European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 07, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 it the stats and stripes wednesday september 1,1977 scandal cadets Happy Back at Point continued from Page 1 ate those who  the change in definition of cheating is a Subtle one that attempts to conform to such academic innovations As doing away with numerical grades and class rankings. An understanding of this fundamental concept of being honest to oneself is critical As the emphasis on performance at the military Academy is shifted from one s position relative to his Peers to his position relative to an established High Standard chairman Robert j. Lamb of the Honor committee said in a memo to the corps on aug25.cadets should pay More attention he said to the first five words of the facade my s customary definition of cheating fraudulently acting out of self interest or assisting another to do 30 with intent to gain or to give an unfair advantage overothers.4. Cheating to raise one s self esteem ourself image is As reprehensible As that which is committed to take advantage Over others Lamb added saying that the transition had been too for a town the peril is Over the wreckage of a moving Van lies on Highway 166 near new Cuyama calif., monday after an explosion apparently touched off when Gas fumes were ignited by Sparks from the Van s exhaust. The fire was controlled after burning for 17 hours. No Homes were damaged but families in ranch houses near the tire were evacuated. The blast killed one of the men in the Van Charles Kates and critically burned his brother Dale. Associated press photo House investigator says Lance ran Georgia Bank like family Playpen Washington a a House sub committee chairman said tuesday budget director Bert Lance operated one of his Georgia Banks like a family  Are not the personal toys of Bankers at least they Are not supposed Tobe chairman Fernand St. Germain said. While i do not want to prejudge the evidence 1 have seen to Date leads me to be Lieve that Bert Lance his family an friends regarded the Calhoun first nation Al Bank As their Playpen to be used a they  a statement by St. Germain a Rhode Island Democrat came As president Carter resisted efforts by two key senators to get Lance to resign. Sens. Abraham a. Ribicoff a Conn. And Charles h. Percy r-i11told Carter monday that they think Lance should step Down while Congress investigates what they called serious new allegations of illegality. Ribicoff and Percy Are ranking members of the Senate governmental affairs committee which confirmed Lance and which is investigating his affairs fur ther this week. Carter was noncommittal tuesday when asked if he thought the embattled budget director. Well see about that later was Carter s Only response to the question. Later during a break in meetings with latin american leaders in town Tor the signing of the Panama canal treaties Carter replied initially to questions about the Lance affair i Don t want to talk about that  then pressed about his discussions with Ribicoff and Percy Carter said he was grateful that their handling of the investigation provides an Opportunity for All the facts to be presented to the american people to the con Gress and to  however it was Learned that Carter and Lance will not consider resignation at this Point. The president reportedly still feels Lance has done nothing wrong and will be vindicated by the committee s investigation. In an interview with lbs news tuesday Lance said he does t believe the Carter administration is losing Confidence in him. I Haven t seen any evidence of that at All he said. Asked if he thinks he will be exonerated of the allegations made against him he said certainly. Absolutely. " he also said he did not believe his prob lems Are hurting the administration. The House hearing tuesday focused on the comptroller of the currency s investigation which cleared Lance before he was thai illegal wildlife Export operation raided by cops Bangkok a police smashed an illegal wildlife exporting Racket and res cued several protected animal species in northeastern Thailand provincial Policer ported. Forestry officials and local police raided House in Nong Khai province 325 Miles Northeast of Bangkok and found about so Gibbons hundreds of Mynah Biro a Mon keys leopards and other species police said. Confirmed by the Senate As budget director. Senators have said they did not know that Lance had made substantial Over drafts at the Calhoun Bank and that the comptroller s office had reached an agree ment with the Bank to make him Stop the practice. Robert a. Bloom who was acting comp troller at the time said he did not Tell Ribi coff s committee about the agreement because he thought it already knew about it. Bloom had written a letter to the com Mittee saying Lance enjoys a Good reputation in the banking committee but Bloom said he did not think the Senate panel was asking for a detailed account be cause it had Given him Only a Day to write it. I tried to balance the negative com ments with references to or. Lance s considerable positive accomplishments As  Bloom said he had suggested to Lance that he Tell Carter about the agreement and subsequent events confirm that or. Lance followed my  Donald l. Tarleton Atlanta regional comptroller testified that he called off the agreement with the Calhoun Bank just before Lance was nominated Only because he Felt it was no longer necessary. At no time. Was i Ever requested to rescind the agreement by or. Lance nor did i do so for any reasons other than my conclusion. That the agreement had fully served its purpose and was no longer  to be true4m Curley also praised the institution for having changed by airing its problems in the corps. They re taking a really positive role in straightening this place out he said re Ferring to More openness and responsibility. We made a tremendous step Forward into the 20th  foresees hurdles but despite past assurances by the army Hierarchy Curley said he foresaw hurdles once he and other ousted cadets leave West Point. When promotions Are being weighed he asks won t the temptation be Strong to discriminate against him i think the old corps is so Damn straight about this thing we re going to get burned Curley said. None of the cadets said he was bitter about the lost year. It was the Best year of my life Curley said contending it matured him. Ringgold said i feel Good about myself. I even feel Good about the  it was the Cadet who wanted to remain Anonymous said a year in which he Learned that he could compete with civil ians for jobs outside. As for getting us out of the Academy for a year i think that was beneficial for everyone he said. But it s Nice to  key recommendation discretion was one of the key recommendations of the special investigation commission headed by former astronaut Frank Borman. Although the commission called for discretionary penalties and a redefinition of toleration that would allow a Cadet to warn an offender without turning him in it. Col. Jack o Donnell special assistant to the commandant for Honor matters said there were no plans to change those provisions. The Academy said the superintendent had exercised his own discretion in declining to expel one of four cadets found guilty of violating the Honor code since the new procedures went into effect last novem Ber. The Cadet o Donnell said was a plebe who reported himself two hours after cheating on a test not to pass but to get a better Grade. Two others were convicted of cheating and the fourth of lying. Three cadets were cleared and several cases await further action. Quake causes no damage Tokyo a a quake of Low intensity Hook the Northern part of Tochigi prefecture 42 Miles Northeast of Tokyo the meteorological Agency said. No damage or casualties were reported. Temperatures l h 63 77 59 82 66 81 52 66 64 82 69 85 74 80 74 99 71 89 55 86 72 86 57 85 s3 89 61 80 73 99 65 76 59 74 54 91 74 85 65 80 71 89 52 87 67 73 71 86 64 81 70 86 65 86 72 88 69 86 55 87 60 79 66 85 54 60 65 89 30 57 47 79 49 83 59 80 62 82 52 86 75 88 74 93 72 87 73 86 72 90 Albany Albuquerque Amarillo Anchorage Asheville Atlanta Atlantic City Austin Baltimore Billings Birmingha Bismarck Boise Boston Brownsville Buffalo Burlington Casper Charleston s. , w. A. Charlotte Cheyenne chicag Cincinnati Cleveland Columbia s. C. 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