European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 03, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 3, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 7 fewer foreign ships fishing in . Waters Washington a the Commerce department said sunday that substantially fewer foreign fishing trawlers were seen off the coasts of the United states thus March compared to a year ago. The department attributed the reduction to the . Decision to extend jurisdiction Over fishing rights 200 Miles offshore. The foreign ships were found Only off the coasts of new England and Alaska a marked difference from March 1976 when foreign fishing vessels were found off . Coasts. The United states changed from a 12 mile limit to a 200-mile limit March 1, and during that first month of the new arrange ment 180 foreign fishing and fishing sup port vessels from five countries were sighted off the new England and alaskan coasts the department said. The National oceanic and atmospheric administration an Agency of the com Merce department said the number of ships was a 40 per cent reduction from the 435 from 12 nations that fished along the entire . Coastline a year ago. Under requirements of the new 200-mile fishing zone foreign fishermen need per mits specifying locations times and Spe cies of fish they May catch. The largest number of foreign fishing vessels came from Japan which had 73 ships off Alaska and 14 off new  soviet Union was second with 46 ships fishing off Alaska and 24 off new England. Spain had the third largest Fleet with 21 ships fishing off the new England coast. One ship was sighted from Canada and an other from South  March sightings of 180 ships com pared to 314 foreign ships fishing off us coasts in february and 319 in january. Pastor draws applause after confessing sin grand rapids. Mich. Up1 the  l. Bast arrested last week on charges of soliciting for prostitution stood up before his congregation sunday and declared i confess my  he got a standing , the married pastor of the Garfield Park reformed Church was among 22 person arrested for attempting to solicit two women grand rapids police officers who were posing As prostitutes. Others arrested included prominent businessmen and the principal of a local  other defendants were arraigned last week. Bast faces arraignment this  has been Given a 30 Day leave of absence by the Board of elders. During that leave Church officials will decide whether to accept the resignation letter Bast has  reverend did not hold services sunday. That chore was taken Over by his assistant. However Bast did stand up before the congregation. "1 confess my sin he said. But i did not have any intent to carry out any Type of immoral  spokesman Gale Anderson said the enthusiastic reaction of the congregation was not  has received support from Many of the 250 families in the Garfield Church an from members of other denominations. Anderson said. Wilkins honoured at dinner Columbia. So. A Roy Wilkins. Retiring president of the National association for the advancement of coloured people was honoured at an a act sponsored dinner Here. Milwaukee residents finish first disaster survival test Given on to los Angeles api Milwaukee Resi dents did the Best in Abc s telecast of the National disaster survival test. Persons from new Orleans did the worst. Television audiences across the country had a Chance sunday night to compare their knowledge of How to react to disasters with the reactions of a random Sample of 2,000 persons in Milwaukee new York. Los Angeles and new Orleans persons in those four cities were tested and their responses taped in March. Warren v. Bush who produced the pro Gram in conjunction with the National safety Council said the test was designed to Check participants judgment knowl Edge alertness stress and leadership in surviving such disasters As fire Earth quakes and floods. Test forms were in newspapers and magazines so television audiences could participate in the sunday night s show. Under the rules persons had to subtract from their test scores if they did not hold Home fire drills keep flashlights at bed Side Post fire department numbers or know first Aid. We gave the test to a random Sample of americans in four cities in March so the Home audience can compare their answers with a Cross Section of americans Bush said sunday. The Milwaukee audience finished with a score of 74 out of a possible 100. New York was second with 67, los Angeles third with 66. And new Orleans fourth with 59. The highest individual score was 91, posted by a 35-year-old Man in los Angeles who had had first Aid training. Men scored an average of 71, women 69.persons with a College education scored an average of 74, while High school graduates averaged 71 and those with a Grade school education 69. Persons with first Aid train ing scored eight Points better than those without such  age persons from 30 to 50 years old did Best with an average score of 74. Those 18 to 30 averaged 73, under 18 aver aged 70. And persons Over 50 trailed with 61. Bush said each question in the test answer form was Worth a certain number of Points up to a total of 100