European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday september 14,1977 retired pay panel chief pledges Grandfather clause to protect servicemen now on Active duty by John Hart Washington Bureau chief Washington is rep. Bill Nich ols d.-ala., chairman of the House armed services military compensation subcommittee who is planning preliminary hear Ings at the end of this month on overhauling the military retirement system insists there will be a Grandfather clause to protect people now on Active duty. This Means that any changes made to the retirement program would affect Only those people who join the armed forces after the enactment of legislation. I want no part of breaking promises to the people now on Active duty he said. Defense department retirement costs Are estimated at $9 billion annually representing More than eight per cent of the budget a Pentagon spokesman said. We have to do something about the Blooming Cost of retirement Nichols said in an interview. The entire military retirement program has to be  Nichols said initial hearings will focus on getting an overview of the military retirement program and testimony from some of the  he said he does not expect in depth hearings to get under Way until after the president s Blue ribbon commission completes its review of the military compensation system next Spring. Nichols said he firmly believes that everyone should pay their rent for the Privi lege of living in our  he said this Means All Young people should be required to perform some National service but not necessarily in the uniformed military services. National service could bind our coun try together said Nichols a retired world War ii Captain who was wounded. On the subject of providing travel entitlement for the dependents of Junior enlisted grades Nichols said that it would be advantageous but because of the budget squeeze he feels there Are higher priorities. He added however that he would remain open minded on the subject. 17 die As Flash floods sweep Kansas City area continued Srorn Page 1 off into normally Placid creeks and Low areas causing flooding. In All of my born Days in All of my experience on the Job. I Haven t seen any thing like  said Bennie Imperiale. Deputy fire chief. It was total destruction Large cars floating Down the Street Large cars being stacked like cords of Wood cars being floated right into businesses ears floating into people s basements he said. The currents had to he very Strong to pick up big cars like thai. Until you see it. You would never believe  at the country club . Hooding from Brush Creek formed a Wall from six to 12 feet High sending Waters Rushing through streets shops and . Customers in one restaurant fled hurriedly As the water level Rose to five feet in less  15 my ule on the East Side of the City the Blue Hiver Well out of its Banks and forced evacuation of a 500-unit trailer Park and caused damage in the Leeds Industrial District. The National weather service which predicted the possibility of severe Thunder storms and. Early in the Day issued Flash flood warnings for monday night said More than a foot of ram fell in the 24-hour period that ended at 1 . Tuesday it was the heaviest rainfall Here since the service started keeping records m 1889. The weather service said a j5 inches of ram fell in the Plaza area and there were unofficial measurements of 16 inches or More in other sections Rotthe City. Kansas City Power & Light reported Shah s sister. Continued from Page 1 Man Diplomat in Paris was wounded in an assassination attempt. The Princess has been Iran s representative to a number of . Agencies and has been an Active worker for women s rights in her own country and elsewhere in the third world. Her husband Medhi Bou Sheri runs an iranian specially store in Paris and she is a frequent visitor to their Riviera Villa at Juan Les pins. The police gave this account of the attack the four were returning from a night at the Roulette tables of the Palm Beach Casino in Cannes at 3.50 . A White Peugeot 504, stolen several hours earlier from a merchant in Cannes drove in front of the Princess Rolls Royce on the Seaside Road about two Miles from Antibes forcing it to Stop. Two masked men leaped out arid opened fire with pistols puncturing the limousine with a number of bullets. They jumped Back in the car and fled. The lady in waiting Kahai Enouris of rough was killed by a Bullet in the head an iranian businessman named Nader by Jaa Chi was wounded in the . Another member of the party and the Princess were not Hurt. That at one Point 25,000 of its 300,000 customers in the metropolitan area were with out service. It expected All but 5,000 to have Power restored by tuesday night. The red Cross reported about 1.000 people homeless. Bobbie r. Reid a District fire chief at Independence on the East Edge of Kansas City said at least 25 persons were rescued from the tops of cars Trees and House roofs when Rock Creek flowed Over its Banks. Spink said there were a few reports of looting after the water receded monday night but he described the incidents As minor. Looting was initially a problem but not  Spink