European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and Simms autyiit1$, except for crimes or too Many phone Calls servicemen will effect of Suttis t i notice Heidelberg Germany is the e american Serviceman in Ger Mariy won t even notice when the status of forces agreement goes into effect unless he gets into serious trouble or makes too Man Telephone Calls. The 83-article treaty signed the i month by Bonn and six Natona tons which have military forces stationed in Germany won t go into effect until it s been ratified try the parliaments including the . Senate of the seven signatory nations and this in t expected until next year. Aside from making the Ameri can Serviceman subject to trial by German courts for certain of lenses and aside from changing the rate at which he s billed for his private Telephone the treaty won t have any direct effect on the american military Man in Ger Many. Two other changes which ratify. Cation of the agreement will bring about affect . Forces in Ger Many at the command level and Center mostly around financial and Liaison matters a Susareu spokesman explained Here. Took 34 year the agreement which took 3v6 years to negotiate temporary one which continued Many of the occupation rights of the Al lied forces after the Federal re Public of West Germany achieved sovereignty in 1955. In addition to Germany signatory nations Are the uj3., Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Canada. Germany declares in the treaty that it waives the right to Trinato servicemen but retains the right to withdraw this waiver and put the accused before a German judge in certain types of cases. Offences against germans involving robbery rape or causing the death of a human As Well As special kinds of cases German officials consider necessary to try under German Law Are the types of cases that would be tried by German judges it was explained. German officials have 21 Days from the time they Are notified of an offence in which to decide 100,000 legionnaires expected at convention Washington is More than 100,000 american legionnaires and their families Are expected to attend the organization s 41st National convention aug. 22-27 in Minneapolis St. Paul it was announced. Gen George h. Decker army vice chief of staff and vice adm Wallace m. Beakley Deputy chief of naval operations will be among the speakers at the to be held aug. 21-23. Whether they wifi it to try the Case in their own s constitutional form of government leaves jurisdiction Ift a vast majority of cases wit the state counts. Only exceptional crimes would be tried in Ger Mart Federal courts. There Are 10 sets of state court sin Germany one for each of eight states and one each for Germany s two free cities Bremen and Ham Burg which Are states in their own because there Are 10 sets of state Laws does not mean that an american Serviceman might wind up facing a German judge in one state on a charge another state would not want to try the usar eur spokesman pointed out. Arbitrary action the treaty provides two checks against arbitrary action on the state level. One is that Bonn has the right to overrule state decisions on who tries whom for what. The other is a system of appeals for deciding jurisdiction. If the local German prosecutor wants to try a particular Case in his court he requests jurisdiction. If the . Forces oppose his re quest the treaty Calls for negotiation at the local no agreement is reached the matter can then go to the state level for negotiation. If talks there fail the Case can be taken to the German Federal ministry of jus Tice for additional discussion. If that fails too the matter can be taken to the diplomatic level for settlement. The . Forces retain custody of the accused while he is awaiting trial and until he either is acquitted or sentenced the spokes Man explained. Choice of counsel and he is entitled to Legal coun Sel of his Choice it was noted. The treaty will permit German police to arrest american service men instead of merely detaining them As now is the Case. But the end result is the same As far As the Serviceman is concerned because German police would turn him Over to american authorities in Eithe Case now and when the treaty goes into effect jurisdiction Over dependents re Mains to be worked out the spokes Man declared pointing out that . Court decisions have ruled out courts martial for dependents accused of crimes for which the death penalty might be German court tried mrs. Emma Lee Cheaves an american accused lightning electrocuted girl theodoret Ala. Up twelve year old Louella Snyder was electrocuted when a Bolt of lightning struck a Fence she was holding. Her sister Shirley stand ing nearby was injured. Yanks., French to train 25,000-Man Laos army Vientiane Laos a a joint us. And French military training program that could help thwart communist Aims in the Hills of Northern Laos goes into operation the last week in american instructors and 96 French military personnel under an agreement signed in july will begin training a 25,000 Man