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September 17, 1971 THE STARS AND STRIPES D Page 27Remote Nam BaseIt aid43 in Boondocks—Endorsed Nixon’s proposed governmental reorganization proposal, urged creation of a single transportation trust fund with state control Over how funds would be allocated, asked for increased funds to fight crime and called on the federal government to spend enough to cut crime by 50 per cent over the next 10 years,—Ratified the election of Moore as the new conference chairman, succeeding Democratic Gov. Warren E. Hearnes of Missouri. The post rotates between the two parties.MoOre said he nopes the governors can have a greater influence on Congress and added he is trying to arrange a meeting with Rep. Wilbur D. Mills, D-Ark., chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, on revenue-sharing legislation.3 GIs Convicted Of Billets Rape;11s AcquittedRAD KREUZNACH, Germany (SS) — Three soldierscharged in connection with the June 1 rape of a German woman in U.S. billets at Baum-hol'V'* were found guilty by a general court-martial here Thursday. A fourth man was acquitted.Found guilty of rape was Sgt. Arthur Fox. Spec. 4 Spurgeon Tyler and Pfc. Michael McAdoo were found guilty of attempted rape. Spec. 5 Ernest Avilia was acquitted of all charges.Fox and Tyler were assigned to B Co, 2nd Bn, 68th Armor. McAdoo and Avilia were assigned to Hq Co of the 2nd Bn.Year in PrisonFox, Tyler and McAdoo were sentenced to one year’s imprisonment, received bad conduct discharges and were reduced to El.The maximum sentence allowed for a rape conviction is life, while a conviction for attempted rape can lead to 20 years’ imprisonment.The four men were accused in connection with the rape of a 29-year-old former barmaid from Idar-Dberstein on the second floor of a Hq Co billeting facility about 5:30 p.m. June 1.3rd Armd Names GI Killed by TankFRIEDBERG, Germany (Special)— A 3rd Armd Div soldier killed Sunday when heSAIGON (UPI)—Almost one-third of the 150 GIs in an Army road building unit facedrug charges as a result of araid last week on their small camp known as “Castle in the Sky,” military spokesmen reported Thursday.They said 43 GIs were taken into custody by military police flown by helicopter to the isolated camp on Highway 20 about §5 miles northeast of Saigon. A. large quantity of narcotics and equipment also was confiscated in the crackdown on B Company of the 169th Engineering Battalion, they said. ‘Authorities refused to speculate on how the GIs at the isolated camp near the town of Phu Lam obtained their supplies of heroin and marijuana but Vietnamese employes at the base and nearby residents were believed to have been the main source.Three of the arrested servicemen were suspected of selling narcotics, the spokesmen said.Eight agents of the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID), who posed as “heads” or drug-users, infiltrated the unit three weeks before the raid last Friday. Details of the incident were not released by the U.S. command but were confirmed after UPI learned of the raid.The spokesmen said between 70 and 80 vials of heroin, a large quantity of marijuana and equipment used by drug takers were seized.They said company officers called an immediate shake-down formation of the unit lastBlast Hurts 14 At Oak RidgeNuclear PlantOAK RIDGE, Tenn (AP) — Fourteen persons were hurt, one seriously, in an explosion in electrical equipment Thursday at a nuclear energy plant.The Atomic Energy Commission said the accident did not involve nuclear materials.Four of the victims were admitted to Oak Ridge Hospital and 10 were treated at theplant's dispensary.A commission spokesmansaid the explosion resultedfrom electrical equipment failure, but the cause of the failure was not immediately determined. A committee was formed to investigate the in-Friday and the CID agents pointed out the drug users.A squad of six MPs was brought in by helicopter to keep the arrested servicemen in custody until they could be transferred to the U.S. Army headquarters at Long Binh, 18 miles northeast of Saigon. The spokesmen said investigations are continuing and charges will be filed “on a case by case basis,”Auto Price Cuts Offered(Continued p'om Page 1) opments:—The administration decided wage and price increases lost during the 90-day freeze cannot be collected retroactively after controls are lifted, according to an apparel industry spokesman who attended a briefing by White House officials Wednesday. Norman Hinerfled, executive vice president of Kay-ser-Roth Corp., New York, said he also was told at the White House that planners had ruled out any future freeze on dividends and profits and were developing a formula to gear future wage adjustments to gains in productivity,—A UPI spot check showed American business, althoughencouraged by President Nixon’s new plan for prosperity, expects few additional jobs to be created by it in the foreseeable future. Boosts in employment planned by companies surveyed were seasonal.—-The Federal Reserve reported U.S. industrial production declined slightly in August. The seasonally adjusted August index was 105.1, down 0.8 per cent from July and 2.2 per cent below August. 1970.—The President, continuing his consultations with various groups to plan “phase two” of his economic program, called in state, county and city officials for a late afternoon meeting Thursday al the White House. The group included the executive committee of the National Governors Conference, made up of nine governors.—Congress moved closer to a cutback in tax incentives for business expansion. Rep. Wilbur Mills, D-Ark., the House Ways and Means Committee chairman, proposed revising Nixon’s 10 per cent business in-
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