European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday february 14, 1969 3 school districts lose funds Washington a Secre tary Robert h. Finch of the department of health education and welfare Cut off Federal funds to three Southern school districts thursday for failure to comply with Federal school de segregation standards. Finch identified the Distri Tsas Greenwood county school District no. 52 in South Caro Lina Emmet school District no. 13 in Arkansas and Chester county in Tennessee. Finch said the funds involve would not be held in escrow for the districts. He said the districts again could become Elig Ible for Federal financial Aid once they present an acceptable de segregation plan. Grace period earlier on Jan. 29, Finch Cut off funds to five other Southern school districts. However in their Case he gave each of Thema 60-Day Grace period in which to work out an acceptable de segregation plan. There was no Grace period announced thurs Day. Secretary Finch also announced that Clover school District no. 2 in South Carolin Ahad submitted an acceptable plan for  and the three districts where funds were Cut off were among seven District cases be fore Finch for decision. The remaining three still under study include the Lee county school District no. 1 in South Carolina Washington county ga., an Pascagoula municipal separate school District  department did not Dis close How much Money was involved in the action cutting off funds for three  Secretary said he took action Only after extensive efforts to achieve voluntary compliance failed. Nixon names two to Contact youths Washington up a above to improve communication with the nation s Young people president Nixon has named two White House assistants to establish a Liaison with youth. One is William Mullins 31, of Pittsburgh who was special assistant to Sargent Shriver at the peace corps in 1964 and More recently headed the office of National affairs of Vista the anti poverty program s Community Volunteer service unit. He is a  other appointee is John Campbell 24, of Waynesboro,pa., who was assistant director of the student coalition i Nixon s Campaign. Cold in Hungar Budapest up Hungary this week recorded its coldest february Days since 1929 with some parts of the nation report ing 4 degrees below Zero. Change in Congress trouble with military Bills forecast Washington up military Bills will continue to pass Congress but the Days when they sailed through without Cut or question in the opinion of Many Are Over. We re going to have trouble with every one of them said rep. F. Edward Hebert d-la.,a senior member of the House armed services committee. Congressional defenders of the military Art beginning to react with a mixture of apprehension and irritation to Ward attacks on defense spending and policies. Members of the pro military establishment disagree on the seriousness of the  see it As a passing thing. Others worry that it threatens appropriations and programs of the armed forces. Hebert is among those viewing the situation gravely and he detects a sinister Han behind recent developments. There is incontrovertible evidence to indicate an organized and determined Effort on the part of some segments of our society is the Way he put another . Birth surge is predicted Washington up How Ever the 1960s go out the 1970s Are Likely to come in with Squall. The United states it appears is headed for another baby Boom. This will not of course be a unmitigated disaster but David m. Kiefer says a baby Boom like the one that occurred after world War ii might make life Les pleasant for All concerned. Kiefer senior editor of Chemi Cal and engineering news noted in a recent series of articles that experts disagree about the con sequences of population in creases. Some say rapidly rising populations will Lead to social disorder and  others contend that fears of overpopulation Are unfounded saying that Popula Tion growth is an incentive for Progress and a necessary Stim ulus to economic  change forecast since 1961 the . Birth rate has been declining but Accord ing to William h. Chartener assistant Secretary of Commerce a turnaround in births is in  makes the same Point. Women in the 20-to-29 age bracket Are the most Fertile. In 1935 there were 11.1 million of  1968 the number had risen to 14.3 million. In the next 15 year there will be 21 million a 46 per cent , obviously another baby Boom is on the Way unless therein a compensating drop in Fertility. Moreover an end to the Vietnam War might trigger an other rash of births similar to that which took place at the end of world War  Factor the birth rate Kiefer said will influence the course of american development in the next 15 years More than any other Broad Factor now at  1985 it May be necessary Al most to double spending for hous ing highways factories and recreational facilities. Adding 20million children to the population probably would increase the cos of education by much More than $300  concluded that the Quality of american life could be much improved if a lower birth rate  everybody s Nosy Jimmy Durante is surrounded by copy cats during a new York to rehearsal. From left they re Kaye Ballard Richard Deacon Herb Rudley and eve Arden. Up meningitis fight pressed by army it. Bragg . Up the army said every Preven Tive measure