European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday september 21, 1977 sir Galahad former Navy Secretary John Warner lifts his wife Elizabeth Taylor out of a helicopter at their Middleburg va., farm. The Warners were sponsoring a party for 3,000 Virginia republicans in Honor of Virginia gubernatorial Date John Dalton at right and wanted to View the crowd on their Lawn from the chopper. Taylor has been hobbling around on a Cane. Up photo Senate Black lung Bill okd after House acted Washington a the Senate joined the House tuesday in approving legislation to make it easier for Coal miners to qualify for Black lung benefits. The Senate passed its version of the Black lung Bill by unanimous voice vote a Day after the House approved a similar Compromise Bill supported by the Carter administration and the United mine work ers. Congressional aides said they Are study ing the two versions of the Bill to see if a House Senate conference committee will be needed to Iron out differences. Both Bills would make the Coal Industry and not the government responsible for financing the payments to miners afflicted with the disabling respiratory disease and to families of deceased miners who had contracted it. Black lung is caused by prolonged Inha lation of Coal dust. There is no known cure. An Industry Trust fund established seven years ago would be financed through a Levy on Coal estimated at up to a Nickel Aton. The existing program has been the target of Sharp criticism from the ump which contends that benefits Are too often delayed because of bureaucratic backlogs and red tape. Many miners who have Black lung Are denied benefits under the current pro Gram the ump has charged. The legislation eases the requirements for miners to get benefits. A doctor s Opin Ion without a rays could be sufficient for the House and Senate rejected pro visions supported by the ump that would have Given miners automatic Black lung benefits after a certain length of time on the Job 30 years for soft Coal miners 25 years for hard Coal miners. Opponents of the clause said it could have added $1 billion to the program Cost. The expense of the proposed benefits i estimated at $121 million a year which would raise the program s total Price Tanto 1.1 billion yearly. Stateside judge stays Florida execution of murderer Tallahassee Fla. Up . District judge William Stafford has halted the execution of convicted murderer John Spenkelink for an indefinite period. The stay brought an abrupt halt to plans to put 28-year-old Spenkelink to death in the electric chair at the state prison monday morning. Stafford put no deadline on the stay but said he will set a hearing soon on claims of Spenkelink s lawyers that persons who kill Whites Are More Likely to get the death pen Alty in Florida than those who murder s victim was White and so is the convicted murderer. Gomes fanatic captures . Monopoly title new York a a 21-year-old self confessed games fanatic bankrupted four Wheeler dealers in less than two hours to win the . Monopoly championship. Dana Terman of Wheaton md., said he has been playing monopoly for 14 years and he attributed his skills to literally years of gamesmanship expertise in mathematics and great his four opponents included three regional monopoly champions and last year s . Champion Gus Gostomelsky of Skokie 111. His prize was an expense paid trip for two to Monte Carlo to represent the . In the 20-nation world monopoly championship on oct. 25. Trucker earns medal for saving fellow Driver Memphis Tenn. Up a Long Dis Tance truck Driver who risked his life to Rescue a fellow trucker from a burning Rig has been awarded a presidential medal of Honor. Robert h. Thompson of Nashville who happened to be nearby when a truck driven by Ralph Marshall blew a tire and ran into a guard rail on interstate 40 40 Miles West of Nashville received the award from Federal Highway administrator William g. Cox on March 9, 1976, Thompson pulled mar shall from the burning wreckage of a trac Tor trailer covered with diesel fuel. He was pinned Down by the dashboard and the front part of the cab Thompson said. The truck was mangled and Burn ing and Ralph was hollering please Don let me Burn " Thompson 34, said he lifted the wreck age and got another Driver to help him slide out Marshall s body. I knew i could t stand it if i was not Able to get him out of the fire a Bird in the Klink has much time to think Bartow Fla. A Laura Ford made her plea for release from a state prison in verse i Learned my lesson and i Learned it Well because in this prison i be been through hell penned Ford 21, who was convicted for her part in a drugstore Holdup. Lakeland circuit court judge Thomas Langston answered in kind this court does care and wants to be reasonable and fair but does believe As you can see that sometimes it must Dis agree. So in reply to your tale of woe i must advise the answer s Carter names mrs. King to . Delegation Washington a president Carter announced monday he is nominating Coretta Scott King and three others to join ambassador Andrew j. Young in representing the United states at the 1977 session of the United nations Gen eral Assembly. Being nominated besides Young and the widow of the Rev. Martin Luther Coretta King King jr., Are James f. Leonard jr., Young s Deputy at the . Rep. Lester l. Wolff d-n.y., and rep. Charles w. Whalen jr., a Ohio. As alternate representatives the presi Dent is nominating Marjorie c. Benton president of Chica go s better government association John c. Kennedy chairman of the Oklahoma department of transportation Donald f. Mchenry Deputy . Representative in the Security Council Melissa f. Wells . Representative on the economic and social Council and Allard k. Lowenstein alternate representative for special Politi Cal affairs in the . Young television actress leaves Hospital Santa Monica Calif. A Danielle Spencer the 12-Yeanold actress who plays Dee on television s what s happen ing is Back Home and steeling herself fora return to work following a car Accident which killed her father and left her injured. The girl s Mother Cheryl Pelt said that Danielle expects to return to her television series in a month. I feel o.k.," said Danielle in a Tele phone interview. Sure i m glad to be Home. I m a Little tired. It was Good to Seemy dog individuals urged to find Energy savers san Francisco a the Federal government looking for new solutions to Energy problems is encouraging individuals and Small companies to come up with Energy saving inventions. The Energy research and development Agency Erda will even evaluate the inventions free of charge says a spokesman for the National Bureau of standards no so. Basically this is geared to the Little Man says lbs tech Nical information officer Avery t. Horton who delights in the limited paperwork the inventor has to fill out. With our pro Gram he can Send it in on a piece of Tablet a two step evaluation process is free Horton said and if the invention has Merit the inventor can receive Erda assistance in the form of a loan Grant or marketing feasibility study. Some of the inventions funded by Erda have been simple like the modified automotive Carburettor whose design could reduce gasoline consumption and exhaust emissions at the same time. A More Complex offering was a computer con trolled thermostat that automatically turns furnaces off and on with More precision than the Standard thermostat. Almost 6,000 inventions have been submitted to lbs since the program began in 1975, Horton said. Lbs has recommended 41to Erda from the office Here
