European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes France again requests help of euro Mart Paris up preside Tcharles de Gaulle s government said wednesday it is addressing new Appeal to France s euro Pean economic Community part ners for help for the French Economy seriously hit by six weeks of crippling strikes. Premier Georges Pompidou old a Cabinet meeting presided Over by de Gaulle that France still plans to meet the july 1 dec deadline when final Tariff barriers Between the six com Mon Market countries France West Germany Italy Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg Are to be swept away. But he said France is asking the euro Mart commission in Brussels for concessions de signed to ease the Burden on both French exporters and importers stemming from the strikes. Request rejected the French government recently asked to be allowed to restrict imports of electrical household goods such As refrigerators an washing machines mainly from Italy to keep its own Market from being swamped after Tariff barriers with the six Are re moved. The request was rejected but France made it again As temporary crisis measure. Pompidou told the Cabinet that More detailed and broader proposals for such Relief soon will be made to the commission. Meanwhile scattered outbreaks of violence erupted across France As the nation headed into the last four Days of a two week National Assembly election Campaign. 8oo actors Idle strike closes 21 Broadway Sim new York up the executive Secretary of actors equity association angrily acc e d theatrical producers tuesday of precipitating the current theatrical strike by arbitrarily refusing to even discuss the strike which began monday closed Down 21 Broad Way shows and nine Road companies touring the nation with Broadway hits idling 800members of the 15,000-member Union. Producer David Merrick Fly. Drama critics award which could be cabaret closed you can t come to the cabaret at the moment As it is shut Down by the actors equity strike. Twenty one shows on Roadway Are affected. A photo russians cautioned by Brandt Bonn up foreign min ister Willy Brandt said wednes Day he has warned the russian that their East German part ners have provoked a new Ber Lin crisis in order to Block agree ments to end East West tension. Brandt told his social demo cratic parliamentary caucus that he delivered the warning in East Berlin tuesday night Dur ing a meeting with Pyotr Abras Simov soviet ambassador Toast Germany. The minister raised the ques Tion As to whether the leading group in East Berlin is not Only trying to satisfy its mania for sovereignty but also wishes to provoke reaction against efforts to bring about a relaxation be tween states in Western and East Ern Europe a social democratic communique indicated he expected his eight hour journey into Easterlin to produce no easing of new communist rules and taxes on Berlin travel. Dodd Abc deny gift to soften criticism Washington up both by and sen. Thomas j. Dodd denied tuesday a report by columnist Drew Pearson that the broadcasting network Contri buted to the senator s campaigning an Effort to Dampen his criticism of television program Ming. Peter b. Kenney Washington vice president of Abc issued a statement which said the statements in Drew Pearson s column about Abc contributions to sen. In denied Dodd Are Senate speech Dod that he received $2,000 to $3,000 and then suppressed derogatory information about Abc. Kenney said when he worked and voted in Connecticut i made Small personal contributions to sen. Dodd As one of his constituents. I made no such contribution in 1964. I have never offered a contribution on behalf of Abc and i know of no Abc contribution Ever made Tosen. Dodd headed a Senate investigation which ended in 1964 dealing with crime and violence in television programming. Dodd told the Senate he was just As critical of Abc As of other networks about program dealing with sex and violence. The hearing record is Replete with my Sharp and serious criticisms of Abc Dodd told the Senate. I wish All of my colleagues would read this report and see that i did not go Light on and Jack Ander son Are the most prodigious liars Ever to creep into the american press. The american press is aware of this fact As is every member of this debris found in Hunt for Yachtsman Plymouth England up Rescue experts picked up wreck age wednesday in the Atlantic Ocean where French Yachtsman Joan de Kat is missing in a race from Britain to America by sail ing boat. Immediate efforts were made to match the debris a piece of plywood with the 50-Foottrimaran-Sloop Yaksha which apparently disintegrated under de Kat Early tuesday. Rap and american planes aided by a French aircraft have scoured an area about the size of Ireland in the search for the 27-year-old Yachtsman. One of the search aircraft hit by engine trouble made an emergency Landing at Ireland s Shannon Airport. The Raf Shackleton carrying a Crew of six and a British Broad casting corp. Bbl television cameraman ran into trouble about 500 Miles off the Irish coast. Clean9 cigarettes May be worst san Francisco up cigarettes lowest in tar and Nic Otine May be the most harmful to human lungs a tobacco re searcher told the american med ical association wednesday. While there is no doubt that tar and nicotine Are injurious to other portions of the body said or. Gareth m. Greene ican find no relationship Between these components and lung Greene said a widely advertised Brand of cigarettes that claims to be lowest in tar and nicotine actually resulted in More lung damage than 10 other filter brands tested. I Don t want to name the brands Greene said because that is really beside the we re getting at is that there is apparently some other unknown Factor that damages lung Greene a professor at har Vard medical school conducted his research at Boston City hos Pital. He said the study did not indicate which of the More than700 components in cigarette smoke caused the unknown agents in the smoke destroy lung cells by slow ing Down the process by which the lungs cleanse themselves of foreign particles Greene re ported. A swedish study presented to i the tobacco group said that while respiratory disease search indicates a re Strong possibility of a causal connection with smoking heredity appeared to be an equally important Factor. ,. The swedish scientists studied 4,500 sets of twins and in each Case one smoked and the other did not. No cause and effect relationship could be uncovered Between smoking and heart Dis ease the report said. Re jew utile league representing the ducked the si1 dispute and in removed All the from equity and follow the meanwhile mayor Lindsay indicated thai take a personal attempting to end the said several of his Ait i met at City Hall Miff equity s contract a league expired june there have been no net since june 13. Duncan Union negotiators Are i talk with the producers at time the league is ready tji sume meaningful discuss the Union sought a half year contract pro increase in the minimum $130 a week to we Power on the hiring Oti nonresident aliens Oul of weekly differential of Ikno reduction in the Memoni the chorus of a musical ate weeks which now is pen a two and a half year would terminate dec. A i Middle of the season Date ii would be a disadvantage to ? Duckers. The producers offered a year contract with the mum weekly pay scaled $145 to $165 for the life Oil pact employment of be decided by federation authorities out of Tomi Fere tial of $50 reduction of a chorus As i members leave a musical stars imported under the old control producers could hire i resident alien actors to a extent of 30 per cent of i cast. Usually imported Plaj Iare stars or leading Attol brought Over to repeat roles in which they starred in there Are some resident alien actors British of Star Caliper Liow not affected by the30perj unit Tion is permitted. This n bringing an entire East abroad usually for a Smyj play of very special nature i one of repertory the Large companies. Special saving in top players who May Era More than american to Alful some cases. Foreign working Here pay five i of their weekly Gross equity. Salary weather . Temperature h l 78 53 Albany 98 63 Albuquerque 91 65 Ain Arillo 91 69 Birmingham 77 46 Bismarck 97 61 Boise 69 57 Boston 74 48 Buffalo 83 47 Casper 83 63 Chicago 81 57 Cincinnati 73 44 Cleveland 89 53 Denver 87 66 Des Homes 71 48 Detroit 74 50 Duluth 98 65 Elpaso 77 52 fargo83 68 fort Worth 86 70 Houston 80 56 a Diana nov Lle 89 68 Kansas r w 7 70 Las vegas 60 los an Sitf ill73 1 ,08 70 tuck
