European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 01, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Russ face heavy loss in a War Washington up there is wide disagreement within the United states on How extensive the soviet civil defense pro Gam is and what that says about soviet intentions. A Cia report summing up All the Intelli gence available to the . Government tried to overcome the disagreement with a report prepared by the National foreign assessment Center. The unclassified summary of the report said the soviets have an Active and Exten Sive civil defense program that has a direct military reason behind it to con Vince potential enemies that they cannot win a War with the .s.r." however the Cia report also concludes that under certain conditions such As a nuclear Exchange with Only a few hours warning soviet casualties would be Well Over 100 million although a Large percentage of the political leadership of the soviet Union would survive. The Cia analysis said evacuation of the cities appears to be the key to the soviet program and Given two or three Days warning casualties could be reduced by More than 50 percent. However some members of the administration including Paul Warnke director of the arms control and disarmament Agency doubt the soviets or any other advanced Economy could successfully con such an evacuation. Wamke said recently i do not find very convincing the idea of millions of muscovites All heading out to the suburbs at the same time with shovels Over their Secretary Harold Brown has expressed the same scepticism. An opposite View is taken by Leon Goure a professor and author of an exhaustive study on soviet defense for the Center for advanced International studies. According to Goure s study civil de sense is not Only a major element in the so Viet s military planning but it is also combined with the concept the Best defense is a Good offence. That View represents the hard line in american thinking about civil defense. The Cia report comes Down somewhere in the Middle. It said the soviets almost certainly belie e their present civil defences would improve their ability to conduct military operations. They cannot have Confidence however in the degree of Protection their civil defense would afford therefore said the Cia estimate we do not believe that the soviets present civil defences would embolden them to deliberately expose the .s.r. To a higher risk of nuclear Carter adds Day to his weekend Thurmont my. Up president Carter sunday extended his weekend at Camp David for a Day and was to return to the White House monday afternoon aides announced. Before returning to the White House Carter was to receive a briefing from National Security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski in the morning and was to meet with vice president waiter Mondale and other White House officials. The three Day rest follows a difficult week in dealing with some key members of Congress. Last week Carter angered House speaker Thomas o Neill when he approved the bring of a close Friend of o Neill s from the no. 2 Job at the general services administration. Sen. Edward Kennedy. A mass. To split with the president Over the administration s health insurance plan tuesday August 1, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 5 Haven for coveted species a naturalist at padre Island National seashore in Texas releases newly hatched Ridley turtles whose eggs legend has it can enhance sexual prow Ess. Consequently the species has neared extinction. This year in cooperation with Mexico the National Park service started a crash program to re verse the rapid decline. The Turtle eggs were brought to padre where they can be protected and where the Little turtles can grow up to 100 pounds. Up $18,000 bottle with dinner is it wine is it salad is it High priced healthcare would be free to poor Washington up poor people would not have to pay for medical care under president Carter s National health insurance program hew Secretary Joseph Califano said sunday. But other americans might have to help pay for their medical costs he said in an interview on lbs face the nation pro Gram. The level of Cost sharing and the extent of Cost sharing if any is something that will have to be determined when we Lay out the he said. But Low income families the poor people will not be part of any Cost Shar ing Califano conceded that the National health insurance plan is already in trouble in Congress although it now consists Only of guidelines and will not be sent to Capitol Hill until next year. Record noted but he charged that sen. Edward Kennedy a major critic of the Carter health plan does not have a very Good health insurance record of his own in Congress. The president saturday gave Califano 10 Broad principles for National health insurance legislation and said his step by step program of reasonably priced medical care for All americans could be put into effect beginning in 1983. At the same time Carter warned that inflation could stall the program. Califano discussed Kennedy s criticism that the Carter outline calling on Califa no to draw up legislation for Congress next year does hot lend itself to a single hard hitting National insurance Bill. Ken Nedy said the president s program is weak vague and susceptible to special interest efforts unsuccessful for 30 years the democratic party at the National level has tried to pass a National health insurance program and not succeeded Califano said. Senator Kennedy has introduced any number of different Bills. None of those Bills have been Able to be passed by either House. None of them have been reported out by the relevant committees of either House. We intend to introduce a piece of legis lation that will have the Opportunity of Memphis Tenn. A the Way restaurateur John Grisanti figures it he will either serve his Black tie dinner guests the world s most expensive wine or the world s highest priced salad. Well throw a humdinger said Gri Santi who on May 25 paid 18,000 for what experts say is probably the Only bottle of 1864 chateau Lafite Rothschild in the world. From the Day he bought the Jeroboam of the Rich red Bordeaux at an Atlanta wine auction Grisanti planned to serve it at a ,500-a-plate Benefit dinner for St. Jude s children research Hospital. Grisanti plans the dinner for oct. 28 recognized by the roman Catholic Church As the feast Day for St. Jude for 30 guests including such notables As enter Tainer Danny Thomas. Kemmons Wilson founder of the Holiday inn motels and sen ate minority Leader Howard Baker. R Tenn. Also planning to attend is Don Vargo. Of Melvindale. Mich. Grisanti outbid Vargo for the bottle which experts say came from a collection in the cellar of mrs James Derothschild of London. Grisanti who owns an italian restaurant Here says he does t know yet what will be served to his dinner guests. The menu has to be something unique. Normally you select the wine to go with the meal. But this time we re picking the meal to go with the he said. But whatever is served will be secon Dary to the dinner s main event opening and serving each guest about two ounces of the wine. An ounce or two is sufficient to get the taste Grisanti said. I have no idea what it will taste like but i assume it will have a Wood Grisanti said the wine will be flown to Memphis next month by chartered Jet from Farmington conn., where it is in a vault at Heublein co., which sponsored the wine auction. The restaurateur said there s a Chance the wine already has turned to vinegar. There s no Way of knowing until it s opened. If we open it up and we can t drink it. Then Well make the most expensive salad in the he said of time aug. 1, ims Alfred Krupp sole owner of the world s largest munitions firm was sentenced to 12 years in prison and forfeit ure of All property by a . War crimes court in a Turnberg for the plunder of French and Datcuk property daring the nazi occupation us the exploitation of slave labor. Aug. 1. Iks it. Gen. Claire l. Che Nault Leader of the flying tigers in Chi a daring world War ii was Given a hero s burial in Arlington National cemetery. Aug. 1, ism vice president Hubert h. Humphrey called for free elections in South Vietnam la which every group including the National liberation front could participate. The statement made in Washington d.c., marked Bis first Effort to carve out a position on Vietnam differ ing from that of president Lyndon John son
