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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday september 13, 1977 Carter briefed on curbs panel told continued from Page 1 final session with the Cabinet and added i m for Bert having his Day up there to put in his  asked if he might become budget director Adams laughed. Nobody s talked about it he declared. Carter has t talked about it. I Haven t talked about  Bloom told the Senate governmental affairs committee that on dec. 1, after press inquiries concerning the existence of a so called enforcement agreement at the Cal Houn first National Bank in Calhoun ga., he suggested that Lance full Brief either Carter or his press Secretary Jody Powell on the matter. Followed his advice subsequent events confirm that or. Lance followed my advice he said. Blodorn acknowledged however that he did not himself Tell Carter Senate investigators or the Fri about the enforcement agreement because he thought they Al ready knew and he was worried about the effects on my  a career employee. Bloom said he had hoped As acting comptroller to be appointed to the comptroller s Job and had sought advice from Lance about the proce dures he should follow in Pursuit of the Post. Lance told him to talk to Treasury officials he said. Bloom did not get the appointment. I did not think i was sitting on any smoking  he said of the enforce ment agreement and it was Only human on my part to worry about the effect on my future if he had voluntarily disclosed its terms prior to Lance s confirmation. Air plane use alleged earlier a Justice department spokes Man confirmed that the criminal fraud division had received a comptroller s report which reportedly shows that Lance widely used Bank owned aircraft for family and political purposes. But he said the referral was routine and did not necessarily mean prosecution was under consideration. The enforcement agreement mentioned by Bloom called for the Bank to discontinue allowing overdrafts to Lance his wife and directors of the Bank who were members of his wife s family. Lance was chairman of the Board of the Calhoun Bank. The agreement was entered into in de Cember 1975 and was lifted two Days before Carter announced his intention to Nomi Nate Lance. In an internal Revenue service investigative report issued last Friday John Moore jr., an Atlanta lawyer who was a member of Carter s transition team is also quoted As saying Carter was briefed on the agreement. The irs report quotes Moore now presi Dent of the Export import Bank As saying that Lance called Carter on dec. 1 and briefed him on the contents of a proposed press release concerning both the agree ment and the problems arising out of Lance s Campaign for governor. Overdrafts to the Lance Campaign com Mittee had been referred to the Justice department but the Case was closed without prosecution. According to the irs report Lance and Moore took part in a conference Call with Carter about the press release and Moore inferred that or. Carter was knowledge Able of the matters  Bloom told a House committee last week that the press release was prepared after a reporter had asked if there was such an agreement but was not issued because there were no further inquiries. Bloom was acting comptroller at the time of the Lance nomination. President Carter meanwhile postponed a news conference scheduled for wednes Day until after Lance appears at hearings before the Senate governmental affairs off coast of Belgium committee a White House spokesman said monday. Press Secretary Powell said the reasons were obvious and we Felt that or. Lance should have a Chance to respond in person to  testifies thursday and Powell said Carter s news conference would beheld in a few  Powell also said he and two other top Carter aides knew before Lance was con firmed As budget director that he and his family had written $450,000 in overdrawn 8 Spanish ships join nato Fleet exercise Brussels up a Spanish Fleet exercised jointly monday for the first time with navies of the North Atlantic treaty organization in Northern european Waters. Officials said it also was the first time since the defeat of the Armada in 1588 that Spanish warships had operated in the North sea. The eight Spanish mine layers and mine sweepers put out from Ostend to join about 50 belgian dutch and French ves Sels in 12 Days of exercises off the Mouth of the Schelde Estuary. The Estuary which feeds the port of ant  Money taken in gun club Holdup Schwet Zingen Germany is the Rod and gun club Here was robbed of Money guns and ammunition by two masked men Early Friday morning a Usa eur spokesman said monday. A total of $1,300, 500 do 27 revolvers four automatic pistols four shotguns two Rifle Shotgun combinations and an undetermined amount of ammunition was stolen the spokesman said. As the club manager was Locking up the front Gate Between 11 40 . And 12 12 a.m., two masked men approached him the spokesman said. One held a pistol to the Back of his head and ordered him Back into the club. They then opened the Safe and tied up the manager. He was Able to free himself and Call Mili tary police the spokesman said. Accounts of the robbery in German newspapers described one suspect As Slen Der with a narrow face and the other As Strong and Stocky. One was said to speak american English. Werp could be a strategic mining target in the event of a War affecting Western Europe since a Large proportion of . Supplies would be shipped through there. Belgian and Spanish officials carefully refrained from calling the Maneu vers a nato exercise even though the warships were using nato signal codes. But nato officials viewed the exercise As a useful Way of bringing newly demo cratic Spain closer to the Alliance from which it was excluded during four decades of dictatorship under Francisco Franco. Although France no longer belongs to nato s military command its Navy ves Sels have for some time been exercising