Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 5, 1957, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press 5, 1957 Page 5 Norstad Brilliant strategist with political perception by Frank Gervasi Frank germs so in one of America s top notch foreign correspondents. Dpi ring the War he was War correspond ent for Colliers with the British 8th army. Later he served with the Marshall plan Mission in Europe. Paris special it is reassuring in these hectic times As sput Nik sputters its ominous warnings and Nikita Khrushchev jabs at Western nerves with the Zhukov Enigma to talk with general Lauris Norstad in the leathery Comfort of his office at supreme supreme Allied commander eur Ope that Here is a general pre pared to fight the next War rather than a previous one. Gen. Norstad talks easily. But it is not How Gen. Norstad says things that impresses. It is what he says and his every word re a perfect casting for the most in popular Sac eur in nato s Brief but troubled history. Liked at once but nato welcomed him warmly. Here they knew at once was no Garden variety Fly boy but a Ope to begin with he is Phenomena elects conviction that the Western Man with Sharp political percept Alliance is a going concern. His Confidence for instance that the shield nato s ground forces can deter the aggressor Long enough to permit the sword nato s air weapons to strike and annihilate the enemy is infect . Chief you leave Gen. Norstad feeling Headquarters Allied Powers eur that the Long vulnerable line from. Norway to. Turkey is secure and the peaceful As 3cx.uj.c Diu Lylial Mic. Ally and refreshingly Young. Thatje rations o the hundreds in itself inspires Confidence in of Ople no Deweu West of world of aging and ailing Leader-1 ship. At 50. Larry Norblad is As lean and hard As a High wire artist and while his blonde hair is turning Grey and his handsome face is finely etched with the cares of command his Only major conces Sion to the years is a pair of Horn rimmed eyeglasses. His youth is something of a guarantee of progressive political and military thinking. You have the feeling in the presence of the it Are Safe. It is a written condition of the stationing of six . Divisions in Europe that the highest command in nato shall be held by an. American and it has been filled by distinguished american soldiers since 1949 general Eisenhower general Ridgeway and general Gruenther. All were Brown suit men strictly army and there was More than a Little trepidation at shape and in London particularly when a Blue Man an air Force save on building costs used building materials save you Money . Piping toilet and Etc. . See moment which irked 111 britons frenchmen and others of 15-nation Alliance. I nature could not have created one More suited to such a part physically than Larry Norstad. Officer was named to succeed the articulate highly respected Carl Gruenther master of logistics and renowned administrator. . Fly boys had acquired a reputation for swashbuckling state ments about their ability to annihilate the soviet Union in a matter ill first then compare. Atlas wrecking co. Ltd. 625 Marlon Street phone Chapel 7-1121 Between Tion a sense of history a prov edly excellent strategic mind and a nor Dic Calm in voice and manner that nearly matched the reticence of the British themselves. Everyone instantly recognized him for what he is an intellectual. In a Milie in which intelligence and imagination and a generous Dollop of idealism Are sadly needed and the need acknowledged older men like Britain s sir Bernard Law Montgomery Viscount of Al Alamein and a curmudgeon when he wants to be accepted Gen. Nor stad at once. Born in red Wing Minnesota the son of a lutheran Clergyman. Larry Norstad was graduated in 1930 from West Point very nearly at the Bottom of his class. He was weak in math and science. But general Hap Arnold had his Eye on Larry. Arnold picked him As one of the air Force men to be trained for leadership. Backed Winnie Gen. Norstad s Rise in the ser vice was even More phenomenal than or. Eisenhower a a Franklin d. Roosevelt protege. It took him five years to become a first lieu tenant and another five to make Captain. But he was a major Only a year later a brigadier two years later and by july 5, 1952, at the age of 45, was a four Star general. Gen. Norstad As director of operations for Allied forces in the Mediterranean in Algiers in 1943, was one of the few who supported Winston Churchill s plan for a strike into Austria and the Balkans to head off the russian Advance Piny Vicany Man Ivy Isiah. Nitrai Furnn to has since Good looking. Athletic. He was reason Tat had sir Winston s View prevailed there might have been no need for a nato. Gen. Norstad was shifted to in August 1944, and the complicated and unpleasant task of working out the intricate details of flattening Japan with Block busters firebombs and Fin ally the a bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Shortly after the creation of nato in 1950, Gen. Norstad was appointed a in a of . Air forces in Europe and two years later be came Gen. Gruenther s Deputy for. Air. He is that rare individual a nato careerist having been directly or indirectly associated with nato virtually since the organization came into being. That was one of the reasons Why he was taken into the club so easily when he became Sac eur bargain coach fares on the nov. 19-20 Winnipeg and return you save si2.i5 9.20 20.50 10.85 10.95 20.50 Saskatoon Regina 14.50 Edmonton 32.25 fort William 17.00 port Arthur 17.25 Calgary . Only 32.25 return limit 10 Days similar Low fares in both directions Between Points shown and intermediate stations. Children 5 Yean and under 12 half fare no stopovers full information from any . Or . Agent Canadian National Canadian Pacific Gen. Lauris Norstad last november. But he has his work Cut out for him. It will be his task to evolve new military techniques to give nato the Power and flexibility -7 lit needs to fulfil its Mission the defence of the free world. Promote planting Vancouver up More than seedling Trees will be presented to Grade i. Students in Vancouver in the next few weeks. The program has been carried out in British Columbia schools for 11 years. I Barker not Little Lemon Moscow a a spokesman for the state committee for cultural re lations with foreign coun tries announced monday the name of the dog aboard sputnik ii is Laika and that it is a female. Lalka pronounced Lye