European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday september 4, 1978 postal mediator meets separately with negotiators Washington up a special fed eral mediator saturday began collecting labor statistics for negotiators to Wade through in talks aimed at heading off a nationwide postal strike. Mediator James Healy met separately with postal service and Union negotiators to outline the facts and figures he wants for this week s bargaining sessions. Healy a Harvard professor Given the Power to arbitrate the dispute if talks fail to reach a settlement by sept. 16, met for three hours with the negotiators in the tightly guarded Headquarters of the Feder Al mediation and conciliation service. Healy told reporters after the talks that postal service and Union leaders promised to deliver the requested material to him. I asked them to keep on working until they finish collecting the material he said. Healy an experienced labor negotiator said he needs statistics on comparable wages in other industries Cost of living figures turnover of mail personnel and postal wage projections. Healy named by the mediation service after three mail unions rejected a tentative contract and the postal service refused to reopen negotiations said he will Call both sides in for separate talks monday and indicated that the first joint talks would probably take place tuesday. Before Healy spoke a mediation service spokesman said there were indications nothing of substance would be announced before the Middle of the week. Most Likely there will not be any state ment until after the meeting on monday the mediation service spokesman said. The main Union negotiators were j. Joseph Vacca head of the 180,000-member National association of letter carriers Emmet Andrews Leader of the 280,000 member american postal workers Union and Lonnie Johnson president of the 40,000-member National Post office mail handlers Union. Deputy postmaster general James copay represented the postal service in saturday morning s meeting with the mediator. Wants to leave army staff sgt. Little Bill Douglas switched from his army uniform to a Black evening gown wig and woman s hat at fort Carson colo., in an Effort to prove he is a homosexual. Douglas action was to protest what he claims Are unnecessary delays in processing his discharge papers. _ a no stages a protest to Speed army s action Colorado Springs up a 25 year old fort Carson Soldier who claims the army has delayed acting on his request to leave the service because he is a Homo sexual pressed his Case by showing up at a mess Hall in a Black evening gown High heels and a wig officials said. The incident which occurred Friday at noon in the l-20th Field arty mess Hall was reported in a copyrighted Story in the Colo Rado Springs Sun. The Soldier could not be reached for comment on the incident. The newspaper said staff sgt. Little Bill Douglas a 6-year army Veteran was assigned As a shift Leader in the me shall where he staged his protest. Army officials said they were working As fast As they could to review Douglas Case but said they have not received his cooperation in the discharge process. The Sun said Douglas has refused to pro vide requested notarized statements from individuals with whom he has had sex be cause he believes the request violated his civil rights. Army officials said they need the state ments to prove Douglas homosexuality for discharge purposes. Douglas said that he underwent a psychiatric examination and that he was found to be homosexual but officials said the test did not Rule out fabrication of homosexuality. Douglas was put on administrative leave july 24. Stateside n poll claims Carter losing favor in Home state Atlanta up president Carter has suffered a severe shift in popular sup port in his Home state of Georgia Accord ing to a report in the Atlanta journal Constitution. The newspaper said a Survey conducted by the Atlanta based Darden research corp. Indicated that Only 41 percent of the voters questioned said they would vote for Carter in 1980, compared to 67 percent who voted for him in 1976. The firm surveyed 500 adult georgians in 55 localities the paper said. When asked How they rated the Overall performance of Carter 11 percent said very Good 31 percent said Good 41 percent said fair 11 percent said poor and four percent said very  the Survey said these same georgians in 1975 and 1976 formed the backing that started Carter s March to the White House. The report said the results indicate Strong disenchantment developing be tween the original Carter backers and the 53-year-old chief  $46,288.75 fax Bill is just a free ride to him St. Louis a i have no defense the prisoner facing a $46,288.75 tax judg ment told a surprised judge. He explained he made the trip to his court appearance merely to enjoy the ride. Gary Frederick Ayers serving a prison term in Marion 111., appeared in . Tax court Here after he was charged by the internal Revenue service with not reporting income from several Bank robberies in Nevada. The irs calculated that Ayers owed $37, 031 in taxes on robbery income of $78,153 plus a penalty of $9,257.75 for failure to file an income tax return. I have no defense Ayers told judge Bruce m. Forrester during the hearings last March according to an irs transcript released Friday. I m in a United states Penitentiary do ing 25 years Ayers continued. When i finish that i go to Nevada to do a life sen tence. All i wanted to do was come up Here for a ride. What that Man says is exactly True. Now it s Back to you  Forrester ruled in favor of the irs. Atlanta c of c head gets brotherhood award Atlanta up Atlanta chamber of Commerce president Jesse Hill or. Has been named recipient of the 1978 brother Hood award of the National conference of christians and jews it has been announced. Hill 51, chief executive officer of the at Lanta life insurance co., became the first Black president of the Atlanta chamber of Commerce last december. He is also a member of the state Board of regents and the Atlanta crime commission. I cannot imagine a finer individual than Jesse Hill to receive such a signal Honor said David c. Garrett jr., a con Ference spokesman and president of Delta air lines. Hill will be presented the award at the conference s 50th annual brotherhood Din Ner sept. 19 in Atlanta. Diner refused service for not wearing shirt Miami a waitress Carol Williams was t too upset when she saw a customer sitting at a key Biscayne Luncheonette counter without a shirt. She advised him of the establishment s Long standing policy against serving shirt less patrons. Then he stood up and apologized. That s when she noticed he was t Wear ing any trousers either. Leaves Hospital Ellen Corby who portrays grandma Walton on the television series the Waltons has been released from a Hospital in Racine wis. She was near exhaustion when hospitalized in her Hometown while visiting friends. Up the customer left stopping at a convenience Market and several other stores be fore he was picked up by police. Owen Hernandez an unemployed dish Washer was charged with indecent expo sure. Officers said Hernandez had decided earlier in the Day to go for a spin on his bicycle nude. He says he got an inspiration said police spokesman Norm Gregorisch. Police chief killed in Oklahoma shootout Catoosa okla. A the chief of police of this Northeast Oklahoma town and a robbery suspect died in a shootout at the local Auto License tag office authorities said. Police chief . Hamby 47, was shot and killed while answering a Call that the Agency was being robbed Friday  he was shot Hamby shot and killed a Man identified As Jack Ray Young 29, of Tulsa. Investigators said a clerk at a nearby convenience food store identified the dead suspect As one of three suspicious people who came into her store a few minutes be fore the shootout. Police theorized the three May have planned to Rob the store but decided it was too crowded and opted for the License office. District attorney Sid Wise of Maye county said a 25-Yearold Tulsa Man who had gunshot wounds in the hand and Groin was at a Tulsa Hospital and had been questioned concerning the shooting incident. Railroad chief Dies at 75 Roanoke a. A _ Herman h Pevler former president and Board chair Man of the Norfolk & Western railway died