European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday june 18, 1977 Korea exit reaffirmed by Carter Washington a the White House reaffirmed Friday president car Ter s determination to proceed with a phased withdrawal of . Ground combat troops from South Korea although the semite is unwilling to endorse the  s Deputy press Secretary Rex Granum told reporters the president in tends to consult with Congress on the withdrawal and will submit annual reports on the program As requested by the Senate thursday. However. Granum reported Carter in tends to pull out the ground troops Over a four to five year period consistent with Security interests of countries in that  the White House spokesman also said there arc certain decisions on the deploy ment of military personnel that arc the responsibility of the commander in  in response to questions. Granum noted Carter never has announced a specific timetable for withdrawal nor cited any figures on the number of men  spokesman declined to discuss plans for american nuclear weapons now in South Korea. However after a newsman referred to combat troops equipped with nuclear rockets Granum said when the withdraw the troops they withdraw the a  a series of votes thursday the Senate declined to endorse the withdrawal and also expressed its attitude on other for eign policy questions. For instance Sena tors made Clear they Don t want to impose preconditions on talks which could Lead to normalized relations with Cuba and they Are not prepared to accept any administration proposal for Aid or reparations to Viet five year old marathoner Brent Bogle Center runs with Brothers Shawn ii left and Mike Isenor 10. He recently Marathon Man became the youngest person to com plete one of the in mite events even her taking wrong turn and covering 30 Miles in six hours and three minutes six minutes off the world Marathon record for his age. A photo Epa overrules clash ii protesters controversial nuke Plant . Approved Washington a the Environ mental Protection Agency Friday gave its approval for construction of the controversial Seabrook nuclear Power Plant paving the Way for further work on the new Hampshire facility. Tin decision ends a two year dispute Over the Plant s proposed Cooling system which would discharge artificially heated water into the North Atlantic and. Opponents charged upset the delicate Marine  service company of new Hamp Shire the state s largest Utility is seeking to build the 2 billion generating station. Epa administrator Douglas Costle told reporters at a news conference that the Power Plant has become a major Symbol in the debate Over nuclear  a representative of the Clamshell Alli Ance the group spearheading the fight to Hall construction of the Plant interrupted questioners at the news conference and tried to hand Costle two dead fish saying the fish were from the people affected by the  Costle said the discharge of heated water would not endanger Marine organisms inhabiting the new Hampshire coast. And he said Public sen ice was using the Best technology available for minimizing any Adverse environmental  nuclear regulatory commission which has Overall authority to allow construction of the Plant has stated it would permit resumption of construction if Epa authorized the Utility to draw water from the North  the Epa order the Utility will be required to conduct further environmental studies and Monitor the couling system once the system is in  officials Hope to Complete the first stage of the Plant by 1982 and say that it will eventually Supply 80 per cent of the electrical Power needs for new Hamp  noted the documents on which he based his decision were not of High Quali  but he said the data was sufficient to determine the nuclear Power Plant s effector the Marine Nervi Norment Costle said the decision on the Seabrook station should not be taken As a general statement of policy by Epa on other nuclear Power plants. It is confined to the facts of this Case he said. Costle also conceded under questioning that he is concerned about other issues raised by opponents of Seabrook including questions about safety waste disposal and location of the Plant. But he said the narrow Legal Issue focus ing on the Plant s Cooling system did not allow him to consider these questions. Fri to serve As data relay Center Washington api despite Long standing opposition from civil liberties groups the Justice department has approved a system allowing the nation s Law enforcement agencies to Exchange Mes sages through the Fri. The Fri claims its computerized National crime information Center Necic will be used Only As a method of relaying messages from one Agency to another. But critics claim the system will allow the Fri to amass reams of information about individuals and that this could pose a threat to citizens rights to privacy. In a memo May 19, Deputy atty. Gen. Peter Flaherty authorized the Fri to begin operation of the system called message switching on a limited basis. The decision reversed the position taken by former atty. Gen. Edward h. Levi who had blocked the Fri from implementing the plan until he could study the ramifications. Levi left office before announcing a final  s action allows the Fri to relay Law enforcement messages concerning stolen property and wanted and missing persons. It does not allow message switching of individual criminal records. Most states already participate in a Tele Type network for Law enforcement Agen cies but some state and local officials factory owner is Italy s 43rd Kidnap victim this year Lignano Italy up five men kidnapped upholstery factory owner Giam Piero Crespi. 59, As he returned to his Villa in this town near Milan. Witnesses said the bandits automobile rammed Crespi s car forcing him to Stop. He put up a fight but was dragged into the gunmen s car and driven away. Crespi was Italy s 43rd Kidnap victim so far this year. His capture indicated at least one abduction gang was still Active despite a nationwide police crackdown on Kidnap ers that has led to 63 arrests since May 25. Consider this method expensive and be Lieve they could save Money by having the Fri relay their messages for free. The Fri system will not replace the state network however a Justice depart ment spokesman said. Flaherty s memo also allows the Fri to relay Law enforcement messages Between . Points and puerto rican authorities in Many cases. Rep. John e. Moss. D-calif., a leading critic of the message switching system has said the plan raises the Specter of a National police Force. In a letter to atty. Gen. Griffin Bell on june 8, Moss said the decision to allow the system to begin operations Marks the be ginning of the creation of a National police  argued that the system could allow the Fri to move into message switching concerning individual criminal records and this could Lead to the collection of National intelligence files on citizens. The action poses a threat to the civil liberties and privacy of every citizen Moss wrote