European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday May 29, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 5 books materials ordered for schools i by John Hart Washington is nearly 80,000textbooks and related materials valued at $1.49 million Are on order for the european Region department of defense dependents schools Dodd officials Here said Friday. The books Are expected to be in Europe for the beginning of the school year which starts sept. 1, said Bill Delaney chief of the Dodds logistics division. Delaney and his Boss or. Anthony car Dinale director of Dodds. Refute an Alle gation in a congressional report that there is no Money available for school books. The allegation is contained in a May 23 congressional report made by a delegation of House armed service committee Mem Bers. During the period april 7-17, a delegation of committee members visited Nat bases. At that time according to the report some of the highest officials from Neucom indicated that there is no Money now for books for children entering school in september. We re in Good shape for textbooks in september provided they Don t get lost or Cardinale said. He added that no textbook shortages Are expected considering the amount of books on order and the projected quoted a March report from european school officials that said in part current programming for textbooks will assure procurement of All needed texts forthe next school with the information available to Cardi Nale and Delaney they feel that there is no problem with also said that an additional $1,5 million is being made available so onto the european Region and that Money is being designated for health and social studies teaching materials and textbooks. Concerning the committee s allegation that schools in Europe suffer from deficient facilities to a degree which would note tolerated within . Borders Cardi Nale had this to say we recognize that some facilities need upgrading and there Are projects on the books for renovation and construction. In the meantime while we Are waiting for the projects to be funded Quality Edu cation is still going on and it is second Congress now has before it a defens department request for two new schools in Germany one in Stuttgart and the other i Sembach. Delaney defended the need for the schools in testimony before a congressional panel in april. Senate oks Tough rules on Oil tankers to Stem epidemic7 of accidents computerized bartender Joe Shannon of Kent Ohio Demon Strates a computer bar be designed at the National restaurant show in Chica go. The device can my and dispense any one of up to 1,200 different drinks at the touch of a Button. In addition it can Price tax and record the Sale and print a Check for the customer. Shannon who owns a string of ban uses the computer to keep bar tending honest. A Washington up the Senate has voted Tough new standards in an Effort totem the epidemic of Tanker accidents which have led to huge Oil spills in Ameri can sought for Many years the legislation was finally pushed through the Senate partly As a result of recent Tanker accidents including the grounding and breakup of the Argo merchant near Nan Tucket which spilled 7.3 million Gallons of heavy heating Oil into the sea. The Bill was adopted on a voice Vole and sent to the House. Sen. Warren Magnuson d-wash., chair Man of the Senate Commerce committee said the Bill would set More stringent standards for All vessels carrying Oil regardless of Flag and entering . Ports. These standards Are generally accepted As providing greater navigation and vessel safety and enhanced Protection of Marine said the Senate was familiar with the epidemic of Tanker accidents which occurred during december of 1976 and the first two months of this year but added that those incidents were Only the up of the iceberg la Tanker Bill provides that All self propelled vessels of 20,000 dead weight tons or Large carrying Oil in bulk must be equipped with a dual radar system a collision avoidance system a Long Range navigation Aid Ade quate communications equipment a Fath Ometer and up to Date charts by june 30, 1979.the legislation also provides that All ships built after 1980 Are to be equipped with a segregated ballast system a Gas in citing system a transponder or other appropriate position fixing equipment and a double which fail to meet the Stan Dards would not be allowed to enter .ports. In addition the Biu authorizes the publication of improved Manning and qualification standards but Magnuson turned Awayan amendment which would have Man dated Crew requirements on All vessels. He said the committee would Art on uni lateral standards if an International con Ference now under Way failed to do so. 30,000 children in la. Involved in kiddie porn committee is told los Angeles a the explicit depiction in movies books and magazines of children engaged in sex acts is a big Busi Ness venture involving organized crime and As Many As 30,000 children in this City alone witnesses told a congressional com Mittee Friday. Daryl Gates Deputy chief of the los an Geles police department told the House select committee on education and Labo that intelligence has shown that organized crime has rapidly moved into the area of child pornography in California. This stale has emerged As the world s film capital of kiddie porn As it has come to be known. Rep. James Jeffords r-vt., asked Gates about the Validity of reports that 30.000 children were involved in los Angeles alone. A very conservative Martin asking the committee members to close your eyes if you Are Dis played magazines showing boys and girls mostly Young teen agers but some As Young As 6 years old posing in various sexual positions. Martin said that children involved in pornography Are recruited from a vast army of runaways. Robin Lloyd a local newsman who wrote a Book on boy prostitution told the committee of several recruitment ploy used by Pomo Grapher including the founding of a boy scout troop for the Pur pose of making sex films. Most child pornography is currently prosecuted under obscenity statutes but police say successful prosecution is difficult. You have to show thai the film is obscene by taking it to a magistrate who views the film and gives you a Yea or nay u. Don la Guardia of the los Angeles police department s child sexual exploitation unit said in an interview. After the magistrate makes a decision the attorney can Appeal. Even then you have to go Back to the distributor and ask him did you know this material was obscene he says gee i did t know that and he gets it off his shelves for a similar hearing on juvenile pornography was conducted in Chicago meanwhile and the new York legislature has taken up the Bill on a state level. Of time May 29,1947 women joined the police Force in Pittsburgh. Ten female Pio neen were hired to direct traffic in be Industrial City. May a its in Yucca Flat nev., observers from nato nations witnessed the detonation of an atomic bomb with the Power of 10,000 tons of int. The explosion was a demonstration by the . Of a new series of atomic bomb. May of sir fraud into Plymouth in Gianfr aboard his Ketch Gipsy Moth after a nine month Soli tary voyage around the world. The House is considering testimony concerning a Bill prohibiting the transportation of pornographic material involving children across state lines Gates said the Bill would help local authorities but said kiddie 1 of a is so pervasive that the Laws will not solve the Angeles police investigator Lloyd penicillin resistant gonorrhoea gains Boston in jul the number of re ported Caes of penicillin resistant Gonor Rhea in the United states is growing rapidly and could become the disease dominant Strain according to a veterans administration doctor. Or David Feingold. Chief of dermatology at the a Hospital Here said thursday the foreign Strain linked to the far East has climb d from one reported Case 15 months ago at Phillips. My. To several Hundred in 21 Stales now. He told a meeting of the Massachusetts medical society the Strain probably will increase futher because bugs Are so smart and people Are so Feingold said 150 new cases of the Peni Cillin resistant Strain were reported nationally in March and april compared to 21 cases from March to september 1976. He said that while the Overall incidence of gonorrhoea is holding steady at about 1 million reported cases a year reported syphilis dropped 7 per cent last year