with Alliance fleets in the Mediterranean and Atlantic. Exercised with French Spain traditionally has exercised with the French Fleet but Only in the Waters off France and Spain. It also has participated in War games with the United states with which it has separate defense arrange ments. Spanish foreign minister Marcelino Oreja said in Brussels recently that a Deci Sion on whether Spain should join the 15 nation nato Alliance should come from the Spanish Cortes parliament rather than from his  nato officials Hope Spain will quickly apply to join to firm up the Alli Ance s Southern flank which has been weakened by the Greco Turk dispute an the rising communist tide in Italy. Before the exercise began 40 Spanish officers were entertained at the belgian naval base in Ostend. Europe fair to partly Cloudy tuesday. Little change wednes Day. Frankfurt Heidelberg High 76, Low 50. Sunset tuesday 6 45p.m. Sunrise wednesday 6a.m. Temperatures recorded monday get 4am 4pm 4arn 66 79 Adana a 57 66 75 Athens p 54 57 77 Aviano c 61 61 63 Berlin p 50 57 61 Brussels cd 54 59 63 Copenhagen cd 57 4 pm 77 Frankfurt 66 London p 90 Madrid c Munich c Paris p Rome p 77 90 77 cd Cloudy a partly Cloudy c Clear. Dot 25, 31st weather so roofs is rated top television series continued from Page 1 Dic table winners As comedy series leads. James Garner of the Rockford files and Lindsay Wagner of the bionic woman won emmy As stars of dramatic series. Beulah Bondi the Veteran character actress in the Pony cart segment of the Waltons was Given the award for bes Lead actress in a series. Bondi Veteran of memorable performances on the stage and screen for More than 50 years seemed in Awe of the emmy. My in t this Beautiful she re marked. This is truly a  Gossett who was competing with three fellow actors of roots thanked his collaborators As Well As his own roots which he remarked continue from Africa to Georgia South Carolina and All the Way to new  the evening s first awards went to Gary Burghoff the machiavellian company clerk radar of a a so and Marykay place the erstwhile country and West Ern Singer of Mary Hart Man Mary  an emotional John Travolta came onstage to accept the emmy for outstanding performance in a comedy or drama Spe Cial. The Winner was his fellow performer and close Friend Diana Hyland who died of cancer earlier this year. She had been chosen for the Abc Friday night movie presentation the boy in the plastic  Burgess Meredith won As supporting actor in the same category for his role As lawyer Joseph Welch in the Abc biography of the late sen. Joseph Mccarthy. In another emotional moment in the Well paced smoothly produced show Meredith thanked Welch for opposing Mccarthy and helping to end entertainment Industry  Meredith then paid tribute to a greater victim of the blacklist comedian Zero mostel who died Las week. Checks but did not Tell Carter. Powell said he aide Hamilton Jordan and now White House counsel Robert lip Shutz saw a Fri report citing $450,000 in overdrafts in 1974 and 1975 by Lance his family and certain in Laws. None of the three aides Powell said Felt that that Fri report gave Rise to a need for further investigation or bringing it to the attention of the  it was my feeling at this time it was something that happened fairly frequently in Small town Banks Powell said. Bonn weighs release of 11 terrorists Bonn up faced with a new mid night deadline set by the kidnappers of a leading industrialist Chancellor Helmut Schmidt called an All party crisis group to Gether monday to consider the terrorists demand he release 11 other Urban guerrillas from prison. A Man speaking German and claiming to represent the kidnappers telephoned the Bonn office of the French news Agency Asp at about 1 30 . To repeat the de mands and to set a new deadline of 12 mid night for the government to meet them. In Geneva Swiss lawyer Denis payot an intermediary Between the kidnappers and the West German government announced at 7 . That he had relayed to Bonn a message which appears to come from the kidnappers giving precise instructions and  he withheld its contents from reporters. Later the Federal criminal office broadcast a message on West German radio telling the kidnappers it had sent a reply to payot. Five Urban guerrillas kidnapped Hanns Martin Schleyer chairman of the employer s association and a member of the Daimler Benz Board in Cologne monday after killing his Driver and three police bodyguards. They set two previous deadlines but Al Lowed each to pass when the government asked for More information and fresh Evi Dence that Schleyer was still alive. At the request of the Bonn government which seeks to deny the kidnappers use of the Media to broadcast their threats and demands the Call to Asp went unreported inside West Germany except for two Brief references on one radio station and the Brief message that Asp distributed in its own German language service. The government also revealed nothing of the police search for the kidnappers Al though police and other Security forces were unusually  group Schmidt called into session during the afternoon included his own ministers representatives of All parliamentary parties including the opposition Christian democrats and the ministers president governors of the four states i which the 11 prisoners the guerrillas demand be released Are held. Monday morning newspapers gave prominence to the Appeal by Schleyer s wife Waltrude that the government meet the kidnappers demands. She said that in a democratic society an individuals right to life takes precedence Over the state s right to punish crime. Hermit of he Grove Dies Bath England a Recluse Lau rence say known As the Hermit of Hen Grove was found dead near his Cave Home in he Grove Woods police said. Say 47, turned his Back on society Fol lowing an argument with a girl 20 years ago. He is thought to have died of natural causes  
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