European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July the stars and stripes Page 7 below Normal crisis May state services Washington a the flow of water in to per cent of the nations riven and streams was less than Normal in us geological Survey but improvement Wax noted in drought conditions in Oregon and Washington where Stream flows averaged up to double Normal in it was the driest june on record for 10 Index streams in to said Carroll chief of the current water conditions but that was an improvement Over when a record 22 Low Stream flows was although the area of the country with deficient Stream How increased in june Strear Htow decreased Iii much of the East and of Iso Index stations in the Stream flows were deficient in Saboe Only 10 were above average flow of the big five in june dropped to about 572 Gallons a about 41 per cent below Normal and 123 billion Gallons a Day less than in Saboe the big five Rivers Are the Columbia and elephant crushes zoologist to death new Orleans an elephant crushed a zoologist to death by pinning him against a Concrete Post at Audubon Park officials the victim was identified As Mark Ron the zoo said Gordon and another Man were cleaning the elephant enclosure when the animal bumped into who had turned his Furman said it was an he said the Mas was not considered dangerous and would remain at the a new Hamp the Only state without a general sales or income is in a fiscal crisis that could bring government services to a standstill next to began when the legislature failed to enact a new budget by the Start of the fiscal year on july now Meldrim Thomson has or dered slate agencies to Stop spending Money by july is unless something is he and legislative leaders feud utterly Over How Revenue should be and Thomson has called the Legisla Ture Back into a special session tuesday to try to work out a Las minute Here Are the key elements of the crisis service demands Are state employees want and the legislature wants to increase the budget by levying new Thomson has three terms with the Promise to veto new budget deficits Are against state among the principal sources of funds now Are a business profile liquor sales in slate a rooms and meals Revenue from dog and hone lottery revenues which Are sent to local boards of taxes on cigarettes and a tax on on Arch conservative Republican known or his flamboyant wants a million austerity budget for the next two requiring Only a few increases in such although both legislative houses Are controlled they generally have a More Liberal Outlook than legislative leaders originally proposed holding services within 5 per cent of their present putting the budget million higher than Thomson to pay for they proposed an assortment of new taxes that were anathema to Thom son an individual capital gains Lai a tax on soft drinks an automobile excise tax a lax on luxury a lax on theater tick Thomson threat to veto any budget with such levies carries weight the legis lature has overridden Only two Thomson vetoes in five Thomson has suggested Hie legislature make an across the Board t per cent Cut in Agency budgets and reduce the stale pay Roll 10 per but now the House and Senate have recessed without giving fatal approval to any thus the Call for a special the immediate crisis was at hand tues Day when the House tentatively approved a 1417 million budget that had teen rejected by the Senate anal then voted to the House speaker said the Senate would have to accept the House but the Senate refused to if the legislature Doest approve a or pass a Resolution to continue services at present the stale con trollers office says there will be no Motley to pay slate workers after july Escapee slain they have threatened to strike if they Donl get a t percent health and welfare commissioner Robert Whalen said a cutoff could have great about 5 per cent of the states people receive state Whalen said ii million in checks scheduled to go out july is to families with de pendent children will not the mailed unless the crisis is solved by Thomson said thursday he is consider ing several options it the legislature Doest give him Ansce pliable they turning government Over to the state supreme or suing in fed eral court to have the Federal government take Over authorization for to programs involving Federal that would be at least two thirds of state Accord ing to fiscal staff Teod innocent to ambush a sheriff Tom Given a cheering heros Welcome As he the Federal pleaded innocent along with nine of his offi cers thursday on charges of plotting he ambush1 slaying of Ait inmate gunned dmm in a Tail trial for the 10 Wasset for they were allowed to remain free with out Federal marshals went to the sheriffs office earlier in the Day for the sheriff and his deputies to sign personal re cognizance the charges against Purvis and eight of the officers carry a maximum penalty of life in they Are accused of plotting the death of life term inmate Louis who was fatally shot when he tried to crawl showdown at generation Gap for the ladles sharing a Bench at new the sight this air cooled Yonng girl meant just one thing a painful reminder of their the teenager int too Happy about the dour looks Shes a through a narrow Holn in the Brick Wall of the Mobile county jail on the night of Loul officer is charged with lying to the grand jury which investigated the inmate when Purvis walked into the High eel tinged courtroom about 300 per including at least seven Ahab an sheriffs and Many other lawmen from around the gave him a standing ova uniformed deputies and others wore Black Arm the where District judge hand arraigned the was about 100 persons of the 300 spectators had to and another 200 persons waited the Justice department has said Utah despite the fad Wallace was Black and the investigation was conducted by its civil rights race is not a Factor in the one of the accused jail Warden John is the Federal grand jury which indicted the 10 men last week said Wallace was killed by the officers to set an intimidating example for other inmates in the the indictment said the officers knew of the breakout plans in Advance and Laid in wait for an inmate to appear in the the indictment said Deputy James Stan Ford fired the fatal the Federal indictment charged Purvis and eight of the officers with conspiring to deprive the inmate of his constitutional Purvis said last week he was in birding Ham when the shooting occurred and i deny the indictment noted that there have been several breakouts in the which is overcrowded with a backlog of state Wallace was a state prisoner who had not been transferred from the jail because of Over crowding in the slate prison he was sentenced to life imprisonment the week before he was he was convicted of murdering the Hal brother of a policeman in nearby but attorneys close to the Case have said revenge was not involved in the 4 Russ ships off coast Washington Apt four soviet ships arc in the Gulf of Mexico off the West coast of Florida and Are being tracked by the destroyer the Pentagon said the soviet Fleet includes two guided missile a guided missile Cruiser and a