European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes fund probe is dropped Apt the Justice department has put off possibly for Good its investigation of charges that Mcl Drini Thomson misused Federal unless someone comes Forward with substantial nothing further Wilt be done on the said Wil Liam he said the Public integrity unit of the Justice department had informed him that the Case had been placet in the inactive last summer b Federal grand jury inter viewed about a dozen current and Paat ploys of federally funded agencies wider Thomson tha jury was looking into charges uial employees of those Agen cies performed political tasks for Thomson instead of the work they paid to enough evidence Shah Cen said the lawyers who handled the investigation apparently Are satisfied that there is nothing further they want to do because not enough evidence has been presented not even enough evidence to begin to ask the jury to make a decision about possible indictments in the Thomson applauded the announcement and Atli eked the he some of the most honorable and dedicated Public servants who have Ever intr cd our wonderful stale were daily Vili fied and torn apart by sensational news the investigation was undertaken with jul any just basis Thomson allegations Boul Thomson lao of of citral Money Lukjan last summer when Ivy scr a former employee of Hie federally funded slate Energy charged that another Duvid was spending to fir cent of his Lime on Thom sons reelect Ion salary of was paid Pri Marily with Commerce department who Wail paid a said he also did political an audit of an Energy awarded through the new England regional was conducted by the Commerce department after the revealed that some salaries were erroneously charged to that Spain has passport problem Madrid Iurii the government said that an unusual doubling in the demand for has practically exhausted Spain Supply of Blank passports this August 1977 eighteen pro wrestlers Tumble happily in and around the ring a a massive Melee at he Cumberland county civic wrestling around Center in Milne alter a lot of crowd leasing kicking sad the lust wrestler standing was escaped elephant it was a Fang Day of n Rig Home Sauk api a Ixion ele Phant named Barbara charged through the front window and the closed Back door of a nursing Home amazing the flabby roasting elderly residents and Bend ing door frames out of shape along the no one was and Barbara was Cap tured i a held behind the four Miles irom where she its unbelievable to see the chamber of Commerce asks court to ban racial quotas Washington up the chamber of Commerce has asked the supreme court to Knock Down the use of racial quota systems As a Means of fight ing it must be seriously questioned whether this most ugly of historical the racial should be resurrected As a rational Means of achieving a color Bland so the chamber the Brief supported alien a White Man who contended he was denied admission to a University of California Campus because its racial quota policy a result of Federal ant discrimination statues left too Little room for Whites and discriminated against any kind of racial including a numerical racial quota or goal is so inimical to the fundamental and Over Riding principle of  that it should be imposed by government with extreme caution Only As a remedy for specific instances of proven past discriminate chamber even it quotas should be accompanied by safeguards to insure that the remedy adversely affects lib employ ment opportunities of qualified non minor to persons Only to the extent necessary to right the it Are on the horns of a dilemma As a result of Federal anti Dis Crim nation they May refuse to use quotas and goals and forego valuable government con it or they May come into compliance and face the risks of Back pay liability and either penalties for violations of ant discrimination said nurse Marjorie the elephant was rigging tents for the Carson and Barnes circus near Here when a pole she was pulling up slipped front its circus business manager Ted Bowman and went clattering to the ground with a great tha noise must have scared and she took Barbara roamed four Miles to the Maplewood nursing Home on Sycamore Home to 91 Many at them ovcr75years there she crashed through a 4foothlgh plate Glass window and through another Wall into an elderly woman she want in the said Shes usually right in front of that but it was so the rooms and the Halls were a circus spokesman speculated that still went for the window when she saw her b feel then forced her Way from the room into a she just blasted through that Krause she went through several and now the door frames and Arches Are All Hent out of the elephant raced Down the past a nurse station where several staff members the Nursiss were so dumbstruck they  say Krause next Barbara smashed through a door to the backyard and headed into a nearby leaving behind what Krause said was several thousand dollars Barbara was coaxed into a truck by circus who brought along another elephant to help take her named the Winner in in turned out to be chief Peter Mikva of a photo legion ant canal drive set Washington tap the Heads of two veterans said sunday they will work to prevent ratification of a new Panama canal treaty that would turn control of the canal Over to the panamanians by the year John Wasylik of commander i chief of the veterans 6f foreign and Robert Charles Smith of National commander of the american said their which in clude about 5 million Are opposed to the the new which president Carter is scheduled to sign in took 13 Yean to after Carter signs the treaty will be sent to the Senate for a where 11 needs approval from two thirds of the senators or Well and Wasy flt said he would wry definitely work against ratification since vow members adopted a Naoh Tion oppose in the Wasylik also said it was unfortunate thai vow members recently voted against a proposed change in the organizations bylaws to allow women to join the he said he would resubmit Ute proposal next Wasylik and Smith both said they were disenchanted with president Carters poli cies toward they cited what they said were possible moves to change the current system of giving veterans prefer ence in hiring for government and to tighten up standards on who May be treated at veterans