European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday Moy a the stars and stripes Page 7 panel cuts funds for school lunch Washington a Senate committee has voted to slash $14.4 million from the school lunch program prompt ing one Democrat to voice Hope it was not a punitive action aimed at the poor people s Senate appropriations committee did however re store nearly $5 million which the House has Cut in special food programs for children of the poverty stricken. Such Aid Isa prime stated goal of the poor people s Campaign now encamped in Washington to pres sure Congress for programs Aid ing the destitute. Sen. Walter f. Mondale d-minn., taking Issue with the Over All Cut said after the com Mittee vote Friday i sincerely Hope this action is not punitive in nature designed to show the poor people s Campaign that they dare not affront Congress with their demands at the risk of losing ground in the fight to overcome poverty and programs but sen. Spessard l. Holland,d-fla., who Heads the agricultural appropriations subcommittee said in an interview his group paid much More Atten Tion to the special programs aimed at the very said the Senate com Mittee voted $14 million for the school breakfast program Spe Cial Aid for areas of widespread poverty and other similar Meas ures compared with the $9.25million approved by the House. The administration sought $24.8million. The full Senate panel approved$237.6 million for both the regu Lar school lunch program an special programs the upshot of its shifting of funds was that$223.6 million was voted for the regular school lunch program or $14.4 million less than the House figure. These funds were included in a$5.5 billion agriculture Bill the first of regular Money Bills forthe fiscal year starting july 1 to win approval from the appropriations committee. Extras Are essential need a Nice mob scene Hollywood up an eager press agent s idea for the first screen extra awards most distinguished performance in a milling crowd draws attention to a silent army. The idea of screen extras awards was dreamed up by a press agent who hoped to get free publicity for a pizza parlor he chose for the awards one took the awards pro Gram seriously with its various categories including most distinguished performance by Gambler and most distinguished performance up staging principal. In All there Are some 3,500screen extras a very tight Little organization which does very Well by its members. For instance a general extra a Guy who walks Down a con temporary Street or sits on Park Bench is paid a minimum $29.15 daily or $133.40 by the week. The base pay for dress extras a Guy in Tuxedo is $37.22 daily. The clothes naturally Are disown. He is paid for having a larger wardrobe than his Poore Brethren. There Are More general extras and dress extras than any Rise in imports imperils America Magazine says new York a a remarkable surge in imports especially from Japan Italy and Spain has so sharply re versed the traditionally . Foreign Trade balance to cause grave implications for the nation s economic future for tune Magazine said Here. The business monthly said that apart from government financed exports under foreign Aid . Foreign Trade accounts have recently showed a deficit at the students Honor or. King London is teachers administrators and dependent students at Central High school Here have contributed $300 that is to be Given to a deserving negro student in the United states. The scholarship Money was collected in memory of or. Martin Luther King. Rate of More than $2 billion year. Among the shocks Strain Sand insults inflicted on the . Economy in recent months Fortune said perhaps t h e most ominous of All has been drastic turn for the worse in foreign Trade. During the final Quarter of 1967 and the first Quarter of1968 the once sturdy . Trade surplus crumbled. Eve when it still enjoyed a substantial Trade surplus the . Rana deficit in its Over All balance of payments and lost a lot of Gold As a result. Now suddenly the outlooks Ems much bleaker. The deterioration in the . Trade Posi Tion greatly increases the difficulty of coping with the bal Ance of payments Fortune added another unpleasant consequence of recent win. Money guides stars & stripes bookstores i Campana Ati. In thl to Nei Nln want Mtrtus Lull Cottom Lublin Thi is in no Dpi out ctn Lieut of Laden Tarot by uie detriment Al Delia or a i Trade has been the strengthen ing of protectionism in the . As More and More industries feel the cutting Edge of foreign Competition the demands for the Protection grow More insist among the industries cite was textiles. And Fortune added As just about every consumer knows or suspects for eign manufacturers have Bee making big inroads into our consumer goods Market usually by offering some combination of style Quality and lower Price. Italy and Spain have score notably in shoes and other leather products Britain and Japan in bicycles and motorcycles and Japan Hong Kong and Tai wan in sporting goods. Japan accounts for fully 70per cent of the spectacular inva Sion of the . Radio to phonograph and tape recorder markets. Imports of these products alone climbed from $96 million in 1966 to $368 million other kind but there Are special rates for extras who specialize. The Guild s agreement wit producers includes All manner of specialists toe dancers swimmers skaters midgets stand ins jockeys dance ins an the like. Don t ask what a dance in is unless it s a Man or woman possibly a couple who dance into a scene. Even the extras have their elite. An elephant or Camel rider for example is paid $68.29a Day. But then How Many Movi Escall for a Camel rider More often especially in bib Lical epics the unwashed thou Sands screaming for bread or water or Justice or somebody s head in the background Are extras dressed in sackcloth. It s All right for an extra to scream in concert with other extras. But let the director give him a single word to speak for example help or zounds and he is no longer an extra. He becomes an actor and must repaid commensurate with his Talent. Two mariners to take close look at Mars Pasadena Calif. A twin spacecraft with powerful television cameras Are schedule to Fly past the planet Mars next summer. If All goes Well scientists will know for the first time whether there is an intelligent pattern tothe dark lines crisscrossing Mars surface. The spacecraft Mariner 6 and 7, will be launched Between mid february and Early april. They Are to Fly within 2,000 Miles of Mars in a five Day Span Between the end of july and mid August. Their cameras will be capable of picking out features As Small As 900 feet across. If the crisscross lines Are ancient Waterways or ruins of cities which some authorities believe May still exist on Mars As relics of a Long dead civilization these cameras could photograph them. Prices in . Hit record London up the Cost of living in Britain climbed steeply in april to a new High. The in Dex of retail prices now issued by the newly named ministry of employment and productivity jumped 2.2 Points to 124.8 i april compared with 122.6 it March. The base computation january 1962equals 100. Film producer Feldman Dies of cancer at 63 Beverly Hills Calif a Charles k. Feldman Talent agent who became an in dependent producer and turned out such films As the Glass menagerie the seven year itch and the group died Early saturday. He was 63. The ruggedly handsome Feld Man succumbed at his Home to cancer of the pancreas after six month illness. Successful agent after working briefly As a lawyer for Talent agencies Feldman founded his own Agency famous artists corp., in1932 and became one of Holly Wood s most successful his clients were Greta Garbo Marlene Dietrich Ingri Bergman Gary Cooper Tyrone Power William Holden Johnwayne Marilyn Monroe and Richard also represented producers and directors including Darryl. Zanuck David 0. Selznick and Otto confidante of film moguls Feldman eyed the millions the made and started buying and producing literary properties himself. Always a Man in the shadows disdaining publicity almost As much As his Friend Howard Hughes Feldman was an Enigma to Hollywood. No one knew what he was up to from producing a film directly to packaging one for someone else or signing upcoming Surprise he paid $10,000 in 1954 for mystery Book Casino Royale a an obscure britishers named an Fleming and tucked the Book away while Fleming s other James Bond novels were made into successful he used multiple James Bonds five directors and nine writers in the Casino Royale movie. It had 17 stars including Peter Sellers David Niven and Deborah Kerr and surprised sceptics with its Box office Suc Feldman s other Pic Tures were what s new pussycat Streetcar named desire North to Alaska red River walk on the wild Side the 7th Dawn and anyone for
