European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1977 the stars and stripes Page 7 sculptor Jack Navarro strides atop an Peanut he carved from Redwood As part of a California logger loggers use peanut1 at protest Washington a Lumberjacks fighting expansion of Redwood National Park in California got a warm reception from some members of Congress tuesday but were rebuffed in efforts to present a giant Peanut carved out of Redwood to president at a rally on the Capitol told them a Bill to add acres to the Park is extravagant and totally Barry Goldwater said even the Carter which has proposed an addition of is going too after the the approximately 400 loggers and their supporters visited the offices of congressmen and then boarded chartered buses and loaded logging trucks for a drive to the White rebuffed there a Frank at tempted to present the replica of a Peanut to White House aide Scott Burnett and Robert assistant Secretary of the Interior for fish and the loggers wanted in Given to who is a Peanut Burnett replied that he and Herbst did not consider this an appropriate use for would you consider it appropriate if it were built of plastic a logger Bur Nett said they would the White House official did not com ment in detail on the Issue of the Park sex saying we obviously have differences of but we Are willing to Carters press Jody said the president is concerned about their the loggers but an Analy Sis available to us shows that logging is proceeding at such a rapid rate thai in a few years the logging Industry will have logged itself out of earthquake shakes Iran Iran a a quake Shook Tehran but there were no immediate re ports of casualties or the epicentre was placed at 37 Miles Southwest of the a Peanut As a vehicle protest held in against the exp Slon of Redwood National the protesters arrived in a Convoy of log Ging they wanted to present the Peanut to president Carter but spokes men said it was Calls for More Era members Wasfy ties gun group to american dream Cincinnati up retired army William Westmoreland tuesday night labelled the National Rifle association linked it to the american dream and said millions More persons should Best known for com manding american troops in said in remarks prepared for delivery at the closing Era convention banquet that the gun group is a great saying that the growth of the Era is compatible with the american Westmoreland traced the founding of America and said it had unique compari sons with the goals and dreams of the the Era has espoused the fundamentals and goals of those citizen soldiers of the colonies who inspired the very beginning of your Westmoreland told Era the new president of the retired Navy vice Loyd said tuesday the organizations most important Job is to oppose restrictive Legisla Tion aimed at legitimate gun said the Era is a Strong organization but it needs to grow if those aspirations and dreams Are to be right the Era is experiencing its largest membership in history almost million members but there arc Mil Lions More in this country with education and could become beneficial and productive members of there Are generations to come that will carry the Era and among the responsibilities you face is the Burden to pass the Era legacy on to the Era member snip of the you have survived now for More than 100 years but in is your duty now to see that the Era is Strong and solid enough to survive another after renewing High lights of american complained about several recent events in i am disturbed by some of the activities we have seen in recent years demonstrations against disregard of the civil strife raised through misguided emotional outburst and the moral deterioration of our is the time to reverse those and verse this is the time to restore the words patriotism and obligations of citizenship to their honorable budget has big surplus in april Washington up the Federal budget had a surplus of billion in the first time monthly government income has surpassed spending since last the Treasury department said in the latest monthly Treasury said the deficit As of april 30 for fiscal 1977 stood at Down sharply from the billion deficit through March the billion surplus in april was the largest since june Treasury when the Federal deficit was reduced by the Only other surplus since last june came in a tiny Treasury estimated total revenues for april of billion and spending of for the first seven months of the fiscal revenues totalled billion and spending was Treasury acc member agrees to sell banned Stock Washington a a member of the Federal communications denying any conflict of says he will dispose of Stock in firms in which acc employees Are prohibited from having an commissioner James Quello said he wanted to avoid All possibilities or appearances of future Quello made the statement while being questioned by a House Commerce subcommittee investigators charged that Quello owns Worth of Stock in three companies in violation of the com missions backed by acc chairman Rich Ard said he has been disclosing the Stock regularly and didst know until last Friday that it was on the prohibited the list includes the names of companies that arc subject to the acc Wiley said the companies were added to the list after Quello joined the i dont think he can be personally Ronald a general account ing office had told the subcommittee that Quello owns Stock in Martin Marietta the Pennzoil producing and the Gladding he said the firms were added to the fecs prohibited list because Martin mar Ietta produces communications Pennzoil owns Stock in an airline communications equipment company and glad Ding makes citizen band Hustler Boss denies buying gossip Columbus up Hustler Magazine publisher Larry Flynt tuesday labelled false and ridiculous charges he offered a College fraternity Money to dig up gossip on the Niece of a former Ohio Congress Flynt said he has told his attorneys to prepare a libel suit on the Robert said monday the Niece of former Republican re William president of the Cincinnati was raped on the University of Cincinnati Campus Days after Flynt offered a fraternity Money to dig up dirt on the congressman conceded he could not prove a connection Between the two Inci but said Flynt admitted making the the victims Charles is chairman of a group called citizens for decency through the which has been fighting Flynt and his the allegation that i paid someone to gather dirt about her for publication in Hustler is false and Flynt Doman said Flynt told members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity on the Cincinnati Campus he would publish any Story they could dig up about miss this is just another attempt by keat ing and his anti Pom to offset favourable editorial support i have been receiving As a result of my obscenity conviction and subsequent treatment by the Cincinnati courts except now Keating has stooped so Low that he is using his own Flynt i have instructed my attorneys to prepare a libel action against All of those who have blatantly and maliciously lied about this Flynt said he would submit to a lie de Tector test administered by any to vindicate myself of these accuse will Keating and his daughter do the same