European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 1, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday october 1, 1978 Ter says Energy measure is Washington up president car Ter said Friday that Compromise Energy legislation emerging on Capitol Hill is bet Ter in Many ways than what he proposed 17 months ago even though the tax on crude Oil is dead for the year. It s a fair Bill Carter told a farm group at the White House referring Pri Marily to a Compromise measure approved by the Senate and awaiting House action which would phase out Price Ceil Ings on natural Gas by 1985."i think in Many ways it s better Legisla Tion than we presented earlier he said because Many facts about natural Gas production distribution and pricing we know now we could t have known in the two months it took us to prepare our first proposal to Congress Carter s comments coincided with the Start of House Senate negotiations on tax Carter gives word to Black caucus full employment Bill gets priority Washington a the congressional Black caucus won a Promise from president Carter on Friday to make Pas Sage of a full employment Bill a top Legisla Tive priority. Caucus members met with Carter at the 19 deaths Are related to Maneu vers Frankfurt up three More German civilians have died in traffic Acci dents connected with the nato Maneu vers in Germany raising the death toll in the exercises to 19, including five . Servicemen it was reported saturday. A Frankfurt newspaper also alleged sat urday that american gis raped or at tempted to rape German women while Here on nato exercises. Bettina Leiber 19, died after an oncoming . Tank squashed her car in an acc i Dent on the freeway near Hattersheid 10 Miles West of Frankfurt it was reported saturday. Edgar Knierem 39, and his Mother Gertrud 66, were killed Friday when their car skidded on a Road made Slippery by passing military vehicles then smashed into a tree near Lauterbach about 30 Miles North East of Frankfurt. American gis involved in certain shield exercises in the Frankfurt area have been involved in rape incidents according to a report in the Frankfurter Mundschau newspaper. A 3rd army div i allegedly attacked a 37-year-old woman in the Woods near Ros Bach 10 Miles North of Frankfurt and tried to strangle and rape her according to the Mundschau report. The woman managed to struggle free but the Soldier threw a grenade simulator at her causing considerable injuries to her face and arms the report said. In grind a about 20 Miles East of Frankfurt two gis raped a 16-year-old girl As she sat waiting in a car for her boy Friend. The two men Tore open the car door grabbed the girl and dragged her away be fore raping her the Mundschau report alleged. . Military spokesmen for the exer Cise had no comment to make on the Mundschau report. White House in an atmosphere which was markedly More cordial than the one sur rounding their session on tuesday said rep. Parren j. Mitchell d-md., the caucus chairman. All parties to the meeting agreed that the president would add the Humphrey Hawkins full employment Bill to his list of must legislation along with Energy and tax proposals Mitchell said. Congress intends to adjourn on oct. 14 and Many proposals will be scuttled for Lack of time to Complete them. I and the other caucus members re main convinced that if there is a vote we have the votes to pass the Bill the con Gressman said at a news conference after the meeting. Carter promised to make a statement showing his commitment to the legislation on Friday or saturday before he addresses the caucus fund raising dinner saturday night. And the president said he would try to dispel the notion that Humphrey Haw Kins is a Black jobs Bill instead of an eco nomic planning measure for All Ameri cans Mitchell said. Earlier hundreds of caucus allies intensified their lobbying Campaign for Senate passage of the full employment Bill. The Kickoff session for the caucus Annu al legislative workshops ended when angry participants who had come from around the United states marched from the can non House office building to the Steps of the Senate for a silent Vigil to show their con Cern. The proposal Calls for setting a National goal of lowering unemployment to four percent within five years. The House passed the Bill in March. Mitchell said another Point which emerged from the meeting with Carter was that Senate republicans won t stand in the Way of a vote on the Bill. As Mitchell described it the meeting was in Sharp contrast with the one held earlier this week where Carter and vice president Walter Mondale reportedly traded angry words with caucus members about the strategy for passing the Bill. At one Point rep. John Conyers d mich., walked out of that meeting after a suggestion that he was not Loyal to the administration. But Friday s session was different Mitchell said. It ended with president Jimmy Carter and John Conyers shaking hands and Shar ing pleasant kind thoughts in reciprocity Mitchell said. As they departed Mitchell said he remembered the president in his most gentle Southern accent saying right on and or. Rep. Augustus Hawkins saying Weill " at the demonstration in support of the measure Mitchell and Coretta Scott King wife of slain civil rights Leader Martin Luther King jr., joined hands and led the demonstrators As they walked