European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes february 1981 topple Castro exile groups rumbling Bock into action Miami up cuban exile groups have resumed efforts to overthrow Fidel Castro after a decade Long Lull because of president reagans negative attitude to Ward that country and the influx of Man Power provided by cuban Scal Ift Alpha 66 and the joint military com Man brigade 2506 the two major cuban exile groups have hailed recent statements by Secretary of state Alexander Haig that the United states docs not favor tics Wilh Cuba under present in Alpha 66 said that it had begun launching guerrilla raids against the fact is that the Maricl sea lift which brought refugees to Florida last year injected new vitality to the move ment and has provided new recruits for the Alpha Secretary general Andres Nazario Nazario declined to reveal the number of Alpha teams operating inside but he said there Arent too we mainly transportation budget provide it is the cubans in the Island themselves who Are taking the Battle on their he last Federal agents stopped seven exiles with a Boatload of weapons in the Florida keys and charged them with Feder Al firearms six of the seven men arrested were sea lift refugees Nazario All were on an Alpha Mission to another the joint military com Man brigade has also increased recruiting and training the brigade which takes its name from the assault brigade the cuban exile Force that conducted the abortive 1961 Bay of pigs invasion trains recruits in military weapons use and parachuting in preparation for another inva a recruit drive that began 15 has been very spokesman Pedro Rojas he said 475 applications have been processed so including More than 100 Mariel the Jmc brigade like Alpha insists that castros overthrow is near because of rising Discon tent within the islands population and a More conservative adm Nistra Fri spokesman Welton merry confirmed the resurgence of Militancy among exile he said that it May be linked to the new influx of but declined to spec ulate on the alleged sympathies of the Rea Gan we have had an increased emphasis on investigations into neutrality act violations in the past several merry what has precipitated it i dont they militant exile groups had been quite dormant for the past 10 years or merry said regardless of sym it would take an act of Congress to change existing Laws against launching attack missions or conspiring to launch such missions against a country with which the United states is not at scramble on to halt proposed cuts Washington a special inter est from mayors to aircraft Manu arc scrambling to wage a counteroffensive to Reagan administration proposals to slash billions of dollars from the transportation within hours after budget director David stockmans proposals were leaked last the special interest groups scurried around Washington to get copies of Stock something new on old Man River a Clever Young Driver takes two Passen Gers across the ice on the Mississippi River in his convertible at Prairie do Drums were attached to the sides of the car to keep the vehicle afloat should it encounter thin in the background is the Highway 18 Bridge across the River which had been ordered closed after a crack was found in a steel up photo mans so called Black Book of proposed stories about the cuts began emerging last and by monday we got our hands on the Black said one lobbyist particularly interested in proposed cuts in Highway during most of the he and other lobbyists moved to buttonhole key congressional staffers and congressmen who will be in a position to Block the proposed reduce the conference of mayors condensed the Stockman proposals into sent them to All mayors around the country and urged them to Contact your member of Congress and the White House soon to protest the proposed the aircraft owners and pilots association quickened its lobbying efforts during the we got in touch with just about every one of the said association spokesman Charles the group is particularly concerned about proposals by Stockman to reduce fed eral funds for Airport statisticians at the american Public transportation association were on the Telephone during the week to get an update on the status of mass transit projects that might be threatened by the proposed they ranged from preliminary Engi Neering Money for such cities As Houston and los Angeles to construction funds for Miami and the administration is considering slashes of More than billion in mass transit assistance Over the next four including billion during the next fiscal Jack executive vice president of the transit said he is confident some of the proposed cuts can be were going to make our Case on Capitol he theres something about mass transit that tends to grow on the Carter administration found it and i suspect the Rea Gan administration will it takes a Gilstrap said in an mass transit As Well As representatives guarding the interests of other Are concentrating on Capitol where final decisions on budget cuts will be says one transportation the real Battle will not begin until after Reagan gives his economic speech then we can focus on specific proposals not just options proposed by the office of management and said the lobby 7 teachers defy go of jail Ohio up seventeen striking teachers and their negotiator went to jail sunday rather than obey a court order requiring them to Post Bonds for allegedly violating an earlier order against mass the 18 were taken by bus to the nearby the Stark county jail on orders from por Tage county common pleas court judge Joseph the bus was delayed from leaving for 20 minutes by 250 chanting demonstrators who sat in front of the crowd of striking teachers and supporters were free the jail the they moved after a teachers Union offi Cial told them to one person was arrested on a charge not immediately who has taken an Active part in trying to Settle Ohio longest teachers which started had issued an order against mass on about 70 people demonstrated in front of the Ravenna High and 29 were singled out by superintendent Jim Coll to be arrested on contempt of court ordered to appear Kainrad ordered the teachers to appear sunday to Post Bonds for supposedly violating the mass picketing three members of the Ravenna Educa Tion association All women were found guilty saturday of violating the ban on mass picketing and were fined eight teachers decided to pay Bond and will not go to of the 29 28 were members of the Rea teachers Union and one was a a member of the Ohio Educa Tion Richard a spokesman for the is one of the 18 being but he said he was not at the picketing Ive never been on a picket said i have 50 to 60 witnesses who can testify to this arrest is a Viola Tion of my constitutional rights of free puzzled and a statement issued by Alan pres ident of the said the teachers were puzzled and angry Over the judges or the Rea spokesman said the teachers were puzzled by Kain ads actions because they thought he had been working to solve the strike by the Ravenna Board of education planned to discuss negotiations with the teachers in Hopes of ending the teachers want an increase in their base pay of to a starting salary of the Board says it cannot afford a Bush converts assets into Trust Washington a vice presi Dent George Bush and his have converted their investment assets into a Blind Trust valued at about says a spokesman for Bush Homes in Maine and Texas and Money in his Bank accounts Are not included in the Bush press Peter the assets converted into the Trust in clude a Treasury a Treasury in municipal shares of common stocks and More than shares of Money Market about two weeks president Reagan and his converted their per Sonal except for two into a Blind Trust valued at