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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 03, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Juggling by Lance probed Washington a a spokesman for Bert Lance said Friday that Federal Bank examiners Are questioning the budget director s present personal prac Tice of writing Check overdrafts again Stone Georgia Bank and covering them with Money from an account in another  question the procedures said Robert Dietsch who is Lance s press Secretary in the office of management and budget. They Haven t questioned the for god knows How Many years until the Lance thing came along Dietsch referred to other investigations by the comptroller of the currency an congressional hearings beginning this coming week into Lance s private financial dealings before Carter nominated him budget director last  examiners concern about the Over drafts was reported by the Washington Post. Checks covered Lance has been in the practice for years of writing checks against his account at the first National Bank of Calhoun ga., which he once headed. When the checks Over draw the account they Are covered by Money from the National Bank of Georgia neg account Dietsch said. The spokesman said William e. Green neg executive vice president has assured him there always has been enough Money in that Bank s accounts to cover the Over drafts. Dietsch denied any impropriety inthe practice. Asked Why Lance does t write Check against a neg account in the first place Dietsch replied for years he has Bee writing most of his checks at Calhoun. For some reason and Don t ask me Why he keeps a lot of Money at neg in  now that Bank examiners Are question continued on Page 28, col. 1 Anita pounds Mexico after threat to Texas Tampico Mexico a Hurricane Nita packing winds up to 155 Miles per hour slammed into the Northeast mexican coast before Dawn Friday washing out roads uprooting Trees and tearing off roof tops in a dozen or More fishing villages. There was no immediate report of casualties. At least some of the villages had been evacuated hours  erratic storm moved West South West into Mexico and by mid morning it winds had diminished to less than 100 . It dumped several inches of rain Over farming communities in its path. Countless roads were washed out or blocked by mudslides and communications were disrupted in some  Haven t had anything we can t handle said Mario Flores director of Public safety for the state of Tamaulipas. Electric Power was Cut off in Soto la Marina the town directly in the Hurri Cane s path As it came ashore at about 4a.m., Rushing in at 12 . Soto la Marina and la Pesca both on the Edge of the Laguna Madre had most of their residents evacuated by the army Early thursday ahead of torrential Rains and vicious  Are More afraid of the wind than the water Flores  Leonel Tavares said the drought of recent months would help keep floods Toa minimum. Anita first Hurricane of the season had initially aimed its punch at the lower Texas coast but veered South thursday morning and drifted into northeastern Mexico As South texans sighed wit Relief. In Matamoros across from Brownsville,tex., nearly 8,000 people had been taken to shelters. Officials said Friday most of them were returning to their Homes and there appeared to be Little danger of flood ing. We were very very Lucky Sai Brownsville meteorologist al Dreumont torrential Rains and excessive winds continued on Page 28, col. 4 another protest storm engulfs Singer Bryant Miami up Singer Anita Bryant who led the successful Effort to repeal Dade county s controversial  rights ordinance has been getting Anonymous phone Calls blaming  for Hurricane Nita  husband disclosed thursday  producer Bob Green said the callers have been saying things like i the authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 36, no. 138 i5c doily and Simroy saturday september 3,1977 if 21855 a a v " � " tap. Community spirit goes overboard it May look like above Board a trick but it s al skateboard that is. These five Danville 111., kids wanted to ride two skateboards at the same time. This is their solution at least for the time being. A photo Hope you re satisfied  it has gotten so Anita is being blamed for just about everything that goes wrong in this country he said. Asked about a phonograph record titled Hurricane Anita which is being promoted by some homosexual groups in the ., Green said i be heard it. It is the sort of record you or i could make in my  Green said his wife the to spokeswoman for Florida Orange juice commercials also has received a very Nice letter from the National weather service pointing out that the Hurricane churning through the Gulf of Mexico was not named for . Hurricane names Are selected 10 years ahead and this year s were picked nearly a decade ago. Nixon will talk about tape  new York a former president Richard Nixon says in his last interview program with David Frost that he believes Rosemary Woods account of the 18 i minute  in the watergate tapes Frost said thursday night. He obviously is not eager to get Rose Mary Woods in trouble and so Forth the British television personality said. He said it would be oversimplifying to answer yes or no to a question whether Nixon confirmed the account of his per Sonal Secretary who claimed she acc Dently erased a portion of a critical tape of conversations in the Oval office. The fascination of it is the Way that he marshals the known facts. In Only the Way that he can Frost added. Frost declined in an interview to detail the contents of an upcoming fifth Nixon program further saying that he had made promises there would be no leaks. After the White House disclosed that there was i Safe minutes of silence on the tape of a conversation Nixon had with chief of staff . Haldeman three Days after the watergate burglary hearings were held in the courtroom of . District judge John j. Sirica. Woods testified that when she was interrupted in transcribing by a phone Call she might accidentally have erased four or five minutes of the , a court appointed panel of experts determined that there had been five to nine consecutive manual erasures that could not have been done accidentally. Although watergate prosecutors and a continued on Page 28, col 4  
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