European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 4 the stars and stripes wednesday february 12, 1969 Russo never heard Oswald or Shaw agree to kill Juk new Orleans up the chief prosecution witness Testi fied tuesday that he never heard Lay l. Shaw or i be Harvey Oswald agree to kill president John f. Kennedy. The witness Perry Raymond Russo 27, did say that he heard the third alleged conspirator David w. Ferrie say Well kill  Russo a Book Salesman testified he had heard Ferrie ing about the whole thing. The were plotting to get Castro too As Well As  you were referring to the summer of 1963 in general asked Dymond. Russo who had testified that Ferrie frequently talked of kill ing political figures said that was Correct. Russo was questioned further about the 3,500-word memorandum of his first official inter say the same thing More than j View in february 1967 with once and he never knew How asst. Dist. Atty. Andrew scam much importance to attach to fee s , 55, a retired business Man is charged with conspiring with Oswald and Ferrie both now dead to kill Kennedy but no with the actual murder on nov. 22,1963. In the fifth Day of testimony Russo testified about a party he attended in september 1963, ingeme s apartment in which the assassination was allegedly plotted by the three. Defense attorney f. Irvin Dymond asked Russo in your presence did David Ferrie eve agree to kill the president he said Well kill him Russo said. In your presence did Oswald Ever agree to kill the president Dymond ," Russo replied. In your presence did Cle Bertrand the name by which Russo says Shaw was introduce to him Ever agree to kill the president Dymond ," Russo said. Would it be Correct to say you never heard anyone agree Dymond  problem Russo replied would be with the word agree it would seem to me they agreed where certain things were  Dymond and Russo also had this dialogue q. Did you Ever verbally Indi Bra. He said the memo was in Complete and wrong on Many Points. The memorandum to . Jim Garrison made no mention of the party where he said he overheard the plot and quoted Russo As saying he had seen Shaw twice not three times As he said  out the mistakes As Russo Dymon you sure it was Sciambra you talked with in a ton Rouge detailed basked Are Cate disagreement idea with the a. Well i told him it would the possible but i never said it would t be a Good . Don t you agree or. Rus so that sometime Between mid september and november of 1963 you should have been Wor ried if you thought there was a plan to kill the president a. If i was meeting Ferrie for the first time maybe i would Tell someone. But knowing him i took it for what it was . Because you knew Ferrie you did t say anything to any one a. That was one of the Rea sons. Dymond asked Russo if head held several conversations with Layton Martens on of four figures in the conspiracy investigation charged with per jury. Did you say i am not really sure if they were plotting against Castro or Kennedy Well i la have to say yes said Russo but we were talk Pueblo crewman says he kicked off the lights Coronado Calif. A soft spoken crewman beaten by the North koreans after the boarded the uss Pueblo told monday How he kicked off the ship s electric lights As a last gesture of contempt while being marched out at gunpoint. I tripped the main do Gener Ator said engine Man 1.g Rachel j. Blansett jr., 35."this caused the lights to go out he explained  i had to put it Back on they the North koreans wanted the  a 15-year Navy Veteran hews physically one of the Hus Kiest to testify so far at a court of inquiry investigating the Cap Ture of the Pueblo last year. Buthis manner was mild and his voice gentle As he recalled his experience with the North to  kicked me punished me he said. They wanted to know How the engine room  pushed me around from one piece of equipment to another trying to get me to Tell them what they were and How they worked. They were speak ing korean but i could Tell this was what they  what did you Tell them asked the Navy questioner i told  chief engine Man Fonroe  of Lake Wood Calif completing 20 years in the Nav this year said the North korean apparently assumed Blan sett was to charge of the engine five of them came.,., Goldman said. They were asking Lor something i korean but i could t under stand them. One of them hit Blansett in the Corner of the Mouth. Armed Guird they noticed a first class Crow rating insignia on his Arm. I had my work jacket on and they pulled Down my jacket to see if i bad one. I did to so they hit him in the stomach area a couple of  most of the time Goldman said the North koreans stationed one guard in the Engin room with a gun. Did the possibility enter you mind of disabling the engines asked capt. William Newsome