European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday May 14, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 27 Carter oks $4 billion for jobs Washington up president Carter Friday signed a $4 billion Public works measure designed to boost the econ omy and create 600,000 new jobs and also put his signature on a Bill authorizing 20 billion in Revenue sharing funds. During a ceremony attended by congressional and labor leaders governors and mayors Carter cautioned that we be still got a Long Way to go before the Economy has recovered. He hailed the Public works program Akey element in his fiscal recovery strategy As a move to Start our National Economy to a Normal growth in  the labor department has estimate that the Public works program which will be administered at the state and local level will create at least 300.000 jobs in the construction Industry and an additional 300,000 jobs in related industries. Carter said the unemployment rate had dropped 1 per cent since he took office but said it was not a tribute to his administration but a return of consumer and business Confidence in the fiscal Outlook of the nation. 2 More steel firms announce Price increases Pittsburgh. A. A Bethlehem steel the United states second largest steelmaker and seventh ranked Jones and Laughlin have joined other Industry Lead ers in announcing 6 per cent Price increase . Steel America s no. 1 steelmaker and third ranked National earlier announced similar Price hikes on Flat rolled  the rest Bethlehem said the new prices would fall far Short of covering higher costs adding Only about 3 per cent to the company total  announcements by Bethlehem and Jones and Laughlin virtually assure that the latest round of higher prices will stick. Last week. Republic and Youngstown Ohio Sheet and tube announced Price totes Sass. Creases to the 6 per cent level announced by . Steel. $3.14 billion Senate unit votes Aid Washington a the Senate for eign relations committee is calling for $3.14 billion in military and economic assistance for the coming fiscal year while the Senate committee added nearly $80million to the Bill before approving it thursday it also wrote important policy  change endorsed the Compromise reached earlier in the Day Between presi Dent Carter and pro Israel lawmakers Over the administration s intention to remove Israel from a list of preferred clients for . Arms sales and co production of .-designed  amendment sponsored by Sens. Frank Church a Idaho. And Jacob javits,r-., took note of the historic special relationship Between this country and the jewish state. It also reaffirmed that . Arms sales policies shall not impair is Rael s deterrent strength or undermine the military balance in the Middle  Compromise was designed to Pla Cate fears of Israel s supporters that the country s Security was imperilled by an erosion of the United slates Long standing commitment to its defense. It also Mercarter s wish that the legislation avoid any explicit language making Israel an exception in the us. Arms sales  a letter to the committee. Carter said such language would risk upsetting the shaky Middle East peace. He also said it would Spur demands by other countries to become special customers taking the guts out 01 an arms restraint policy that the president said is supported by the american people. Portugal air base May go to nato Lisbon a a top West German de sense official said the air base at Buja in Southern Portugal May be turned Over to  of state Helmut fingerhut. No. 2 in the defense ministry said the pos sible Transfer of the base to nato Wouldhave to be preceded by careful  fingerhut returned to West Germany after a three Day visit during which designed a military assistance agreement with portuguese  Beja base built by the West Ger mans is used to train portuguese pilots and to repair West German  already has one nato air base at Monte real North of Lisbon. The committee also added an Amend ment to suspend . Military and economic Aid to any country that imports or exports nuclear materials without International Sanction or any country that explodes a nuclear device for the first  proposal by sen. John Glenn d Ohio is intended to toughen a Law written last year to control nuclear proliferation. In addition to the Aid cutoffs it would give Congress Power to override a presidential waiver of a specific  changes in the Aid Bill included $5 million added for Cyprus refugee Relief. Stocks closing . 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Protests to Kremlin Over spy accusations Moscow up the . Embassy has filed a Sharp protest with the Kremlin Over renewed soviet accusations that one of its staff members is a  diplomatic sources said the embassy took exception to a renewed attack on embassy first Secretary Joseph Pressl in the soviet government daily Izvestia last  sources said the embassy also filed several More official protests with the so Viets Over the blocking of soviet citizens from Access to the embassy and to the Homes of american diplomats. They said there had been a number of additional incidents of official soviet blocking of Access since several similar protests were filed last week. The sources said the . Embassy viewed Izvestia s latest attacks on Presel As much sharper and More tendentious and sent embassy political Counselor Wil Liam Brown to the soviet foreign ministry to deliver a sharply worded protest. Izvestia has twice carried the accusations of jewish dissident turncoat or.  that Presel was an agent of the Central intelligence Agency and use soviet dissidents to collect information harmful to the soviet Union. The first such attack on March 4, was dismissed by the embassy As a classic 1 5 most Active new York up the is Moil Acu stocks ill new York Slocke change composite Truing at 4 . Proday so corp. 1.a�ra i Eastman kdk_2smoo so � i Besoco. Hm5 baby Ukwu. A Waln genteel. I Moj Occo Nelpi. 177.iob Ria corp.  n,130,400 t9vt- 0"  2ttiucolnc amex 10 most Active new York up the 10 most Active stocks in american Slock i change composite trading Al 4 . S.,m la in. Mccullow Noil 1m.100 3t� � � Housun Oil "i.4m slav � grab Snopl 117,200 � a Synte Dow Jones averages new York map Dow Jones closing averages Friday. 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Police in Northern Pamplona killed two antigovernment demonstrators one with a rubber Bullet and one with a live round a almost the same time As 82-year-old do Lores Iba Ruri arrived in the  Street clashes also were reported in Bilbao and san Sebastian shut Down Bya general strike protesting police repression and demanding amnesty for Al Basque political prisoners. La Pas Onaria stooped and wearing Lack her hallmark during Spain s bloody three year civil War was whisked away from Madrid s Airport in one of its vans the Spanish National airline Iberia  government ordered extra police into the restive Basque Region following the police killing of a demonstrator in san Sebastian thursday the fatal stabbing of rightist by a communist in Madrid and the bizarre slaying of a Barcelona industrialist by unidentified gunmen who taped a time bomb to his Chest. Conversion rates Brussels up Friday s closing rates of the . Dollar to european currencies. I figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other local currencies to dollars mall British Pound. N .1.7191garmanmark. Zotts French franc. ,4.9128dutch Guilder. .1.4170 belgian Irene. 9mitalian lira mt.49 Swiss trans. .1.5222greek drachma .27.07 turkish lira. .17jo  u9sthese Are commercial banking rates and in most cases Are not available to the Public at the exact rate  Sale of Marks to . Personnel for personal use will be at the rate of 2.34 on monday which is based on a Price fixing at midday and allows for a Standar handling charge. May 13 1.71102.34h 4.9540 2.4540 91.115 mils 2.si92 17.07 17 to m.70