European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 6, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 7 City wants to a his treehouse teen won f give up natural High Miami a Lamar Mclean dropped out of school then climbed above everybody else. But if City inspectors have their Way he May be coming Down and one Sharp a would  think i m crazy when i Tell them i live in a tree but i m Happy said the 19-year-old youth who has lived in a tree House the past three years. I got everything i want right  s Home is not without draw backs. I be been struck by everything. Lightning burglars and now inspectors he  inspectors say the treehouse is a fire and safety Hazard. They also say neighbors have complained that blaring Rock music comes from it. It san illegal Structure said inspector Odell Bostic. He is going to have to tear it  says hell go to jail first. They re just jealous he said. I got something that a lot of people want but they can t build it themselves and they re jealous about  dropping out of school Mclean moved 15 feet out the front door of his parents Home and began building his House in a 40-foot ficus tree. Mclean who says he s never had a carpentry lesson estimates he s in vested More than $10,000 in Wood nails and furnishings for his five Story Home. And if a treehouse can be called Swank Mclean s qualifies. It has Wall to Wall shag carpeting a Telephone two air conditioners an elaborate stereo sys tem a vacuum cleaner a refrigerator a Hammock and a bathroom. All my life i wanted to build a tree House he said. I guess i just got car ried away. There s no place in the world i d rather live. When you build some thing you care about  the first floor is a 5-by 3-foot guest room with television. On the second floor is a 15-by 10-foot party room and the third floor is a Small storage room. The fourth floor is an open area while the fifth floor is his Balcony. Girls go crazy Over it said Mclean. Injured passengers on stretchers receive first Aid after the bus in which they were Riding overturned on an in the injured get help Testate Highway exit ramp in Kansa City. The bus loaded with passengers bound for a Billy Graham crusade ran up a grass embankment tipped an rolled Over several times. At least 33 persons were injured. A photo Navy ship contractors probed Washington up allegations that two major defense contractors tried to hide major losses from the Public on Navy shipbuilding contracts Are under investigation by the securities and Exchange commission sen. William Proxmire d wis., said  two firms general dynamics and Litton industries sought almost $2 billion in shipbuilding claims from the govern ment. But Navy claims examiners have agreed to pay less than $500 million of the  and general dynamics have been saying in their financial statements that they would break even on their Navy shipbuilding contracts Proxmire said. But under the settlements announced by the Navy both companies have agreed to accept Large losses on the same shipbuilding  Litton claim Proxmire said Litton claimed More than $1 billion while general dynamics sought $843 million. Navy claims examiners agreed to pay Litton $312 million and Gen eral dynamics $125  remainder of their claims have been rejected by the Navy claims examiners Proxmire  dynamics accepted a $359 Mil lion loss on nuclear attack submarine con tracts and Litton accepted a $200 million loss on assault helicopter contracts under the settlement Proxmire  also agreed to write off a $128 Mil lion loss in manufacturer s process development costs he  of the serious questions raised by the shipbuilding claims settlements with Litton and general dynamics announced by the Navy concerns the possibility that one or both companies have been making false and misleading statements to these purities and Exchange commission and the Public said  losses the Sec is trying to determine whether losses on the contracts were concealed in the companies annual and quarterly financial statements to the Sec and the pub Lic he  has been booking these costs in its financial statements As if they would be paid out of profits on the Navy contracts Proxmire  said too that Navy Secretary Graham Claytor had agreed to pay the two firms $541 million More on their claims than was justified. Quake rocks s. Calif areas Ontario Calif. Up a slight earthquake Shook parts of four Southern California counties setting off burglar alarms but apparently causing no damage or in  quake entered six Miles Southwest of Ontario registered 3.5 on the open ended Richter scale. Proposal May Aid drug firms escape foreign suits Washington a legislation awaiting action in Congress could enable five giant drug firms to escape suits by for eign governments seeking millions of Dol Lars for alleged  legislation opposed by the state department and Justice department is de signed to overturn a supreme court ruling last year that said a foreign nation has the same rights As a . Citizen under the antitrust  of the legislation say it is needed to avoid putting the . At a disadvantage with nations that fix prices for Oil or other commodities but do not allow suits by the . Government. Its opponents say it would violate trea ties authorizing the . And foreign governments to sue in each others courts. They also say it would weaken the deter rent effect of the antitrust Laws and thus encourage . Firms to overcharge americans As Well As  forms of legislation to Deal with the High court ruling were tacked on in the House and Senate As amendments to a Bill designed to overturn another supreme court decision restricting antitrust suits by  that decision the High court ruled that private antitrust suits can be filed Only by those who buy directly from the manufacturer. The court said allowing in direct purchasers to sue would add whole new dimensions of complexity to private antitrust . Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., and other supporters of the Bill contend the decision penalizes Consumers and govern ment agencies who Are illegally Over charged by  suits often run into big Money because winning plaintiffs Are entitled to collect three times the amount by which they were damaged. The Justice depart ment says the decision could Cost the fed eral government up to $205 million and state attorneys general say it would affect about $300 million in suits they have  other High court decision dealing with foreign suits arose from actions by India Iran West Germany Colombia and the Philippines against Pfizer inc., Ameri can Cyan amid Bristol Myers Upjohn and Squibb. The suits Are pending in lower fed eral  the amounts of damages Are not spelled out in the suits one of the lawyers involved estimated they would be in the tens of millions of  portion of the House Bill dealing with this Issue would bar All antitrust suit by foreign governments. The Senate Judic iary committee took a less stringent approach saying foreign governments could sue but Only for their actual damages and Only if they permit other countries to file antitrust suits in their courts