European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1978 the stars and stripes Page 7 Shell game could Blunt Russ attack Boston up military plan trying to Blunt the Chance of a sur prise soviet attack on its nuclear missile arc thinking of building thousands of missile silos with Only one out of 20 Actu ally containing an the Boston sunday Globe missile would be shuttled from Hole to Hole in a random pattern so the russians would never know which silo was the deadly the newspaper Bell urged take Lead if the soviets wanted to try to launch a disarming attack against americas land based they have to target every single quickly exhausting their Supply of warheads the Globe said the plan apparently violates the strategic arms limitation treaties the newspaper pointed it would require a change in the Salt ii which is now in the final stages of negotiation the agreement limits the number of missile launchers silos and submarines which each nation May possess the Story by the Globe Washington correspondent William Beech or said the plan is now the front running answer to the growing menace faced by the minuteman missile Force because of russian increasingly multiple warhead the which would Cost As much As would House the new my which arc designed to replace the minuteman h they go to the Shell game planners Are thinking in terms of 150 More capable new icbms shuttled Between it the Story said a final decision is expected sometime this by the Globe soviet icbms arc expected to be carrying about nuclear compared to War Heads mounted on americas land based in a Surprise it said the soviets could wipe out All but 100 of the current Arsenal of minuteman missile silos by using Only of its leaving it with warheads As Protection against a counterstrike by bombers and sub american strategists dont like the Prospect of living in a nerve racking world in a the soviets might be tempted to launch such a Surprise the Story Washington a can mint lacks a coordinated la enforce ment program to combat an increasing National arson the general accounting office said the Gao recommended that attorney general Griffin hell take the Lead in devel Oping strategy for dealing with a crime resulting in losses estimated by insurance in Dalry officials at Over billion a year the the congressional watchdog made its recommendation in a report requested by sen Charles Percy of Percy is the ranking Republican on the Senate permanent investigations which is looking into the arson the Gao report cited an estimate by the tobacco and firearms division of the Treasury department that incendiary bombings increased 200 percent nation wide Between 1975 and agencies involved while arson is not generally a Federal the Federal government investigates and prosecutes such cases if a Feder Al Law is violated in connection with the the agencies most often involved in these efforts Are the the internal Rev Enue at and the postal the consensus of these la enforce ment agencies was that no evidence existed to support the Contention that arson related crime is a serious National problem or that a greater Federal Effort is War the Gao told the Federal has not made any attempt to determine these Verity of the arson the Gao said none of the four agencies considered arson a particularly important area for its but Gao investigators said the Attis establishing arson task forces in several cities and the postal service plans to give More attention to the problem of suspected arson related insurance fraud schemes that involve the urged Totake the Lead at the same the Gao said there is a Lack of hard evidence available to show the extent of the arson problem nationwide and recommended that Bell take the Lead in developing the information Ana organizing an Effort to tackle the the Justice department had no immedi ate comment on the Percy and Sam also a member of the investigations sub commit said in a joint statement the Gao report is discouraging in View of evidence already being developed by the staff that Arsono profit is on the Rise and that local fire and police agencies Are having an extremely difficult Lime in bringing violators to officials said the subcommittee May conduct Public hearings in the Kaunda plans visit Washington Tuii Zambia presi Dent Kenneth head of one of the front line Nal ions in Southern ill make a state visit to Washington a the White House cerebral palsy victim qualified after age limit courageous scout can be a wit Tine clambered out of his wheelchair two years ago to begin a mile crawl along a wooded when his Knees were too bruised and bloody to go he got Back into the chair and pushed with his feet for nine More h was the cerebral palsy victims Way of navigating the 10mile distance required for the boy scouts of America hiking the badge was one of 24 that Wittine earned in nearly a decade of Effort to qualify for the scouts top rank of scout denied scouting Honor saturday officials that he had qualified for scout Ings highest but the National organization refused him the badge because be was above the age the local scout officials intend to a photo master Richard Golden said but because Wittine was 22 when he finally completed his Merit badge work late last he May be denied the Honor boy scout rules limit the scout designation to youths 11 through the National organizations refusal to give Wittine the award has become a cause celebre among local scout and May come up when the organizations National Council meets May 15 in a Manhattan lawyer who has worked with handicapped scouts for six says he has asked the National scouting meeting along with the National to review Wilt incs Case and its Overall policy toward physically handicapped Golden May even have to argue to get renewal of his troops charter because four of the seven handicapped scouts who meet weekly at the cerebral palsy Center in nearby Roosevelt Are Over now lives with his family in this Long Island he is unable to speak but communicates by pointing to letters on a he spelled the word frustrated when asked about the Situa a boy scouts of America spokesman said several issues were involved some one continued to Register him As a scout after the age of 18 he should have become a scout the application for the Eagle scout rank clearly states that it is for Ages la through our hat is off to the frankly we dont know How he could have done the spokesman but now its up to the scout committee meeting in he said that about of the nations 2 million boy scouts get the rank each of Between 10 and 25 have Han a scoutmaster or two argues that the National organization accepted Wittine dues without question each year and that the Eagle rank was approved by the review Board of the Nassau county boy scout which continues to support Wittine he added that boy scout rules allow but not handicapped boys to continue in the boy scouts past age where 1 see the kind of courage and perseverance and accomplishment that i see in i feel he and others like him deserves the rank of Golden i dont know Why the local Board  be Given discretion in cases when handicapped youngsters need extra pravda official honoured Moscow Yuri Politi Cal observer for the communist party has received the title of Hiru of socialist the order of a Niri and inc Harnitt and sickle Gold pravda said pravda said the honors War awarded for Zhukov High site of in the development of the soviet priss and in the occasion of his 70th birth do the Dilaive was signed by president Leonid