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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 04, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes sunday Aua schools told to end to tasks by Marc Hiuet Washington Bureau chief Washington is de sense officials said they expect All the fire hazards found in a Survey of Oversea dependent schools to be eliminated by the time the schools open late this month in the Pacific and Early next month in  special fire inspection and Survey of the dependent school system last year in 192 locations showed that 148 needed corrections of one kind or another officials said. Some were called firetrap. Most of the deficiencies were noted in Europe and in the far East although Atlantic Are schools also came in for a share of hazards. The largest number needed minor modification to classrooms and buildings such As Chang ing doors so they open outward and improvements in electrical wiring systems. Others require replacing wooden fire escape with steel. One classroom in Izmir tur key was found in the basement of an apartment House with limited escape for children in the event of a fire. The shortcomings were reported to Pentagon authorities following an inspection by the then Deputy assistant defense Secretary for education or. Lynn m. Bartlett and or. Anthony Cardinale director for dependent  assistant defense Secretary for installations and logistics  Ala. Sex attorney general indicted f Birmingham Ala. A a two year investigation was climaxed Here Friday when Federal grand jury returned extortion indictments against Richmond Flowers former Ala Bama state attorney general and three other men. . Atty. Macon l. Weave said indictments were returned against Flowers Joe Brec Gantt an assistant attorney general under Flowers Oscare. Hyde Birmingham banker and businessman and James , Laurel miss., business  men were accused of hav ing conspired to wrongfully exact payments from persons companies and corporation doing business in Alabama Dur ing Flowers term in  served As attorney general from 1963 to 1967, Andran As a Distant runner up to the late gov. Lurleen Wallace in the1966 democratic gubernatorial  indictment concerned alleged conspiracy involving the issuance and Sale of Stock in an insurance company and the extortion of Money from Small loan companies through threats of investigations and closure  count of the four count indictment carries a maximum penalty of $10,000 in fines and 20 years  first of the counts alleged a conspiracy in which applications to the former attorney general for the issuance an Sale of Stock in Alabama would be surreptitiously referred to Hyde. Memphis. Continued from Page 1j got Back in his car an drove slowly away the witnesses  Reeves a neighbor dashed for his Auto and trailed the gun Man s car for several blocks. When he returned to the shoot ing scene he gave police a License  Gresham were named family of the year by the Mem Phis kiwanis club in 1960. Gresh am was a Baptist Deacon an was Active in youth work. Israelis jordanians Trade shots again Tel Aviv a israeli an jordanian forces exchanged Light Small arms fire Friday across the Jordan River cease fire line near us Shurat Hiorth of the dead sea an army spokesman said  shooting which erupted in late afternoon lasted for 10 min utes. There were no israeli casualties the spokesman said. Weather mostly Cloudy with isolated Howe i. Partly Cloudy and warmer monday. Frankfurt Heidelberg High 73, Low 58. Tern Peart re recorded saturday Cetla 44 am pm61 88 Madrid p 59 57 Munich r 57 70 Paris p 54 66 profit Wick 70 81 Rome p 77 6 wheel i p 4 4 am pm 78 92 Adana p 70 81 Atheni p 4 72 Aviano r 63 79 Berlin p 3 73 Frankfurt p n 64 London cd Cir cd Cloudy a partly Cloudy a rain. 2nd weather Wing according to the indictment Flowers approved Only the applications submitted by the applicants making payments demanded by Hyde. The indict ment claimed that Hyde demanded payments amounting to5 per cent of the requested Stock Issue and that the payments were disguised As Legal and Public relations  the conspiracy reportedly continued throughout Flowers four year term of  second count charged that a conspiracy to extort Money from Small loan companies was perpetrated through threats of investigation of their activities seizure of records and false suits to close them. The third count charged flow ers and Hyde with exacting$25,000 from the Paramount life insurance co., under an agree ment to let the firm sell Stock. Flowers Hyde and Gantt were accused in the fourth count with obtaining $59,438 from Cen Tury discount corp. In a Deal involving dismissal of an injunction suit against the firm and the return of its seized records. My Broadens steel fight continued from Page i procedures with respect to their  civilian departments of the government Purchase approximately 5.2 million tons of Steela year at a Cost of nearly $700 million. The size of the purchases by government con tractors and sub contractors and the amount of Grant in Aid purchases As state Highway programs and other federally subsidized state and local projects was not immediately available from the White House. Also unknown were the immediate effects of the order. The White House said i depended upon the language of each individual contract As to whether the government its contractors and their sub contractors could immediately divert steel Purchase  White House said that the biggest direct government purchasers of steel were the Aid program the departments of health education and welfare transportation housing a Durban development and the general services administration. Steel purchases by these five agencies amount to approximately three fourths of the Federal government s direct steel  s order went to All Cabinet agencies plus the atomic Energy commission Gas regional offices the interstate Commerce commis Sion the National science foundation office of emergency planning St. Lawrence Seaway authority the Small business administration Veter an s administration the Aid program Nasa and the Tennessee Valley authority. The White House said these agencies constituted the major steel purchasers in the govern ment and