European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Sunday november 18, 1973 the stars and stripes d Senate votes benefits in fuel layoffs Washington a fearing a pos sible recession the Senate Friday voted extended unemployment benefits for workers Laid off As a result of fuel Short Ages. The 73 to 12 vote came on an amendment by sen. Henry m. Jackson d-wash., to emergency Energy legislation authorizing president Nixon to ration gasoline and suspend clean air standards. Jackson declared that the economic crisis resulting from current fuel Short Ages could be far More serious than the direct Impact of gasoline rationing or any of the other Energy saving measures contained in the Bill. The amendment also would provide food Stamps to Low income families and Loans to Small businesses Hurt by the crisis but Jackson said he did t know How to protect people against any increases in the Cost of. Scarce fuels. Sen. Majority Leader Mike Mansfield d-mont., said he did t think Congress would approve any drastic Rise in the Gaso line tax As proposed by some administration officials. Page 27 pipeline Bill signed info Law president Nixon and sen. Mike gravel Dalaska shake hands after Nixon signed a Bill opening the Way for construction of the $4.5-Biilion trans Alaska Oil pipeline which will run from Alaska s North slope to the Southern port of Val Dez. Nixon said the signing was about three years late but better late than  gravel said he expects no opposition from environmentalists. A Black mayor addresses ethnic expo by Bert Lindler staff writer berlins every great City in America will die if people come to regard integration As passe said one of the nation s first Black big City mayors. Mayor Richard Hatcher Gary ind., told a capacity audience at the ethnic expo Here it is in our own Best interest to work together whether we Are in Berlin or Gary Indiana. We Are literally com mitting suicide if we work  also appearing at the expo saturday were olympic medallists and army cats. Charles Green and Mel fender who Dis cussed the attitudes of Black . Athletes at the 1968 olympics. Hatcher compared . Cities to a per son. A person with a Hole in his foot who loses blood each time his blood circulates will die eventually. That s what s happen ing in our cities. People Are coming into the cities to work and then leaving in the evening. Money and Commerce Are going out of the cities and without Money the cities cannot  i think there is a growing feeling in the . That integration As a desirable goal has failed Hatcher continued. People Are saying that since in Many communities when Blacks move in Whites move out Whites do not want to live with Blacks Hatcher said. However everywhere i go i find Blacks and Whites seeking to live together Hatcher said. Hatcher cited the expo Here As an example. Hatcher said that if present programs Are transmitted into action the army in Europe will be closer to overcoming the problems of racism than the . In Gener Al. Percentages of Black officers in the armed services Are nearly twice As great in 1973 4 per cent of All officers Are now Black As in 1971 when 2.3 per cent of All officers were Bla Khatcher said. In addition the percentage of Black prisoners in stockade has decreased from 1971 to 1973, Hatcher said. Hatcher also pointed out problem areas. A 1972 study showed that pre trial confine ment in the military appeared to be used As a form of discipline More against Blacks than Whites Hatcher said. Figures show that the average Black Man spends five More Days than the average White Man in pre trial confinement and the White is twice As Likely to be released without fur ther disciplinary proceedings he said. New Getty threat is made Rome up a Rome newspaper which received a human ear in the mail purported to be that of missing j. Paul Getty Iii said saturday it had received a letter threatening to Cut off one of the youth s feet if his Ransom was not paid in five Days. The newspaper ii Messaggiero said the steer was written on a different typewriter cola revised upward in part of Germany Washington is while Cost of living allowances cola have been reduced for most locations in Germany be cause of the recovery of the Dollar against the Mark they have been increased for a few Sites in North Rhine Westphalia. The cola for several Hundred Ameri cans stationed in Bonn Burbach Cologne Hellbrueck Dueren Dove Euskirchen and Noe Venich has been increased from an Index of 104 to 108 As a result of a special study made for that part of Germany. The i amount an individual will Benefit varies i with Grade and number of dependents. L than that of previous messages from the alleged kidnappers and posted in Rome. Former actress Gail Harris Mother of the missing grandson of the american Oil billionaire said she doubted the new letter and threat of cutting off one of the youth s feet was genuine. I cannot believe they would be so vicious she said. I talked with the kid Napers wednesday morning. The Man i talked with was very Nice and made no new threats. He said Only he would Call me  Young Getty disappeared in Rome july 9. His supposed abductors have demanded a $3.4-million Ransom which miss Harris former wife of j. Paul Getty ii says is beyond her Means. A $225,000 counteroffer was rejected by the alleged kidnappers. The Grandfather has refused to pay any Ransom saying that to do so would expose his 14 other grandchildren to