European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Beame s help asked by Chavez new York up United farm workers of America president Cesar Chavez appealed to mayor Abraham Beame sunday for Protection for Ufa organizers whose Manhattan offices have been fire bombed three times in the Pas two Days. Marc Grossman executive assistant to Chavez said in office operated by the farm workers Union in a five Story Brown Stone in Manhattan had been fire bombed saturday evening and sunday afternoon. Police at the nearest precinct station House confirmed the report. A spokesman for the fire marshals1 office said the fires were under investigation. Grossman said he knew of no motive for the fires but added this is the most Seri Ous threat made against any Chavez work ers since the 1973 grape strikes in  enlists support he added that Chavez had sent a Tele Gram to Beame sunday afternoon request ing Protection for the farm workers office staff which he said raises Money for the Union and enlists support for various boy Cotts. According to Grossman Chavez sup porters living in the upper floors of the building discovered that someone had Jim Mied the skylight on the roof open Satur Day evening and tossed an incendiary device at curtains on the top floor. The fire was put out quickly before fire fighters arrived Grossman said but then less than two hours later someone broke through the roof again and started a fire. That spread through the top floor. Basement Blaze police said a third fire broke out in the basement of the building sunday afternoon and spread to the first floor. According to Grossman the third fire destroyed printing equipment 600 hard bound copies of a biography of Chavez and other documents. A spokesman for the mayor said Beame had not yet received the Telegram but he would turn it Over to police commissioner Michael Codd immediately for action. Brak Mcm s wit courage save 2-year-old girl Newberry . Up a 16-car train ran Over 2-year-old Crystal Carnes but the Little girl escaped serious injury when a brakeman hanging out of the fast moving train pushed her Flat against the tracks. I Haven t talked to the brakeman but i d sure like to Robin Carnes the child s Mother said sunday. If it had t been for him she d have been  Carnes said Crystal had wandered from their Mobile Home near the Railroad tracks in Rural Newberry county saturday morn ing. She walked to the tracks and planted her body right in the Middle of them As the train approached. Brakeman . Lindler or. Said he Hung on to the front of the locomotive hoping to grab the Little blonde haired girl or push her off the tracks because the train was going top fast to Stop. But just As he reached for her she stooped Down. Lindler said he then pushed her Down Flat onto the tracks and the two locomotives and 14 cars passed Over her. After the cars had passed the child Lindler rushed Back. He and a passing Motorist took Crystal to the Newberry county memorial Hospital and she was later transferred to Richland memorial Hospital in Columbia. Tuesday october 11, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 7 re elected and newly wed fresh from his landslide re election As mayor of Atlanta Maynard Jackson beams with euphoria As he raises his Glass in a Toast to his new Bride Valerie Richardson of Richmond a. The miss America of aviation Ruth elder 27 f ii couple were married in a Small private ceremony in Richmond. It is Jackson s second marriage and Richardson s first. The couple will honeymoon in France. Up photo san Francisco a Ruth elder a flamboyant Beauty who gained world Fame 50 years ago after an unsuccessful attempt to become the first woman to Fly across the Atlantic is dead at 73. Elder died quietly in her sleep sunday at the Home she shared with her husband of 21 years Ralph King. In the half Century that followed the flight that began in new York on oct. 11, 1927, elder made movies met a president Hobnob bed with Royalty married six times made a lot of Money and spent it All. They called her the miss America of aviation. King said his wife had suffered from emphysema for several years. It was nearly five months after Charles Lindbergh made the first Solo flight across the Atlantic that elder and Copilot navigator George Haldeman took off eastward in a single engine Stinson aircraft dubbed american girl. The papers that morning remarked on the fancy figure the 23-year-old Pilot Cut in her flight suit Over checked Golf knickers checked stockings and two tone shoes. As the world waited the frail aircraft droned on toward Paris. They had flown 2, 625 Miles in 36 hours when an Oil line cracked near the azores. The pair ditched the aircraft and were picked up by a ship. For elder it was instant stardom. She was graciously welcomed by european Royalty. She went on tour and made two joint arms factory started Ailyion Greece a ground break ing ceremonies for a joint greek West German Light arms Industry Worth $18 Mil lion took place in this peloponnese an town. Ziesat i silent movies. She had lunch with presi Dent Calvin Coolidge. Her Bank account stood at $250,000. The Money slipped through my fingers and soon there was nothing she said in an interview years later. In route she acquired six husbands. She divorced them All including six times married Ralph King her husband when she died. Said King we were married about three years when she divorced me. One Day she rang me. She says daddy Are you married again i says no and she says can i come Home i says yeah and there it was. We got married  aerospace walkouts spreading by the associated press Lockheed machinists and aerospace workers struck three California plants monday As negotiations broke Down in a contract dispute. The strike is the second major one in the aerospace Industry this year Boeing co. Workers struck Las week. Union members at Lockheed in Georgia voted sunday not to strike however while talks continue at Mcdonnell Douglas and Rockwell International in California. Some .13,500 members of the International association of machinists and Aero space workers at Lockheed California co. Plants in Burbank Palmdale and sunny Vale s Lockheed missiles & space co. Plant in Northern California called the strike at 12 01 . Monday. The Boeing workers walked off their jobs in Seattle last tuesday affecting 19, 400 machinists in that area As Well As other Boeing employees at the company s facilities in Portland ore., Wichita kan., Cape canaveral fla., and several missile bases. Boeing workers sought a 10 per cent pay increase and pension plan improvements when they struck. Boeing has refused to disclose its last contract offer but Union officials said it amounted to about 3 per cent. The Lam covered workers earn Between $6.15 and $8.47 an hour. The Lockheed talks which began in july ended wednesday when the two sides failed to agree on wages pensions and seniority. Lockheed is offering a 3.5 per cent annual salary increase the first year and 3 per cent the second and third years. The Union seeks 8 per cent the first year 5 per cent the second year and 4 per cent the third year. The Union originally had sought a 10 per cent annual wage increase and Neil Van Der Cooke Iam spokesman said he was optimistic a settlement would be reached soon. Meanwhile negotiations were continuing at Southern California plants of Mcdonnell Douglas and Rockwell International. The machinists Union rep resents about 4,800 employees and the United Auto workers represents about 6, 000 at Mcdonnell Douglas where the con tract expires oct. 16. About 7,000 employees Are represented by the Law at Rockwell where the pact expired oct. 1. Neo fascist office bombed Rome up a powerful time bomb exploded in an office of the Neo fascist italian social movement party causing serious damage but no injuries police said. Postage increases expected to slow use of mails cited Washington a americans Are using the mails More and More so the postal service says stamp prices will not Rise As fast in coming years As previously predicted. A new five year forecast by the Agency predicts that the volume of mail estimated at nearly 92 billion pieces this fiscal year will hit almost 100 billion by fiscal 1981. Postmaster general Benjamin Bailar has said it costs about the same to have a letter Carrier walking Down your Block whether he brings you 10 pieces of mail or one. The five year forecast predicts rising mail volume will produce a surplus of $82 million next fiscal year the first surplus since the postal service was born six years ago. After 1979, rising costs Are expected to bring new deficits. While an Agency spokesman noted that stamp charges would still Nave to go up by 1980 or 1981 to avoid the deficits he said the increase would be less than once thought. Last april the commission on postal service had predicted first class rates rising to 22 or 23 cents by 1981. But Francis Biglin the postal service s chief financial officer noted in his report to the Agency s governing Board that we will obviously need a first class stamp Price quite a bit less than the 22 or 23 cents Biglin senior assistant postmaster general did not predict the rate that would be needed if the forecast of higher volume proves Correct