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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 04, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 10 the stars and stripes wednesday. June 4, 1980 Carter Reagan team up in drive for olympic funds Colorado Springs. Colo. A president Carter will serve As chairman and Ronald Reagan As co chairman of a new 530 million fund raising Campaign for the United Stales olympic committee the soc said monday. The soc has raised Only 56 million of the si8 million it had expected to raise this year said soc exc Culic director f. Don Miller. The soc said it must raise $30 million to Complete its programs for 1980, wipe out marines probe fake recruiting procedures Portland Ore. Dpi Marine investigators Are checking reports several Portland and Vancouver wash., recruiters provided fake High school diplomas to secure More enlistments. Muj. Martin c. Bunion commander of the 12th Marine corps recruiting station said monday the inquiry was started when three Vancouver women claimed in Boot Camp their Recruiter gave them false High school diplomas. The women were not High school graduates. We checked into the matter and in Large part corroborated what the girls said bunion reported la appears that r to the High school diplomas were purely fab competitions for our athletes which will  provide meaningful competitive a Peri " in pcs for those athletes Miller said. Debts incurred Over the past Lour ears and provide a financial base for operations in 1981. A soc spokesman said the committee hoped to raise most of the $30 million be fore nov. I. The next 150 Days will be the most Cru Cial financial period Ever experienced by the United Stales olympic committee Miller said. Unless the full $30 million is realized. The meeting of the soc House of delegates in january of 1981 must consider revisions in the priorities of the Overall pro  Miller said the shortfall in fund raising his year resulted from the Boycott of the Moscow summer olympics. Carter and Reagan will be featured in television radio Magazine and newspaper advertisements appealing for soc sup port. Miller said. Carter has asked Congress to appropriate Sio million to be contributed to the soc on a Matching basis of 50 cents for every Dollar of private Money raised by the soc. In other words if Congress approves the soc would get Sio million in Federal Money if it comes up with $20 Mil lion in private contributions. Carter has met at the White House with the Heads of 20 Large american corporations and urged their support of the soc fund raising drive. Team being selected although a team will not be sent to the summer games in Moscow trials Are be ing held to select members of a 1980 United states olympic team. We shall provide Money and support for Many pc olympic and Post olympic c Mon stay up there Ryan mini min struggles to maintain his dignity while the troublesome mor starboard slips into his eyes at graduation for the 12-member class of 1980 at the Methuen mass Community pre kindergarten kindergarten. A i a preliminary investigation also Dis closed that around a half dozen of the "10 or 12" recruiters working in the port land Vancouver area were involved in the practice bunion said. The corps will decide what action to take within 30 Days bunion said. The recruiters who Are under suspicion will then face an administrative hearing or a court martial depending on the seriousness of the Case against them. In addition to those expenses Miller said the fund raising drive would provide Money to balance the soc s four year budget for 1977-1980 and to fund 1981 soc programs. It must be recognized that the work of the soc cannot be interrupted if this country will be prepared to return to the worldwide olympic movement in 1984," Miller said. Moonie Selling Flowers is gunned Down in . New York a he was a Happy Man of 20 who told his Mother he was Leav ing their Canadian Home for a trip around the  his trip led to death on a dark South Bronx Street Corner the roses he was Selling biggest drop in 5 i years orders to factories plunge Washington up new orders flowing to . Factories plunged 5.5 per cent in april As the recession began to tighten its Crip on the Economy the government said monday. It was the largest drop in 51/ cars. The Commerce department said it was the worst month for new factory orders since a 6.8 percent decline in december 1974, when the United Stales was trapped in its last recession. In another report released an hour ear Lier the department said construction spending fell 3.6 percent in april to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $221.7 Bil lion. It was the third straight monthly decline and left construction expenditures it their lowest Point in a year. The drop in new factory orders was wide spread affecting virtually every manufacturing Industry except aircraft makers which enjoyed an exceptionally Good month. The department said new orders for All manufactured goods fell $8.3 billion to a seasonally adjusted $143.8 billion in april reaching their lowest Point in eight months. The decline in new orders spells bad news for factory workers. The recession look hold in late february or Early March when the american con Sumer suddenly Bejian to Cut Back on his spending. This convinced businesses to ease up considerably on their new product or Ders which has forced factories to Cut Back on production and Lay off workers. Most economists believe the trend will continue for a time As the Economy slips Iran Navy Leader named Tehran up president Abolhassan Bani Sadr has appointed Cape. Bahrain Afzali Khosh Bijari As commander of the iranian Navy. In a decree published by Bani Sadr s newspaper islamic revolution the presi Dent asked the new Navy commander to reorganise the naval forces for Complete  further and further into recession. The Commerce department said new or Ders for durable goods were Down $5.1 Bil lion or 6.6 percent to $72.5 billion in april. This was a significantly larger drop than preliminary reports indicated earlier this month. The durable goods decline would have been Almust mice As bad. The department noted except that new orders for aircraft jumped 53 percent in april. Orders for steel on the other hand were off a hefty 20 percent while orders for non electrical machinery were Down 16.2 per cent. For non durable goods orders declined 4.3 percent or $3.2 billion to $71.3 billion. All industries except tobacco showed de Clines the Duparl Mcnol said. Manufacturing shipments were also off in april falling $6 billion or 4 percent to $150.1 billion. The backlog of unfilled orders stood at $286.9 billion virtually unchanged from March the department said. For a Church group spilled on the pavement. Jean Billette a new member of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon s unification Church was found sprawled on he ground at South Ern Boulevard and East 173rd Street about 3 15 . Sunday. Billotte shot behind i he left car apparently by one of two Holdup men died four hours later at Jacobi Hospital. Police said that under his body were 64 Long stemmed roses he apparently had been peddling to bar patrons and night owls to raise Money for the Church. Some $12 was in his Pockl. Police said Billotte. A native of the Mon Treal suburb of Pirr Fonds. Had walked South to 173rd Street after he and other Rose Laden Church members were let off about 12 30 . At Wesl Chester Avenue and while Plains Road. Cyran said no gun was recovered and witnesses gave sketchy information. He said Church officials have offered a $5,000 re Ward for information leading to the killer meanwhile. Bill Etc s family Jean was one of five boys and two girls born it Jean and flour cute Billette was in mourning. I m a roman Catholic his Mother the wife of a Canadian Post office administrator said by Telephone from Pirr Fonds. To Tell you the truth i believe nothing happens that god does t  she said . A heavily built Man of 6-fool-2 with Brown hair and eyes had joined the unification Church last october in san Francisco where lie had gone to visit an sex neighbor. Then i got a letter she recalled. He said Mother i m going to please you very much because i m going to study your god. I m going to Lake a Bible course for two weeks  
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