European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday september 16,1977 no wrongdoing Lance tells panel continued from Page 1 i am in it i am fighting not Only for myself but also for our system Lance declared. I was a successful businessman in my Home state and i thought i had an important contribution to make by coming into government  the budget director has said again and again he will not quit. His Demeanour and his words appeared to underscore that de termination. But even As he spoke House speaker Thomas p. O Neill told reporters that be cause of Lance s financial problems the image of the president is going Down a Little  seated at a Long table covered with Green Felt and emblazoned with a name plate or. Lance the budget director told the committee the rights that i thought i possessed have gone one by one Down the Drain were my rights protected he asked. Well let the american people answer  he declined to contend that 1 made no mistakes when he ran the Calhoun first National Bank of Calhoun ga., of which he was Board chairman and the National Bank of Georgia in Atlanta which he served As president. But to accept the assertion that i could not even manage a Small country Bank one must ignore the objective facts he told the committee which recommended his confirmation As the nation s budget maker last january. Lance told the panel he had answered questions from its members and from its staff fully and accurately in january and had withheld nothing. In regard to personal Loans he received from Banks with which his own Banks had special relationships he said in no in stance was there a finding that the terms of my Loans were More favourable because of the business ties. Lance vigorously denied he had Back dated any checks to allow him to take income tax deductions for 1976, a possibility suggested by Percy last Friday. Lance also made it Clear that he did not take any improper deductions. I deeply regret that sen. Percy saw fit to act in this regrettable manner in making a charge which has no Merit whatsoever Lance declared. He said checks numbered 919 through 921 in his Check Book were dated before checks 917 and 918 because the smaller numbered checks had been removed from taunts. Continued from Page 1 officials of operation push a Black self help organization that the dying child kept repeating go Back go Back go Back where you belong doctors said the sickle cell attack could have been induced by the jeers of protes ters. In patients with sickle cell anaemia a hereditary blood disease most prevalent among Blacks red blood cells can change from round to a sickle shape when oxygen Levels in the blood fall. The sickle shaped cells Block blood flow lessening the victim s ability to Supply blood to body tissues. This Lack of oxygen causes the painful sickle cell crisis. If the child was stressed enough it is a possibility that such an event could trigger an attack said or. Earl Fredrick a spokesman for the Midwest association for sickle cell anaemia. That it is Likely i would t want to  Europe mostly to partly Cloudy Friday and saturday. Fran Turt Heidelberg High 63, Law 47. Sunset Friday 6 39 . Sun Rise Friday 6 04 am. Temperatures recorded thursday get 4 am pm 70 70 59 56 52 50 88 81 73 58 66 56 Adana p Athens p Aviano p Berlin cd Brussels cd Copenhagen p 4am 4pm 47 64 Frankfurt cd 52 70 London p 63 81 Madrid p 45 66 Munich p 53 71 Paris p 58 77 Rome p the Book while Blank and kept in his Brief Case for possible use later. I frequently tear out checks from the Check Book in this manner so that i will have the checks with me when i need them Lance said. Turning to Large overdrafts by him and his family at the Calhoun Bank Lance declared the Calhoun first National Bank for years followed a Liberal policy with respect to overdrafts. I make no apology for this practice. It was believed by the Bank s management that a Liberal overdraft policy was a valuable tool for the Bank to use in attracting and retaining customers. Members of the Lance family were not accorded special favors regarding overdrafts. The Liberal overdraft policy of the Bank was available to All  Lance said there is no evidence to sup port suggestions he used his relationship with the president to exert improper influence. . Army col. Jack Callaway left Center and soviet maj. Gen. Alexander in Yurkov military attache at the soviet embassy in Bonn inspect West German checking Over the troops army soldiers during a steadfast Hes sians Man Euver near Kassel. The two foreign military officers Are among officers from both the East and West watching the Man Euver in accordance with the decision of the Helsinki Confer ence on european Security and cooperation. Up photo Schmidt says terrorist murderers will fail the masses oppose them cd Cloudy a partly Cloudy. Del 25, 31st weather so Bonn up terrorist killers and kidnappers will fail in their attempt to undermine German democracy because the masses Are against them Chancellor Helmut Schmidt said thursday. Schmidt spoke As the government awaited word from the five terrorists who kidnapped industrialist Hanns Martin Schleyer sept. 5, and threaten to kill him unless the authorities release 11 of their comrades from prison. The government announced tuesday night it had sent a message to the Kidnap ers through a Swiss intermediary but no announcement of a reply to that message had been made by either the intermediary or by the government by thursday after noon. In a 20-minute statement to the Parlia ment that avoided any specifics on the Schleyer Case Schmidt declared that the guerrillas who killed the Federal prosecutor general in april and a leading banker six weeks ago will fail because the masses reject them. We will not allow ourselves to be infected by their insanity the Chancellor said. The terrorists consider themselves a Small chosen elite selected to free the masses. They Are mistaken. The masses oppose  the kidnappers killed Schleyer s three police bodyguards and his Driver when they stopped his car on the Street in co Logne. This act in Cologne was murder Schmidt said. Those who did it Are murderers. A murder even if allegedly carried out for a political purpose nonetheless re Mains murder. The notion of the terrorists that they Are conducting a War is  Herbert Wehner Schmidt s social democratic parliamentary manager echoed the View expressed by Schmidt. The terrorists and some who write and comment about these events use the terms partisan Battle civil War and War Wehner said. But we Are not dealing with partisan Battle with civil War or War. Those who committed these crimes and who Are preparing to commit More such crimes do not represent a political current in our people. They Are an organized and armed attempt to make political life in  $458.3 billion budget approved by Congress Washington a Congress completed action thursday on a 1978 Federal budget that contemplates a deficit of $61.3 billion. The budget was approved in the House 215 to 187, Over Republican objections that it foreshadows future tax increases. It won Senate approval by voice vote. No action by the president is necessary. Under the Law Congress had until mid night to enact the budget which is binding on any spending and taxing legislation. The budget Calls for spending $458.3 Bil lion in the year beginning oct. 1. It As Sumes continued High unemployment and Only moderate economic growth during the conning year. President Carter had recommended a $462.8 billion budget. The projected deficit is higher than this year s $45.1 billion but lower than last year s record $66.4 billion. Social Security welfare and related pro Grams account for the greatest single share of spending $146.1 billion. Defense was allotted $110.1 billion health pro Grams $47.2 billion and education Job training and social services $26.4 billion. The Resolution contemplated an increase in the National debt to $780 billion by the end of 1978 and earmarked $41.7 billion for paying the interest on it. House budget committee chairman Robert n. Giaimo d-conn., told the House that As the final version was shaped House conferees insisted that the lowest Possi ble Levels of spending consistent with the House s spending priorities be agreed  but the senior Republican member rep. Delbert l. Latta of Ohio urged the House to reject the Resolution. Sports in Brief Newport . Up courageous with a big Lead Over the challenging yacht Australia thursday failed to Cross the finish line within the 5- a hour time limit and it was declared a no race in the bestow seven America s cup series. The race will have to be rerun