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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, August 21, 1968

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars  stripes exempts Safe streets9 program wine Doy August 21 lbs approves Rollback hiring Washington a presi Dent Johnson approved Over All Rollback government Hir  tuesday to meet congressional Economy , he allowed exemptions from the crackdown forthe Justice department s Safe streets program  approved stiffer personnel cuts the state department the space Agency  the foreign Aid pro Gram to balance  director Charles Zwick announced starting sept.1 major agencies will have to limit replacements to 70 percent of the employees leaving the Federal  cuts Are designed to carry out the congressional de Mand written into the new sur tax Law to slice Federal employ ment to the level of two years ago a reduction of More than250,000 jobs. Congress limited replacement of full time employees to a 75 per cent rate until the cuts Are completed. However Zwick said he ordered the lower 70 per cent rate to compensate for exemptions voted afterwards by con Gress. The Senate  the House exempted the Post office the Fri  the air traffic control sys tem from the cuts before it recessed Early this month. Law makers indicated further exceptions May be granted when con Gress returns september. 30 per cent immune Wick told the president a memo that if All the proposed exemptions Are approved roughly 30 per cent of the government s manpower would be immune to the  said the Only Way to make the required Over All cuts is to shuffle the numbers among  said he would Grant some Relief to the Justice department with what he termed its High priority Safe streets pro Gram a personal concern of the  budget Boss said he would also allow exceptions a few other agencies such As the fed lethal fumes empty town Beattie Kan. Up deadly ammonia fumes spread like a Blue fog through this Northeast Kansas Community monday night after a tank exploded at a Grain elevator. Most of the Community s 327residents were evacuated but returned to their Homes tues Day. The 18,000-gallon tank of am Monia apparently split at the  ammonia is a liquid vapor which turns into Gas when it hits air. It takes oxygen out of the air suffocating those whore caught it for More than a few minutes. Eral Power commission Fader state department the National Al communications commission aeronautics  space Admonis  Federal Trade commission which he said have hardship is  do this Zwick said about 600 to 700 positions would have to be vacated other govern ment agencies. He listed the traction  the Agency for International development As areas where the positions could be spared because of cuts a  take up the rest of the Slack resulting from exemptions Zwick said he imposed the70 per cent ceiling replace ments contrast to the 75 percent congressional level. President Johnson gave approval to Zwick for the ceiling after a White House conference tuesday his first Day Back from a lengthy stay Texas. Free Choice school plan still stands new . 5th circuit up the court of appeals refused tuesday Tothrow out lower Federal court rulings allowing Freedom of Choice school desegregation to remain effect four state through the coming school year. The circuit court s ruling which affects 42 school districts Louisiana Mississippi Texas  Georgia also refused to enjoin the school districts from continuing to use the Freedom of Choice plan. Negroes the four states had asked the court to throw out the lower court rulings  allow geographic zone desegregation plan to be implemented. Last May the supreme court ruled that the geographic zone plan should be implemented if Freedom of Choice had failed effectively to desegregate Public schools. Order hearings tuesday s circuit court ruling ordered . District courts the four states to conduct hearings by nov. 4 to determine How effective the Freedom of Choice plans have been their areas. If a school District there Are still All negro schools or Only a Small fraction of negroes enrolled White schools or substantial integration of faculties  school activities then. The existing plan fails to meet constitutional standards the court said. Boards such districts Are under a duty to take affirmative action toward effective desegregation before the Start of the 1968-69 school year or As Soontas  the circuit court also said that at Best Freedom of Choice plans have serious shortcomings  Are appropriate Only Back to Convent although sister Jere Pekas is still enjoying life As a coed at the University of Colorado Shell Exchange the mini skirt for her nun s habit when she returns Toher Convent Minnesota. Up Phot nun coed will go Back to Convent As a Means to desegregation. The  