European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday january 31, 1969 members include half the Cabinet Nixon assembles Council on City crises Washington a presi Dent Nixon assembled his new Urban affairs Council thursday to discuss the crises in America s cities and As the first order of business signed an executive or Der creating the  used a succession of pens Durf Fig the ceremony an joked about the difficulty of signing his name one Small stroke at a time. The pens will be distributed As  is not Long Nixon said. This is first for me this is going to be the most illegible signature. I a members of the eight mar Council which includes half 01 the Cabinet stood behind Nix Onas the president seated at the Cabinet table signed the  signings with Sou reds using hah to mend logistics Washington up North Vietnam has improved its military Supply capability Dur ing the halt in . Bombing but has made Little Progress re building its Industry . Officials  . Intelligence Esti mates conclude that North Vietnam unquestionably has improved its military logistic position since the nov. 1 total bombing  has done so by stepping up movement of supplies repairing and and improving building Road systems up important military stockpiles at the ports of Vinh Quan Khe and Songhoi All in the Southern Panhandle. Other stockpiles Are near the Mountain passes which Lead from North Vietnam int Laos through which Supply routes Lead into South  indication stockpiled Panhandle materials possibly intended for civilian rebuilding rather than Are intrigued by that some supplies in the Southern Are construction military  Petroleum pipeline which Northern ports to Miles above the runs fro Vinh 150 demilitarized zone is being extended South of Vinh. Military supplies continue to flow from North Vietnam into the South but not in quantities suggesting a major offensive according to . Officials. The intelligence report indicate the rebuilding  Little Industry North Vietnam had in the first place Hal been limited mostly to repairing facilities which were Only moderately damaged. Major rebuilding jobs and installation of new equipment does no appear to have begun. North Vietnam s one Small steel Plant at thai Nguyen has not yet resumed  priority in rebuilding has gone to roads Bridges Portland communications. Second priority has g o n e to Coal mines textile Mills hydroelectric Power plants and repairing North Viet Nam s one Cement Plant which is important to All other construction. It is partially Back in  half of North Vietnam s electric Power capacity is said to be in operation. Fertilizer production has been partially restored. Shortages of fertilizer and bad weather have been blamed for reduced crops. The North vietnamese radio has also said bad management was another cause. North Vietnam imported More food in 1988 than 1987. According to some report sits 1969 agreement with Russia Calls for More shipment of soviet food. Break in levee two Hundred people were evacuated from Sherman Island calif., where the san Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers meet after the levee broke. These Homes Are at the Edge of the Island where the water was at its lowest level. Up photo Gas letter arrives26 years late Wilmington Del. A a letter mailed by a i in Mary land nearly 26 years ago finally arrived at its destination this week. But the sender Carl Brown has no hard feelings. I think the Post office department generally does a better Job than that said Brown who no lives in Atlanta. His Mother mrs. Grace Joyce said thursday the letter came to her from mrs. Moll Perschau of Claymont Del., who said it was delivered to headdress recently with some other mail for mrs. Joyce. Mrs. Joyce said she does know Why it went first to the Claymont address. But whereas it been All these years she asked. 18-year-old Gib own was an 18-year-old army private stationed at Aber Deen md., proving ground when he mailed the letter March 30, 1943. Today he s a father of two sons and is assist ant controller at an automotive Plant in Atlanta. In the letter Brown described weekend trip to new York which Cost him 26 cents be cause everything is free to servicemen in new  you surely could t do it for that today said Brown in a Telephone interview. I doctor defends drug Industry Washington up physician told a Senate subcommittee thursday that its investigation of drug Industry practice Sis scaring Many patients out of taking medicines they badly need. The drug Industry is suffer ing its severest criticism at the very time it has produced it greatest Progress or. Clinton s. Mcgill of Portland ore., told the Senate monopoly subcommittee. He accused previous witnesses of monday morning quarterbacking in reciting statistics of cases in which the wrong drug was prescribed an the patient died or was harmed by Side effects. Many patients he continued had