European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              The stars and stripes Page s perhaps lady Godiva approach is possible by Dick West trifle Kington up  of Marshall Mcluhan i if Book t titled the medium ls1 s Massarie a spoof of t h e a third person also picked up \ with Scully and Goossen was not identified and was questioned by Federal agents about possible involvement in Scully s alleged illegal activities. Speck challenges identification Chicago up the Appeal of a conviction and death sentence against Richard speck for the murder of eight student nurses is entered on weaknesses of identification by the sole survivor of the mass killing a defense attorney said tuesday. Cook county Public defender Gerald w. Getty said he also pointed up in a 191-Page Appeal to the Illinois supreme court the identification of smudged fingerprints found in the townhouse As those of speck. Man arrested with Arsenal Syracuse . A a27-year-Oid-Man was arrested by the Fri tuesday As he boarded a plane at Hancock Field Here with an Arsenal of two rifles a Pellet gun two knives and two Cap pistols. A spokesman said the Manas arrested after the Bureau plan received a tip that a would be  with carrying dangerous and deadly weapons aboard a plane a felony was Hans Klint of Syracuse who told agents that he was a coordinator at a workshop being run at Utica College. Chicago up negro comedian Stepin fetch it has pro tested the portrayal of his place in negro history by the Colum Bia broadcasting system in it series Black history lost stolen or  a letter monday to or. Frank Stanton president of  s attorney asked that he be Given equal time in another telecast of the cries to explain what occurred during his Days in Hollywood and Correct the distorted portrayal of his Posi Tion in the  part he played was a part he created attorney mar shall j. Cooper said. He is not stupid or Lazy or Eye rolling Oread scratching or stereotyped. He is in fact a very Fine clean a racial comedian who broke Many an unwritten Law when period of american movies Al Lowed the negro unimportant and inferior  Public accepted Stepin Stepin fetch it fetch it not As the Hollywood negro portrayed in birth of a nation but As a comedian of great  Cooper said fetch it lives in Chicago and has no quarrel wit the purpose of the series Only with the method. Your presentation has sacrificed a legendary figure in the history of show business Coop or said. Our client because of his great acting ability became the first True negro movie Starin the United  Cooper said fete hit s action were the same As those of great White comedians. The right of defamation has been  Cooper told Stanton. But it is not Legal re dress that requires correction. If negro history is to be properly placed in its position in Amer ican history when Stepin Fetchi must be allowed his proper  pay raise voted . Judges Washington a the House has voted to raise the annual salaries of District of Columbia judges by $4,006.on a Roll Call vote of 338 to 44, members sent to the Senate a Mil that would boost the top pay from $25,000 to $29,000. Secretary s wife blocks Road bombing i Urb credited air losses Over North Cut Washington a mrs. Wilbur Cohen wife of the Secre tary of health education and welfare joined eight other per sons monday in forming a human Chain to prevent bulldozers from Clearing ground for a Road Rock Crock Park a county preserve near suburban bodies a.  came Here to see if we i could prevent the devastation of the  said mrs. Cohen. "1 feel that it is one of the few wildernesses left she said the Secretary knew of her pro Tost plans. Tax treaty effective aug. 11 Washington a the internal Revenue service said tuesday lax withholding on div mends interest and royalties under the new  income tax treaty will go into effect aug. 11. The bask withholding rates on neome received by an Amer la an citizen on French invest ments and by a French  on . Investments Are 15 per cent on dividends 10 per cent on interest and 5 per cent on Indus trial royalties. A five per cent withholding rate will apply to dividends paid by a . Subsidiary of a French corporation and vice versa. Calif. Passes 20 million Mark 1-os Anci Zaiss up California the most populous state in e Union has broken the 20 million Mark and is now More populous than Canada the in my Angeles area chamber of of Pierce reported. Nearly half of the residents of the state live in the five county a which includes los Angeles county. The other counties Are r t Ern Ventura and san Bernardino. To a ,1,ll01 be chairman of the chamber of Commerce research committee predicted that the state s population could double brine Yea r Jolo. S?lr2fnuf population exceeds that of the nation s second Large stun a Yorky approximately 1ft million. Canada s Populu you i l�.9 million. By Bob ii Orton Washington a . Aircraft losses Over North Viet Nam have dropped dramatically since president Johnson limited bombing raids to the country s narrow Southern  associated press Check of daily military communiques shows 30 . Planes listed a shot Down Over North Vietnam since the president s bombing restrictions wont into effect March 31.by contrast the United states lost 133 pianos during the same period last year when raids were conducted against most of North  Sharp Cut in losses is even More dramatic when it is note that missions against the North have increased substantially since last year.. Pilots Are now flying at the rate of 130 missions per Day Over the North compared with103 per Day in 1967 and 65 in 1966. The following breakdown shows monthly Mission totals for 1968 since the bombing cur began with 1967 Mission totals in parenthesis april 3,412 2,925. May 3,593 3,237june 3,792 3.607 an july first three weeks 2,723 3,819 sources say one explanation for reduced air losses May lie inthe absence of a significant number of surface to air mis Siles Sam s in the  most recent estimate cred its North Vietnam with Only six confirmed Sam launch Sites plus two suspected  the United states would have lost 100 More planes had countrywide raids continued As in 19&7. The savings in aircraft alone amounts to at least $200  Pentagon officials Are scaling Down fighter production from an originally planned 100 pianos per month to 72 in accordance with the reduced loss  defense the bombing More effective though enemy officials maintain program is no than it was oven infiltration into South Vietnam has  of defense Clark m. Clifford told newsmen july 11that concentration of the attacks on enemy Supply Linos below North Vietnam s 20th parallel probably has produced More dividends and rewards than i the bombing wore spread Over a larger  Clifford said the enemy is expected to infiltrate 20.000 men southward in each of the sum Mer months but they will pay an increasingly higher Cost for that As they go through the pan handle South of the 20th Paral  of the year s have Boon directed Ati out enemy antiaircraft below the 20th Paralle Luros provided by sources Cate they have Boon Cess Ful. Missions knocking batteries and Fig Indi Suc highly astronaut has surgery Apollo role is Uncertain san Antonio up Jair Force surgeons tuesday successfully removed a Bone Spur from the Nock of astronaut Mike Collins who walked in space two years ago during the gemini 10 flight. The operation lasted 90minutes. Manned spacecraft Center officials in Houston said it was far too Early to Tell whether the37-year-old Collins would lose his berth As a prime Crew member for the third manned Apollo flight Early next year. Surgeons at Wilford Hall . Air Force Hospital who per formed the operation said it was successful without any  or. Charles Berry. The astronauts physician said re covery might take up to several months. Whether Collins keeps his Apollo assignment depends of course on recovery time and How much training time he loses. If Collins loses his Apollo berth it was believed that another astronaut backing him up on the Crew James Lovell would be his replacement. Berry said the Spur was a fairly common Type of arthritic