European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 07, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes tuesday june 7, 1977 House panel loses second chief counsel Lancaster. A. Api Alvin  or. Said sunday he has resigned As acting chief counsel of the House commit tee investigating the assassinations of John f. Kennedy and the Rev Martin Luther King or. "1 have resigned and have no intention of staying  said Lewis who became temporary counsel after Richard Sprague resigned As counsel to the House select committee on assassinations on april 10. U wis who lives in nearby 1 Almyra. Served As an investigative aide for several months before assuming the interim coun Sel s Job when Sprague quit in a dispute with then committee chairman Henry Gonzales a Texas. Not interest Dat that time. In wis said he was not inter ested in a permanent Job but would stay Onas interim counsel for about one month or until a new chief was named. He gave no reason for stepping Down Al though a permanent counsel still has not been named. In another development the new York times reported in its monday editions that the committee had come up with virtually no new evidence on the Kennedy and King assassinations. The paper quoted a com Mittee source As saying that much of the new information on which Congress based its decision to reopen the investigation is in  nothing new found we certainly have come up with Noth ing earthshaking. And much that witnesses Tell us is in conflict with what they supposedly told people who have written books about the assassinations and who have provided the Basic leads for the committee  the times quoted its source As  spokesman for the committee said he had no comment on the times report. Buthe denied the times allegation that Mark Lane an author and lecturer critical of the Warren commission report on the Kennedy assassination was the primary source of the new information. Did t meet City codes kids destroy perfect tree House Raleigh . A eleven year old Jimmy Elliason and his friends had just finished making their Treetop clubhouse perfect just the Way we wanted it when they had Toter it Down. The City said it did not con form to municipal building  and 10 buddies spent six weeks building the two Story clubhouse in a tree using scrap lumber Wall pan Eling and carpet but a City housing inspector found out about the project and declared the tree House unsafe because of its Leaky roof holes in the Walls and Lack of plumbing electricity and  Wayne Cameron sent a registered letter to Jimmy s Parent giving them 60 Days to make the club House comply with City housing Odesas part of a continuing Effort Loim prove living conditions within the  s father. George Elliason. Called Cameron to find out what the City wanted the children to  said the building was  Elliason said. He kept calling it building but it s no building. He does t know the difference Between a building and a  three More registered letters two unsafe building signs and Man phone Calls the kids Tore Down the club  had just Jot finished with it perfect just the Way we wanted it said  could not be reached for comment during the weekend. Annie is top Tony award Winner new York api a musical based Ona comic strip and portrayals of a gentle poet of another Century and a Vietnam War go of another decade were winners atthe 31st annual Tony awards for Excel Lence on Broadway. Julie Harris who portrayed the reclusive poet Emily Dickinson in her limited run one woman show the Belle of am Hurst won her fifth Tony As Best actress. Al Pacino known Best for his movie roles in Serpico and the godfather returned to Broadway playing the title Rolein a theater company of Boston revival of the Basic training of Pavlo Hummel and won As Best actor in the Vietnam War  Annie the musical built around the Story of Little orphan Annie waste big Winner taking the Tony in seven of the 19 categories at sunday night s nation ally televised presentation at the Shuber theater. The string of awards for Annie showed Why it is already the hottest ticket in  Mehan. In accepting his Tony for Best Book of a musical said that when lyricist Martin Chamin phoned him with the idea for a musical based on the comic strip. I thought it was the worst idea i d Ever  Chamin and compos Rcharles  picked up tonys for Best score. To like disease affects Only those ill with lung ailments Blacksburg. A. A a tuberculosis like disease that appears to affect Only those who already suffer from serious lung ailments May present health risks for americans living along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts researchers  researchers at Virginia polytechnic Cha a Home loan interest rates hiked Washington up interest Rales on government backed Home Loans have risen from 8 to 8.5 per cent the depart ment of housing and Urban development  new rate applies to Home Loans insured by the Federal housing administration and the veterans administration and were a read Ion to generally rising interest rates on conventional Home  Secretary Patricia hams said the Rew rates Are needed to keep Cha and Vallans competitive with conventional lend ing and to increase their  lenders Are reluctant to make government insured Loans if the government interest rate is lower than the conventional  new inheres a Rales take effect in the midst of increasing consumer demand for Home Loans and a Lime when mortgage Money is plentiful. Institute said that the National institutes of health decided to Grant the school $120,-000 to do a two year study on the ailment which was found to be widespread in group of Navy recruits. The researchers say the disease i caused by organisms known As atypical mycobacteria that Are resistant to commonly used medication. But they say the organisms alone will not cause serious illness. Only when they hit a person already weakened by Mala Dies such As Black lung disease pneumonia or to can the organisms cause sickness or death. Unlike to the infection is not spread from one person to another said Joseph o. Falkinham Iii assistant professor of biology at the University. We have proposed that the Ocean is the Reservoir for these organisms he said and we Are in the process of isolating atypical mycobacteria from these Waters and initiating experiments to help understand their physiological ecology Why can the organisms survive what do they re quire Bruce Parker a Vii biologist said he conservatively estimated that the organisms May have contributed to 20 per Centof pulmonary disease deaths in the coastal  said that although the disease is a secondary Factor it can often be fatal Toan individual by preventing recovery. Annie producer Mike Nichols accepted the Tony for Best musical. Comedi Enne Singer Dorothy Loudon who runs the orphanage won As Best actress in a Musi Cal. Peter Gennaro won for his choreography. David Mitchell for his Annie scenery. Annie designer Theoni Aldridge tie with Santo Loquasto who did costumes for the Cherry Orchard As Best  Bostwick won As Best actor in a musical for his title role in the  a rustic caper which opened in october and closed in february. The Shadow Box a drama about death that recently won the pulitzer prize for author Michael Cristofer was named est play. Shadow Box director Gordon Davidson won a Tony. He also accepted a special Tony for the Center theater group at the Mark taper forum in los Angeles which he Heads. Tonys for Best featured performers to plays went to Jonathan Pryce for come  which opened in november and closed in april and Grazana Beverly on of seven Young women in for coloured girls who have considered suicide when the Rainbow is  for Best featured performers in musicals went to gospel Singer Dolores Hall in the modern passion play Youram s too Short to Box Wilh god and Lenny Baker in i love my  director Gene Saks also earned a Tony for that  new Tony for innovative production of a revival went to the Houston grand opera s porgy and Bess on Broadway from september to january. Jennifer Tipton was named Best lighting designer for the limited run the Cherry  Tony nominations were voted on by 486 members of the theatrical profession. Ribbing a Helper comedian buddy hacked shares a joke with Jan Schumacker a nurse at pleas ant Valley Hospital in Camarillo Calif. Hackett broke two ribs when be fell from a director1 chair on a California movie set. A photo