European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes thursday september 22,1977 Lance resigns Carter praises work continued from Page i Dren and grandchildren and those who have Faith in me. As i said in Senate hearings my con science is Clear. Second it is important that people should willingly make Neces sary sacrifices and serve their country and government. This i can still say and proudly. It has been a High privilege and Honor to be part of your administration Lance wrote Carter. Hopefully i have made a contribution which will be  Lance drove alone from the White House Complex a Short time before the statement was released by Carter s press office. He waited in his Georgetown Home while Carter praised him on National television. Carter said it was a courageous and also a patriotic gesture on Bert s part to  Bert Lance is my Friend Carter said. I be known him personally As Well As if he was my own brother. I know him without any doubt in my mind or heart to be a Good and honorable  Carter said Lance had answered thou Sands of question unproven allegations Carter called them and he did it Well. He told the  i think he proved that our system of government works because when he was Given a Chance to testify in his behalf he was Able to Clear his name Carter said. Carter said the american people have justified Confidence in our own govern ment. We also have an additional responsibility which is just As difficult which is to protect the reputation of decent men and women. Nothing that i have heard or read has shaken my belief in Bert s ability or integrity. I accept Bert Lance s resignation with the greatest amount of regret and sorrow. 1 think he has made the right decision because it would be difficult for him to devote the full time to his responsibility in the future. And. Although i regret his Resig nation i accept it in questioning by reporters after the announcement. Carter was asked if Lance had not offered to resign would he have fired him. That s hard to say Carter replied. "1 think it was a courageous and also a Patri Otic gesture on Bert s part to  Don t think that there is any Way 1 can find someone to replace Ben Lance Carter said of his close Friend and key political adviser. I Don t think any blame should accrue to Bert Lance for having acted improperly or having lowered the standards of our government Carter said. He said he did not feel there had been any mistake made in putting Lance in Europe mostly Cloudy with intermittent rain and showers thurs Day and Friday. Frankfurt Heidelberg High 55, Low 43. Sunset thursday 6 25 . Sunrise friday6 13a.m. Temperatures recorded wednesday get 4am 4pm 66 86  73 81 Athens a 52 63 43 50 48 54 54 59 Aviano p Berlin cd Brussels r Copenhagen cd 54 4am 4pm 45 55 Frankfurt cd 48 54 London r 54 70 Madrid cd Munich cd Paris cd Rome cd 41 50 50 59 68 cd Cloudy p partly Cloudy a rain. Del 25, just weather so the Job in the first place. The Fri report on Lance showed All per sons who were interviewed gave Good and favourable assessments of Lance s Char Acter and ability Carter said. I Don t think any mistake was made Carter said. He was qualified then he is qualified now and there was no attempt to conceal anything from me or my  Carter said Lance came to his office at about 6 . Monday and they talked for 45 minutes going Over ail the allegations that had been raised against him. I told Bert i thought he had exonerated himself completely Carter said. And asked him to make his own decision about what his Choice would  Carter said Lance told him on tuesday afternoon that he had decided it would be Best to resign but that he wanted to talk with his wife Labelle and his attorney Clark Clifford before he made a final  this was a decision that Bert made Carter said. I did not disagree with it. I think he s made a very unselfish and Wise judgment. I have not yet had a Chance to talk with fugitives from communism wave to their sponsors on arrival in san Francisco. A first of new Indochina refugees arrive in . San Francisco up Nguyen Tiending 38, who with his wife Ana nine Chil Dren floated for five Days in a Small boat before winding up in a refugee Camp in Thailand after the communists took Over Vietnam finally made it to a new Home in America. Dinh a former artillery Captain in the South vietnamese army was aboard a pan american plane from Bangkok tuesday along with 112 other refugees the first contingent of 15,000 persons including 7,-000 boat people who will be admitted to the . Under a special program recently approved by Congress. You can t live with communists said Dinh whose family accompanied him Here. There is no  another 130 refugees were due to arrive in the . During the week. They Are among the thousands of per sons left stranded in Vietnam Cambodia and Laos at the end of the War. Many having helped the ., hid until they could escape usually by boat. The refugees were greeted at the Airport by the sponsors who have guaranteed them Homes in this country in Chicago los Angeles Houston Green Bay wis., Peoria 111., san Francisco and other communities. Says policewomen want to pose As hookers judge dismisses sex assault Case Milwaukee a a judge has Dis missed a sexual assault charge against a Man arrested by an undercover police woman saying officers want to go out there and pose As  if you want to go out there and pose Asa lady of the evening that you Are Avail Able for Money it is consent Milwaukee county judge Ralph Gorenstein ruled. Dist. Atty. E. Michael Mccann said he would Appeal calling Gorenstein s reason ing absolutely  Gorenstein dismissed a fourth degree sexual assault charge filed against Phillip c. Minor 23, who was accused of indecently touching an undercover policewoman. Policewoman Christine Leonard was standing at a Street Corner Early saturday posing As a prostitute when she observed the defendant reach around her shoulder and grab her left breast kissing her at the same time the police complaint said. She never gave the defendant consent to touch her the complaint said. Those women want to go out there and pose As hookers Gorenstein said. He compared the circumstances to those of two other cases before his court involving Ordinary woman who were going about their business and they have a right not to be  there was no harm done Here besides touching the judge ruled. I severely disapprove of sexual abuse and rape he said. But i Don t think policewomen posing As prostitutes. Can claim they did t give consent to the touching of  this is a policewoman who has been involved in hundreds of cases posing As prostitute the judge said. Bert about How quickly he can leave Carter said. But he said he assumed Lance would want to leave fairly  asked whether he Felt Lance had been unfairly drummed out of his govern ment Job Carter said this was a difficult question for him to answer. I have had personal knowledge of Many of the statements and happenings that have been widely publicized he said. Some of them were greatly exaggerated. Some were actually  but Carter said both the news Media and the Senate committee had been fair to Lance. Indian land is exploited report says Geneva up North american indians said wednesday tremendous natural resources Are being exploited on their reservations but indians remain in a Desper ate  a report on the economic conditions of indians said that "90 per cent of the uranium in the United states is found on Indian  the report was submitted to a con Ference which started tuesday on the indigenous populations of North Central and South America sponsored by 80 nongovernmental organizations. The report also showed that Indian reservations hold 30 per cent of the Coal and 30 per cent of the Petroleum in the . A Gold mine operated by the William Randolph Hearst corp. Exploited on the Pine Ridge Sioux reservation in South Dakota has produced billions of dollars of Gold the report revealed. Yet the Reser vation one of the largest in the ., is one of the poorest in the  the Indian treaty Council of washing ton d.c., released a report by the Federal Energy administration which said Over $2.7 billion of Oil and Gas $187 million of Coal $349 million of uranium As Well As Over $434 million of Lead Zinc phosphate Copper and Limestone were produced on Indian reservations. Two top Grid games on of nov Frankfurt Oklahoma an Ohio state. Oakland and Pittsburgh. Mouth watering football games scheduled for this  live via satellite on of nov. An has announced that arrange ments have been made to bring the earliest live feeds of football game sever. Saturday at 6 45 ., an will televise the Oklahoma sooner ranked third in the nation playing the Ohio state buckeyes rated just one spot Back. Then on sunday at 9 ., the grudge match of the year in the nil. Defending super bowl Cham Pion Oakland favored to win the acc West again this year plays the rugged Pittsburgh Steeles in a re match of last year s thrilling playoff game which Oakland won. An an spokesman said regularly scheduled programs will be shown at a later time than usual Fol lowing the football games. Ii j 3