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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.
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senior, who has been chosen
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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.
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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.
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