European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes says other help available thursday april 27, 1978 a against go Bill benefits his Washington a the veterans administration objected tuesday to legislation calling for a 5 percent in crease in i Bill education benefits saying other sources of financial help Are available. Andrew h. Thornton director of the a s education and rehabilitation service said the benefits have been in creased several time in recent years and the Veteran also has Many governmental and non governmental Grants an Loans with which to finance his education. He cited president Carter s plan to provide $1.2 billion for fiscal 11 79 to Aid College students in addition to the $4 billion contained in the president s budget Tor student assistance. Thornton appearing before the House veterans affairs subcommittee said the veterans administration also is opposed to a Bill that would shift the veterans employment service from the labor department to the Vaas a mean of spurring Job placement for veterans. He said the change would present us with Many  As it previously has tried in recent years the a again urged Congress to remove flight training and correspondence courses from the education Benefit the i Bill. Thornton said such training intended purpose of helping veterans Toi ing them for Basic employment. Thornton said the a also oppose Aga education benefits to surviving spouses veterans rated 80 percent or More Tiai service connected causes. He said those Gible for other benefits. Sonly survivors of those rated 100 percent granted the education Benefit now. Demands by wheels Are rated by squeals. Hartford Conn. Up second place in Hartford s Petty office proce dures contest went to the divorced Boss who ordered his Secretary to fill in for my on visiting Day with his children. Third place went to the employer of the pet store bookkeeper who lost her Job because she could t count live Worms accurately. And top prize that went to the enterprising Bank executive woo also required his clerks and tellers to Hustle dishware and towels As premiums. Mayor George Athanson banded out the dubious distinctions monday in a coolest sponsored by Hartford office workers for the most outrageous de mands made by Bosses. Employees of both sexes were eligible to submit entries but Only 1 women actually did. They women Are professional qualified  Albanson said. If they left work where would we be honorable mentions went to the new York publisher and scout Leader who told his Secretary to prepare information and maps for a camping weekend and the Boss who had us Secretary Teao House and do laundry before us wife came Home from vacation. The Hartford office workers organized six months ago held the contest to coincide with National secretaries week. Trade deficit for drops to $2.78 billion Low Oil imports credit Washington up the . Trade deficit with other nations dropped to $2.78 billion last month almost $2 billion below february s record imbalance because of a big reduction in Oil imports the com Merce department reported wednesday. Despite the better showing in March the . Posted a $9.68 billion deficit in the first months of this year compared with$6.21 billion for the same period in 1977. February s record $4.5 billion deficit was spurred by Large increases in Oil imports. Japanese cars and allegedly illegally undo priced steel. The March figure was i $2.4 billion deficit who excl More accurately reflects March was the r which the  goods than it exported toe but Treasury a so omon says the worst it Solomon predicted Tim tonal deficit would be iof the year. Coast guard Cutter disabled worker productivity by sabotage a second time in first 4 months of Portland Maine t i the com manding officer of the Portland based u a coast guard Culler Duane said that a i member of the ship s Crew had sabotaged k be of the vessel s engine disabling the Craft. It was the second time in two years that the Duane has been disabled by sabotage Comdr. L. Nicholas Schowengerdt or. Said the ship had to end a planned three week patrol cruise hours after it left port land1 last week because someone had dam tanzanian president frees 13 accused in ruler s slaying dares Salaam up Tanzania president Julius Nyerere has freed a former government minister and 12 other persons who were held for six years in connection with the murder of the ruler of Zan Zibar. Nyerere ordered the release of Abdul Rahman Mohammed Babu and the 12 others to Mark the Mth anniversary of the merger of the Island of Zanzibar and main land Tanganyika into the present Day Tan aged one of the ship s two main engines. Some foreign material of a Gritty nature was introduced into the lubricating Oil system for the starboard main propulsion unit he said. Who knows Why any body would want to do something like that it does i make a lot of  asked if the material was put in the Oil by a member of the ship s Crew of approximately 150. Schowengerdt said it would be pretty difficult to come to any other con c usion. It would be equally difficult to con clude the material got there by  he said coast guard investigators look ing into the Case have some leads but have been unable to reach any conclusions. He Schowengerdt said it May take three weeks to repair the damage to the 327-foot ship which was suppose to be on patrol looking for smuggling. Illegal fishing activities and unsafe boating  said the first incident aboard the ship was i november 1976. When the Duane was disabled for nearly two months after be n or p"80" introduced Washington a american work ers productivity fell 3.6 percent at an annual rate in the first four months of 1978, the biggest decline in four years the government said tuesday i the Sharp decline Means less output comes from the same amount of paid hours of work which increases inflationary pres sures on the Economy because labor costs per unit go up. The labor department said total hourly compensation which includes wages and benefits Rose at an annual rate of m per cent during the Quarter the largest in crease in five years. Unit labor costs compensation per unit of output Rose 18.3 percent the avg Cost quarterly increase in 27 years the department said. Unit labor costs Rose at a  percent rate in the fourth Quarter of 1977 and 6 1 percent for the entire year. The productivity decline in the first Kreisky will visit Finland a _ austrian Chancellor Quarter which is _ compared with a 13 a final Quarter of 1977 and ii in the third Quarter of therefor All of 1977, or 2.6percent. Quarterly changes in t fluctuate sharply due to tors. As a result government e not expect another Sharp ductility during the second the labor department r Ivity drop in the amur chiefly reflected a 1.1 a output combined with e. Crease in paid hours \ temperature Mother guilty but infant s body not found baby killing Case is Legal oddity Caco a the murder convict too common infanticide. F a teen age Mother who threw her assistant state s attorney Al baling. ? u"7 to death of her 3�daughter Down a garbage Chute said War a tar .�ln.?l Liunas daughter. Tomika.  Chicago the murder conviction of a teen age Mother who threw her infant daughter could set a precedent in Illinois Case Law because the child s body never wan recovered a prosecutor says. If so. The circuit court decision could allow easier prosecution of grisly murders which the prosecutor says have been far too common infanticide. Assistant state s attorney l Baliunas Aid prosecutors usually must prove a crime was committed without relying on a confession to obtain a conviction a diff cull task when there is no physical Evi Dence the child s body. 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