European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              R the stars and stripes fag f riots deplete army strategic Reserve Force Washington up t the army s strategic Reserve already under Strenth Vietnam the because of7ar, has been further with the a donations top Al million gifts Dent emotional debt  even Furtner Wun reorder no of troops into Chicago Baltimore and Washington for riot control duty. Defense department figure disclosed wednesday that three out of every five of the nearly25000 Federal troops sent to the three cities to help police an National guardsmen restore order were taken from strategic Reserve forces. The a r m y has always considered five full divisions and several regiments or brigades of seasoned regulars to be the minimum for a strategic Reserve that could be shipped out immediately to meet emergencies in any part of the world. But Vietnam requirements have reduced the strategic Reserve to three divisions two thirds of another and on regiment about 60,000 men altogether. Of this number,15,776 Are now tied Down to Chicago Baltimore and Washington leaving Between 45,000 and 50,000 available for other emergencies. Remaining no strategic the remaining Federal troop son riot control duty8,705are from no strategic Reserve unit from its. Eustis myer Lee and Belvoir ail in Virginia an from it. Benning a. This total also includes a 700-Manunit of marines from Quantico  army has 800,000 soldiers within the United states but250,000 or them Are in training. 100,000 Are instructors an most of the rest Are employed in duties that make the unavailable for immediate com Bat  Federal troop deploy ments arc in addition to the34,000 National guardsmen who Havo been mobilized in the same localities and in nine other states to Cope with rioting in the Wake of the slaying of or. Martin Luther King or. Current listing the outfits currently listed a strategic Reserve Are the 1st and 2nd armoured divisions att. Hood Tex., the 5th mechanized division at , colo., the 82nd airborne at it. Bragg  third of which has been sent to Vietnam and the 6th armoured cavalry regiment at it. Meade my. It. Hood and it. Carso supplied All of the 6,895 Federal troops sent to Chicago.  sent 4,200 men to Washington and 2,000 to Balti Washngton a _ the Federal government s special gift fund to help reduce the National debt has collected its first 91 million from the citizenry after almost seven years of opera Tion. But it hardly kept Pace wit the Ever swelling debt now about $61 billion larger than it was when the special fund was set up by Law on june 27, 1961, Treasury officials said tues Day they had collected $1,021, 500.65 in gifts for debt retirement through the end of last month. Obviously the fund in t de signed to wipe out the entire debt which is now Fattore than $350 billion. It s simply a hand place to account for gifts received by the Treasury for Deb retirement. Gifts have ranged from Les than $1 to Many thousands of dollars and include the contributions of one Man who sends a Check each year equal to visage 71 this year. Most of the fund s income can be traced to the will of Susan Vaughan c1 a y t o n of Houston,Tex., who willed half the income from a Trust fund to help retire the debt. It has meant hundreds of thousands of dollars for the government. Rep. Charles e. Bennett d-fla., who sponsored the Bill to set up the special fund contributed the first $1,000. All other donors remain Anonymous a Treasury insistence. A school class studying Amer ican government once contributed $1.97. One Man contributed27 series e savings Bonds Worth $1,350. The fund has regular contributors in addition to the one shot gifts sent in a wave of patriotism or disgust with the rap  strategic men sent it. Mead corps drawn from the Reserve were 2,200 to Washington from and the 2,000 Man artillery brigade. A a a to it Vav which was brought to washing Jon from it. Sill okla., but in sense belongs to  Hood. Id increase of the debt itself in the last two years one Man sent More than $2,600 in four separate gifts. A lady sent $1 and suggested each american contribute $1 a month to get the country out of the red. The Treasury rejected the idea explaining it does solicit gifts for the debt fund. In sending a Check for $71 ear Lier this year the Man who con tributes according to his age wrote i follow this custom to remind myself of the great debt owe my country for the Privi lege of being a part of it Cheeky congratulations Pamela mar tin 18, is congratulated by vigdis Jakobsen left16, miss teen Norway and Miriam Dom Ken 17, miss teen Israel after the