European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Couples no longer polls apart . . A Hus bands and wives May enter voting Booths together a Stute judge has ruled. Judge James ii. Price or. Told the Greenville county election commis Sion which Hud walked at adhering to the statute permitting the prac Tice the Law was constitutional and must be followed. He noted it would not violate the concept of a secret ballot. The commission will obey the Law although reluctantly its chairman said after Price s ruling. What s the distinction Between husband and wife and say brother and sister or even employee and employer asked chairman sol Abrams. Lite Law was passed by the Legisla Ture in 1976 after one lawmaker observed if they sleep together they ought to be Able to vote  previously the state election com Mission said some local election commissions allowed the practice but others did t. State Law permits a voter to ask for assistance in the Booth from a poll official. , . Say Africa has seeds of conflict Tehran up Britain and the United states warned saturday that Africa bears the seeds of a conflict that could involve East and West and that outside Powers should stay out of african conflicts. The assessments were Given by British foreign Secretary David Owen and us. Secretary of state Cyrus Vance. The two countries Are working closely together on a negotiated solution for the Rhodesia conflict. Vance announced the appointment sat urday of the . Ambassador to Zambia Stephen Lowe to be his representative in the Anglo american negotiating Effort. Speaking to the opening session of the Cen trial treaty organization Cento both Vance and Owen Warend about Africa today. Africa perhaps More than any other continent is of concern to  Owen said in Rhodesia. Namibia. Zaire and Ethiopia we see the seeds of violent conflict. Grave dangers will result from the continued escalation of the violence. Including a serious risk that the conflict would bring in other Powers and bring about a serious confrontation Between East and West Owen said. Recent events have raised questions in the minds of All those who favor political authorized unofficial publication for the us. Argue forces vol. 36, no. 28 is sunday May 15, 1977 if 21855 a drenched Mary Lardin looks in dismay at her partly submerged car in a Down her car is a current Model town area of Miami after heavy Rains virtually stopped traffic in Many parts of the City. How Many knots per gallon Mary a photo sales of desert wasteland economic and social Progress for All the people of that great continent Vance said. In Zaire and the Horn of Africa my government has operated on the principle that african problems would be resolved peacefully in an african context. We Are opposed to the use of forces by external Powers to bring about change in  both were apparently referring to recent soviet involvement in Ethiopia and in the Supply of insurgents fighting in Zaire and in Rhodesia. Both Britain and the United states were openly snubbed by Pakistan which Jias recently accused the United states government and the British broadcasting company of interference in tile internal affairs of Pakistan. Pakistan did not Send its foreign minis Ter to the conference. Pakistan s ambassador. S. Chias Uddin Ahmed. Did not mention the United states or Britain in his opening remarks As is customary on such a formal occasion. American officials were openly annoyed by the snub. In his remarks to the opening session. Vance gave a Brief overview of the world As it is now seen from Washington the Middle East we believe that continued on Page 24. Col. 41 Turk warns of More . Slaps Tehran up i turkish foreign minister Ihsan Sabri Caglayan Gil said sat urday that -turkish relations cannot survive new setbacks and that Ankara is concerned about congressional delay in approving a new decease agreement Between the two countries. Speaking at a meeting of the Central treaty organization Cento. Cag Lay Angil also said the us turkish defense cooperation agreement should not be linked to the greek turkish dispute Over Cyprus. I would like to emphasize that this de sense cooperation was initiated and maintained to serve the Mutual interests of the two countries and that it should not be linked to unrelated questions of a bilateral  he said. Secretary of state Cyrus Vance was sit Ting next to Caglayan Gil As he spoke. The turkish minister also noted that the Vienna talks on the Cyprus question ended with an agreement for More negotiations Between greek and turkish cypriots. As a general assessment these can be continued on Page 24. Col 3 Annapolis grads fraud trial starts san Diego invt a Federal court jury has begun hearing evidence of fraudulent sales of desert wasteland allegedly promo a by Ruup of Annapolis graduates who employed Young Navy officers to solicit buyers aboard ships and at Shore baes Twenty Active duty and former Navy men including ii it naval Academy Grad Ual were indicted by a Federal grand jury la-,1 aug 17 on 43 counts of conspiracy mail fraud and falsifying Navy credit Union loan applications nine of the 20 Are on trial now and trial dates for the other 11 defendants will be set later by Federal District judge Howard b Turrentine the indictments were returned after an investigation by the Navy judge advocate s office Here into Large scale California land dealings. The investigation was based on complaints from Navy and Marine corps personnel who bought parcels of arid land m Victor Valley at the Western Edge of the Mojave . North of san Bernardino. The 20 defendants were All officers or Emp loves of a san Diego based concern called Crof muted growth corp. Which was founded in 1972 by one of the accused Annapolis graduates. James s. Cole Man Iii. Coleman a 33-year-old former Navy lieutenant commander served As the a n Cem s first president. Terry j. Knoepp a United states attorney said that several Hundred Navy and Marine corps officers and enlisted men. 70 of whom had testified before the grand jury had apparently been victimized by the land promoters the salesmen involved in the operation were basically Active duty Navy person Nel largely Young lieutenants who solicited prospective purchasers aboard ships and at naval installations ashore Knoepp said. If convicted the defendants could receive maximum sentences of five years in prison and fines ranging up to More than i continued on Page 24, col 2