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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 03, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 3,1977 the stars and stripes Page 5 Carter aide acts to quell fears on social Security new look for 78 Chevy Hie 1978 Chevrolet Caprice above and Impala boast new front appearances. Tofe lob onco slayings the Caprice has a lattice pattern Grill the Impala has horizontal bars. A Van Houten will face third trial in murders los Angeles a Charles Manson Follower Leslie Van Houten will be tried for a third time on charges of murder and conspiracy in the 1969 Tate Labianca Murd ers dist. Atty. John Van de Kamp said thursday. The decision to retry the Case was made after the prosecution carefully considered whether the evidence supports a finding of a deliberate and premeditated murder Van de Camp told a news con  27-year-old Van Houten had sought through her attorney to obtain a plea bar gaining arrangement and avoid a third trial. Her second trial ended last month in a mistrial after a jury was unable to reach a  was granted a second trial after her 1971 conviction with Manson and two others was reversed on Appeal. In his formal announcement Van de Kamp indicated that he Felt a jury could reasonably conclude Van Houten had the mental capacity to commit murder. Her defense in the second trial was diminished mental capacity. A hearing is scheduled for sept. 12 to set a Date for the new trial. Van Houten a one time High school Homecoming Queen was a picture of Defi Ance at the first trial offering no defense and expressing no remorse for the killings. Jail guards arrested in Italy Bologna Italy up police arrested five guards at the Bologna prison on charges of allowing a band of prostitutes inside the prison to have sexual relations with inmates. The five guards Are accused of sharing profits with seven female prostitutes and a male homosexual who had been visiting the prison since last november. She admitted thai although she did t participate in the Sharon Tate killings she joined a Manson led murder expedition the next night to the Rosemary and Leno la Bianca Home. Washington up the Carter administration is moving to dispel fears that the retirement age for full social Security benefits May be changed. No change in the present system is imminent and. The administration is not actively considering any proposal to alter the present arrangement for retirement with full benefits at 65," said Commerce Secretary Juanita Kreps who started the whole , i have offered no formal  stirred up the storm by advancing the idea of raising the retirement age for full benefits from 65 to 68 As a Long Range possibility to help ease the social Security system s financial  also proposed that mandatory retirement plans be extended for those who want to continue working beyond 65.her suggestions caused widespread fears among retirees and persons Antici Pating retirement that social Security eligibility rules might be  organization of elderly persons said it has received considerable amounts of mail opposing the Secretary s suggestion largely on the grounds that it would inter Fere with the retirement plans of those approaching age 65."Kreps, in reply to persons who have written about the matter said your retirement will not be affected by anything you May have read or heard concerning my comments to the  the White House also sent out a clarification statement saying Kreps was not talking about the near future but about an idea that might be considered when Post world War ii babies begin retiring in the next  current Law workers Are entitled to partial benefits at 62 and full benefits at 65. Kreps said her suggestions grew out of an interest in extending work life for per sons who want to work beyond age 65. Such an option for future social Security beneficiaries should be available she said. Chimp naut Horn May get More space Washington a the folks who operate the National zoo think the country owes More than a narrow Cage and near anonymity to Ham an aging space Chimp. After All the feeling Here is Ham did his part for Uncle Sam Way Back in 1961, when the space race Between the . And the soviet Union was just be ginning. It was 16 years ago last Jan. 31 that Ham Rode a Redstone rocket 155 Miles skyward pressed levers when lights flashed and splashed into the Atlantic and on front pages All Over the world. The National aeronautics and space administration hailed the Chimp s accomplishments later saying it Veri fied the feasibility of manned space flights through operational tests of the Mercury life support  but As a Chimp naut Ham s career was Short lived. Two years later in1963, Ham was transferred to the zoo. People Don t ask about him much a zoo spokeswoman said wednesday when asked about Ham whose 20th birthday went virtually unnoticed in  the zoo has a belated birthday present for Ham. Zookeepers Are plan Ning larger quarters and More recognition and maybe a third Chance at  new Home for great apes will be constructed in october 1978, allowing Ham to have the run of the zoo building that now houses chimps gorillas and orangutans. The new quarters will in clude the rocket Ham Rode into space and a photo exhibit depicting the flight. Miles Roberts curator for mammals at the zoo said a future mate might be arranged for Ham if the Price and the specimen were right. Ham however has shown signs of preference for Bachelor Hood. An older female named Maggie twice has been introduced into Ham s Cage. Ham was t polite on either occasion stalking away both times and winding up swinging on a crossbar. Looking toward the end of the Century when the size of the aged group relative to the working population will be significantly increased it is Clear the tax Burden per worker will grow she said in a statement. As the proportion of the population in retirement increases alternative Means of meeting our obligations to older people including the possible postponement of age of eligibility need to be reexamined. However any change in such entitle ment should be a Long run consideration to be phased in gradually Over a number of years Kreps  klan plans to disrupt feminist meet Detroit up the Kun flux klan plans to disrupt the National women s conference in Houston this fall because it considers feminists the misfits of society the Detroit news reported thursday. Robert Shelton Imperial wizard of the klan told the news in a Telephone inter View from his Home in Tuscaloosa Ala. That the Kkt has been infiltrating the women s movement for the past three or four years. He said the klan considers the move ment a Haven for All the misfits of society including self admitted  these women s libbers Are trying to destroy All the principles and heritage i cherish Shelton said. He said hundreds of members of the klan s ladies auxiliary have attended most of the state International women s year meetings this year and that some he would not say How Many will As voting delegates oppose what s going on at the nov. 18-21 National women s conference. Our men also will be there to protect our women from All the militant lesbians who will be  Shelton said. It s not Safe for a decent woman to be there. Some of our women were approached by lesbians at the state  of time sept. 3, 1947 american Magazine quoted former president Hoover As saying this country should have stayed out of world War ii and we never would have been attacked by the japanese if we had not Given them  sept. 3, 1957 at least Iso persons were killed and More than 4m injured when an excursion train carrying 1,500 roman catholics Home after a Day at the Beach jumped the tracks near Kingston . 3, 1%7 use Koch who roamed a concentration Camp with a whip in her hand and earned the name Bitch of Buchenwald hanged herself in her cell at a women s prison near Augsburg prison officials reported  
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