European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 02, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tip status is extended for baggers by John Hart Washington Bureau chief Washington Sas the defense department has told . Commissaries that grocery baggers can continue to work for tips until sept. 30. That delays the Pentagon s implementation of a civil service commission Csc compliance order directing that the bag Gers be compensated with the Federal minimum wage instead of with tips. The commission s order was to have been implemented effective aug 1 or. John p. White assistant Secretary of defense for manpower Reserve affairs and logistics announced the delay. The delay was made possible by a Senate amendment to the defense authorization Bill for fiscal year 1979, now being considered by Congress. Would reverse ruling sen. William v. Roth r-del., introduced the amendment co sponsored by sen Richard stoned Fla. The amendment if approved by the House will reverse the Csc ruling which affects several thousand commissary bag Gers in the states. The commission s ruling says thai bag Gers must be compensated by the Federal minimum wage in accordance with the. Fair labor standards act. That ruling does not apply overseas. A Senate House conference on the de sense authorization Bill has agreed to the Roth Stone amendment. No such Amend ment was in the House version of the authorization Bill. Congressional sources said monday that the Fate of the amendment will be deter mined when the conference report on the defense authorization Bill comes up for a floor vote in the House within the next two weeks. Time to Complete action the Pentagon s postponement of compliance with the commission s order will give the Congress time to Complete action on the legislative proposal White said. If the legislation is passed Bagger and carry out personnel could continue to be compensated solely by Means of tips from to commissary store patrons he added. The Csc has no objections to the Penta gon delaying implementation of the compliance order according to Allan k. Campbell chairman of the Agency. If after thorough analysis Dod feels that delaying implementation is appropriate we would interpose no objections Campbell said in a july 26 letter to rep. Us Aspin a wis. On july 21, Aspin wrote to Campbell Wong him to formally suspend the com Mission s compliance order. Aspin has opposed the commission s Rul tag on grounds that Congress never in .5T commissary baggers to be con swered government employees qualified or the Federal minimum wage. He told Campbell that the result of sucking to the aug. 1 switchover Date is my to be Short of chaos. I am therefore Wong the commission to formally sus Pend the switching Date until final action is when by Congress Aspin said. Spokesman for Aspin said monday dear colleague letters would be sent to other members of Congress a Day two before the House votes on the Roth we amendment encouraging their sup Pori Lor the  France reportedly ousts soviet military attach Paris a _ the soviet Union s  attache to France has been sex gel from France for espionage the Wen press reported monday. Actor Penkov in France since j976, was Wen Persona non grata and left Paris go reports said. French foreign ministry refused Anent on the incident wednesday August 2, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 5 Harold Lawson rests at the Boston common after his walk from san fran uncommon Man on the common Cusco. Lawson who won t reveal his age said he left on june 6 for his annual trek around the country something he has done for the last 15 Summers. Up vital significance for Media stressed $11 million Abc to lawsuit starts san Francisco a the outcome of an $11 million negligence suit charging that an Abc television movie inspired the rape of a 9-year-old girl on a san Francisco Beach could pose a huge question for the future of to programming. The trial began monday in san Francis co Superior court. Seeking $1 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive dam Ages Valeria Niemi of san Francisco claims in her suit against Abc to and its local affiliate Kron that the three girls who raped her 9-year-old daughter with a Beer bottle were imitating a scene from the television movie born  the film profiled the life of a runaway teen Ager portrayed by actress Linda Blair who was sexually assaulted with the wooden handle of a plumber s plunger Dur ing her stay in a reformatory. Noemi s daughter was attacked four Days after the film was aired on sept. 10,1974. At a pre trial news conference Abc at Torney Floyd Abrams said there Are conflicting statements about whether the Kadar ends soviet vacation Moscow a hungarian Leader Janos Kadar left the soviet Union for Home after spending a Brief vacation in the Cri Mea. Girls and the boy who stood Lookout for them actually saw bom  the four youngsters aged 10 to 15 at the time of the attack were charged in juvenile proceedings and put on probation. Abrams said he would argue that the film did not spawn the attack. He said a de feat in the Case could have wide reaching effects on television by intimidating future portrayals of life As it  we View this As a terribly significant first amendment Case dealing with constitutional rights of free expression he said. If calling something negligence can open a wedge in the first amendment then we think this would not Only for television by the Way but every other kind of Media As Well create a big Hole in the first amendment Abrams said. What i fear is that a loss in the Case will necessarily Lead to a kind of Bland Ness a kind of avoidance of television Deal ing with hard and real and poignant social problems Abrams added. Defense attorney Marvin Lewis said it s merely our Contention that the partic ular scene which was graphic and unnecessary for the telling of the plot caused harm to an innocent  Lewis contended that there is no ques Tion that children and Young people learn by  the two hour film aired at 7 30 . In some areas and 8 . In others helped Force creation of family hour program Ming in which the acc banned sex and violence in the Early evening. Niemi s suit was initially dismissed in 1976 by a state trial judge who ruled that the litigation was barred by constitutional guarantees of free speech and free press. But the state court of appeals Over turned that decision saying that dismissal of the suit violated the Niemi girl s right to a trial on the question of whether the movie provoked the rape. Abc then went to the . Supreme court which refused to Hearthe Appeal. Abrams said the Case poses a threat not Only to the broadcast Media but also to the printed word. He said the american Library association feared that a defeat in the Case would make it impossible to deter mine what books to place in libraries that might not Lead to imitative acts. The Sands of time signs for Buzzy Crossings Walla Walla Wash. A _ you be seen Highway Deer Crossings even cow Crossings. But a Bee crossing nine Alfalfa Farmers have asked Wal la Walla county commissioners to Post Bee crossing signs to slow traffic that proves fatal to the pollinating Alkali bees which Are choosy about which Fields they frequent and follow certain Light patterns the Farmers said. Charles Saranto. Spokesman for the group asked the county to place 20 Mph Speed limit signs on nearby roads to help Cut Down the number of bees that wind up mashed on vehicle Radiator Sand windshields. Farmers say they Are stung economically by the loss of bees that pollinate their Alfalfa. Each Bee death Means a $1  said. Dennis Skeate county Engineer said the stale has no official Bee signs but he would Post Speed limits if Farmer Supply explanatory posters. Aug. Z. 1948 three thousand Berlin Era braved the sweltering heat to Praise american airmen As the friends an help ers of germans who Are fighting a new kind of War against cruel and cunning adversaries. Usu aug. 2, 1958 in Washington the army announced that explorer i Toms Earth satellite hat travelled  million Miles in its six month life and May hit the billion mile Mark before ii Falls to Earth aug. 2 1968 _ a band of us. Marine. Two weeks ago shot and killed a White american male identified As a Marine who into Battle the Marine patrol Leader said la Saigon