European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse I by Marc hues a Washington Bureau chief Washington is4 a p e n � a i on panel May recommend a reduction in 20-year retirement pay. Although no firm conclusions have been reached the study group also is expected to. " ii l " rep Mem an increase in 30-year w&frementp4f to induce More men to stay in the in mrs no credit to sen. Kennedy and his Campaign forthe Dell was identified in the letters a National staff member. Welty is head of the state police. Crabtree quoted Deli assaying ill bet they police will be out doing everything they can when vice president Hubert Humphrey gets is to visit Hunting ton w. Va., this month. Crabtree said he advised Del that state police would be available to do anything Possi ble to assist the secret service in Security arrangements form. Humphrey since he is an incumbent vice president. I was then advised by or. Deli Well maybe he s no going to be an incumbent very much longer and if that happens you and some of these people Down in West Virgini aaren t going to be too Happy with How you Are treated then. I regard this As High impropriety a threat of reprisal against me the state police and other unnamed individuals in West Virginia. A slur against the Courtesy and Hospital Ity of our people and a personal insult Crabtree wrote. In the letter Crabtree said Welty could not arrange for cont. On Page s3, col. S unofficial newspaper of . Fortes in Europe North Africa and the Middle East vol. 26, no. 363 if 21 855 a wednesday april 17, 1968 5 daily 10 sunday d Ferber St Dies new York up novel stand playwright Edna Ferber whose bigger than life portrayals of America earned her a Fortune died tuesday at the age of 80.the spinster writer who was 3 bandits overtax irs Chicago up three masked bandits held a tax collection of their own monday and got away with nearly 30, to Cash an checks from an internal Revenue service by wow my for toe irs said the thre Bandit entered the Owen at u , taste were about 39 taxpayers getting assistance with Tfelt tax returns and 30 ibs Oahe masked Wen jumped Over a four foot High counter next to miss Goidie hand Werker. A Teller and pointed a pistol at her the spokesman said. She fainted while the gun Man scooped $19,620 in Cash and $9,540 in checks into a toe office manager Ron Cerasano stepped out to investigate the irs spokesman said one of the bandits pointed a gun at Bis Ace. Seconds later the Bandit behind the coun Ter jumped Back Over it and the three escaped. One of the original Algonquin hotel round table wits won the pulitzer prize in 1924 with he novel so her most enduring work was the novel show boat which became Jerome Kern musical then film and finally a radio series. Twas daring for its time since i dealt with racial Ferber wrote 23 novels most of them including giant grist for the movie Mill Over a Span of nearly 60years. She had six plays to her credit including the Royal cont. On Page �3, col. I Edna Ferber
