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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                President urges business to Back vet jobs training Washington api president  Carter told nearly a score o saturday May 21, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 7 preside Carter is asking business and labor leaders to help reduce unemployment by support ing a program to hire and train More than 200,000  Jho million program run by the government and business is called hire help through Industry retraining and employment. It is aimed at the disabled and Vietnam Era Veteran. We have a special commitment in this administration to make this program of army to hold hearing on Slovik Appeal Philadelphia a More than three decades after her husband was court Martiale and shot for desertion the army has decided to give 62-year-old an Toinette Slovik her own Day in  god the 32 years of waiting Are Over said mrs. Slovik widow of  Slovik the Only american Soldier executed for desertion since the civil  army s Board for the correction of military records has decided to hold hearing on a request filed by mrs. Slovik on Jan. 4, for 168,000 in military  Tyler examiner for the review Board said wednesday in a Telephone interview that a formal hearing on her Peti Tion will be conducted at the Pentagon i about a month. If the hearing goes to my Way of think ing i would expect them to free me of this stigma of being the wife of a Coward and deserter mrs. Slovik said. The other would be that i would get a Hance to live normally again without wanting for everything. That s where the Money part would come in. But All the Money they could pay me would never repay me for the hardship and health i have lost. That i la never . Slovik who is crippled has petitioned the army for the payment plus in Terest on a $10,000 National service life insurance policy taken out by her late Hus band. Slovik was shot for desertion in France Jan. 31. 1915, after he confessed to twice fleeing combat about the time of Battle of the bulge Campaign during world War ii. Festive f businessmen Union officials and representatives of veterans groups at meeting thursday in the White House cab inet  president cited a growing Realiza Tion that inflation cannot be controlled while 6.7 million persons or 7 per cent of the workforce Are  designated the group As his com Mittee for hire to seek pledges Frommelt Plant corporations to train and hire veterans. Under the program colors Lions can be reimbursed for part of their training  committee will meet with 300 col leagues at the White House on june 14 to begin the drive. Hire s goal is to put 110,000 persons to work with reimbursable training and to find jobs for another 110,000 whom corporations would train voluntarily said labor Secretary Ray  Green assistant Secretary for employment training said companies which pay trainees at least $3.50 an hour will be reimbursed. For each trainee the reimbursement probably will Cost the government about $1,100."we expect to find 10,000 to 15,000 jobs a month Green  said $120 million for the program was included in legislation Carter signed Las week to create a total 1.1 million jobs. The other $20 million is still awaiting congressional approval. G. William Miller chief executive offi cer of text Ron inc. Was named chairman of the committee. Tentative studies Sophomore Gate Caldwell finds it difficult o concentrate on studying wit the distractions of a tent City at Kent Ohio. The Kent tents Are not a feature of the springtime silly season. Ten Ropo us is on the site where four Kent Slat University students were killed in a 1970 Antiwar demonstration. Students Are sleeping in tents in objection to a plan 10 build a gymnasium there. A personal use of planes sex adm. Refuses of pay charges Denver a a retired Navy Admiral assessed More than $3,000 for using Navy planes for personal purposes has told the Navy he does not intend to pay and the Navy has no Way to make him pay according to documents released Here. The Navy has turned the Case Over to the general accounting office for consider  according to the documents released by up. Patricia Schroeder a Colo. Schroeder said thursday she has asked the Gao. What it intends to do about the Case of vice adm Malcolm Cagle ret. The Navy s chief of legislative affairs. . Grand jury is probing baby Sale Racket in . New York a a grand jury has been convened Here to investigate a nation wide babies for Sale Racket allegedly operated by lawyers in which prospective parents paid fees As High As $10.000 Pur the Standard fee was said to be $4,000 to for the Manhattan District attorney s office said they have evidence the lawyers brought women Here from the Midwest the South and Europe. The women contacted the baby broken. Through abortion clinics hospitals doctors and lawyers in other states the investigators said in court papers filed  number of lawyers have been prosecuted recently for illegal baby sales but this Case appears to be the first evidence of a nationwide network possibly involving thousands of illegal adoptions dist. Ally. Robert Morgenthau said he has issued 10 subpoenas for records in neighbouring counties. He also said he is dealing with officials in California. Illinois Florida and new Jersey where lawyers have been indicted recently for Selling babies  first clue to the existence of the adoption ring came from a new Jersey woman who complained to prosecutors about the treatment she received when putting her baby up for adoption. Morgen Thau  natural mothers were told that if they backed out at any Point they would be responsible for All costs incurred Morgen Thau added. Hear adm. . Kinnear ii wrote sch Roeder in april. The Secretary of the Navy the letter said had determined that Cagle was to be assessed $5.728.22 premised upon a total of 53 flights which were deter mined by the Navy to be improper in whole or in  Navy said the flights took place be tween 1972 and 1974 when Cagle was director of training and education at the Pensacola naval air station in Florida Cagle has said there was no impropriety on his part in connection with the flights. Last August according to Kinnear s letter the chief of naval operations sent Cagle a Bill for $5.728.22."however. Vice Admiral Cagle has advised the chief of naval operations that he does not intend to pay that  Kinnear s letter  judge advocate general of the Navy Lias determined that there exists no statutory authority for the Navy to effect a mandatory withholding or offset of vice Admiral Cagle s retired  the letter said. The Secretary of the Navy turned the Case Over to the Gao in March the letter said sch Rovder wrote comptroller Gener Al  Staats this week asking what action the Gao will take to collect the Money the average taxpayer who receives a bombs Block Milan subway Milan Italy Upil two bombs went off in the Milan subway before service started tearing up tracks and blocking Al trains there were no injuries. Heavy traffic jains developed As milanese drove to work. Parking ticket is expected to pay it sch Roeder said. A retired Admiral who makes approximately $2,000 a month in retirement pay alone should be treated no  Oil May be Cut by 30 per cent after saudi fire new York up . Oil Compa Nies operating in saudi Arabia have told customers their supplies of crude Oil from that country will be Cut temporarily by up to 30 per cent because of fire damage to Oil Field facilities last , one of the four . Companies which Are part of the arabian american Oil co. Emphasized the production losses at Aramco s Abs air facilities appeared temporary and should not present any significant problems to worldwide refiners that would result in shortages of Petroleum products. There won t be any worldwide Short ago of  Exxon chairman Clifford  said thursday in Houston. The company notified customers tuesday it anticipated a 30 per cent loss of production of the key arabian Light crude Oil in May be cause of the fire at the world s largest Oil Field. Mobil corp. Sent notices to customers wednesday warning of up to a 30 per cent temporary drop in deliveries and Texaco confirmed it had told customers to expect cuts but did no specify by what amount  
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