across the Capitol grounds. Botha rejects . Plan for South West Africa Pretoria up newly elected prime minister Piet Botha saturday re buffed a . Decision to implement its own Independence plan for South West Africa and warned that South Africa was determined to keep peace in the dispute territory. Don t underestimate our determination to keep peace so that that territory can find its Way to self determination in an or Derly Way Botha who was elected prime minister thursday told South african officials in Pretoria. Botha s statement the latest in an intensifying War of nerves Between South Africa and the ., came one Day after the Secu Rity Council void 12-0 to Send up to 7,500 troops to the uranium Rich territory to ensure fair Independence elections. South Africa which has administered the territory since 1920, unilaterally decided to hold its own Independence elections in Namibia South West Africa on dec. 4. While we do not think we can fight the whole world i want to give those who think they can Chase us around this Assurance Don t underestimate our determination to stay in this country. Don t underestimate our will to safeguard South Africa and the integrity of its boarders. Don t underestimate our will to keep this an orderly Community of nations Botha said As hear Rived in Pretoria for the first time in his new capacity As Leader of South Africa. Personnel support is looking up by de Hill Stuttgart Bureau chief Garmisch is things Are look ing up. People All up and Down the line Are beginning to realize How support of the Young Soldier affects his ability to perform his Mission said Brig. Gen. James c. Pennington adjutant general of the army speaking to a group of personnel and administration conferees Here penning ton said personnel readiness has been a Tough concept to get across to the army. A lot of the senior generals came up through the ranks during the draft Era. At that time you did t really have to worry about whether the e-4 and below was Happy. As soon As he left the army we d draft another to replace  Pennington said his adjutant general work centers on Community life support programs rather than thinking in terms of things and dollars which sometime causes difficulties. Personnel support is really difficult to quantify. How can you assign a Dollar value to someone s happiness or morale it is nearly impossible to prove that a cer Tain program or the Lack of it will have a measurable effect on the fighting capability of a  program funding Pennington explained is sometimes difficult. To get Money approved for a program you have to go through a lot of different Levels to convince people that the program has value. It seems that there Are hundreds of people who can say no but Only a few who can say yes " he said. You have to be prepared to defend each program each step of the Way. Competition for Money  provisions of the Energy program where i it quickly became Clear that the crude Oill tax is doomed and a $400 maximum tax credit for Home insulation is under . Some Senate members of the joint con Ference committee proposed dropping the credit for insulation while allowing a Small tax break for the installation of solar i or other alternative Energy devices in Homes. House negotiators walked and the negotiations were recessed until tuesday afternoon. Sen. Russell Long d-la., chairman of the Senate finance committee first pro posed outright elimination of the insulation tax credit then suggested reducing the maximum to $200, and finally presented to the alternative plan to allow credits for so Lar wind or geothermal devices. Rep. Al Ullman d-Ore., chairman of the House ways and Means committee stoutly opposed Long s move saying i think we have an obligation to the hundreds of thousands of people who went ahead and insulated their Homes on the understand ing they would get a tax  but both Ullman and Carter acknowledged there is no Chance this year for the president s proposed tax on Domestic crude Oil which would bring its Price up to that prevailing on the world Market. However Carter told the farm groups the administration has a Good Chance of getting passage of the controversial Natu ral Gas deregulation As Well As other parts of of the Energy proposal. If it survives the insulation tax credit applying to a variety of Energy saving materials including storm doors and windows would be retroactive to april 20,1977, when the ways and Means committee first approved it. Initially both houses approved a tax credit for 20 percent of insulation costs up to $2,000 meaning a maximum write off of $400. The alternative plan before the conferees would reduce the ceiling to $200 by cutting the credit to 10 percent. Sex Secretary finds new Job is a blast Independence Kan. A Debo Rah Rigg marked her 40th birthday by trading in her office typewriter for the hard hat of a dynamite powder Crew Mem Ber and she says it s a blast. The first woman in her company to hold such a Job Rigg works with a Crew that bores 20-foot holes in the ground fills them with dynamite and gravel and detonate them. At first no one would believe i was Seri Ous. When they realized i was everyone Vas very helpful said Rigg who has been on the Job for two months. Rigg also credits her family for support ing her efforts to learn the new Job. 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