European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday april 1, 1986 soviets would gain if . A 1sfif.f. Washington a the Reagan administration would be making a mistake if it fails to adhere to treaties limiting . Nuclear weapons. Rep. Les Aspin d-wis., chairman of the House armed services committee said sunday. A decision by the United states to break the limits imposed by the strategic arms limitation treaty would Hurt More than it would help because the soviets could More than match the . Action with their own buildup of atomic weapons he said. They have hot production lines galore. We Don to said Aspin. They can Start pushing lots of missiles out of their factories tomorrow. We can  Aspin s comments were the latest round in the ongoing debate about the . Nuclear Arsenal. President Reagan was a critic of the Salt pact during his 1980 presidential Campaign pronouncing it fatally  As president he has pledged not to undercut the pact although he has recently charged the soviets with violating limits in the treaty and has said he would consider appropriate and proportionate responses by the United  last week Kenneth Adelman a top Reagan administration arms control official again charged the soviets with violating the treaty and said the United states is considering expanding its nuclear ballistic missile firing submarine Force beyond the Salt limits As one Way of responding to the alleged soviet actions. I Don t believe that the arms control process can exist As Long As the soviets have a pattern of violations said Adelman director of the arms control and disarmament Agency. Aspin said soviet violations Are politically harmful because they undermine american support for arms control and because they cry out for an american  but in military terms they Don t amount to a Hill of Beans he said. Violations of Salt that amount to a half dozen More missiles Here or a marginal capability there arc not about to bring Down Western  if the treaty is broken the soviets arc in a better Posi Tion to take advantage of a new arms race because the United states will be restrained by the Gramm Rudman deficit reduction Law Aspin said. In the Era of Gramm Rudman we arc looking at de Clining budgets he said. It s loony to think of dropping out of Salt now which amounts to encouraging the soviets to spend More when we can  in May a new Trident submarine the Nevada is scheduled to begin sea trials. The 24 Multi warhead mis Siles aboard the giant sub would put the United states 22 missiles above the Salt 2 limits for such categories of weapons. The following month the air Force will reach Salt 2 limits of 120 b-52s equipped to carry air launched cruise missiles which is the latest weapon being put aboard the aging bombers. Under the treaty equipping any More b-52s with the missiles would qualify the bombers As equal to Multi War head missiles and thus require a reduction in that category of the . Arsenal. Reagan has not yet publicly announced what action his administration will take. Last june when the introduction of a Trident sub threatened to put the United states Over the Salt limits Reagan ordered an older Poseidon sub the Sam Rayburn to be dismantled. Comedian Harry Ritz Dies at 78 san Diego a Harry Ritz spread laughter for 35 years As Leader of the Zany Ritz Brothers vaudeville comedy team but his humor faded with his health and he died a depressed Man his wife said. Ritz died saturday of pneumonia at his Home Here. He was 78. He was also suffering from cancer and alzheimer s disease. He was the last surviving Ritz brother. Jimmy Ritz died in 1985 and the oldest Al died in 1965. A fourth brother George who was in the clothing business also is deceased. Although the three Ritz Brothers were never As famous As their rivals the Marx Brothers they brought their own Brand of insanity to films and nightclubs and were popular for More than three dec Ades. In his series whatever became of author Richard Lamparski remembered the Broth ers As gentler comics than the Marx Brothers doing take offs rather than putdown. Harry called by Sid Caesar the funniest Man of his time was the ringleader of the Rowdy gang of siblings. But the joking gave Way to melancholy in later years according to Ritz s wife Naomi. He was just in a deep deep pit. He cried she said. He was finished. The Harry Ritz the world knew was Over. The sense of humor  Ritz was credited with encouraging Milton Berle to Wear dresses to get a laugh when he went on television for introducing the nonsensical scat singing that Danny Kaye emulated for years and for developing the comic mannerisms later adopted by Jerry Lewis. The Ritz Brothers began As precision dancers the teamed As a dance act in 1925. By j 929 they broke into vaudeville adopted collegiate As a theme song and took to pushing each other around on stage. Harry stood in the Middle singing the Man in the Middle is the funny one a song written for them while the other two Brothers screamed at him for taking the favored spot. During this skit Harry would wander about bellowing the line for which he became famous Don holler please Don t  they became club headliners and by the Early 30s, caught the attention of movie producer Darryl f. Zanuck while they were appearing at the old Clover club on hol Lywood s Sunset strip. Zanuck signed them to a contract at 20th Century Fox. Critics generally agreed that their Early films for the Stu Dio were their Best. They appeared in 15 films in All. The ritzes were also among the first of the big Money acts in Las vegas and made a few television specials. They later took their act on