European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse February 1981 the stars and stripes Page 5 Chrysler says pact reached on ifs debts Detroit up Chrysler said wednesday it has reached agreement on an accelerated debt repayment plan with its Clearing the Way for approval of the million in Federal loan guarantees it needs to refusal by a handful of the company 150 corporate lenders to go along with an earlier plan to restructure its billion in debt had postponed final government action on the sorely needed All the lenders who were holding out signed documents agreeing to the new com a Chrysler spokesman there All signed the spokesman we Are now mopping up the last details of All the paperwork that has to be finished so we can close on the Chrysler loan guarantee chaired by Treasury Secretary Donald re has scheduled a meeting re Gan has said he expects the guarantees to be approved agreements with the lenders was the last major condition Chrysler had to fulfil to qualify for the Federal loan the company already has completed negotiations on financial concessions from workers and suppliers and continued sup port from the Canadian under the new Chrysler will make debt retirement payments to its Banks More quickly than was called for in a plan approved by the loan Board in Janu the original plan asked Bankers to accept Chrysler preferred Stock for half of the debt and allow the company to retire the rest by paying 30 cents on the Chrysler was to have made those pay ments in quarterly instalments beginning in but a group of led by Citibank of new demanded a partial payment As soon As Chrysler receives the Mil Chrysler agreed but the loan Board rejected the under the new a partial payment of about million will be made at the end of March or roughly a month after Chrysler receives the government backed Senate confirms Clark As Deputy Secretary of state Washington up the Senate confirmed 7024 tuesday the nomination of California judge William Clark As Deputy Secretary of despite Strong democratic criticism of his Lack of knowledge about foreign Clarks Lack of expertise in foreign affairs dominated much of the Senate As it did during the foreign relations commit tee confirmation hearings earlier this the size of the confirmation vote was but Clark received the most no votes of any president reagans Nomi nees so in one senator Ward refrained from Clark was reagans chief of staff when Reagan was governor of and his defenders stressed his managerial but opponents criticized at times in Strong terms Lack of exposure to foreign affairs and roadrunner creator Dies los Angeles a Michael Mal who created several cartoon characters and helped create the roadrunner and the died at age 73 following a six month bout with Harris ends hunger begins adjusting to jail life a Jean har who once said she could not see herself living like an animal in a appears to be overcoming her initial depression about being in her Warden she apparently has ended what her lawyer called a hunger Westchester county jail Warden nor Wood Jackson said late wednesday that Harris state of mind was improved and that the jail psychiatrist was no longer was found guilty tuesday of second degree murder in the shooting death last March of her longtime her Man who developed the scar Sdale medical Jackson also said Harris had begun eat ing after earlier refusing All prison and that she had had a number of first reports were that former headmistress of the Madeira school for girls in was totally unprepared to Cope with imprisonment when she was remanded to Westchester county jail after the murder her lawyer Joel Aurnou said earlier wednesday that she was on a hunger strike and is taking nothing but medication for sleep and Only As much water As it takes to Wash it he told in scared to death she wont live to see her but Jackson said later she is adjusting much More rapidly than i she was somewhat depressed when she came but the psychiatrist has seen her and Hes not alarmed at Harris reportedly had spurned a wednes Day morning breakfast of French bread and Jam and and had nothing for lunch but Tea and turning Down the prison meal of beef Barley egg salad Sandwich and Vanilla but Jackson said during the afternoon quake shakes japans Southern main Island Tokyo a an earthquake Strong enough to shake houses and topple vases Shook am Mishima 200 Miles South of japans southernmost main but there were no reports of damage or authorities the Tokyo Central meteorological Agency said the quake registered four on the japanese scale of visits of her and his wife and three women Harris ate some of the Gree style pita bread they had she also gave visitors a list of the items she including he Jackson said he could not recall the names of All the but one was her longtime Friend Rosalind Riegelman said later that Harris seemed composed and they talked a lot about How unbelievable it was that she was Jackson said Harris son visited her again wednesday and Aurnou had paid a bringing cookies and normally Only four visitors Are allowed at specified but Jackson said that her visiting privileges were being extended for the time being because of her initial de pressed state and the drastic change from her Normal we arc being a Little More Liberal than he Jackson said other women inmates had shown Only curiosity when Harris joined other new prisoners at an orientation session and that she had expressed an interest in working in the prison Library and actually spent a Little time there wednes Westchester county judge Russell log sctt has set March 20 for sentencing Harris on the second degree murder which carries a minimum sentence of 15 years to life and a maximum of 25 years to even with the minimum she would not be eligible for parole before when she would be 72 years entering jail Jean escorted by arrives at the Westchester county jail in Val tuesday night to await sentencing on her murder a 2 More Black children reported missing in Atlanta Dand of time Atlanta a two More Black children were reported missing but police said the cases had not been added to those of 20 missing and dead children being investigated by a special task officers identified the missing children As Dempster of Southwest Atlanta and Thermal of North West Public safety commissioner Lee Brown said neither Case had been turned Over to the task our missing persons unit will Check them out first to make sure there not run said police spokeswoman Marion police receive dozens of missing persons reports each but the disappearances of children Are not turned Over to the task Force until it is determined they fit the pro file of the missing and slain authorities investigating the cases of the murdered or missing children say they have been monitoring the funerals of the victims and the weekly Volunteer searches of neighbourhoods in Hopes of turn ing up a he did not say if the surveillance efforts turned up any leads that might help solve the 18 slayings and two in other developments an Atlanta City Council committee approved an ordinance Banning children 15 and under from Selling merchandise on in Public areas or at shopping Cen the measure is another Effort to keep unattended children off the particularly since a number of the 20 victims were considered budding Public safety commissioner Lee Brown announced that 18 arrests have been made under the cites Fourmont hold cur few for children under Brown said arrests have been made Only in those cases where no other method could get a child off the in the stars and stripes 30 years ago today 1951 Oscar Collazo went on trial in Federal District court for the Mur Der of a Blair House guard in an attempt to assassinate president 20 years ago today 1961 life expectancy in America by the end of the 20th Century May approach 120 according to the journal of the american medical Assoc a 10 years ago today 1971 a request by actress Jane Fonda to stage an Antiwar show at fort Bragg was the army refused to comment on the decision by John fort Bragg
