European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 17, 196$ the stars and stripes Page 5 Back in Texas after u2 months Captivity a Cleome Mcallen Tex. Up army maj James a Rowe who escaped from the Viet Cong after 62 months Captivity returned to his Hometown for hero s Welcome wednesday and told a Flag waving crowd the had no idea How Lucky they were to live in the  said the country was swept by apathy which allows a violent vocal minority to gain headlines and thus become representative of the american people s  Rowe 30, who escaped fro the Viet Cong two weeks ago was flown by helicopter from Brooke army medical Center in san Antonio to Mcallen wednes Day for an emotion packed reunion with old friends the Lough wiry member of the Green Beret special forces unit addressed the rally at a football stadium where he starred As a High school player 12 years  of those in the stadium wept openly As Rowe read his stars Zirul stripes Szalc a Kilts sex Diplomat gets new clearance Washington a j o h Napalon Davies jr., a former . Foreign service officer who los this Security clearance 14 years ago in the midst of Contro Versy Over .-China policy has been Given a new Security clearance after a year Long  department officials said that the action was take by under Secretary Nicholas Katzenbach on the basis of a re quest initiated in 1967 by the Massachusetts Institute of technology. Mit has been interested in employing Davies As a consultant on a study of arms control policy involving underdeveloped nations for the arms control and disarmament Agency. Davies 60, now makes his Home in Washington where he has worked for several years Asa free Lance writer. Davies was dismissed by Chelate Secretary of state John Foster Dulles on the ground that he had shown Lack of judg ment As a foreign service offi cer. Speech from notes he had mad while flying to Mcallen. Rowe himself never shed a tear As he lectured the crowd on what his country Means to  greatest weakness in our country is apathy he  is a complacency which is present because we fail to see ail to realize just How fortunate we Are to live in a rare land like America. We have our internal problems but we As americans with our form of government can solve our own problems if the american citizen realizes his Respo Sibili  key to a Strong free United states is a Strong National Unity. Far top often a violent vocal minority gain headlines and is thus made to represent the american people  Rowe s Welcome was just Ashe City had promised an old fashioned patriotic , wearing his Green Beret at a Jaunty Angle was ushered into the f o o t b a 11 stadium by three bands which played patriotic marches and wound up the speech with Theattle hymn of the  he told a press conference after the rally that he kept a diary during most of his Captivity writing on scraps of paper whenever he  said the diary was now the Possession of the .army," but said it was just possible that in the future the diary would be turned into a Book. Rowe said in the time since his escape he had come to realize he pulled through with the help of his Hometown friends prayers. A Little Over two weeks ago i was in a Field of Reeds looking up at an american helicopter which was Landing to pick me up he said. It was a Beautiful sight. I Felt at that time an elation and happiness which Are beyond  thank you for the strength and support which your prayers gave me while i was imprisoned. Although there was physical separation of thousands of Miles your thoughts an prayers warmed the Bond which provided for me the strength and determination to  $15 million memorial in Atlanta Martin Luther King Center planned High Speed rail service starts Washington up the nation s first High Speed rail serv ice was inaugurated wednesday. It will operate Between Washington and new York at 110 Miles an  Are on train telephones and Airliner Type seats but the fares Are higher than regular service. The High Speed metro liner left Washington s Union station exactly 15 months and five minutes later than originally scheduled. Vips making the inaugural run included transportation Secretary Alan s. Boyd and Secretary designate John a.  of the Penn Central Railroad eventually Hope to boost the Speed to 160 . And Cut the Washington new York Timeto two hours 15 minutes. It takes three hours at the 110-. Rate one hour less than the regular rail service. Ice storms whip Northern . By the associated press dangerous ice storms glazing highways with Snow sleet and freezing rain swept across Northern portions of the nation from the great lakes Region tothe Pacific Northwest wednes  most critical area was in the Midwest where an ice storm brought widespread travellers warnings. In Iowa ice plastered roads caused two traffic deaths closed hundreds of schools knocked Down Power lines and even halted mail service at Muscatine. Affected by the same storm were the Eastern Dakotas Minnesota Wisconsin Illinoisan Indiana. Garrison Calls 7 More witnesses new Orleans up dist. Atty. Jim Garrison s office wednesday subpoenaed seven additional witnesses including six police officers for next week s assassination conspiracy trial of Clay l. , 55, is charged with conspiring with Lee Harvey Oswald Jack Ruby David Ferric and others to murder president John f.  has now subpoenaed 18 witnesses to testify in the trial scheduled to begin next monday. Only one of the latest seven witnesses has not Given previous testimony or made previous statements in the  newcomer to the Case was town Marshall John Man Chester of Clinton a Small town about 100 Miles Northwest of new Orleans. 