European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday May 17, 1977 Mondale scares meet azores Calm from Porcu dispatches Lisbon Premier Mario scares conferred with vice president Walter Mondale monday after Calm had been returned Fol lowing a series of bomb attacks launched by Adorean  meeting with Mondale scares told reporters informal  talks were continuing on extending the Ameri can lease on the Lajes base. The Premier said dissidents represented an Ultra tiny minority that did not threaten american interests. Mondale. Voicing . Support for emerging iberian democracies in two Days of meetings with portuguese and Spanish leaders also conferred with president an Tonio Ramalho Vancs. The vice president praised Portugal As firmly committed to human rights and said Lisbon Washington relations were solid Friendly and becom ing stronger. The two men discussed More than $700million in planned Western Loans the United slates will provide 300 million to tide Portugal Over an economic  also talked about american Aid to revamp portuguese armed forces including an airborne brigade for the North at lactic treaty  s talks with scares on the azores Portugal s mid Atlantic Islan Chain assumed greater importance after separatists and police exchanged shot Sand tear Gas following a dispute Over Dis play of a separatist Flag during a religious festival. Nine persons were reported injured and a bomb caused minor  bomb exploded on Terceira Island where the american base is located but it was Miles from the base and no americans were reported  units in the azores were placed on Alert and Security reinforcements were flown to the islands where the front for the liberation of the azores has Long campaigned for Independence from  Lajes base used largely As a transit and Ocean surveillance Point refuelled .planes carrying military supplies to Israel during the 1973 Middle East War. . Officials say advances in aircraft performance have since lessened the base s importance. The Lajes lease expired in 1974 but was extended automatically pending renegotiation. Supreme court rules for charter airlines confirmed rom Page 1 was unwarranted and it ordered Theca to reconsider a request for scheduled flights by world airways  airline wants to Rui tween Newark and Baltimore on the East coast and Oakland and Ontario calif., on the West coast. World airways filed its request with Theca in Early 1975. The commission or dered to consider the merits of the request has not announced its final decision. Ira claims execution of British army officer Belfast api Irish Republican army guerrillas said monday they had executed a British army Captain abducted saturday night in Northern  arrested him on saturday night and executed him after interrogation Theira s 1st in in South Armagh county said in a  Ira which is fighting to end British Rule in the province claimed the officer capt. Robert i arc acc Naira. 29, of the Grenadier guards regiment was working the tax Bill continued rom Page 1 be  couples and Many single persons who use the Standard deduction also would get an average $121 tax Cut As the current Standard deduction is scrapped in favor of a Flat rate of $3.200 for couples and $2.200 for single  single persons making More than $13,750 would be hit with an average $51-pcr-Ycar tax increase As part of an Effort to reduce the marriage penalty the amount of deductions that two single per sons lose when they  who itemize deductions about one in four would gain  get a new employment tax credit of $630 to $1.806 for each new employee hired above a base level of slightly More than last year s employment to maximum of $100.000 credit. In order to draw up the simplified tax forms it was necessary to allow the elderly and Blind to claim an extra $35 tax credit just As they receive an extra personal exemption  elderly also would be Given the option of recalculating 1976 taxes under the old retirement income credit which waschange4 by the 1976 tax Bill. Those who claimed the sick pay Deduc Tion and americans who work permanently abroad would be Given a one year reprieve from major retroactive changes in their tax Breaks under the 1976  Oil and Gas producers also would be Given a year of Relief from a $30 million tax increase imposed by the 1976 tax Reform act. With the strategic air service Sas British unit combating  army spokesman said we have Only just heard the news and Are Stilt look ing into it. Despite what the statement said the Captain was definitely not an Sas  army said the Young Captain s body had not been  was abducted by two men after a struggle in a parking lot outside the three Steps tavern in Drumintee. Near the order with the Irish Republic in South Armagh the territory known to Security forces As Bandit  the army said Naira who worked in intelligence and was a Liaison officer be tween the army and local police was on duty at the time but dressed in civilian  South Armagh Border area was alive with troops and police searching for the kidnapped officer. Helicopters swooped Low Over the Countryside while vehicles on All roads were stopped and  in the neighbouring Irish Republic confirmed that they were assisting in the search for Naira Bachelor son of an English Eye  the Ira statement the archbishop of Westminster Basil Cardinal Hume head of the roman Catholic Church in England and Wales appealed to the kid Napers to release the  Hume was once Abbot of a sem Inary where Naira went to school. This is a terrible blow the Church Leader  strikers had argued that Britain was not taking Tough enough action against Ira  strike fizzled out on Friday after most of the one million protestant majority in the turbulent province ignored the strike Call. Europe partly Cloudy to Cloudy Wilt Occa clonal Alvernoon Thun Der Snowen tuesday and wednesday. Fra Wurt Heidel Berg  45. Low w. Sunt tuesday i 0 . Winrow wedneulay415a  recorded monday Aceti 4am 4pm 4am 4pm57 11 Adana. P so 44  44 70 Sineni. K 4b $4 London cd 57 41 Astana. P 41 54 Madrid. T 44 59 Berlin p 4 4 Munich cl41 59 Brumis. R 59 41 pall. P 44 s4 Copenhagen p 5? 59 Rome r cd Cloudy. P partly Cloudy a rain. Del is,3ui weather so the appeals court ruling was a significant setback for All commercial airlines running regularly scheduled passenger service. It Means charter airlines eventually could compete for the same air travel dollars that they thus far have not allowed to  cab did not Appeal the circuit court s  from their final recess of the cur rent term which is scheduled to end in late june the justices also. Upheld the Power of Stales to revoke a Driver s License automatically under  system. The unanimous ruling declared that a state need not hold a hearing before it May withdraw a Motorist s right to drive because he has too Many traffic i  decision applied specifically to an Illinois Law. But it appeared to uphold Simi Lar Laws in effect in a growing number of other states. Under a so called Point system each time a Driver is convicted of a traffic violation a set number of Points input on his record. It he exceeds the Maxi mum number of Points allowed his License May be suspended or revoked. Justice Harry Blackmun wrote the Opin Ion declaring that states Are free to take away a Motorist s permit when it is done to keep off the roads those Drivers who Are unable or unwilling to respect traffic Rule Sand the safety of  refused to hear an Appeal by Vernon Cooper a resident of Florida s death Row who claimed he was coerced into giving police a statement after his 1974 arrest for killing a sheriffs Deputy. Declined to Rule on some important rights of private parties who do not want their reports to government agencies Dis closed under the Freedom of information act. Decided not to get involved in the question of whether a company that prides itself on morality May fire an unmarried employee who becomes pregnant. Refused to consider what discretion Federal agencies have in complying with Freedom of information requests about data submitted by private businesses. The justices let stand a lower court decision limiting the kinds of information to be re leased to the Public. Ordered a lower court to reconsider abase seeking to Force Congress to vote for any pay raises its members might  lower court upheld a pair of Laws which in effect permit pay raises for congressmen and other High ranking govern ment officials even when Congress takes no action on the Issue of salaries. Late news new York up a new York air ways Beli copter crashed on the roof of toe pan am skyscraper monday. Radio re ports said at least five were killed. Ii happened at the height of the nub hour. Victims were seen lying in the Street moments after the crash about 5 40 ., but it was unknown whether they bad Bee thrown from the roof of the building in mid town Manhattan or whether they bad been hit by falling debris. After the 40-minute talks under a Crystal chandelier at Soares s official residence Mondale repeated assertions that there were no problems Between Portugal and 1 the United states. But he said there tre some technical concerns that Murt be worked out quickly. A these were understood to be details of t the loan arrangements which both ., and portuguese officials consider essential