abduction. Police crime lab experts were still work ing on positive identification of the ear and. Blood from a lock of hair sent with it. They have determined the ear was Cut surgically and professionally from a living human. Studies also show that Blacks Are less Likely to receive honorable discharges and More Likely to receive less than honorable discharges Hatcher said. Pender and Green gave their views of the 1968 olympics in Mexico City at which John Carlos and Tommy Smith first and third place winners in the 200 meters gave a clenched fist Black Power Salute during the presentation ceremony. Pender said Why Are the 1968 olympic games important to the Black men and to you As White majority America because. For the first time in athletic Competition Black men expressed not Joy in their Victory but sorrow for the Black people who had suffered and sacrificed to ensure that Black men and women would have the Opportunity to  gain attention in America the Black Man has to use whatever vehicle he has to gain attention Greensand. Asked Why they had failed to use the clenched fist Salute at their own medal presentations when they express obvious support for the action of Carlos and Smith Green responded i was not really together then. I was More negro than Black. I realized that  Pender said he was in the army at the time and a colonel had called him in and said official action would be taken against him if he demonstrated. 9 Hurt in rail collision Hamburg a nine passengers were injured saturday when a shunting engine collided with a train transporting Ger Man soldiers and their equipment Federal railway officials announced. They said the shunting engine and the engine pulling the army train derailed and blocked the trunk line from Hanover to Hamburg near win sen Luhe for several hours. Black doctor ties illness to ethnicity by Richard Saltus los Angeles a a Black doctor who has studied the effects some diseases have on members of his race says there is an ethnicity to some illnesses. This is not to imply racial inferiority said or. Richard a. Williams. But High blood pressure is the greatest killer of Blacks and we have to do something about it As a matter of  first textbook Williams who says he has compiled the first textbook on diseases that particularly affect Blacks headed a roster of Black and White specialists who participated in the two Day John Beauregard Johnson memo rial symposium on hypertension and other Black related diseases. Johnson was a Black cardiologist and re searcher at Howard University who recently died of the hypertension. Other specialists at the conference Fri Day said High blood pressure or hypertension is twice As prevalent among Blacks As among Whites and that the death rate for Blacks under the age of 50 is five times higher than that for Whites. Screening urged or. Jeremiah Stamler of Chicago said hypertension while a common disease in the United states generally is an acute problem in the Low income Community where people see doctors less often and have less effective Long term medical  he urged that High blood pressure screening be incorporated As a part of comprehensive health maintenance pro Grams for these populations. We Are All aware of certain diseases such As sickle cell anaemia and High blood pressure which inordinately affect Black people said Williams who is assistant medical director at the Martin Luther King or. Memorial general Hospital in los Angeles. However there Are Many other Dis eases which Are similarly devastating to the Black population which Are often unrecognized by doctors who treat Blacks he said. Anaemia affects males he said among them Are g6pd, an anaemia that affects 15 per cent of Black males Sarco Dosis a disease resembling tuberculosis certain cancers and environmentally caused disorders such As Lead poisoning drug addiction and rat bite fever. Too Little research has been done to explain the susceptibility of Blacks to these diseases Williams said in an interview. He said some theories Are heredity Environ mental stresses effects related to the depth of pigmentation in the skin and ingestion of highly Salty foods such As soul food. Until now nobody has even catalogued the diseases which particularly affect Blacks he said. Williams said his text Book of Black related diseases is due for publication soon. Journalism society chief Buffalo . Up Ralph m. Of Well managing editor of the Chicago Sun times was elected president of Sigma Delta Chi Friday at the group s National convention. 10 years asked for Augsburg gis Augsburg Germany is a Ger Man prosecutor asked for the maximum sentence for three american soldiers from the 36th arty on the final Day of their trial Here Friday for murder rape and robbery. He said considering the crimes and their brutality he could ask for no less than the maximum of 10 years for spec 4 Norman s. Robinson pfc. Cecil r. Rose and pvt. Gary w. Fox worthy. The three face sentencing the first of the week from the three judges and two Lay men on the panel. They were on trial for the robbery of a German Man oct. 17, 1972, and the Mur Ders of Klaus Gammel 16, and Franz rothmaier 17, and the rape of a i s German wife on oct. 18. Adjudged juveniles they can be Given no More than 10 years for their self admitted crimes because of German Law on limited responsibility for those under 21. They have already served a year of pretrial confinement in . Army and German jails