European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday june 22, 1977 prices surge for 5th straight month. _ Mnnie and service costs Rose 0.7 a Washington up consume prices Rose substantially or the fifth straight month in May although the 0.6per cent increase reflected some easing of food prices the labor department reported  May increase for consumer goods represented a 7.4 per cent compound annual rate somewhat below increases averaging 10 per cent since the beginning of 1977.but it meant Little significant change in a recent inflationary surge which presi Dent Carter s economic advisers expect will continue through the summer. Prices judge facing recall hears a rape Case Madison wis. A. Judge Archi Simonson. Whose comments on a rape Case touched off a drive for his recall has or dered another defendant to stand trial for first degree sexual  of the recall drive meanwhile said they had gathered All but about 700 of the 21.000 signatures needed to Force an election that could remove the Dane co Suity judge from , 52, made no comment As he ordered Lonnie love bound Over to circuit court Tor trial and ordered that his $10,000 Cash bail be continue love. 25. Was charged in connection with the rape of a woman who said she was at tacked by a Man who approached her while she was jogging on a Madison Street several weeks ago. First degree sexual As Sault is the equivalent of a rape charge in  became a figure of controversy in this University of Wisconsin Community last month because of remarks he made during a disposition hearing for a juvenile boy who had been adjudged Delin quent in a second degree sexual assault  talked about provocative women s clothing and what he called a sexually permissive atmosphere in Madison. He then asked should we punish severely a 15 or 16-year-old boy who reacts to it normally he ordered the youth one of three accused in the sexual assault at a local High school to spend a year at Home under court  the petitioners members of the local school Board and several other elected officials have either called for Simon son s ouster or asked for an investigation of his  the Case involving love Simonson had heard testimony last week in a prelim Inary hearing that was closed to the Public at the woman s request. The judge was told that the woman had identified love As her assailant when he appeared in a line up with six other  was also arraigned on a grand theft charge for allegedly taking furniture with him when he moved out of a furnished apartment last february. An innocent plea was entered in that Case. Have risen much faster this year than the did in late 1976. In the first five months of 1977, Ameri can Consumers have endured accelerated Price increases of 0.6 per cent in Marchand May 0.8 per cent in january and april and 1 per cent in  and fuel prices have been largely responsible for the surge. But administration economists predict these prices will ease in the months ahead allowing inflation to Cool to a 6.5 per cent annual rate by the end of 1977.already in May there was evidence that food and fuel prices arc no longer increasing faster than other goods. One com Merce department analyst described it As some cause for  he said May s Overall 0.6 per cent in crease was getting Back to a More decent rate a demonstration of what happens when we Don t have those big increases in food and  prices Rose 0.7 per cent in May less than half april s rate. Coffee Price continued to climb 10.3 per cent but vege tables dropped 13.5 per , fuel Oil and Coal Rose a Moder ate 0.8 per cent. All nonfood commodities were up 0.4 per cent for the third straight month an 0. Per Cert the consumer Price Index stood at 180.8 in May. Reflecting a 6.7 per cent increase Over the past year. This Means that goods and services costing $100 in 1967, have in creased by $80.60 Over the past  food prices declined in May but they Are slow to affect the retail Market. For example Consumers Proba Bly will not Benefit from a recent decline i wholesale Coffee prices until the old High priced Coffee has been  prices declined in May for fruits eggs and beef. But prices Rose for poultry Dairy products fats oils pork and sugar. Amy Carter the president s daughter visits a shooting gallery at old Tucson an old West amusement Park in taking Amy Tucson Ariz. The Rifle fires a beam flight that knocks Down targets. Amy was guest of a Tucson family while her Mother. First lady Rosalynn Carter presided at a meeting of the president s commission on mental health. A High court hands Justice def. O defeat Footlocker search needs warrant Washington up the supreme court in a 7-2 decision tuesday made i harder for Federal agents to search Mova ble property such As footlockers without a  ruling was a defeat for the Justice department which argued the warrant requirement in the 4th amendment protects Only interests traditionally identified wit the Home and that personal effects lawfully seized outside the Home can be searched if agents feel a crime has been committed. The majority opinion by chief justic Warren Burger said if such property is under police control a warrant must be obtained before it can be  Case stemmed from seizure at bos ton s South station of a double locked 200 Pound Footlocker which proved to contain marijuana. Suspicious agents in san Diego alerted officers in Boston who brought along a police dog trained to select Mari  Machado and Bridget Leary. Who brought the locker in by train we rearrested along with Joseph Chadwick who met them with a  they were indicted for Possession of the drug with intent to distribute it. The three moved to exclude the contents of the Footlocker from evidence. Lower courts agreed that warrant less searches permitted during the arrest of a person who May be armed or of an automobile which can be driven away did not apply in Thi Scase they granted the motion to suppress court denies jailed legislator elect his seat Providence. . Api the Rhode land supreme court tuesday denied a petition by imprisoned state rep elect William h. Bailey that he be seated in the House of  supreme court ruled that Bailey serving a 2-Lo 4-year sentence in a Michi Gan prison for larceny failed to show sufficient grounds to overturn a House decision disqualifying him from office because of Liis felony , 40, was elected As a democratic representative from Providence last fall. But the House barred him from taking his seat because of felony convictions for Lar Ceny and shoplifting in several states lie subsequently lost a fight against extradition to Michigan which he had fled following his 1973 conviction  is Clear that in so voting to bar Bailey the House was acting pursuant tothe Power granted it in the stale Constitution the court said in a 4-0 decision with one Justice abstaining. In or judgment the Constitution Grants to each House full jurisdiction Over the elections and qualifications of members elect As Well As Mem Bers there is no Merit to Petitioner s argument that ithe Constitution applies Only to members and not to  earlier this month. Bailey underwent surgery Lor cancer of the Large intestine Allic University of Michigan Hospital in aim Arbor. His attorney has said he will seek medical parole for Bailey Bailey s attorneys have also said the would probably Challenge an Adverse ruling from the state supreme court agreeing Burger said once the Feder Al agents had seized the locker at the Railroad station and had safely transferred it to the Boston Federal building under their exclusive control there was not the slight est danger that the Footlocker or its con tents could have been removed before a valid search warrant could be  dissenters were justices Harry Black mini and William Rehnquist. In its Only other opinion of the Day the court ruled unanimously that Georgia Law not Federal Law should determine whether relatives of seven passenger skilled in a 1973 Lear Jet crash May sue Dekalb county for breach of a contract with the Federal aviation administration. The county agreed under tie contract to restrict use of land around Dekalb peach tree Airport near Allan a to activities that would not interfere with Safe use of the Landing Field Bui survivors of deceased passengers Aburn victim and the Jet owner charged in a consolidated suit that the crash was caused by Birds swarming from a nearby county dump into the Jet s engines shortly after Takeoff the 5lh us circuit court of appeals ailed that under Federal Law those seeking damages had no standing to sue is third party beneficiaries to the county Faa contract. Bui the supreme court said state rather than Federal Law should apply and it sent the Case Back to the lower court