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Reds nibbling at Berlin pact
By CHARLES OHL
Copley News Service
WEST BERLIN - If there
is ever a military showdown
between the United States and
the Soviet Union, it could easi
ly come in this encircled city.
As long as detente remains
fashionable in the Kremlin,
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PITTSBURGH, Pa.—The Supreme Court has cleared the
way for families of students killed or injured in
demonstrations at Kent State May 4th 1970 to file suit for
damages against Ohio state officials and National
Guardsmen. Arthur Krause, whose daughter was killed at
Kent State, is shown at his home with his dog. L. B.
Krause said that now for the first time, the families will be
able to get former Ohio Gov. James Rhodes and the
National Guard generals into the open courtroom. (UPI)
Climbers continue
KATMANDU, Nepal (UPI) -
A Japanese climbing expedition
that lost its base camp in an
avalanche on Mt. Annapurna
April 4 will either scale the
peak in two more weeks or
abandon the effort, the Foreign
Ministry said.
A ministry spokesman said a
message received from the
Gamagori Alpine Club team’s
leader, Tsuneo Suzuki, told of
severe supply problems created
by the avalanche and planned
to continue the climb only 14
more days.
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divided and occupied Berlin
probably will remain rela
tively quiet — although there
always is an underlying
tenseness in this city where
East and West face each other
across an ugly Wall built by
the Communists in 1961 to
keep their workers from flee
ing.
The nine-member expedition
reported the avalanche swept
away the team’s base camp at
the 18,000-foot level. One Sherpa
guide was recovering from
serious injuries, the message
said, while other members of
the party suffered only minor
injuries.
The avalanche wiped out
much of the expedition’s food
and equipment.
Suzuki’s team is trying to
scale 21,600-foot Annapurna in
Central Nepal along the moun
tain’s unconquered south ridge.
Escapes continue, although
now they do not receive the
publicity they did in the days
when Peter Fechter, an 18-
year-old East Berliner, was
shot on Aug. 17,1962, by East
Berlin border guards and left
to bleed to death close to the
Wall.
Berlin now is ruled by terms
of the Quadripartite Agree
ment of Sept. 3, 1971, signed
by the United States, the Sovi
et Union, Britain and France.
The East German Communist
government, which rules in
Soviet-occupied East Berlin,
has been nibbling away at the
agreement ever since, obvi
ously with Kremlin approval.
“The East Germans do not
act on their own,” said a U.S.
military spokesman here.
“Everything they do is ap
proved by the Russians. You
can count on it.”
The East Germans current
ly are stirring up a row over
the interpretation of this pas
sage in the Quadripartite
Agreement:
"They (the signatories) de
clare ... that the ties between
the Western Sectors of Berlin
and the Federal Republic of
Germany will be maintained
and developed, taking into ac
count that these sectors con
tinue not to be a constituent
part of the Federal Republic
of Germany and not to be gov
erned by it.”
This paragraph represented
a major victory for the Rus
sians and the East Germans
in that it formally separated
West Berlin and Chancellor
Willy Brandt’s Bonn govern-
Mildew
removal
outlined
Q. Mildew has covered the
floor joists and the subfloor
underside of my new house,
which is four feet above grade
and has more than normal
ventilation. The soil remains
damp even in dry periods. The
water table is about four feet
here, in sandy soil. I am
thinking of pouring a subfloor
of four inches of concrete in
order to help this situation.
Have you any recommenda
tions for removing the mildew
and preserving the wood? —
C. M. G., Manteo, N.C.
A. A concrete subfloor
might help, although concrete
is porous and you might still
have a moisture problem. The
earth can be covered with
strips of polyethylene plastic
or vapor-proof building paper,
overlapping the strips at least
six inches and sealing the
seams with roofing cement.
Check the ground around the
foundation of the house to be
sure the grade slopes away
from the house and that water
will drain away from the
crawl space. The following
solution is very effective for
cleaning mildewed areas:
Two-thirds cup of a strong
liquid household cleaner, one
third cup powdered all-pur
pose laundry detergent, one
quart of household bleach and
three quarts of warm water.
Scrub the solution onto the
area with a medium soft
brush. Keep the surface wet
until the stain has bleached
out. Then rinse with clear
fresh water. After the area is
thoroughly dry, apply a coat
of sealer which comes in a
clear liquid form, or you could
paint the area with a mildew
resistant paint.
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Q. I am planning to paint
the exterior of my house this
summer. The house is four
years old, has clapboard
siding and has had one coat of
latex paint. My problem is
that I have not worked with
latex exterior paint before
and would appreciate an ex
pert’s opinion comparing
latex to oil-base paint from a
durability and future mainte
nance standpoint. I would also
appreciate your recommen
dation or comparison of vari
ous brand name paints. —
Raymond J. G., Glastonbury,
Conn.
A. Latex exterior paint of
good quality is very durable
and is as easy to work with as
oil-base paint. Be sure to pre
pare the surface well before
starting to paint, removing
any flaking paint and dirt.
Follow the instructions on
your paint container, as some
latex paints require a primer
while others are self-priming.
Your latex paint should last as
long or longer than an oil-base
paint. We do not recommend
products by brand name, but
consult a large paint store or
the consumers buying guide
for reliable brands.
Questions on building, home
maintenance and repair may
be mailed to Here’s How, Cop
ley News Service, in care of
this newspaper.
ment, in the jurisdictional
sense.