counsel for the court. Yes sir but i know i Wouldhave Only gotten started. Fore he shot  be forty never California s gov. Ronald Reagan celebrates his 58th birthday by blowing and fanning out 19 candles provided by his Sacramento staff for the 19th anniversary of his 39tfcbirthday the last birthday Hollywood products such As the governor like to observe. Reagan s wife Nancy encourages his Breezy efforts. United press International photo 15 Low 3.3% jobless rate maintained in january Washington a the government reported tuesday a Strong employment situation in january with an unemployment rate of 3.3 per cent seasonally abm work will continue Washington a the chairman of the House appropriations committee said know work will resume on the controversial Sentinel ant Ballis tic missile system. Democrat of Texas George whose h. Maho committee holds the purse strings for the$5.5-billion system made the prediction in an interview Mon Day although he said he had no direct assurances from Secre tary of defense Melvin r. , he added i know the joint chiefs of staff and 1 know Secretary Laird and i know what their thoughts Are on  the Nixon administration Las week halted the work on the system pending a High level Pentagon review. The action Fol Lowed mounting criticism i Congress and from residents of areas where Sentinel Sites preplanned. Mahon said the Nixon administration not Only will ask for the Money to go ahead with the Sentinel but will get it. Congress authorized funds forthe Sentinel last year. When the project was unveiled in 1967 by then Secretary of defense Rob Ert s. Mcnamara it was portrayed As an Effort to guard against a potential Low scale atomic attack by red China in the 1970s.this was the position taken last month by the Sentinel sys tem manager army it. Gen. A. D. Starbird in testimony before the appropriations committee. He added however in secret testimony just made Public that the Sentinel also would re Duce somewhat the number of casualties from a russian at tack. Starbird told the committeeman. 15 that Russia s intercontinental ballistic missile capability is Many Hundred times greater than that of  chinese Don t have any thing right now Starbird said in answer to a question. Nixon state officials plan better War on crime Washington up pres ident Nixon met with a group of state attorneys general tuesday to discuss How Washington and the state capitals can work to Gether better in the War on crime. The president was described As very concerned about the problem. . Atty. Gen John , who arranged the session announced afterwards that a special Liaison office will be set up in the Justice department to Speed the flow of information on crime an coordinate Federal state and local enforcement efforts Nixon and Mitchell discussed the burgeoning crime rate with the executive committee of the National association of attorneys general which opens its midwinter meeting Here wednes Day. Atty. Gen. Arthur j. Skills of new Jersey the association president told reporters the president expressed deep con Cern about the crime problem and was very interested in whatever cooperation and coordination we the state attorneys general can give  said he Felt Little additional Federal  was needed but added we need a lot of legislation at the state level and Are hopeful. Many states will think in these  skills said the White House discussion touched on a wide Range of disruptive influences such As Street demonstrations and upheavals on Colleg campuses adjusted Matching december s15-year Low. For january nonfarm payroll employment which usually de Clines sharply after december fell much less than expected. Asked if this meant a warm ing up in the Economy Harold Goldstein chief of the office of employment manpower Statis tics in the labor department said Well its just As warm As it has been for several  unemployment rates for adult men and All full time workers Rose in january while the rat for teen agers declined the la Bor department figures  number of employed per sons fell less than expected an the number of unemployed Rose about in line with seasonal expectations. After seasonable adjustment the nonfarm jobs at 69.5 million were up 250,000 Over the month tiie fourth consecutive month of substantial gains. Treadvance occurred despite a 90,000 net increase in the num Ber of workers off payrolls be cause of  number of unemployed persons Rose in january to 9.9million, about As expected. It was up about 450.000 from de Cember and about 200,000 from a year  hourly earnings for All rank and file workers Rose two cents in january to $2.95. A decline in the average workweek however edged average weekly earnings Down 13 cents to $110.63. Compared to a year ago average weekly earning were up 17.68, or 7.5 per cent