European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes tuesday october 11, 1977 Spartanburg . Up police stood guard sunday at the site of an abandoned office building which unexpectedly collapsed saturday killing five construction workers. Rescue workers made a final inspection of the rubble of the eight Story building sunday then left the police to guard against curiosity seekers. Officials said there were no More bodies underneath the40 feet of rubble left when the building caved in As the workers were preparing it for , the building collapsed exactly As the demolition experts had intended. The construction workers had just about finished preparing the building for Sun Day s scheduled demolition when it fell about 11 20 . Saturday during the height of the downtown saturday traffic. Spartanburg City officials said they do not plan any investigation and said nobody knows Why the building fell. They said when the demolition experts were splicing the building s beams several had appeared weakened and  Don t know Why it fell Down Noth ing happened to precipitate it said spar Tangug City spokesman buddy Womick  said the property has been turned Back Over to the big chief an Tompkins construction companies which hold the contract for the downtown renova Tion project for which the building was to have been  la go ahead and Clear the site and get it ready As per their contract he  of the five men killed were out of state construction workers and their bodies Are being returned to their Homes. Two other victims Jim Gillespie 53, a con tract officer for the City of Spartanburg and Fred Parris 61, of Holly Springs willbe buried near Here. The other victims were identified As James Rusty Russell of Houston tex.,Foreman for the Tompkins demolition co. Jack Deutsch 48, of Plantation Fla project Foreman for big chief of fort Lauder Dale fla., and Dennis Collins 23, of Miramar fla., also with big chief. Washington up in cheerless jails from Mexico to Thailand More than2,000 americans Are doing some very hard time for using possessing or trafficking i drugs a new state department report  will spend or have already spent months and even years in prison with out hearing formal charges. Pre trial Soli tary confinement is not uncommon. Neither is prison  most cases release on bail is impossible because it is unheard of in Many lands. And such american Legal rights As theone allowed phone Call to a lawyer Are Usu ally just that american Legal rights. . Laws do not protect americans Lawsin foreign countries. And contrary to the common belief there is Little . Diplo Matic and consular officials can do to help. No . Legal funds abroad there Are no . Government funds for bail Legal fees and other expenses to help americans in jail abroad. . Consular officials can Contact the Detainee s family and advise on hiring a local lawyer but they cannot intervene inane Way in local Legal procedures. The advice of old diplomatic hands is this when abroad stay away from drugs. It in t Worth the  some countries such As Turkey Al Geria Iran and Singapore involvement with drugs can even bring a death sen  of these Points plus statistics on drug arrests and information on prison conditions overseas Are covered in the latest state department report on the  report estimates that As of last summer More than 2,200 american Citi Zens were in jail abroad on drug charges of one sort or another. Numbers confined ranged from More than 500 in Mexico and West Germany to fewer than 30 in Bolivia and the Philip Pines. The total represented about 80 per cent of All americans held in foreign countries and a 70 per cent increase Over the approximately 1,300 held on drug charges Over seas in january 1975. The report stressed that prison conditions Are wretched in Many  possibility exists of abuse at the time of arrest confiscation of Persona property degrading or inhumane treat ment and extortion by prison officials it  addition it said most countries make no Legal distinction Between hard and soft drugs and pre trial detention which May involve solitary confinement for months in primitive prison conditions is the Rule rather than the exception. Colourful presentation wearing Bis native costume ambassador Farid Mubarak Ali Al hindi of the sultanate of Oman presents his credentials to president Carter at the Whitehouse. No striped pants routine for this Diplomat it appears. Up photo foreign governments Are not More tolerant of drug use nor Are they More per missive in their drug Laws and la enforcement than is the United states. The department said. On the contrary most countries Are much  those already mentioned nations where americans Are now in jail on drug related offences were listed As thai land Canada the United kingdom colom Bia Spain Peru Japan Australia Jamaica France and Greece. United service organizations Uso is the Only non profit Agency with the exclusive Mission of serving Mem Bers of America s military and their dependents. Programs include information and referral assistance to fam Ilies and Uso shows. Someone Happy through 1978 Dod combined Federal Campaign overseas area 1978 National health a agencies International service agencies american red Cross this is a stars and stripes Public service advertisement