European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday november 17, 1973 it does t Burn gasoline Emil Reichert of Karlsruhe Germany mindful of the gasoline shortage result ing from Arab cutbacks tends the Wood and peat burning Furnace used to Power his 1936 Adler Diplomat. Many of Ger Many s cars were converted in such a manner during the fuel shortages suffered in world War ii. Reichert retired school headmaster bought the car in 1945 and ran it for seven years before putting it in the garage. Now it s chugging along again. A photo Humphrey says Oil cutback May Hurt poor countries Rome a sen. Hubert h. Humphrey said Friday that the Arab Oil cutback might Boomerang against under developed countries by denying them american food. A shortage of Petroleum that goes into fertilizer and to run farm machinery could cause a reduction in . Food production the Minnesota Democrat said. If the arabs Cut Back our fuel Well have to Cut Back our agricultural production he told a news conference. Humphrey explained that with less Agri cultural production food prices would go up and the victims would be the poor countries of Africa and Asia. He said he is against using food As a weapon but added that he is also opposed to exporting . Food at the expense of the american  Humphrey said he was asking the Lead ers of some african and asian countries Many of which have recently broken relations with Israel to speak to the Arab leaders about the Oil cutbacks. He called the Oil embargo a Junior Pearl  at the same time Humphrey said he had asked the . Government for a Complete analysis of food Grants overseas Over the past 20 years. Humphrey is Here representing the sen ate foreign relations committee at the . Food and agriculture organization s biennial conference. He spoke to newsmen at the . Embassy. Asked about the effects of the Arab Oil cutbacks on . Middle Eastern policy Humphrey said that if anything it had stiffened the resolve of Congress to sup port Israel. He said the Oil embargo had Given Congress a feeling of the intransigence that the israelis have had to face. But he also said the Oil Boycott might have been a godsend to the United states because it will Force the country to seek new sources of Energy and to con serve present supplies. He said americans Are great wasters of Oil products. Measles strikes Brazil tribe Rio de Janeiro a measles taken to a once Remote Section of the Ama Zon Jungle by a new and controversial Highway is wiping out a primitive Indian tribe a leading brazilian newspaper has reported. Four thu Carramao indians have died this month from the disease 20 others Are in danger of losing their lives and 70 Are interned in a filthy government run Indian Hospital Rio s journal do Brasil said thurs Day. 4 we Are out of antibiotics and we urgently need vitamins analgesics and anti fever drugs in addition to a lot of clothes Panama s claim backed Bogota Colombia athe latin american foreign ministers conference threw its support thursday to Panama s claims of full sovereignty Over the canal zone Panama s foreign minister Juan Antonio tack said. The United states administers the canal zone in perpetuity. The paper quoted or. Jose Americo As saying at the Federal Indian Hospital in the Jungle town of Santa Isabel do Morro. An accompanying photograph showed several indians lying on mattresses on the Hospital floor covered Only with sheets. The paper said the indians got measles a disease normally unknown to their tribe and therefore much More dangerous to them than to White men after White settlers arrived in their Region along with Highway br80. One of the Many new roads the brazilian government is building to open the Ama Zon Jungle to development br80 caused a stir two years ago when it Cut through Xingu National Park an Indian Reserva Tion. The Park boundaries were changed be cause of the Highway. But the journal do Brasil said the Tucar Ramses refused to move from land they had occupied for generations and did not go along with other indians who followed the new location of the Park. World today rebels drive off cambodian Navy Craft phenom penh a Khmer Rouge insurgents drove Back cambodian Navy Craft trying to land two battalions of government troops on the South coast near the town of Kep military sources said Friday. The government s two week old Effort to retake Kep 85 Miles Southwest of phenom penh has constantly run into stiff insurgent opposition about five Miles Northwest of the town. Casualties on both sides reportedly have been heavy. The sources also said that a government night patrol intercepted an insurgent platoon of 40 men near Kep and killed 10. At the United nations Prek thenot dam project near Trapeano Kra Loeung 37 Miles West of phenom penh military sources reported that Khmer Rouge at tacks forced government troops to aban Don two positions and about 40 govern ment soldiers were reported killed. In Saigon the South