European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 22, 1977 the stars and stripes Page suddenly Able to accept me As i am actress Kathy Cronkite with her father on their yacht says i d always Felt i d let dad Down and i had always assumed that he agreed with  but she adds that while vacationing on the court rules Berkowitz can be tried yacht she found that suddenly he was no longer a towering figure that i had to try to measure up to but a living human being Able to accept me As i am. And whose achievements i could accused in Torres Case now respect without feeling i had to compete with  her comments on the problems of being the famed news Caster s daughter Are in the november Mccall s Magazine. Up five sex cops indicted in death of prisoner Washington up five former Houston tex., police officers were charged More than a year in jail. The Federal civil rights charge carries a maximum lifejh/uuiui1  a Publ Wurf Vasaiw at a a a Xou ,.o.v to new York a a state supreme thursday with conspiring to violate the civil imprisonment when death results. Court Justice ruled Friday that David r. Rights of a mexican american prisoner they Bell announced in february a Oberkowitz is fit to stand trial As the alleged son of Sam killer. It is a very very inexact sphere the science of psychiatry Justice John r. Starkey declared on the second Day of a competency hearing in the recreation room of the Kings county. Ward where Berkowitz is being held. There is no question As to or. Berko Witz s fitness to  Starkey said he based his decision rights of a r allegedly beat and shoved to his death in a Bayou. The officers were accused of striking Joe Campos Torres 23, a labourer while he was handcuffed May 5-6, and taking him to his death spot at Buffalo Bayou instead of to a psychiatric Hospital As directed by a jail official. A a Federal grand jury in Houston returned a four count indictment against Terry w. Denson Stephen Orlando Joseph j. Janish Bel new policy to prosecute serious civil rights violations regardless of whether the defendant has House oks minimum pay hike Washington up the House gave final congressional approval to a $1.05 an hour increase in the minimum wage spread Over three years and which is expected to affect some 5 million workers. The com Promise Bill approved by the Senate wednesday passed on a 236-187 vote and was sent to the White House for expected speedy enactment. The current $2.30 an hour minimum wage would climb to $2.65 on Jan. 1, 1978, and increase annually to $2.90, then $3.10 and finally $3.35 on Jan. 1,1981. The House beat Down a move by rep. Jake Pickle d-tex., who was backed by republicans to Send the Compromise Back to a conference with the Senate Over failure to maintain the House provision exempting Small firms with up to $500,000-a year business from coverage of the act the  business exemption is $250,000 and the Bill would raise that in Steps to $362,500 by Jan. 1,1981. About 3 million persons now get the minimum wage but labor department officials estimated that 5 million workers would eventually come under the coverage. Employees who get tips and now get Only half of the minimum wage such As waiters waitresses porters and other service employees would get 55 per cent of the minimum wage in 1979 and 60 per cent the following year. A key provision sought by labor to write an annual automatic increase in the wage keyed to a percentage of average factory pay was rejected by both the House and Senate. Birth control info scarce in Rural areas Atlanta a Rural women do not want larger families than those of City women but they have a tougher time get Ting family planning information Accord ing to a study released recently. Rural wives aged 18 to 24 want an aver age of 2.1 children the same As their counterparts in the cities according to a three of evidence and his belief that Berkowitz was not insane beyond a reasonable  in new York the state supreme court is a trial court. The new York court of appeals is the highest court in the state. No trial Date was set but Starkey said he would hear motions in the Case on nov. 2. He said there was no question that Ber Kowitz understands the charges against him and that he can ascertain time and dates. Berkowitz can understand Legal proce dures and Laws Starkey said adding that he also has demonstrated he is capable of establishing a working relationship with. His attorneys and has the intelligence to listen to advice if he takes  Berkowitz is accused of using a .44-Cali Ber revolver to kill six persons and injure seven others in a 12-month shooting spree. At the hearing a psychiatrist had Tes tired for the government that Berkowitz could be rather sadistic and very defensive and suspicious at times but was competent to stand  mind is free and there Are no signs of any schizophrenic condition or. David Abrahamson declared. The Justice department also filed an information a charge made without grand jury action accusing Brick Meyer of striking Torres while the prisoner was handcuffed and conspiring to violate his civil rights. The Case became the subject of widespread protest among mexican american leaders when Denson and Orlando were convicted of Misdemeanour charges. A mexican american delegation recently protested to Terrence Adamson personal assistant of attorney general Griffin Bell that the verdict meant the two might serve no 37 executed 20 get life terms in coup try Dacca Bangladesh up thirty seven persons were executed 20 jailed for life and 63 others acquitted by martial Law j of cog. Ujj Al yell Wulw Haw View my v a us a t been adequately prosecuted under state Law year study by the Alan Guttmacher inn for the same action. Tute. Panel sounds warning gun for xaa1 Washington up House investigators recommended thursday that the decision on a new gun for the xm1 tank should be based on what the army wants not on a need to accommodate nato allies. A House armed services subcommittee issued a statement saying its investigative report on the tank gun controversy provides Clear warning that the future decision on a new gun for the army s xm1 tank must be made on the basis of military Merit not political  the dispute stems from a decision made by former defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld who refused to choose Between experimental tanks produced by Chrysler general motors and West Germany. He ordered the . Manufacturers to work with the germans on a tank that used common parts so they could be inter Mana of Minera Audi Uleu by Luania Law r tribunals trying armed forces personnel changed under Battlefield conditions.1 i _ 4.  on of these common items was involved in a recent Mutiny and subsequent coup attempt authorities reported. The tribunals have been meeting since oct. 7 and have tried 460 army and air Force members linked with a Mutiny in the Bogra Cantonment sept. 30 and in Dacca on oct. 2 at the height of the Japan air lines hijacking  o s a gun. The army was considering a 105mm gun while British and German corporations were working on a 120mm Model. A final decision on the weapon will be made by the end of this year after All three Are tested. Rep. Samuel stratum d-n.y., chairman of the House subcommittee has been pushing for acceptance of the . Models. His subcommittee held hearings on the Issue and issued an investigative report that noted the Long .-West German negotiations on producing tanks with standardized parts. At times the report said it almost seemed that the one organization within the defense department which had no voice at All in the discussions was the army  it quoted German lawmakers say saying the Fate of the tank agreement was linked to a . Effort to get nato to buy the american made Azacs a $150 million command and control plane. It has been suggested on a number of occasions that acceptance of Germany s 120mm gun is to our european allies the Symbol of . Commitment to the principle of standardization and As such has become the necessary condition for German participation in the Azacs program the report said. The committee however found no evidence to indicate that Azacs and the tank negotiations have Ever been officially linked As a package