European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 1, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1 Bui allows alternative duty hours Washington up president car Ter Friday signed a Bill establishing an experimental three year program under which Federal agencies can try alternative workday and workweek schedules. The Bill contains a provision allowing an employee whose religious beliefs require absence from work to request an equal amount of overtime work to make up for lost time. Carter said that he expects some Federal agencies will remain open for More hours each Day by using flexible time schedules. He also said the government will study the Impact of work schedule alternatives on mass transit facilities. Campaign Promise during the Campaign i made a prom ise to encourage the introduction of More flexible work alternatives to Benefit among others persons with children Stu dents and the older or handicapped work ers Carter said in a statement. We Hope the flexible work schedules will increase government productivity and responsiveness to Public needs and pro vide a Pool of Talent for government serv ice he said. We believe that the Quality of individual family and working life can be improved when persons Are Given some voice in the selection of their work a  tentative pact is reached at new York Post new York not the new York Post reached a tentative contract agree ment Friday with its truck Drivers in a move that increased the pressure on the new York times and the daily news to reach a rapid settlement with the unions that walked out 52 Days ago. And William j. Kennedy jr., the head of the striking Pressman s Union said he had already met once with Rupert Murdoch the owner of the Post and was prepared to meet again for bargaining As soon As he Calls  although Douglas Lachance the presi Dent of the truck Drivers Union said he would not bring his 300 men to work at the Post unless Kennedy got a settlement his agreement was a step toward the Post s re suming publication before the times and the news. Sunday october 1, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 7 $ 100,000 Fine or 5 years War on cigarette rackets Washington a the Senate voted on Friday to make the buying sell ing and transportation of contraband cigarettes a criminal act punishable by a $100, 000 Fine or five years in jail. The legislation is aimed at stamping out racketeering in bootlegged cigarettes. That activity is estimated to Cost the states nearly $400 million a year in lost tax Revenue and to have mushroomed into an illicit business grossing some $1.5 billion for organized crime each year. The Bill would reach All persons who last Lap Wally Watts of Edmonton Canada Rolls through the Chicago suburb of Oak Forest on the final leg of an around the world unicycle trip which he began two years ago in new York. Up photo women recite male prayers Salt Lake City a the mormon Church announced Friday that women will be allowed to offer some prayers previously Given Only by members of the All male Priesthood. President Spencer w. Kimball Leader of the 4.2 million member Church of Jesus Christ of latter Day saints told regional Church representatives that there is no scriptural prohibition against women giving the prayers. He said women would be allowed to offer prayers in weekly sacrament meetings where Only male Priesthood holders had been allowed to offer prayers and any other Church meetings open to women. Women previously had been allowed to give prayers at some meetings including sunday school and other Church auxiliary meetings. They Are not allowed to attend weekly Priesthood meetings. Kimball said women can give prayers in any meetings they attend and As visit ing teachers for the Relief society auxiliary in the Homes of members they visit. Kimball made the announcement to regional representatives meeting on the eve of the Church s Semi annual general con Ference in Salt Lake City. There is no indication that the change is a step toward opening the Priesthood to women. Church officials have said it is an essential part of mormon doctrine that Only faithful males hold the Priesthood and perform its numerous ordinances including baptism confirmation and marriage. The Church recently repeated its opposition to the equal rights amendment after groups of Church members organized to support the amendment which would out Law discrimination based on sex. The mormon Church opened its Priesthood to Black male Church members injure. Sell distribute carry transport Purchase or receive contraband cigarettes. All is Inch cigarettes Are also subject to seizure. With the infiltration of organized crime into this area there has been evidence of increasing violent crime said sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., in the report which accompanied the Bill. He cited extortion bribery truck hijacking armed robberies serious assaults and even  not Only have states lost literally hundreds of millions of dollars of needed state tax Revenue which has ultimately found its Way into the coffers of organized crime but also thousands of legitimate wholesalers retailers Drivers packers and sales men have lost their livelihoods Kenned said. The cause of the problem has been the sharply increasing divergence in state cig Arette taxes from a Low of about two cents in North Carolina to a High of 23 cents a pack in new York City and 21 cents in Connecticut. The result is that smuggling cigarettes from a Low tax state to a High tax state can translate into a profit of More than $2 a Carton. Practice makes far from perfect Princeton . A Sal a Husn 44, had some problems practising parking Maneu vers at the state police detachment in preparation for taking her Driver s test. Police now think she needs More practice. Husn s car jumped a curb Tore through a Guardrail smashed into the detachment Headquarters build ing and shattered two Large win Dows. No one was injured. My. American cancer society the american cancer society fights cancer through balanced programs of Educa Tion research service and rehabilitation. Nearly three million living americans saved from cancer Are proof of Progress in re search and education. 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