European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday january 20, 1969 Tiro years Tater � what s to become of the Clay by h. D. Quig Gnew Orleans up will dist. Atty. Jim Garrison eve get his presidential assassination Case before a jury the possibility now exists if he Sticks by his latest state ment that his pitched Battle with the Warren commission report Over How Many people plotted the shots that killed John f. Kennedy could go Down in the books As two years of talk and no trial. Two years and two month Sago the a of Obj Dynamo of a , began digging into the 1963murder in Dallas. In february 1967, he said his probing already had shown the commis Sion was wrong in its finding Ono conspiracy. On March 1, 1m7, he arrested Lay l. Shaw a retired new officials say medicare needs larger tax base Washington a fed eral officials predict future Trou ble for the medicare system unless the maximum yearly base for social Security taxation i raised above the current $7,800 level to meet rising costs of medical care and increasing use of the program. The trustees of the funds fro which social Security related robbers blast bar patrons wounding 4 Troy . Up three Young gunmen robbed a tavern saturday night and opened fire on patrons who tried to pursue them wounding four persons one critically. Police said they captured on of the gunmen but the two others and their getaway Driver escaped. The men according to police Are Youngmen who have been in trouble  All available policemen we recalled into a search for the two remaining gunmen in a wooded area near the Griswold Heights housing  said the getaway Driver apparently sped away when the shooting started leaving his three companion behind. Initial reports said the three gunmen also fired at a nearby fire station following the robbery of there was no Wilcox s report tavern on How much they took from the Cash  recovered a 12 gauge Shotgun believed used in the shooting. In critical c o n d i t i o n a Samaritan Hospital with Abdom Inal wounds was Paul Kennedy,33, of Troy. In fair condition at the Sam Hospital were three other victims Michael Selock 20,David Mahoney 22, and Patrick Kennedy All of Troy. Payments Are made have reported that the Hospital insurance fund received $100 million More than it paid out and had assets of $1.4 billion in the fiscal year ended last june 30. The trustees the secretaries of the Treasury labor and Wel fare reported to Congress How Ever that calculations Over a 25-year period indicate an unfavourable balance in the fund de spite projected increases in the earnings of americans unless the tax base is raised. The trustees similarly foresee possible need to increase the $4 monthly Premium now paid bolder people using supplementary medical insurance benefits to pay doctor s Bills. The trustees report that the funds tapped for old age and survivors benefits and for disability insurance payments Are in sound condition both for the present and for the future. Income to the two funds exceeded payments by $2.6 billion in the last fiscal year and their assets Rose to $28.1 billion. Somber occasion mrs. Ethel Kennedy and sen. Edward , who is under Fri Protection after an Anonymous threat was phoned to the senator s office attend the unveiling of memorial to Robert f. Kennedy in Washington. Up photo Packard firm featured in . Report Washington up when the annual report of the comp troller general came off the presses recently it was too late to change Page 222, a photograph of the cover of a Brief in the supreme court. Hewlett Packar det al., petitioners company a. United states of America was the title of the Case. The Packard is David Packard nominated Tobe Deputy Secretary of defense in the Nixon administration. The Case involved refusal of Packard s firm several years ago to disclose Cost data to the general accounting office. The supreme court refused to review lower court ruling which favored the  a Senate confirmation hear ing last week Packard said Shatas a Pentagon official he would follow the court rulings. Ike neared showdown with Gen. Montgomery new York a supreme Allied commander Dwight d. Eisenhower was near a show Down with British Field marshal Bernard Montgomery at the height of the German ardennes offensive in december 1944 that became known As the Battle of the bulge Eisenhower s son John says in a Book to be published Here next  and other disclosures concerning crises in the Allied com Mand in Europe appear in the bitter  his memoirs Montgomery now a Viscount has expressed criticism of Eisenhower s com Mand and suggested that the Vic tory Over Germany could have been seeded and broadened hade held supreme command rather than a Post under  ardennes offensive which computer blows a fuse his Bill is quite a Shoch new York up there must be some thing you can do when a computer charge you about $2,000 too much for your electric Bill but if there is Dan Pellecia has t found the , who drives a cab to support his family received a Bill from consolidated Edison for electricity for his four room apart ment that totalled $2,096.40, a Little Bleep Pellechia thought for the Normal two month  said Bis Bill averaged about $9 a month. Phone Calls to the company on tuesday wednesday thursday and Friday failed to help much. I got transferred to so Many department that i think i know the entire business office setup of coned Pellecia said but nobody offered any  the company s assurances that it was an obvious mistake Pellecia did t feel any better when he got a letter from coned dear coned customer it began. Urgent it will be necessary to turn off All your services unless you pay your Antler Bill noted below by Jan. 27, 1969." again the total was $2,os6,40. Pellecia in t giving up though. He s going to try again this week. A rom i Fri to drum m f pm. To reason the next was Hitler s last desperate Gam ble took the allies by Surprise and was a jolting blow. According to John Eisenhower his father was dissuaded from asking the combined chiefs of staff to choose Between him and Mont Gomery. A critical letter from Mont Gomery to Eisenhower about the ardennes offensive raised the supreme commander s temper to the boiling Point the younger Eisenhower says and nearly brought a showdown. It was averted by Gen. Fran Cis de Gul Gand Montgomery s chief of staff. De Guisgand was flown to Allied Headquarters in Versailles through fog and Snow there according to the Book he asked for 24 hour with Montgomery Day de Guisgand flew Back to British Headquarters near tongues Belgium and induce Montgomery to Send a pacifying message to Eisenhower. According to the younger Eisenhower Montgomery wan shaken by the Gravity of the crisis he had provoked especially by Gen. Eisenhower s reference to Field marshal sir Harold Alexander the commander i Italy As Montgomery s replace  Eisenhower defends his father s stand in three crises command his reaction to Mont Gomery s attempt to gain cont roof Allied land forces the Deci Alon to Advance into Germany Ora Broad rather than a narrow front and the decision to pursue