European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes tit stay Morch 12, who did Corner the Cornerstone Racket by Dick West Washington up this is not the sort of thing the aver age citizen loses any sleep Over but the National geographic society and i Brood about it quite a am referring to the Corner stones of the White House Capitol Treasury and washing Ion Monument which seem Mohave disappeared. Every now and then the Geo graphic society which loves a Good mystery Story rehashes the Case of the missing Corner stones. In its most recent treatise the society said the orig Inal Cornerstones had been Cov ered up by subsequent additions to the four famous that s merely an Assumption. Since efforts to locate the Cornerstones have failed nobody can say with absolute certainty that they Are still on the is my own theory that the Cornerstones have been strongly suspect there is a ring of Cornerstone thieves operating in this country. Just the other Day As i was crossing an alleyway a seedy character emerged from the shadows and sidled up to me. Psst buddy he d youse like to have an old Cornerstone i can fix you up would t touch it with a 10 foot trowel i said moving away. It s probably hot " i further suspect that the Gan which has been pulling the Cornerstone Capers May be under the domination of a certain for eign Power. It May All be a plot to discredit the United states in the eyes of the Small uncommitted can we convince them them America is the most advanced country in the world if we keep losing our Cornerstones Well unlike certain presiden tial candidates i m not the Type to bring up a problem without offering a solution. In fact known a Way to solve two prob lems at the moment the United states has on us hands in Green land several tons of radioactive Snow. The stuff was stood after the nuclear bomber a Dent and is awaiting djs Poh but nobody seems to have very Clear idea of what to to with it. For some reason thenis t any great demand for Rad Active Snow. W the solution of course i Deposit it inside Cornerstones to place of the papers and Memen tos of the times which serve 8cornerstone stuffing. Then if the thieves Gyrli again police can track them with a Gelger counter. Yet bound it. Pickets in front of White House moving Day former aides of Adam Clayton Powell prepare to move his portrait and files from a Plush Washington suite to a smaller and older office. Excluded from the House demo crat Powell said in the Bahamas that he will seek re election in his Harlem District. Up Shriver says poverty Down 15% Springfield 111. Up a. Sargent Shriver head of the office of economic Opportunity said Here that the total poverty level in the United states has dropped 15 per cent since the War on poverty was the years of the program s existence he added the poor have been rising out of poverty two and a half time faster than before. The state ments were made by Shriver Ashe cited statistics to show accomplishments of the War on poverty. Shriver told democratic Lead ers attending a four state Campaign conference Here that the nation today is faced with nods not prepared for year s sentence Cannon air Force base . Up mrs. Dale Noyd wife of an air Force career officer convicted of refusing to obey an order to train a Viet bound Pilot said sunday neither she nor her husband was prepared for the sentence imposed on him. Capt. Dale Noyd a former psychology professor at the air Force Academy who said hews opposed to the Vietnam War was found guilty by the nine member Board of refusing to Fly a training Mission with student Pilot last dec. 5. The Board sentenced him Toone year in prison ordered him dismissed from the service Ami the forfeiture of his pay and allowances. He was ordered under House arrest until he started serving his sentence. How can you Ever prepare for something like this mrs. Noyd said. We were Dis appointed in it the decision of course. It was a hard thing and we hoped they would do something other than Noyd spent a quiet Rainy Dayan Home with his family. He is forbidden to leave his Quarter except to attend Church services or in Case of an emergency. Redid not attend religious services sunday. Two great crises the crisis of the War and the crisis of the poor the he said he thought taxpayers now Are ready to foot the Bill for the latter. The War on poverty chief compared the Cost of the two seventy five cents of every tax Dollar goes for the support of wars or past wars while 1 1-4 cent out of the Dollar goes for the War on poverty Shriver said. If republicans urge a closing Down of the program it would Only gain them 1 1-4 cent. This would t lower your tax Shriver told the party leaders if there is any weakness it s not in Vietnam. It is Here at Washington up
