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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Senate oks funds for the stars and stripes youth Force Washington up the Senate amended the slow moving crime Bill tuesday Tost Federal funds to be used of create youth brigades Tsettos and require Senate confirmation of a new Fri Dapp Oval of the two measures came after Senate leaders from3 parties told their col leagues to hurry up and submit heir proposed amendments or they would Call up the Bill for a vote without them. Oks Grants by a 40-38 vote the Senate approved Federal Grants for the formation of youth brigades Tobridge the Gap Between police and ghetto dwellers.  h. Percy r-i11., Spon Sor of the amendment said youths could serve As the eyes and ears of the  a 72-0 vote it approved an amendment by sen. George Murphy r-calif., to require Senate confirmation of the successor of Fri director j. Edgar Hoover who was lavishly raised before the vote. The president appoints the Fri director Hoover is the first and Only one in the Agency s 44-year history with out the Senate s approval. The Senate has voted twice in the past to require its confirmation of an Fri director s nomination but the proposal died each time in the House. So far four amendments have been voted on All approved but there were 66 remaining a last count. Demand Paris police chief quit students threaten to Boycott exams Paris up thousands of exhilarated University students voted wednesday to Boycott year end exams unless the Interior minister and the Paris police chief resign. The Early morning vote came hours after parliament decided to vote May 22 on an opposition ensure motion blaming the government for a nationwide student revolt. More than 5,000 students an workers talked out the night at the 700-year-old sorbonne school of literature which was commandeered monday and decked out with red  of the students who have not slept for several Days vowed they would Camp out at the Sor Bonne until All their demands for education Reform were met. These included the resignations of the Paris police chief the Interior minister and the education minister. In parliament More than Amile away after unruly scenes reminiscent of the third an fourth republics where govern ments fell one after the other Premier Georges Pompidou said the country s entire educational system had to be rethought Fol lowing week Long student riots and a general strike  deputies almost came to blows after the leftist opposition filed a censure motion blam ing the government for student riots which injured More than 1,500  a temporary suspension of the House to restore order House leaders decided to debate the motion May 21 and bring itto a vote the next Day. The government was expected to survive the motion the seventh of the year. Mao thoughts lend to latin Tiff in Rome Rome a students at Theriot troubled University of Rome have refused to translate the thoughts of Mao tse Tung into latin. The students some of them extreme leftist demonstrators themselves did not object so much to what Mao thought As to which of Mao s thoughts their professor thought they ought to  disagreement came to a near riot in the classroom where400 students were taking their examination in latin translational the University where leftist led groups have staged sit i strikes in a demand for More modern social  was Only eager Antici pation when professor Ettore Paratore a leading scholar in latin and roman literature announced that the translation into latin would be from the thoughts of Mao. Prof. Paratore said he began to sense the tension when the Stu dents heard which of Mao thoughts they were supposed to translate naturally the Young need to learn from the old and the grown ups and ensure As far As possible their consent before starting on any  was a sort of stunned  in the University where sit in demonstrators have wrecked classrooms and fought pitched Battles with police the professor read out another of Mao s thoughts pay or replace what you dam age. Do not beat or abuse  have the duty of listening to non communists. I what they say is right we will applaud and accept All that i positive in  at first the objectors dodged the Issue. Some students said the quotations were too Long. The professor offered to shorten the test. Even then a group of student refused. They accused the pro Fessor of attempting to provoke them by his Choice of Mao s thoughts. They demanded support of the others in the classroom in the name of student Solidarity. Finally All 500 walked out. The University postponed the tests indefinitely. The massive vote to Boycott year end exams in june and also stage a demonstration in front of the state run television and radio Ort building was registered Early wednesday in the sorbonne s main  students had said tues Day they would sabotage Ort facilities unless they were Given an hour on to to explain their cause. Parallel situations existed another French universities across the country where students occupied school facilities to Harangue each other with their ideas. Barry praises fact lawyer at libel trial new York a Barr Goldwater ended six Days of Tes Timony tuesday in his $2-Millionlibel suit against fact Magazine with Praise for the Magazine attorney. You be been a gentleman the 1964 Republican presiden tial candidate told attorney har Ris Steinberg. Before Goldwater left the wit Ness tand judge Harold r. Tyler or. Asked him if it would be fair summary of Goldwater s complaint to list basically four things As stinging  the judge listed suggestions in a 1964 Issue of fact that Gold water was an anal character a latent homosexual suffer ing from some acute form of paranoia and that you Are being compared to  that be a fair sum Mary Tyler asked , sir i would say that Goldwater answered adding taken altogether it would make a person not knowing behave some grave doubts about my  Magazine Issue appeared a month before the november1964 election and maliciously pictured him As psychologically unfit to be president Goldwater charged. Gaslight Flicker St. Louis to. Up gaslight Square St. Louis night club District is running out of gaslight. The Gas company said that the property owner shave not been paying their Gas Bills. Some of the club proprietors however Are installing electric lights. 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