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fl Western Powers Will Offer Russia Package Deal On Reunification Of Germany Br JOHN M. HIGHTOWER GENEVA tfi In a few days the Western Powers will offer Russia a package deal for unification of Germany on Western terms. In ex change, they will offer .Moscow se curity guarantees against any new German military adventures. The Western proposal is design ed to remove Russia's fear of unit ing East and West Germany. But it is not designed primarily to give Russia anything of value in return for agreeing to German uni fication. The West hasn't the slightest idea of agreeing to a setup which would facilitate moves by a united Germany to sever the ties so la boriously forged between the Bonn government and the West and now climaxed by West Germany's membership in NATO. Least of all do the Western Pow ers have any mention of meeting Russia's basic goal dissolving NATO itself. Consequently, the Western deal seems sure to get the currently polite version of the Russian nyet no just as firmly as in the old days when the word became fa mous as a term of harsh rejec tion. The prospective bargaining over German unification illustrates a fundamental point about the pres ent state of relations between the United States, Britain and France on the one hand and Russia on the other: Neither side is prepared yet to give up any position, interest or territory of great value just for the sake of improving East-West relations or easing tensions. Communist - governed East Germany is a strategic and polit ical holding of enormous import ance to the Soviet Union. Soviet Premier Bulganin and Foreign Minister Molotov have made clear that Russia does not intend to yield that position to the West at this time. West Germany is just as vital to the political and military strength of the West. Much "as they say they want Germany unified, the United States, Britain and France are not interested in a merger at the cost of Soviet gains in rich and populous West Germany. But there are. at least two rea sons the Geneva meeting may not be futile: 1. Neither Russia nor the West ern Powers can ever be entirely sure when the other side may be willing to give a little bit on some point. 2. Both sides are under pressure to prove at the bar of public opin ion their intentions, their attitudes toward peace, and their policies on various specific issues. The deal the West is prepared to offer provides for a seurity treaty with Russia, demilitariza tion of East Germany and reduc tion of armaments in Europe. -;4?b 9 la. i J TITLED MISS-Thi. smiling younr Udy Is Jan Tur beville, University of Texas senior, who has been chosen 'Mis Wool of 1956. Her duties will be to model her $4,000 all-wool wardrobe In the ni lion's fashion centers. U. S. To Launch 37 Rockets At Canadian Base FORT CHURCHILL, Man. Lfl Thirty-seven rockets will be i launched starting next October near this military base, jointly operated by the United States and' Canada. j The location is in the barren wastes of northern Manitoba about 670 miles north of the Minnesota border. The rockets, with war heads packed with scientific in struments are designed to go up 200 miles in efforts to learn se crets of the cosmos. This area is in the center of maximum inten sity for the Aurora Borealis. Similar rocket firings will take place at White Sands, N.M., as part of studies undertaken for the International Geophysical year. At the moment a rocket is fired in Manitoba, other rockets will be fired in such countries as France, Australia -and Russia. Information eventually will be correlated and studied by scientific groups. The Churchill project will be car ried out by the U.S. Air Force and Navy. The launching site is 12 miles east of Ft. Churchill. In struments contained in the war heads wilt transmit information during' the flight to ground re ceivers. The projectiles will fall to earth 20 to 30 miles away. Four test rockets will be fired next fall. The first recording rock et will be launched July 4, 1957. Thur. Oct. 27, 19SS Th News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. 5 Congressional Committee Winds Up Three-Day Probe NAHA, Okinawa in A seven man congressional subcommittee Wednesday wound up a three-day probe of the difficult problem of land for the huge U. S. base here I and said it found no one "in dire straits." Okinawan leaders and land own ers had testified that persons whose land has been taken over for military use are living a "mis erable life." The military also was charged Death Sentence Ordered On Ravenous Rupert BILLINGS, Mont. W-A Billings pet shop owner has pronounced the death sentence on Ravenous Hupert tiie Raccoon. He finally recaptured Rupert, sleeping it off in a filing case after Rupert ate: One parakeet, two canaries, a white rat and 12 baby alligators. Dave Drum's agitated glance took in the litter of overturned cages and feathers. Of the alligators just arrived from Louisiana (lie bushy-tailed butcher left not a trace. Drum wailed: That coon's got $36 worth of alligator in him." with wnstofnl tlvn if tlm 1.....I The subcommittee, headed by Rep. Melvin Price (D-UI), said no conclusions have been