European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes february Reagan Hanf decided on lifting it decision delayed on Grain embargo Washington up president Reagan said thursday he has not yet decided if he will fulfil his Campaign pledge to lift Jimmy Carters embargo of Grain and other agricultural exports to the soviet denying published reports that Secretary of state Alexander Haigs arguments in a wednesday Cabinet meeting had persuaded him to retain the Reagan told no decision has been the Washington Post reported Reagan would keep the embargo in place for the foreseeable future because this is the wrong time to make concessions to the Robert chairman of he Senate finance committee and a Lead ing agricultural said he still expects Reagan to lift the imposed after russian troops invaded afghan i think there going to lift Dole told Reagan will hear More anti embargo arguments at a scheduled meeting Friday Nuernberg Ppd to have spot bid Sale Germany a local spot bid Sale will be held by the defense property disposal office Here on March 5 in the Kalb officers among the items to be sold arc sleeping Battery charge electric organs and a Mercedes 300 id card holders and local National personnel can Start registering at 8 with the Sale beginning at 9 property is available for inspection week Days from 8 to noon and to 3 from 26 to March in the dido Nuernberg which is across from building 941 in the Johnson Barracks service area i in for additional Call Nuernberg military 2621 6634 or Swiss raise discount rate Zurich up the Swiss National Bank raised the official discount rate of interest from 3 percent to 3ft citing the growing Gap Between official and mar Ket inflation and the weakness of the Swiss franc on foreign Exchange with leaders of agricultural senators from Grain states will argue the Case against the embargo at a 17 James one of those scheduled to attend the said that if the embargo is Reagan May Well have lost a great Deal of credibility with midwestern Farmers who sup ported his on the other the president faces National Security considerations and advocacy by some including the washing to based heritage foundation think tank of broadening the embargo to include other items sold to Russia and to halt All Grain when Carter embargoed 17 million tons pleads innocent in Washington incident Washington a Jon Hinson pleaded innocent thursday to a Misdemeanour charge of attempted sodomy and was released on his personal Recagni by a District of Columbia the Republican from re elected last fall after admitting he had visited two homosexual was arrested wednesday in a mens room in the Long Worth House office building by Capitol was initially charged with committing a felony carrying a maximum Fine of and sentence of 10 years in the attorneys office thursday reduced inc charge to a which carries a maximum oneyear appearing at his arraignment in Superior Hinson remained silent while his Joseph submitted the plea to judge William Thomp son and agreed to a trial Date of May Deputy chief Gilbert Abernathy of the Capitol police said Hinson was arrested for engaging in sodomy with Harold who also was the arrests occurred at 1 two hours Capitol police arrested two other persons in the same mens they were identified As Letton a and Kerry a staff member with the democratic study they were charged with police Abernathy said Capitol police received information last week that homosexual activity had been occurring in the mens which he described As a Tea room gathering place for Abernathy said police put the mens room under the police official said All four men were observed committing the homosexual acts in the common area of the rest Abernathy said the police surveillance was done through an opening into the mens but he declined to be More Hinson was reelected to a second term in Congress last fall despite his disclosure that he had been involved in two incidents re lated to homosexual Hinson said last August that he had been arrested in september 1976 in suburban Vam on charges of committing an obscene the nature of which he did not he said he later paid a Fine on a reduced charge of creating a pub Lic on Hinson was one of four survivors of a fire at a Washington movie theater that catered to both incidents occurred before Hinson was elected in Congress in 1978 from Mississippi 4th seminar scheduled at Kitzinger theater Germany a on Day seminar entitled whatever happened to the human race will be held in the base theater at Harvey Barracks the scheduled to run from 9 to 4 is sponsored by the la Bri an organization made up of ministers and laymen dedicated to the advancement of Christian the seminar is built around five with Short  sessions be tween for More Contact Joseph Gutheinz at Kitzinger civilian 0932135 of Grain and More than 1 million tons of soybeans used primarily for livestock he stuck to minimum terms of the russian Grain agreement and permitted Sale of 8 million tons a year for two years of the advocates of the embargo say it forced the soviet Union to produce percent less meat in 1980 than in the previous and that the Kremlin is More Vulner Able this year after two reduced since Reagan made his Campaign prom advocates of the embargo say it is More necessary because the soviet Union and the United states both had smaller 1980 crops and russian troops Are positioned at the polish Farmers argue they were the Only ones harmed by the by increasing purchases from other the soviet Union is expected to import a record million tons of Grain this marketing american Farmers also have increased sales to other especially China and canadians invite All to International Vanin Germany the Canadian Van club invites All american and european a Anners to the second International Vanin to be held at May for further Contact can Van Post office Box Capo 7630 West temperatures l 7 33 32 20 17 City 12 14 20 19 13 8 7 28 12 1 7 7 36 8 3 Moines 6 8 10 44 7 23 0 City 30 vegas Rock Angeles Beach Orleans Civ Maine Louis Petersburg Lake City Diego Francisco Juan news update Daniel pleads innocent Texas up Vickie Daniel has pleaded innocent to murder in the 19 shooting death of her Hus former Texas House speaker Price Daniel at a five minute judge Clarence Cain read a grand jury murder indictment and asked for her she not i did not intentionally shoot my Hus Daniel told reporters As she left the Cain scheduled a hearing to dispose of pretrial matters for March defense attorney Andrew who has suggested Daniel acted in has said he might try to move the no trial Date was bacteria discovered Washington up bacteria that cause legionnaires disease have been found in Shower Heads in hospitals in los Angeles and Pittsburgh where that Type of severe pneumonia has a team of doctors has report the report published in the february Issue of annals of internal Medicine suggested the finding May explain How some hospitalized patients acquire the people weakened by other ill Nesses Are particularly vulnerable to legionnaires the bacteria were discovered in Wes Ley Pavilion of Northwestern memorial Hospital in Wadsworth Veter ans administration medical Center in los Angeles and the Pittsburgh Veter ans administration divers Surprise experts a three men at Duke University who have set a world record for a simulated underwater dive Are surprising experts with their Lack of difficulty in handling the scientists began increasing the pres sure gradually in an eight foot Ball where the men Are the three passed the 660meter Mark which a British team established last two hours the divers had reached the maximum depth of 686 meters was according to Peter test director for the project at the Hall Laboratory for environmental a meter is equal to the three divers Are Steven Porter of Leonard Whitlock of Flor Ida and Erik Kramer of none has complained of any difficulties connected with the record officials britons polled on dec London a a majority of britons want this country to quit the 10 nation european economic the Consumers association reported in a National Public opinion 58 percent of those asked opted to leave the Community and 31 percent to stay said the Ca monthly which but Only 34 percent of the associations members who were questioned wanted to with 52 percent Choos ing to it the which gave no figures of persons said that 55 percent of those questioned nationally said they believed that dec membership encouraged politicians to work together and therefore reduced the risk of air piracy admitted Miami a a 42yearold for Mer Black Panther who spent 12 years in a cuban prison for hijacking a plane has pleaded guilty in District court to air piracy charges stemming from the same i cant try to slip out of Anthony Garnet Bryant in that the reality and that something i have to Bryant admitted air piracy in the 1969 hijacking of an Miami bound air liner to depending on How District judge Eugene Spellman interprets air piracy Bryant could receive a sentence ranging from probation to a prison Spellman ordered the Cus Tomary pre sentence