European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday june 19, 197? the stars and stripes Page s i Sirica hails value of contrition Washington a in the court room that has seen so much watergate these last five years . Dist. Court judge John j. Sirica said Friday the pro Cess of getting a lighter sentence for crimes begins with saving you re sorry. I believe firmly the judge told a group of students that the first sign of re habilitation of any prisoner is when he stands up in court and says Well judge t committed this crime that i was convicted of but i want another Chance. I want to go to my family i wont to go Home they needy help. I m sorry. I regret what i did " Sirica spoke to 93 students from universities around the country who Are in Washington for the summer taking courses at Georgetown University and working after Noons As interns on Capitol Gilill. The judge who gained National renown for his involvement in watergate noted at the outset that Friday was the fifth anniversary of the break in that toppled the Nixon  of the students sat in the Box where a jury convicted Richard m. Nixon s top lieutenants of the watergate cover up others were around the defens table where g. Gordon Liddy and James w. Mccordjr. Sat As they stood trial forthe june 17,1972, burglary. After a prepared lesson in civics explaining How the Federal court system works the 73-year-old watergate judge answered questions and discussed publicly his treatment of Liddy and the commutation of sentence the watergate burglary chieftain was granted by preside Tcarter. Buddy after being convicted of conspiracy burglary and wiretapping was sentenced by Sirica to serve 6 years 8 months to 20 years. Between sentence and conviction prosecutors obtained from Sirica a Grant of immunity for Liddy to Force him to testify before the grand jury without being Able to remain mute for fear of self incrimination. Even with the immunity Liddy refused to talk and Sirica added an 18-month con tempt term to the sentence already the longest in any watergate Case. The . Court of appeals upheld the judge and praised him. He has a right to stand mute and he did Sirica said. But after the court of appeals had ruled. His lawyer As a last act filed a motion to reduce his sen tence. I considered the motion carefully. Nowhere in that motion. Did or. Liddy Ever express any regret or any re Morse or anything like that Sirica added i for one expect at least that much from the person who s committed the crime. If he thumbs his nose at me at the court and Justice 1 can say Well i Don t have to reduce your sen tence or. Buddy and i won  in april president Carter Cut buddy s sentence to make him eligible for parole next month. Let the president do it Sirica said. I Don t blame the president. This is his prerogative. I like president Carter. I think he did what he thought was right but i Don t think president Carter knew As much about this Case As i knew about  the judge added i m not criticizing president Carter. If i had to do it All Over again i d do precisely the same  . Fines producer of Des hormone Washington up the Federal government Friday imposed a $34,000 Fine on a Chicago hormone manufacturer whose male employees complained of impotency and enlarged breasts. One employee report edly had his swollen breasts removed sur  Fine was levied by the occupational safety and health administration against Dawe s laboratories inc., which manufacturers  a hormone commonly known As Des that is used in cattle feed. The Agency ordered Dawe s to immediately Institute procedures to protect its pm actress Vicki Schreck reacts As part of2,000 bees Buzz around her in a scene from the television movie How the Ray 6 others get added punishment Petros Tenn. Up James Karl Ray and six other inmates who went Over the Wall at Brushy Mountain prison have been found guilty of escape at a disciplinary hearing and placed in administrative segregation for an indefinite period. Each convict also was sentenced to loss of a year and a half of Honor time and a year and a half Good time. Both forms of punishment delay eligibility for parole. The prison s review Board needed less than two hours Friday to take the  Cottrill. Information officer for the state department of corrections said Ray confessed Assassin of or. Martin Luther King jr., made no plea to the escape charges. I have no statement to make Cottrill quoted the inmate As  Board said the administrative segregation a form of solitary confinement would be reviewed every 30  not guilty to the charges were Jerry Ward. David Powell Earl Hill Donald Caylor and Douglas Shellon the Uil i Iii Liitt to u picked up on  Hacker pleaded guilty to the charges. Ward was shot As he went Over Wall and was captured immediately the others were picked up one by one in the Cumberland Mountain wilderness within a few Miles of the institution. Being in the movies West was  the scene being filmed at Agoura calif., near los an Geles involves a teen Ager who Ucci conferees Sef focal dentally disrupts a Beehive and i suddenly surrounded and stung by several thousand bees. A photos $36 billion approved for arms purchases Washington a Senate and House conferees agreed Friday on a $36.1 billion military weapons procurement and research authorization Bill preserving options for the future As to size a aircraft carriers. The conference Bill provides for a total armed forces level of 2.085.100 by the end of the fiscal year about 3.900 below the strength requested by the Pentagon. The conferees agreed to a reduction in the number of generals and admirals of 6 per cent Over the next three years and to make an equivalent reduction in the number of High level civilian employees. The Bill exceeds president Carter s budget by about $270 million but chair Man John c. Stennis of the Senate armed services committee said offsetting Man Power reductions would bring the total Impact to about $20 million less for the 12 months beginning oct. I. House conferees accepted a Senate plan to keep options open for proceeding with a fourth Larye Nimitz chess Carrier by pro Viding $81 6 million for advanced procure ment of nuclear pro Puj i i items find other Long Lead time components in addition the conferees provided design funds for a new medium sized conventional earner and two destroyers Capa ble of handling Short or vertical take off and Landing aircraft. _ in All. The conference agreed to a $6.2 billion shipbuilding program consisting of 14 combat and five support ships. Included in the program Are two Trident submarines one nuclear attack submarine two destroyers capable of handling aircraft one destroyer to be equipped with the new Aegis air defense system eight guided missile frigates two Fleet oilers and Fleet tugs. The conference approved authorization of $12.1 billion for aircraft procurement in All military services. Included in aircraft authorization was funding for 12 a7 attack jets and 40 f14sfor the Navy 108 Fiss and 105 f16s for the air  civil defense the conferees agreed on a $95.5 million budget recommended by the Senate a slight increase Over Carter s $90 million request. The conference allowed funding for 800 new m60 tanks at a Cost of $505 million and agreed to require testing of the x.m1 tank Hun to include foreign competitors.  sail the conference allowed  million for further development of an extraordinary Kew frequency communications system for submarines and further assessment of a system to substitute for the planned seafarer program. Jsi1a chief Eula Bingham described the violations As extremely  particularly because Des is a suspected cancer causing  investigation was launched on a complaint filed by the Oil chemical and atomic workers. An aide to Hingham said the Agency s investigation discovered nine of Dawe s 17 male workers suffered from enlarged breasts including one Man who was forced to submit to a Radical Mastectomy. Two workers reported impotency he  government said traces of Des were found in numerous locations through out the Plant on Telephone receivers Lii Wui bars in the restrooms and elsewhere. Os11a said company officials were charged with three wilful violate was of the Law. They knew there was something wrung a spokesman said. Of time june is 1947 Britain and franc issued an urgent Appeal to soviet Russia to join them in a big 3 foreign ministers Parley on putting into effect the Marshall plan for european  19, 1957 the season s worst beat wave in America continued unbroken while flood Walen swirled through parts of the Midwest. Heat prostrations and drop in Ings caused at least 1416 deaths. June 19, 19e7 the Arab foreign ministers meeting in Kuwait disbanded and the ministers flew to the t a. After having failed to produce a common formula on political and economic ways of regaining and lost in the six Day War with Israel