reached on how to handle the land problem, j "We feel, however, that there probably is room for some adjust ments in the rents being paid," No Questions Asked Of Eden On Margaret LONDON Ift Prime Minister Eden did not have to answer any questions about Princess Margaret and Peter Townsend in Parliament Tuesday because none was put. ! The question period Tuesday! lasted only an hour. There was not I enough time for Laborite Marcus I Lipton to demand as he has an nounced he will whether the gov ernment plans to ask repeal of the Royal Marriage Act. A statement by Eden that his , Cabinet inlends to ask such legisla tion would be taken as evidence that the princess and Townsend are to marry. It would remove the necessity of Queen Elizabeth II giving her official approval to the marriage of her sister with a di vorced commoner in defiance of Church of England disapproval. The next question period in the ! House ot commons will be Thursday. Price said. He said the subcommittee had asked for further explanations from the Okinawans and reports on individual complaints. Okinawans opposed the sched uled increase of 10,000 acres of land for use by the U. S. Third Marine Division. They also asked for about ten limes as much rent as is being paid. One Okinawa farmer said he was being paid 50 dollars a year for land which once produced crops worth a thousand. There was opposition as well to a military plan to pay lump sums for the land to gain indefinite leases. The group flew to Taipei, For mosa Wednesday. Members will I dine with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek Thursday and leave for Hong Kong Friday, returning to 1 the United Stales by way of Eu- rope. Price said U. S. mditary forces, currently about 50,000, will stay on Okinawa "for many many years." Rep. Waller Norblad (R-Ore), said the Okinawans had not sub stantiated some of their ehareps j He said he asked several Okina wan leaders tor examples, to back up their charge that military land was being used waste-fully "but I heard not a word." Norblad said the military was considering building multi-storied housing units here in place of the current bungalow style. Under New Management SPECIALIZED SERVICE GARAGE HIWAY 99 S Opposite Nielsen's Market OR 3-7312 BRING YOUR CAR TO US FOR COMPLETE AUTO KcrAiro tArcKi BUUT AND rcNIER WORK Portland-Salem Expressway Will Open November 1 SALEM tfl The entire Portland Salem expressway will be opened lo light traffic on Tuesday, Nov. 1, State Highway Engineer R. H. Baldock announced Monday, after inspecting it. The new section, between Salem and Wiisonville, will be opened at that time. The section between Wiisonville and West Portland has been open for several months. The 26-mile Salem - Wiisonville section will be limited to gross loads under 10.000 pounds. Of that distance, 16 miles will be four lanes, and 10 miles will be two lanes. Baldock explained that paving of the entire four lanes will not be completed until next Aug. 1. The opposing traffic lanes are 50 feet apart, and the section from Salem to Wiisonville is almost as straight as an arrow. Each lane is 14 feet wide, with 10-foot shoulders. Baldock said the Salem -Wilson-ville route probably would be closed next spring when paving begins on the uncompleted south bound lanes. The new route will be designated' as U.S. Highway 99. Baldock also announced that multiflora roses, the so-called living fence, will be planted in the 50-foot area between the opposing lanes. Over the entire 26-mile distance of the new section, there is only one point of access. That is near Wood burn. The road has a 20-inch gravel base, topped by four inches of asphaltic concrete. Giant Solcfiiers May Have Helped Hannibal TURIN, Italy jp One of the reasons for Hannibal's early suc cesses against Roman legions 2,100 years ago may have been soldiers seven feet tall. Excavations made of Pccetto Hill, three miles from here, have uncovered an ancient Roman town, skeletons of men and horses and what apparently was part of a temple. Seven of the skeletons indicated that the men were seven feet tall of an African race. If they were Carthaginian fol lowers of Hannibal, as some anti quities experts believe, it would partially explain Carthage's con quests in the second Punic War, 218-201 B.C. Hannibal's forces wiped out a Roman force at Piacenza (Battle of Trebia) before slaughtering another Roman army at Lake Tras imeno and then routing Rome's Kahilis at the Battle of Cannae. Ku Klux Klan Cranted Charter In Georgia ATLANTA new Ku Klux Klan organization has I men grant ed a charter in Georgia. Fulton (Atlanta) Superior Court Judge Claude D. Shaw signed an order to permit formation of the U.S. Klans, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Attorney for the charter appli cation was Samuel Green Jr., son of the late Dr. Samuel Green of Atlanta, identified as a former im perial wizard of the association of Georgia Klans. Dl ORchord Khone -2i Lfor fast Want Id Results You 11 love our Wido Introducing a Big and Vital General Motors "Automotive First" A'ew Strato-Fliglit Hydra-Malic coupled ivilh Pontiac s new 227-h.p. 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