European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday september 21, 1977 assesses capabilities of countering threat air Force group views . Through Russ eyes by John Hart Washington Bureau chief Washington is the air Force has formed a group called checkmate which takes a unique approach in As Sessing . Capabilities of countering a soviet threat. Air Force chief of staff Gen. David c. Jones said tuesday that checkmate at tempts to assess readiness through the eyes of the soviets. It is important that we understand the soviets and not assume that they think As we do Jones told delegates to the air Force association s annual convention Here. Checkmate is a group of some 30 officers assigned to either a red team or a Blue team for simulated confrontations. We try to get the red team thinking from the soviet perspective examining what they might do what options Are feasible and appealing Jones said. The red team reads everything Avail Able to get inside the soviet mind he said. Then the Blue team representing the .-nato forces faces a simulated confrontation with the soviets and reacts to see How we and the West respond Jones said. Jones expects that the checkmate group will be a More or less permanent institution at the Pentagon something like an Agency an air Force spokesman report that Jones wants to expand the checkmate project beyond theato environment and include other parts of the world. In his speech Jones said the fundamental differences Between the soviet Union and the . Will continue regardless of cooperation and however he said that it is essential for the future of our country that we continue to pursue negotiations rather than confrontations with strategic negotiations As the first Jones is in wholehearted agreement with the administration s policy of Essen Dayon sees peace Parley convening by end of year Washington a israeli foreign minister Moshe Dayan hinting that he has met with an Arab Leader said tues Day he thinks a Middle East peace conference can be convened before the end of the year. He said he based his prediction on what he knows of the Atti tude of the Arab but Dayan told a news conference after his talks with presi Dent Carter and Secretary of state Cyrus Vance that there Are a number of major differences Between Israel and the . It s about the settlements he said and also the future of All the neighbouring boundaries. And the idea of almost a com plete Dayan said Israel does not intend to pack up and abandon All the territory it won in the 1967 War. But he said his government is willing to give up a number of its 80 or so settlements in the occupied Arab lands if these settlements wind up on the other Side of final Borders arranged through peace treaties. In Fielding questions. Dayan appeared to confirm reports that he met recently with an Arab Leader. Most of the speculation has entered on King Hussein of Jordan. He declined to answer when asked if he had met with an Arab Leader. However he said that if it were up to Israel alone i could have told you i did meet or did t meet with a certain per but Dayan added you have to realize it is concerned with other people too and they Are not that eager to discuss Day an s travels before coming to Washington monday remain veiled in mystery. Last week he left Brussels for the . States but instead flew either to Paris or London. He then went Back to Israel to report to prime minister Menahem begin before resuming his trip to the . Regarding a . Drive for a resumption of the Geneva con Ference Dayan said Egypt s statements that it wants peace with Israel should be taken at face value and Jordan s inter ests in a settlement should be viewed that Way too. Outlining Israel s position Dayan said we Are offering the Moshe Dayan at tuesday s news conferee a. Won t pack up and leave palestinians on the West Bank a Chance to sit Down and Tell us what they want and How they want to live with but he said Israel would never negotiate with the Palestine liberation organization and would not accept a palestinian state on the West Bank. The palestinians at Geneva he said could be part of a Jorda Nian delegation and Israel would not ask whether they sympathized with the Plo. Even with current differences Dayan said ultimately an agreed formula will be found for reconvening the Geneva conf Terence by the end of the year. Tial equivalence to attain a strategic bal Ance with the soviet Union. Commenting on the Panama canal trea ties Jones said our interests depend on Access not perpetual ownership of the cooperative management with a Friendly Panama serves our interest he added. The joint chiefs of staff Are unanimous in this Outlook according to Jones. I can assure you that our support is not based just on loyalty to the administration he said. Jones added that the Security risks Are far greater without the treaties than with them. Nun is shot to death at Ohio Convent Dayton Ohio a a Catholic nun was shot to death when she went to the door of the Convent after hearing a gun shot authorities said tuesday. Police took a 55-year-old Dayton Man into custody and described him As highly disturbed and distraught. His name was not released pending the filing of charges. Sister Donna Blaul 34, was shot once in the Chest monday night the Montgomery county Coroner s office said. According to the Coroner s report the suspect rang the rear Doorbell at St. Agnes Convent at 8 25 . The. Convent is in Northwest Dayton described As a transitional area with a High crime rate. The report gave the following account sister Rita Curry answered the door and the Man asked for sister Joan. When sister Joan Pfeiffer came to the door the Man said where is it sister Joan asked the Man what he wanted the Man pulled out a .38-caliber re Volver and fired one shot which hit the Wall at the Bottom of the step. Then sister Donna who was grading school work came downstairs and asked the Man to leave. He fired another shot which struck sister Donna in the Chest the report said. She died at the Convent at about 8 30 . Sister Donna described by a Parish House spokeswoman As a gifted Singer was a member of the Sisters of notre Dame de Namur. A native of Chicago sister Donna had been a math teacher at Chaminade Juli Enne High school since 1973. Carter seeks new authority Over postal service Washington a the Carter administration asked tuesday for new authority Over the postal service to insure the continued Success and viability of the mail system. W. Bowman Cutter an official of the office of management and budget endorsed a congressional proposal to give the president the authority to nominate the postmaster general. Such a change would provide a better structural setting for communication among the service Congress and the executive Branch for discussion and Resolution of postal policy issues of National import the postmaster general now is named by the postal service s governing Board whose members in turn Are named by the president. Since the Board members serve nine year terms a president has Little Opportunity to exert control Over the postal service. Up until 1971, the postmaster general debtor Protection Bill signed by Carter Washington a president Carter signing a Bill designed to protect consumer borrowers from overzealous debt collectors said tuesday it s not a minor matter to treat Consumers fairly in this the new Law signed in a Rose Garden ceremony bars the nation s 5,000 credit collection agencies from cursing threat ening or assaulting borrowers or from harassing them with Midnight phone Calls. This is the first consumer Bill i be had the privilege to sign Carter said adding that he hoped it would not be the Only one. With a sizable congressional delegation on hand the president took the Opportunity to lobby for bogged Down legislation that would create a Federal consumer Protection Agency which he said is needed because present provisions for represent ing Consumers within government Are so scattered As to be ineffective. Without elaborating Carter said the deliberate misinformation that has been promulgated against this legislation is disheartening to the new Law applies Only to the collection of consumer Loans and provides for a maximum $1,000 Fine in individual cases plus payment of actual damages. In class action suits fines could run to $500,000 or one per cent of an errant Agency s net Worth. It will be enforced by the Federal Trad commission. Was a presidential appointee. Cutter recommended that the postmas Ter general be appointed for a six year term. He said this would give a president general control and perspective Over the postal system while allowing postal management to retain Day to Day author however Cutter disappointed House sponsors of the Bill by expressing administration opposition to higher taxpayer subsidies for the mail Agency. The provision would allow the subsidy to increase As the postal budget increases. This would allow the$920 million Public service subsidy to increase to $2.7 billion by 1979, Cutter said. On the third major part of the Bill a con Gressional veto Over increases in postal rates the administration witness opposed a suggested change. The present setup involves a separate Agency the postal rate commission which holds hearings on the postal service s proposals for rat changes
