European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Airman gets cd in . Cross Case Lakenheath England a a 19-year-old american airman found guilty of burning a Kun flux klan style Cross at . Air base Raf Lake Neath was Given a bad conduct discharge . Henry Hooper 19, of Mil Ford n.j., is one of six Security policemen appearing before a court martial this week in connection with the Cross burning Inci Dent on the base football Field last feb. 14. The five other cases Are still to be Deal with. Hooper who pleaded innocent was found guilty tuesday of violating Usan regulations forbidding dissent or protest activities on air Force property and of conspiring to violate the sentencing he told the Board of four officers that he never belonged to theuk Jukian. I have a few friends who Are Black he said. Prosecuting capt. Oscar Long described Hooper As the Torch Man in the incident. He lit the Cross. He was the Torch Man in Friday May 27, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 27 too Good for this Man. Brand this Man witha bad conduct defending Hooper capt. Kevin Tep Assaid this Man is a far cry from the cow ardly hooded figure that capt. Long refers to. He said the incident had been a childish Schmidt s spending ruled unconstitutional Karlsruhe up the West German constitutional court ruled wednesday that Chancellor Helmut Schmidt violated the Constitution in 1973 when he was finance minister by spending$847 million without approval of Parlia Money was surplus funds from the 1973 budget. The court said surplus funds May not be spent without approval of the bundestag the lower Bouse of spokesman Klaus boiling said even the opposition Christian democrats who brought the suit before the court did not dispute the need for the expenditures. He said the Money which was used for pump priming was allocated at the end of 1973 soon after the Oil crisis caused by Theara israeli War. Ford s entry for 1978 debuts in fall Hie Ford Falemai four door for makes its debut in the fall with three body style two door and four door Sedan and a four door Wagon. The engine include to cum Tomb four 2m a ids. A Carter May veto farm water Bills continued from Page 1 to some degree the president an opening statement Carter noted that the farm Bill passed tuesday night bythe Senate has a very High Cost much greater than i think is the Senate Bill authorized Price support Levels that could have a total Price tag of it Bil lion. Carter also singled out a Public works Bill approved wednesday by the House appropriations committee which included funds for water projects the president sought to kill. Carter said the measure was 3.5 billion higher than his request. The president avoided using the word veto in his opening statement but the implication was Clear and he later used the term in response to a reporter s question. 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Arms limitation proposals presented by said there was a display of Mutual Good will at the Geneva meeting although i think there Are substantial re Bathhouse fire kills 9, hurts 12 new York a occupants of Anid town Bathhouse destroyed by a fire that killed at least nine men tried in vain tout out a mattress fire before they reported the Blaze an hour later according to fire commissioner John o Hagan. O Hagan s men found a number of spent fire extinguishers in the once fashionable Everard Baths also licensed As a Tempo Rary dormitory and frequented by homosexuals. At least a dozen men were injured in the fire. A sprinkler system had been installed atthe Baths but was not hooked up to a water Supply o Hagan told a news said that the Bathhouse had been or dered to install the sprinkler system a year ago but the deadline for its operation was not until the coming july 27.officials said the search for victims could go on for a week. The Bathhouse had from 80 to 100 occupants Many of them overnight visitors when the Blaze broke out shortly after 7 . Wednesday. 15 most Active training differences Between ourselves and the on other topics Carter complained that Congress has failed to eliminate Federal Impact Aid to schools in wealthy communities. The Money is designed to compensate financially stricken school systems for the the loss of property tax dollars from no Taxa he Federal property. Said the withdrawal of . Ground troops from South Korea will not jeopardize that nation s Independence because South Korea has developed a Strong Economy that makes it possible for them to grow into a position of defending them stated that any decisions to build Mili tary installations in the Northeast rather than the South would be made on the basis of Merit and not on the basis of said maj. Gen. John k. Singlaub the former . Chief of staff in South Korea. Was not being punished for publicly criticizing Carter s plans to remove . Ground troops from that nation but was in Stead being transferred to another important position. Declared there has been Good opera lion Between Congress and the executive ranch but said a potential problem exists Over size of the Federal budget deficit. Said he does t want to Benefit financially by Selling his status As a former president when be leaves the Oval office. Declared that his Campaign Promise to overhaul the nation s welfare program is proceeding on a very expedited sched ule and should be completed before con Gress recesses in August. Conversion rates Ding Al 4 sat u 24i.w 14 1m.4do 24 231,400 241/4, to � in a 35 1ujqo 41 1soxv 4 13t,i to 4 a 171.000 u 127,000 14 124,000 ii 111,100 33. Thun m Chol v 1 1 t Brussels up thursday s closing rates of the . Dollar to european currencies. 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