European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Downed he was hid by dutch family sunday july 23, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 7 wartime Pilot recalls gut fear1 do 1pauw a by Jeanne Levun Stillwater okla. A _ Ted Lehman still remembers the clutch of panic he Felt As his fighter plane Plum meted into enemy territory m years ago left How a dutch Price o Al cer befriended him in the evening and pre tended to search for him during the Day he can still describe the cramped Nide a bed where he was to hide if the nazis should Ever walk through the door. But most of All Lehman remembers the Brave Young dutch couple who hid him in their Home for three weeks. Their courage and generosity Are things. Lehman said he will never quite  they were on starvation rations he re called. Yet they fed me and another Man they had Young children in diapers yet they risked All of it for a person whom they did not even know. My predicament was bad. All i remember was my gut fear. Their situation was worse yet they never seemed afraid. If the nazis had discovered they were hiding me i would have been arrested and sent to a prisoner of War  he paused and looked at the sle Deryoung woman beside him before whisper tog and they would have been  a barely noticed flinch was the reaction from the silent woman the daughter of the dutch couple. She has heard it All  21, Els Kuysten of sprang Capelle. The Netherlands was born years after the nazi occupation. But of All of her parents children she has taken their heritage most to heart. After her father s death eight years ago recounting survival experience Ted him discusses his wartime sur Vival with Els Nysten whose dutch parents hid him from the nazis fed him and then helped urn escape. A Kuysten spent hours Reading his collection of diaries journals and records. Then she began delving into the Persona lives of the men who had been instrumental in her parents underground activities. Her Job was made easier because of her fathers feelings about the american men who had helped free his Homeland. Strong Bonds formed among the men who shared the hardships of War. Long after the War ended her father. Leo Kuy Sten continued to write to each of the 32men his family hid. His daughter has read All those letters boxes of them and what started As a teen age Hobby became a pilgrimage. Her quest has carried her to the United states to Lehman s Home Here in Silwa Ter to the Home of another Comrade in California and to Many phone books and Cit directories. I want to talk with All 32 men Kuy Sten said. But people move and die. Itin t easy. But 1 will keep on  she says she is beginning to under stand that special Bond which forms be tween a Man who is hunted and the me who protect  it s a Bond made on utter Trust betwee two men who do not even know each other s name. What was your daddy real name Lehman asked. Leo  she replied adding you still remember him As Pieter cuter Don t you Kuysten jogged memories of wartime danger and the heroism of he parents. Lehman smiled. She has a lot of the trails of her daddy Lehman said. I can see his Cour age and unselfishness in  abuses found in Gas astound president Senate okd higher version Washington up president car Ter was astounded at the abuses uncovered in an investigation of the general services administration press Secretary Jody Powell said saturday. Powell said Carter was Given a preliminary briefing on an investigation of con tract abuses by the Federal government housekeeping Agency and discovered the Agency is an absolute  was astounded at the widespread and deeply ingrained abuses which have been going on for years Powell said. Powell called the Gas violations an abuse of  two months ago Gas administrator Jay Solomon appointed Vincent Alto a for Mer assistant . Attorney As his special counsel to conduct the investigation. Alto took Over from a special Gas task Force that had been investigating the alleged criminal violations for a year. Solomon got onto it Powell said. It s Al a a $29 billion housing Bill passed by House Washington up with a new Benefit for the aged and a pledge to reduce paperwork the House Friday approved a $29.3 billion housing and Community development program 270-26. The measure Likely will be sent to Ahouse Senate conference committee with a 141 billion Senate Bill that was approve thursday. House members turned Down attempts to keep any Money in the Bill from being used for reorganizing the housing and Urban development department and to Bill xxi Butts terrorist suspect Kristin Benter a impeded member be West Germao Baader me Uibo terrorist Fang covers her face As she u carted from the . District court Boom la Burlington it. A shot  Gas spokesman said the Agency had uncovered instances of fraud in repair an improvement contracts. An example he said was collusion Between a building manager and a Painter where the Painter would be paid for two coals of paint but would apply Only  Gas spokesman said Alto working with Fri investigators is looking into Al most every area where there is contract  area of investigation is the use of credit cards in the government motor vehicle fleets he  will be Given in september to sen. Lawton Chiles a Fla. Chairman of the government operations subcommittee which is also conducting an inquiry in Gas  addition Federal grand juries in Balti More and the District of Columbia Are con ducting investigations. Annapolis. My. Up few tears were shed for Bill xxx the . Nava Academy Mascot who died Friday of Natu ral causes. He was immediately replaced by Bill xxi. Goals come and go said one Academy spokesman. A Young 50-Pound Angora Goat with an in Inch Horn spread who was the backup Mascot has become the Laust in a line of Navy mascots that dates Back to 1893. Bill xxx who was kidnapped by army artisans in 1976. Had been a backup Mas cot himself for two years before taking Over from Bill Xix in 1975 to Wear the Academy s Blue and Gold. A regular along the sidelines during naval Academy football games for the last two years Bill xxx mysteriously disappeared at inc height of the 1976 season. Heater was returned unharmed to the facade my. Eliminate a limit on the rates under a pro Gram called fair that insures Homes whose owners cannot get private cover age members adopted amendments forcing Federal agencies to Cut Down the paperwork involved for Home builders buyers and Sellers to participate in housing programs. Saying that in figuring the income level eligibility for housing programs so Cial Security increases Wujs not be included. That allows social Security recipients to get future Cost of living increases with out affecting their participation in Federal housing programs. The biggest part of the Bill is 27.8 billion for assisted housing various programs to help poor and moderate income people keep and improve Homes. A new wrinkle in that program is a 74 million program to help multiple family projects that Are in financial trouble by helping them with improved management. Other parts of the Bill would increase a rehabilitation loan pro Gram from 60 million this fiscal year to 245 million starting in october. Govern ment Loans for poor folks to improve their Homes would also emphasize Energy Sav ing by setting Energy efficiency standards for the proposed improvements. Extend the authority for Federal insurance on mortgages and against crime riots and floods. Increase loan limits for Rural housing programs and provide a subsidy for people who cannot afford to get into existing Farmers Home administration . Elizabeth Holt Mun . Led a successful fight to keep limits in the Bill on the insurance rates of the fair program