European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 07, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday september 7,1977 grateful passenger in 90-degree weather it s a Relief to get a ride to a concert especially when you have two broken Ankles. A Friend is Wheeling the fan and his crutches in a shopping cart to the grateful dead con Cert at Englishtown . Up photo used a f plane to go fishing sen. Proxmire assails Gen. Brown 12 others Washington up sen. William Proxmire d-wis., tuesday scolded Gen. George s. Brown chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and 12 other generals for using military aircraft to Fly to Goose Bay Labrador for a fishing trip. The Wisconsin Democrat a f reopen critic of High ranking military officers said the trip was justified As an Opportunity to consult with Canadian defense officials about Mutual however he said. Air Force officials admitted the generals spent most of their time fishing. Proxmire said the 13 generals flew to Goose Bay at different times Between july 19 and aug. 3 As they have for several years for informal consultations with the the air Force justifies this activity As an Opportunity to sit Down and Exchange ideas with their Canadian counterparts they freely admit that fish ing was the principal hourly activity of the trip Proxmire said in a statement re leased by his office. The senator said this year s Goose Bay trip was brought to his attention by an enlisted Man at Dover air Force base del.,and that the air Force later was Forth coming and candid in providing fact about it. They have not tried to cover it up or distort the truth he said. And that is to their great also said the generals had not claimed per diem expenses for the time they spent in Canada. But he said Goose Bay was not a regular Stop for military Airlift command cargo aircraft and that flights to Europe had been diverted to Labrador to drop off the generals. In addition to Brown High ranking offi cers on the Gen. David , air Force chief of staff retired air Force it. Gen. Duward l. Crow now associate Deputy administrator of the National aeronautics and space administration andr the air Force s chief of chaplains maj. Gen. Henry j. Meade. Proxmire who last year chaired an investigation of defense contractors who provided Hunting trips to the Maryland Eastern Shore for defense officials said Crow had a record of other government related fishing and Hunting the senator said Crow then air Force comptroller was entertained at least twice by the Northrop corp. At the company s Hunting Lodge near Easton my. He said government records also showed Crow made at least two Hunting and fishing trips to an air Force facility on Matagorda Island off the Texas coast. An sex of Charles to marry Chester England a two of Britain s wealthiest families will be United Here sept. 10 when lady Jane Grosvenor 24, daughter of the Duke of Westminster weds the Duke of Roxburgh 23. Lady Jane once was romantically linked with Prin Echarles. Stateside Gen. Persons aide to Eisenhower Dies at 81 fort Lauderdale Fla. A re tired maj. Gen. Wilton b. Jerry per sons chief assistant to president Dwight d. Eisenhower has died at the age of 81. Eisenhower picked persons a native of Montgomery ala., As his chief assistant in1958 to replace Sherman Adams who re signed under pressure from Congress for accepting favors from a Boston executive. Persons had been chief congressional Liaison for the Eisenhower administration and personal assistant to Eisenhower before appointment As chief graduate of Alabama pol technical Institute persons was professor of Mili tary science and tactics at the University of Minnesota in the late 1920s. In 1933, he became Liaison officer Between the War department and Congress and helped steer military Bills through Congress. Co son thinks Haldeman disobeyed Nixon Redge . A Charles Colson a former aide to Richard m. Nixon says he believes that . Haldeman also a former Nixon aide disobeyed orders from Nixon to remove a White House taping system. Haldeman thought the tapes would never be heard by anyone outside Nixon s inne Circle Colson said. The former president in his latest broadcast interview with David Frost said he twice told Haldeman to either destroy certain tapes or change the system so it could be activated with a switch. During the watergate scandal tapes from the system helped Lead to Nixon s resignation. Colson speaking to reporters at the Cathedral of the Pines in Rindge said Nixon told him in december 1973 that he had ordered Haldeman to remove the system. Haldeman Nixon said did not follow the orders. If you knew or. Haldeman to know that was very possible. I tended to believe it and i think or. Nixon forgot the tapes were there Colson said. 2 Oakland cops sentenced for leading strike Oakland Calif. Up a judge sent two policemen to jail for leading a nine Day old strike by fellow officers against the Bay area rapid transit system. Superior court judge William Hayes found the two men guilty of contempt be cause they defied his injunction against the Jennings president of service employees local 1008, was fined $2,000 and sentenced to stay in jail until he directs his members to return to work. John strand vice president was fined $2,000 and sentenced to 20 Days in jail. Hayes said police officers have no Legal right to strike. He said anarchy would result if police men could disobey the Law. Twin Falls county settles with eve Knievel twin Falls Idaho a a Settle ment has been reached in the 3-year-old claim twin Falls county has had against motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel. The county filed a suit against Knievel after his unsuccessful attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon in a rocket powered sky Cycle on sept. 8,1974. The county originally asked $5,759 in damages plus $3,000 in attorneys fees. The Money was sought to pay for cleaning up after an estimated 15,000 to 20,009 persons watched the jump county spokesman said under the agreement the City of twin Falls is. To receive $2,478 for damages at Shoshone Falls Park where Many spectators camped. Knievel is known for motorcycle jumps Over Long lines of vehicles. He failed to make it across the Snake River Canyon when his parachutes opened too soon slow ing his rocket Halfway across and sending him into the chasm below. Knievel suffered minor cuts. Wash firm gets $52.5 million gunboat order Tacoma. Wash. Tuph gunboats for will Nav for the shins. Up the saudi arabian Navy will v be built in Tacoma at a Cost of $52.5 million the Tacoma Boa building co. Has announced. The . Navy will turn the first of four 246-foot, 700-ton boats Over to the saudi arabians in september 1980. The other ships will be built by july 1981. The saudis will pay for the company is currently building a 185 foot gunboat for Taiwan and already has delivered four to South Korea. The boats Are of the patrol Chaser gun boat class with steel hulls and aluminium superstructures. They will be powered by diesels and Gas turbines. Supreme court Justice stays Texas execution Washington up supreme court Justice Lewis Powell has stayed the execution of Edward Lincoln King sentenced to die sept. 13 for the murder of a Dallas to stay will be Good until the High court acts on King s Appeal from a decision last May 11 by the Texas court of criminal appeals affirming the conviction Powell also extended the time for filing the Appeal to nov. 4 61 Days beyond the Date when the papers normally would be due. When the Case was before the state court King attacked the Texas capital punishment Law and claimed be was denied proper instructions by the trial judge on circumstantial evidence. The fatal shooting of officer a me Lane occurred on March 2,1974. Damage in fire near jeep Plant is $1 million Toledo Ohio up two building next to the american motor co s main Jee p division one packed with Brand new tires were destroyed monday in a $1 Mil lion fire that filled the air with billowing acrid smoke. Fire officials said two persons were slightly injured in the Blaze one a fireman who Hurt his ankle. The four alarm labor Day fire destroyed the Willis Day storage co. Filled with tires and paper products and a nearby empty am building slated for Demoli Tion. A fire official estimated the damage at $1 million. The main am jeep Plant was not harmed however and production there was not expected to be affected
