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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1968 the stars and stripes Page 7 alaskan who thought he was beaten treated for 5 Bullet wounds in head Francisco a an save a 57-year-old alas i Public health official was be times in the head but say seeking me die a i widows because he thought he Only been roughed of by those bullets Muff have killed him. It s  said an attending physician tuesday night about or. Ralph b. Wil Liams encounter in the rough tenderloin District. The physician who asked notto be identified said Williams had five bullets in his head Noneff them in the brain but considered his condition serious not critical. Police and the doctor pieced homeowners face hike riots boosting insurance rates new York a Home owners across the nation face the Prospect of a la year boosting their Home insurance rates to offset riot losses of insurance companies. At least 13 states have approved the increase and it Likely the boost will spread nationwide said a spokesman forthe insurance information Institute the $1 was added because of eggs thrown at in Urshey Madison wis. A  b. Hershey entered a downtown Madison hotel amid splatter of eggs and jeers from hundreds of anti War  remained in his car and was driven into the building through a service Entrance. Police reinforcements were immediately ordered to the scene. Hershey director of the nation s selective service sys tem was in town to address rotary club luncheon. The demonstrators shouted hell no we won t go and it takes a real Man to say i won to " As soon As the car bearing the general was spotted Stu dents swarmed the vehicle hurling eggs and  building was immediately sealed off by police. The severe losses the companies have suffered in riots said Alfred  losses totalled $70 Mil lion in riots last year and this year so far Are about f50 million. Nothing like this was anticipated when riot coverage was written into policies and no Spe Cial charge was made hag Gerty said. The Al charge will apply to Al new or renewed policies which customarily Are sold on Athree year basis. The added Cost will go on All Homes regardless of value or location. In addition policies on com Mercial property such As stores will be increased by two percent in areas with populations up to 250,000 and by four per cent in areas with populations Over 250,000.fire and extended insurance coverage on households will group one cent per $100 of cover age. For instance the rate will go up $1 on a $10,000 policy. The Industry feels that Attis Point there is every Indica Tion there will be More civil Dis orders Haggerty said. States where the $1 addition has been approved by state regulatory groups include alas a Arizona California Connecticut Idaho Indiana Ken Tucky Minnesota Montana Nevada new York Ohio and Flor Ida. Together this Chain of , director of Laboratory services for the Alaska department of health and Wel fare went to see a movie Sun Day night and decided to walk Back to his  was knocked to the ground but could t remember what followed. Later he Man aged to Hail a cab to Lake Zimback to his hotel. Williams thought he had been beaten up and shrugged off the hotel manager s suggestion he get a checkup. But he agreed amid afternoon to see the doctor. Not until x rays had been taken did the doctor discover his patient had been shot. One bul let had lodged in the right lobe of the brain others at the base of the Skull Jawbone hinge and hard  fifth which the doctor expressed most concern about entered beneath the left Eye and lodged in Williams neck be tween the jugular vein and Caro tid artery. Cord to tie knot actor Alex Cord and actress Joanna Pittet Tell newsmen at los Angeles Airport that they plan to wed in june. It will be the second marriage for Cord an sex Rodeo rider and the first for miss Pettet 23. A photo . Disruption last resort9 Abernathy senators encouraged Washington up there. Ralph David Abernathy met privately wednesday with70 members of Congress and told them his army of poo would disrupt Washington s life Only As a very last  he emerged greatly encouraged and so did Many of the lawmakers who conferred wit him for 90 minutes. Sen. Charles Percy .r-i11.,said he thought people s Campaign move along  the will poo help sen. Edward Brooke r cried when themass., the Only negro in the Sampson of the Senate said he would try to organize it. The committee will meet o n c e a week with Aber Nathy while up to 4,000 demonstrators Are in  congressmen were particularly anxious to know wha Abernathy head of the Southern Christian leadership Confer ence meant when he said his demonstrators would turn Washington upside Down and turn it right Side up  meant it in the Way or. Rev. A.  icy ust want a piece of Martin Luther King used it action he said. They to put first things first Percy the want to feel that they Are a part of this  of the meeting came an agreement to create a 15 or 17-member informal committee of lawmakers who will act As Buffer Between Congress and the demonstrators. Books smart clubs get them printed at stripes for further details visit write Call stars & stripes Apo 09175 Tel Griesheim Civ. 06155 2071 Darmstadt air strip 2376 741 _ Christian leadership Council testified before the Senate Interior committee that the White Man had taken millions of acres including Manhattan is land from the american in Dian unjustly. Safety chief oks shooting of arsonists Washington up pub Lic safety director Patrick Murphy said wednesday District of Columbia police May shoot arsonists and looters i that is the Only Way to Stop  told members of the House District committee that deadly Force May be employed if a criminal disobeys policeman s order and there is no other Means of halting the crime. The decision Murphy said i left to the judgment of the officer is the most difficult Legal and mural problem that faces a policeman. Among other things he said the officer must decide whether firing his weapon might accidentally hit an innocent  safety director indicated fhis"b"iil7 steelworkers a r Eti that this was department policy Long before he took office last  constantly Hope that it is not necessary to Progress to civil disobedience Abernathy said after the closed door meeting in the Rayburn office building. That is Only a Las resort and i would Hope that Congress would Start to move on the marchers Antipoverty demands even before All the poor people arrive in washing  he said he was graciously received and i am greatly encouraged by the  of the poor people s chief goals legislation to create 2.4million jobs Over the next four years for the hard Core unemployed won the backing of the United steel workers of americ Union. In a very dramatic and Hope successful Way they Are petitioning their elected representatives to act favourably upon Dent i. W. Abel told a Senate labor subcommittee. To that petitioning i join the voice Oft h e United Steeh workers of  Bill would create jobs in conservation building recreational facilities and rehabilitating slum , More than 100 of the 600 poor people already Here left their chilled and cramped campsite shelters and went to Capitol Hill to go to Bat for the american  it to pm someone slug carried Long Lyon France a retired Railroad Man Louis Roche 78, wont to the doctor for a stomachache. An a Ray revealed a .30 Caliper machine gun Bullet he had carried unknowingly since 1914 december. He spelled it out to congressmen who accused Mur Phy of following a policy of laxity during april s disorders. Opposed to laxity i m opposed to laxity in Law enforcement during disorder Sand at any other time Murphy told rep. Basil Whitener  by rep. Joel Broyhill r-va., Murphy said i agree that we just cannot permit the impression to get about that there is a policy of  by Whitener How to Stop an arsonist who is about Coset fire to a store with people living above it Murphy an swered promptly shoot him. If that is the Only Way to Stop him ultimate Force May be   
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