become sufficiently alarmed that they Stop taking medicines they badly  praised pharmaceutical firms and said they have made it possible for me and others like me to be far Belte doctors than we Ever dreamed we could be. I am  bad practices sen. Gaylord Nelson  chairman told Mcgill his purpose was not to Hurt the drug Industry or patients. We be been aiming a exposing bad practices he said. I cannot believe it is the intent of the committee to cripple the drug Industry or hamper our continued Progress Cine Mcgill said these hearings May produce exactly that  in medi but mayor says old glory Shields cops Macon a. A mayor Ronnie Thompson says he believes he has found a Way to putdown on assaults on policemen. Since last july when the policemen began wearing a Small american Flag shoulder Patchon their uniforms not a single officer has been assaulted he reported. He compared this record wit the 29 Macon policemen who were assaulted and injured inthe line of duty during the first six months of 1968."i believe that people in Gen eral have respect for the Flag whether they admit it or not he said in an interview. Som of our policemen have told me that people they were attempt ing to arrest gave indication they would have assaulted them and then did not when they saw the Flag on their shoulder.1 vehii1 pens Are a Standard Whitehouse ritual. But it was Nixon s first venture Nixon envisions that panel Ashe Domestic counterpart of the National Security Council plan Ning and implementing efforts to Deal with big City problems. Its first session presumably was set up As largely procedural for the naming of staff Mem Bers to conduct its Day to Day work including sociologist Dan Iel p. Moynihan assistant to the president for Urban affairs. The duties include assisting the president in the develop ment of a National Urban policy having regard both to immedi ate and to Long Range concern Sand to priorities among  Nixon also directed the coun cil to Nigel with and advise the president on the occasion of emergency situations of conditions threatening the maintenance of civil order or civil  other Council duties include coordination of Federal pro Grams in Urban areas. Encouragement of cooperation Between Federal state and City governments with special concern for the maintenance of local initiative and local  efforts to insure that Urban affairs policy covers relation ships among City suburban an Rural areas and the movement of population Between  constant improve ment in the actual delivery of Public services to  fostering the decentralization of government so that responsibility for City programs will be vested As much As Possi ble in state and local govern ments. Encouraging voluntary organizations in dealing with Urban . Gen. John n. Mitchell Secretary of Commerce Mau Rice h. Stans Secretary of la Bor George p. Shultz Secretary of agriculture Clifford m. Har Din Secretary of housing a Durban development George Romney Secretary of transportation John a Volpe and vice president Spiro to Agne Ware among the regular Council members. Negro named to seat on Hupac Washington up fresh Man negro congressman Louis Stokes was named wednesday tothe House committee on in american , a lawyer and brother of Cleveland mayor Carl Stokes was chosen Over another first Erm negro rep. William Clay Clay was to have been named until members recalled that democrats some years ago agreed to appoint Only lawyers to the committee. Clay is a for Mer Union . Claude Pepper d-fla., was also named to the commit be. Witness links klan chief to kitting Hattiesburg miss. Up a former Kun flux Klansman stood in the witness Box in for rest circuit court wednesday pointed to Sarn Holloway Powersjr. And said thut the former Klun Leader ordered the burning an death of negro Vernon Dummer. Bowers is on trial for the1966 murder of Dahmer. T. Weber Rogers told a jury of10 Whites and two negroes that Bowers gave his order for something to be done about the Damn Nigger Down South in the Kelly  Rogers ignoring a Glare from Bowers said that the state klan Leader pounded on the table atthe secret meeting and asserted that the project was two week behind schedule. He gave the order for a no.3 and no. 4 to be done if Possi ble said Rogers. He explained that a no. 3 was burning and a no. 4 was  said that the specific meeting about which he was testifying occurred on dec. 13, 1965, on a farm 2 a Miles East of Laurel owned by Laurel radio re Pairman Lawrence Byrd convicted on arson charges Stem Ming from the same Case Rogers told the jury that Bow ers asked for volunteers that night to go on what he called a dry  Rogers said that he himself had been one of the klansmen who had gone on practice attack on the Dahmer Home and  said that he was one of the klansmen who was ordered to go on the actual hit. But that after thinking about it he decided not to participate