European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes August t reforms by Etc Washington up undertakers guilty of such blatant practices As body snatching but they do push expensive caskets and sometimes cheat Consumers on their Aico Dirig to a new commission the funeral Lioma a billion annual business in should be placed under a set of rules which would re quire Price advertising and such things As written Price disclosures to Cus it the report was made by hearing officer Jack who presided Over months of Public hearings into a Trade regulation Rule the Etc proposed in the Rule would outlaw such things As picking no or embalming a Corpse without the family permission requiring casket for bodies destined for immediate Crema or trying to discourage bereaved Cam Hies from thinking about what a funeral will Cost when they Are deciding on a serv kahns 155page report concludes that the prohibition against body snatching is unwarranted i find that funeral service Industry members usually have prior authorization to pick up he even with Occidental a family member is re quaintly but Kahn said the practice not playing inexpensive caskets is Ellen and the Industry has done Little to Force manufacture of a cheap but attractive looking a number of gave exam plea of where Lowe priced sets were frequently referred to by funeral service Industry members a Cas he the ship is split and its no Accident the Manhattan ofic of Only two spill Hull Hopper dredges in the is completing Itu Tea trials on Lake the Foo Long dredge has a carrying Capac Ity b its split which is hinged at the the biggest of the two spill Hull will be used for maintenance up1 photo gives up after freeing hostages of Bahai religious Retreat Santa api a Lone gunman held 63 people hostage us a Remote religious Retreat then calmly surrendered to police after his captives helped per Suade him to give Thomas of was being held thursday in the psychiatric Ward of the Santa Cruz county Hospital where he will undergo said chief Deputy Mark Ganghoff of he Santa Cruz sheriffs Wilson was booked Tor investigation of Kidnap and Auto theft in the hijacking of it Public bus and abduction of its four Passen Gers and Ganghoff said Wilson allegedly released the Passen Gers then forced the Driver to take him to the Bahai Faith religious Retreat in mountains 20 Milts Northwest of this coastal he demanded to see two men Jock a prisoner at Mii Riposa county who Wilson claimed killed Hir and Delft a Friend being held at san Luis Obispo mens a state prison but surrendered with the demand unmet and without firing the Shou he had the captives said they were Able to keep up their spirits by praying and singing the gospel and Oik songs they had planned for a musical Shuw that Ken one of the last hostages to be said that after lengthy debate Wilson began to be reasonable to us and Lake our Allen said Wilson dually told his Cap youre we dont want anyone lets gel the hell out of a police hostage negotiating learn also aided in the the incident began near Nightfall when a Man armed with a Caliper semiautomatic Rifle and about rounds of ammunition hijacked a City bus and forced it to be driven to the religious tic released the bus then burst into the centers dining starting a six hour ordeal for Hia the Man forced die mixed aged group of women and children against a but immediately released 21 of the most of them three others were later Leav ing 37 a Twoy Earold and an infant deputies seated off the area and established Telephone with most of the Calls initiated by the Ganghoff a spokesman at the Bahai faiths world Headquarters in said Wilson May he the same person who was re moved from Bahai membership four years ago because of psychological prob Wilson was released from Atascadero stale a mental Over a year a spokesman Ganghoff said before his Wilson told negotiators that he Dindl want to return to he indicated he might take his own but would re lease the remaining hostages the religion known As the Bahai Faith was founded in Iran in the Isle Century and emphasizes the spiritual Unity of Mankind and the Foury Earold California facility is one of four permanent Camps run by the this form of disparagement is wide spread to the Point of other instances of disparagement included laughing at the least expend be and telling the client the least expensive casket was Loo Small for the deceased to tit he kahns report now must be considered by the pc staff and by the five commissioners before any decision on a final an Industry spokesman criticized the but it won Praise from two consumer Myron Van Horn of president of the National funeral directors association said our initial reaction is that the Kahn report is very disappoint ing in much of us finding and rec but the National retired teachers association and american association of re tired persons said the report underscores our belief the funeral Industry is in need of regulation and consumer corrective action the Continental association of funeral and memorial which helps us members plan Low Coal said 11 is incumbent on the Etc to Lake corrective kahns report said i believe substantial misrepresentations do occur and that Consumers Are Dos advantaged economically and in some cases emotionally by these particularly significant Here also is1 the virtual absence of consumer knowledge about funeral alter a prices and priding Kahn also said consumer ignorance about funerals is state regu lations against unfair or deceptive funeral Home practices have been dominated by Industry interests to the detriment of con same funeral Homes have refused to release bodies to persons authorised to make arrangements and funeral Homes have misrepresented on Bills what such services As clergy honorariums and Flowers actually Sakharov gets visa for her Eye operation in Italy Moscow Lahi soviet authorities gave Yelena wife of dissident Leader Andrei a 60day visa to make her second trip to Italy for an Eye of this is extremely important for and we think it is a sensible decision by the a Sakharov told newsmen outside the Moscow visa Whu applied fur her visa in is expected to leave at the end of the she said a Sienna Eye renal would perform the operation for glaucoma of her left she went 10 Italy for a similar operation on the same Eye two rears