European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 4, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 5 the Price visible in the background Bank window would be a Little Low for the crumpled car. On the other hand it needs some Bodywork in t Likely to attract a High bid. The Driver lost control of his vehicle at 5th Avenue and 48th Street in new York knocked Over a traffic Light and sent the Auto careening onto the sidewalk in front of a dime savings Bank. Up 2 cities study integration rulings school strikes affect 90,000pupils Washington up lawyers in Wilmington del., and los Angeles Satur Day studied court rulings on their desegregation plans while civic officials and teachers unions in eight states worked to Settle strikes involving More than 90,000 boys and girls. In los Angeles the. Second largest school District in the nation a California court of appeals issued an order at the re quest of an anti busing group temporarily halting a $100 million desegregation plan covering 80,000 students. A court official said so much time would be taken in arguments and decisions that integration prob ably would be delayed at least a year. Supreme court Justice William Bren Nan s action had the opposite effect in Wil Mington. He refused to Issue an injunction against that City s desegregation plan meaning that 23,000 students will have to be transported Between a predominantly Black City and mostly White suburbs at a Cost of nearly $7 million. With the annual Patchwork of school openings now under Way a up Survey has found at least 91,000 students in 13 states without classes because of teacher strikes. Many other teacher contracts were still be ing negotiated. Money is the main Issue. Hundreds of contracts Haven t been signed yet said a spokesman for the 2 million kiember National education association the combined teachers Union and lobbying group. But that s not too bad. Some years at this time we be had thou Sands that weren t  teachers struck in three districts in Illi Nois and two districts each in Indiana Pennsylvania and Washington state. There also were strikes in new Orleans and in Michigan Rhode Island and Idaho. School bus Drivers were on strike in ten Nessee and new  department of health education and welfare estimates 48.2 million pupils will attend school from kindergarten through High school this year. At least 40 million of them Are eligible to ride buses and Between 5 and 8 percent roughly 2 million Are being transported in an Effort to Stop racial segregation at the schools they attend. Many of these desegregation orders Are Small cities say they re denied Federal funding Washington a spokesmen for Small cities tend to complain that Federal programs Overall Are slanted toward the big Urban centers a congressional panel reported saturday. But the House banking subcommittee on cities said the available facts do not sup port the charge. Nonetheless the panel said there Are some things the Federal government can do to make its programs More useful to smaller communities and some things these areas can do to make better use of Federal funds. The subcommittee s report said the government could review its regulations to recognize the diversity of Small cities and their special problems. One of these was described As a Lack of specialized staff to Cope with the Complex application forms and other requirements for obtaining fed eral funds. Some smaller population centers might get the services of specialists by sharing them on a circuit Riding basis the re port suggested. Noting that there has begun to be an unexpected population shift out of the big metropolitan areas to the smaller centers the subcommittee said a number of Federal programs contribute to this trend. These include Highway construction economic development Loans and Grants and the tax exemption on interest on Bonds. Coming from the courts. In addition to Wil Mington Federal cases Are in some stage of decision in Baton Rouge la. Atlanta Tucson Ariz. Dayton Cleveland Cincin Nati Youngstown and Columbus Ohio Austin and Elpaso Texas Detroit Fern Dale Flint Benton Harbor and Kalama zoo Mich. Tulsa okla. Omaha Milwaukee St. Louis and Denver. State courts Are working with other cases As in los Angeles. An anti busing group bus top brought the los Angeles Case arguing that the 575,000-student school District was Only 40 percent Anglo White non hispanic so there could not be meaningful Inte Gration throughout the District. The appeals court listed the problems and said the harm which May result from implementing a constitutionally deficient plan is greater and More irreparable than the damage that might result from the  Jerry Halverson the chief be Gal counsel for the school system plans to Appeal to California s highest court wednesday and is not optimistic. I think the chances of the supreme court vacating that order Are very Low less than 50-50," he said. Officials in Wilmington have announced their disappointment but Promise to go ahead with the orders. Earlier the dispute prompted Delaware s two senators demo crat Joseph Biden and Republican William Roth to push legislation that would re strict the authority of courts to order de segregation. It lost 49-47 on aug. 23, and congressional sources predict there May be another Battle soon. The Only optimistic note in the school de segregation Battle came from . District judge w. Arthur Garrity in Boston last wednesday. He lifted the Federal court restrictions that have been on South Boston schools for 2vz years because of tension and sporadic violence. Those conditions do not exist any More said the judge. President be speeches senators Washington up president car Ter saturday capped his lobbying Campaign for the natural Gas Bill by asking All 100 senators in identical letters to accept it As a carefully balanced Compromise that serves the nation s interests. Our nation s International reputation and economic Well being Are at stake Carter said in his written personal Appeal on behalf of the Gas pricing Bill key ele ment of his Long delayed Energy package. Denying charges that the Bill would cheat Consumers or producers he called the legislation a carefully balanced com Promise Between the interests of producers and  the letter was one of the last moves car Ter could make for the time being in his personal crusade for the Bill because this week s Camp David Middle East Summit now demands his full attention. The Compromise is not perfect he wrote but it is the carefully crafted product of a sustained and sincere Effort. It is highly unlikely that any new or re placement legislation can or will be evolved next year or in the near future if the Congress should reject this  As he has said repeatedly in two Days of lobbying sessions with governors Industrial and farm representatives Carter said passage or rejection of the Bill will have enormous economic Impact and will affect the rate of inflation the value of the Dollar and the . Trade deficit. Denies favouritism claims he also emphatically rejected claims the Bill which would lift Federal Price controls from natural Gas by 1985, favors one Seg ment of american society Over another. Several Senate opponents argue that producers Are not Given enough incentives he said while others maintain that the legislation excessively benefits producers to the detriment of Consumers. However opponents of the Bill cannot agree on an alternative which would improve the existing  the president meantime was preparing to turn Over leadership of the administration s Domestic legislative initiatives to vice president Walter Mondale and to Fly to Camp David at noon monday to prepare for the historic Summit. He will Welcome Egypt s president an War Sadat Israel s prime minister menace hem begin and their advisers when they arrive separately on tuesday afternoon. Formal three Way talks begin wednes Day in a conciliation Effort Carter Hopes will Lead to resumption of full fledged mid dle East peace negotiations. Of time sept. 4, 1948 president Harry s. Tru Man denounced As a lie out of whole cloth the charges that he has been protecting communists in the government. Truman referred to the congressional investigation of communists in the govern ment As red  sept. 4, 1958 Secretary of defense Neil h. Mcelroy asserted with the fullest Confidence that the . Was ahead of the soviet Union in Overall military strength in being in the Here and  sept. 4, 1968 the South vietnamese government closed Down one of two locally published English language daily newspapers for printing what it called a completely untrue news Agency Story accusing government officials of corruption