the Road until Al Ritz s death. Harry Ritz later appeared Solo in silent movie in crisis forces a we focus costs Lynchburg a. A thousands of costly harassing phone Calls Are leading the Rev. Jerry Falwell to drop his toll free phone line and he said a financial crisis is forcing him to Lay off about 225 of his ministry s employees. Falwell said he also planned to raise fees at his schools and Cut Back on scholarships. He said the Cost cutting measures were needed because his ministry had spent $14 million in the past two years on construction at Liberty University in Lynchburg. About 25 of the ministry s 2,300 employees lost their jobs last week and 200 More will be Laid off in the next month he said Friday. Falwell said his toll free line will change to a regular number because his old time gospel hour television show has been getting about 50,000 harassing Calls a month. Those Calls have Cost the ministry about $2 million Over the past 15 months including the Price of the Calls and the loss of materials some callers maliciously ordered he said. He blamed the Calls on articles in newspapers for homosexuals urging readers to Call Falwell and order bibles and other materials. He said he does not believe the change will affect the level of contributions he receives. The ministry has a $100 million annual budget. We will for the rest of this year be financially recovering Falwell said. At Liberty University Falwell plans to save $3.6 Mil lion by increasing tuition from $2,500 to $2,900 a year and decreasing the number of scholarships. The univer sity s enrolment is about 6,000. The construction at the University of a Library and classrooms was required to keep the school s accreditation he said. Falwell plans to save about $750,000 by increasing Tui Tion and eliminating scholarships at Lynchburg Christia Academy he said last summer s slump in contributions and his recent Purchase of a 24-hour satellite television network had nothing to do with the cuts. Pilot and 2 sky divers killed 2 passengers Hurt in plane crash Seagoville Texas up a Pilot and two sky divers died in the crash and explosion of a private plane and two companions were in serious to critical condition at a Dallas Hospital. Killed in the crash at Seagoville Airport were Pilot Samuel Charles Webb 26, of Mesquite and sky divers James w. Dickinson 35, of Allen and Eugene d. Marcos by 34, of Arlington who was making his first jump. Dallas county sheriffs spokesman Jim Ewell said Marcosky s wife witnessed the crash at the Small Airstrip two Miles South of Seagoville. Kyle Easley 21, of grand Prairie and John d. Stan Ford 40, of Richardson remained in serious to critical condition sunday in methodist medical Center. Last member of Bird species will not live Long experts say Lake Buena Vista Fla. A Orange band a Dusky Seaside Sparrow has become the last known Mem Ber of his species and he probably will not live much beyond this year wildlife experts say. He s in the last year or two of old age Between 10 and 15 years old said Charles Cook curator of Walt Disney world s discovery Island and director of a last gasp program to perpetuate the species. In february one of the 6-Inch Brown sparrows died after a Brief illness leaving Only Orange band named for the band on his leg officials said. Five of the tiny Birds All males and including Orange band were rescued in 1980 from their wild habitat a 10-mile stretch along Florida s East coast marshes gradually destroyed by advancing civilization Forest fires pesticides and Road construction. 3 monuments in Washington closed because of bomb threat Washington a the Washington Monument and the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials were closed briefly because of a bomb threat but no bomb was found the . Park police said. Tourists were told to leave the monuments at about 11 . After the Park service received a Call saying that bombs had been planted at All three the Park police said in a statement. The monuments were closed for about an hour while a routine Check was conducted the statement said adding nothing unusual was located and the memorials were again opened to the  Park police it. . Howard said he did not know How Many people were at the memorials when the evacuation was ordered. New Way to fight common cold announced by researchers Washington up in a new approach to fight ing the common cold a commercial research team reported it has found a Way to delay and possibly Block infection by the most common Type of cold virus. Another group of scientists said a series of experiments at the University of Wisconsin showed that transmission of cold viruses through the air plays a much larger role in the spread of colds than previously believed. Elliot Dick a professor of preventive Medicine at the University said the research suggests something As simple As an air suction apparatus might be Able to remove virus particles from indoor air to prevent the spread of colds. 4 on 2 motorcycles killed in night collision on Highway Spooner wis. A four companions did when their motorcycles collided on a lonely Highway in the dark of night and Washburn county authorities said it May never be known what caused the Accident. Thomas Kohler of Springbrook said he heard the crash moments after the two motorcycles left a tavern where he had played pocket billiards with some of the riders. Running up the Highway he said he found the victim Sand Cycle wreckage. There were three lying in the Road one in the ditch Kohler said. I m not sure we will Ever know what happened Coro Ner James Quenan said. No other vehicles were involved