European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 10 the stars and stripes tuesday june 14, 1977 Hud Boss talks Tough mayors like it Tucson. Ariz. A two Hundred mayors unloaded their frustrations with Washington on the shoulders of 1 Atricia Harris getting concern but not always re Assurance from the Secretary of housing and Urban development. Harris talked Tough in handling the City officials complaints but won High Marks from the mayors for her Candor she s not telling us Well gel everything we want but at least she s telling us Why we won  said mayor David Shepard of Oak Park Mich. I must say everyone seems  there was a meeting of the  said Harris at the conference s annual Nix Linja Here sunday. We understand their problems better and they under stand  Harris was forthright in telling the mayors that Hud would insist they follow the Law in spending Federal Community development Money for projects aiding Low and moderate income families. Several mayors called the policy harassment but she never backed  York mayor Abraham Beame said there is a 100 per cent turnaround in our relations with Hud. He praised Hud s response to his City s unique housing and on hunger strike after 1 Viz year Span of . Horseback rider Bucks Bridge ban Skidmore. My. Api drought Frost and lame horses have not stopped Billy Marks during his 1 i year Long horseback ride across the United slates. Hut the rules of the Chesapeake Banbridge have. Marks. 28, left san Diego. Calif., in Jan airy 1976 with two horses i got to the Bridge Here saturday and they told me they Aren t going to give me Access to ride the horses across Mark says. So he has set up Camp in a Grassy lot two Miles West of the Bridge and vows to stay on a hunger strike until he is allowed to Cross the Span with his horses. I came All the Way across the unite states and i think i be More than demonstrated that the horses can Cope with traffic. I m on a hunger strike Here and i m just going to sit Here until i m Given Access to that Bridge. I be made my mind  his horses Are tied to a nearby tree an Munch on tall grass. Marks says he was working As an environmental analyst in Newark . When he decided to make his ride for  when i made my decision to do this. I sold my stereo my car my furniture and committed myself entirely says Marks. Till blur Jay is often called a Camp rubber and this one is a Lover of finer a Beaker of wine things. After sampling caviar left on table at Ahwahnee hold in Yosemite National Park calif., the Jay is Wash ing it Down with cabernet wine. A sell pot like alcohol expert urges Washington Lapi a promm ral  would like to see marijuana sales regulated much like alcohol Norval Morris Dean of the University of Chicago Law school said. We tax Alco hol we License outlets we have pure food Laws about it we prohibit its Sale to Chil Dren. I m not saying it works perfectly but it s a much better system than simple prohibition. The same approach could be applied to  he added. He made the remarks in an interview with . News & world report. Morris said Only a Small fraction of fed eral drug arrests last year involved Mari Juana alone we re seeing a tendency to neglect by  it marijuana users he said such Lack of enforcement is a typical pattern that often occurs for years before a Law is changed he added Laws of this political murders charged new Delhi up a private invest gallon committee has charged police with murdering nine political prisoners in the South Indian state of Andora Pravesh during the Rule of former prime minister Indira Gandhi. Type tend to be changed first by practice and then by  but Laws prohibiting heroin sales must be enforced Morris said though they will continue to fail. Everyone knows they re going to continue to fail although they do have a dampening and a  he called for stepped up efforts to treat heroin addicts even making heroin Avail Able in the treatment process. It is silly for us to continue to punish ourselves by criminalization of the addict he said. Saying that addicts commit perhaps 20 per cent of City Street crime. Morris said it is crazy for us. To push them to crime " Community development needs. Harris took a wide variety of questions and complaints Over a six hour period saying it Midas Lemoon i m beginning to feel like a  As she went from one meeting to another. We Are dedicated to one thing provid ing housing opportunities for the people in your  she told one group. But to a mayor who complained of housing require ments for funding Low income projects she said bluntly there will be no Federal Money to build racial ghettos. We will not Doit mayor Robert quirk of Cuya hoga Falls Ohio complained about the 50,000 Popula Tion Rule to qualify a City for Federal Community development Aid. He asked that Hud reevaluate the Rule but Harris re plied i Don t want to mislead you. We re not going to reevaluate the formula or the population cutoff. No matter what we do Plains. Oa., or some place is going to be left  despite the Sharp talk the mayors said. They were pleased with her willingness to answer directly and honestly. And Harris said she was Happy that most mayors understood her main Point we have limited funds and there Are cities in big trouble. You can t talk about equity when some cities arc near  de my Niemara. Mayor of Livonia Mich., complained about Hud s insistence that his Detroit suburb use housing subsidy Money for Low income families rather thana housing project for the elderly. We have every right to apply for funds he said adding that if Hud Sticks to its demands the City will refuse Federal Money rather than provide Low income housing opportunities Hud wants. After a group of Minnesota mayors Laid their complaints before Harris. Mayor Alex Smetka of Rochester said it was ii verment to gov comment eyeball to eyeball this is the Way it should  in her speech monday to the big City to mayors. Harris said. Cities that will not accept their fair share of Low and Moder ate income housing will no longer receive Community development  the Community development program is currently before Congress. It is Likely to emerge with annual funding of $4 billion. Practically every City and suburb in the nation plus Many Urban counties receive Urban Aid under the program. Harris also announced Large increases in he number of apartment units being built under a Federal housing subsidy pro Gram known As Section 8. She said housing marts under the program Rose from 12.000 m april to a total of 50.000 in june and Are Likely to Roach the Agency s goal of 80.000units this fiscal year. The new order in the office of housings a.  Harris said. Paul Newman escapes injury in race mishap . Ohm Lap film Star Paul Newman escaped injury in a spurts car race when another car flipped into the air and landed on top of the one hews driving. Newman and Hubert Dyson of Poughkeepsie. . Were driving Dat Sun 510s in the 25-car sports it. Club of America Cumberland National a Sedan event on sunday at nearby Nelson ledges. Dyson s car moved to the Center of the track and crowded Newman s As the Field approached an overpass Bridge. Dyson s car then went out of control and collided with a Barrier lining the Bridge foundation. That flipped his car into the air and onto Newman s. Dyson also uninjured in the mishap said he had been trying to Challenge the leaders and thought he could make it through a Gap in the pack. Both cars were wrecked