European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Proof positive of . Involvement in Europe dig hails multinational exercise  writer Leitheim Germany is Gen. Al expander m. Haig jr., supreme Allied com Mander Europe Friday called there forger 77 exercise Carbon Edge proof positive of America s interest in euro Pean Security. At a news conference Here Haig Sai Carbon Edge is the most important in the autumn forge series of Maneu vers. It i larger in its scope in terms of forces and in terms of multinational participation said Haig. It is proof positive that european Secu Rity and America s Security relation ships with the defense of Europe is the Centrepiece and the heart of America s Security policy Haig said adding that the presence Here of so Many reinforcing eche Lons from the United states confirms  said the exercise involving the forces of seven nations on the ground Andin the air also is a major demonstration of improved integration of Allied com Europe. He said it also is a demonstration andean enhancer of those fundamental objectives that we have sought in the Allie command Europe the improvement of our interoperability the ability of multinational formations to work  Haig said the exercise and the whole autumn forge series which has grown to some 33 exercises in number is a Demon stration of the peace keeping role that readiness  said our objective in Allied com Mand Europe is deterrence the Maine continued on Page 28, col. 1 stars authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 36, no. 152 15c of Vond Sundog saturday september 17,1977 if 21855 a Lance tarnished by allegations Eagleton claims Washington up democratic sen. Thomas Eagleton said Friday Bert Lance s reputation has been tarnished irrevocably by unfounded charges. Some people will believe forever Thalbert Lance is a tax fraud Cheater. All we take with us to our grave is our reputation Eagleton said during a second Day of questioning of president Carter s budget director by the Senate governmental affairs  Eagleton accused some other com president s family has first Beer Billy Louisville by. A presi Dent Carter will probably have streets and other Public project named after him but his younger brother Billy has already had his name Given to an appropriate item. The Well known Lover of hops appeared at a news conference Friday to announce that Falls Cit brewing co. Will Market a Beer named after  will be called Billy and the top of the Label will carry this endorsement brewed especially for and with the approval of one of America s All time great Beer drink ers Billy  plans Call for the Beer to be introduced in Carter s Home state Georgia then be distributed nationally by nov. 1.asked if he was sending a Sample to the White House Carter grinned and replied no but if i go there i will take some with  told newsmen he d always wanted to own a Beer joint and Igot one. For me the Beer thing was a natural cause i know a Good Bee better than anybody he said. Who knows maybe i la become the Colo Nel Sanders of  Mittee members of using Mccarthy tac tics Lance testified he certainly feels it was ethical to overdraw his Georgia ban account by Large sums despite a Federal Law forbidding Banks from loaning More than $5,000 to their own executives. And Lance told the committee the tur Moil surrounding his private banking affairs has not damaged the operation of theoffice of management and budget he  said thousands of americans will believe allegations against Lance eve though there is evidence they have no  cited reports denied by Lance continued on Page 28, col. 1 heart attack in Paris autumn Handicap there s just a hint of dejection in the Silhouette of this homeward bound golfer near Framingham mass. Al ready in the air is an autumnal nip that tells him new England s Winter and the inevitable end of the Lovely golfing season will soon be waiting at the 19th Hole. A opera Star Callas is dead at 53 Paris a Maria Callas the temperamental american born Lyric Soprano who brought operatic acting to new theatrical Heights died Friday at her Home after a heart attack. She was 53.michael Glotz longtime artistic director for Callas told newsmen that the Singer fell ill in her bedroom As she was going to the bathroom. She fell but made a  a Friend arrived it was already too late. She was unconscious. There was Noth ing to do but put her on the bed. When the physicians arrived they could Only attest she was dead Glotz said. The Strong haunting voice of Callas Hadnot been heard on the stage since 1973, but she continued As a recording artist. Glot said that she had projects for records and television appearances at the time of he death. Although she made her Fame on the opera stage a Long love affair with greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis and a heated divorce controversy with her husband contributed to her  said in an american television interview in 1974 that Onassis had been the big love of her life but that she had no re Grets about not marrying him because i think love is so much better when you Renot  As for mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy the widow of president John f. Kennedy who did marry Onassis she said i hold no grudges. I Don t think it s necessary. And Maria Callas then it s tiring and i Don t think that in the Long run it helps in  movie actress Catherine Deneuve was one of the first to Call at the Callas Home on the fashionable Avenue Georges Mandel after the death became known. Callas had lived quietly in recent years but Glotz said she had not been sick in recent times. In the 20 years that i have known her she had occasional Low blood pressure but that is  a final tribute Glotz said i have just seen her on her bed. She is the image of la Traviata As she played the role in 1956 at la Scala in Milan. Her face does t have a  Callas was born in Brooklyn the Daugh Ter of a pharmacist and had her first sing ing lessons when she was 8 years old. In 1936 her parents separated and Maria went to Greece with her Mother. She continued her voice lessons in Athens and made her first appearance on the operatic stage at the age of 15 at the Athens Royal opera. Her voice was remarkable even at that age but she was handicapped because she. Weighed 198 pounds at 15 and had gone to 230 by the time she was 20 opera directors continued on Page 28, col l