known to modern Medicine is being taken to Stop the spread of infectious Menin gitis responsible for the deaths of three Basic trainees in the past six Days the third victim pvt. Lin Wood Waller 19, of Baltimore died wednesday. Pvt. Nathaniel Williams 24, of Philadelphia died saturday and pvt. Larry  of Elkton va., died Mon  army spokesman said wednesday that the men were killed by  Menin gitis an infectious Type of brain inflammation spread by Droplet Spray from the nose and Mouth of carriers. He said the Throat culture sur Veys taken from recruits arriving directly from civilian life indicated 15 to 20 per cent Are carriers of the organism although very few Are stricken. It. Bragg officials said they have not declared a quarantine but Are closely monitoring the training Center and taking preventive measures throughout the  Post is the Home of the 82nd airborne div and Home of the Green berets. The Basic training Center was set up for the Vietnam War. Applications dip 21% for Columbia College new York a the number of applications to co Lumbia College has dropped about 21 per cent apparently because of last Spring s student revolt the College s admissions director said. The College la the Liberal arts men s College of co Lumbia  Wellington who directs the selection of 700 freshmen each year said the number of applications received so far was Only a Little More than 3,000, As compared with 3,800 last year it in a speech he planned to deliver Here Friday to discredit disparage and destroy our traditional respect for the honorable profession of  Hebert was talking principally about ant military sentiment on campuses but he also said there were indications of hostility toward the military i Congress another prominent committee figure who describes himself As pro military and asked not Tobe identified dismissed the actions As slightly above Normal objections from professors and  saw no problems with getting military Bills through Congress this year. Not so  the past several years particularly since the Vietnam War escalated military Legisla Tion breezed through  Days in the opinion of Many on Capitol Hill Are  attribute the change to such factors As diminishing prospects for peace in Vietnam the soaring and sometimes questionable costs of defense contracts and events like the capture of the  Pueblo which Many americans blame on negligence by higher  in the Pentagon. Draft abm already feeling the effects of the ant military wave Are the draft Law which May undergo some alteration this year and the embattled multimillion Dol Lar anti ballistic missile abm system whose future was clouded when defense Secretary Melvin r. Laird suspended deployment and which faces mounting opposition in Congress. In addition sen. Stuart Symington d-mo., a Man with impressive military credentials he was the first Secretary of the air Force has Bee assigned by chairman  William Fulbright d-ark., of the Senate foreign relations committee to investigate the influence of the military on foreign policy. The inquiry inbound to attract nationwide attention and could subject Pentagon officials and officers to a difficult  Many members of con Gress such As those who Are proposing creation of a depart ment of peace the trend reflects a feeling that Pentagon influence in the government must be brought under control before it goes  to Hebert it is nothing More than an american Varia Tion of reverse Tommy Atkins an allusion to Rudyard Kipling s poem  in his bitter denunciation of a England which he believed had turned us Back in peace on the soldiers who had defended it in War he wrote but it s Tommy this an Tommy that an Chuck him out. The brute1 but it s Saviour of a country when the guns begin to shoot  refuses to return retarded i to army Scappoose Ore. A Robert Hinkle 21, the mentally retarded youth whose army or Ders to report to Vietnam caused a furore is ill at Homeland will not report under amended orders to it. Lewis,wash., his father said. I will not take him Bac there said the father. The army could do nothing but put the boy in a Hospital or Fly him All the Way across the country where no one would understand  Hinkle s orders to go to Vietnam were changed when protests including some by sen. Mark Hatfield r-Ore., cause the army to give him a new sex  of that examination were released wednesday. The army said Hinkle was qualified for military service under the plan to take 100,000 previously unfit youths and give them Spe Cial training in Reading and re lated Fields. It said he would get that training at it. Dix a j., then be sent to Germany for military duty Hatfield Laid he was no through fighting. He said he could not understand How the army could decide in Advance that its training program at it. Dix would succeed and Mak Hinkle who cannot read or write fit for duty or. Norman w. Hickman director of the Portland psychology Center who worked with Hin Kle when he was trying to get through the Portland schools said the state rehabilitation Cen Ter had Given up on him when he was found incapable of learn ing to read and could not be fit Ted into any  was Felt that Robert might better remain at Home Saidur. Hickman. The army drafted him in 1968.the senior Hinkle said of the order to Send him to German instead of Vietnam All the ii trying to do is save