European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday october 11, 1967 lbs tries to put skids under Economy bloc Washington up administration forces escalated pres ident Johnson s tax spending Battle with Congress monday hinting that Sharp cutbacks i Highway construction May be part of the Price required forthe kind of Economy demanded by  Secretary Alan s. Boyd in telegrams to state governors said the current drive in Congress to Cut billions off the Federal budget might Force a 50 per cent reduction i Federal Aid for Road building. New limits could go into effector nov. 1, Boyd said. Outraged cries from the states tuesday greeted Boyce s  governors were the most outspoken. California Ronald Reagan called any such cuts dishonest Florida Claude Kirk viewed the move As part of an angry president spot and new Mexico s David cargo said it was  even democratic governor expressed anguish Over any talk of Highway fund  s Calvin l. Rampton noting that his state was already saddled with a Copper strike said the proposed Stit would further depress the state s Economy. Virginia  e. Godwin jr., wired Boyd urging that cutbacks be made in programs less essential than  of Congress reacted cautiously to the administration move but made it Plain the Cut even if carried out would no satisfy congressional demands for Multi billion Dollar economies prior to action on Johnson s request for a $7.4billion tax boost.  tax bin remained firmly locked up in the House ways & Means committee whose chair Man Wilbur d. Mills d-ark., stood Pat on his statement of Friday that Short Range spend ing cuts alone would not serve to dislodge the tax Bill. Mills in that statement called for a major revision in government programs to re verse what he called a trend toward Ever bigger Federal government. Despite All the talk about Economy the Senate rejected 60 to 12 an amendment to a Public works appropriations Bill most try for so called pork barrel spending that would have saved $18.5  the Economy kick apparently will have no effect on the farm program. House and Senate negotiators agreed to a$4.95 billion farm appropriation Bill which was a Bare $88million less than the request. Gis save German trying Hara Kiri by James Gunter staff writer Garmisch Germany is two american soldiers who heard screams resounding in the Middle of the night across a Mountain Lake leaped into a boat and race to the Rescue of a Young Man new . Cars must provide Chest belts Washington a the government reaffirmed monday that it will require Chest Seatbelt in american cars manufactured after dec. 31. Officials of the Federal High Way administration said doubts held earlier have proved unfounded and that the use of Lap belts and shoulder belts together is the Best single Means of Protection now available to pre vent injury in Auto crashes. The Agency announced aug.18 that it was reconsidering the requirement of Cross Chest belts. Officials said they had two main concerns possible neck abrasions and the possibility that rear passengers would Knock Heads with those in front in crashes. But officials said at a news conference monday that studies had shown that neck injuries from the belts Are rare. They said the head knocking which showed up on a film of a Gener Al motors corp. Test with Dum Mies did not occur with humans. The Over the shoulder belts will be required Only for the Driver and the right front sea passenger. A report by the National High Way safety Bureau said a study by the Volvo co. Of Sweden showed that combined Lap and Chest seat belts reduced injuries from 40 to 90 per cent. The Bureau said there were no fatal in juries in accidents below 60 Miles an hour. Who had tried to commit Hara Kiri. Members of the staff an guests at the american Eidsee hotel near Here were Rouse shortly before 1  tuesday by screams for help coming fro another part of the Lake. Sgt. W. Davis and spec. 4  both assigned to us a eur in Heidelberg were first to find a Young German floating on the icy water. Apparently head taken off his clothes waded into Chest deep water an plunged a knife deep into his stomach. Then he suddenly grew afraid and called for help. Two employees of the Eibs Dehotel Hans Amberg a bartender and Bob Scales a waiter also reached the wounded Man. The four rescuers pulled the Ger Man into a paddle boat and took him to the Eidsee hotel  hotel is operated by the Gar Misch recreation area. Thanked us Kurt Grayko manager of the hotel said he went with the rescuers to take the critically Hurtman to a Garmisch Hospital by  was conscious throughout the trip and thanked us Gayk said. He said he had tried to kill himself because he knew that he would live again in an other  is a traditional Jap anese method of  authorities identified the wounded Man Only As a 27-year-old student from Munich. They said his stomach wound was nearly 8 inches Long and that the very cold water probably curbed bleeding and helped save his life. Al film to be shown today at Frankfurt Frankfurt special Afree showing of the latest Ameri can football league Al films scheduled at noon wednesday at the . Trade Center Bocken Heimer Landstrass 2. The 30-minute film is sponsored by pan american world air ways. Battle dress Mode Penny Carter sports a mini skirt a leather Battle jacket and Matching footwear for an israeli fashion show i London. A photo soviet arms sum record Moscow up the soviet government proposed to Parlia ment tuesday a record peace tin defense budget to Coyer Aid to North Vietnam and replace ment of Arab military hardware lost in the six Day War Withrel. Junior High students riot in Detroit Detroit a hundreds of students in a near East Side Junior h i g h school went on rampage monday smashing windows turning in false fire alarms raiding teachers desks and tearing out telephones an forcing the school to close about noon. Only one person a girl who Cut her foot on a piece of Glass was reported injured in therow deism which started almost immediately after the school the Knudsen Junior High school opened in the morning. Swarm Over building police including members of the elite tactical Mobile unit swarmed Over the building in a attempt to restore order before principal Woodrow l. Lamb or dered the school shut shortly be fore noon. No arrests were  Rowdy ism apparently broke out after school personnel began questioning pupils about previous vandalism including window breaking Over the past weekend when the first fire alarm was turned in at 9 31 ., Lam said a substitute teacher began having trouble keeping her sew ing class in the room. One of the girls opened a win Dow Lamb said. When the teacher closed it he said another girl spat at her. He said the second girl was not a member of the class and had come in from  teacher said the girl threw a Large Acorn at her an began calling her names. After that the unrest spread  second false alarm was turned in at 10 54  Ltd wiped out mind murder jury told new York a Steve Kessler a Harvard University graduate charged in the april1966 death of his Mother in Law testified monday he could no remember whether he was responsible for the  the stand in his own defense in Brooklyn supreme court a court of original Juris diction Kessler testified beloved his Mother in Law and had never had any difficulties Wither. Did you kill your Mother in Law defense attorney Maurice Edelbaum asked his client. "1 Don t know. I Don t remember Kessler said. Was Here any reason in the world Why you a mid kill your Mother in Law he was ," was the reply. The defense contends Kessler charged with first degree Mur Der in the fatal stabbing of  Cooper suffered from amnesia caused by the drug Ltd Kessler said he was not taking Ltd for enjoyment but As part of an Experiment to prove that schizophrenia is an organic Dis  he testified he began to Experiment on himself in 1964 and with each dosage kept detailed notes of his reactions and tem  said during one Experiment a chair in the room appeared to turn to blood and one Wall began to undulate. He took a fetal position and became saturated with fear he  said he went to mrs. Cooper s apartment on april 9,two Days before she was Mur dered to ask his estranged wife Merri Ann to come Back to him. She refused. That made me very de pressed Kessler said. I gave myself scotch and water undressed but could t sleep. I experienced indescribable  took ll/2 grains of Sentabar  mrs. Kessler testified previously that her husband had been seeing a psychiatrist and had been incoherent at times. She said the afternoon her Mother was killed she had visited her husband at his apartment an she could understand his words then. Passage of the $16.7 billion Mil itary appropriation up f 2.4 Bil lion from the 1967 figure by the supreme soviet was a foregone conclusion. The defense budget is part Ofa record $123.5 billion peacetime budget outlined for the supreme soviet by finance minister Vasili Garbuzov