European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday october 10, 1967 Congress saves its unkind St cuts for others by Dick West Washington up you probably have been Reading about the great Economy drive in Congress and you May be wondering How it got started in such an unlikely , baby cakes if you will Pardon me for being paradoxical. I think i can explain it. You see there Are times when Congress saves Money by spend ing  this year House members voted to permit themselves to take eight additional free trips Home each semester. On the surface this might appear to be a slight extravagance. But hold on during those extra trips some of our lads Learned that the Home folks were i favor of More governmental Economy. So they returned to Congress All fired with Zeal to Cut the  least that s my theory. As Ben Franklin used to say Penny spent is two cents saved. The Only trouble is the Economy bloc approached the Issue in the wrong Way. The insisted that president Johnson should have the Honor of making the cuts. In thy Wisdom o might president apply thy axe wheresoever thou Dee meth imprudent they said in effect. No thanks Fellows the president replied in effect. The pleasure should be  one result of this Alphonse and Gaston act was that for a period of about 87 hours Las week most Federal agencies had no Money at  did t even have any chits to keep them running. An when you re out of chits you re out of  if you chanced to look out Gavin says Rockefeller is gop s Best candidate against Johnson of the window during this period when much of the government was technically inoperative you probably did not notice any great change in the state of the Union. The government continued to function normally the reason being that bureaucrats build up fat during times of budgetary plenty. Then when a famine comes they can hang by their toes and exist for  should know by now that they can t put budget cutting pressure on the administration by trying to starve out the bureaucrats. Being  if not for right de our lawgiver had thought fully passed their own appropriation before they reached the hangup that temporarily impoverished other governmental offices. \ this severely weakened the Economy drive. For Congress men unlike bureaucrats cannot endure without stamp Money. The next time an Economy drive gets under Way in con Gress the members should try withholding their own funds to put budget cutting pressure on themselves. New York a retired Gen. James m. Gavin says in this week s Newsweek Magazine that new York gov. Nelson Rockefeller is the Best Candi Date for the 1968 Republican presidential , who once served As president Kennedy s ambassador to France expressed his views on next year s election and on the Vietnam situation in an interview with Newsweek columnist Emmet John Hughes. I thought when i began speaking out this summer that Nelson Rockefeller clearly waste Best candidate Gavin said. I still believe this. I know he has not publicly voiced any views on foreign policy for a Long time. When he does i am sure he will face Vietnam in 1968 with As much courage As defaced Goldwater ism in 1964." Rockefeller who made an unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination in 1964, has state repeatedly he will not be a candidate in 1968. Gavin accused president John son of confusing political com Promise in 1967 with Munich in1938" and that Johnson has the present confused with the past and no time to study the  Gavin thought by Many to be a presidential Prospect himself urged cessation of the bombing of North Vietnam As a Neces sary first step on the Way Toa political  he fur ther proposed a suspension fall military  asked if president Kenned would have adopted a different Vietnam policy Gavin replied i feel certain he would never have gone Down the present Road on the Day he died the sum four commitment was 16,000. Trainers. I do not believe Forone minute he would have gone in with combat  4dear or. President girl is in College thanks to lbs to a att a / a 1- s. T t i _ .__.Atlanta, a. A High school Honor graduate Joyce Turner of Prichard ala., wanted to go to College but she had no Money. So she wrote to president Johnson for help. Twice. Now she s a freshman at mor Ris Brown College in Atlanta after a whirlwind Climax to weeks of uncertainty and discourage ment. Maybe now my Younge Brothers and Sisters will be Able to go to College too said mis Sturner 18, in an interview Sun Day. She is next to the oldest of seven children. Her father Wil lie e. Turner is a labourer at the Alabama state docks in Mobile. Loan pamphlets miss Turner a negro said things started happening after her second letter. But she never heard directly from the presi Dent. The first response from the office of education was discouraging some pamphlets out lining loan  the first letter i be came discouraged miss tur Ner said. But i decided to write again that maybe he did t understand what i meant. I Fig ured i had nothing to  second letter asking the president for financial help was mailed in Early september. Miss Turner received a Tele Gram sept. 25, telling her to Telephone an Atlanta number collect. The Call put her in touch with an educational consultant Samuel  Johnson arrived in Mobile the Day after the Tele Gram and helped make arrange ments. Her family was surprised she said. No one knew that i had Doneit she said. But i needed help and i just decided to take Chance. So far everything is  Johnson said the girl receive Dan economic Opportunity Grant provided by the department of health education and welfare and an equal amount was provided by his organization which also is paying miss Turner personal expenses. He declined to say How much Money is involved. Johnson said if the girl studies hard the scholarship can last As Long As she is in College. Our Agency will stick with her As Long As she is in school and i Good standing he said. Stepping out names make news is one of the oldest principles guiding news hungry editors. Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy still devoted to the miniskirt wins this space for doing no More than stepping into a car at the curb in front of her apartment in new York City. United press International photo he had no Earth Money with him Alamosa Colo. A the mysterious demise of snippy the horse whether at the hands of celestial varmints in a flying Saucer or earthbound critters has summoned Forth tales of other strange happenings in col Orado. A judge in Denver reported sighting Orange red ring shaped objects flying faster than jets about three hours after a hous ton Man telephoned a woman Here that ufos unidentified flying objects were heading from Texas toward Colorado. An Amateur Painter in South West Colorado said she has had one visit and was promised an other this month by a strange looking Man who said he was not of this universe but wanted to buy her painting of a ufos. He said he would come Back since he did t bring along any Earth Money the first trip. Reports of ufos sightings i Southern Colorado s san Luis Valley where snippy died Are not uncommon. But until the death of snippy whose mutilated carcass was found in a Remote area near Here All the reports indicated the objects though weird Kep their distance. Snippy s owners or. An mrs. Berle Lewis said they be Lieve a flying Saucer was responsible. Every Trace of flesh had been stripped from the Ani Mal s head and neck and they said High radiation Reading were recorded at the scene. Officials of the air Force financed ufos study at the University of Colorado apparently not wanting to kick a dead horse did t say what the thought but they Are aware of the situation. Regulation. No. 67,039  ,. It amp you must advise an armed \ Assassin of his right to a he a   5 / a. I or Fez � regulation no its Jug a unleaded gun \woieua6owe, always the most cop a danger est. A asses Imater / my til. I m. V Brj so jptn&fa0? do Friday night mrs. Harry King of Alamosa said she got a Telephone Call from a Milton Graves of Houston tex., telling her two ufos had been seen Over Houston shortly after 6 p.m., and another appeared to beheaded toward Colorado. About three hours later Den ver Superior court judge Charles Bennett said he his Mother and his wife saw three ring shaped objects flying i triangular formation Over Den ver. They were accompanied Bya loud humming noise he said. The Painter is mrs. Charle Blundell who operates a gift and souvenir shop near Pagos Springs in southwestern Colora do. She said a pallid complexioned slightly built Man of about 35 came to he shop about four months ago and tried to buy her painting of Blue Crescent shaped ufos she and her family saw in Decem Ber 1966 at the Sand dunes National Monument near  Man told her he did t have any Earth Money with him but would return in october. She said he drove away in a car bearing Arizona License plates. I Hope he does t return she said