European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse South Western towns isolated As creeks spill Over a rain swollen creeks spilled Over their Banks wednes isolating Many communities and pouring a wat thigh torrent into parts of which was almost wiped out in the Hood of the mayor of Johnstown reportedly ordered police to shoot i civil defense authorities in Ebens Bui five Miles East of Johnson in South was turn said Throe persons were dead and five were Johnstown mayor Herbert Pfuhl reportedly told a civil defense worker that police had been ordered to shoot looters if necessary in the Days Solomon Homes a la income housing civil defense spokesman Bill Pixon said that in a conversation with the mayor Over a citizens band Pfuhl said tooling had subsided and state police were the scene he said the mayor toured the Center of Johnstown and that there was still four to five feet of water in Low Milton Shapp declared a state of extreme emergency in eight whole including residents in nearby were isolated As Flash floods and bucked out people Are on the rooftops and in Trees there everywhere As we understand said Elmer Deputy Cambria county civil defense two National guard battalions were activated to help evacuate people stranded in their streams that i never knew existed Are causing said another civil de sense he said officials had asked for boots from every available slate police helicopters and scuba Page 11 94 july in defense Bill ready for conferees byjoe Linuart Washington Bureau chief Washington the Senate House conference on the 1978 fiscal year defense appropriations Bill will gel under Way a Capitol Hill source said some 29 senators and representatives will be named to Settle the differences in provisions of the Bill As passed by each tic conferees will face such issues As the sri null Call fur an increase in Hospital costs for dependents of Active duty person Nel under should the conferees to Slung with the Senate the minimum per admission fee for inpatient care of dependents would Lump from the House Bill did not contain such the rate for inpatient care of dependents at a military Hospital is not affected which is currently hit a a pct Nifon official said the conferees will also decide whether or not to Transfer military people now working in the non appropriated fund continued on Page if 21855 a begin rejects Plo role As he offers plan for Mideast Washington prime minister Mennem begin of Israel said wednesday he has proposed to president Carter that to Tinkl commissions be set up at a recon Onod Middle East peace conference fall to negotiate peace tic Alios und pts my Neil boundaries with Syria and at a news conference after his fail meeting with begin flatly ruled out any role fur the Palestine us Craun organization or any of its members us the con Ference in their bluntly and is to destroy our country and to destroy our begin me said that his government would set 110 preconditions and if the Anib Stales Urc unable to an to Geneva without the Israel would be prepared to meet with them on Neutral grounds or conduct negotiations through the Guod offices of the United Carter after his third and i ital meeting with that the Geneva con Ference very Likely will reconvene in october despite the differences Between the Arab suites and Carter said he would Send Secretary of i ate Cyrus Vun Celolie Middle Kasl Nti but it was difficult to predict the dunces or a at his news declined to outline the territorial concision Israel i a Toast to Harmony president Carter and israeli minister Menahem begin touch glasses in a Toast after a dinner Al the while Hou tuesday a photo study still in Early stages army May shut 20 bases Washington the army 13 considering closing about 20 installations throughout the country or reducing operations at the Pentagon sources said the described As in the Early stages of would be intended to save Muncy by consolidating the mis Sions of the installations at other the Carter attn twist ration has said that base closings and cutbacks arc areas Hal will be studied for savings sources said commanding officers Al 10 installations have been asked to give the army their Cummens about shutting Down the bases or reducing their the study of the reductions is being con ducted by the office of the army chief of the bases under study for closing or Cut backs include Lee and All in Virginia til 1v Utah it Baker and the army both in san Francisco Alaska r Otto then and All located in new York the Jefferson proving Yuma proving Sharpe army the criminal investigations commands in Rock and new Orleans Fitz Simmons army and the Vint Hill farms Fauquier a source said Mcpherson had been dropped from the list since it was circulated to commanding officers in some of the such As Kin Story and the Jefferson proving Nave been earmarked for closing or cutbacks in the past but have been before the army could close any of the it would have to announce that it wants to shut them Down or reduce their that would trigger a months Long study of the environmental and eco nomic Impact of the moves before the army could announce it was going ahead with the even if the army derided in go the reductions would be subject to review in which recently gave itself in creased Power la reject base cutbacks and closings japanese have their own Tokyo the Jet Kemte trawler Zhulyo Mam Wai i int off new zealand but april Tat netted Tomoo creature Bat resembled Scotland Loch a coning to a fishery company executive who Ruml cd the Sonk of us Crew thought it a others a Turtle without a Tome joked u me Hlaiko Laid he showed a Tokyo news con Ference color of a animal hoisted aboard the not sure what it was at the but it does look like drawings 1 saw of Neisle after my return Home Caitlin used on Page 2
