European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1978 the stars and stripes Page 5 a act declares war1 on any foes of civil rights Bill Treyve had their fill of heat what happens when youre in the midst of a Hundred degree heat wave and your buildings air conditioning Hast worked in four Days Yon just dress to Lessen the effects of the a lulling Texas weather As dentist Dale Robleno Wellz left and her Pam do in Dpi photo Detroit not the National association for the advancement of coloured people announced saturday that it would Lead a major lobbying Effort in which every member of Congress and the Cabinet would be pressed on the importance of continuing affirmative action programs officials of the civil rights organization also said that they would request a meet ing with president Carter to discuss what they see As an erosion of civil rights accomplishments and to request the Conven ing of a White House conference on affirmative the two efforts were part of a Manifest for action presented by the association at the closing session of a three Day symposium on the implications of the supreme courts Allan Bakke Benjamin the groups executive said that local chapters would also seek to meet with every Gover state mayor and City coun cil member in their he said that a Date for the Campaign would soon be we arc declaring War on All attempts to weaken or destroy affirmative action and civil rights Hooks and this includes such things As the attachment of riders and amendments onto Bills such As the Eagleton Biden ammend men and the Walker the Eagleton Biden amendment seeks to prevent the department of Edu cation and welfare from enforcing the pro visions of affirmative action plans that Call for the busing of pupils to achieve racial balance in the proposed Walker amendment to the appropriations Bill for the departments of labor and health education and welfare would prohibit the use of quotas or other numerical devices related to National origin or sex in affirmative action efforts by those the worthiness of every candidate for Public office in the fall and succeeding rain dances leave pm wry and dry fort Texas up a group of residents hoping to lure a Little rain or even just a Cloud to provide Relief from toe summer heat organized a neighbor Hood rain there would be no just Desper ate optimistically toting umbrellas and raincoats and doing their part to end the brutal heat wave that has broiled parts of Texas for the past 30 i started talking about it because it is so hot and so very said Jennie Gillas who organized the dance started giving me such a hard i said Why cant we do a rain dance right but Only about a dozen persons mostly children showed it obviously was too hot for rain and the uninspired Effort didst bring a As it has for the past 42 precipitation in the Dallas fort Worth area measured a rain dance by Boogie a commanche from had similar results in 50 Miles North of dal but the locals still were were carrying were anticipating to be quite said Stefanie who organized Walche lakers were looking at some rain Clouds that Are coming we an anticipating rain in this area from Southern Oklahoma late this evening or to similar ceremonies were scheduled in Naco and Killeen Killeen businessmen Are offering life umbrellas and rain occupants of an eight Story medical building in Dallas have been working for the past week without air and the temperature has reached As High As 117 on the sixth in her shorts and Hal Ter and with fans whirring and doors dentist Dale Robinowitz welcomed visitors with the offer of a cold Beer As she said goodbye to a patient also in shorts and Halter she estimated her lost income from cur tailed activity and cancelled appointments Brush fire contained arsonist believed responsible Lake tip fire fighters contained a major arson Brush fire saturday after the flames destroyed 732 acres in a rugged area of Riverside the which investigators said was intentionally set Friday morning in the Community of burned along Highway 71 toward the resort area of firefighters said the Blaze was a per cent contained at Dawn saturday and fully contained at 3 weve got a line around Robert a Shiell of the state department of forestry said weve still got some burning going but if she Doest Slop Over on weve got her Dashiell said about 200 firefighters would stay at the 50 Miles Southeast of los through the night in an Al fort to gain full a Force of 400 aided by eight fought the flames at the height of the Blaze and set backfires on several dirt roads and truck trails to Stop the fires and three firefighters suffered minor injuries in the one of them when he was hit in the Back by a Rock and rolled 500 feel Down a Romania Argentine pack Romania up Argentine foreign minister Oscar monies and his romanian Stefan an completed their talks Here and then signed an agreement on economic and technical elections shall be tested by their position on the question of affirmative Hooks those elected officials who do not support affirmative action will be dealt with at the ballot the Washington demonstration is not planned As a massive turnout of like the 1963 March on the capital led by the late Martin Luther King Hooks he it will involve sever Al Hundred persons who will seek to meet with every government official in the Capi Hooks also said that the through its local would Monitor the affirmative action programs of educational businesses and other a nation Al task Force will be organized to evaluate the findings of local the White House conference is being books to give affirmative action the National status of other such As women although we applaud president Carter on his recent statement instructing Federal agencies to press their affirmative action we feel that this Issue goes far beyond the Heads of agencies and requires National attention on the White House lev we therefore urge president Carter to Convene a White House conference on affirmative action just As he and his predecessors have convened conferences on women civil rights problems of the aging and other burning social he Hooks also said that Busi labor and government leaders had been asked to publicly reaffirm their commitment to affirmative action through such Means of communication As newspaper the a act strategy was the result of three Days of discussion Here by lawyers and affirmative action officers from government agencies and private the discussions were a response to what the organization perceived As a chilling psychological Impact on members of minority groups who were confused about the ramifications of the Bakke the decision by the supreme court in the Bakke Case held that the particular affirmative action plan at the University of californian medical school at Davis was unconstitutional but that race could be used in developing programs to remedy past of time july ims Henry Wallace was placed in nomination for president at the second session of the progressive party convention in touching off a wild july the air Force has fired a mouse named Wickie Miles into space in the nose Cone of a to Oracle Rock july 1968 secret Venice agents in Buck said they raided on family Home Here and confiscated More than million in counterfeit co the second largest haul of bogus Bills Ever Sewid in the