vietnamese govern ment reported More fighting around three Border posts the North vietnamese captured recently in Quang due province about 120 Miles Northwest of the capital. The government said one of its infantry battalions ran into heavy fire thursday five Miles South of by Prang one of the lost posts near the cambodian Border. An other infantry unit four Miles behind also was attacked. The command said 21 communist troops were killed in the five hour Battle. Egyptian says Kissinger stresses detente Cairo a . Secretary of state Henry a. Kissinger told Egypt s most influential newspaper editor that the United states will not allow the Middle East crisis to threaten soviet american detente the editor reported Friday. However Kissinger added but at the same time we cannot allow the area to fall into the hands of the second superpower Mohammed Hassanein Heikal wrote in his weekly column in the Semi official news paper Ala ram. Heikal said that he met for 2l/2 hours with Kissinger at the american s invitation during his visit to Cairo last week. Heikal said the Secretary of state has no Complete plan for solving the Arab israeli conflict nor can the arabs Trust the efforts of one Man in America. However Kissinger is serious and sincere in trying to find a solution Heikal wrote. He said Kissinger told him he was not a negotiator or mediator Between the arabs and the israelis but was representing . Concern and interests in the area. Heikal reported that Kissinger told him despite our special relations with is Rael this does not prevent us from improving relations with the arabs. My problem is that i do not have Many factors of the crisis in my hand and i hate failure. As a result i find myself tack Ling the problem Only relying on my per Sonal  Heikal said the Secretary of state stressed the need for patience and a Realis tic Arab View that does not expect a settlement around the first Corner. U.s., Russia to cooperate in agriculture Moscow up the United states and Russia have agreed to cooperate in finding ways to improve their farm output the american embassy said Friday. The embassy said the decision was made of the first session of the .-.s.r. Joint committee on cooperation in Agri culture which ended thursday in Moscow. It said the joint committee agreed to co operate in developing ways to increase livestock and poultry output in mechanization of agricultural production in methods of forecasting production and de Mand for crops and in Breeding growing and Protection of crops. The two countries will Exchange scientists and specialists As Well As technical information seed samples biological materials and demonstration models of machines and equipment the embassy said. French strike Over food Price freeze ends Paris up merchants reopened their stores Friday following a 24-hour strike that left frenchmen virtually with out food gasoline and sidewalk cafes. The strike to protest a government freeze of certain food prices was 85 to 100 per cent effective in various regions of the country press estimates said. Produce merchants voted thursday to end their strike and wait for results from a meeting Between agriculture minister Jacques Chirac and representatives of banners wholesalers and retailers. A million businesses according to press estimates were closed during the strike including restaurants the Pride of this gastronomic minded country. Small food merchants who have been most affected by the government restriction on retail profit margins demonstrated near the opera but were blocked from marching to the finance ministry by helmeted police. Norway revalued currency by 5 per cent Oslo up Norway has revalued its currency the Krone by 5 per cent finance minister per Kleppe announced. The revaluation was expected because the National Bank announced wednesday night that it would close the foreign currency Exchange until further notice. Kleppe made the announcement during a news conference thursday after talks earlier in the Day among the foreign Exchange Council the Council for economic cooperation the Board of the National Bank and the finance and foreign relations committees of the storting Parlia ment. The revaluation will make imported goods More competitive in Norway while norwegian exports will be More expensive abroad. Sakharov accused of hindering democracy Moscow a the wife of physicist Andrei Sakharov has been warned by the secret police that her husband s dissident activity is harming democratization of soviet society dissident sources reported Friday. The sources said mrs. Yelena Sakharov was summoned thursday to Kab secret police Headquarters where the warning was conveyed during a 2v�-hour conversation with Sergei i. Sokolov a Kab offi Cial. Mrs. Sakharov was told that authorities were trying to democratize society. Sokolov also said that officials  want to impose repression but that her Hus band s activities were interfering with their plans