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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 1, 1986 the stars and stripes a Irakay Star Stripe Page 5 Senate to test airing debates on to  to to o ,. Washington a the Senate approved Tele casts of its debates on a trial basis thursday voting to make More than a month of floor action available to View ers across the nation. Under the plan approved 67-21, television broadcasts from the Senate chamber will Start june 1. The Experiment ends july 15 but that deadline is preceded by a 12 Day congressional recess during which there will be Noth ing to see. This is a giant step toward helping our people under stand the proceedings of this body minority Leader Rob Ert Byrd d-w.va., said. The Senate can rejoice at enter ing the modern age at  the action came despite warnings that the measure was guaranteed to bring political posturing on the floor by senators courting the favor of or fearful of voters lacking full understanding of what they Are seeing. \ pizza staffer a photo Todd Baldwin crams 18 slices of pizza into his Mouth in one of several attempts by the aspiring actor to break world records and raise Money for Charity. The 23-year-old Illinois Man plans to eat 3,000 Beans with a toothpick and to eat 12 hot dogs at one time. In another stunt he will Wear 25 pairs of pants and 60 to shirts. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. March 1, 1946 the French government accepted an american proposal for a joint ., British and French declaration in favor of an interim government in Spain replacing that of Gen. Francisco Franco. 30 years ago today. March 1, 1956 president Eisenhower told a packed news conference he would be willing to run for re election. His announcement ended a Long period of Politi Cal tension following his heart attack of last september. 20 years ago today. 1966 Peggy Fleming won the women world figure skating title in Davos Switzerland crowning an outstanding performance by the  Team. To years ago today. March i 1976 the Captain and Tennille won the record of the year at the grammy awards for their love will keep us  Paul Simon won Best album for still crazy after All these  Natalie Cole was voted Best newcomer of the year. Those who Are concerned that statesmanship is All too scarce a commodity As it is now Are going to find it s going to be even More scarce on television sen. Russell Longd-la., declared. The Senate wrestling with snags Over rules changes tied to the television Experiment stalled for most of this week Over the Issue and worked late to finish action before the weekend. Majority whip Ted Stevens a Alaska on thursday evening sternly called for speedy action saying the Senate was becoming a decaying body so wrapped up in its. Ancient rules that it cannot look to the  earlier a Long move to enable senators to switch off the cameras failed 60-28. Sen. Albert Gore d-tenn., said such a blackout would arouse cynicism and even suspicion among the american  no action by the House which already televised its own  Sends to Israel to new York a an alleged nazi War criminal has been extradited to Israel to face charges that he Mur dered thousands of jews at a polish death Camp. John Demjan Juk 65, a retired autoworkers whose Lega Battles began a decade ago was deported thursday. He will be tried on charges stemming from his role at the Treblinka death Camp in Poland. Demjan Juk faces a possible death sentence if found guilty of the world War ii atrocities said israeli Justice minister Moshe Nissim. . Marshals responsible for transporting Federal prisoners to and from John f. Kennedy International Airport took Demjan Juk from the metropolitan correctional Cen Ter Early thursday said John Lamanna an official at the Federal facility. Demjan Juk was placed aboard an Al Al israeli airlines flight that left John f. Kennedy International Airport shortly after 6 p.m., said Ned Steele a spokesman for Brooklyn District attorney Elizabeth Holtzman. His extradition represents a Victory Over right Wing anti semitic extremist groups which mounted an extensive Campaign to Stop the Justice department s actions Holtzman said. We must not forget that hundreds of other nazi War criminals still live in America. By stripping him of his illegally obtained citizenship and extraditing him to Israel the United states govern ment has worked to undo the 25 years of indifference and proceedings was needed to Start the Senate to test. Radio broadcasts on a trial basis would begin at the May 1 Start of the test period which would run through july 15 and could be extended 30 Days. Broadcasts available to viewers at Home represented a Sharp switch from a plan debated Over the last week that would confine the test to a closed circuit system within the Senate. That would provide lawmakers with a critical Loo before their leap into the electronic Media Era. The closed