European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Hussein fears repercussions if israelis Egypt pursue peace plans Amman up King Hussein of Jor Dan saturday warned of very serious repercussions should Egypt and Israel go through with plans for a peace treaty and said Only substantial changes in the Camp David Accord could persuade him to join the peace moves. The King unleashed his sharpest criticism yet of egyptian president Anwar Sadat but left open a possibility . Diplo Mats see As crucial to any Overall settlement that of joining talks without a Public or written commitment by Israel to meet All key Arab demands. Hussein addressing a news conference at the Basman Royal Palace also said he had turned Down an invitation from presi Dent Carter to visit Washington in mid october due to important commitments in Jordan and within the Arab world. But Hussein said he had accepted in principle his kind invitation to visit at a later Date. Hussein said he was surprised. Shattered by the news of the Camp David accords and that he had not been consulted on any level by either Washington or Egypt while the accords were being negotiated. Sadat did Telephone Hussein in London during the earlier stages of the talks the King said but neither gave nor asked any specific information on the form of an eventual settlement. Hussein was asked to forecast the consequences of his relationship with Egypt and the situation in the entire Middle East should Egypt and Israel go ahead with the peace treaty envisaged in the Camp David accords. Well obviously it May have it will have some very serious repercussions and effects he said. Hussein repeated Jordan s demand that any peace settlement must provide for to Tal israeli withdrawal from occupied Arab i land including old Jerusalem and continued on Page 24, col 1 president Carter comforts a crying Little girl he spotted in a welcoming crowd at the Asheville n.c., Airport. Carter had flown there to help in the the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 37, no. 159 sunday september 24, 1978 by Calif High court and sunday if 21855 a prop. 13 ruled i leg a san Francisco up the califor Nia supreme court Friday upheld the constitutionality of proposition 13, a revolutionary measure that slashed property taxes and forced local governments to tighten their budgets. Six members of the court ruled that the measure passed overwhelmingly by Cali fornia voters in june met constitutional provisions even though it changed the sys tem of property taxation. Chief Justice Rose Bird dissented on grounds the measure violated equal Protection guarantees in the state cons Titu said that under proposition 13, if a House is sold it May be reassessed for tax purposes and its new owners May pay a higher tax rate than neighbors with substantially the same value property. Howard Jarvis cosponsor of proposition 13 with Paul Gann said in Cleveland that because of the big vote in favor of the initiative the supreme court would have had a very Tough decision rejecting it unless there was a major flaw. The people Are supreme Over the supreme court of , in Sacramento said the court s ruling would help the nationwide Campaign to qualify similar measures on state bal lots. He said the decision settles a big question in the minds of Many persons. California gov. Edmund g. Brownjr. Said that with the decision he would continue to carry out the voters mandate to the fullest extent of my attorney general Evelle j. Younger the Republican battling Democrat Brown in the gubernatorial Campaign Aid the Man who argued the Case in support of proposition 13 before the High court said he Felt it was inconceivable they would declare this on aug. 11 the court heard arguments from the Amador Valley joint Union High school District Alameda county and the continued on Page 23, col. 4 Campaign of Senate candidate John Ingram. A photo Carter says Plo like Kkt nazis Aliquippa. A. Lapi president Carter saturday compared the Palestine liberation organization to the Kun flux Klah the nazis and the communist party saying it would be for us if the would just go Carter s remark at a town meeting in this Pittsburgh suburb came in response to a questioner who asked Why the Plo was allowed to retain a Small informational of fice in Washington. The president responded by saving that Many organizations obnoxious to us still have the right to free speech in America so Long As they Don t pose a threat to the nation s Security. There Are Many groups like this that cause us concern the Kun flux klan the communist party the nazis Carter said adding it would be for us if thex would just go the Plo is recognized by most Arab governments As the sole representative of the palestinian people. Moments earlier the president had said that unless the palestinians and Jordan s King Hussein join Mideast peace talks. Continued on Page 28, col. 3j
