European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 21. 1977 the stars and stripes Page 5 Welcome hmm Mph a Grouchet s frown brings town renown grand All. Tex. Up Holli Dietz has wrinkled skin a ready frown and a complaint for every occasion making him the designated grouch in this Small Northeast Texas town. Last year the town erected a sign advertising its population Welcome to Crandall it said. "1,000 Friendly people and a few old  the population of this Small town 40 Miles Southeast of Dallas is 1,001. Leav ing Little doubt As to who is the grouch. Diet and former mayor Wayland Clearman had the Welcome sign erected. I saw one like it somewhere Dietz said. It was dilapidated but it caught my Eye i Lold the mayor about it. The City paid $200 to put the thing  Dietz complained it Cost too much. He also complained about being interviewed. He griped about people being late after he arrived 20 minutes late for an interview. He complained about being photo  probably won t be in the Pax r anyway he  even Grandad s resident grouch has a slake of happiness his wife of 43 years Dorothy. I Don t like Many things Dietz said but i like  fire fighters gain control of threat at atomic Center los Alamos . A fire fight ers held a line on the North Side of a 10.000 acre Blaze late sunday apparently ending the threat to the research Center where America s first atomic bomb was devel  be got the North basically hooked said fire Boss Jim Bates who was in charge of the 1,000 men fighting the fire some called in from fires in Arizona. The fire is moving West he said and that s our main area of concern that and the South end toward Capulin  the Blaze was one of eight that burned Susan Foster 36, Mother of three col lege student completing accounting studies and a 12-Handicap golfer takes accepts new Challenge up another Challenge As the first woman registered options trader on the american Stock Exchange. She is also the second half of what is believed to be the first husband wife team trading anew York exchanges. Up Over about 17,000 acres in new Mexico and  fire s North Side had threatened the los Alamos scientific Laboratory and the nearby Community of los Alamos a City of 17.000 in North Central new Mexico. On saturday the Blaze missed a Cache of military explosives by less than 800 Yards and fire officials said a wind shift could have placed the explosives in renewed  with the fire line in that area holding late sunday officials said the fire was 30per cent contained and were predicting total containment by 4 . Tuesday. In Arizona meanwhile the largest of five fires was contained at about 4,600 acres on 9,100-foot it. Elden at the Edge of Flagstaff near the grand canyon., the 10.000 acres charred in new Mexico equal to about 15 Square Miles is owned by the National Park service Energy re search and development administration and . Forest service. Officials estimate damage thus far at about $8  National forests in both Arizona and new Mexico were closed to the Public sunday As High temperatures Low humidity and a Lack of rainfall brought extreme lire danger to the Southwest. Archaeological site affected the fire threatening los Alamos started thursday night and burned into the Bando Lier National Monument. Officials estimate it destroyed about one fifth of the site which contains Indian ruins dating from 1200-1400  other ires still were burning in new Mexico. In the Northeast Section of the stale. Forest service Crews battled a fire that has burned More than 1,000 acres of Forest in the Barker wildlife area near the Philmont scout ranch. In Southern new Mexico a ire that has burned More than 800 acres of Bureau of land management desert land in the Organ mountains near Las Cruces flared out of control sunday just As fire fighters though they had it contained. In Arizona the fire in the Coconino National Forest near Flagstaff was being fought by specially trained Rock climbing hot shot Crews Able to reach hot spots in the rugged Mountain terrain. White House wants to expand to the Sands for deaf through "closed7 captions Washington a the Carter administration is pressing for expansion of television for the deaf with a caption system that most people would never  administration is pressing for wider use of closed  which allows the captions to be seen Only when a special attachment is fitted to a television  aide Barry Jagoda said a Confer ence on television for the deaf will be held in the late summer or Early fall for govern ment officials network executives and other interested . A former lbs producer said Carter has asked health. Education and welfare Secretary Joseph Califano to take charge of efforts to make captioning a re  viewers Are familiar with open  which involves printing captions on the Bottom of the picture. It is often used with foreign language films. But closed captioning is favored because persons who can hear would not be bothered by the caption while the deaf could obtain the set attachments and begin enjoying television. The Federal communications commis Sion has approved use of the closed system. To make it work on a Broad scale the networks would have to begin provid ing the closed captions Over their transmit Ting signals. The president himself urged the three major commercial networks to consider the matter in february1 and All three have since indicated willingness to discuss the  s. Pierce of Abc wrote that Aisne Ork favors captioning. Jasoda said Abc and lbs officials had noted potential problems but he added that there have been indications the net works reluctance is diminishing. Closed captioning was first demonstrated in 1971 by the National Bureau of standards which developed the system the following year a captioned segment of the program the mod squad was shown at Washington 5 Galaudet College Lor the  Jesperson of the Bureau of Stan Dards recalled that nothing could match the growing excitement of the students As a whole new world opened up to them Many motioned to each other with their hands others had tears in their eyes As they watched the  a few modifications and technical changes the Public broadcasting system currently is providing closed captions on some of its major productions. Such As masterpiece theatre and upstairs. , the service remains limited because there Are few decoders in use around the country. Currently pcs also transmits the straws with the captions open at least once for use of deaf per sons without the decoders. Pcs also retransmits the Abc news with open captions in Many areas of time june 21, 1947 president Truman s veto of the Tail Hartley labor Bill was denounced in Washington by Republican leaders who blamed him or Lack of cooperation and declared that he had out Roosevelte  june 21, 1957 maj. Robinson Riser set an unofficial record by flying an f100f super Sabre across the United states in three hours and 38 minutes. Re skier left Palmdale calif., at 12 13 . And landed almcguireafbat3 31. June 21,1957 . Planes dulled with communists migs Over North Vietnam for the second straight Day Aud shot Down five of the enemy aircraft officials reported in Saigon. The air Battle he Teci f4 Phan Toms and m1g17s comred North at Hanoi. It brought to 9 the number of migs downed Over North Vietnam