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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday August 11, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 7 walking the president Back Home a woman secret service agent stands alongside the presidential limousine As president Carter departs from Newyork City s Longacre theater alter seeing Ain t the prize winning musical mls behaving " based on the music of american composer plan St organist Thomas fats Waller. A disapproval Resolution is rejected House gives of to Carter s civil service plan Washington up the House wednesday gave president Carter a break through Victory on his move to reorganize the civil service rejecting 381-10 a Resolution calling for disapproval of the Overall plan. It appears highly unlikely the Senate kill reject the president s general formula since no move is afoot to bring up a similar Resolution before the Friday deadline for Inch action. Under a Law enacted last year the presi Dent is empowered to go ahead with rear uni Patlon of the bureaucracy on a Case by Case basis unless Congress disapproves within 60 Days of his presenting a general framework for the action. Specific proposals for carrying out each reorganization then Are handled in Sepa . Carter s general formula for reworking of the Federal career service Calls for replacing the civil service commis with a bipartisan three member Merit systems Protection Board which would handle employee appeals from each Agency s decisions. Putting the managerial work of the civil service commission into a new office personnel management charged with administering civil service rules Anci regu lations. Creation of a Federal labor relations authority to carry out Federal labor management policy now handled by the National labor relations Board. Alan Campbell chairman of the civil service commission reported what recalled the fairly overwhelming House vote to president Carter at the White House. We Are confident Congress will put aside delay and obstructionist tactics and will pass the full civil service reforms be fore the end of this term Campbell told re porters. Rep. Jack Brooks a Texas. A supporter of the reorganization said it has As it purpose to Correct Long standing organizational deficiencies that undermine the morale of Federal . Frank Morton r-., said. There is widespread dissatisfaction with the performance of government. The plan gives the Means to improve  but rep. Newton steers red. Said Carter s Reform will politicize the Federal civil service. It is a political takeover of the Federal  killer Bullet fired from move House Philadelphia a the Bullet that killed a police officer in a shootout with members of the move group came from a Rifle later confiscated from the group s now demolished Headquarters police  inspector Joseph Golden said wednesday ballistics tests by the police department showed the Bullet that killed officer James ramp came from a .223-Cal Iber Ruger Rifle one of 11 weapons and 1, 600 rounds of fired and unfired ammunition found in the  commissioner Joseph o Neill said five of the weapons had been fired in tuesday s incident. Golden denied that ramp had been fired on by a sniper shooting from across the Street from the move compound. There is no physical evidence to con firm that  Golden said. To the contrary our information so far says this is  assistant District attorney John White said some reporters and witnesses had re ported that shots including the first one came from a building across the Street from where 12 move adults and 11 Chil Dren were barricaded in their  12 adults have been charged with murdering ramp. 52, a 22-year police vet eran who was planning to retire in a few months. The Sharpshooter died after a bul let struck him in the left Side of the base of the neck and travelled downward severing a main heart artery according to a preliminary autopsy report. The police action came a week after acuity judge issued arrest warrants for 22 move members who had violated a court agreement to vacate their three Story victorian fortress. Two female members were arrested in Richmond va., and one former member was released after a  policemen and three firemen wounded in the assault remained hospitalized wednesday. Luckenbach pop. 3 sending advisers to . \ Luckenbach Texas up new one City mayor de Koch can rest at ease. "6lp is on the Way. Luckenbach population 3, has decided to Send a delegation to the financially Trou  Apple this month to advise  delegation has requested a meeting jew the mayor to Tell him How Lucken solved problems of Urban sprawl by Nutly putting in six flush toilets and a jj1 parking  dilapidated Burg was revived into a a of mirth by the late humorist Hondo who kept a one eared Beer drink of pig named oink  Gogh and gained considerable popularity with the recording of a song called Luckenbach Texas by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. Jack Harmon a san Antonio publicist who Calls himself press Secretary of Luckenbach said a Motley Luckenbach delegation including several musician Sand a few armadillos will make a trip to new York by Amtrak train and will enter Tain at each Stop along the  week beginning August 20 has been declared As Texas week at the Lone Star cafe on lower fifth Avenue in new York and Harmon predicted the 300-seat establishment would be packed with sex texans during the frivolity. Among cultural Exchange events the texans Nave planned to teach new York ers How to forget their fiscal troubles Are a genuine Texas mos eying contest and a Frozen Duck  of the Metropolis also will be shown How to properly conduct a drunk and falling Down contest Harmon said. Besides Harmon and his wife Susie Edi Tor of the Luckenbach monthly Moon and their 3-year-old son people going to the Aid of the big City will include Guich Koock a former owner of Luckenbach and now performer on the Carter country television series Sam Lewis of san Angelo. Founder of the Cross eyed mule Chili Cook ing team and inventor of the Jalapeno Lolli pop Singer Kinky Friedman and Gary p Nunn and the lost gonzo band. Everybody is somebody in Lucken Bach Harmon told mayor Koch in announcing the Luckenbach ians were com ing to his Aid and we feel the same about other folks even those As far away a new York City. Well meet with you anytime in the mornings or afternoons and Tell you Bow Luckenbach has coped with Urban expand   
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