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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes tuesday september 5, 1978 Castro talks House pane will hear cuban s taped denial of any complicity in assassination of Juk by Nicholas m. Horrock Washington not Fidel Castro in a tape recording that will be played before hearings of the House select com Mittee on assassinations has denied any complicity in the death of president John f. Kennedy congressional sources said sunday. According to these sources Castro has supplied the committee with a tape record ing in which he also denies a report that Lee Harvey Oswald the Man accused of killing Kennedy had sought to become a secret agent for Cuba and had once in the presence of cuban officials threatened to kill president Kennedy. 33 Hurt As bus head ing for crusade flips Kansas City to. A a Church bus carrying passengers to the Billy Gra Ham crusade flipped Over four times on an interstate exit injuring at least 33 persons and leaving a Trail of broken Glass Bible Sand twisted Metal. Police said the bus owned by the Ster Ling acres Baptist Church in Kansas City was on an exit ramp on interstate 35 Sun Day night when the brakes apparently failed. The bus ran up a grass embankment and tipped Over tumbling Back to the Roadway. Gladys French 66, the most severely injured of the passengers was hospitalized in serious condition with Chest and Back in juries. Some passengers crawled out through windows or the emergency door while oth ers including those with broken Bones and Back and neck injuries had to be pulled from the wreckage. When the bus finally stopped it was like we were in a really thick Brown fog be cause of the dust said Jim Bishop 15, who was uninjured except for some scrapes and a chipped tooth. I opened my eyes and everybody was lying on top  when news of the Accident was announced during the crusade at Kemper Arena the packed House of 16,000 people prayed for the injured. Said Graham when i first heard about it i was absolutely shocked. It s a great illustration to us to see How close to the  we All  boys find explosives Cache Sydney Australia a two 10 year old boys who took Refuge from the rain in a Tunnel found enough explosives hidden under some Bushes to blow up skyscraper police said. Police said 400 Sticks of gel ignite were packed in two boxes hidden beside the main pipeline feeding water from Orono a dam just South of Sydney to the City s Southern suburbs. There were no Detona tors. An army spokesman said the 400 Sticks set off in the right Way would easily Demol ish any of Sydney s biggest buildings. The cuban Premier s tape recorded voice will be part of 17 Days of testimony and evidence about John f. Kennedy s death to put before the Public by the House committee at hearings beginning wednes Day. In a series of interviews congressional sources have disclosed the following de tails about the hearings which will be the first government examination of Kennedy s death since the Warren commission filed its report in 1964 the committee does not have sufficient evidence to upset the Warren com Mission s conclusion that Oswald a former Marine who defected to the soviet Union killed Kennedy but it will raise several indications that he May have had associates or assistants. It will present acoustic evidence that there May have been a fourth shot fired at Kennedy in Dallas and it is working to de Termine whether the evidence of the shot Means there was More than one Assassin. The Warren commission concluded that three shots were fired All of them by Oswald the committee will present the re sults of a Neutron test showing that a Bullet fired at Gen. Edwin Walker the outspoken segregationist several months before Kennedy s death came from the same Type of ammunition that killed Kennedy. This information is regarded As crucial because it would indicate that Oswald May have had a psychotic desire to kill powerful men As opposed to a particular assignment to kill Kennedy. The committee will for the first time present Public testimony by Yuri Nosenko a former agent of the Kab the soviet intelligence service. Nosenko was the main stay of a conclusion by the Cia that the russians took no part in Kennedy s assassination. The Public hearings which will be con ducted on weekdays from wednesday through sept. 28. Pyramid Power on the move eleven kids form a human Pyramid atop four skateboards and Roll along a Dedham mass., Street As they enjoy the final Days before school reopens. It took them More than five minutes to build the Pyramid. Up 8 More goes. For Carter Energy Bill Washington up eight More governors have issued letters supporting the passage of president Carter s comprehensive Energy legislation the Whitehouse said sunday. They were goes. Ella Grasso of Connecticut Reubin Askew of Florida James b. Longley of Maine Joseph p. Teasdale of Missouri Thomas judge of Montana Jerry Apodaca of new Mexico Milton Schapp of Pennsylvania Richard a. Snelling of Vermont and de Herschler of Wyoming. The White House issued the release of the governors endorsement a Day after announcing that Carter had sent every sen Ator a letter asking for support of the Natu ral Gas Compromise a key part of the Energy Bill. Some of the governors did not specifically endorsed the Compromise. Grasso asked Congress to adopt effective and responsible legislation to Deal with the Energy problems but made no mention of the Compromise proposal to gradually deregulate the Price of natural Gas by 1985. Teasdale judge Snelling and Herschler made similar statements about the need for Energy legislation with no reference to the natural Gas proposal. Longley the nation s Only Independent governor made the most explicit state he was Nof cowed Fay these chips Duroc i r on to in tit i Russell Springs Kan. Up state rep. Jack Rodrock placed first in the vip division of the state cow Chip throwing contest in this Western Kansas Community sunday soundly defeating the toss of democratic gubernatorial Candi Date John Carlin of Smolan. Rodrock threw one Chip 106 feet 3 inches. Leary Johnson of Sakeeney Republican candidate for the 118th District in the Kansas House was second with a toss of 92 feet 6 inches. The third place finisher was Charles Smith Russell Springs mayor with 78 feet 10 inches. Carlin s Best toss was 73 feet 11 inches. Mike Baughn president of the butter Field Trail association said the contest was held As part of the Butterfield Day and old settlers picnic. Rodrock and first place winners in two other divisions were awarded plaques and became eligible to participate in the world championship held each year at Beaver okla. In the men s division Art Koster of win Nona threw for 159 feet 10 inches and first place. He was followed by Bryan roster of Cawker City who went 157 feet 10 inches. Third place was claimed by Jim Taylor of Winnona who threw for 119 feet 4 inches. In the women s division Shirley Smith of Russell Springs won first place with a toss of 72 feet 7 inches. Sue Miller of Empo Ria was second with 71 feet 6 inches ment for the natural Gas Compromise. I also believe that deregulation of Natu ral Gas prices would make this product More available to areas which use it and thereby free up More Oil to heat our Homes and run out industries and businesses Here in new England at More favourable prices to the Consumers be allowed to continue Longley said. Carter met with a dozen governors headed by gov. Julian Carroll of Kentucky last thursday and got the support of a majority of them for the natural Gas Bill with Dolph Briscoe of Texas and David Boren of Oklahoma opposing the Compromise. The president Cut Short his Western vacation last week to return to Washington to lobby for passage of the natural Gas Bill. It May come up for a vote in the Senate this week. Cattlemen Given assistance Washington a . Livestock producers were provided $6,464,654 during july to buy feed under the emergency feed program bringing assistance during the first 10 months of the program to$161,030,540. Under the emergency feed program the Secretary of agriculture May authorize financial Aid to Farmers when their livestock Are threatened by conditions brought on by a natural disaster  
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