that it was the president s understanding that those agencies not covered inthe order would comply with its  White House said Johnson took saturday s action because hews looking for every possible Way to protect the  White House would not comment directly when asked whether this action left the president at the end of his rope in his Battle with the steel Industry. Eight of the nation s top 10 steel producers hiked prices including . Steel Bethlehem steel corp., Republic Inland Jones & Laughlin Youngstown Sheet and tube Aramco and National steel. Crucible a Small specially producer joined the hot. The White House said the president had received responses to the telegrams he sen Friday to the individual steel companies but it would no comment on the nature of the replies. There was no indication from Here whether any of the companies who had raised their prices had agreed to Roll them Back or More importantly whether any companies that had not raised prices had agreed to hold the Price line. The major thrust in the administration s Battle with the steel Industry thus far appears to be directed at finding at least one major steel producer who would be willing to hold the line on prices which would Force theother companies to Roll Back. A Thomas d. Morris on army Navy and a r & eliminate the i c Bazar 0 Ujj submit a Progress report has been done by october meanwhile defens officials reported a n drop in the dependent school Lent for the 1968-1969 year of about 3,000 St mostly due to the troop reds ment from West Germany T they expect to have aim98,000 students in Europe s Jcj la do a l of 7 000 in Germany which will be offset by an in crease of about 4,000 in the Pacific area from last year s 48 do to 52,000. The Atlantic area 2have about 5,800 students it s official Reagan enters gop contest Miami Beach up race for the Republican Prev. Identical nomination was openly transformed i n t o a three Way contest saturday by development of an operating Campaign organization for Ronald Reagan James w. Halley san fran Cisco attorney and California gop chairman announced that he would serve at Reagan i request As floor manager forthe California governor at the Republican National convention Reagan has maintained his Label As California s favorite son candidate but Halley pointed out at a news conference thai the governor had said he could be considered a candidate once his name went before the Oon a mention which opens monday. Parley oks liberalization continued from Page after Warsaw pact Maneu vers. The soviet Union has used the troops for political pressure against the Reform czechoslovak leadership under communist party chief Alexander  six party declaration was drafted at a 3-Day meeting be tween czechoslovak and soviet leaders earlier last week. Hajek s news conference too place following the signing of the declaration by Czechoslovakia the soviet Union East Germany Poland Hungary and Bulgaria. During the signing a crowd of thousands shouted Long live sovereignty outside the City Hall in this capital of Slovakia. After the signing czechoslovak and other leaders were wildly cheered when they appeared on the Balcony of the City Hall. I think we can say that our relations with the soviet Union Are As Good As they were 20years ago National Assembly president Josef Smrkovsky told the cheering crowd. While the crowd stared up atthe City Hall Balcony and the applause swelled Smrkovsky turned to embrace russian communist party first Secretary Leoni Brezhnev. They kissed each other on both Cheeks. I say that most sincerely Andi also thank All the other fraternal parties. We All have Don Good work. Tomorrow Comrade Dubcek will speak to you and ican Tell you that you can expect Good news and then at last nor Mal Days can begin Smrkovsky  the declaration was delayed for five hours and 40 min utes because of difficulties in agreeing on the wording. The matter was finally re solved by the six party first secretaries meeting alone wit their interpreters. Dubcek said we Are c o a Vinced that the document we have signed will have great importance for the strengthening of the relations of the socialist coun tries in the Fields of Economy honors Burchinal continued from Page j ministration degrees were awarded to 25 graduates of Utah s two year graduate program inthe United kingdom. The ceremony took place in Cambridge University s Churchill  praised Burchinal for his interest in higher education and the general responded by calling Lor continued cooperation Between american universities and the . Armed forces. Burchinal said contemporary educational standards Are under attack by forces which seem to derive their psychology from the maoist teaching that before you can build you must  in repudiation of this theory he pointed tothe More than 7,000 . Servicemen enrolled in College level undergraduate programs in 13european countries and to the nearly  working on grading degrees in seven coun tries of Gen. Horace my Wade. I Safe commander in chief congratulated the graduates briefly and praised be University of ulan program. Policy culture and in All Fields following the morning session the leaders of the six Partie placed wreaths on a Monument to 7,000 soviet soldiers who died in the liberation of Slovakia in world War  Monument and cemetery on a Hill overlooking the Danube Are at the highest Point in the slovak capital. Baseball saturday major  line Corei by the Amo cited presi american  Baltimore. 100 Uoo tool j new York. 002 we Oix-3 � Hanlyn  u Ami a Dricks atom Lemyre and Gli by. Ask a enuf u-8. In Hanton 13-7. For to . T 1 1 Burmeler 0 Ami  and Nixon. ,. V"8-7. Or Call or la  u. Ton  28. I a j0"0" u 1 sch no. 10-10. A Riisom. 9 Oakland. D Cleveland. Odom Bogle 5. Rokui i. And Duncan Mcdowell. I a Cue. A Mcdowell. Tt-9 i he Oakland Duncan Horlon 9. Volcano erupt again after taking 78 lives san Jose Costa nine explosions a it anal Friday As the quiet for1 38 hours ens Pread ashes and Cutie is Over wide area. There were no report death but the Volcano erupted monday after r five Turtle of sleep already claimed 78 victims and the ton expected to hit 100  
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