European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 2, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Monday october 2, 1967 Impi stars and stripes Art form afloat a Vanl Garde has big Bash on boat ready for action Republican  javits of new York diffs his sweater As he goes into action against his democratic opponents in the "u.s. Senate Tennis championships in Washington. Despite javits efforts the democrats won the match. Up photo new York a thearant Garde invaded the normally staid Staten Island ferry Fri Day night in a confusion of elec tronic music Strobe lights mod Ern dance and ear splitting jazz. The event was the fifth an Nual new York Avant Garde festival billed As a 24-hour performance on the ferry John f. Kennedy. The boat left the terminal witha capacity crowd of More than 1,000 passengers on the upper deck at 11 55 . For the first round trip voyage of the  was Herbert b. Hal Berg commissioner of Marin and aviation who had provoked a Small controversy by allowing the ferry to be used. When asked about criticism from two democratic City councilmen Matthew j. Troy and Edward v. Curry Halberg said the festival was an appropriate Way to display the various Art forms of miss Moorman and  As he spoke Charlotte Moor Man cellist and sponsor of the festival began measuring Hal Berg s height with a Small Book of  does that mean Hal Berg asked. It Means you re 35 match covers tall miss Moorman answered. The cellist recently received suspended sentence after play ing the cello publicly nude fro the Waist up. The exhibits included a Large Pink foam rubber Structure Cov ering several benches flashing floodlights in various colors a group of hippies painting design son the faces and bodies of spectators and a video tape of japanese sumo wrestling match. For sgt. Morris Knobbe who headed the police detail on the ferry the crowd was a Little Kooky but generally Well behaved. Some of them Are reluctant to leave he said at 2 30 . But we Haven t had to lock any one  fund drive becomes a labor of love Al Centro Calif. Up several thousand envelope were stuffed before Imperial county United fund Campaign workers noticed the typographical error. The sentence in question every Dollar contributed goes directly where it should to make Imperial Valley a Bette place to  162 trains to lose Post office cars Washington a the Post office department plans to eliminate railway Post office cars from 162 passenger trains throughout the nation before the end of the year and this will mean a loss of Revenue to the railroads of More than $17.1 Mil lion annually. One result could be the Dis continuance of More passenger trains. Directly affected will be 20railroads and More than 2,224 postal employees. The workers will be transferred to other Post Al operations. William j. Hartigan assistant postmaster general in charge of transportation said the moves Are being made to increase efficiency and eliminate a costly service that is becoming unnecessary. Government seeks bids on Legal pot Washington up Odd Sand ends from the nation s Capi Tal mostly Odd it s getting harder and harder to find a form of human activity that the government in t some Way involved  this particular want and in the Commerce business daily. Phase i work it says Call for design study and fabrication of Pilot Model phase ii for test ing and acceptance of Pilot Model phase Iii for fabrication of a limited Quantity of Proto types drawings and  and who is invited to bid on this work to firms having capabilities inthe Field of design fabrication testing and delivery of Proto types of a portable outside Toi let pot in reply to charges mostly by Railroad officials that the Post office is killing passenger service by such actions Harti Gan said it is not the depart ment s Job to save sick Passen Ger trains by massive injections of postal Money. He suggested that if these reductions result in the elimination of some unprofitable passenger operations the railroads might Well be  total deficit from Passen Ger operations for the nation railroads last year was about $420 million. Postal revenues tothe railroads total about $350 million a year and railway Post office cars cars on which clerks sort first class mail Enro Ute account for about $50 Mil lion. Bulk mail newspapers magazines circulars parcel Post still will be moved by train an this is not affected by removal of railway Post office pro cars. Many trains that carry pro cars also include storage cars for bulk mail. The railroads repeatedly Cit Revenue losses from elimination of pro cars in petitions to the interstate Commerce commis Sion seeking discontinuance of passenger service. They say that As the department remove these cars from trains the serv ice turns from a marginal or slightly losing operation into a train with an enormous  said in an interview that we have no right to Lea email on the train unless we have  to do otherwise is i effect a subsidy he added. He said no mail is shifted from a train to air planes or trucks until a thorough Survey has been completed. Hartigan personally makes the final Deci Sion because it is a sensitive one and a very important  he realizes the effect of in Means discontinuance of the train he said he believes strongly if it Means leaving he mail on to keep the Passen Ger trains on this is something we can t legally  the department s Job he said is to move the mail in the Beltway  Hartigan said pro cars no longer handle As much mail As they used to and they Are More expensive than planes or trucks. Railway postal clerks for example Are paid on a higher scale than clerks who do the same Job in Post offices and they get $16 a Day extra everyday they Are on the train. The Post office pays 92 cents mile to rent 60-foot pro cars from the railroads whether the Yare filled or not and in Many instances he said they re  class mail that goes by plane costs 20 cents a ton per mile so the department pays Only for the space it , he said the establish ment of zip code and a system of sectional postal centers for easier mail sorting plus convenient plane schedules has made in route sorting unnecessary in most cases. The department in cooperation with several Large rail roads has instituted special All mail trains that carry parcel Post across country stopping Only for changes of Crew and engines. It takes 70 to 80 hours for a new York los Angeles run but test runs have accomplished it in 60 hours. Hartigan said that eventual Lyall pro cars probably will be removed but he would give no timetable for this. Marijuana has Bureau in a bind Washington a . Customs has seized so much marijuana in the past year it running out of space to store it. The Bureau said saturday that26,313 pounds was seized during the fiscal year which ended Las june 30, compared with 10,411 pounds the previous year. Heavy seizures Are continuing. The seizures however have placed the Bureau in somewhat of a  has been forced to lease Safe storage space for the marijuana pending trial of those arrested. Family Talent actress Mia Farrow left takes out time from filming in Hollywood to pose with her younger brother John far Row and his Bride to be Tina Willette. John Hopes to become a movie director. He and Tina a student plan to marry next year. Up