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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 07, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ece Vit wins turkish election Istanbul up aft leaning poet Buiell Ece Vit floated to a virtual parliamentary majority monday on the unexpected votes of traditionally ultralight whirling dervishes and oppressed turkish housewives. According to the unofficial tally of Sun Day s vote a civil s Republican people s party captured 218 scats in the 450 member National Assembly compared to 188 seats for his right Wing opponent. Pre Mier us Leytman Demirel. Political observers said defections from splinter party holders of 41 seats would give Ece Vit the 226-scat majority he needs to form a Strong government. Several in dependent party members reportedly telegraphed Ece Vit before polling ended to pledge their support. The 51-year-old Ece Vit who spends his Leisure time studying sanskrit and Indian philosophy won landslides in the More lib eral Urban areas taking Turkey s larg est City. Istanbul by a 2-to-l margin Ece Vit even out polled Demirel s Justice party in the isolated provincial villages of that Mystic islamic sect the whirling dervishes. Campaigning on a Law and order plat form Ece Vit won the crucial support of turkish women fed up with the political violence which has killed 21s persons and left More than 4,000 injured Over the past 18months. Ironically the Neo fascist National action party accused by amnesty International of instigating most of the violence won 13 seats in the election compared to continue Don Page 28. Col. 4f vol. 36, no. 51 tuesday june 7, 1977 Ife doily and sunday if 21855 a veterans must get pension credit for time in service private employers affected women released by moluccas Nelleke Kllc Broek Prinson left a Dannye Brouwer Korf and husband show their happiness at the women s release by moluccan terrorists. The two free women both pregnant talked to report ers at a Hospital in Groningen the Netherlands monday. They were release sunday after they had been held hos Tage for three weeks. A photo Washington a veterans mus receive credit for the time they spent in military service when private employer calculate pension benefits the supreme court ruled unanimously monday. The court in an opinion by Justice thur Good Marshall said a worker s pension credits enjoy the same Legal protections As do Job seniority and salary Levels. The justices upheld a decision by the 5thus. Circuit court of appeals that world War ii Veteran Raymond e. Davis now re tired after 32 years with the Alabama Power co., is entitled to a larger pension than the company at first provided. Davis who served in the military fro March 1943 to october 1945, did not have that time computed As company service when his pension was calculated. There fore his monthly pension benefits totaled$198.95 instead of the $216.06 he would have received if Given credit for those two years. The court s ruling monday applies to Al veterans including peacetime draftees and those men and women who serve during the Vietnam War. The court said such pension credits Are assured by the Federal military selective service act which requires employers to  41 freed women hostages say offers doing of Groningen Netherlands api two pregnant women released by South Mulu Conn terrorists after 13 Days of Captivity said monday that the other s3 hostage aboard a train in Northern Holland arc in Good condition despite very great psycho logical  in general the hostages Are being treated correctly by the  said Annye Krouwer Korf 31. A statement read to reporters before she and 25-year-old Nelleke Ellen bilk Prinsen i the Groningen University clinic with their husbands. Ellenbroek who is five months preg Nant and Brouwer. Who is two months pregnant were freed sunday but Justice minister Andreas Van at said there is no indication that release is near for the other hostages aboard the train near Assen or four others held in a  is awfully difficult to pass the time the women s statement said. We have asked for More Reading material and embroidery patterns to be sent to the train even the men have started embroideries because of the boredom. As fur the rest we can do nothing Els but Hope that All will end As soon As Possi ble both women linked relaxed and rested after their night in the Hospital where Brouwer is employed in the personnel department. They were Relrad from the Hospital after examinations by a physician and a psychiatrist. Van at said a six hour mediation Meel i a Titi Iii d nil j age 2. Co i i de for ? 2, scenes a scoop crashes out school scandal Redwood City. Calif. Map a12-year-old crusading editor with a nose for news stuck it into some garbage cans and sniffed out a scandal that blew the lid off my. Carmel elementary school. Martha Mendez says she poked round in the school trash cans and plucked out numerous lunch sacks some of which were More than half full of untouched food Mendez knew a Story when she saw one. The Junior journalist toted up the bread Bologna Peanut butter Jelly Turkey eggs fruit and vegetables. Investigators then shopped a grocery lop ice the food and calculated a daily food waste of $17.90.a few Days ago. A bold Black head line in the school paper screamed,"117.90 found in the  Martha wrote an account of How the amount was arrived Al explained How she Lim esed inc figure into a weekly waste of 189.90, then Tim esed some More and got a school year Wasle of $3,222.the expose went on with a recitation of the names Martha found on the lunch sacks thai contained Good food finally in a Crescendo of journalistic indignation the Young reporter lashed out with All the Money thai the kid waste we could get new equipment for the school. Or we could pay the teachers to not give us any Homework for a   
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