European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday june 17, 1977 the stars and stripes Poge 5 homosexual housing Aid nullified vote denies a upgrading rights Washington up the House voted wednesday to deny veterans administration benefits to any Vietnam combat Veteran whose military discharge is up graded. It also voted to overturn a Regula Tion that provides housing Aid to homosexuals living together. The Effort to nullify president Carter s program of renewing and upgrading less than honorable discharges Given to Viet Nam combat veterans passed on a 273-136 vote As an amendment to a 70.2 billion Money Bill for the department of housing and Urban development and several inde pendent agencies including the a. The Overall Bill passed on a 374-32 vote and went to the Senate. On monday the House banned funds in the Justice department appropriation Bill from going to carry out Carter s program of pardons for Vietnam Era deserters an draft evaders. The House cast a voice vote to nullify thud regulation permitting housing Aid for homosexuals living together if they meet Low income criteria. The homosexual Issue brought Little debate As rep. Edward Boland a mass manager of the Bill proposed killing the regulation issued May 9 by Hud and which the Agency admitted was drawn to accommodate homosexuals in programs of rent or mortgage  Vietnam amendment resulted in a shouting match Between two sex Marine corps majors rep. Robin Beard r-tenn., author of the amendment and rep. Joh Murtha d-pa., who screed a year in Viet Nam and won the Bronze Star and two purple hearts. Beard proposed that Nova benefits go to anyone whose military discharge was upgraded to honorable under the Carter program. Veterans who got general Dis charges less than honorable can get the discharge upgraded to honorable if they meet certain criteria including additional time in  is a slap in the face for Young Fel lows who might have made a mistake shouted Murtha. He told of a Young i who deserted to be with his father who was dying of cancer. He returned to Vietnam was jailed and Given a general  shouted Back saying Carter s program is a Sham on the men who did serve their country  House panel approves Carter Oil tax proposal Washington map the House ways and Means committee handed president Carter a major Victory by approving a new Oil tax aimed at forcing Energy conserva Tion by raising  effect of the tax would be to raise the Price of gasoline by 7.6 cents a Gallo by 1981. The vote for a substitute crude Oil tax similar to the one offered by Carter was 21 Gulf two execs indicted in gifts to irs Prober Pittsburgh up Gulf Oil corp. And two of its officers were indicted wednesday on Federal charges that the company gave paid vacations to an inter Nal Revenue service supervisor who was investigating its tax returns and Campaign  nine count indictment named Gulf Oil Fred Standefer its vice president for tax administration and Joseph Fitzgerald manager for Federal tax compliance. They were accused of paying 3,294.92 so Cyril j. Niederberger the irs supervisor in Pittsburgh could take vacations in Flor Ida. Nevada California and new Jersey. Gulf denied any violation of the Law. He said the veterans of foreign wan and the american legion support his amendment adding. I Don t believe America wants to Reward those men who deserted the country in a time of  Boland said Carter s program is base Don compassion and forgiveness. This amendment certainly is not compassionate. It is not ," rep. Frank Evans d colo., said got Over the divisions of the civil War More quickly they Are getting Over the Vietnam War which keeps on tearing at our  Beard replied that Carter just ordered this program without any consultation with Congress. He never sent it up Here for our consideration for the opinions of the people we  to it with republicans and Oil state democrats opposing it. The panel has yet to con Sider the president s plan to refund proceeds from that tax to , the committee made Clear in three votes it does not favor turning Over a share of the tax Revenue to the Oil Industry As a production incentive. The Victory was the biggest yet for Carter since the ways and Means commit tee began considering his Energy tax pro Gram. He suffered three major defeats in the committee last week. Some administration officials have viewed the crude Oil tax As a More important part of the Carter Energy program than the standby gasoline tax and rebates for buyers of Gas efficient cars which were Defeated and the tax on Gas guzzling cars which was watered Down. The crude Oil tax would take effect in three stages starting in 1978. Eventually the Price of Oil produced in the . Would be raised to the world Price. . Production now ranges in Price from $5.25 a barrel to $11.28. The world Price averages about $13.50. The Carter administration estimates the new tax would save up to 200,000 barrels foil a Day in 1980. Rather than give the tax Back to taxpayers the Oil Industry advocates turning Over a share of the Money to producers in an Effort to increase exploration for More Oil. The committee Defeated three attempts to earmark the Money for producers. The key vote was against a plan by rep. Joe Waggonner d-la., that would have provided Federal subsidy of up to 2.5 Bil lion a year for producers. Earlier in the Day Laurence Wood Worth assistant Secretary of the Treasury said Carter considers such proposals a Ripoff of the american consumer and wholly  a Goodman that s hard to find Benny Goodman the famed clarinet St King of swing displays the 17th-Cen Tury Oil painting a Bunch of grapes by dutch artist Abraham Van  ban decided to offer the Canvas at auction. Up of time cop kills suspect to save partner junk 17. 1947 president Truman vetoed the Republican sponsored m Mil lion income la reduction Bill As unsafe inflationary and unfair to lower income groups. Junk 17, 1957 the Senate internal Security subcommittee has made Public a statistical study estimating that More than 15 million chinese have been slaughtered for refusing la lot the communist line. June 17. 1967 Libya has told the . To liquidate theolus a the last Ameri can military base on Arab toll. State department sources said. Baker Calif. Up Janice Gray 26. A California Highway patrol officer for a Little less than three years shot and killed a Man who had wrested a gun from a fellow male officer and appeared about to shoot him. It was disclosed wednesday. The incident occurred monday after noon in an abandon filling station in this Small town on the los Angeles Las vegas Highway when Gray and officer Daven Morcy responded to an Alert that a Man with a Nile had threatened an elderly the Highway patrol said it was the first time in the history of the Force that a female officer had been forced to kill a suspect. The patrol has 17 women Tut of approximately 5.400 uniformed officers in California. Officer Ben Palmer at Barstow head quarters said. She Felt it was something she had to do in the line of duty. She said she did t want to do it but if sin had to do it Over again she would under the Sanic  Palmer said Gray and Morey approached an old shed near the filling station and saw a Man in his 50s sitting on a cot in the doorway. He had a leather Rifle Case beside him. Morey Drew his revolver and Gray stood guard with a Shotgun. The officers determined that the Man was mentally disturbed and Morey sent Gray Back to the car to get a Baton. As she returned the Man Drew a Rifle from be Neath the cot and Morey lunged at  two fell to the floor of the shed struggling and the Man managed to get Morey s revolver and had raised it Palmer  shouted i m going to have to shoot  then she tired twice with her own revolver hitting the Man once in the Chest and once in the shoulder. He died in less than five minutes. The Highway patrol said the Man had no yet been identified but apparently was a transient who lived out of his car. Gray who had been with the Force two years and nine months is a native of Davis. Calif