European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Senate oks ban on go unions Washington a labor unions would be barred from organizing the armed forces under a Bill headed for the House after overwhelming Senate approval of the Mea sure on Friday. The Bill would prohibit members of Reserve units an the National guard As Well As military personnel on Active duty from bargaining  of the Bill s principal sponsors sen. John c. Stennis d-miss., said the Bill is not antiunion but is based on the belief that unions simply Don t have any place in a Mili tary  kind of shared decision making and collective bar gaining that works in a store or factory cannot work in a infantry company or on Board a Navy snip he said. Officers and civilian employees of the armed Force would be barred from negotiating with a Union or permit Ting Union activity on government  Bill would prohibit labor unions from signing up Mil itary personnel or bargaining with the government on terms and conditions of military service. The Bill also would forbid Union membership by civilian technicians employed by Reserve units of which they also Are members. Those employees May now belong to  personnel joining a onion would be subject to fines up to $10,000 and five years in prison under the Mea sure passed by a vote of 72-3. Similar legislation is pending before the House armed services committee but final action this year is consid ered unlikely because hearings have not yet been scheduled. In testimony before the Senate armed services commit tee last March Secretary of defense Harold Brown opposed unionizing the military but suggested deferring legislation on the grounds that the situation could be handled through a defense department  the membership of the american federation of government employees recently voted four to on against an organizing Effort within the military Stennis still advocated congressional  unionization is a distinct possibility unless the Congress acts to express a Strong National policy again tit he said. Keeping fire Check German fire fighters can relax but still remain close at hand in unlink in Ger Many after a . Army tank truck overturned and burned Early saturday. \ army fire fighters Avert catastrophe Story and photo by Rudi Williams Lingen Germany . Army fire fighters acted swiftly Here saturday and saved this town from a fiery catastrophe. Three soldiers suffered minor injuries when a 5,000-gallon army gasoline Tanker overturned and caught fire in the Center of town about 3 . Saturday. None of the townspeople were injured. Pvt. Raymond Morris 19, of Manassas va., is credited with saving a 7-year-old girl from being burned by flaming aviation fuel spilling Down a Hill. Morris jumped 4-foot flames to snatch Gudrun Bendel from the path of the fire and take her to safety with his Pant legs ablaze. He suffered first and second degree Burns on both legs. Gudrun had panicked when she saw the flames approaching while a younger sister ran on her own to safety witnesses said. Morris is hospitalized in a German hos Pital in the town of Riedlinger about three Miles from unlink in. Also hospitalized Are sgt. John h. Hall 22, of new Carlisle ind., the Tanker Driver and pvt. Frank Rey nolds 19, of Auburn n.y., the assistant Driver. They Are All members of the 223rd Avia Tion in in Stuttgart participating in re forger. When the battalion commander it.  d. Griffin 41, of san Antonio tex., visited the hospitalized soldiers and asked Morris How he was doing the injured i said i got my legs burned but i got that Little girl out of  mayor Hans Koch said it s a Miracle that none of the 12,000 townspeople were  Koch estimates damage at about $45,000. Only two houses were slightly burned. But the heat was so intense that it cracked Concrete sidewalks and melted Metal Road signs and the Beacon atop the army fire truck. The houses were sprayed with water to prevent them from catching continued on Page 24, col. 1 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 36, no. 153 we do Ond Sundog sunday september 18,1977 if 21855 a Asa reportedly eavesdropped on Panama s Leader Washington up the National Security Agency eavesdropped on Pana Manian chief Omar Torrijos in 1974, learn ing intimate details including his sexual activities Scripps Howard news service reported saturday. When Torrijos Learned about the surveil Lance he threatened . Panama canal treaty negotiators with making it a inter National incident Scripps Howard said. Torrijos blew up hit the ceiling and took it right to the american negotiators according to a knowledgeable Senate source the report said. Torrijos then threatened to give details to the press the source said. That s the last thing the american government wanted that year what with All the Nixon mess going on said the source. Scripps Howard said reports that the secret . Intelligence Agency dossier on Torrijos was Given to him by an american army sergeant and that the  bar continued on Page 24, col. 3 Battle of Century half Century later the same year that Charles Lindbergh flew the Atlantic Gene Tunney right met Jack Dempsey in a Battle of the  it was one of the most spectacular and controversial fights in the history of boxing. When the manass mauler floored the fighting Marine in the 7th round Dempsey lost precious seconds when he failed to go to a Neutral Corner. Tunney recovered and Wenton to win by a decision u decision that boxing fans still argue about. For u graphic account of the Long count see today s daily Magazine