European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 01, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 1, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 7 Chicago proposes giant downtown renewal project m Chicago up the City plans to de Molish All but two buildings in a giant North Loop Urban renewal project which if completed would be the largest Down town renewal project in a City of comparable size. Plans for the $571 million redevelopment project were detailed in a $25 million Grant application to the . Department of housing and Urban development. Federal officials said however the application in its present form is in jeopardy because the plans for the project Are con  cancer kills founder of Navy Seabee Pittsburgh a adm. Ben Moreell founder of the Seabee the Navy s famed construction battalions died of can cer sunday. He was 85. Horsell organized the Seabee after he was appointed chief of the Navy s civil Engi neers and the Bureau of Yards and docks in 1937by president Franklind. Roosevelt to Seabee whose nickname came from the abbreviation for construction Bat Talion built docks runways fortifications and other facilities All Over the world for . Forces. Their numbers reached 258,000 during world War ii under  was appointed chief of the material division office of the assistant Secretary of ,inl945. Put in charge after the government seized the nation s Petroleum Industry in october 1945, presi Dent Truman placed Moreell in charge of a major portion of the Industry. The following year he was appointed a Coal mine administrator after the govern ment seized the nation s strike bound Bitu Minous Coal , who died in Montefiore Hospital retired from Active duty in 1946 and made us Home in Pittsburgh after that he was Bora in Salt Lake City he was the Only officer of the Navy s civil Engineer corps Ever to be appointed a four Star Admiral. Moreell won two Navy distinguished service medals. He will be buried thursday in Arlington National cemetery. He is survived by his wife Jessie two daughters and three grandchildren. Side red vague. Nine movie houses stores office build Ings and parking garages would be among the so structures razed some of which Are National landmarks. The Only structures left standing would the Dearborn building which houses Blue Cross Blue shield and. The landmark Reli Ance building. The proposed 28-acre redevelopment area would be bounded by Wacker state Wabash Washington Dearborn ran Dolph a Salle and Clark streets. Planners proposed taking the area be tween the Chicago River and Washington to develop nearly 2,000 skyscraper apart ments stores office a hotel Heaters restaurants a $100 million state of Illinois building and a new Central resource and reference Library which would Cost an estimated $80 million. Reluctant to approve however officials indicated Hud fund ing a key to the City s plans faces serious problems. Hud officials said they Are reluctant to approve the application because it is vague about which buildings would be kept or torn Down. It is estimated that the project which has received top priority Billing from May or Michael a. Bilandic would create about 3.000 construction jobs and generate More than 11,000 new office and retail jobs. The $25 million from the Urban develop ment action Grant program if approved would be the largest of its kind Ever granted by Hud said Woodrin Kee  of Community planning and development in Hud s Midwest office. The bulk of the Grant would be used to help the City defray the Cost of acquiring land. Law aimed at Johns and pimps Albany . Not a Bill subjecting prostitutes clients to the same penalties a prostitutes and allowing a Pimp to be convicted solely on a prostitute s testimony has been signed by gov. Hugh l. Carey his office has announced. The measure designed to discourage prostitution also imposes new penalties of As much As 25 years in prison on those who steer children into prostitution and As much As 7 years on those who buy sex from  new Law which takes effect sept. 1, would change the minimum charge for patronizing a prostitute from a violation to a Misdemeanour. This would make Johns men who patronize prostitutes subject to the same penalties As prostitutes and customers would be fingerprinted photographed and booked upon  York City mayor Edward i. Koch said the Bill would let the . S and the courts sock it to the pimps and Johns adding if this Law does not eliminate prostitution at least it will reduce it and at the very least it eliminates sexism in this  Weisbrod director of the Manhattan Midtown task Force said he expected the new Law to be used in tandem with a $200,000 Grant to the Manhattan District attorney s office for Tough action against pimps. August a Good vacation month where to go books and with plus a wealth of other helpful information stars and stripes bookstores How to keep it Low Cost what to see from hereto there