European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 02, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday August 2, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 7 want Tariff suspended on mexican peppers Tabasco makers raise a hot Issue Washington api the folks who make the sauce that makes bloody Man cocktails and Chili smothered hot dogs hot say they can t buy enough red peppers in the United states. So the manufacturers of Tabasco sauce Are asking the . Government for a break. They want the Tariff sus Pended on the mexican hot red peppers they import ground and mixed with Salt their Bill is one of 18 measures Pend ing in Congress that would lower the nation s Tariff barriers for certain imports one would suspend the duty on live Worms until june 30,1981. Another would lift the duty on imported jewelry Given away at carnivals. The problem with peppers it seems is that it s Tough to get american labor ers to do the Back breaking picking. We re working on a mechanical Pepper picker but we still classify it As experimental Edmund Mcilhenny or. Told a Senate finance subcommittee on monday As he sought support for a Bill suspending the mexican Pepper Tariff until june 30.1981. Mcilhenny representing the firm that bears his name and which has been manufacturing Tabasco sauce in Loui Siana since 1868. Told the subcommittee his company stands ready to pay a reasonable Price for peppers but he said the kind of Pepper needed for the hot stuff can t readily be found in this coun try there is no Tariff on peppers the firm imports from Guatemala. Honduras and Colombia because the . Govern ment wants to help the Economy of those three developing nations he said after the hearing. But Mcilhenny said his firm pays about $20,000 a year on the 300.000 pounds of mashed peppers it imports from Mexico. Nine indicted for child porn prostitution los Angeles up the us an Geles county grand jury indicted nine Nen monday for the alleged operation of a International child prostitution ring us in a stable of Small children to make pornographic movies and take pictures for Mut magazines published in Amsterdam. District attorney John Van de Kamp Aid the children who ranged in age from 6 12. Were sold for sex at prices ranging up $1.000. All nine defendants were charged with conspiracy to commit lewd acts on Chil Iren under the age of 14, to sell a person or immoral purposes to Send a minor to m immoral place and to contribute to the delinquency of a minor. They were also accused an individual aunts of engaging in sexual acts with Sev n girls and one boy during the past three ears. Never so Young Van de Kamp who announced the 44 out indictment at a joint news Confer nce with police chief Daryl Gates and sheriff Peter Pitchess. Said his office has Ever before handled a child prostitution ase involving girls so Young. Gates said he the degradation is greater in the ase than in most child molestation Inci dents. The presence of the three of us Indi ates our extreme interest in this Case itches said. It is a vile and disgusting did of offence so vile we can t say much  Van de Kamp said one of the defendants iwas the father of one of the children but declined to say which one. He said none of Rte children s mothers was involved. Two of the defendants. Robin Garrett. 8, of Huntington Beach. Calif., and Thom As Liberto 34, of Downey calif., were a ested Early monday in los Angeles. In addition. Henry Johnson jr., so. Of Sacramento calif., was picked up in san Lego county Michael Radulovich. 30. As arrested in Salt Lake City and Lester enry. 40. Was arrested in Indianapolis. Warrants issued warrants were issued for Charles ughes. 35, of la Punte. Calif Timothy Wilcox. 30. Of Castro Valley. Calif Joe enry 43, of new York City and Michael Lount 40. Of Buckinghamshire. England. Authorities recommended that the de in wants be held in lieu of bail ranging of  to j300.000. The indictment also named two Unin arted co conspirators. They were Freder t hasten. 32. Of los Angeles who died in ? shootout in san Francisco earlier la year and John Duncan. 34. Currently fanned at Patton state Hospital for a pre Ous conviction on sex related charges. Picture tube Mary Ruth Kemper who is a month shy w. A. She seems to be getting a Little of her first birthday knows Haw la beat help from a Friend whose hand can be the heat at a Pond outside Parkersburg seen creeping Over the tube. A i court upholds Proxmire ruling minorities still lagging study finds Washington up women and minority men continue to All behind White males in the Fields of education employ ment income and housing the . Com Mission on civil rights reported. The commission released a 136-Page re port examining the results of a number of government statistical social Indica  dealing both with what the statistics showed and the Way they were used. It found that women and minority men were Likely to have lower earnings than non minority men and that for example Black males earned Only about 85 percent of the amount earned by similarly Situa toned White males. At the same time the commission said the statistics showed some improvement both for women and minorities Over the 1960-1976 period studied. Valid terms it spoke of these improvements however Only generally noting that it was Dif fault to spell out repress in Equality in statistically valid terms. The commission recommended that the office of management and budget should be Given the responsibility now lodged in the Commerce department for coordinating and determining government statistical policy in collecting data that pro vide information on the economic status of women and minorities. It said president Carter should direct his reorganization task Force to devise a plan which would overcome deficiencies in the present system of Federal data collection and analysis. The report said that Federal data collection is not sensitive to disparities among different social groups. Collection system it called for a data collection system that focused on the degree of inequality in the distribution of resources rather than on production consumption and satisfaction. According to the commission s findings Many of the disparities Between women ethnic groups and White males diminished in the decade of the 1960s, but it said that there were Many continuing and serious problems of inequality afflicting the groups  it noted for example that in the Field of College graduates employed in occupations requiring less than a College degree the percentage for minority males was Gener ally higher than for White males. The disparity generally declined slightly during the decade of the 1960s, but increased during the first part of the 1970s," the study said. It noted similar declines in the area of earning differentials for College educated persons High school completion High school non attendance and occupational prestige. In Home ownership the study found that Little if any. Relative improvement has been found in the percentage difference be tween White males and minorities in Home ownership Over the last 16 years. Political clout for gain found Legal Washington api the us. Court of Appeal said monday the wife of sen. William Proxmire d-wis., has a Legal right to use her political clout to make her tourist business  simple use of one s status in society is not itself  the court said in Rul ing against a competitor of Ellen Proxmire who had yelled  financial Success does not become unlawful simply because it is aided by promo  the court ruled nor could it be without Locking the famous out of the econ  the suit was brought by Candis o Ray. Who operates a tour and hospitality service catering to convention and sight Sec ing groups in the District of Columbia Hay claimed that mrs. Proxmire s Busi Ness Washington whirl around was Abie to capture a Large share of her business. Among Ray s complaints was that whirl around was Able to bring hours to the vice presidential mansion the West Lawn of the Capitol. Stale department entertaining rooms and various rooms in the Senate of fice building the court said the ability to open doors however reprehensible it might be through political influence to use Public property for private  in t enough basis fora damage suit the ruling upheld a District court ruling