European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Kiss from the king1 of Tennis Bjarni Borg kisses the coveted Wimbledon trophy on the Center court alter defeating american challenger Jimmy to repeat As the Champion in a thrilling press photo Bjorn Borg wins Wimbledon title Wimbledon up Sweden Bjorn Bora held off a dramatic comeback by top seeded Jimmy Connors saturday to retain his mens singles title in a five act Center court thriller in the Centennial the 21yearold who collected for his look three 12 minutes to Edge and become Only the third Man since 1338 to win the coveted Crown twice in sue it was the second time in four years that Connors had to Settle for being runner up after capturing the title in but the Liyo Arold Lethander from provided a Nail biting finish or the sweltering capacity crowd a he fought Back to level the match after trailing in the deciding in the Connors could not maintain the momentum and two Over hols presented Borg with a service break in the ninth the blonde haired swede Ihen clinched the set with a love firing Home a backhand which Connors could nut mum for the winning both players made unforced but it was a thin thread running through a Rich tapestry of glorious the match had As Many twists and turns As a hitch cock thriller As the pendulum of initiative swung one Way arid inn the unimpressive in his earlier promised he would raise his game in the final and he but he could not scale the Everest needed to conquer the picking up Points with the bustling determination of a Squirrel storing nuts for the was full of fire in the opening he blasted his double isted backhand with the devastation of mortar bombs to win the first set on the Back of a Lave service break in the eighth game which Borg dropped with a double Borg was but not he struggled to hold his serve in the fourth game of the second set which heralded a dramatic reverse As Burg won 10 out of 11 eight in a the swedes amazing run earned him the second set 62 and the next so with con t continued on ii july 3 1977 two test votes Washington senile support Era of an immediate appropriation far a deadly new nuclear weapon won two lest votes Friday after a rare secret debate behind closed both votes were and efforts to forge a Compromise will continue during the Independence Day congressional final action was put off until the senators return on july supporters of the called the Neutron said kill soldiers and spare said it would risk goading an enemy into the use of even More deadly the Neutron warhead is designed to kill by radiation and create relatively Little of the accompanying heat and blast which account for much of the destruction usually caused by nuclear the proposed funds Are contained in a Bill appropriating billion for Public works projects and for the Energy re search and development the two votes highlighted 2tt hours of parliamentary mane vering which Fol Lowed the senates first dosed session since Aid to Angola was considered in de Cember Mark half argued that Money for the warhead should be Al John chairman of the Public works appropriations sub conv Mittee which approved the offered an amendment to require that the Money for the weapon could not be spent until the president had certified it to be in the National this was approved 43 to the administration has said Carter will consider Between now and t whether in go ahead with plans for the for which former president Gerald Ford 1 r Al Rel a hat old then moved to add that the presidents Byeller House of within so hum a supporter o the warhead then urged that action by both houses be required to override the Edward who opposed the moved to kill Nunn the Nunn amendment survived by a vote of 44 to final Voles 4 Early end to Copper strike Likely up ii Union bar gainers tentatively accepted an offer from scr Mercott Copper raising Hopes sat urday for an Early end to the today old strike against the nations Copper perhaps during the coming the unions struck Sevor of the1 eight major producers at when their contracts expired and struck magma Copper the second largest Job Mesic when that contract lapsed at 2 saturday the strike idled 381000 workers in Western plus Maryland and new nearly half of those workers were pose cot j opposes Reform shortchanging Usan seeks fair pay Deal by John Hart Washington Bureau Hicl Washington Isis save pay pro visions must be included in any future changes to the military compensation says James the air Force Deputy assistant Secretary for personnel it would be unrealistic psychologically to expect any of our military personnel in accept cuts in entitlements without Ade quate reimbursement for the breach of Coode declared at a meeting of the air Force Goode was referring to the presidential commission chartered to review and recommend reforms of the military compensation if any reforms Are to be made la streamline outdated and antiquated systems of it should be on an Overall package basis where the pluses outweigh the he this Way a Reform package can be explained simultaneously and achieve an acceptability that will never be achieved if All arc handled in a piece meal said who feels sure that most military personnel would be willing to give up an existing Benefit if an alternative approach compensated Uheman same other Goode commented on a recent Gallup poll that indicated that the Federal work Force was contained Loo Many people who dont work very and in were inefficient in the performance of their it is tragic that the american Public has such a Low estimation of the govern mental service and nothing could be fur ther from the Goode adding 1 disagree vehemently with the erroneous Goode indicated that the current Public Ity Given to the reduction of military Bene fits will have an Impact on 1 predict that unless there is some substantial change of thinking in this there is going to be inevitably a severe Impact on the ability of the military serv ices to recruit successfully in 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