circuit portion of the trial would Start May 1and extend until live broadcasts began june i. Under the plan the Senate would make it proceedings available to networks. The networks could decide nol to broadcast floor action but that appeared unlikely. The Cable satellite Public affairs network which already transmits House debates already has expressed interest. Inaction on his Case said Holtzman who undertook efforts to have Demjan Juk deported in the mid-1970s. Showing off a freshly painted cell prepared for Demjan Juk at the maximum Security Ayalon prison in Israel Deputy prison authority director shalom Rosilio Swidde Manjuk was expected to arrive Friday. Demjan Juk who entered the United states in 1952 and settled in the Cleveland suburb of seven Hills is accused of helping massacre 900,000 jews. Survivors have identified him As a Camp guard nicknamed Ivan the terrible for his brutality. He had been held at a Federal prison Hospital in Spring Field mo., since april when a Federal judge in Cleveland ruled that he could be extradited. On monday the  Supreme court cleared the Way for his deportation when justices rejected his final appeals. Demjan Juk who was born in the Ukraine was stripped of his  Citizenship in 1981 for concealing his nazi past when he emigrated from Europe. The  Justice depart ment began its investigation into his past in 1975 and filed de naturalization proceedings in 1977. Demjan Juk has claimed that he was a soviet army sol Dier who became a War prisoner and that papers linking him to the Treblinka Camp were manufactured by the soviet secret police. . Courts however upheld the authenticity of the evidence. Particles of foreign Aff in 2 Gerber by United press International food and drug administration investigators say for eign Glass has been found in two Gerber jars in Michi Gan one of 17 states where Consumers have reported Glass particles in the baby food. The Oklahoma health department said thursday that it received three new reports of foreign substances in Gerber jars making a total of seven such reports in Oklahoma since Friday. Lloyd Parham Oklahoma s chief of food Protection services said health officials have confirmed that Glass was in one of the seven jars and they Are investigating other reports. The Glass found in baby food jars at Bay City mich., was not the Type Gerber products co. Uses in its jars Evelyn Denike said in Detroit. Denike said the Glass was foreign Glass of a differ ent thickness size and shape than the Gerber jars. We have no idea where the Glass originated at this Point or How it got into the jars she said. Exxon sends Uncle Sam $2 billion Denike said Fra investigators also found a Glass speck the size of a Grain of Salt in one of 6,000 samples the Detroit lab has examined since Friday after receiving two reports of Glass fragments from Bay City. She said the speck was not foreign but did not pose a health Hazard and was consistent with Good manufacturing processes by Gerber which produces More than on billion jars of baby food and juices annually. Consumer reports of Glass particles in Gerber baby food continue to surface but Fra officials said Exten Sive testing has found no health Hazard in the food. Fra officials said the Glass shards probably Are the result of mishandling in the jars shipment or storage. Two of the latest reports came in Wisconsin and Fra supervisor Sid Davidson said in Milwaukee that investigation indicates the broken Glass could have happened in distribution or it could have happened in the  it s too Early to Tell and frankly i think this is More of a scare than anything he said. Washington a Exxon corp. Sent the Energy department $2,095,772,859.04 on thursday in the largest court settlement Ever paid. The Money sent by wire Transfer into a Treasury account represents $895 million in overcharges when crude Oil was under Price controls plus interest. The overcharges were incurred on Oil from the Hawkins Field in Texas which Exxon operates on behalf of several owners from Jan. 1, 1975, through Jan. 28, 1981, when president Reagan removed the last Oil Price controls. The supreme court on Jan. 27 refused to hear Exxon Appeal of a 1983 verdict against the company. The Energy department has 10 Days to distribute the Money to the states unless a state governor fails to file a required form. The form shows that the state understands the Money May be used for Only five state Federal pro Grams. Those programs Are weatherization of Homes particularly for the poor and elderly state Energy conservation plans conservation or the use of alternate Energy sources by schools and hospitals promotion of conservation by individuals and Small businesses and assistance to the poor in meeting heating and Cooling Bills. The department May withhold the Money until such a form is filed if the state does not do so on time  
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