European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Russell Baker june 1977 the stars and stripes Page 11 new Yolk not i am worried about the candidates for All of them Are promising to tight for new York if they get Herman Badillo got into it the other Day by announcing that he would fight for new and Bella who announced several weeks ago that die would fight for new has Al ready Kafoed the new democratic coalition in a brisk two round Warmup Herman and Bella Are As Are Mario Abe Beame and most of the other aging pugs who say they Are itching for a crack at the they Are All but they Are kidding while they Are great human As fighters they Are a Bunch of sen William who is Only a Middle could punch out All of them in two rounds without getting winded during a pause in his Dally jog to the Capitol would any new yorker with an ounce of humanity put Bella Abzug into a 15round or with heavyweights like Jimmy Carter or the House appropriations committee Bella would probably try it she is a lot like Rocky the Rocky who fought Apollo not the Rocky who got Kafoed in consecutive bouts by Barry Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan but even Rocky knew he didst have a Chance against a pro like new York Doest need any More use less this is the reasoning behind the Campaign of whose Campaign for mayor has been completely in everybody thinks Koop is a joke candidate because he promises that if elected he will not fight for new i was As unimpressed As everybody else before i interviewed Why wont you fight for new Are you a Koop my is not what new York he it Doest have the what it needs is not but i would Start with you would bribe for York far More effective than said though not so useful As it would have been in the old despite the curse of ethical behaviour which Nixon has cast upon there must still be a few congressmen of weight whose attitude toward our great City would improve immeasurably if our purse were opened to 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it sounds i it probably said but it also discriminates in favor of the upper income which Lithe natural Way of we can either buy them like everybody or fight them and go youre not a i youre a not said such pro Grams would be merely Short term Pallia Tives to tide the City Over until my Long Range program gave it the muscle to fight your Lon term program to abolish congressional elections in new with no turnover of new York politicians in the seniority system will present the City with a Host of congressmen running the influential committees which decide what communities get the Federal new York will have its snout in the trough just As firmly As the on party states of Dixie and the As i will be Able to get in the ring with the youre i that new York congressmen Only go to Congress to wait for their turn to be appointed that because they cant live with the poo Quality corned beef in he ill Send them real new York corned beef seven Days a week and cheese cake on it wont i youve got to fight for new even though youre going to be it will he mention my Campaign in the paper and you will find a bucket of Beer on your Doorstep 1 its id Light Carters tree is lifeless England Arthur Crow looked sadly at the 5foot tree planted by president Carter last month to commemorate Washington villages links with americas first president and Shook his head at the lifeless Carters tree is in afraid there is no longer any said the local its had Crow and his Crew stayed up All one night spraying the tree with a special Mist in Hopes of keeping it they blamed Carters secret service men for keeping the tree in a hot hotel room too Long before handing it Over for the planting Carter planted the tree As National and International television cameras watched during a four hour trip to England North East last the people of Washington will be heart Crow it had put us on the local said the is planning to Send Over three replacement new Cambridge Chancellor England up Prince Philip has been installed As Chan cellar of Cambridge letters to the editor tuition increases questioned after Reading a recent letter in sets re Garding busing which were said to be out of sight and overshooting the budget by several millions of it was really no Surprise to find in my mail a letter from the school raising the tuition for civilian students by f i am a civilian worker for cafes in Munich while my husband furthers his education Here in my child needs the american education and we prefer him to be educated in the american he was enrolled in the military school in 1974 when the fee was approximately a year and now the fee is this is an increase of in three is this inflation or what Why is it that when the school Over shoots its budget busing it Falls Back on the civilians to Bear the Cost since usually near the end of inevitably tuition has been raised by where is it going to end i would say the schools tuition is now out of in the if you quoted a Price for the Price normally is Standard and does not change at the end of the the schools budget system leaves a great Deal to be schuster Munich editors note Anthony Dod office of dependents replies Hie Dod dependents schools system was established to provide Tor the Educa Tion of dependents of Dod military and civilian personnel stationed no tuition is charged for Dod sponsors for his tuition is charged for All non Dod dependents attending Dod schools including Ilfe Nidens of other federally connected such As the department of a work ride tuition rate is tentatively established at the beginning of the school year subject to midyear adjustment la accordance with the realisation of enrolment and this adjustment is necessary because we Are required to recover in fill the actual Cost to Dod of providing such education to non Dod a Aoa Dod infant big government Agen retired military personnel or civilians working Tor a private most pay this an concerned with the increase in Dod school costs Over the last three in by 74 the Gross Cost of Dodo rated schools la the european Region was approximately in school year the Cost i Europe win exceed a increase in excess of is per there has been approximately the same rate of increase from to 36 per cent for tuition charged Noo Dod during this same logistic sup port to Dod dependents provided by the military departments la Europe on a reimbursable increased from in by h to la by 77 an increase of per cent within these total transportation costs increased from in by 74 to in by 74 a increase of per these increases in logistic support costs came at the expense of the educational portion of the budget and were borne by All Dod and Nondon it does not fall Back on the civilians to Bear the costs As indicated in the letter cheaper than cabs hospitals Pigeon plan is no flyby night idea England up build ers at Plymouth general Hospital Are hammering away this summer on a Curi Ous addition to the medical Center a Pigeon by health officials Hope a flying squad of 12 Carrier pigeons will be using the Landing pad after racing Over plym Outh rooftops with medical the Pigeon delivery scheme was devised by an efficiency officer of the Plymouth and District health authority to save on taxi costs and to Speed up Laboratory its True some people think we have gone and most of the comments Are but this is no flyby night it is a serious health authority assistant administrator Terry Stark for a we have been told by Pigeon fanciers that there is Only a onegin million Chance of a Bird going astray far less than the risk of a taxi being in an a taxi takes 12 minutes to get to Devonport Hospital and another 10 min utes to get to the Laboratory at the general in Ideal flying conditions a Pigeon could do the trip in less than five he in a recent trial a Fleet of six Birds carried Sample specimen vials six Miles in seven Hilary originator of the Sanders said that because of Skepi cism about the Carrier Birds initially will Fly Only Between Devonport Hospital and general where the areas Laboratory is then when weve proved to everyone satisfaction that it we can expand the she the Fleet of donated by local will be housed in a 250pound loft at general Hospital they will be fed and watered by automatic machines at a Cost of a and Pigeon fanciers on the Hospital staff have volunteered to their health and to clean the once the service is in a Bas Kerful of Birds will be delivered Early each morning to Devonport Hospital on regu Lar Van the Birds will Fly Back to Gen eral Hospital As carrying unbreakable lab specimen Sanders and Stark estimate the service will save Devonport a year on taxi the full amount jul not be Sanders because the pigeons will not Fly in poor visibility or at night and taxis will have to be used at those a safety measure has been included in the scheme to inure that specimens Are not lost if a Bird does not reach its Destina Sanders lab specimens will be packed in two vials and one will remain at staff will Telephone the Labora alerting it to expect a if the Bird does not arrive or the specimen is the second specimen will be sent via another