European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 25, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              The stars and stripes All hogging aslde9 is it a Michey by Dick West Washington up nearly every Middle aged male adult has a touch of Walter Mitty in him. Mine usually comes to the surface when i am out making my morning jog around the  is Good for the body but there is nothing to keep the mind occupied or distracted. As a result a jog Ger s mind tends to Drift off into fan of in c i Fly most mornings i meet a few women along the Street. As i lurch past them in my jogging togs Mickey mouse sweatshirt Corduroy pants and Brown sneakers with a Hole in one toe fancy they Are discussing my  lady who is that superbly conditioned athlete whose Majestic stride is such a rare blend of consummate Grace and Anima Listic Power second lady that is speedy West the famous jogging Champion. He straining for the 1968  first lady you must be proud Tolive in the same neighbourhood with  their voices fade away another voice begins to make itself heard above the roaring crowd. It is the voice of Chris Shenkel the sports  now ladies and gentlemen we come to the grand Climax of the 1968 summer olympic games the two Block jog. The experts agree the out come will depend on How the Altitude Here in Mexico City affects the joggers. Wakamoto the japanese Jogger has been preparing for it by jogging up and Down it. Fuji. Escudero of Bolivia lives in the mountains so he should t be bothered. But speedy West who represents America s Hopes for a Gold medal in this event has been training at sea level. The gun sounds and they re  s Wakamoto in the Lead followed by Escudero. Can speedy West whose valiant heart must be nearly bursting in this thin air overtake them speedy West a giving a glory of America he wins it s a new Ging record. The stadium ing wild. Speedy West again. I relive this Golden moment Morong. It s the Only thing that me going. Reuther says food program Falls Short Washington up Wal Ter Reuther said sunday that agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman has t done All he could to relieve hunger an malnutrition among the nation s poor people. The United Auto worker Union president commended Freeman for actions taken bythe department of agriculture to provide More and better Foo for needy persons but said i must state frankly that on the whole they Are inadequate when compared to essential measure needed to alleviate suffering of millions of hungry and malnourished  Reuther chairman of the citizens crusade against poverty made Public a letter rewrote to Freeman urging the agriculture Secretary to take six administrative Steps to make food from Federal programs More available to poor people. Actions far Short without deprecating what has been done i must in Good conscience advise you that the actions so far taken by your department to meet problems of hunger and malnutrition Are far Short of what can be accomplished under your leadership Reuther s letter said. The six Steps urged by Reuther were make available All of Section 32 funds collected on certain agricultural imports to expand radically the commodity distribution  authority under the commodity distribution act to involve private nonprofit Agen cies in the distribution of Foo to the hungry. Contract with private Indus try for the further fortification of commodities and the addition of newly developed foods and addition of protein. Food stamp act use emergency authority under the food stamp act to Supply commodities immediately to those counties presently participating in the food stamp program which a citizens Boardo inquiry said still had hunger. Subject the food stamp program to Basic administrative changes recommended by the citizens Board including provid ing free Stamps to those who have no income or Cash and overhauling the schedule of stamp charges to More accurately reflect a family s Normal expenditures for food. Implement immediately the major recommendations of the Board for administrative improvements in the school lunch program including setting ceiling on lunch prices and guaranteeing free and reduce Price lunches for poor children. Gang got $927, Grant Leo chief questions Chicago arms Cache Washington a theoffice of economic Opportunity said sunday it has no knowledge of arms stockpiling by a Chica go Street gang which it was trying to reclaim for society with a $927,000 Grant to teach its members simple Job  a prepared statement answering this and other Denise Darcel arrested in Miami As shoplifter Miami Fla. A French actress Denise Darcel who won screen popularity in the early1950s, was jailed in Miami Sun Day on charges of shoplifting$35.08 in various ladies Wear ing apparel police  Darcel