European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday september 16, 1977 sleek electric car with zip toy might be transportation breakthrough Cincinnati a engine Rcharles a. Cummings became disgruntled with the . Aerospace pro Gram nine years ago and decided then that for him it is far More thrilling to invent and build  from his work for the Kenner products co., he has built a big toy for himself that he says might be the Long awaited breakthrough for the transportation Industry. I guess my car is sort of a toy chuckled Cummings 46, who with his retired father has built a sleek High performing electric car that can Accel Erate from Zero to 35 Miles an hour in about eight seconds. More than being a toy it is a Proto Type one of a kind. If i had a lot of Money i could do More things said the co inventor of a popular doll and other  make his car Cummings took Standard parts and modified  two seat sports Type car is pow ered by two general electric motors. It uses two Industrial batteries. The car he says will Burn rubber when accelerating and travel 45 Miles at speeds of up to 45 Miles . Before needing a re charge. Cummings plans to add a third engine increasing its Speed to 65 Mph and its Range to 65  include a 1963 Buick steering wheel a 1966 Volkswagen Chassis 1968 thunderbird hubcaps and a rejected Bradley it fibreglass body. All the parts were machined and modified. It Cost him about $3,500 and 500 hours of work. Cummings who holds engineering degrees from Franklin University and the University of Cincinnati did re search for Rockwell International in Columbus Ohio on reconnaissance during the Vietnam War. The military needed equipment to see through dense  that he went into missiles but it was Boring too much repetition he  saw the handwriting on the Wall. The technical end of research was get Ting too political. I got disgusted. So when i heard a toy company was inter ested in me i took  eyeing the taxpayer senator plans to return $313,016 unused Cash Chain smoker Harold Pillsbury is one Washington figure who spends his Days in a smoke filled room with not a politician pre sent. As a chemist for the Federal Trade commission Pillsbury tests Levels of tar and nicotine with the Hel of a machine that smokes 50,000 cigarettes a year. Up photo Washington a freshman sen. Edward Zorinsky saying too Many people in Washington feel comfortable spending other people s Money is returning to the government $313,016 in unspent office funds. I feel like one drop in a bucket helps said Zorinsky a Nebraska Democrat whose unused funds will revert to the trea sury on sept. 30, when the current fiscal year  a bucket can get filled if enough drops fall into it he said in a Tele phone interview thursday. Zorinsky who has been in office Only nine months of the fiscal year said he would be returning More Money to the Treasury if he had been in the Senate forthe entire fiscal year. He said he simply did t spend All of misappropriation for administrative aide Sala Ries As Well As Money provided for such items As telephones travel stationery and other office expenses. In addition the senator is vowing tomake his 19 staff workers earn the 7.5 per cent pay raise that will automatically be Given to thousands of other Federal pm. Ploys in october. Zorinsky who serves on the agriculture and Commerce committees also refused to use $139,278 authorized for hiring com Mittee  taxpayers can no longer afford to pay for All the services the Federal govern ment wants to provide for them said Zorinsky who winces at the thought of being dubbed a  senator admits however that his tight listed spending policies have caused stir among some colleagues. Some of them have referred to it jokingly Zorinsky said without naming names. But i Haven t encountered any  Zorinsky said he is determined to spend tax Money Only when the Benefit justifies the expense. I was brought up in business to believe you award raises on the basis of services performed said the senator of his plans to hold the line on staff pay raises. Zorinsky said his particularly deserving employees May get More than the 7.5 per cent pay hike while others May get no raise at All. He said he continually Evalu ates the work of his 13 office employees in Washington and six in Nebraska. Poll claims Many would of homosexual priests Chicago up More than half the persons responding to a Catholic Magazine Survey said homosexual men should be Al Lowed to become priests if they agree to remain celibate. Asked if priests should be ordained i they agree to be celibate regardless of their sexual orientation 64 per cent of the respondents agreed 24 per cent disagreed and 12 per cent gave other answers . Catholic Magazine reported in its october Issue. . Catholic said readers were asked to respond to a Survey and an article written by sister Lois Spear who wrote to live As a Gay Christian today entails a great Deal of pain and suffering heroism  about 1,000 questionnaires were sent to . Catholic readers throughout the .and some 260 responded. About 82 per cent of the respondents agreed homosexuals have the right to liven any housing they choose and 63 per cent agreed homosexuals have a human right Todo whatever they want As Long As they do it in private. Spear said the homosexual movement has suffered like other movements from Adverse stereotyping because of an irresponsible few. The feminist movement has had it share of poor Public relations resulting from pro abortion and premarital sex stands coming from now National organization for women leadership she said. The same kind of stereotyping occur with homosexuals when they Are depicted As depraved individuals exhibitionists or molesters of Little children who seek to undermine the family she said. American Cook 20, caught in italian draft West Haven Conn. A Felic Depalma was born to an american citizen in Britain. He lived in the . From age 5until last month when he went to Italy for his grandmother s  20-year-old Cook now faces Induc Tion into Italy s army. His Mother says its difficult for her to Contact her son who is staying with his father s sister near Salerno. There is no Tele phone in the House. The last time she talked with him was Friday. He told her he was scheduled for an induction physical  Don t know what to think anymore. They have no right to keep him there Theresa Depalma said wednesday. We Hope really to god so much that he can return Home she . Depalma has been an american citizen since birth. Her husband Giuseppe who works for the West Haven Highway department was naturalized two years ago. The Depalma sought help from the ital Ian consulate in new York and rep. Robert Giaimo. Giaimo in turn contacted italian ambassador Roberto Gaja the italian foreign office in Rome the .state department and the italian draft Board. At this Point the Best we can offer is today a Little prayer said a spokesman for Giaimo s office. True Depalma grew up in Westhaven the spokesman said but he is an italian citizen. And italian citizens have military obligation to  Depalma s parents were born in Italy but mrs. Depalma was conferred Ameri can citizenship at birth because her Mother s father was an american citizen. But because mrs. Depalma had t lived for 10 years in America her son was not automatically an american citizen at birth the . Immigration and naturalization serv ice . Depalma says the problem began when her son Felice and another son accompanied their father and three of he nephews to Italy aug. 2 for the funeral. They did t have time to get new pass ports but the italian consulate in new York told us to go with our 5-year-old pass ports from a previous trip mrs. Depalma said. Italian authorities would t accept the passports and they Learned that Felice was an italian citizen she said