European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february 16, 1969 the stars and stripes Page 3 grim reminder the Bullet scarred Wall is a reminder of War far different from child s play As a vietnamese youngster carries his toy weapon through the Cholon Section of  Wall was shot up during the Viet Cong s tet offensive a year ago. Associated press photo stripes today Darld italian reds re elect Longo Bologna Italy up the italian communist party Satur Day reaffirmed its opposition to the soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and called anew for Italy to get out of  party also re elected Luigi Longo 68, party Leader by acclamation As expected at the end of its 12th  final document adopted with Only a few no votes and abstentions represented a Victory for Longo s position which has been opposed by a minority of pro soviet communists and other dissenters. Cops go first class for Rio Bash Rio de Janeiro up Rio policemen knowing they rein for a rough time donned tuxedos saturday. The detectives and policemen assigned to preserve Law and order and especially decorum at the fancy dress balls were instructed to appear for work in tuxedos wearing an identifying badge clearly pinned to the Lapel. The tourist department reported it is using 28,000 policemen to patrol the City during the four Day carnival festivities. To add fire to the revels the . Aircraft Carrier Yorktown which picked up the Apollo 8 astronauts on their descent in the Pacific arrived Friday morning with 1,600 Caru Val Bent sailors for a three Day stay. Italian Gas now highest in Europe Rome a the italian government announced a new in crease in gasoline prices saturday making italian Gas the most expensive in Europe the Price hike enacted to help pay for a multimillion Dollar program of workers pension increases slapped an additional 10 fire 1,6 . Cent on every liter of  raised the Price of regular to 130 lire 20.9 cents a liter and super to 140 lire 22.6 cents a  increase edged Italy past France As the european country with the most expensive gasoline. Super in France retails for1.13 francs a liter 22.6 cents and regular for 98 centimes 18 cents a  All the Cost of italian Gas goes to the government an average of 94 lire the rest is split among suppliers and  raise was approved in a Cabinet meeting and was to be effective sunday. Soviets say yet to Lenin statue Helsinki a twentieth Century Fox p 1 a n s to erect a statute of Lento in the Pla Nish capital for scenes in a thriller him have been snot Down by the soviet embassy the company wafted pet Mission Row the City authorities to put a plastic Lenta i Central Park for three Days to make Helsinki look like mos cow during filming of the Kremlin letter but then the embassy stepped in with protest and the authorities withdrew  c o in p any said they needed the statue to make the scene More realistic no decision Bas been taken yet a whether to continue filming without Lenin French liner faces scrap Heap because of High operating costs Paris up the line France May be scrapped be cause it is costing the French government too much to keep afloat the newspaper France soil reported saturday. The pro government newspaper carried the exclusive Story under a Banner headline on ils frontage. The matter is expected to be discussed Al the weekly meeting of president Charles de Gaulle and his Cabinet wednesday the paper said. The two French companies operating passenger lines Are to receive subsidies of approximately $40 million this year it  experts estimated that within four years it would take $20 million to cover the deficit of the France alone the paper  said the principal reason for the his Cost of operating the France is basically the same As for the rest of the French Pas Senger Fleet the High Cost of personnel. The Franco has Crew of 1,100 for 2,000 Pas sengers. Family ceremony a woman sits in the courtyard of Saigon Pagoda while spirals of incense smoulder to Honor family ancestors who Are believed to be present during tet Holiday celebrations. Associated press photo Cardinal decrees criticism in . London up John car Mel Cardinal Heenan ordered British roman catholics s u a Day to create experimental councils to criticize complain an suggest changes in the Church. Once pastoral councils have been set up throughout the coun try a Means will exist for expressing criticism and c o m plaints As Well As constructive ideas said Cardinal Heenan archbishop of Westminster in pastoral Tetter. Those who make Public pro Workman uncovers James Madison Book Charlottesville v a a a Chance tug at a Loose Board by a Man painting the Interior of the University of Vir Ginia s Rotunda revealed a Yel Lowed Musty smelling and worm eaten  penned in Black script on the title Page of essay on the i policy of the american slave trade1 was the signature of the Book s owner James Madison fourth president of the United states. Tests contend that at present they have no other Way of Mak ing their voices heard he  must respect their sincerity and make the pastoral Council an open and honest forum for Catholic opinion in the diocese of Westminster he add  Cardinal said some people were Content to have priests Tel them what the Church expected and were out of sympathy with councils. He urged those people to be patient. The pastoral Council will do great Good if it brings All sections of the Westminster diocese into consultation the Cardinal  letter explained the Vati can originated the idea of councils to allow members of t h e Church to share  Council will be established in Westminster As an Assembly of priests and laity to advise the Bishops. The first meetings planned for after easter. Council members will be elec Ted by the parishes commissions and societies in the diocese the letter said. Thousands of britons in jail for debts London a briton were shocked saturday by an official report disclosing  of people still Are be ing jailed for owing Small sums of Money. The report came More than a Century after Charle Dickens exposed the evils of wholesale imprisonment for debt in victorian England. A government appointed com Mittee recommended Quick abolition of the system and said debts should be collected by compulsory deductions from the wages of the Man in the red. What Shook Many people Wasi he committee s disclosure that As recently As 1967 More than 1.300 debtors were jailed half of them for nonpayment of sums is than $50. Nine of the imprisoned debt ors owed less than $2.50. Special privileges although present Day debtors Are housed in Ordinary jails and Given special privileges denied to criminal offenders the report brought to mind the condition that Dickens graphically de scribed in some of his novels. In those Days debtors were tossed indiscriminately into horrific squalor on the Straw Cov ered Stone floors of such places As London s Newgate and flee prisons there to mix with thieves drunks and condemned murderers. Even six years after Dickens death in 1870 there were More than 30,000 debtors imprisoned in London alone. Since then the Laws have Bee greatly softened. Nowadays a Man or woman owing Money is jailed for a maximum of three weeks and then Only for nonpaying a debt ordered by a court. The committee headed by judge sir Reginald Payne argued that jailing someone for debt does t make sense. For one thing it costs about$35 a week to keep a debtor behind bars. Often the Money owed is less than that. Damaged carrierc5 being fixed fast Honolulu up the battered nuclear powered aircraft Carrier Enterprise torn by fiery disaster Jan. 14, is being repaired faster than expected be cause damage is not As serious As first believed the Navy says. Officials at the Pearl Harbo naval shipyard said the repair Job will be completed before themed april target Date. Unofficial sources said the ship May return to duty to March. The Carrier was ripped by fir and explosions that killed 27 crewmen during a training mis Sion near Hawaii