who gave her age to police As 42, was arrested by a store detective in downtown Miami police said she has identification and you can recognize her poli Celt. Paul Oboz said. She s quite an actress. She was going through it Here explaining her self. She is very High Strung buttery  miss Darcel was wearing Slacks a Blouse and a headband when  told police she is to open in a new York show this week but declined to say where. She was leaving at 6 50  new York Oboz said. She s naturally  Denise Darcel Oboz said she had already purchased several articles and paid for them. And she was pick ing up other things she wanted. She claimed there was no Saleslady at the time and she intended to pay for it later. She claims she went outside to see if a bus was coming by. That s when she was arrested by the store  Roberto Lopez Security guar who arrested miss Darcel at the downtown Miami store said Shehad three shopping bags full of merchandise. We did t know who she was. After she was booked we found  asked about miss Darcel Contention she intended to pay for the merchandise Lopez said we Don t question them. Right away we place them under arrest and we advise them of their rights. We Don t have a Register to pay for the merchandise in the parking lot you know. Sconce you walk out into the Park ing lot. Lopez said that s a secret when asked Why he was watch Ling miss Darcel. We observe almost everybody who walk around with shopping  Oboz said miss Darcel is accused of stealing a Long list of merchandise. You know bras lingerie things of that a  she gave a Miami Beach address. She must appear in municipal court june 28 on Petty Lar ency charges. Miss Darcel posted $500 Bondad was released from jail. Born in Paris miss Darce came to Hollywood in 1947 to film to the  she Fol Lowed with a Success in Battle ground opposite Van Johnson and the late John Hodiak. Charges aired before the Senate permanent investigations sub committee last week Leo director Bertrand Harding asserted senators May have been eager to level sensational criticism at the program although he conceded the project May have failed. The apparent eagerness of some to accept the uncorroborated statements of a chicag hoodlum who was never a participant in the program raise questions about their own credibility said the statement. At a committee session Fri Day George Rose a former warlord of the Blackstone rangers testified that gang leaders considered the Federal Grant As a Means of getting some easy Money to Mold the rangers into an even More pow Erful criminal organization. Church used Rose said the Rev. John Fry identified As the pastor of first presbyterian Church on the City s South Side allowed the gang to use his Church to hold marijuana parties and store arms. Fry denied  said the arms kept in a Tunnel under the Church included sawed off shotguns carbines and rifles with sniper  of the Federal Money was used to buy arms and put up bail Bond for jailed members he added. Harding said Chicago policemen daily with the local Agency administering the program the Woodlawn organization and were close to it from the Start. At no time have the police reported to the Leo finding arsenals of weapons As a result of this project Harding said adding that Leo 9n-site Moni tors also never disclosed Evi Dence of weapons caches. Harding denied also the Testi Mony of a Senate investigator John j. Walsh that a University of Chicago professor received $63,947 to evaluate the High risk Federal training program but had never made his report. Harding s statement said a re port was Given Early in the year on Progress in data collections research design an Mats and a written issued in june and the subcommittee. He final report is expected Faber. Harding confirmed that government financed a picnic for the Range said this was done at tit quest of police. He  a special Outi Bud Billiken Day a tinal one for fighting among go gangs. Project briefing the Outing said Harding used to Brief the youths no j project and How they Coti Dicome a part of it. Sen. John j. ,ark., chairman of the Mittee charged that the allowed the rangers and i or gang the East Side ampies to take charge of the Gram to buy peace on streets of Chicago s  Harding said it was the iof the program to allow participation by gang me themselves to test whether Oil mechanisms of the gangs lures could assist in shift up Titues toward productive  Jet fuel Leai endangers . Harbor san Peiro. Calif. A about 8,200 Gallons of lug we Atile Jet fuel leaked  into los Angela sunday before the ships could be drained below to of the leak. Three fireboat and fit units stood by in Case a dung the eight hour at pier 169.fire department said the leak was Abo below the water line Side of the Tanker Shell Oil co. Ship Saiu