European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Discharges Goto 101 deserters tuesday May 31. 1977 the stars and stripes Pago 5 critics claim injustice Hearst leniency debated Indianapolis Lai i president outer s month old discharge program for re turning deserters is running smoothly. But in could be Fasti-i1," army official say. Since the project began april 19. More than 100 Vietnam Era army deserters have received official discharges following processing at it. Hon Jinmin liar Sun Here the army has received More than 300 in quiries from an estimated 1.650 deserters eligible for the program it seems to be picking up a said sol. Hill English. A spokesman for the pro Gram. We Only did a few that first week hut i think the word s starting to spread " most of the Calls have been from desert ers living in Canada twice As Many As from the . English said. Inquiries have come from As far away As Newfoundland and new zealand so far Only men have inquired about the program which offers less than honorable discharges for those who deserted Between aug. 4. 1964, and March 13. 1973 the dates of . Involvement in the Vietnam War. However the army says a few women Are among those eligible for the program any deserter who does not take advantage of this program is foolish because he s going to receive a discharge and that s the importance of said Cap Tom Del Aney Public information officer at the who get the discharge say. Now. I can finally Start a new life. I can Start school. I can give my real name. 1 can apply for a Good Job and i can visit the United states without fear Delaney said the first returnees were sceptical of the program expecting to be taken into we have 101 who Are living proof that the program is in fact what the presi Dent said it would be the deserter will be discharged with no hassle no restrictions and no he takes from one to three Days and includes administrative and Legal paperwork As Well As an army physical. Once a discharge has been received one can apply to have in upgraded through an other Carter goes English said. Hut it could be faster we re set up to process -10 a Day Here the army Hopes More deserters will take part in the program before its scheduled expiration in d like to see everybody who s Eligi ble fur the program English said. Bonn payments balance up Frank fut t i i West Ger Many s balance of payments surplus almost doubled in March Over the previous month mostly because of an increase in foreign orders or steel the Hun Jerba ii reported by Linda api two weeks after a judge freed her on probation or a violent crime proc. Patricia Hearst s lenient treatment is a Holly detailed Tupu raising questions Al it equal Justice and the Power of wealth. In i is Angeles the judge who sentenced William and Harris to prison in the same Casesa a the Hearst sentence will prompt the Public to conclude there is unequal just in and punishment in our in Cli ii water. judge reduces the sentence i f a 1? year old armed robber explaining. What happened in California bought that Guy five years in Chicago an angry Citi in writes to a newspaper to denounce double Stan Dard Justice one for the poor and another for the wealthy and in san Francisco the Man who prosecuted Hearst for Bank robbery there says of the Iris Angeles Case we had nothing to do with . Ally. James i. Brown ing stresses that Angeles authorities getting a sober opinion pcs Moines tavern owner Dorothy Gabriel exhales into her newly installed alcohol guard machine to get a breath analysis. The Coin operated machine reports the blood alcohol count to the nearest Hundredth of 1 per cent. If a customer s alcohol Reading is too High a red sign flashes on warning Don t if the Patron s count is Low a reassuring Green message appears you re Okay but try this test Lair i fur another Quarter. I 11 photo thing i Wain Oil May in i or t train in sin a Vii a Trudi i Arm hit an abut Nivani ice Alicd the i and la tvs Sime then have replant and never consulted with him on an appropriate sentence for the newspaper heiress and in new York a daily news Edi Lorial criticizes Superior court judge k. Talbot c Al Ster s explanation that he Felt compassion for Hearst s parents the judge s comment says the editorial makes it look As if his decision was based on what family Patty came from not what crime she committed " most parents Are heartbroken when their children get in said Hie daily news is their grief less genuine or less deserving of judicial pity than the hearts dist. Ally. John Van de Kain. Who recommended that Hearst spend no time behind bars says now. The relevant last we took into consideration was Liat she a is the 23-year-old Hearst was abducted by the sym ionese liberation army on feb. 4. 1974. A few weeks later she announced Lier conversion to the Sla and joined the terrorists in committing crimes. However on March 20. 1976. A Federal jury in san Francisco rejected her claim that she was tortured and brainwashed into antisocial actions. The jury found her guilty of armed Bank robbery and she was subsequently sentenced to seven years in month afterwards. Hearst was released on $1 million bad pending Appeal. In the Iris Angeles Case one posted an additional bail. On May 9 Callister freed her on five years de Kain. A my Lias received Many critical letters since the sentencing says. I thought judge Caluster s comments about her parents were not Hearst admitted she was the Lone gun woman who fired two machine guns at an Inglewood sporting goods store spraying 29 bullets from a Van to provide cover for the escaping harrises in the next 48 hours. Hearst and the har rises were allegedly involved in two kid a pigs and several car thefts she pleaded no contest to two counts of assault and robbery in return for dismissal i the other nine counts filed against re not trying to give her Saint Ness because she s no Saint says Van Dekamp but he lists a number of Points which weighed in Hearst s favor at sentencing her cooperation with Law enforcement authorities by informing on others her year in custody while on trial her break with the Sla. And her potential to Lead a productive Law abiding life " of time Knowles works from 65 to 711 hours a sometimes but Lnu Knowles said i a Normal life " May 24, 1947 Gen. I Alt us d. Clay i a. Military governor declared that food stocks in the British and american zones of Germany were at their lowest ebb but he predicted a gradual improvement in sup plies from this Point on. May 24, 1957 sex sen. Harry Cain of Washington testified that playwright Arthur Miller demonstrated he was not under communist discipline by freely answering All proper questions about him self at a House inquiry. Miller is charged with contempt of Congress for musing to give the House t of american activities committee the harm of he met at a communist sponsored writers meeting in 1947. May 24, 17 . President carnal Abdel Nasser has closed the vital Gulf of Persia to israeli shipping a step Israel re Gards As an act of aggression
