European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes thur toy april 11, fort Landerdale swinging collegians having a bump Ball on the Beach by Frank Murray fort Lauderdale Fla. A a Mist of suntan Oil blocked the Salt Spray tuesday at fort Lauderdale Beac where thousands of vacationing College kids played with sensual new toys manufacturers Hope will become instant collegians once rioted to pass the time this year the pastimes Are bump Ball hip flip and psychedelic 20,000 youngsters have come to fort Lauderdale in the past few weeks according to the Beach patrol. Last year when All colleges took Spring vacations at the same time,30,000 were on the Beach in one capt. John Sherlock said about 5,000 youngster were baking and Basting them selves in the Sun than a thousand of them grouped around a bandstand to leap for 640 of the new bump balls Lumpy spheres of foam rubber that look like volleyballs with the Ball Between them with their bodies no hands Al Lowed dancers gyrated while the crowd s the greatest Little i Hibl Tion releaser since the repeal of prohibition the manufacturer said in a brochure handed Outon the Beach. The hip flip is More of the same a pendulum suspended from a Short pole held by two dancers tummy4o4ummy. As they swivel hips and shoulders like a burlesque dancer grinds the pendulum swings. The other gimmick was body paint to decorate Slack of a special fabric. Manufacturer sent their products to the beaches for the youngsters to test i Hopes they d carry the word Back to sunburns showed among the tans. From Busy at lactic Boulevard motorists could smell Only the oils and potions. Youngsters douse on their skin to Brown instead of circled a plane Tow ing a sign sponsored by the school Board seeking replace menu far fun reils of ,w8who quit during a recent strike the sign Bald schoolteacher wanted apply now. Teach Lav but Home collegians already looked homeward in the win. Dow of tie Elbo room a Beer Hall of the collegians were signs offering or soliciting rides Back to school. Some were not fussy going to Moristo thursday or Chi. Cago How about Madison need a fide desperately Extension of 2 excise taxes in Mill Washington a con Gress will vote on a Quick temporary Extension of automobile and Telephone excise taxes but it put off tuesday for at Leas several weeks a showdown on raising income taxes and Cut Ting spending. The session broke up wit agreement Only on the Tempo Rary Extension of the 10 per Cen Telephone service tax and 7 per cent automobile excise , these rates fell to 1 and 2 per cent respectively april 1 when no Extension had been big dispute is Over the 10 per cent income tax surcharge president Johnson has said is urgently needed to reduce the budget deficit and strengthen International Confidence in the Dollar. The Senate added a surcharge to the excise tax Bill but Cou pled it with deep mandatory spending cuts the administration says cannot reasonably reabsorbed. Working Oil package House ways and Means com Mittee members and appropriations committee members reworking on a tax Economy pack age of their own. The agreement reached tues Day was on a simple Resolution extending the excise taxes atthe old rates through april 30. This action expected to meet Little opposition would regular ize Bills being mailed out by Telephone companies. At Treasury urging they have continued to include the tax at the higher rate. It would also Clear up any doubts about collecting the excise tax on Auto mobiles at the factory. Moreover the Extension would give More time to the House committees to work out their version of a tax and spend ing Cut combination. There is no Assurance however that they will succeed in producing a Bill the House would pass. Ready for action View of commissioning ceremony for the battleship new Jersey at Philadelphia naval base. Police patrolled the Delaware River background blocking off demonstrators Iii Small boats and canoes who tried to break up the ceremony. New Jersey is he Only battleship now in commission in the . Fleet. Dpi historic Texas Mission lady Bird dedicates site Goliad Tex. Up in setting heavy with the history of Texas Independence mrs. Lyn Don Johnson dedicated an 18th Century Mission and fort Asna tonal historic Sites tuesday and honoured those who brought about their restoration. How incredible to think that five years ago la Bahia was a rubble of Stone a famous Hill without its Crown mrs. John son dedicated la Bahia Del Espiritu Santo de Zuniga a combination of Mission and fort As an official historic site for the nation. Her guests were some 40 foreign travel writers who have tradition Rolls on Washington up the White House plans to open its Gates As usual on easter monday for the children a egg Roll a tradition since the Days of pres ident Rutherford b. Hayes 1877 1881. Been touring Texas with her since last week. Mrs. Johnson said the work to restore la Bahia was great. It took Faith to pick up the stones and artistry to cast them with All the grandeur that once had been she said. In route from an earlier Stoat Corpus Christi to Goliad the touring party stopped along Road so mrs. Johnson could speak to some cowboys herding cattle nearby. To g o How a00ut Pic Anih a you taken a in th0 four Fth Mother Dies son lives in 3-Story leap new York up an fur employed insurance adjuster Haileen charged with homicide in the death of his 70-year-old Mother when the two plunged to the ground from their third Floo Brooklyn apartment police said tuesday. Robert Schutte 35, was booked on the charge in his Hospital bed in the prison Ward of King county Hospital. He was reported in fair condition from injuries suffered in the fall with hit widowed Mother earlier in the Day. Police quoted Shutte As say ing he tried to commit suicide and carry his Mother wit i limbo she would not suffer Frow Public opinion. Witnesses told seeing Schutte clutching he screaming Mother in his Amis a they fell from the apartment they had shared for 30 Yean. Westmoreland Buck Saigon a Gen. . Westmoreland return d Saigon tuesday from talks president Johnson in