3 arraigned in . Gun Case Newark . Up two sergeants and a civilian employee of the National guard were arraigned Here on weapons Law violation charges following Federal raids thai broke up a major Black sgt Wullum Wulko and Vincent r. Dib Ulolo and civilian Ken Neth j Herbeck who travelled from armory to armory repairing weapons were arrested after raids turned up 150 weapons and50 000 rounds of ammunition. They were arraigned before . Commissioner Theodore c. Is was lit1 at or Walko 35, of West Milford $5,000 of Dib Aholo 38, of Englewood and $50,000 for Herbeck 26, of utile ferry All in new Jersey Atlanta a. Up the widow of the slain civil rights Leader Martin Luther King announced wednesday on what would have been his 40th birth Day that a $15 million memorial will be developed in Atlanta in his Honor. Mrs. King said the Cente would be located on two separate Sites one near his Birthplace in a negro neighbourhood and the other near Atlanta  services for the Nobel peace prize Winner were held All Over the United states wednesday. In some communities however controversy arose Over How to Mark the anniversary of King s birth. At Long Beach some 200 White Long Island High school students defied the orders of school officials and joined Black students at a memorial service for  be penalized school principal or. Hyma Gordon said the White students would be  he termed their attendance at the service As an infraction of school regulations. The school s 60 to 70 negro students had been allowed to at tend the function provided the had written permission from their  students had been barred by school officials from attend ing on the ground that there was not enough room at the , ., refused to close its schools wednesday in Mem Ory of King As requested by negro educators. Newark has predominantly Negi o school pop . King said the purpose of the memorial Center an Experiment in Hope would be to continue Martin Luther King s never ceasing ministry to the world and All of its largest urgent needs. We Are convinced that nothing less could do Justice to the greatness of the Man we  the site in the poor Black neighbourhood where King was born will stand his permanent place of entombment a Freedom exhibition Hall and a  s Birthplace a Small House will be restored and the Chapel will be located in nearby Eben Ezer Baptist Church which Wasp stored by King. The other site near atlant University will include an Institute for nonviolent social change an Institute for afro american studies and a museum of afro american life and Cul  gov. Raymond p. Shafer had proclaimed wednesday As Martin Luther King Day and in new Yor City special ceremonies were held in All Public and Roma Catholic schools. In Atlanta the Rev. Ralp Abernathy King s successor As head of the Southern Christia leadership conference Salcwas the principal speaker at the service in King s former Church. Earlier this week Abernath said he would ask Congress and the president to declare King the first american negro hero and make Bis birthday a Public holi Day. Senate gets two plans to elect a president Washington up rival constitutional amendments to change the method of electing the president were introduced in the Senate wednesday. Thirty five senators said they would sup port the one providing direct popular election. It was sponsored by  e. Bayh d-ind., and would require a presidential ticket to receive at least 40 per cent of the popular vote in the nation to be elected. If none got that much a Runoff would beheld Between the top two vote getters. The other amendment sponsored by sen. Sam j. Eryin jr., d-n.c., also would abolish the electoral College now used to elect the president and Vic president. His proposal would retain a system of electoral votes but they would be cast in proportion to each state s popu Lar vote. Under the present system the Winner in a state takes All that state s electoral votes. If no candidate received 40per cent of the electoral vote the Senate and House meeting in joint session would elect the president. Bayh chairman of the Senate subcommittee on constitutional amendments credited the 1968election and the third party candidacy of former Alabam Agov. George c. Wallace with increasing support for popular elections. He has been Advocat ing such a change since 1966."the Wallace candidacy raised the Specter of the election being thrown into the House of representatives and the danger of a minority president became apparent As millions of Ameri cans anxiously awaited the election returns he  addition to 34 other senators he listed several organizations in support of direct elections including . Chamber of Commerce american bar association Federal bar association United Auto workers of America. Al Cio National federation of Independent business National association for the Advance ment of coloured people Newyork City bar association and americans for democratic action. Bites Man Over dog Vestal new York a Idon t like people biting me with out an  for this Rea son William Scanlan explained he has filed intr school charge against a girl student at the state University at , director of academic advising at the school said the girl bit him at the University Stu Dent Center Jan. 6 during a heated argument involving a  girl jumped into the fray after a Young male student re fused to remove his dog from the Center Scanlan  said things like dogs Are free spirits no one can own them Scanlan related. A crowd gathered among them girl who suddenly proclaimed Well i m an animal  Scanlan said lie ignored her until he Felt pain in his left  looked Down and there she was on All fours. She was biting  Scanlan said he was not Hurt seriously