European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday september 23, 1978 stateside Beji names head of Gas corruption probe Washington up attorney Gen eral Griffin Bell has placed William s. Lynch his top prosecutor of narcotics violators in charge of the investigation of corruption in the general services administration. Bell said the appointment was effective immediately. Lynch will head a task Force staffed initially by five full time attorneys supported by Fri agents and the Gas sown auditors and investigators Bell said. Investigators from other agencies will recalled in if necessary the attorney general added. Bourne enjoys being away from White House Washington a or. Peter Bourne says he is neither sad nor bitter about a controversy that forced him to re sign two months ago As president Carter s chief adviser on drug abuse. In fact the 39-year-old psychiatrist says he s enjoying the relaxation of being away from the White House. I never realized How much pressure i had been under and How fantastically bet Ter i feel now he said in a recent inter View in his fashionable Northwest washing ton Home. I Haven t Felt so Good in  Bourne said he s had several Job offers from corporations and universities but won t accept a full time position until next year. Scouts Honor former president Gerald Ford right honorary chairman of the los Angeles area Council of the boy scouts of Amer Ica presents a Bronze plaque to John Wayne at a dinner in Beverly Hills. The plaque will be a permanent Marker at a new boy scout Camp named for the movie Star. Eagle scout Bruce d. Faux Center spoke in tribute to Wayne at the area Council s ceremony. A flight of Middle class families worries . San Francisco a a civil grand jury has cited san Francisco s inability to Stop the mass exodus of Middle class families to the suburbs As the City s worst problem in a 110-Page report on City government the jury urged the Board of supervisors to Start providing millions of dollars in subsidies to Middle class families. The recommendations called for the creation of a specially funded rental program a new Home building program health and social services stabilization of housing costs and a plan for private financing of new family housing. Educational deficiency a there s the rub Calif poll says Nixon not wanted in politics san Francisco up four out of five californians oppose former president Richard Nixon s return to Public political life pollster Mervin d. Field said Friday. Large majorities disapprove or take a negative View of former president Nixon 2 girls Carn fire is blamed for Foothills Blaze Denver a a campfire started by two girls 7 and 10 years old kindled a fire on sept. 12 that exploded through 3,300 acres of tinder dry Timber and Brush in the Foothills Southwest of Denver the Jeffer son county sheriff said thursday. Sheriff Harold Bray suggested that charges of fourth degree arson be filed against the girls but the District attorney declined to press charges because of theates of the girls Bray said. The fire that for seven Days threatened $100,000-plus Homes in the Foothills about 20 Miles Southwest of Denver burned to within 200 Yards of the $55 million world Headquarters of the Johns Manville corp. Cause identified Ray said a campfire started near the girls Home had been identified As the cause of the fire. Fighting the fire Cost at least $750,000,officials said. Bruce Coulter District forester for the Colorado state Forest service said he did not know if the state would attempt to re cover its firefighting costs from the parents of the girls. Although the National Forest service has taken such action Coulter said he could t recall the state Ever doing so. Beyond that he said he did not know if there would be any Way to recover the costs be cause juveniles were involved. Waterloo Iowa up Waterloo s masseuses will be Well trained if mayor Leo Rooff gets his Way. Rooff has proposed a City ordinance that would require masseuses to have 756 hours of training before they meet their first Bod ies. The mayor said his rationale is that if the Parlours Are legitimate the masseuses should not object to a Little education. Lindberg Whitis one parlor operator said he would gladly go along with the training except that there is no accredited school in the state teaching the Art of Massage. Three workers suffocate digging a Tunnel resuming a political role either As a Candi Date for office going on the stump in be half of other office seekers or being made this country s ambassador to red China Field reported in his latest California  said 79 percent of the people inter viewed said they would not vote for Nixon if he ran for the . Senate and 76 percent thought Nixon would Hurt other candidates if he made speeches for them. Seventy two percent disapproved of Nix on As an ambassador to the people s re Public of China which he helped open up tothe West with his visit As president in 1971. However Field noted a perceptible in crease in Public forgiveness for his involvement in  the matter of whether Ford s Par Don was the right thing to do or whether Nixon should have had to stand trial a Bare majority of the Public 53 percent now thinks Nixon should have stood trial with 43 percent saying the Pardon was the right thing to do. Two years ago those who thought he should have had to stand trial were almost a two to one majority 60 per cent to 34 percent Field also said 52 percent of the Public believes Nixon has been punished enough although 43 percent believe he has t been punished enough. Two years ago 50 per cent thought Nixon had not been penalized enough. The poll an Independent Survey was based on interviews with 543 californians from aug. 12 through aug. 26. 5 ship captains fined Brest France a captains of five foreign vessels were fined up to $111 with Short suspended prison sentences Here for violating traffic rules imposed off the West Ern French coast after the Amoco Cadiz pollution disaster. The rules require vessels to keep to specific traffic lanes when rounding the extreme Western tip of France. Macon a. Up three construction workers suffocated while digging a Tunnel under interstate 75.the men were identified As Louis new port 21, of Elgin Tenn., and Gary Lewal Len 22, and Ralph boiling 21, both of Rob ins Tenn. Bibb county civil defense official Tim Starr said authorities at first thought the men were killed by methane Gas but later Learned they died of a Lack of  Dubose another civil defense worker said the men were digging sandblasting for a pipeline As part of a water and sewage expansion project. Dubose said firemen had trouble getting to the men because air tanks would not last Long enough to get in and out of the  said the last Man to be brought out was found about 300 feet into the Tunnel. Fla. Students Zero in on Casino referendum Gainesville Fla. A some Stu dents at the University of Florida want to get a jump on Casino gambling. The students Are seeking signatures on a petition calling for a referendum on whether the student Union should be operated As a profit sharing gambling  profits from the gambling Casino would go to the student loan fund. The student vote would be oct. 18, Well ahead of the nov. 7 referendum on Casino gambling in the Miami Beach area. We re just trying to bring on More pub Lic awareness and add some humor to what is a very serious Issue said Richard Phoenix of Miami. He opposes the Miami Beach Casino gambling proposal. If the student referendum wins approval the students will have state Law to contend with. Stanford awaits 6 chinese Exchange students Calif ap1 othe first student change program Between China and .0 in More than 30 years will begin next month when six chinese scholar arrive at Stanford University a professor says. A uni a a ?�na5? belief a t0 be the Fin More than 10 000 students China a is to Send is it to be aids part a program to develop its scientific and technical capabilities John Lewis a professor of chinese politics at Stanford said 6ventuaily com be thousands off chinese scholars includes five men and one woman ranging in age re at Vari us institutions administered by China s the s3id they i live on Campus and their tuition and expenses will be paid for bythe chinese government or their sponsoring organizations. Y Burt Reynolds to give lecture at Florida state Richard falling Dean of the school of theater said the actor will be on Campus oct. 13 to hold the seminar during the afternoon and a special program for fut Heater patrons that evening. Reynolds had said earlier he planned to pursue a Bachelor s degree from the University using a variety of study options. Tallahassee Fla. A film Star Burt Reynolds who played football at Florida state University in the 1950s, is re turning to Campus but he will not be toss ing a pigskin this time. Reynolds is going to be a special guest lecturer next month at a private seminar on acting and directing