European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1981 the stars and stripes Page 5 at memorial fete Jesse Jackson hugs Rachel widow of Jackie follow ing a musical evening honouring the base Ball great at the Cathedral of John Torf Fife Bronx the divine in new the marking the anniversary of Robinsons was the first Jackie Robinson memorial gospel up protesters Call movie racist trash new York a about 75 protes ters demonstrated outside a Manhattan the Ater Friday As the film fort the Bronx opened in More than a score of new York members of the committee against fort Apache stood in front of the orpheus at 86th Street and 3rd Avenue and distributed leaflets urging moviegoers not to waste Money on racist the formed while the film was being shot on location in the South Bronx area of new York has consistently opposed the film As it stars Paul Newman As a cop in the 41st precinct of the South the leaflet said the film is an insult to puerto rican and Black people everywhere and stereotypes us As criminals and the timeline the i Dan and Newman have All defended the denying that the film was meant to be racist and calling it a slice of life drama about two they also maintained that it would bring Atten Tion to an area of the City that needs help and decried the protesters efforts to keep people from seeing the movie and making up their own the protesters passed out similar leaflets at the gemini 23 blocks the movie had been tentatively set to open but its management showed an other film and the demonstrators said they considered the change a outside the they chanted say it say it we have won a Victory the Newman film is set in the 41st police whose station House was called fort Apache by patrolmen assigned to what they considered an outpost in hostile hundreds of apartment buildings in the neighbourhood were burned out or abandoned Over the allies get he pigs consultation vow on Neutron bomb Washington up Secretary of state Alexander Haig has moved to re assure Western european governments that the United states will not deploy a Neutron weapon without first consulting its the state department said Haig acted in response to worried queries from Western european officials about the statement by Secretary of defense Caspar Weinberger at a news conference that the judge backs merger plan of 2 airlines Washington up a civil aeronautics Board administrative Law judge Friday recommended approval of the proposed merger of Continental and West Ern airlines which would make it the nations seventh largest the recommendation will be Given to the which must make its decision by March because International routes Are the cab decision will be reviewed by the president before becoming judge John Vittone said airline Indus try factors that led to cab disapproval of the same merger last year have altered substantially due to deregulation and should no longer be a Continental and Western reapplied for Board approval on in the first proposal in the Board dismissed the application because the two carriers were competitors in a number of the Board said it Felt that after a the combined Carrier would be the sole competitor with United air lines in a Large number of creating a duo poly that would threaten airline Competition in the both firms Are headquartered in los an Geles and have route structures predominantly West of the Mississippi they have a combined employment of about 000 due to economic have each reduced system operations by 15 per cent to 20 percent in the last soviet National seeks Asylum at embassy Washington up a soviet National has been in the embassy in Malta for More than a week and is seeking Asylum in the United state depart ment officials spokesman Joe reap said Badri Che identified Only As a soviet requested Asylum at the embassy in Vallet on Yarrow pardoned for child molesting Washington up Jimmy car in one of his last acts As granted Folk Singer Peter Yarrow of Paul and Mary a full Pardon for a child molesting conviction of a decade it was Learned yarrows Pardon was among 11 Carter granted his last full Day in a song writer As Well As Yarrow Rose to Fame in the turbulent 60s with pet Paul and a group which still per forms 25 to 30 concerts each Yarrow was convicted in 1970 of taking indecent liberties with a minor in an incident that involved a 14yearold girl in Washington he was sentenced to three months in jail on but a judge reduced the sentence to time already served on in asking for a Pardon last Yar Row told the Justice department that he wanted to have his civil and voting rights restored and also that he soon would have to Tell his now aged 8 and about his it is my Hope that they will see a balanced one that understands that their daddy did something very wrong but also one that asserts that their daddy has also done much for society to help eliminate want and inequality where be saw Yar rows petition United states very probably would find the weapon a useful addition to the nuclear state department officials showed re porters a copy of a Cable marked limited official use in which Haig told Diplo Matic missions in Western Europe that no decision on any deployment of the weapon would be made without consulting our european Weinberger statement apparently referred Only to production of the High radiation while Haigs Tele Gram referred to the actual stationing of the weapons in production of the bomb is a unilateral decision for the United a state department official deployment is a multilateral decision which is to be taken in conjunction with our the Haig Telegram suggested that in dealing with questions about the Weinberger might Point out that it is Normal for an incoming administration to review major decisions made by the preceding the Telegram told the no decision in this matter has been taken by the new William Haigs de scribed As grossly inaccurate a Story in the new York times saying Haigs Tele Gram suggested that the european govern ments disregard Weinberger administration officials said Haig sent the Telegram because of worries that a european misunderstanding Over the Sensi Tive Neutron bomb Issue would endanger the nato agreement to move ahead with the still controversial program for 572 modern medium Range nuclear missiles the so called theater nuclear Weinberger statement raised the possibility that some of those new missiles would be fitted with Neutron which Are designed to kill people with radiation while keeping physical destruction to a we can Only have one circus at a an official although the Haig Telegram didst directly contradict Weinberger it did clarify the matter and underline Haigs role As the administrations principal spokesman on foreign policy and National Security of time in the stars and stripes 30 years ago today 1951 John told Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder that proposed tax boosts on Beer and wine threaten the working mans Champagne and would bring Back Boot smugglers and Bathtub 20 years ago today 1961 the nations railroads told a government commission that they could save at least million a year if alleged Union Feather bedding practices were 10 years ago today 1971 a Hanoi news report announced that eight North vietnamese musicians had been sentenced to Long prison terms for playing what it called capitalistic