European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 03, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday december 3, 1985 Garwood sex Marine Row in Vietnam is unsuccessful in appealing court martial Washington a former Marine Roberl r. Garwood. Court Martiale for aiding the enemy and assaulting another american while a prisoner of War in North Vietnam lost a supreme court Appeal monday. The court without comment left intact Garwood s Dis honorable discharge and forfeiture of pay for his 14 years in Vietnam. I was hoping they would at least Lake it and listen to my Appeal before turning it Down Garwood said in a Telephone interview. The thing that bothers me most is i m afraid that what has happened to me will have an effect on other pos who come  Garwood now an Auto Mechanic in Northern Virginia was captured at age 19 by the enemy in Vietnam in 1965. Me returned to the United slates in 1979 and was charged w Ith various crimes. Military prosecutors said he lived with the enemy eating and sleeping outside a fenced compound where american pos were held. The government said he carried an enemy weapon and ammunition served As a guard and on one occasion As Saul cd a pow.  nov. 9, in an incident unrelated to the court mar tial Garwood was arcs cd at the White House with other protesters who chained themselves to a Gate and claimed that there arc american pos still alive in Vietnam. The . Court of military appeals last june upheld Garwood s conviction. In other action monday the court agreed to decide whether stale and local governments May withdraw their employees from the nation s social supreme court Roundup Security system. The court w la review a ruling that invalidated a 1983 Law in which Congress sought to protect social Security s economic integrity by barring states and local govern ments from pulling out. Reagan administration lawyers said the ruling last May 31 by a Federal judge in California carries immense financial Impact for social Security i id could Drain inc pension system of More than $3 billion by 1 990. Better to stay at Home in blowing Snow three men try to push a car out of a Sno coloured driveway in Green Bay win. More than 1,000 trailers were stranded As a foot of Drifting Snow shut Down Hundred of Miles of roads in Wisconsin and Southeast Minnesota. A powerful wintry storm blitzed parts of the Northwest with Gale Force winds Snow and rain after a blizzard buried the Midwest under More than 30 inches of Snow. Snow fell from Oregon through the Central Rockies to the Western great lakes and As far South As Oklahoma. Record Low temperatures were set in several Stales. The storms were blamed for traffic accidents that killed an elderly couple in Michi Gan two people in Washington one in Kansas City to. One in Minnesota and four in Kansas. State and local governments have been allowed to enrol their employees in social Security since 1950, and local government workers in All 50 states arc enrolled now. Agreed to study the legitimacy of a gambling Casino accounting technique the Federal government says could Cost it millions of dollars in tax Revenue. Granting an Appeal by he Reagan administration the court said it will review a ruling that allowed a Reno ncv., Casino to list some potential Slot machine payoffs Ai a tax deduction. Agreed to decide whether a lax exempt charitable organization s Sale of group insurance to its members May be taxed by the Federal government. In a Case the Reagan administration says could Avreet hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenues the court will review a ruling that income the american bar endow ment earns by Selling insurance to its lawyer members is tax exempt. Agreed to decide How difficult it should be to Hie a libel lawsuit Over defamatory letters of recommendation. The justices said they will use the Appeal of a Nebraska educator to determine whether the writers of such letters May be sued in courts outside their Home states. Fort Lauderdale begins Banning All drinking on beaches fort Lauderdale. Fla. Up in an Effort to limit the antics of annual College Spring break revellers fort Laud Crdal s new ban on Public drinking in Beach areas begins this week officials said sunday. Although the Rule is aimed mainly at the annual exodus of students to fort Laud Crdal s strip on Spring vacation the City commission agreed to apply it year round effective tuesday on the advice of City attorney Donald Hall. I m not crazy about it Bui wire going to give it a  said police chief Ron Cochran. If we re going to have the ordinance and the commission has indicated they want to we re going to enforce it year round. And whether they know it Cir not we re going to have to arrest  fort Laud Crdal officials have indicated in recent years they want to rid the City of its image As the Spring break capital of the nation. They say the crowds have gotten too Large and Rowdy for the Community. But Cochran expects problems enforcing the Law and is sceptical about its Success. Each one of these arrests Means a confrontation and confrontations especially during Peak crowd periods like Spring break arc not Wise crowd control strategy he said. We re not sure what Well be dealing  the Law makes it illegal to carry an open Container of alcohol while walking or driving in Public places East of the Intra coastal waterway. First offenders face a $50 Fine and repeat offenders face a maximum of a $500 Fine and30 Days in jail. Meanwhile Broward county commissioners Are work ing on a Law to ban drinking in automobiles countywide a move the City of fort Lauderdale is supporting. Our general counsel tells us numerous similar ordinances have been overthrown been declared unconstitutional said City commissioner Scott Cowan. We have to proceed in a very Clear and precise  production of Gold coins gets approval of Congress Washington a Congress monday gave final approval to legislation authorizing the first Ger Al circulation Gold coins in 53 years. The House approved the measure on a voice Vole. The Senate passed the legis lation on nov. 14, and president Reagan is expected to sign it. There will be four Gold Bullion coins s50, $25, $10 and $5. The Selling prices will fluctuate with the Gold Market and will not be lied to the nominal Dollar designation on the Coin designed in Large part to attract investors and collectors. The coins which would not go on Sale until oct. 1,1986, would be Legal tender for their face value but would be sold by the Treasury department at the higher Market value plus minting marketing and distribution costs. No longer will americans wanting to buy Gold coins have to buy foreign coins said rep. Frank Annunzio d-ii1., chairman of the banking finance and Urban affairs subcommittee on consumer affairs and coinage. The new design for the largest Deomina lion 5 $50. One ounce Gold piece Calls for an symbolic of Liberty on one Side. On the reverse would be a family of eagles with a male Bird carrying an Olive Branch and Hying above a nest containing at Malc Eagle and eagles. The $25 Coin would contain one half ounce of Gold the $10 Coin one fourth ounce of Gold and the $5 Coin one tent ounce of Gold. The designs of the three smaller denomination coins Are not written Inlo the Bill. The House Bill also requires that the coins be made of Gold minted in the United mates during the previous year if available for no More than the average world Price Lor Gold. If Gold is not available at that Price Gold already owned by the Treasury could be used. The coins would be sold at bulk rates at a reasonable  president Reagan requested a report from he Treasury department earlier this year on the feasibility of producing an american Gold Coin for general circulation when he banned further importation of South Africa s popular Krugerrand. Rep. Jerry Lewis r-calif., a chief Spon Sor of the Bill said that in 1984 alone the United states had a Gold Coin Trade deficit of More than $1 billion. He said $400 Mil lion of that deficit went directly to the South african government for the trading of the Krugerrand