European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday september 20, 1978 Korea cuts by Fred Hoffman a military write Washington a the army has reduced its strength in South Korea by about 2,600 soldiers in recent months mostly through attrition As part of presi Dent Carter s troop cutback officials said said some units and headquarter staffs were Cut an infantry battalion was reorganized into a smaller tank battalion and soldiers who left Korea after their Normal tour ended were not replaced. The cutbacks bring to about 4,000 the number of . Soldiers withdrawn from South Korea since Carter announced injure 1977 that he intends to pull All . Ground troops from that country Over a withdrawals reduced number of gis there to about 30,000 at end of july officials say period to five the Armyros total strength in South Korea was Down to about 30,000 at the endow july said the officials who asked not to be gradual withdrawal came to Light after the army announced monday that asunder strength 500-Man battalion of the 2nd infantry division is expected to be base temporarily at fort Riley kan., when it returns from Korea in the same time a 60-member Ord Nance company will be shipped to a Perma nent new Home at the Seneca army depot in new York state. This non combat unit snot part of the division but serves in a sup porting role. The army said it has not decided on a permanent base for the division which willbe reorganized into a two brigade mechanized outfit of about 12,500 men an women. In event of War it would be brought to full strength with addition of National guard brigade. As a mechanized unit the 2nd division will be equipped with hundreds of addition Al tanks and armoured troop carriers an Given greater firepower. This would enable it to confront russian divisions i Europe which Are More Mobile and heavily armoured than North korean administration had planned to with draw a larger slice of the division this year including a brigade Headquarters three combat battalions and medical maintenance and Engineer companies. Pianist Vladimir Horowitz 73, extends his arms As he sits Down to the piano on stage at Avery Fisher Hall in new York s Lincoln Center for a rehearsal of rehearsing of global first Horowitz with Maestro Zubin Mehta and the entire new York Phil harmonic Horowitz will perform live on National network television and via satellite to Europe in the first classical program Ever in stereo. Horowitz made his . Debut with the philharmonic 50 years ago. A photo Woonsocket puts lid on person holes Woonsocket . Up in an embarrassed about face the City Council has dropped a proposal to rename the City manholes As two weeks ago the Council gave unanimous first approval to a personnel Ordi Nance amendment changing Utility Man to Utility it also said he or she will have tasks including building we Are sick and tired of the advers publicity we were getting Council presi Dent Gaston Ayotte or. Said tuesday. Allover the United states people were laugh ing at Woonsocket said he was particularly insulted by a syndicated Washington columnist who called him up to interview him about the person Hole kind of made fun of me Ayotte Council monday night acted to Stop being the butt of All jokes. It kept Utility persons in the ordinance but went Back to soviet ships visit Yugo port Rijeka Yugoslavia a a detach ment of soviet warships has sailed into this Adriatic port for an unofficial visit. Manholes. The Public works director told us we had to change manhole. But a stipulation in our charter said any references to Gen Der male or female refers to both Ayotte Francis Lanctot read aloud a poem he wrote for the second vote i Pride myself on common sense. I usually know right from wrong. But after that vote on person holes i m sure i deserve the Gong. They said it was a Federal like a Moron i took the bait. And conclusively proved to one and Al that fools sail our ship of state. But it s not too late to make amends refuse to say a person. Back it goes Back to manhole cover before this foolishness but Carter announced in april that principally because of some congressional uncertainties in approval of arms trans fers to South Korea Only one infantry Bat Talion and some support troops would be withdrawn in 1978, with the other units remaining until late next congressional difficulties appear to have been cleared away since then but the administration has not restored the Origi Nal first stage withdrawal , the air Force will Send an additional 12 f-4 phantom fighter bombers to South Korea increasing the total of f-4s there to 72. That move is in line with Carter s Promise to strengthen . Air Power on the korean Peninsula while with drawing ground troops. Solomon tells of changes to police Gas Washington a general serv ices administrator Jay Solomon said tues Day that scandals so far exposed in his Agency May represent Only the tip of a Gigantic iceberg but he outlined 19 administrative changes he has made to clean it up. The fraud the corruption the thievery the mismanagement and downright abuse of the Public Trust that have been exposed to this Date Are Only the beginning Solo Mon told a hearing of the Senate subcommittee on Federal spending practices an open government. Gas is today sitting in exile like a wounded animal he said. It is sur rounded by the vigilant Media the disgruntled the corrupter and by turf conscious bureaucrats from other agencies. Who would like to put an end to the Cost effective concept of centralized administrative services envisioned by the Hoover commission in creating Solomon said he might be criticized for being too tolerant during my Early Days but that during the past 88 Days he had implemented 19 major changes intended to Correct the Agency s problems. Among these were establishment of a Central procurement office for Gas rein statement of so called whistle blowers who had been penalized for criticizing gases to abolishment of a Central budget office a Central office to dispose of surplus Stock pile property a limitation on spending authority of Low level officials and a series of changes designed to ensure sharper polic ing of work done for the government under contract. A new office of acquisition policy to be operating by oct. 1 and reporting directly to him will standardize and police the billion Dollar a year purchases of the Gas. Vincent Alto the special counsel hired by Solomon to head the internal investigation of the Federal government s landlord and storekeeper Agency said that no Gas administrator since the first one Jess Lar son in the Truman administration has really been Able to run the Agency. Belli files million Dollar cancer death suit san Francisco up san fran Cisco attorney Melvin Belli has filed a Superior court suit seeking Well in excess of $1 million from three tobacco Compa Nies for allegedly causing the lung cancer death of a woman. Belli filed the suit monday in behalf of the woman s three children. He said the Case probably would be transferred to Federal court because the tobacco Compa Nies Are interstate operations. He Esti mated that it could come to trial within a woman Anna Mae Jaquez of Pacifica calif., died at a san Francisco nursing Home last june at the age of 45.Belli said that she had smoked two pack Ages of cigarettes a Day for years and had been unable to Stop despite pleas from her children. The suit alleges that american tobaccoco., Philip Morris and the . Reynolds co. Negligently and carelessly sold distributed and delivered the cigarettes so As to cause them to be defective danger Ous contaminated adulterated impure deleterious and unsafe for the use and Pur pose for which they were Belli said he will argue that the use of cigarettes directly resulted in the Wom an s death from lung cancer and that the cigarette companies knew smoking causes cancer but failed to warn Consumers of that fact. Belli fought a similar court Battle nearly10 years ago in a suit against american tobacco co. On behalf of the heirs of a heavy smoker who died of lung cancer at the age of 49. A Federal appeals court in new Orleans refused to award damages in that Case. Belli said that if he wins the Case Hewill donate his fee which will be quite substantial to the american cancer society