Kuh is the russian word for a particular Breed of dog native to the far North which is similar in Many of its characteristics to the Spitz or pomeranian. It is Small has great endurance and is used in the North for Hunting Small Ani Mals and game Birds. The Laika the word Means lit tie Barker is related to the much larger husky. The spokesman confirmed that sputnik s dog s name is the same As that of the Breed. The mystery of the dog i name and sex reached the Heights of Absurdity in mos cow in the last 36 hours. South Mickenham England Herd of cows ate 112 i pounds of onions left on a Fence i to dry in this Norfolk Village. Now they use Road maps for the sky Quebec up a test flight ended Here tuesday inaugurating the newest link in a system which allows pilots to follow their courses through the air As easily As a Motorist follows a Highway. The flight made by an Raf valiant Jet Jomber from eng land via Ireland and Gander nfld., was using the Bendix Decca radio navigation Aid produced by an Ottawa com Pany. Besides making navigation More simple for pilots Bendix Decca s makers feel it can. Help in a problem which is becom ing a headache in the air age traffic control. With the system a Pilot sees his course traced for him in Ink on a roller map mounted on the instrument panel. The Ink Trace shows his exact position in relation to the land or sea area Over which he is flying. The Pilot can plot his course in Advance on the map then make in flight corrections any time he sees the instrument s pen Point waver from the line showing his desired course. Orders come to the computer from Low frequency transmit ters on the ground. The signals Are extended across the Ocean with a system called Rectra a Long Range version and is used widely by shipping on the Atlantic crossing. Flowers for Russia Lisse Holland Reuters Holland this year exported Flower bulbs to first in 40 years. For cuts Burns bruises rashes or pimples you can t be of Pambuk free Marie Fraser s new butter recipes write today Voa inv of Canara ,4o9 Huron Street Tonomo express transit service now in operation outbound from Garry Street 1. Bus will pick up passengers at All regular is Ops Between carry St. And Sherbrook St. 2. Bus will pick up passengers at Arlington St. Greenwood i. Valour re. And St. James Street on signal Only. 3. Bus will operate As a local be tween Berry St. And St. Charles e starting monday november 4, an express but service will begin operation on Portage ave. Between St. Charlei Street and downtown Winnipeg. This service to be called the Portage West is designed to give residents of West St. Fames and East Assiniboia the fastest possible service and will be operated on a trial basis. Using this new express service you should be Able to travel to work faster by bus than driving downtown and parking your c Portage West buses will be identified by j coloured Pennant mounted on the right front Corner of the buses and by a sign Reading express this service will be in addition to the regular Portage ave. Service. 4. Noa sengers will be let off in express area. Trail e St. Chankus from St. Charles Street 1. Bus will operate As local be tween St. Charles and Berry St. Faunston 2. No passengers will be picked up in the express area. I. Passengers will be let off at St. James St. Valour or. Greenwood i. Arlington and All regular stops Between Sherbrook St. And carry St. 4. Between Trail and Berry St. Bus will Stop Only on fares a 5c Premium fare will be required when Riding anywhere in the express area. Zone Lares in the area West of Trail will be collected As passengers alight. Outbound. On outbound buses City fare plus the 5c Premium will be collected As passengers Board. Those not wishing to use the express service May take the regular Portage bus to Barry St. Or Trail and trans Fer to the Portage West bus at those Points. Inbound. On inbound buses the regular fare will be collected As Pas sengers Board. The 5c Premium fare will be collected As the passengers alight in the express area. Those not wishing to pay the express fare should obtain a Transfer when boarding and Transfer at Trail or Berry St to a regular bus. Inbound eaves St. Charles at 6.00 . And every 20 minutes until 8.40 . Service resumes at 3.40 . And runs every 20 minutes until 8.40. Schedule inbound leaves Trail at 6.15 . And every 20 minutes until 8.55 . Service re Sumes at 3.55 . And runs every 20 minutes in 6.15 . Outbound leaves carry at 5.40 . And every 20 until 8.40 . Service re Sumes at 3.20 . And runs every 20 minutes until 6.00 . Be sure it to use the Portage West express today fiscal relations Parley s main topic pm by Victor mack1e Ottawa special fiscal re lations should be the main subject under discussion at the nov. 25-26 Dominion provincial conference with an Opportunity provided to discuss other issues which have an important bearing on the fed eral and provincial fiscal relations prime minister Diefenbaker has told provincial premiers. The conference should not extend to detailed consideration of particular subjects that would bet Ter be taken up in a group with More specialized he said in a letter to All premiers. The letter was tabled in the com Mons monday. The question of whether or not municipal representatives attend the conference As part of the provincial delegations is one for each provincial government to decide in View of its responsibility for municipal affairs he said. Future policy in regard to municipal representation might be considered at the conference itself if provincial governments there will be two Days of Dis Cussion first in Public and then in committee. After that the Dele Gates will adjourn to consider specific proposals arising out of the first meeting. Big step in Bonn a research Munich Germany Reu ters West Germany has for the first time achieved a Chain reaction in an atomic reactor years after the allies lifted their Post War ban on atomic research Here. The bavarian ministry for culture and education said monday the reactor will be used for the production of Iso Topes for study purposes and to help in training atomic scientists. Albania goes up Warsaw this joke was being told in War saw today in connection with the soviets Putnis oct. 4, the Day on which the first sputnik was launched win the National Day of Albania. On that Day Albania popu lation ceased to be the smallest satellite at the soviet Union. 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