European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                3 charges against itt exec lifted Washington api the Justice in apartment is dropping three felony charges against Edward Gerrity a senior vice president of International Telephone and Telegraph because of fears that intelligence secrets would be exposed in a Genty and another itt official Robert were indicted list March on charges of lying during testimony before a 1973 hearing by a Senate foreign subcommittee about itt s involvement in influencing the 1970 presidential rectum in Chile three counts of the irm Vrr against Genty remain Allende or nor Gerrity and Berrellez were lying when they said itt did not of Flor financial Aid to political opponents of Candi Date Salvador Allende Allende won the election but was killed in a cup three years later the Justice departments intention to drop the three charges against i cent was disclosed in t s District court on Kridan by prosecutor g Allen Carverjr a department spokesman explained that the three counts Are being dropped following a determination that in formation essential to the prosecution of those counts could not be used As evidence and made Public because the Protection of the information is vital to safeguard National Security and i s foreign Intelli gence interests 26 in House admit pot Magazine says Chicago a a Survey about Mari Juana use which is to appear in the novem Ber Issue of Playboy Magazine reports that 2t members of the House admitted to hav ing smoked the but the Only one permitting the use of his the Magazine was Ned a new York Democrat who said he had smoked the Magazine said its Survey brought responses from 101 representatives and 17 none of the senators admitted to having smoked Pattison said in Washington on thurs Day that he has smoked marijuana on occasion and was surprised to Leam that he was the Only congressman who allowed his name to be used in the although tempted to avoid the question because of obvious political i have when stated that i have tried but that i do not use he Pattison said he told the freelance writ ers who interviewed him recently that he first tried marijuana several years ago he was vacationing in the Caribbean but that he was never a regular user and to longer uses August 1978 the stars and stripes Page 7 seek one color for All Mefer maids balk at Pink attire Denver Iti Pink not a bad col or but Justice n jus Urr Dorothy apr Hurch she is in mar a re try in rebellion to int it raring of Pink uniforms i Church urn Hiwone from thursday ohm she shoved up at traffic in a Blue uniform she had bought that afternoon she filed a Rump Ijiri the Denver career service who claims she has the sup port of nil 17 of Denver female meter said the women earlier had re Quested dark Blue uniforms with Light Blue shirts but were told they looked too much like those worn by commissioned police of she said three male parking control offi cers hired by the department six months ago were allowed to Wear Blue uniforms because they walked at wearing the regu lation its not fair for the men to have a Choice but not the said up Robert chief of the traffic Divi said the dual uniform police policy was under review and was not fixed in with Huey Newton at his Side in Oak Preston Collins holds a paper at a news conference in which he new turn in Newton Case took Back a charge he had made against the Oakland who claimed four years ago that Newton had assaulted said at the conference that he had wrongly accused the Black Panther a guilty plea ends brain death trial up Denise Mer cedes Ellison pleaded guilty Friday to the first degree manslaughter of her 4year old abruptly ending Minnesota first brain death with tears streaming Down her Al told the court Friday of the night she beat her Ellison said she was studying the night of june 3 in Hopes of advancement in her Job in the medical Library of the University of Minnesota defying her kept turning on the television Ellison said she screamed and then beat the i dont know Why i hit Ellison she said could not remember exactly How she did but she hit the Childs head against the Wall and Stacey fell Elli son said she put Stacey head under the water but could not revive Stacey was brought to childrens Hospi Tal in a she never regained con times gives judge Murde Case files a pain an Effort to absolve itself of civil the new Vork times has surrendered to a new Jer its files relating to the murder Tri Slot Mario but times reporter Myron surrendering a manuscript for a Book on the refused to turn Over his files and remained at a hearing Friday to determine if Farb manuscript would be accepted by the times lawyer Floyd Abrams said the newspapers files contained nothing that the courts had not already judge William who is presid ing at the murder accepted the times files and Farmers but he said Superior court judge Theo Dore who imposed both civil and criminal contempt sentences against Farber and the would have to decide if the newspaper had cleared he said he will ask Trautwein to hold a hearing As for Arnold said the Manu script was More like one slice of the and added that the reporter must still release his other lawyers for Jas Calevich the surgeon Farber dubbed x in his 1976 articles on a series of mysterious Hospital deaths say Farmers notes Are instrumental for their they have charged that Farber collaborated with officials to bring about Jas Calevich indictment on five counts of and Richard Gehrz signed a death certificate citing Lack of brain function As cause of death the child was kept alive by life support systems until july when judge Archie Gingold gave permission to turn off the respirators because the Childs body was Public defender Louis torinus appealed on behalf of the Mother to the Minnesota supreme which upheld Gingold and the support systems Wero turned off 45 minutes Ellison conferred with attorneys and her Jessie Ellison of Friday then changed her plea to the lesser which carries a maximum sen tence of 15 Ramsey District judge Jerome Plunkett set 26 for sentence if she had been found guilty of the Mur Der she could have received a maximum sentence of 40 the Case is expected to bring renewed efforts by medical organizations to per Suade the legislature to pass a Law recognizing brain cessation As a Legal cause of Minnesota and 31 other slates follow common which defines death As the moment the Hiriart