European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 01, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday october 1, 1977 panel oks ban on child porno Washington up the House judiciary committee thursday unanimously approved legislation to crack Dowson pornography featuring children. The measure is somewhat less restrictive than one the House passed by a wide margin monday but is More Likely to win final congressional approval. The committee Bill a revision of Themann act prohibiting interstate transportation of women for immoral purposes would punish parents guardians or producers involved in turning out pornographic material involving boys or girls underage 16. It would not apply to distributors Sellers or exhibitors of films or magazines a would the measure adopted 375 to 12 by the House. Prior to that vote judiciary com Mittee chairman Peter Rodino d-n.j., and rep John Conyers d-Mich., warned that the Bill was on shaky constitutional ground because of possible interference with free speech. That measure was an Extension of the child abuse prevention act with a amendment attached by rep. Dale Kildee a Mich. To prohibit the photography production and distribution of pornography involving children. Rodino said the Kildee amendment should have gone to his committe rather than being attached to the child abuse act. The committee version is similar to a Bill before the Senate which also would set higher penalties under obscenity Law for material depicting children. Those two ills if passed by both houses could be reconciled in a conference committee while the Kildee amendment could be dropped inane conference action on the child abuse act. The judiciary committee Bill approved by unanimous voice vote would extend Themann act to cover boys As Well As girls Glenda and Arthur Macao pay their first visit to their siamese twin Daugh ters Brenda and Linda after the beginning a Normal life babies were successfully separated in a4%-hour operation at North Shore hos Pital in Manhasset . The 6-month old girls were reported in Good Condi Tion but a Little bit lonely when they were away from each other. A photo Miami building collapse killed 8, injured 23 $35.5 million awarded in tragedy Miami a a circuit court jury has awarded a total of $35.5 million in punitive damages to 23 persons injured and the estates of eight killed when a Federal government building collapsed in 1974 i downtown Miami. Let your verdict ring out across the country like a Bell of truth attorney Duane Anderson told jurors. You have pet store Economy ends on a sad note Middletown Ohio a pet store owner George Magbee has found the Law of the Jungle and the Laws of economics Are not always compatible. Magbee said he let two cats Loose fro their cages in his shop to discourage White mice from sneaking out of their cages to devour packages of Hamster food. When Magbee returned he found the $1white mice had behaved themselves. But the cats had broken into a Cage and eaten Canary valued at $40. The Canary was such a Good Singer too lamented Magbee. Got to Tell engineers builders and renova tors of old buildings that when they work they do it knowing the lives of Good Ameri cans will be at  the jury made the award thursday As a result of the collapse of the drug enforce ment administration office. The court ordered 31 million from National properties inc. And Ungar buildinginc., owners of the building $2 million from Burns and Mcdonnel engineering inc., and $500,000 from Ray Prieto jr., a structural Engineer once employed by an other co defendant the Kunde Driver Spooner and associates consulting firm which was assessed $2 million. The four and the City of Miami were found to be negligent by the same jury wednesday after authorities testified that the defendants their agents or employees had doubts about the structural soundness of the 50-year-old building As far Back as1971 but did nothing about it. Although the City of Miami was found negligent it cannot by Law be assessed punitive damages. However the 31 plaintiffs can seek compensatory damages from the City and attorneys said that probably Many  circuit judge Richard Fuller said i would probably be some time before the Money is divided. And drop language prohibiting debauchery or other immoral practices in inter state Commerce. Conyers author of the Bill said our approach is to Deal with sexual exploitation of children through the Mann act aiming at punishing abuse of children and thereby skirting the numerous first amendment questions in addition to cracking Down on pornography depicting children Conyers said Congress should bring the Mann act into the 20th  he said the existing Lan Guage it is so vague it is rarely used by prosecutors and raises the question of whether debauchery is a modern  Carter plans Detroit visit this month Washington up president Carter will meet with Urban poor people i Detroit visit a strategic air command base in Omaha and make political appear ances in Des Moines Denver and los an Geles on a Westward trip oct. 21-23, the White House announced Friday. The president will leave Washington at 11 . Edt Friday oct. 21, for Detroit where he is scheduled to address a Public forum and hold a dialogue with poor people i the inner City. His appearance there will be in connection with the Community service administration s regional forums being held throughout the country for the purpose of gaining input directly from the people the White House said. While in Detroit Carter will also meet with a group of mayors in the area. From Detroit Carter will Fly to Des Moines where he will address the Iowa Jefferson Jackson Day dinner. He will spend the night in a private Home in Des Moines. On saturday oct. 22, the president will leave Des Moines for Omaha and Offut Tair Force base in Nebraska where he will keep his commitment to tour strategic air command facilities. When Carter took an undersea trip aboard a nuclear submarine last May he expressed the Hope of visiting Sac base. Saturday afternoon Carter will Fly to Denver where he will address a fund Rai ser for sen. Floyd Haskell a Iowa and will participate in a discussion on Wester water policy. Afterwards Carter will make a Stop i Denver to Brief leaders of the Western states on the Panama canal treaties and to try to drum up support for their approval in the Senate. He will wind up the two Day tour in los Angeles where he will address the demo cratic National committee s fund Raiser and will return to Washington late Satur Day night. Miss Navy might just turn out to be a mister National City Calif. A the Navy says its men and married women May sign up for the miss Navy  a Navy spokesman said regulations pro Hibit discrimination against women who Are married divorced unmarried wit children or pregnant or against men. Sex Marine wins Dod amends Washington up an sex Marine from West Virginia lost his Job car apart ment Bank account appliances credit rat ing and Fiancee when he was falsely arrested As a  the defense department is trying to make amends. Without disclosing the amount the de sense department awarded damages to Edward Lewis Walker erroneously jailed several weeks in 1975 As a deserter. Walker 26, St. Albana w.va., was Hon orally discharged in 1972 following a one year combat tour in Vietnam with the marines. He filed a $20,000 claim against the defense Dep Lent. Sheriff s ties in Kanawha county,w.va., Arre leu Walker at his Job and kept him for 28 Days before he was taken to Barstow Calif., and kept by the military in solitary confinement