European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February 1978 the stars and stripes Page 11 77 emergency Aid totalled million president cuts disaster red tape Washington api ice and fires resulted in s6 presiden tally declared disasters and emergencies in and its All starting off again this year because of fierce blizzards in the mid a declaration of disaster has the effect of cutting governmental red and sex by Peter Maas times news service editors note Moos is the author of Serpico and other Boot after the super there is a Post Partum depression in the sporting of the realization sinks in that a time of renewal is at that great events invite our attention in forthcoming but for the moment we Are undeniably in the i feel duty bound during this inter Lude to report on americas least growing which is just As this seasons golfing begins its action in a Milder clime before heading so does in Case the news somehow escaped the first big tournament of the year was kicked off on the hallowed grounds of the Breakers hotel in Palm the reigning croquet and possibly the Best player in the games his is actor Louis i once asked Jour Dana predecessor As the late George what it was exactly that had enabled Jourdan to reach the at the Sanders was driving me through Beverly it was a daring much like asking thur Man Munson what he thinks of Reggie i watched Sanders tighten his fingers on the Little White semicircles appeared on each Side of us he finally said in archly villainous i believe it was after his Success in it gave him the Neces sary for More than a decade Jordans Home court was on the Beverly Hills property of Sam it comprised the better part of three considering the real estate prices in that Region of the this made it the most expensive plot of land per Square foot Ever Given Over to Amateur not especially noted As a shelled out annually to keep it in Goldwyn was a terrible since he owned the he was Given All sorts of As Well As Jourdan As his the trick was to get the aging Sam triumphantly around the court in Jig but not so Jig As to encourage him to play a second the real matches would Start while he took a As Luck would have Goldwyn was within a wicket of winning on from behind a Hump on the Sanders made an incredible 60foot snot that just nicked Goldwyn As Sanders was preparing to Wallop it a Hun dred Yards or so Goldwyn began to unable to contain his he cried dont do it you dont do ill buy you a Roll Royce Sanders bringing us Mallet Down in a mighty i Al ready have that the thing about it uniquely brings out the worst in if you Are you will become More Over bearing it a Coward at More Craven if a More dishonest if ill even More the croquet i am referring of is not the familiar Lawn but big league played with passion and utilizing unyielding Iron Wick ets Fiat allow san weighted balls barely a Quarter of an Inch and mallets of Brassbound plenum Vitae with whip like Malacca Cane tailored to each players specifications As to heft and Jourdan did at Palm at last he was sulking in the South of this is because the robust nine wicket american game has been replaced by a narrowly con fined British version in a coup according to reliable by the upper Only television can return the game to the i am astonished that the having exhausted every other sport known to have ignored the possibilities Are for the actor gig Young and the late restaurateur Mike Romanoff journeyed to san Francisco for a As the game wound Down to its Romanoff found himself in a dreadful Between the roots of a great the it turned was close by the san Andreas Sud Denly the Earth began to in the ensuing Romanoff nudged the Ball into a better position with his although the opposing team cried Romanoff claimed that it had been an act of and the referee ruled in his imagine an instant television broadcasters across the country could comment on the nations disintegrating moral demands would be made to have a camera affixed to every wicket and then Bob formerly the chief censor of the National football having been lured away to the National croquet could refuse use of the replay to any station that did not also show another in his from the earthquakes Point of its obviously an idea whose time has Perl Tang Federal financial Aid to the affected last year the government spent an estimated million on recovery programs for areas victimized by Nat ural president Carter already has declared three emergencies this two were storm battered Ohio and the other was for which was also Hamstrung by last weeks the declarations also Cov ered three counties in the Vicinity of where a Tornado destroyed involved in the governments disburse ment of disaster Relief besides the White House is the Federal disaster assistance administration and agencies such As the Small business the department of the department of education and the army corps of engineers and the Federal Highway last year the White House declared 56 disasters and emergencies in 37 states hit by natural drought Aid went to 24 states in various regions of the funds to help recovery from floods went to 17 some of which were also on the drought Aid the largest amount of Federal Aid for a single incident million went the where Flash flooding after 9 inches of rain last july resulted in 75 it was the third time in 88 years that devastating floods had hit the an estimated persons died there in an 1889 a summary of 1977 disasters and emergencies prepared by the disaster assist Ance administration includes Only those proclaimed by the it lists 22 major disasters and 34 flooding was a Factor in 16 of the major William head of the disaster assistance said flooding is the most common cause of serious natural disasters in this the 1977 floods were sometimes accompanied by severe collapse of tornadoes in the state of an emergency is declared for a special such As the drought in where pastures dried out and Farmers needed feed to save in a major disaster such As severe Winter weather or ice As Many As is or 20 Federal agencies May need to be mobilized to Cope with the the disaster assistance Agency the Lone fire emergency occurred in where a Section of the downtown was swept by letters to the editor be kind when you criticize now that youve made me feel like the lowest form of i suppose its my turn to say my in an overweight american does that give you any clues Ive never realized before that to be a housewife is is this a new trend or just Europe in tired of All the wonder Ful Little benefits you get if you work implying that a housewife Ben Nies such As not having to clean your part of the stairwell receiving All the free time and machines you even though you have a time tied up in the it must be wonderful to get to run off All Day and meet other people and earn All that Nice that is Why you do int it or is it to get out of the House now for the overweight until recently i never realized that i was a or that my 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