said. Areas that missed the Brunt of the flood ing included the downtown business District the stockyards area and Kemper Arena where the Republican National convention was held last summer. The damage in the Plaza was com pounded Early tuesday by an explosion apparently triggered by natural Gas that started a fire and destroyed six shops. Precise. Demands terrorists and Bonn Trade new messages Bonn up the West German government and the terrorists holding industrialist Hanns Martin Schleyer hostage apparently exchanged messages again tuesday several hours after the Kidnap ers third deadline expired at Midnight monday. Denis payot a Swiss lawyer acting As intermediary announced through his Geneva office late tuesday afternoon that he had received and relayed several messages coming from both sides containing precise information and de mands and will continue to transmit messages in the context of his mandate a source close to payot said at least one of the exchanges to which he referred occurred tuesday. In Bonn Chancellor Helmut Schmidt s All party crisis staff met at least twice presumably to consider the message or messages from the kidnappers who 11 Leopold Stokowski Dies orchestra Leader was 95 continued from Page i founded his critics by opening the ears of succeeding generations to the opulence of great music. His collaboration with Walt Disney in the 1940 film classic fantasia did As much As any single cultural event of the Century to Foster musical appreciation. Although he had a conventional English schooling and lived most of his life in America Stokowski retained to the end a slight european accent. His conducting career lasted More than 70 years and it was estimated that he gave Over 7,000 concerts before live audiences totalling 10 million people in addition to hundreds of recordings radio and television broadcasts and films. His name also hit the headlines and gossip columns of the 1930s and 1940s, particularly when at the age of 63 he married 21-year-old millionairess Gloria Vander bilt. That marriage and two others ended in divorce. He broke most of the musical rules in his time and critics sometimes dismissed his performances As Mushy and irreverent. But to Ordinary listeners the drenched radiance of the Stokowski sound was pure Gold. And no one Ever accused him of put Ting his audiences to sleep. Even in his 90s, one critic said of him Stokowski is As capable As Ever of provoking raised eyebrows and Sharp intakes of  he was t ill at All he just slipped away Marty Wargo Stokowski s agent i Britain said. In april he recorded Mendelssohn s ital Ian symphony and in late May and Early june he recorded Bizet s symphony in a both with Britain s National philharmonic orchestra. Stokowski s last engagement the final Bizet recording session was on june 4. He then went to France where he has a Home and vacationed there until the end of july when he returned to England to pre pare for a fall recording session. Except for servants he lived alone. Of demand that the government release Comrade terrorists from prison. The ministers president governors the four states in which the 11 Are held participated in the crisis talks with Schmidt too. The Republic tuesday buried Schleyer s chauffeur Heinz Narciszo 41, the last of the four men killed by the Urban guerrilla kid Napers who were denounced by a High government official at the funeral As ice cold  go killed 3 Hurt in copter crash Leitheim Germany is an army oh58a Light observation helicopter crashed tuesday afternoon killing one person and injuring three one seriously an army spokesman said. The spokesman said the fatally injured Soldier was from the 2nd brigade 1st inf div main. The injured included another member of the 2nd brigade a member of co a 503 aviation in and a member of the Canad an forces according to the spokesman. Names of the dead and injured Are being withheld until families have been notified the spokesman said. The crash occurred during the first Day of reformer 77 exercise Carbon Edge. This was the second helicopter crash in connection with the exercise. The first happened Friday evening in a Small town near Augsburg when an oh58a from the 3d inf div s 3d Imbt aviation in mad an Emer gency crash Landing. The Pilot was uninjured. Bull captured after Goring 5 Salamanca Spain up a Bull escaped from a livestock fair and gored five pedestrians before being captured in a Field. Sports in Brief Newport . Up Ted Turner sailing conservatively aboard the courageous and leading most of the Way tues Day beat Australia by one minute and 48seconds in the first race in a Best of seven series for the America s cup. Europe partly Cloudy to mostly Cloudy wednesday Vita scattered rain showers and isolated thunderstorms Little change thursday. Frankfurt Heidelberg High 65, Low 40. Sunset wednesday 6 43  Sunrise wednesday 6 01 . Temperatures recorded tuesday get Leopold Stokowski 4am 4pm 4am 0 88 Adana a 50 so 79 Athens p 48 58 81 Aviano p 65 43 58 Berlin p 56 45 61 Brussels p 54 46 56 Copenhagen p 56 cd Cloudy p partly Cloudy. 4pm 61 Frankfurt p 65 London p 91 58 64 11 Del 25,31st weather so Madrid p Munich cd Paris p Rome p