European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 03, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 3, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 5 time running out go electronic mail service urged Washington your mail zips across the country electronically and is delivered the Day after it is sent. For a higher charge it can be delivered i hours. Farther in the future you Are Able to buy a Small computer terminal for receiving messages in your Home in seconds from anywhere in the country. While the postal service says it is study ing such futuristic concepts some con Gressmen a Federal study commission and private study groups arc urging the mail Agency to move quickly into electronic communications. If the postal service does t offer elec tronic mail service they say. Private companies will Corner the Market. They say businesses would Only offer the service in profitable areas and that the government should run the scr if to make it available to everyone. Time is running out for the postal  a committee of the National Academy of sciences said in a january report. While it delays its entry into electronic message services developments by Pri vate firms arc sure to proceed possibly foreclosing any opportunities for the postal service to move into the Field in any meaningful  the committee said. The commission on postal service in a recent report to Congress and president Carter said. An electronic communications system which transmits and delivers mail Mast be regulated by government to assure privacy equity universality reasonable charges and a variety of serv ices " the technology for an electronic mail system is already largely developed. Mes sages can be converted to electronic impulses transmitted to Distant Post offices and then converted Back to a message on paper ready for delivery. The big questions arc when a National network will become economically feasible and whether the government or private Enterprise should offer it. The postal service already is losing volume As businesses install computerized message devices for communicating be tween Branch offices. This trend is expected to accelerate in coming years. The Arthur d. Little co said in a recent study that by 1983.23 per cent of first class mail will have been diverted to electronic communications. A major study ordered by the postal service into the feasibility of electronic mail is not due for completion until mid 1978 observers in Congress and elsewhere say this Pace is far too slow. Rep. James m. Hanley d-n.y., chair Man of a House Post office subcommittee says i fear the postal service if left to its own devices would study the Issue of electronic Transfer until the Agency was obsolete. It would be deciding whether or not to move when the private sector had cornered the  Hanley s panel re Sumes hearings thursday on electronic mail concepts. Rep. Charles h Wilson. A Calif. Chair Man of another Post office subcommittee has introduced a Resolution that the postal service should adopt a permanent commitment to be involved in the Field of elec tronic  4 Northwest states study periodic Power cutoffs Portland. Ore. A electricity could be Cut off periodically to Homes and businesses and some Large industries forced to close temporarily under an Energy saving plan developed for four states in the drought stricken Pacific Northwest. The proposal has been sent to the Gover nors of Oregon. Washington. Idaho and Montana who will me a sometime this month to decide whether to accept it. If accepted the plan must pass through the proper bureaucratic and political channels in each  of the Region s electricity is Gener ated by hydroelectric dams in the Colum Bia Hiver drainage area. The area Snow pack is very thin this Spring and the Runoff is expected to be a record Low. A Utility spokesman told the Pacific Northwest electricity task Force chances arc better than even that cutbacks will be ordered. The task Force created by the Gover nors includes delegates from the four states and representatives of the Federal lion Neville Power administration Large Industrial customers and Northwest utilities the situation will become most critical in Oregon. Washington and Montana next Winter when the demand for electricity in the three states is greatest representatives said. They said Power demands Al ready Are High in Idaho where drought has forced Farmers to turn on their irrigation pumps two months earlier than usual. The regional plan is divided into stages the first two Catling for voluntary Cut backs so far. Voluntary efforts have resulted in a savings of less than 5 per cent while experts say a saving of at least 10 per cent is necessary to avoid mandatory Mea  final three stages outline mandatory measures to be taken depending on these Verity of the water Supply situation stage 3. The most severe would be in effect if the Region s reservoirs were in imminent danger of running dry. All custom ers except police fire and health agencies would have their electricity Cut off on a rotating basis some Large Indus trial customers would be Lold to cease operations. Other Industrial users would be told to Cut consumption by a specific percentage stage 2 would be implemented if there is a 40 per cent probability that the reservoirs would be empty by next april 30. The second stage would require All customers to reduce electric consumption by a cer Tain percentage to be determined at the time stage 2 took effect. The most Likely stage of the mandatory rules to be implemented is stage i. Which orders Home heating thermostats set at 65 degrees during the Day and 55 degrees at night. Stage 1. To take effect if there is a 20 per cent Chance that reservoirs will run dry by next april 30. Also would ban electrically heated swimming pools outdoor display lighting and All decorative lighting except at night when a business is open it also would restrict lighting of sports events and the hours of retail shopping  activity and Industrial and government operations. Gown is caught in elevator door met Singer killed clkvk1.ani i api a member of the metropolitan opera chorus was killed in a backstage elevator Accident during a performance of Verdi s ii Troy Aroix m Public auditorium Here officials said belly Stone til. Had just boarded a crowded elevator before the third act of a performance of the opera when her floor length dress caught in disclosing d Jor. A met spokesman said Stone was drag ged to the flour of the elevator a a h began to Rise and her head became wedged in the partly open door. She died a Short Lime Lale Rof hand injuries of time Andres Mcardle Star of the musical Annie based on the comic strip mugging for the camera Little orphan Annie Slicks her Tongue out at the camera White posing with former beatle Paul Mccartney and Bis wife Linda. A photo May 3. 1�7 the second american Soldier within a week has been convicted of desertion and sentenced to life imprison ment after claiming amnesia As a defense for his three year absence. The seven Man . Military court deliberated Only 10 minutes before finding Frank a. Barbalou 27, guilty of desertion in time of War. May 3, 1957 the . And Russia would destroy each other in an atomic War warns chief of naval operations adm. Arleigh a. Burke. May 3, 1967 the state department announced Hiil the . Will pull 35.000 troops out of Germany next year. In Addi Tion to the 15 per cent cutback 33,000 de Pendents will also be brought Back to the slates. Beginning in january the entire deployment is expected to be finished by mid-1968