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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday september 27, 1977 fatal flight a biplane flown by stunt Pilot Edward Mahler loses part of its Tail during a preview of the Suffolk air fair at West Hampton n.y., and plunges to Earth in a Cloud of debris. Mahler of Pittstown n.j., died in the crash. A refugees demonstrate outside 3,000 americans Hail Vietnam s . Entry new York a nearly 3,000 americans crowded into the Beacon theater on sunday to celebrate Vietnam s recent entry to the United nations by shaking hands with the Hanoi government delegation. About 200 vietnamese refugees demonstrated noisily on the Rainy Street outside. Sponsored by Friend shipment a coalition of 40 peace and religious groups the gathering brought together familiar faces from the Antiwar movement lawyer  Liam Kunstler activist David Dellinger former ally. Gen. Ramsey Clark and Sam Brown now director of president Carter s action Agency which runs the peace Cor Sand Vista. Cora Weiss National coordinator of friends Rupent said the sunday meeting kicked off a National Campaign to win sup port for american Aid to Vietnam. The vietnamese refugee demonstrators Many of whom said they drove to new York from Washington and other areas to oppose the meeting carried banners criticizing the policies of the Hanoi govern ment. They Sang the National Anthem of the old Saigon regime and shouted anti communist slogans. But the noise barely penetrated the Thea Ter lobby where members of the Vietnam Ese delegation were shaking hands with americans under two portraits of the late vietnamese Leader to Chi Minn. The audience loudly applauded speeches calling for official american Aid to reconstruct Vietnam including an Appeal by Ngo Dien Deputy foreign minister of press and information the highest ranking Hanoi delegation member present. This is the future said Sam Brown pointing to Large placards inside the Thea Ter promoting american assistance to Vietnam. Asked if he would carry this View to the Carter administration Brown said i believe it has to  the gathering was preceded by two Days of meetings Here to plan the National Friend shipment Campaign. Congress has vetoed any assistance to Vietnam but anti War movement volunteers were quoting poll results that indicate a majority of americans believe the United states should help in some Way to reconstruct Vietnam. Stateside woman taking Case All Way to White House Libby Mont. A a woman who claims indifference by the . Navy resulted in her son s death from cancer says she will take her Case directly to president Jimmy Carter and sit right on the White House Steps until i see  mrs. Robert Nunley wrote a letter to Carter earlier this month asking for help in getting the $6.5 million she and her Hus band Are asking in a suit filed in a Jackson Ville fla., Federal court. Timothy Nunley was 19 when he died from cancer sept. 20,1974, at a Navy Hospi Tal in Jacksonville. The Nunley claim the Navy killed their son by ignoring his repeated claims that something was wrong failing to diagnose the disease and failing to admit him to a Hospital. Entertainers accused of violating noise rules los Angeles up Gladys Knight and the pips have been accused of Violat ing a City noise ordinance with their performance at the outdoor greek theater. Police responding to complaints by homeowners in the nearby Hollywood Hills asked the City attorney to Issue a Mise Meanor complaint against the corporation with a contract to operate the City owned theater. They complained that entertainers at the Amphitheater in Griffith Park illegally permitted the sound to Drift from 200 feet from the amplifying equipment Aid to be carried More than 50 feet beyond the Park property line. Krishna group sued Over Long distance Calls los Angeles up a new York communications firm has sued the International society for Krishna consciousness for $310,000, claiming the group illegally used the firm s microwave system to make Long distance Telephone Calls. Sci telecommunications corp. Said in a Federal court lawsuit that the society has run up $20,000 Worth of Calls since april 1976, by illegally obtaining the secret code numbers of Sci clients who then were billed for the Calls. The firm was seeking triple damages plus $250,000 in punitive damages. Named in the suit were Krishna groups in California new York Texas Illinois Michigan Missouri and Minnesota. Sci said it traced Calls made by the society through checking the logs of the Micro wave system for the past year. Mail carriers Aren t Happy about Flea delivery Charlotte . Up neither Snow Hail nor gloom of night halts Mai service but some Pesky fleas did. Mail deliveries resumed on Wood Leplace almost four weeks after it was stopped because fleas were biting the mail men. The carriers made several attempts to deliver the mail Down there and their legs got covered with fleas. They said they did t want to go Down there said . Ford Section manager of the . Postal service serving the area. A postman in t going to jeopardize his health. I can t make him do that Ford said. I Don t know if those Are disease carrying fleas. But he the postman should t have to put up with  Ford said he walked the route and found few fleas in the area. We Are resuming service a the area Ford said. Kansas honors late Emporia editor  White Lawrence Kan. A Kansas newspaper editors have inducted the late . White newsman editor and War correspondent into their Kansas newspaper editor shall of Fame. White who died in 1973, had been editor of the Emporia Gazette since his father renowned writer William Allen White died in 1944. White s wife and their adopted daughter the British War orphan immortalized in his journey for Margaret on which a movie was based were at the University of Kansas for the announcement. Journalism prof. Calder m. Pickett described the younger White who had worked for lbs the Washington Post and other publications before returning to Emporia As a native son who embraced Kansas with the affection of a father for an errant son who both scolded and loved us maybe next time hell put sugar on it i guess he was just stunned she said. He stood there a minute and then said please " when Gottardis again refused the robber warned her he had a gun. She asked to see it. He reached Down to his front right pocket and began fumbling around like he had forgotten where he put the gun she said. When he reached inside his shirt she pushed an alarm Button. He ran out of the the Bank and disappeared in the lunch time crowds. Indianapolis up the would be Bank robber even said please but the Teller still said  after it was All Over Lynette Gottardis was t sure who had been stunned the most by her Defiance the disappointed Crook or herself. The Man entered a downtown Branch of merchants National Bank and handed her a note which read this is a Holdup. Give me All your Money and you won t be  Gottardis who has worked at the Bank for five years read the note looked up and said  Library Aid youth program Bills go to Carter Washington up the House has sent president Carter two Bills one aiding libraries and another for youth pro Grams. The House voted final congressional approval for a five year $892 million Exten Sion of Federal programs to assist Library construction and services. Also sent to Carter was a measure authorizing $600 million for three years for Federal juvenile Justice delinquency prevention and programs for runaway youths. Of the total $75 million would be used for runaway youths  
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