European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse August 1977 the stars and stripes Page Ress new Washington api lit me of the argot Federal con Gress gave final approval tuesday night 10 legislation establishing a new department president who sought creation of lie Agency to administer a National Energy is expected to sign the Bill and nominate White House Energy adviser James Seh Lesinger to be his cabinets first Energy the Senate okayed the Bill earlier the House approved it by 353 to the action came tithe House worked on separate legislation to determine what Energy the department will and in a statement issued alter the Carter complimented Congress for Swift action on most vital part of our attempt to Deal with americas Energy problems an outstanding As the first new Cabinet Agency created since the department of transportation in the Energy department will begin life about 1 with employees and a annual approval came after both House and Senate agreed1 to Compromise legislation that would give the new Energy Secretary less authority Over Selling Energy prices than Carter originally requester of con under he legislation a five member commission would decide natural Gas its functions would be similar to those of the present Federal Power com Mission which the legislation Abo the president and Energy Secretary would have final authority in let Ting some Oil under the the new department will Lake in some selection in december so separate Energy now scattered throughout the Federal the Energy research and develop ment administration Federal administration will All be Abo the new department would inherit us responsibility to set building insulation standards department of How ing and Urban development and would also play a role to us setting of new Auto Mobile fuel efficiency and it would gather information from the Energy Industry an the nations Energy reserves astronaut hopefuls begin countdown1 meeting of mascots Duncan executive director of the american society for prevention at cruelty to keeps a tight hold on the attack As new York apples Tennis Star Bililc Jena will test them King cautiously introduces her sheep during a match tit new Yorks Madison Square the malt was a Benefit for he of which Harvey is the a Houston up Twenty of 200 shuttle astronaut Semi Shalista the first Poten tial additions to the american space corps since tuesday began a fou Day series of tests and interviews at Johnson space the Center will Host 20 candidates every other week until the end of thirty or 48 finalists half of them the other payload will be chosen in All but one of the candidates Are Mili tary Mena spokesman described them As a group of class Type re blood de american one is they Range in age from 29 to Al a 7 tuesday briefing Over Coffee and officials welcomed them As among the finest group of people the country got in terms w experience and life sciences director Richard John Ston outlined a lightly scheduled 10 to 7 tuesday through Friday Battery of psychological and motivational tests and some candidates grimaced at parts of a 20minute sound color film depicting what they could especially a potentially irritating on eyeball Mcc Hanica Examina Tion of the a lot of Guys Are going to be Cut medi Moat of them on vision because vision is very important in Nasa spokesman Charles it Edmond say Aye of by United press International Navy men hailed the return of the old time Sailor suit for Lota of reasons tuesday one being simply that those hip hugging and that cocky while Bat make a Sailor look like a Sailor when he struts Down the ask the Man Wholl be wearing that was one of the main reasons 1 joined the and after i joined i found out they were no longer said Robert Moore of a third class Petty officer at the great lakes naval that was the look of the said Bill a second class Petty officer at the Atlantic fleets nor base i like the old uniform belter because hats what the Navy since the been Home on leave in the new uniform people ask what service i belong they identify Wilh the old they still have commercials Wilh people in Moore and like Al Navy enlisted men and Petty now Wear the new office Type uniform Standard Blue trousers and double breasted White Black billed officers Lyte Cap that replaced the traditional Bel Bottoms and Black Necker chief in the Navy disclosed monday that James chief of naval opera has decided to shift la Bottom our enlisted ranks Seaman recruit through Petty officer third class Nock Tolu the old uniform in order to boost morale and save under Holloway the Navy will Start the shift Back to fells Wilh oneyear among of uniforms in various different a Navy spokesman in Washington said tuesday per cent of the sailors surveyed this year favored a return to the Bells on grounds the officer Type uniform is too hard to keep clean and Sharp and too difficult to store in lockers Bui image always has figured in the sail ors gripes about the shift to Stuffy officer Type ordered in 1971 by chief of naval Elmo Zumwalt Zumwalt thought put Ting everyone in the same style uniform would boost morale by stressing the egalitarian image for the modern but Many service proud sailors said the lookalike style took away their distinctive made them look like doormen like officers and and who could imagine those old musical Frank Sinatra and Gene tap danc Iri their Way la Romance to that Getup the spokesman said the uniform chosen should be available commercially by next and it will then be authorised As the official garb for about Fleet person Nel sailors lauded the decision for other Rea the traditional uniform is less expensive and easier to take care said Chester a first class machinists mate at whose rank will keep him in the office style ii looks you Donl have to worry about Send ing it to the cleaners As and chief signalman Eric another Norfolk suggested he would have preferred in if the novy had gone All the Way Hack to the Good old Days when everyone below the rank of chief won the sailors jumper they gave a Little prestige away when they gave the chiefs Hal away to the lower he the physiological series will include the whole shooting match arid there will be intense psychological Lesu and inter views about a lot of these Guys have spent the last 10 years of their Vej preparing to be As All of them Are highly the committee want to know were looking for Guys whose psycho logical whose commitment to the whose physiological makeup is so that we can rely on Ihm and All we have Lodoris train tentative plans Call for choosing 30 finalists in tart Hei Nond said it May be that 10 extra will be so Good thai we just have to add ii air Force Claude Bolton of Edwards air Force will be the second Black in the space Robert Lawrence of the air forces manned Orbital Laboratory Crew died in a plane crash in warned Cuba of attack to says Miami api an Anil Castro cuban exile group planned to alack cuban ship Ping and possibly the Island bul can celeb the operation when officials tipped m the cuban a Miami television station reported tie attack was planned by key Mem Bers of the Bay of Pip veterans brigade was to have been carried out in a tvs but the station said bad weather hailed the operation and la was Laler cancelled when its leaders Learned the Sale depart ment told Cuba of the pending operation during diplomatic talks at the we have had and do have sex Dianes with toe cuban government on possible state department spokesman George Brown said when asked about the bul he refused to Coromel on the invasion the cuban apparently concerned about a possible seized six fishing vessels in there obviously nervous about some a White houses Uree the to report on the invasion plans said the immediate Goat was to damage cuban in said a possible second objective was an attack on army communications outposts along the coastline la make Way later for a larger Manuel civilian commander of the brigade which was formed after the disastrous Bay of pigs invasion of Cuba in refused to comment on the