But the East Germans were
not satisfied. They soon at
tacked the meaning of the
word “ties” in the passage,
insisting that the word should
have been translated as “re
lations." This is a more am
biguous word.
As a result, when the Bonn
government recently an
nounced that it was establish
ing an office for the protection
of the environment in West
Berlin, the East German re
gime registered a strong pro
test, claiming that Bonn was
violating the Quadripartite
Agreement, which called only
for maintaining and develop
ing Bonn-West Berlin “rela
tions.”
The East Germans then
used their favorite tactic to
show their displeasure: by
slowing down traffic along the
autobahns, railway lines and
waterways that form West
Berlin’s lifeline with West
Germany more than 100 miles
away. Halting vehicles for
detailed searches, the Com
munists claimed they were
looking for “escaped crimi
nals.”
The all-encompassing goal
of the Russians and East Ger
mans, according to West Ber
lin and U.S. sources, is to per
suade or browbeat the West
into recognizing East Berlin
as the capital of East Ger
many. This leads the way
even deeper into bedrock So
viet policy. The Russians
have a pathological fear of the
Germans because of past in
vasions that cost millions of
lives. Hence, the Kremlin is
absolutely determined that
Germany will remain di
vided — and therefore weak.
German economic progress
since World War 11, both in
East and West Germany, has
bolstered the fears of the Rus
sians.
West Germany is one of the
world’s foremost economic
powers, building back from
almost total war desolation.
East Germany, although far
behind West Germany in eco
nomic strength, nevertheless
leads the Communist bloc in
material wealth. The Soviet
Union and lowly Bulgaria are
at the bottom of the Commu
nist economic pile.
Without doubt Moscow
would oppose any union of the
two Germanies with military
force. Chancellor Brandt rec
ognizes the Soviet implacabil
ity on this point, and his ac
ceptance of the two Ger
manies concept has led to im
proved Bonn-Moscow rela
tions.
The status of East Berlin is,
at present, the major bar
gaining point. Giving it recog
nition as the capital of East
Germany would please the
Russians immensely since it
would solidify the two Ger
many concept. And the West
probably could wring sizable
concessions from the Soviet
Union by agreeing to this.
Moscow might be willing to
back off from Cuba, for in
stance.
In the meantime, East Ger
many, with Kremlin approv
al, will continue to apply pres
sure. Besides the lifeline
slowdowns, the East Germans
recently have taken steps to
make it much more difficult
for West Berliners to visit in
the East — as expressly pro
vided for in the Quadripartite
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HOUSTON — Mamuk, a 6,000-pound Killer Whale at
Sea-Arama Marineworld in Galveston, Texas, lies quietly
in the bottom of his drained pool as Dr. Ken Gray (1)
Talmadge wants money
given to Georgia veteran
HOMERVILLE, Ga. (UPI) -
Sen. Herman Talmadge, D-Ga.,
has introduced a bill asking Con
gress to award $150,000 to a
south Georgia veteran who found
the money in a Vietnam cave
six years ago and has been
trying to claim it ever since.
Donald E. Morrison of Ar
gyle found $150,000 in U. S. cur
rency in a mountain cave in
the summer of 1968 while on a
search and destroy mission. He
claimed the money verbally and
turned it over to his command
ing officer.
In February, the U. S. Court
Agreement.
Should the spirit of detente
fade with the vagaries of
world politics, the Soviet
Union has about 325,000 sol
diers poised in East Germany
and ready for a confrontation
with the West. The East Ger
mans could field 100,000
troops, and U.S. military
sources here assume they
would fight alongside the Rus
sians — although their basic
loyalty has been questioned in
the past.
The West has only a token
force of about 10,000 in West
Berlin, with the main North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
force in West Germany
proper.
Would the West fight for
Berlin in a showdown? Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon had
this to say during a visit to
West Berlin in 1969:
“Let there be no miscalcu
lation: no unilateral move, no
illegal act, no form of pres
sure from any source will
shake the resolve of the West
ern nations to defend their
rightful status as protectors of
the people of Free Berlin.”
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of Claims upheld the Army’s
contention that the money be
longed to the U. S. government,
and not to Morrison.
Attorney Jack Helms disclosed
Wednesday that Talmadge had
introduced the special bill ask
ing Congress to set aside the
court decision and award the
entire $150,000 to Morrison.
Promises of support also have
been received from Geor
gia Congressmen W. S. “Bill”
Stuckey and Ronald “Bo” Ginn,
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draws blood from the whale’s Dorsal fin. Mamuk is given
a complete physical exam every six months. (UPI)
the attorney said.
Helms said he asked
Talmadge to introduce the bill,
which is now in the Senate Ju
diciary Committee, because
Morrison had no money to carry
his claim to the U. S. Supreme
Court.
Helms said the court held the
money was contraband, but he
had argued that Morrison was
sent to Vietnam as an Army
draftee to fight and not to seek
contraband.
Atlantic
Steel gains
ATLANTA (UPI) — Atlantic
Steel Co. Wednesday announced
record gains in both net income
and sales, with profits up 10 per
cent for the first quarter of
1974.
President L. Glenn Dewberry
Jr. said consolidated sales rose
26 per cent to $25,522,293 for the
quarter, while income amount
ed to $1.78 per common share
against $1.61 a year ago.
Dewberry said, however, that
the outlook for earnings the re
mainder of the year is “clouded
by the continued rampant infla
tion and anticipated increases in
employment costs.”