European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday june 30, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 7 Conn drops suit against dead woman Hartford Conn. A there arc circumstances when mercy tempers jus Tice gov. Ella Grasso said tuesday in announcing that the state has withdrawn its $34.15 suit against the estate of a dead woman. The state department of transportation tiled a Small claims court suit against the estate of Carling s. Toner of South wind Sor who was killed in a car Accident last october to recover the amount spent to clean up Oil spilled in the Accident on route sin East Windsor. But Grasso said the department will withdraw its suit. This is an unfortunate and regrettable incident Grasso said. We can All appreciate the requirements of the Law. However there Are circumstances when mercy tempers Justice. And this is one such Cir James h. Throwe. Who represents the estate had called the suit sense less and foolish. He wrote to the governor to complain. I m very glad the governor put her human hand on it Throwe said tuesday. I just wanted it stopped. I really got upset because the computers were so bad. And when this thing came in it sat very badly with me. They did t even know she was Long Way from Public Nixon tapes still snarled Washington a despite tues Day s supreme court ruling it May be a year and probably a lot longer before you can read Richard m. Nixon s papers or hear his tapes. And the government May have to pay the former president for the supreme court Laid aside Only one Barrier the question of whether Congress acted within the Constitution when it seized the accumulation of 5 a years of the Nixon presidency. The 7-2 decision in nearly 200 pages of concurrences and dissents by the justices said the Law is constitutional. Other barriers some of them still unforeseen remain who owns the papers the court did t say. We see no reason to engage in the debate whether Appellant has Legal title to the said a footnote in the decision. Will Nixon be paid for the papers and tapes the Way is open. The Law provides for paying out of the general fund of the Treasury of the United states in the Case of any individual deprived of his private property. This would require another court s determination that the materials were Nixon s private property. How much would he be paid such amount or amounts As May be adjudged just by a court the Law says. The . Court of claims handles such lawsuits for compensation by the government. Will the regulations for Access drawn up by the general services administration get approval from Congress the first three sets of regulations sent to Capi Tol Hill were rejected. Will Nixon Challenge the regulations once adopted in the courts his lawyers say that depends on the regulations. If everything proceeds without hitches or other says James Rhoads. Archivist of the . I would Hope that sometime next Spring or perhaps a year from now there would be some of the tapes available for listening by the Public. And if there Are lawsuits who knows How Long litigation is going to he said. Congress has had the fourth set of pro posed regulations since june 2. If neither House nor Senate disapproves in 90 Legisla Tive Days the rules go into effect. That would be about dec. 1, counting congressional Days off and vacations. Then we have the problem of staffing up to do the Job says Rhoads. He Esti mates it will take 100 people three years to go through the watergate material including tapes and papers. The material must be screened for National Security material personal conversations and things that could be embarrassing to individuals whose names might crop up. Chandler Johnson of West Mudford mass., a $300-a-week employee of the to Toroid corp., is interviewed with his instant millionaire wife Maria after winning $100,000 year for life in the Massachusetts lot Tery. The 30-year-old father of three girls is guaranteed $2 million but Willet s5.5 million if he lives As Long As his 85-year-old grandmother. A photo deadly padding is everywhere Columbia. Tenn. Pupil slate fire marshal Gene Hartsook said tuesday the same sort of material which created deadly cyanide Gas in a jail fire that killed 42 persons sunday is in your stuffed Furni Ture the Pillow you sleep on. The toys your children play arc living in a world of he said. Thomas Copeland. The state s chief of fire protect Ion. Said several tests Are being conducted on foam samples taken from the padded cell where the ire originated the soldering padding created cyanide and Carbon monoxide gases which killed 34 in mates and eight visitors he said. Copeland said analysts Are attempting to after inv the generic name and the Type of material used in the foam padding allegedly set afire by Andrew Emmer. A 16 year old emotionally disturbed runaway from Wisconsin who is charged with arson in the Case. Zinmer remains hospitalized in serious condition at Nashville More than a dozen funeral processions moved through Columbia tuesday and More victims from the fire were to be buried wednesday. Hartsook said the Blaze was a Fluke probably if we attempted to set that cell on fire 100 limes. J3 limes it would not Burn but in this particular situation it he and i Ireland have been join a in the probe by officials from the slate crime Laboratory. The society of plastics industries the National Bureau of Stan Dards and others. Everyone in the country is interested in this because they Are silting on the same situation in their own Hartsook said he said the padding like Hal Zinmer Scell is it s in your automobile. It s in your stuffed furniture the Pillow you sleep on. The toys your children play with. In a Given situation where the geography temperature and chemistry is right it is known this Type of substance will Burn rapidly give off intense heat and produce a heavy Black toxic he said. As drawn now the regulations establish several layers of professionals to make the Tough decisions on what should and what should not be in the Public Domain. Nixon has the right to Challenge any decision. If such challenges were to be brought to the courts More delay would general services administration wants to set up facilities at ii places around the country where people can listen to the tapes. Whether the tapes can be placed on Sale depends on a Case still before the supreme court involving the 30 recordings played at the watergate cover up trial. Rhoads said the Gas will be guided by that decision. Roy Wilkins ends a act leadership St. Louis Pupil Roy Wilkins Sain Farewell to the leadership of the nation s oldest civil rights organization tuesday night but promised to remain Active in the struggle for Justice. The 75-year-old Wilkins was honoured Al an emotion filled program at the 6hlh annual convention of the National association for the advancement of coloured people which he has headed for 22 retire from Active leadership of the he said but 1 shall not retire from Active participation in the struggle for racial Justice. I will continue to speak out. To write and to make speaking haltingly he urged the 450.000 Mcm bar association to nol be deferred by recent court decisions he said have Sci Back civil rights. As Long As there is breath in my body. I shall be with you in this he said. Let us use every tool at our disposal and every hand on deck Black and White Young and old. There is unfinished Busi Ness for us to Lake care joined in singing Wilh those words. Wilkins his arms locked Wilh those of dignitaries at the head table joined the More than 5.000 persons in the convention Hall in singing. We shall gov. Joseph p. Teas Dale was among the 21 speakers who paid tribute to Wilkins. Who had insisted on remaining As executive director for the duration of the convention in is. Louis his Birthplace. He will be succeeded aug. 1 by Benjamin Hooks a member of the Federal communications commission. Among the letters of Gre clings presented to Wilkins was one from president Carter who praised him As a Man who has been a voice for Calm and reason when Cool Heads were Wil Kiiu steered the a act through the turbulent years of the civil rights move Mcnol Hal began Wilh the federally ordered do segregation of schools in the South in the mid-1950s. Tribute from wife Wilkins wife. Minnie brought tears to Many in the convention Hall As she de scribed her husband As a modest Sensi Tive and even shy Man. But who can be a Man with the aggression of a stalking lion when he sees an injustice done to any said during their 48 years of married life. Wilkins has been satisfied Wilh living in simple surroundings. As i d said to him before. I d rather be on Relief Wilh you than to be a millionaire with someone else " she said. Afterwards. Hooks introduced Wilkins. Smiled broadly and said to him. I wish you had t done so Well. You la lie so hard i
