European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes june 1977 Trade deficit sets rising to Over billion probes discuss news blackout Louis Stokes chair Man of the House assassinations com and newly earned committee counsel Robert with re porters in they said the panel would not hold any More press conferences until toe completion of the probes of the murders of president John Kennedy and the Martin Luther King a Washington Dpi the balance of a key indicator of the nations International economic set a record during the first when it fell into deficit by the Commerce department said the my Ink in the current account Ledger was the most in any single Quarter in it compared with a billion deficit in the fourth Quarter of last the previous quarterly deficit record was billion during the first three months of a Commerce department spokesman current accounts is the measure of the amount of Money a country is making or losing in International it includes Trade surpluses or losses and Money earned or lost in other the current accounts position of the has shifted dramatically since the had a surplus of More than billion in last it was in deficit by worse Pinch is feared on natural Gas Washington up the Federal Power commission says natural Gas Short Ages May be worse this Winter than last a report prepared by the pc staff and based on Gas company projections Esti mated the interstate pipelines will have billion cubic feet less Gas available for delivery during the 197778 heating season than last an pc spokesman said that Means shortages could be worse even if weather is the pc also estimated mandatory curtailment of Gas deliveries from november 1977 to March 1978 would total about trillion cubic feet or per cent of the amount required under existing by it curtailments last Winter were trillion cubic feet or per cent of next Winters firm or Gas which the pipelines Are contracted to will total trillion cubic the pc the pc defined curtailment As the difference Between the amount of Gas a pipeline is required by contract to deliver and the amount it is actually Able to Deli it said the Impact of interstate pipeline curtailments on ultimate such As Homes and could not be predicted from its figures because about 90 per cent of the Gas carried by the pipelines is sold to distributors who stand As Middle men Between the pipelines and several major factors have affected the endure Impact on ultimate consume including both warmer than Normal and colder than Normal Winter the pc it said a repeat of the record cold weather experienced last for might result in increased delivery Levels if there were a return to emergency Pur chases and transportation agreements that normally would not be the Agency said it expects to report about mid August on the projected Impact on Homes and factories of Gas suppliers for 29 pipelines that May have difficulty main Taining service next wife says press aided Liddy in the Long run Washington a the wife of watergate burglary Mastermind Gordon Liddy said tuesday she believes the press Hurt her husband in the Short run but helped him in the Long Frances a third Grade school said she stopped hating the press when she discovered that it was helping Tell the world of her husbands charac the Only watergate burglar still in becomes eligible for parole on july president Carter commuted Oddys original 20year sentence to eight years on april 12 in the interests of equity and at first they the press thought he was responsible for Liddy said in a Telephone interview from her Home in suburban Oxon he was seen As a Man of Interi she As time went the press found out More about had it not been for the i really do not think that the subject would have been brought to president Liddy said she has been visiting her husband regularly at the prison at Al since he entered Vii years Liddy is one of the few watergate Fig ures who has no plans to write a Book about his and he refuses to talk about for refusing to talk to a Federal grand he received an 18month term for contempt of court on top of his original sen tence of six years and eight months to 20 years for his conviction of burglary and Chufe skydiver Falls feel and lives a i was going to die it didst bother me in the said student skydiver Mark who survived a food plunge after us Parachute became he wants to jump suffered internal injuries and a broken leg when be Plum meted into the Muddy Bank of a shallow irrigation ditch he was in guarded condition tuesday at Martin memorial Hospital in Mongulo and instructor Carl Smith planned to free fall about 10 then open their when Mongulo Bent to poll his ripcord be lipped the Small Pilot Chute came whipped into Mongillo legs and failed to pull the main Parachute on the Paul pop Poppen manager of sooth Florida Para the school where Morgillo was he got All tangled said Poppen we were All pull the pull the the Reserve Parachute became Tang b my mind went said Mongu Poppenhager ran to his took off and spotted Mongulo from the he landed nearby and ran to Mong whose eyes were Are you All right Popren Hager of fort said he began parachuting about a month ago because he bad no Job and there was nothing else to the jump sunday was us a student must make 20 jumps with an instructor before being certified to jump a visitor to his Hospital room asked Mongillo if he wanted to jump be then dozed Olf to Treasury Secretary Michael Blumen Thal and other administration officials have predicted that the deficit for allot 1977 could Range Between billion and Blumenthal has urged other Large Indus trial such As West Germany and to swing into deficit along with the to help Les developed coun tries Battle Back from the effects of the worldwide Commerce department economists attributed most of the Large increase in the first Quarter to the Trade deficit the has been running throughout the year with its trading much of that deficit was attributed to the huge increase in the Cost of imported the administration has said the nation fuel Oil Bill May reach billion this compared with billion in 1976 and Bil lion in although most administration officials Are sticking to their View that the Ameri can deficits Are assisting other two Commerce department administrators have said in recent Days that the nation cannot afford to allow the deficits to grow much the has run current account deficits in each of the last three during the second Quarter of last the current accounts had a surplus of Mil lottery team May quit after taking new look a Tom and Phi Lomona who vowed to win Pennsyl Vanias instant Bingo lottery even if it took All of their May throw in the Towel by the end of the pm sure if Rocky was Here hed under even he probably would have reconsidered boxing if his opponents were allowed to fight without said referring to the movie character played by actor Sylvester the Drakes set out a month ago to find the one ticket in 35 million that will win them a week for after visiting with the lottery commis Sion in some serious questions about the possibilities of winning were put in my the 30yearold realtor said tuesday As he scratched the numbers off what May be his last Book of lottery when my wife and i have had the Chance to discuss the matter further with lottery officials this Well make the decision whether to go Drake said from the local pharmacy that has been Headquarters for their Drake refused to elaborate on what lot Tery officials told but noted he got an education when he toured the states lat Tery facilities after a misunderstanding Over the so the Drakes say Treyve spent 500 on seven books of by Mieir winnings totalled official say the uie Drakes intend to buy increase their Odds to Only 6 in from 35 million to my Zeal Hast run As a matter of v m Drake i still feel that its not a Mailer of if we but