-safety center. The
memo was described as factual
and moderate.
The buzzing incident threat
ened for q time to bring q new
crisis in the charged Berlin
situation. The Russians said
that attempts to fly planes to
Berlin above 10000 feet would
result in complications.
Backed Up on Threat
Later the Soyiets backed
AWAY from the implied threat
saying by complications they
had safety in mind and were
concerned about possible COL
lisions in the air. They said the
Red aircraft were operating ir
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