Michigan girl was crowned miss teen . During the teenage fair at the Hollywood palladium. All three will be among competitors saturday forthe miss teen International title. A photo jobless rate in . Declines Washington up the million from the 75.7 million percentage of unemployed americans edged Down slightly from 3.7 per cent to 3.6 per Cen during March the labor department reported wednes  one tenths of 1 per cent drop in the jobless rate meant143,000 out of work persons found employment indicating healthy Economy to the depart ment  resulting increase in employment pushes the number of employed americans to a seasonally adjusted total of 75.8 total of Peter february. Henle the depart ment s chief economist said the bulk of the improvement unemployment figures came in the service industries of transportation Trade finance services and government. The unemployment rate Formen moved Down from 2.3 per cent to 2.2 per cent while women increased their share of the Job Market by three tenths of 1 per cent to an unemployment rate of 3.7 per cent. Lost shirts. Lost voice lost Case Austin Tex. A a Chi Cago witness for a new Texas airline fighting an injunctions it brought by three established airlines got a rare Opportunity in court Here. Air Southwest which has state authority to Fly intrastate routes is being sued by Braniff trans Texas and Continental Mccarthy ites win 115 seats in Connecticut Hartford Conn. A delegates pledged to sen. Eugene Mccarthy wednesday won115 of the 960 seats at the demo cratic state convention and Cap tured about 45 percent Olathe to Tal votes cast in the 30 connect Cut primaries. Together with delegates Al ready pledged to the Minnesota senator the Mccarthy forces Are apparently assured of one fifth of the state convention delegates. While being whipped better than two to one in National chairman John m. Bailey shome town of Hartford the Mccarthy movement score victories in new Haven Stam Ford and new Britain. Backs Kennedy however in East Hartford the previously uncommitted i party endorsed slate suddenly came out for sen. Robert f. J Kennedy d-n.y., and beat the Mccarthy slate in wednesday s primary. At stake in the primaries in 30connecticut cities and towns were 306 state convention Dele Gates not enough to control the convention. Of the total Mccarthy forces won 115, to 191 for their generally uncommitted opponents. About 68,000 democrats cast ballots in the primaries which were the nearest thing to state wide presidential primary that Connecticut Ever  Are no provisions in state Law for a new Hampshire style primary. Dignitary Laden Mccarthy delegates received total of 30,155 votes against 37.934 by opposition slates. In Hartford the party endorsed slate of 35 delegates was who say they adequately serve jittery 1ml Richer wife was driven to Ernes City okla. \ t a Jit cry wife has been Kwh 5 ?3 000 because her Huss driving got on her nerves. For medical and suffering Ain s 1 jittery when Hihn mrs. Lubo i ride Bonto told judge John Brett. Her husband a restaurant manager was . Dec. Labonte7, 1986, was injure when her husband s Auto ran a Stop signal a Midwest City intersection into a ditch and against a wire Fence. We were not married at the time of the Accident  said. After i left the Hospital we were . Lebonte sued for $9,423. Unless the insurance company pays the $3,000 in damages and unpaid doctor Bills it is up tothe husband. And the Labonter Are still happily married. The . F. Heizer jr., in assistant treasurer for an insurance firm testified in a strained whisper that his firm was committed Toby $3 million Worth of air Southwest  judge repeatedly instructed Heizer to speak  apologized his difficulty on the Laden with top democratic dig Collar of his borrowed  lost my Luggage said. Notaries such As Bailey  Dempsey and sen. Abra Ham Ribicoff. The slate also had ethnic a peal featuring a negro state senator and two negro stat representatives. Bailey took the Mccarthy Challenge seriously and told the blaming town committee two weeks ago too Small that a defeat in Hartford would a test i Nevada Las vegas Nevada a the atomic Energy commission dec set off its 15th announce underground test of the year at the Nevada test site wednes Day. The dec said the test was of Low intermediate yield. Be a great defeat for  As it turned out the Mccarthy slate in Hartford took one of the worst shellac Kings of any in the state losing by a count of 8,277 to 3,977.however, in suburban West Hartford the organization slate went Down to defeat at the hands of Mccarthy ites led Byrd. Robert Hepburn brother of actress Katharine Hepburn