laotian army in tactics and in the use and maintenance of american equipment Given this tiny country under the . Aid civilians Here will 4eftl Furj Coly with the equipment and take no part in the military training. Much of the american equip ment Given at the beginning of the Aid program in 1955 has fallen into disrepair. Equipment shipped since then has been used As re placements. If successful it will whip the army into a More efficient Security Force which could go a Long Way toward stopping armed communist infiltration like that of the past few Days. On july 20, communist troops reportedly led by the Viet Minh crossed the Border of North Viet Nam and drove into same a and Phongsay provinces. Of slaying diet Soldie fits filand ii Prift staff. During a fan Triy Row the court sentenced her to 15 months but suspended foil Matt the on condition she not Appeal the conviction. And because in had been 11 months in jail awaiting trial the court ruled she Watt free to go. She has since returned to the . Who tries . Government Civ Ilian employees stationed overseas is also unclear the spokesman said but the uncertainty is it fio Way connected with Anfe status of forces . The a s a r e u r spokesman pointed out. That the . Supreme court has ruled that civilians can not be tried by courts martial. This Means tie said thai whatever the results of a study now being made on the supreme court level a provision of Trie treaty Calls for German trials for civilians accused of breaking German Laws. About that Telephone Bill the Gervice Mari is getting a preferred rate now which will disappear when the treaty goes into effect. Under the present system the Serviceman pays a Basic rate which covers 100 local Calls or the equivalent in Long distance Billing units. Basic fee but the treaty scraps this sys tem and Calls for the same rate the germans pay a Basic fee per month on top of which the service Man pays 16 pfennig per local Call or Long distance unit. And it won take Many units depending on the local Basic rate to push his phone Bill past what he s paying now. The Usa eur spokesman pointed out that the treaty has no effect on the Serviceman a right to sue or be sued in German courts. The treaty will make no change sin the Serviceman s tax status right to import goods duty free Fortis own use or for his family or his privilege of buying tax free gasoline for his military License car. The agreement will Cost the . Forces some tax Money at the com Mand level As a result of an old German Law whereby certain states Jay tax Bonn for certain kinds of Federal property within the state. Depots exclude this Means the spokesman said that where the states collect taxes for this property from Bonn the . Forces will reimburse Bonn if the americans Are using the prop erty in question. The Law excludes property such As Barracks and depots from these state taxes but imposes a Levy on property such As housing areas. Just How much this tax will be re Mains to be determined the spokesman said.. Forces will get a break on the German transport tax which is paid now but which the treaty will scrap. This is a tax on freight car ried on German railroads. Another savings for the . Forces will be in telecommunications the spokesman said adding that costs will go up in the claims Field. The . Forces will be liable for damage to German property As a result of using the property. Bonn now pays for this damage the spokesman said. Powerful attachment Whitstable England up Fisherman Victor Davis reported to the coast guard that he was artwork in the Gore Channel when something rather heavy caught in his nets. Davis said he took one look and quickly dumped his big catch a one ton German magnetic mine left Over fro world War ii Chen cellar daughter out a wide eyed italian Carabiniero salutes Konrad Adenauer and his daughter Lia Reiniers As the West German Chancellor vacationing in Priante cad Nabbia leaves for a Short walk. Rain forced the couple Back after a few minutes. Keystone photo modern knights of Road travelling in Plush style Buffalo . Up Riding the rails is All but a thing of the past for hoboes. That s the word from Jefferson Davis recognized King of the hoboes. Most All of us travel by bus 8 killed 25 injured in Spanish bus crash Bilbao Spain up a crowded inter Urban bus plunged into a rain swept River bed Here killing eight persons and injuring at least 25.seven persons aboard the double deck bus on a regular run from the nearby Village of Lemona were killed when the bus left the Road and slowed Down into the Ibiza bal River. An eighth person died in route to the Hospital. Plane or car the energetic 76 year old Davis said. We have Money these he was asked what had happened to the traditional Hobo rail Road Riding spot of two rods under a freight car. First they reduced the two rods to. One he explained. Then they took the one Rod out. Then we started Curling up under the stairs of passenger trains. So the started making cars with folding stairs. 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