European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 7, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August w7 the stars and stripes Page s Lance denies l if j j w str Bank made him a sweetheart loan Washington pull budget Diroe Tor Bert Lance said priday that investigators have discovered a secret my Titi that appeared to require his Bank to maintain Anim Westree account with a new York Bank la Exchange far a Mil lion personal Juan to he called a news conference to Deal with reports that Federal investigators arc checking further into his personal banking wildfires raging in California by Robert strand United press International More than 100 Luuri Iod off by lightning were still burning out of control Friday in Northern and Central Cal More than acres were blackened and the damage caused by one in the Scenic big sur was predicted at nearly men battled the including from in with the help of 120 Bui stale and Federal Agen cies said they simply did not have enough men to contain the fires quickly in the big sur country East of two vast blazes merged into Marble Cone conflagration advancing eastward in Brush and Limber of Las padres National firefighters had established 24 Miles of fire break along the blazes 70mile Perim Eter but mainly on the the opposite Side from the direction that flames were rampaging Friday at 500 acres an we dont anticipate even having an idea about when to might contain this fire Lor another Day or said Sandy under Wood of the Forest All National Forest land in Monterey county was and open fires were banned throughout Northern California except at developed recreational cigarettes were banned in forests except in enclosed vehicles or Al developed Rohdy Sheffield of Hie Forest service said Marble Cones potential damage to the watershed was this was the Cost of probable mudslides and lost recreational the Dollar loss to commercial Limber in the scar face Blaze in the states lass Modoc area was unknown Large fires out of control and roaring away were around Mondosa and floors Corner in the Sias Atrinity area and Bonita in the Sequoia Al the Federal slate fire control Center in officials said Progress toward containment would be made if the wind remained slow at least another 100 wildfires caused by lightning on drought stricken Western lands were burning m Washington and near a Timber Blaze doubled overnight thursday to spread Over acres and continued to Advance boat mishap fatal to 5 Indonesia fifteen persons were killed and St were missing after a boat carrying 104 passengers and Crew members Cap sued off Takahasi in South any improper sweetheart loan deals 1 cause of his positron he said the new developments would in no Way put him under pressure to resign his presidential advisory he said the memo involved was contained in a file that deals with Mil lion loan who was president of the v National Bank of Georgia before he became obtained from manufacturers Hanover Trust in he got the loan in order to Biry control Ling interest in the National Bank of geor Lance said there had been suggestions that was some sort of a sweetheart which it was when asked if the latest in a series of alleged questionable Active ills would Force him to resign his budget he responded absolutely Chavent seen his As affecting my ability in any Way was made aware yesterday that the manufacturers in an internal document describing my loan with had also made reference to the Hope for correspondent Lance he said it referred in Broad terms to the relationship a non interest bearing a of to percent of the Lance declined to speculate what the facility might mean saying it was an internal Bank memo which he did not know existed before i have never had any discussion with anyone about such an Lance floods in India kill 148 new Delhi up ii it Monsoon floods hav killed h3 persons across an of agriculture minister Surjit Singh Barnaja said the Indian capital is threatened by flood Waters of a tributary of the River Jamuna which have breached the embankment in several and flood Waters have entered the outlying areas of the Capi film stars two Holly Nodi in Orlle part Obrien and Myrtu stand in front of posters from the last picture they appeared marriage victims lured to brothels they announced Bey will reunite professionally after is the two screen pros Are cast As Hurt Reynolds parents ilke moult the Turner Calls Cia tests with drugs abhorrent Sanfrancisco a Central intelligence Agency chief a Lansfield Turner denounced As abhorrent Friday the Agency operation of years ago in which unwitting private citizens wore lured to Broth cos and Turner told a news conference there were Zero such operations Al though he emphasized that the Cia continues to be deeply interested in the International drug reports made to Congress said i Dividu were lured la luxurious brothels by fed drugs in their drinks and Token to the reports could films cop suspended for  Job powder up Cape Larry Cooper of the powder Springs Ponce who May be involved in a  operation in West Ger was suspended without pay mayor Rogers said he look the action because Cooper claimed to be on City business when he sought to catch a flight to Germany earlier this police chief Johnny Eidson confirmed the sus the which involves a munitions dealer and Soldier of Fortune Mitchell Werbell if was touched according to published tuesday when Eidson got a Call from the state department asking whether Cooper was on special assignment to the state department official said Cooper was trying to Fly to Frankfurt with out a Eidson said he told the caller Cooper was indeed in Bis police department but our jurisdiction Doest hardly extend to a said he later talked to Cooper who were made of the bedrooms activities through two Way arc All past said Turner of the Bawdy houses which the Agency operated Here and elsewhere in the and Early the most part was simply that Here in san Francisco and some other Placid in the in the name of under standing the potential of drugs to be used against our people and against our Intelli gence there were apparently tests conducted on individuals without their said that is certainly abhorrent to you and to me and 1 can assure All of you that this activity is not my will not be tolerated in our intelligence Turner said us Cia u not testing drugs on human beings anywhere in this Tali him he was on a special assignment to West Germany to help protect a High rank ing official from assassins Cooper finally was issued a passport to West Germany wednesday on what a state department spokesman said was the flimsiest of evidence and despite letting Cus Toms officials several different he apparently caught a flight to Frankfurt we Bdl confirmed that he had asked Cooper to go to West Germany to set up Security for Lyndon head of the us labor which asked fur wer Bells the labor party Here claims that la who reportedly is in West trying to organize a coalition in support of a new monetary is on a hit list of the Baader Meinhoff Werbell said mayor Rogers gave his permission for Cooper to take a personal leave of absence to handle the Security assignment of Lime the array said that con Gressional budget cuts would make it Nec Essary to drop officers and h5 warrant officers la fiscal tear 1957 the French franc recouped slightly of the Paris Black Market to 132 to the two Days the Irene at its lowest print in three Yean at 136 la the the official rate it 1967 a controversy about a new catechism which praises Martin usher Long brought from angry Catholic laymen far an Fri  of the roman Catholic archdiocese of coca