European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday May 29, 1961. A a l.,.i?4cw to a lip pm. .ms4fctivto �3fp�f Al v a Elisii lpns it big wheel when the 57-acre family Houston on saturday one of the big at to be the Multi coloured Astro wheel amusement Park Astroworld opens in traction for Young and old kids is sure modern version of the Ferris military spent $6.81 billion during april Washington a Mili tary spending during april jumped to its second highest level since world War n at $6.81 billion the Treasury depart ment reported monday. The High Mark was $6.89 Bil lion last january. The newest figure brought to Tal military spending for the first 10 months of the fiscal Yea to $63.2 billion. President Johnson has Esti mated military spending for the entire fiscal year which end june 30, at $76.2 billion about $2.5 billion More than the Esti mate submitted to Congress last january. In its monthly statement of to Tal government receipts and spending the Treasury said the government ran a deficit of $24.9 billion during the first 10months of the fiscal year. This is expected to be close to the figure for the entire year. India gives kingly understanding award new Delhi up India has posthumously awarded to Martin Luther King the 1968jawaharlal Nehru award for International understanding Edu cation minister Trig Una sen announced monday. The award carries a citation and a prize of �14,000. Vintage car sales record 1913 Mercer Sells for $45, Brookline mass. Up the world auction record for Vintage automobiles was smashed monday when a 1913 Mercer runabout was sold to businessman for $45,000. Harry Resnick bought the ele Gant Black and Gold open car with bucket seats and monocle court drops Case against miss Fitt new York a disorderly conduct charges against Cathleen b. Fitt daughter of asst. Defense Secretary Alfred b. Fitt stemming from an anti Vietnam War protest were Dis missed monday for Lack of Evi Dence. Miss Fitt 22, a senior at Sarah Lawrence College was arrested last december an charged with illegally Congre gating on a Public Street an blocking traffic. Bennett Gersh Man an assistant District attorney told criminal court judge Daniel Weiss the state could prove the charges. Fitt approves monthly draft quotas As part of his Job As assistant Secretary of defense for manpower. Charges against two fellow demonstrators Rebecca c. A Lin 19, Norwalk conn., and Keith r. Lampe 36, a Queens College English instructor also were dismissed. Windshield at the Sale of 66 old and not so old cars which brought a total of $297,300. The Mercer had been put up for Sale by Harry b. Johnson of Reno Nev. The previous auction High fora Vintage car was $31,000 for a 1914 Stanley Steamer last no vember at a Sale in Denver Colo. Resnick was the major buyer at the Sale at the antique Auto Mobile museum conducted Yparke Bernet galleries of n e w York. He paid $37,500 for a sleek 1967 Duesenberg 4-door Sedan with a body by Ghia sold by a Delaware private collector$15,000 for a 1916 Biddle Victoria touring car from the same col Lector and $8,000 for a 1924 Amil car three place sports car fro the collection of Jack Wiggins. William Harrah a Nevada Ca sino owner paid $12,250 for a 1925 Duesenberg four passenger touring car. The earliest cars in the Sale a 1901 Oldsmobile runabout and a 1906 Studebaker touring car brought $5,750 and$6,750, respectively. Expert plugs steam autos Washington up a Pri vate researcher told Congress monday that steam engined car would be cheaper and just Asef Focient As internal combustion vehicles. Ford and general motors said it was not so. Or. Robert Ayres of re sources for the future inc., a private research foundation told the Senate air and water pollution subcommittee that the big Auto makers fault finding with the steam engine was simply red he said the steam car would be cheaper than present models because it would not need clutch transmission Carburettor distributor Muffler or engine Block Cooling system. Ayres added that the steam engine would be fed by Low octane fuel so that the Oil Industry would not suffer by the conversion. But witnesses for Ford an general motors challenged his testimony asserting that the steam engine was More Complex than the internal combustion engine and would result in greater costs than improvement of the present system. The subcommittee is holding hearings on air pollution produced by Auto engines. Ayres said the steam engine was the most effective answer because i emits virtually no pollutants. Marine loses bid for Viet murder trial quant1co, aim corps Law a a. Of from to Cpl. Stanley j. Us the retrial of the Young be moved Back to flu where he was convicted of a Vietnam woman Iii months ago. 11 attorney Frank j. Mcgee join asking for the change of yen be had urged that Only a to m Vietnam would permit prone examination of a Man he a key defense witness Nguyen Lac the chief of a tin vietnamese Village without a name. R it was in Lac s Village tha Luczko on sept. 22, 1968, shot a woman Nguyen tin co he said he thought was a Viet Cong. He was convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. L4iczko was leading a nine Thani combat patrol though he was Only 20 years old. Monday the slim Crew Cut youth a former altar boy in his Hometown of Gardner mass.,stared fixedly at the table be fore him while col. Jack a Hanthorn the Law officer or judge of the general court mar tial denied Mcgee s motions one by one. Which Way Hanthorn said the defense at Torney had presented too Little evidence that Lac s testimony would indeed favor the defend ant and he weighed shot Down jurisdictional motions which would have called for a new indictment. Lac had testified at the trial on the slain woman s possible Viel Cong connections. " Hanthorn also dismissed Mcgee s Contention that the government was shopping fora forum by holding the retrial in Quantico rather than in Viet Nam where counter insurgency is All around and people know the problem for what it the Law officer suggested that the nine officers in the court martial eight of whom Are Viet Nam veterans might indeed be acquainted with the problems of counter insurgency. Error voids trial Luczko was tried Jan. H1967, at first Marine Headquarters Danang Vietnam. He appealed the conviction and last March a Navy Board Oire View set aside the conviction saying the original court mar tial Law officer had erred in no instructing the court to consid Luczko s mental condition at me time of the shooting. The Board said there Ujj ample evidence that Luczko behaviour on the Day of shooting had been irrational. Mccarthy s daughter assails protesters _ Mary sen. Tiwary marches is Over. I took part March the nomination. to tend toward vol new Dofi t approve Lei .1 / to _ 1 -1 _ it t Antiwar the is to made
