European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse July 1977 Hope for More convictions women Hail rape ruling a women groups Are praising Etc supreme courts decision that knocked Down the death pen Alty in rape saying such Strong punishment made ii difficult to win women groups have organized rape crisis worked to improve police treatment of rape victims and campaigned for changes in Laws that required a rape victim to produce witnesses who heard her scream or saw her but for the most part they have worked to decrease rather than increase the penal tics for rape capital punishment in rape cases has been denounced As an actual Barrier to enforcement of rape Marjorie an attorney with the women flights project of the american civil Ubert ios said the whole idea the death penalty for rape has been an outgrowth of Southern concern about rape by Black men of White it has been completely the goal of the women movement has been to gel convictions when rape has been committed but not to exact Overly severe penalties or even to have them on the a chicag based women against said after wednesdays ruling to never advocated More severe judges Are reluctant to put rapists away for Long terms for what judges think Are relatively minor in rape car Ries a 4to20year sentence and this is hard Eleanor president at the National organization for said Only one in 10 rapists is apprehended and of Only one in id is one reason for those appalling Statis tics is that the penalties Are seen As too 8th inf div Soldier found dead in bed by cd at 6 bad Germany an Bui inf div Soldier was found dead in his bed in at Rose Barracks Here tuesday a division spokesman said 4 Frederick of co 8th signal was discovered dead in his hunk about 6 when the charge of quarters tried to awaken him for the spokes Man Weir was taken to an army he was pronounced dead of unknown a spokesman an autopsy is scheduled and an investigation is being conducted by military she now thinks rape is a serious and heinous crime and should be severely punished but the fact is that the judges and juries Arent she said less severe penalties May bring More the Case before the court involved Ehr Lien Anthony a White Man who was convicted of the 1974 rape of a 15year old he raped her after escaping the same night from a slate prison where he was serving a life term for kidnapping and Georgia is the Only state in which the rape of an adult woman is punishable by one Man is on Florida death Row for the rape of a in ruling thai the death penalty in rape cases is Union Stith the court did not make separate reference to the rape of a study is at i Antic defences need while the has enough submarines to perform All missions including defense of the the study the Navy will need at least 49 More ships for surface escort to be built at an estimated Cost of billion Over the next five based on a Pentagon the study that figure could go As High As 60 missile touching on a controversial aspect of strategic the report vulnerability of Atlantic shipping to soviet air attack would be compounded by uncertainties about the warning time available to the allies before the Start of among various War Pentagon experts regard a conflict Between Warsaw pact and nato forces in Europe As the most and they say the allies could expect to have indications of impending attack 23 Days in but a recent study by two Sam and Dewey said the and Vance warning Lime could be no More than a few hours or in a Surprise soviet air forces presumably would try to Knock out bases and defences in Norway and Iceland As Well As hitting whatever ships they could German exports Rise Wiesbaden up West Germany had a billion Export surplus in the Federal statistical office has this compares with a billion surplus in in the first five months of this the Export surplus amounted to billion against billion in the same period last stocks closing Stock prices through the Courtesy of Boche Hassey Stuart Illitch my Btu Arial 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according to thus a sudden movement of subs to Large num Bers from bases around Murmansk toward the Atlantic would signal that something was the has 10 diesel and 65 nuclear submarines with 27 More nuclear boats enough to carry out All missions including the establishment of defensive barriers at various choke Points along the approaches to the Atlantic to intercept inc soviet the report to also noted that the 1960s Vintage subs which make up the Fleet Are better than the russians frontline and the Model los Angeles now in is even More Superior in terms of Speed and tiie Only reason to add More subs than planned to the he study would be to furnish escort to All aircraft but it said it was unclear whether this would be necessary for carriers except when operating in heavily defended amex 0 most Active new York up 10 awl in i tinting 4 we auntry Rebind tech r wig 15 most Active Uci la nil Klin Antti Mil Loc to Churill Imi part memo stars and stripes Adfle 27 f e c vows Fig if London i up european Leaden ended a today common Market a Imenit meeting Volding concern at the crises in Africa and the Middle Bast but promising continued efforts to defeat the twin spectres of High unemployment and inflation in the Industrial British prime minister James Callag who presided Over the said at a news conference All were concerned that events in Southern Africa Are moving very rapidly to a a very serious situation developing on the situation in the stalled Horn of where Somalia and Kenya Are embroiled in armed Callaghan this is an area of great potential he described the continuing israeli agree must yemeni the nine Summit leaders and their for eign ministers returned thursday to Dis Cussion of International which they began before doing they agreed on a statement which outlined some of their plans for dealing with which currently totals 52 million in the nine Market As Welt As continuing inflation and the need to expand the wests Callaghan they were unable to show any spectacular he said it was too soon after their last Summit meeting in Rome but a joint statement by the Summit leaders said they asked their finance ministers to study a proposal by the common Market executive commission to raise Money on world capital which would be reloaded within the Community at no additional interest in order to create Trade deficit with Japan the common Market last year ran a Al billion trading deficit with but common Market president Roy speaking at the same news said he Hopes the Community will be roughly in trading balance this concern expressed by the Summit leaders Over the Middle Bast was the driving Factor behind a statement they issued wednesday calling for a the Callaghan said this was not completely new As far As the Community la he said exactly what is meant by a Home land for the palestinians is something still to be but he stressed the importance of the coming Only two Days after president Carter came out for a palestini an Homeland and called for israeli 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