European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 04, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday May 4, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 5 House panel restores funds for German gun hair raising March looking like parades in a science Fie ten film or perhaps like the outlandish Scalp tires of a primitive Long vanished culture weirdly costumed members of the Twyla Tharp dancers rehearse a scene for the movie hair the Rock musical of the 60s in new York s Central Park. A photo Washington a the House armed services committee approved a $38 billion weapons authorization Bill tuesday after restoring $8.1 million for a German gun sought by the Carter administration for the army s new xm1 tank. The committee announced last week the Bill also would resurrect a fifth nuclear aircraft Carrier and require president car Ter to keep 26,000 . Ground combat troops in South Korea until a peace treaty is signed there. The spending authorization for military hardware for the fiscal year starting oct. 1 was approved 32 to 4 and sent to the full House. Before the final vote the committee re stored the $8.1 million for the German tank gun reportedly in response to administration warnings that its deletion might jeopardize an upcoming nato Summit Confer ence. Rep. Richard Ichord d-mo., said Gen. Alexander Haig. Supreme Allied com Mander in Europe telephoned several committee members. There were reports that Secretary of defense Harold Brown also lobbied for the gun. They were said to have told committee members the Cut would undermine car Ter s policy of buying weapons from North Atlantic allies rather than simply Selling weapons to them. Ichord said the $8.1 million request had been Cut pending further study of costs. Adapting the German gun to . Tanks will Cost an estimated $220 million and mounting them on All tanks an estimated $2.2 billion Ichord said. The $38 billion Bill is $2.5 billion More than the president had asked primarily because the committee added $3.2 Bivion for the nuclear aircraft Carrier and a nuclear strike Cruiser while making Cut elsewhere. Farm Aid Bills Clear Senate Washington up the Senate tuesday approved legislation to help farm ers with emergency Loans and new income support targets for wheat feed grains and Cotton. Approved were a Compromise Bill passed by voice vote giving the administration discretionary Power to set income support target for wheat feed grains and Cotton in years when the government asks producers tout Back on their planted acreage. The Bill now goes to the House. A measure voted 92-0, providing for$4 billion in government guarantees or insured Loans through the end of 1979. The Bill now goes to the House Senate Confer ence committee. The income support Bill is expected to result in an immediate increase in the tar get Price for this year s wheat crop to $3.40a Bushel. The current wheat target Price is $3 a Bushel. The Senate loan Bill provide for a maximum $500,000 guaranteed loan to individual Farmers while the House Bil Calls for a maximum $400,000 loan. Panel oks Federal projects Bill endangered species might face More peril Washington up a Senate sub committee tuesday unanimously approved a Bill that would allow for construction of major Federal projects even though they harm endangered species such Ashe celebrated Little fish known As the Nail Darter a tiny member of the Perch family is at the Center of an environmental controversy in which a Federal court has enjoined the Tennessee Valley authority from continuing construction of its Telli co dam because the dam would destroy toe fish s habitat and wipe out the species. Under the endangered species act cer Tain critical habitat Are designated for species and Federal agencies Are forbid Den from taking action that would harm the Snail Darter Case is currently before the supreme court and the legislation approved by the resource Protection subcommittee is designed to meet that conflict an several others. A subcommittee official said that in addition to the Jellico dam other projects that might be affected Are the waterway through much of the South Columbia dam. Tennessee Luffa to dam Oklahoma and several water conservation projects along the Colorado Hiver. The full environment committee plans to vote on the Bill Friday. The House has no such legislation under Bill would create a seven member inter Agency commission to review Irre solvable conflicts that arise Between fed eral activities and the endangered species act. Under the Bill once n Federal Agency decides its activity is in conflict with the endangered species act it would petition the new commission for an exemption and the the commission then would hold Public hearings. If it determined such a conflict did exist the commission could totally or partially exempt the project from the endangered species act if it found that no reasonable and prudent alternative exists. Important National or regional con Cerns would be served by the project. Benefits of completion outweigh the benefits of conserving the species. Admissions officers dilemma High scores Puzzle Lav schools Washington a Law school and is salons officers Are in a dilemma. Amid All the clamor about declining student test cores they Are upset about a bumper crop students who scored High on the Law school admission test last fall. They Are concerned because some High pcs apparently were caused by a Wange in the lest Given by the educational testing service of Princeton n.j., to make it More difficult. A Jere was Al rash of Hien scores among a 64,000 people who took the lest last of joker and december. There were 142 perfect scores on the multiple Choice Lesl. Graded on a scale of 200 to 800. A year ear be Ere were 15 perfect scores. Educational testing notified Law schools111 february that the percentage 01 scores Dove 650 was higher than usual. Paradox Cay it said this was because there was a Gater number of difficult questions on new test and thus More opportunities Orsbone average students to score High. Thomas 0. White director of Law pro Grams for education testing said the test writers made a conscious decision to make the test somewhat More difficult than predecessor forms but they did not intend or expect this what they expected was a better break Down or spread among the High scorers. White uses the analogy of a High jump con test where the bar had been set Only at five feet and eight were trying to add questions at the 6-foot and 7-foot he said. The bet Ter jumpers had More opportunities on average to do some Law schools including Harvard already had begun admitting students by the time the new tests were Given. Students who took the lasts in october and Decem Ber May have gained an advantage Over the 61.000 who look the exam in february. April or july last reaction from Law schools is one of some bitterness. We re really quite put out said William Warren Dean of the Urcla Law school. Admissions is already a Touchy Issue without this. A lot rides on admission to a Good Law Yale Law school s Dean of admissions. James a. Thomas said. I was beginning to wonder if something was wrong with the computer Down there at ets and All it could punch out was 750s. Maybe they had a stuck William Hall a University of Maryland Law professor who is president of the Law school admissions Council representing 167 Law schools accredited by the Ameri can bar association said the Council had no warning of the change. White said the test writers had not told him. Either. The lest writers Are constantly preparing new versions of the Lesl to make sure the questions Are not known beforehand. Hall said the incident underscores the importance of using factors other than last scores in deciding who will be admitted to the 45,000 first year places in America s Law schools. Of time May 4,194s a b-29 crashed on Takeoff from a today and burst into flames killing the radio operator and injuring the navigator and the Bombardier. The Pilot eight Crew member and a Pas Senger received minor injuries. May 4, 1858 the Senate it squaring off Lor a monumental Battle Ever jobless pay legislation with the outcome Likely to depend on the Success of republicans in re Newing their coalition kith Southern democrats. May 4, 19 8 outnumbered . Sol Diers sailors and marines at Dong a teamed with South vietnamese imps to defeat a full North vietnamese division which launched the biggest communist As Sault of the War military spokesmen said today
