European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 6 the stars and stripes saturday september 30, 1967 have Yon seen me. Kate9? by Dick West Washington up on of the diseases that is becoming increasingly prevalent in this country is mononucleosis commonly known As although medical science is divided Over the Issue there is Strong statistical evidence Indi Cating that mononucleosis can be caused by smooching. I Don t have the figures before me but As i recall the incidence of Mono is about 10times greater among heavy smooches than among non smooches. The chances Are about 3 to 1that a person who smooches regularly Over a period of year swill contract mononucleosis before he is 50.in View of these statistics it is easy to understand Why the Fri would discharge a Young clerk who allegedly spent the night in his apartment Smooch ing with his girl , As you know is characterized by the presence of an excessive number of Mono nuclear in the blood j. Edgar Hoover obviously concluded that about thelast thing the Fri needed was excess mononuclear. Nevertheless it is also easy to sympathize with the clerk for his Case is clearly in Lin with another set of statistics. These statistics show that despite the health threat and the risk of losing one s Job with the Fri americans Are smooching More than Ever. While millions have tried to break the habit and a few have actually succeeded their num Ber is More than matched bythe number of Young people who take up smooching each have been made that Congress enact a la requiring that lipsticks carry labels warning that smooching May be hazardous to the health. This Law would be couple with one forbidding television programs to picture people smooching during the hours when juveniles normally Are watching. It is now generally recognized however that such Steps would do Little to cur smooching and that a new approach is in current thinking is that since Many people Are going to Smooch anyhow research should be directed at finding ways to make smooching safer. One possibility is a device that would filter the Smooch to remove Mono germs. Thus far however no filter has been developed that does not also remove the taste. Minutemen hike training in Many states Denver Colo. A Aman who identified himself As a minuteman official said the militant right Wing group has stepped up training in new Jer sey new York Pennsylvania Maryland West Virginia Washington state California and the length and breadth of the Rocky mountains including Colorado the Denver Post said in a copyrighted Story thurs Man identified himself in a Telephone interview from patriotic party Headquarters at in dependence mo., As Edward Hass Camden n.j., new Jer sey state coordinator for the minutemen the newspaper said. Terror planned the Post said earlier the minutemen had stepped up their activities in Colorado preparing for a Campaign of terror if the decide the United states has been sold out to newspaper Story said Hass reported a minuteman team brought to Colorado rifles and some other equipment found in the mountains by the Post but insisted the minute men did not bring in dynamite an illegal sawed off Shotgun an machine gun plans found in the said these were planted by an unidentified defector fro the organization who wanted to smear minutemen and their Leader Robert Bolivar Depugh. Hass said the High powered rifles found by the Post were brought to Colorado by a mane identified As Vincent de Palma. A Man who said he was Depalma called Federal agents Here after the find was disclosed and said the guns were his that he knew they d been stolen an that he wanted them Back. Hass said minutemen will prove in court who owns the Shotgun and dynamite. Derailment kills 1 Didcot England up on passenger was killed and nine were seriously injured wednes Day when three rear coaches of an express train bound fro London to the West coast derailed near Didcot station British rail ways said. Get the Drift there s a Mountain of the White stuff and these two men Are in Peak form As they shovel away Snow blocking the eight mile Road to the sum Mit of it. Washington in new encountered five foot drifts. A no evidence of plotting found in riots Washington a sen ate investigators quietly at work in cities across the nation have found no evidence of a National conspiracy behind out Breaks of violence but believe there is a Loose linkage among militant negro preliminary indication is in line with the report of feb director j. Edgar Hoover to president Johnson s commis Sion on civil disorders. Hoover appeared before the president s anti riot commission aug. 1 and said that on the basis of his knowledge of 52 riots inthe past three years he found no indications of a he did say there were Indi cations outside agitators were Faa charged with risking lives Washington up a con Gressman said thursday 140,000 americans risk death Ever year in near miss air collisions. He said the Federal aviation administration s Faa air safety program was 10 years behind times. Rep. Richard Lottinger d-n.y., said the Faa s most important concern was keeping the aviation Industry Happy regardless of the consequences for air according to Ottinger Faa i confusing priorities. It fought hard to get a $700 million appropriation from Congress for the supersonic Airliner program Ottinger said but if the Money were used for new equipment i would pay for putting up to Date radar in every Airport serving the scheduled airlines and have enough left Over to build needed control the near miss problem is on of the worst traffic hazards Ottinger indicated. Between 400and 600 Are reported to Faa each year he said but reliable estimates run As much As "300 per cent about 140,000 men women and children Are exposed to death in mid air collisions Over the United states every year Ottinger said. In 10 years he said the Boom in aviation traffic will raise this to 400,000. Ottinger made his charges Ashe introduced a Bill to give Faa More authority to keep what he said were inexperienced pilots and inadequately equipped planes out of congested airports. The Bill would let Fraset rules on the Type and size of Light planes allowed to us congested airports. To g o a pfc thei2fl.uncw3 pbn0f6f?/.kim i sit pm Van now9 00in v crib involved in some of these disturbances. David Ginsburg executive director of the commission said after the Fri chief s appear Ance that the outside agitation was not something to which Hoover gave a great Deal of weight or with which he was greatly As the Senate investigator worked word came wednesday from Philadelphia of an alleged plot to Start a race riot there this summer which authorities said involved a plan to Poison hundreds of Philadelphia police men and citizens. Dist. Atty. Arlen Specter announcing an arrest in the Case said the plot was the work of members of the revolutionary action movement ram a negro extremist group. Subcommittee investigators have compiled a list of 137 cities hit by racial outbreaks. The investigation itself will cover 60 to 75 of have been As signed to Detroit and Newark scene of the summer s worst outbreaks but subcommittee officials declined to name other communities chosen for detailed inquiry. Well Over 30 investigators some on the Senate staff others borrowed from Federal Agen cies Are at work on the inquiry. The Senate ordering the probe on aug. 11, approved a $150,000 , the subcommittee is expected to hold Public hear Ings on City rioting. That step May be two months ahead
