European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 02, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 6 the stars and stripes thursday May 2, 1968 wrung to la oily me a lady Empire won9t accept 9you9re out new York a Bernic Gera does t like to be told you re put 1 even though the Job traditionally has been per formed by men umpiring. Like any Good baseball player mrs. Gera is ready to argue the Point. The attractive Blue eyed Bru Nette who wants to to an urn Pire filed a complaint tuesday charging baseball commissioner William d. Eckert with Dis i a ruminating against her because of her sex. She told the state commission for human rights she was duly qualified As a baseball Umpire but could not obtain employment in the major or minor leagues without Eckert s consent. She charged he denied her a permit for employment because she is a  35-year-old resident of new York says i think it Strong if i m qualified to deny me a Job. That s nil i ask . Gore has been around baseball and san lots since shews eight years old said her attorney Mario  hits a baseball 350 feet and can pitch a Good Ball. She been the Nemesis of Concession mures at Roek Nway and Cone Island. She d win All their dolls and give them to Charity. The banned her from playing the baseball throw  said mrs. Gera would to the first woman Umpire unorganized baseball if the com Mission ruled in her favor. Lie said she was graduated last year from the West Palm Beach baseball school forum Pires in Florida and worked some 30 games for the National baseball Congress which is just one notch below the  mrs. Gera s husband Ste phen a free Lanco photographer supports her bid to do the Umpire s mask. Biaggi said mrs. Gera applied repeatedly for an application for an Umpire s Job but was never afforded the Opportunity to fill one  he wrote to Ecker two weeks ago on her behalf but got no response he said. I think Shell be an absolute asset to baseball. Maybe More people would attend tin games Biaggi said. Hughes gets approval on two casinos Carson City Nev. Up billionaire Howard Hughes be came Nevada s biggest gambling operator tuesday when the state i approved his Purchase of two More casinos on the Las vegas strip giving him a total of six clubs. The Nevada gaming commis Sion voted 3-2 to allow Hughes to Purchase the stardust hotel Ca sino for $30.5 million and the Silver Slipper Casino for $5.3million. When the deals Are completed Hughes will have about14 per cent of the gambling vol ume in the state surpassing Reno Lake Tahoe Casino opera Tor William Harrah who has had13 per cent of the business. More land Eye voting against the application were commission chairman George Dickerson and George von Tobel both of Las vegas who expressed fear Hughes May be stifling Competition on the strip. Dickerson disclosed Hughes who is negotiating for More land i could eventually own nearly two Miles of frontage on the strip extending from the Sahara hotel to the desert inn. There Are j Only three other major hotels inthe Vicinity. The commission questioned Richard Gray attorney for Hughes for More than two hour son the company and what its future plans  assured the commission there was no monopoly nor was there a lessening of Competition. He said Hughes would probably not buy any More major casinos in Las vegas but did not Rule out the possibility of acquiring some minor gambling Halls. Farewell tour French entertainer Mau Rice Chevalier right talks in Washington with a Sargent Shriver newly appointed . Ambassador to France. Chevalier who will be 80years old sept. 12, is on a Farewell tour of the United states. Up photo blood clot danger German Auto firm names chairman Wolfsburg Germany apr. Kurt Lotz a 55-year-old for Mer German air Force Genera staff officer was formally named tuesday As chairman of the executive Board of the Volks Wagen automobile  succeeds Heinrich Nord Hoff who died april 12 at theage of 69. Diet helps teacher Larkspur Calif. Up the extra pounds threatening the Job of High school gym teacher Betty Blodgett will become a thing of the past i she Sticks to her diet her doctor said monday at personnel hearing. The hearing by a state official was called after miss Blodgett s principal said last week he would not renew her contract at Redwood High school because she was overweight. Miss Blodgett does not Serveas an appropriate image for physical health and vigor said principal Donald Kreps. My professional opinion is that Sheds not an effective  however her doctor Wendell. Butler said monday she had already come Down from 220pounds to 212 in the last week. If she continues on the special diet prescribed for her the 41 year old miss Blodgett will Weig Between 142 and 154 pounds by september Butler said. Warning Label urged for birth control pills Washington up the food and drug administration Fra proposed tuesday a prompt revision of uniform Labelling of american made Oral contraceptives to reflect British studies linking use of the Pill to possibly serious blood clot prob  British studies published april 27, found occurrence oxblood clotting in one out of every 2,000 women who took birth control pills. The effects ranged from generally minor to fatal strokes. Called throb Embolic disease the problem involves a moving blood clot within the body. Such a clot can Lead to very minor damage or in some cases can cause serious illnesses and result in  report on the British studies said a great majority of the women found with the disease suffered Only minor effects. An estimated 8 million to 6.5million women use Oral contraceptives in the United  More use them in other parts of the world particular Yin underdeveloped nations. The proposed new Fra Label ing would reflect the finding of the British studies a spokes Man said. Labelling of the pills would be aimed at informing prescribing physicians. Or. Herbert l. Ley jr., director of the Fra Bureau of Medicine notified . Manufacturers by Telegram of publication of the British report Las weekend. Ley told the Pill makers that prompt revision of uniform Labelling will to discussed at meeting of their representatives and Fra officials May 8. Clark Points to restraints in High court Claremont Calif. Up Ferraer . Supreme court Justice Tom c. Clark said Here that without the restraint of court review the Congre Smight react to momentary Public emotions and pass legislation disastrous for minorities. Clark who served As associate Justice for 18 years addressed a seminar at Clare Mont men s College on the subject ". Supreme court usurper or trustee Justice Clark said that Hoflund judicial review of executive and legislation action most distasteful but said it was still necessary. Popular passions i have seen How often both prior and beyond sen. Joseph Mccarthy s Days when Congress sometimes reacted to the popular passions of the moment and committed serious curtail ments of Liberty he said. If the action of Congress was without restraint the prejudices of the majority an the temporary clamor of the moment might Well result i disastrous legislation against  say the judicial review gives the court the Power to legislate. But they Overlook tin fact that the role of the court i entirely negative. It cannot propose legislation. And i interpretation it studies the legislative history and attempts to find the legislative intent. If it fails the Congress can As it often does pass new Legisla  i / f a a 1 � f i Poutto