of siamese twins Holland Rotterdam a siamese wins were admitted to children s Hospital monday a few hours after being born to mrs. J. Van Dijk Prinse Beek near Breda about 50 Miles South of Here. Boulder Colo. Up she Shad four proposals of marriage the past year wears mini skirts  likes occasional Glass of wine. But the attractive coed taking her master s degree at the University of Colorado this Summers a Catholic nun. Sister Jere Pekas leave of absence from the school of Sisters of notre Dame will re turn to the Mankato minn., con vent this month. She came to was t problem9 Hoy girl dorm is failure Philadelphia a Temple University is calling off its Experiment of mixing the sexes a previously All male dorm. It just did t work  the past school year 42 girls were programmed duet overcrowding to share John son Hall a dorm for 300  classes resume sep tember there won t be  such sharing. Sex was t the problem mrs. Jane Austin girls dorm Boss who tried to make it work said tuesday. It was the  just could t function As organized dorm  students could t agree How to govern themselves How to hand out discipline  they had trouble discussing per Sonal problems together. Even dating  reacted As Brothers  Sisters to each other mrs. Austin  Survey before the term  split up showed even com plaints dorm living there is a difference Between men  women. The girls wanted private showers a quiet lounge More closet space. The boys Happy to Shower together beefed about laundry closed lounges Andrules keeping women out of their rooms. The University because she Felt hemmed  i came to the Convent entered the order when i was Only 17," she said. Although iwas a very Active girl i knew it was time for a change.  iwas tired  changes experience during the past year the changes she has experienced have been shocking for some. She dated a negro music teacher while she taught at nor Wood Colo., elementary  took a Young recently divorced hippie girl  subsequently got into argument with the school  left the town  came to Boulder to attend the  notre Dame is a papal order she had to get per Mission from the Pope to at tend cd. She says she might request another leave of absence from the Convent next  girl who likes to joke  laugh a lot sister Jere Haileen advised by friends not to return to the Convent at All. So says everyone tries to talk her out of going Back but the explained she s returning to where she s needed. Humphrey. Mccarthy May debate Washington president Hubert i  sen. Kum leading  for theocratic ,l,.n.,Al  debate Nalio if is Slon Friday nil la if form f equal Lime a Blum s solved. N be the Mccarthy wan to a " a i debate Fiche full hour 7 Man not Friday. Hunphrey earlier reported agreement to Divide it into Chr segments foreign affair Domestic policy.  concepts ithe presidency. We re going to try to solve the problems  if we solve the problems then Well to to the networks Mccier Oliy s Campaign manager Blair said monday Niht. Cam Clark tentative plan he said All t h r e e networks have tentatively set aside the Friday Niht time pending Solu Tion of the problems  would carry the debate simultaneous  said Felt that agree ment the f o r m a t would be reached. But a Humphrey aide Ted Van Dyke said prospects for holding the debate will depend Vortin r the equal time problem can he worked out to the satisfaction of All  sen. George s. Mcgovern who announced  democratic candidacy two weeks ago has said his exclusion from the Humphrey Mccarthy debate violates the Federal communications commission s equal time provision. Offer to me Ovorn the  broadcasting system handling arrangements for the networks has offered Mcgovern a half hour Broad cast sometime after the Humphrey Mccarthy Exchange. Georgia Lov. Lester Maddox who entered the democratic race saturday called monday for a debate among All four democratic presidential Aspi rants but did not refer specifically to Tho Friday night time the Mccarthy Camp originally proposed separate debates foreign affairs Domestic policy  concepts of the presidency but aide said that there will be Only  debate that i should be open to a free Exchange  not categorized into three 20-minute segments. a separate development a Mccarthy spoke Milan said j was ridiculous   to say Mccarr had withdrawn from Nib meet the press appearance with Humphrey next  had never committee sen. Mccarthy to the show a had tried hard to work put a mutually convenient time saw Mccarthy s  Denorval Reece  Sta saying sen. Martis ridiculous  c  honorary Fin takes  , a conductor Anler Lunski appointed honorary a Lafit year. I " Diego syn Iphi i m " concert Here. When the 73-year Oil 5boston pop �1thr arrived t conductor a. a red fire  full a of 1  
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