European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Jew just 1977 the stars and stripes Page 7 charged As embezzler sadder i a cries Washington a William Sbert seemed to have a Tot More Money than Ether government employees earning a year1 about two months Abert Start i showing up at his office in he department of transportation wearing and bragging about his new Lincoln Mark Continental and a Mercedes he bought his he began inviting everyone in the office to lunch and insisted on picking up he he also bought a new Home with a swimming and a 30foot Siberts sudden wealth made Bosses How could a 30yearold Low level bureaucrat who reviewed mass Iran Ait Grant applications for the department have so much Money charge  the governments answer to this question led arrest Friday men charges in los vegas As he got off an air plane front Washington carrying by the time the department of transportation began looking into i he already was tinder investigation by the Fri and the secret which bad been tipped to his spending spree by Elbert reportedly explained his sudden wealth to curious neighbors by claiming he won Large lawsuit against two Security guards he had beaten Federal investigators say he got the Money by diverting Federal Grants for the Atlanta subway system to his own Bank a government agents say they Arent sure How much Money Siburt allegedly mole but have accounted for in purchases so bought cars investigators say Sibert allegedly used the Money to buy at least 12 luxury he new Home and a bar about a bloc from Fri Headquarters and numerous real estate parcels Here and in the Western were finding More real estate by the one agent the Fri also is still rounding up the cars Sibert recently Tod she was released on per Sonal recognizance and ordered o report to District of Columbia officials face 2rts 23yearold wife also was or Friday but the charges were dropped Fri affidavit said Sibert has admitted the  Sibert is being held in Las vegas in lieu of apr thousands of stale employees Are being Laid off or Are going without and welfare payments have been Cut off for Pennsylvania families As legislative wrangling hits left die state without a the state has been without spending an unnecessary Hairpiece Dudley the bulldog looks As if be could do without the Friendly embrace front Rascal the the pets coexist in n a photo checks Thrity since june 30 when the 1b7s77 budget of k billion ran despite several Haven been Able to agree on a budget or the 18t77b fiscal period Pennsylvania prohibits spending by the stale without a budget and that Means no Money for state work who normally get 29 million a and nothing for welfare who would receive million a the stale cant spend thou of dollars in Federal Money regularly channelled through the general a on month budget Extension carried the state through the legislature has emergency Powers to keep approving one month extensions but has not done so for Milton Leader of the democrats who control both houses of the legis wants higher taxes on sales or income to maintain state services and help pay the Cost of running Public while some democrats think Sapp is others say the slate can get along without raising in where the budget fight has bogged republicans could lip the balance Tor or against taxes arid end the but so Treyve voted Down both lax and no tax when welfare payments were seven budget proposals had been they ranged from 300 Mil lion to she million Over last years spend ing and from a budget with no new taxes to a plan calling fur nearly 600 million in new one stumbling Block is the Philadelphia school systems request for 01 million to help resolve a some Rural Legisla tors fought and the matter remains then came the Johnstown killing at least 72 and leaving More than 200 Mil lion in the july funds helped in the out much More Money still is started working with the depart ments Urban mass transit adm Nistra Usta about four years ago As a Low level at the time of his his Job was to review awards of mass Tran sit Money to state and local governments to make sure the contracts were mathematically Correct and met government Stan the Fri says it has traced the alleged embezzlement scheme Back to May Federal sources have alleged that Sibert embezzled the Money by altering Check vouchers for the Atlanta subway system so the Treasury department would mail the Cheeks to Siberts Fri agents said Sbert told his Bankers he was a Delfem played contractor who received Grants from the transportation of was arrested in Lai vegas with Lois of Capi warnings by self Aba supports reforms Chicago api Over opposition from Griffin the nations largest lawyers group voted on tuesday to sup port reforms in the nations grand jury system including allowing witnesses to bring attorneys with them when they face the american bar at its annual summer endorsed Bills pending in Congress that would allow attorneys in the jury room and make changes in the types of criminal immunity prosecutors could Grant the Abas House of delegates approved the proposed despite a warning from Bell you arc proposing a remedy hat is much broader than the wrong you have Bell called the  portion of the proposal a lawyer Relief act that would serve Only in generate business for and said it would Render the grand jury system Unwor a the proposals led by state at Torney Richard Gerstein of argued that the changes Are necessary to Stem abuses of Power by has a new loss generation Washington api president Carter has surrounded himself with assist ants who Tor the most Bright and some also Are example a special offered a ride Home from a party Al a downtown had his Benefactor drive him to the Chevy Chase Section of the once they cruised Down Street after for nearly an until the Carter Man recognized his own it seems his wife drives him to and from the White House so he really has scant motivation for remembering where he example one of the presidents Princi pal aides was housed in a fancy washing Ion hotel during the pre inaugural transition until his wife arrived from Georgia to set up the Carter assistant packed his suitcase and moved to a new Home of his own neglecting to Tell the hotel management he was the result was the weeks of a Bill for several thousand according to two White House be cause it want a legitimate government the Bill reportedly was settled by the democratic National example before leaving a Carter political strategist parked his Volkswagen on an Atlanta info Stu he could not recall later where he had put the vehicle and has never seen it which presumably explains Why this particular individual was one of the few Carter appointees to list no automobile on his net Worth instead of serving As a shield for the in the grand jury system has become a powerful and often unfair weapon far said himself a prosecutor for More than 20 the Abas lobbying efforts can be expected to carry considerable weight in de liberation of the Bills now in one Washington attorney attending the convention and close to the grand jury Reform movement i had the feeling Congress was keeping the legislation in a holding waiting to see what the Aba would if this proposal were voted rejection by Congress would have been a the associations governing Tody approved most of the 27 separate principles on grand jury Reform presented to ii by a committee headed by but rejected two parts of the proposal at the request of Bell and Benjamin assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice departments criminal As endorsed by the a Trade group representing More than half the nations the grand jury proposal would allow witnesses to be accompanied by an the could Only advise the client not speak to the jury or object to any phase of the pro