European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday september 26, 1967 one kind of Glass would magnify the errors by Dick West Washington up you have to admit thai the vision of Congress under Glass has a certain Appeal. So 1 was rather sorry to see sen. Georgea. Smathers come out against the idea. Despite recent demonstration by visitors in the House and Senate Chambers the Florida Democrat said it. Was unnecessary to enclose the galleries i Glass to protect members of  members of Congress ought to expect certain occupational hazards he philosophize. You Are bound to be picketed at some time have things thrown at you and of course there is the possibility that you May be shot at. But Idon t believe such incidents Are so frequent that members of Congress should isolate them selves from the  Well that s one Man s opinion and i respect it. But on the other hand i be always heard i said that the Public s business should be conducted in goldfish bowl. It might also be Well to tint the panes so that visitors would find themselves looking at Congress through Rose Colore Glass. However in the matter of safety As apart from aesthetic values i agree with Smather that the Glass curtains Are unnecessary. Congress already has a perfect defense system should the need  can be found just South of the Rayburn office building i what is ostensibly a new congressional underground parking garage. This $13.4 million Structure which opened just last week has room for 1,276 vehicles. That figures out at More than $10,000 per parking space. Would our frugal minded con Gressmen zealous guardians of the nation s purse strings expend $10,000 in Public funds for parking spaces of course not. The building obviously has other purposes. The clue to its True function Isth exterior design. The part that rises above ground stopped with parapets Battle ments and bloc houses that resemble an old time army stockade. This resemblance has prompted local wags to name the garage fort  Buti m convinced it s More than a , there Are two garages one of which could reused by the Senate and one by the House. In an emergency Congress could Convene in the steel and Concrete subterranean Chambers. Then by posting a few committee chairmen at Strate Gic spots along the ramparts they could hold off demonstrators irate taxpayers and other foreheads for weeks on end. Denies widow s charges Oklahoma City up the Oklahoma City times Friday quoted the widow of a flier killed in Vietnam As saying air Force pilots wer forced to Fly Mission without bombs just to enhance their unit s  newspaper reported mrs. Cheryl George of Tulsa okla.,widow of it. S. W. George said her husband told her a month be fore his death that bombs were being rationed because of a Short age. The times also quoted a Penta gon spokesman As saying pilots did not Fly missions without bombs and there was no Short , 26, was shot Down Over North Vietnam in july of 1966."a lot of those boys had been allotted so Many bombs to drop every month the times quoted mrs. George. After they Sedall their allotment that was it. They did t get any More for month. Sometimes they d Send up of four planes a Day just to get in their required number of mis Sions and some did t have bombs. They were competing with the Navy to see which one could get the most sorties  mrs. George said her husband flew an f4c phantom Jet with the 555th tactical fighter squad Ron based at udon Thani thai land the times  had flown More than 100 missions and twice was awarded the distinguished flying Cross she said. His plane was badly battered by antiaircraft fire and he was unable to eject before i crashed. All is not Calm on silent night9 Ventura Calif. A should Christmas be a silent night that s what Orval Garritson wants to know and he wants to know before Christmas. Garritson spent part of last Christmas in jail because of disinclination for seasonal music. He s suing his neighbor for false arrest and the outcome of the suit will determine his plans Fortis Christmas. The neighbor or. J. S. Flynn fantastic seven years of Good Luck separate Carole Demas As miss v e r m o n t above in. I960 and right in the musical the  called police and made a Citi zen s arrest when Garritson s 1966 Christmas concert was broadcast Over speakers in front of his House. He said Garritson was disturbing the peace. After taking Garritson to jail where he spent five hours officials re fused to press charges against him. To help Settle the false arrest suit municipal judge Burt m. Henson visited the Lawn in front of Garritson s Home. There last year s Christmas display was mounted and silent night blared Forth once More. No decision has been announced. College head refuses to bail out son Sheridan Wyo. A the president of Sheridan College and his wife have refused to put up Bond to get their son out of jail saying they cannot support him in actions we consider morally and legally  Jefferson Heney s son Gyl Edean Haney 21, and three other Wyoming youths will be arraigned in Justice court in Jack son tuesday on a narcotics pos session charge. The College president said the decision not to bail out his son has not been an easy one  our chief concern for him and for All Young people today is that he become a responsible human being Heney said and one of the ways to achieve this we believe is for him to face the results of his decisions eve ugly  p o g o much Kkt he Mac Tom. Drug Industry attacks claims by witness Chicago up the nation drug Industry saturday challenged the accuracy of a Senate subcommittee witness who charged some cities were pay ing As much As 40 times the Price new York did for prescription products. President c. Joseph Stetler of the pharmaceutical manufacturers association pm took is sue with testimony by William f. Haddad before the Senate Small business monopoly sub committee last  had presented a Chart showing new York City save Money on Hospital and welfare drug purchases by requiring companies to bid for contracts on a generic name rather than Trade name basis. Inaccurate information but Stetler told the american medical writers association tha Haddad s Chart was based on in accurate information and did no consider the discount new York was Given because of Large Pur chases. After months of checking wit county and City officials Stetler said the pm had come up witha corrected version of the disputed  had said new York paid $25.95 for the tetracycline Antibiotic while Atlanta paid $59 Portland ore., $52.50, and Chi Cago $50. Stetler said Atlanta paid only$35 and Chicago $31.60. The Portland Price was $26.55 More because of Small Quantity Pur chases he  cited similar differences for nine other  accused committee chairman Gaylord Nelson d-wis., of having Only hand picked witnesses testify before the Senate hearings on drug  three witnesses out of 26 could be properly termed Industry witnesses. And those three represented firms which had been under the most severe attack by other  role plainly was to serve As foils for the investigation in the presence of newsmen rather than to provide information Stetler said