European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Court bans outat60in foreign service Washington a a three judge Federal court ruled tuesday thai foreign service officers cannot be forced to retire at the age of 60 when All other Federal employees May work age this system is patently arbitrary and the judges said in a unanimous the Case was brought by former information officer Holbrook Bradley and others in the foreign service who were or would have been forced to re tit Al age 60 the judges said the plaintiffs have convincingly shown that reaching age 60 is itself no bar to government employment and declared the regulation in possibly a first the plaintiffs Zona said she believed it was the first time a mandatory retirement system was struck Down by a the decision was signed by circuit court judge Roger Robb and District court judges Thomas Flannery and Gerhard the court rejected stale department arguments thai the earlier retirement age was needed to give Young people Advance ment opportunities and to Cope with inc unusual physical and psychological difficulties of an overseas the judges said in was inherently discriminatory to promote younger people solely because of their ago and noted that More americans work barn cd for the civil service and Are to work until age than forthe foreign the judges said that american civilians worked overseas for the govern ment in 1976 and Only were under foreign service we Are faced Wilh a situation where tens of thousands of americans Are work ing for the United states go Venmon Over seas and Only a tiny percentage Are singled out for Early the judge there was no estimate How Many per sons would be affected by the eucharistic Congress  1981 Vatican City Upil Pope Paul i has decided that the next International eucharistic Congress will be held in 1981 Al the Virgin Mary shrine at Vatican sources said they said he chose the Date and site to Mark the Centenary of the first such con held in 1881 in june 1977 4 Mike Freeman serves a youngster at brotherhood another Freedom Day marked by Celebration by Lucia Guajardo staff writer Germany Isis july fourth Marks 201 years of Independence for for others another Freedom Day is june the anniversary n the freeing of american slaves the Day meant enough to 4 Mike a 21yearold from co 440th signal and other members of a the Tor them to donate Many hours of work and to hold a free Bash for More than people Here that included a menu of blackened candied hoi soda and with poetry a fashion skits and the brotherhood extended the Celebration to include a cookout the next Wilh free hamburgers and hex dogs for Community Ages 1 to a major portion of the funds came from the 12 original volunteers who organized the events and kicked in individual Dona Lions of and Freeman donated regardless of was invited to get to know each other and have stocks closing Stock prices through the Courtesy of Bache Halsey Stuart Jun  a 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attention for Lebanon embattled Southern Border Wilh Israel brandished a pistol and two hand grenades wednesday to Force a Linden Man Gulf airlines Jel to Oil Rich where a two hour hostage drama ended peacefully with his to 26yearold native of a South Neso Ivan pelted by Israel backed Chris Tian rightist militiamen for the past boarded the vc10 in the  of where the flight made a scheduled refuelling the official qatari news Agency a military said All 60 Passen Gers and eight Crew members were Safe and he said the Hijacker was Samir Moham med Hussein from the South lebanese Village of Bint near the israeli Airport sources said moments before his the Hijacker demanded a Ransom of riyals in Exchange for the other passengers and Crew Prince leads capture the official Qatar news Agency said Crown Prince Hamad bin Khalifa Al who is also Qatar defense led a squad of troops who slipped into the four engine overwhelmed the gunman and dragged him the Hijacker is being interrogated by Security 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