European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday october 11, 1977 did train palestinians in Lebanon crash kills truce i at least 61 new Delhi up an express train from Calcutta hit a standing freight train. Monday at Naini station 350 Miles South of new Delhi killing at least 61 persons and injuring 150 others officials said monday. The condition of 81 of the 150 injured is serious and the death toll is Likely to Rise the officials said. The Accident occurred when the Speed ing express from Calcutta bound for new Delhi slammed into the stopped freight at the station platform about seven Miles East of Allahabad City. Aziza Imam a former member of parliament who was aboard the train and escaped unhurt told newsmen at the Accident site we were thrown off our berths while asleep it was dark and we heard groaning and desperate cries of help help " a weeping Man brought three children aged six months two years and five years and asked me to take care of them since their parents were feared killed the woman said. A railway spokesman said the engine of the passenger train and two cars immediately behind it were telescoped by the Impact. 1000 held in protests for Gandhi new Delhi up  arrested More than 1,000 persons protesting the arrest on corruption charges of former prime minister Indira Gandhi the nation Al news Agency Namachar reported. Some 900 members of Gandhi s con Gress party were arrested in her Home state of utter Pravesh in Northern India during demonstrations arranged by the party on what it called an anti repression  in Calcutta police fired tear Gas to Dis Perse Congress party demonstrators who tried to break through police lines and Storrs state government offices. Police said the tear Gas firing followed incidents of Stone throwing. No injuries were reported. Namachar reported the arrest figures in creasing with later information but gave no total except to say it was beyond 1,000. Gandhi was arrested last monday on two charges of official corruption while prime minister. She was freed unconditionally the following Day and made a three Day tour of Gujarat state attracting crowd that sometimes reached 200,000. Tel Aviv a the commander of Christian forces in Southern Lebanon claims the palestinians Are reinforcing their forces in violation of the recent cease fire and called on the . To Send observers to the area. Israeli reporters who visited mar Jayoung. A Christian stronghold in South East Lebanon reported monday that the Christian commander maj. Saad Hadad told them the palestinians have increased their strength from about 6,000 guerrillas to 10,000 and replenished their supplies. The violations allegedly have taken place since a .-mediated cease fire stopped the artillery War Between israeli and Christian forces and the palestinians in Southern Lebanon on sept. 26. Israeli forces pulled out of the area when the cease fire began and a lebanese army Force is to be sent into the area to establish a Buffer zone along the Frontier. The cease fire also Calls for the palestini ans to pull Back 10 Miles from the Border but Salah Khalaf Yasser Arafat s Deputy commander of the Al Fatah guerrillas said his men would not withdraw until the new peacekeeping Force is in place. The israeli journalists reported the christians were bitter about the cease fire and the reported palestinian buildup. All the men Here Are in a state of ten Sion Hadad said. We have to keep the men Here ready Day and  the Jerusalem Post said Many Leba Nese in the area expect renewed fighting. Meanwhile a 1,470-Man Force of the lebanese army was reported making final preparations to enter Southern Lebanon. The Force has moved into the East Leba Nese province of Bekaan near the areas where it is to set up its Buffer zones officials in Beirut reported. The Force held Maneu vers Friday and Beirut newspapers published photographs of armoured cars shooting at Hilltop targets while the army commander in chief Brig. Gen. Victor Khoury observed them. Convicted insurance Man reported behind scheme defrauding unions a Washington up Senate investigators monday traced a multistage insurance scheme in which a convicted insurance promoter reportedly diverted millions of dollars in premiums paid by la borers and teamsters Union members. The opening hearing by the Senate investigations subcommittee followed re ports by panel members who said the elaborate scheme was built on an endless Chain of new Union insurance premiums paying off existing claims with nothing in Reserve. The subcommittee previously held hear Ings on How the teamsters Central states pension fund made questionable business investments. The new round of hearings focused on the Central states health and Wel fare fund s Purchase of insurance through companies controlled by Beverly Hills,calif., insurance Man Joseph Hauser. Committee investigators said More than 20,000 policy holders face loss of premiums and coverage. The teamsters