European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1977 the stars and stripes Page 7 crime Agency will close All 10 regional offices who should be walking whom Sam the great Dane has what he thinks is a legitimate Gripe he objects to being walked by somebody Shorter than he is 2yearold Abel Kahn of Prince Jackson Sam is All of 37 inches while Abel is Only 34 inches but in spite of the the two Are the Best or up photo 3 campaigners still owe about Washington a the Federal election commission has not sent Bills to Ronald Gerald Ford and Henry whose unsuccessful presiden tial campaigns still owe the taxpayers an estimated ten months to a year after the three ended their quests for the commission still is trying to determine the exact amount of unspent Federal election subsidies they must pay Back to the trea a spokesman for the commission said a heavy workload has prevented the Agen cys 27 auditors from completing their re views of the Campaign the spokesman said auditors must Check the books of hundreds of Federal election campaigns that received Public financing or filed required disclosure Ford and Jackson received Public funds to Aid their 1976 campaigns for but unlike most other subsidized candidates they did not spend All the Money they Jackson dropped out of the democratic primaries More than a year Reagan and Ford battled for the Republican Nomi nation until Ford won it at the party convention last since then they have been allowed to retain their unspent although the Law requires that it must eventually be Given Back to the Federal reagans surplus Federal Money has been invested in government Securi ties earning about 5 per cent annual inter according to a Reagan a commission spokesman said the Reagan forces will be allowed to keep the interest which amounts to an estimated to so based on calculations from Public re which May differ somewhat from the audited Reagan owes Ford owes and Jackson owes Only one other presidential candidate among the 15 who received Federal subsidy payments finished the renomination Campaign with a surplus to be former North Carolina Terry Sanford promptly paid a Bill for when the election commission presented it last octo Washington up the Law enforcement assistance a Justice department Agency that spent Bil Lions of dollars to fight crime in the streets the past nine will close All 10 of its regional offices this Deputy attorney general Peter Flaherty said about 200 of the Agency 850 employees will lose their present but will be As signed to other parts of the department of Justice or other the Flaherty statement Leaa was created in 1968 and since then tunnelled about billion to the states to fight critics of the Agency complained it encouraged localities to spend the Money on police hardware instead of on improving the criminal Justice when the Carter administration came in this a review of the Agency purpose was begun within the Justice approved by Bell Flaherty said Griffin Bellap proved the shutdown of the regional of effective in after he was told it would not conflict with the study groups an indication the forthcoming proposals will Call for scaled Down operations of what was a big gun in the fight against crime during the Nixon this is an essential step in streamlining leads delivery of services and would be necessary regardless of what decisions Are made about the Agency Flaherty there will be no All personnel now assigned to the regional offices will be offered jobs in the four regional audit offices of in leads Washington offices or will be assigned to fill vacancies in the Justice department or other Federal the four regional audit offices Are in at Denver and about 200 of the 335 jobs in the regional offices May be eliminated at a saving of Belafonte visits Cuba Miami a Singer actor Harry be Lafonte has arrived in Cuba to do some according to radio the government broadcast monitored in Miami said Belafonte arrived accompanied by his Julia and two other Moons unification Church not study claims new York a a new study by top roman Catholic and protestant theolo Gians says Sun Myung Moons unification Church has a right to exist but cannot be considered a Christian the released by the National Council of was begun a year ago to clarify the claims to Christian identity made by the unification it although the 11page report concludes that unification beliefs depart from the basics of christianity in Many it also said the Church has a constitutional right to exist and warned against using the report for arbitrary or punitive Pur the study said it found these differences Between the unification Church and traditional Christian doctrine while christians believe redemption is possible for the unification Church teaches that individuals and nations can be classified As heavenly or christians believe the Bible is us but the unification Church believes Moons revelations supersede the members of the unification Church believe that Jesus Christ failed As a Saviour because he died on the Cross and that the lord of the second who Many believe is supplants the study committee was composed of members of religious faiths ranging from roman Catholic to Southern the reports conclusions were based on a study of Moons divine Prin it voices his Church the study faults the unification Church for a consistently and unrelieved by Nega Tive attitude Lov Ard the jewish and for its emphasis on the responsibility of the jewish nation for christs failure As a Flaherty the remaining 135 jobs will go to Headquarters or the regional audit i believe this change will improve existing services provided by Leaa by reducing delay and providing More direct communication Between Leaa and the states and the localities Flaherty the regional offices to be shut Down Are in the 10 established Federal regions and Are located in new Philadel Kansas Seattle and san Francis judge drops million Panther suit Chicago up a Federal judge monday dismissed a million suit against seven policemen who participated in a 1969 raid on a West Side apartment in which Black Panther leaders Fred Hamp ton and Mark Clark were senior District court judge Joseph Sam Perry dismissed complaints against the final defendants in the civil suit when the jury in the 18month trial reported it was deadlocked after 35 hours of Delibera Perry said the plaintiffs had not proved their attorneys immediately said they would Appeal the and one attorney charged Perry was part of a coverup in the slay the suit was filed in 1970 on behalf of the survivors of a police raid on a Black Panther party apartment and on behalf of the families of Hampton and 4 others injured at Issue was whether the police officers on trial deliberately shot an killed Illinois Panther chairman Hampton and his four others were injured in a predawn raid in search of illegal weapons at the in a 1972 criminal former Cook county states atty Edward an aide and 12 police officers were found innocent by Cook county circuit court judge Philip Romiti of charges they conspired to obstruct Justice in connection with the relatives of the slain Panther leaders then sought civil the seven police officers on trial in the damage suit were assigned to the states attorneys office at the time of the Perry had dismissed Hanrahan and other defendants from the trial last panthers fired shots a special Federal grand jury and Ballis tics experts testified police fired 99 shots during the one Bullet was traced to a Shotgun held by defense lawyers said the panthers fired up to is in his Perry said the plaintiffs have failed to sustain a version of proof in every defense attorneys said Perry should have accepted the Jurys deadlocked Sion and declared a the suit charged that the victims civil rights were violated and that the defendants used excessive the i month trial Cost the City and county an estimated attorneys for the plaintiffs and it Cost the Feder Al government unspecified