European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Mailbox owner Stamps self As at by Dick West Washington up one thing about us americans on Ewe understand a problem clearly we usually can be counted onto do the right thing. Especially if the problem i too big to fit under a Rug. The other Day for example Imade a passing reference to these Public service message son radio and television urging motorists not to leave their key sin their cars. The Burden of the Appeal i that most car thefts Are committed by teen agers and that Akey left in the ignition switch May tempt some  t help a Good boy go bad the messages  number of motorists have written me saying that until they heard these messages they did t understand the  had thought that culpability in Auto larceny rested on the thief rather than the car owner. Now that their thinking has been straightened out they Are determined to do me right  suggested remedy is the enactment of a Law under Whicha Motorist whose car is stolen would be arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a  have a neighbor Smedley As i shall Call him who particularly took the message to heart. In my neighbourhood a favor Ite youth recreation is to drive along the suburban streets drop Ping Cherry bombs into mail boxes. Cherry bombs Are use because the kids in my neigh boyhood Are too Lazy to make their own Molotov cocktails. A few nights ago they blew up Smedley s Mailbox and when 1 stopped by to commiserate wit him he was reeling with guilt   my fault he wailed. I should t have put up a mail Box. I should have had my mail sent general delivery and gone to the Post office to pick it  there there old  isaid patting his head consoling by. I can see Why you Are so upset. Mailboxes Cost  i Don t mind that Smedle said. I just feel terrible about a Good boy go bad putting up a Mailbox i some lad to engage in destruction of property qj7�?, Only a mind Emeail is your first .w3pi said. If you keep your is clean hereafter peeps off hold it against you.". A maybe so he said bin can never forgive myself/T11 by the Way i a where s your car m i could t Trust myself to member to remove the " he said so i sold  ii of Psi Fly or in i fee kit a v "o-.4t to r a Akiaten / ii l u to mail crash Devn mine detectors used at Apos in s. Vietnam by Marc Huet offs Washington is the defense department s crackdown on the illegal shipment of arms munitions and drugs by Over seas servicemen through the Mil itary postal system is bringing in excellent results although the Campaign is Only a few weeks old defense officials reportedhere.". One of the most significant controls introduced recently is the use of mine detectors to spot contraband going through the Apo system in Vietnam. More than 40 detectors Arenow in use and the defense department s new drug abuse con Barber trims Harry former president Harry s. Truman who will be 84 years old next month works up a slight smile As he gets a haircut in Independence to. Truman still fit walked from his Home to the Barber shop. Up photo rep. Moss blasts plan to doom subcommittee Washington up re John e. Moss said Friday it is farcical to believe that abolishing his House Freedom of information subcommittee will strengthen efforts to combat government secrecy. This Effort to dress the destruction of the subcommittee in an attractive fashion will Notin any Way delude the american Public nor the american red into believing that an effective Avenue is intended for the servicing of their complaints against bureaucratic abuses an errors the California demo crat said in a statement. The anti secrecy subcommittees it ing abolished under orders of rep. William l. Dawson d-ill., chairman of the Parent House government operation committee. , eliminating the information group an two other subcommittees As part of an Economy reorganization plan initially made no provision for continuing the subcommittee s function. Moss statement his firs open break with Dawson Over the Issue made it Clear Moss has Given up Hope that the chairman might reconsider his action. Manchester supporting Kennedy ii9 Baltimore my. A William Manchester author of a Book on the assassination of president John f. Kennedy wrote Friday an article Favora ble to the candidacy of sen. Robert f. Kennedy. Manchester had differences of opinion with the Kennedy family before publication of his Book the death of a  new York s Junior senator of1968 is not Massachusetts Junior senator of i960," Manchester wrote in the Baltimore evening Sun in comparing John an Robert Kennedy. We can never recreate Cam elot which like the Golden age of Pericles was t flawless any How. However an improvement upon the present disarray i certainly possible and those who yearn for it should regard the new Kennedy Campaign As auspicious. Manchester also wrote it i highly Likely that Kennedy ii would restore much that behave missed in the last 4% years the allegiance of youth a Sens of excitement about the Federal government and the involvement of America s Best minds in National  Washington Bureau Chieft Rol committee is moving ahead to buy fluoroscopy i and instal them As Well at pos and Apos to help military mailman spot illegal shipments. Customs officials Are also examining Ever parcel coming into the United states from other overseas com mands. During Tine first two weeks of april the detectors examined More than 12,000 packages resulting in the removal of More than 400 items of contraband the Pentagon officials said. In the first week no weapons or explosives were recovered but in the second week two Gren Ades were found in addition to several boxes of revolver am munition. Most of the Pentagon s Atten Tion is being focused on mail from Vietnam because official say they have considerable Evi Dence that contraband and prohibited items have been mailed to the . Through Vietnam pos. At the same time . Cus Toms is also looking into All in coming mail from overseas com mands. Race separatism talk by Clay draws Boos Madison wis. A Cas Sius Clay encountered hisses and Boos Friday in his Call for Sepa ration of the negro and White races in  and demonstrating will not solve the race Issue the deposed world heavyweight Box ing Champion told about 2,500students at a rally at the univer sity of  was interrupted frequently by catcalls from the audience which included a number of mixed couples when he ridicule open housing Laws and mixed  marriages he declared Are a trick to keep us with the White  Clay who has taken the Nam of Muhammad All lectured on the teaching,1, of his Leader Eli Jah Muhammad head of the Black Muslim  said the negro and White races must separate if there isto be peace. Court upholds Selling list of car owners Hartford Conn. Up  Superior court judge has upheld the right of the motor vehicles depart set to sell names and addresses of Connecticut motorists to " Michigan mailing list firm. Judge Anthony e. Grille ruled that the state statute which gives motor vehicles commissioner John l. Tynan the author Ity to sell the registration in formation was  seminarian Solitude the judge s ruling denied permanent injunction to prevent the Sale of the information. The injunction suit was brought by Norman s. Chapin of Granby Conn. Chapin claimed that Sale of his name and address to the r. L. Polk co. Of Detroit was violation of his right of privacy and would subject him to deluge of junk  the rapid Pace of this commercial world Grille said does not allow its citizens the seminarian Solitude of the cloistered cleric without inter Ference from the Bustle of mundane  tears of Farewell Murta Acman 16, cries As she says Goodby to friends in Houston where an artificial head helped her recover from surgery. Marta who is returning w Tany Yugoslavia is the second person to survive using the heart pump