fund can celeb its $2.6 billion Worth of coverage after three months and losses of almost $7 million in premiums they said. Chairman Henry Jackson. D-wash., said sunday it appears that Hauser having run afoul of insurance authorities in one state was Able nonetheless to move into other parts of the country take control of an insurance company and then obtain millions of dollars of Union Trust fund insurance business by cultivating relationships with important Union offi  sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., said investigators documented More than $39 million in premiums paid to Hauser s companies More than $11 million of which was in diversions and questionable expenditures Between 1973 and 1976.after generating a huge Cash flow Nunn for 1979 Carter tax men study $17-20 billion slash Washington a Carter administration officials Are considering tax reductions of $17 billion to $20 billion for 1979, with about one third of the savings for business and two thirds for individuals administration sources said monday. One said reports that the reductions might be greater sounds very  the sources however did t Rule out that the figures could be higher when final Deci Sions Are made. The new York times said in a Storr first of financially troubled Ohio school districts close Columbus Ohio a the first of Ohio s financially troubled school districts Nave closed their doors and will remain shut until Jan. 1 unless voters approve emergency operating levies in special elections. The Monroeville school District in Huron county and the Southern local District in Meigs county closed their doors Friday. They will remain shut unless Monroeville voters approve a 9.1 Mill Levy thursday. Southern local voters will decide a 6.5 Mill Issue oct. 25. A Mill one thousandth of a Dollar is a fractional measure used in lev Ying property taxes. The shutdowns affect nearly 2,000 pupils 892 in the Monroeville schools and 1,106in Southern local. Another school District which has been authorized for closing by the state superintendent of Public education is Toledo where 54,000 pupils face a final Day of classes oct. 28. In Cleveland school District officials have said they Are running out of Money because of Cash flow problems with the state and May have to close the schools after oct. 17. Monday that the figures could reach $22 billion with the additional Money intended As a Sputo lagging business investment. President Carter planned to meet with his economic advisers later monday to Dis cuss the tax reductions and other changes that will be part of the tax Reform package he will Send to Congress in a few weeks. However sources cautioned that final decisions still Aren t made and probably won t be for several weeks yet. It was previously known that the administration is thinking of total tax reductions in the $17 Bilhon-$20 billion Range. About one third of the reductions would be for business through such measures As lower corporate taxes and partial Elimina Tion of the double tax on corporate dividends. The other two thirds would be for individuals through lower withholding taxes. Most taxpayers with incomes up to $100,000 would receive some reduction. One administration official pointed out that the tax reduction in the first year would grow in subsequent years because taxable income would also Rise if for no other reason than the effects of inflation. Some programs such As the elimination of. The double tax on dividends also would be phased in Over several years. The $17 billion reduction in 1979, for example would increase another $13 billion to $30 billion in 1980, and another $10 billion to $40 billion in 1981. Said Hauser then used insurance Agency agreements with other Hauser controlled firms conversions to Cash and a variety of devices to draw millions of these Premium dollars out of the insurance companies for his own  Hauser was convicted earlier this year on Federal charges of bribing Union officials to gain their business. Committee investigator w. Donald Gray explained monday that As claims mounted against the premiums which had been diverted to other uses a portion of the premiums from newly acquired labor Union business would be used to pay claims against old business. In other words new business had to be generated constantly to bring in new Premium dollars to replace reserves for claims which had been diverted to other  Gray said the operation was of a Type sometimes called a ponzi scheme or never ending Chain. Among the $11 million in questionable expenditures almost $5/8 million was in investments which were at Best question Able and at worst worthless and possibly fraudulent Gray said. Hauser in trouble with California insurance authorities moved to Florida where he acquired a new company approved by then state insurance commissioner Thomas d. O Malley who was later impeached and resigned from office. 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