European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 261977 the stars and stripes Page 7 Carter attends tearful Farewell party Lance bids Washington goodbye Washington up with tear sin his eyes Bert Lance said goodbye to Washington monday at a Farewell reception attended by president Carter and hundreds of friends. Lance started his final Day in office by going to Capitol Hill where he chatted with friends and some who sought his resignation. In the afternoon Lance stood by his wife Labelle at a reception in his office suite at the executive office building. President and mrs. Carter were there sharing emotional moments with the lances As others watched. Then Cabinet members White House aides government dignitaries and re porters filed through a receiving line. Lance who made Many friends during his nine months in Washington said a personal goodbye to House speaker Thomas o Neill one of his Strong defenders and to others such As sen. Abraham Ribicoff d-conn., who had sought Lance s resignation. For members of the Carter inner Circle such As Hamilton Jordan and Jody Powell it was a sad Day. Each Felt the loss of Lance in some ways As a personal defeat. But Lance and his wife showed no bitterness. There were hugs and kisses for Many and mrs. Lance was a smiling hostess. Fruit punch and cookies were served from a Flower Laden refreshment table. Budget office spokesman Bob de itch estimated that some 900, including most of the staff of the office of management and budget attended. Among those present were James Mclntyre who has been designated As Lance s temporary replacement. As one budget office Secretary put it the place was jammed. Everybody wanted to say goodbye. He was so  Danny Kaye wears an oversized Cowboy hat Over his eyes and ears while rehearsing with the Dallas symphony Danny Kaye s hat trick orchestra. There was no marked differ ence in the music before or after the co median pulled the hat trick. Kaye was rehearsing for a concert entitled Danny Kaye leads the Dallas sym phony orchestra  a photo sex no subpoenaed on bugging Washington up a former army sergeant who is alleged to have told the panamanians their canal negotiators were being bugged by the United states is under subpoena to testify before a Senate subcommittee. Subpoenas for sgt. Hor Rodriguez Brust Meyer and seven other persons were issued monday by a Little known judiciary subcommittee on separation of Powers while the More publicized Senate foreign relations committee was debating what to do about reports of Brustmeyer s alleged actions. He is being asked to testify on what he knows about allegations that More than $10,000 changed hands for information Given to the panamanians that their officials were under electronic surveillance by . Intelligence during the canal treaty negotiations. It was alleged the panamanians used the information to win More favourable treaty terms from the United states. The reports were investigated secretly by the Senate intelligence committee whose chairman sen. Daniel k. Inouye said Only that the committee had deter mined that the outcome of the negotiations was not affected in any Way by intelligence activities. In addition to Brustmeyer the judiciary subcommittee headed by sen. James Allen d-ala., summoned Fri director Clarence Kelley and army officials together with documentation on the alleged Bug  news which was among the first to report the bugging bribery allegations said Brustmeyer 28, had been Dis charged honorable from the army aug. 15 and had left his Brooklyn n.y., Home last week to return to Panama. Lbs said he had served in the canal zone and was allegedly involved in the operation. The state department the Pentagon and the Senate intelligence committee have insisted the outcome of the negotiations was not affected in any Way but there has been no specific denial that surveillance May have taken place or that the panamanians became aware of it. . Avoids replay of blackout new York a consolidated Edison co. Narrowly avoided a replay of last july s system wide blackout monday after a two mile line of thunderstorms knocked out transmission lines and generating stations supplying 40 per cent of the Utility s Power. Power was Cut throughout the metropol Itan area by a maximum 8 per cent Lor about two hours and selected suburban areas were blacked out for about an hour to keep the crippled system going. The reports we received were that they were the heaviest lightning storms Ever seen in the area con cd president Arthur Hauspurg told a news conference monday evening. He said four major transmission lines and three generation stations were knocked out about 2 30 p.m., leaving the system in a situation similar to that Winch preceded the 25-hour july blackout which spawned arson and looting. But this time there was no hesitation in blacking out parts of Westchester county and the Bronx a process called Load shedding and cutting Power throughout the system Hauspurg said. And alternate generators including Gas turbines were pressed into immediate use. After the City was plunged into darkness july 13, the coned systems operator on duty was accused of refusing to shed Load when generators were knocked out by lightning. He has been assigned to other duties. The Gas turbines used to Avert a massive failure on monday previously were staffed Only during the daytime. Since the july blackout they have been staffed round  hours after the crisis began a coned spokesman was Able to proclaim the system is Back to  the Power Cut had Little effect on most of the City s 7.5 million residents despite the fact that it came just before the evening Rush hour. However selected cutoffs to conserve Power for the City resulted in total Black outs in suburban new Rochelle and Green Burg and partial blackouts in the Westchester communities of White Plains. Pleasantville mount Vernon mount Kiseo and Scarsdale All North of now York City. A Small Section of the Bronx abutting Westchester also was blacked out. That area draws Power via a Generator to the North of the City. Coned said 130,000 customers were affected for More than an hour. Two generating stations at Indian Point and the bowline Generator were damaged. The Indian Point plants one of which was a key Factor in the july blackout Are East of the Hudson River North of the City. The bowline Generator is opposite the others on the West Bank. I presume it was the lightning Hauspurg said. We had storms throughout the area. But it might have been other equip ment  House votes to curb child exploiting Washington up the House voted monday for strict criminal penalties against producers and distributors of pornographic films and other materials depicting sexual exploitation of children. The measure passed on a 375-12 vote and sent to the Senate would provide up to 20 years in prison and a $50,000 Fine for anyone producing or participating in sexual abuse of a child under 16, and up to 15 years in prison and a Fine of $25,000 for distributing or showing the materials. The provisions were added to a Bill extending the 1974 child abuse act for five years through sept. 30, 1982. The original measure dealt with physical abuse of Chil Dren and sexual exploitation was added to its coverage. The overwhelming vote came despite warnings that the Bill might not stand up in court. Those warnings came from rep. Peter Rodino d-n.j., chairman of the House judiciary committee and rep. John Cony ers d-mich., whose judiciary subcommittee earlier monday approved its own child pornography Bill. What we Are asked to do Here is the re verse of our intention Conyers said. You Are going to furnish an obvious out to any lawyer representing a child pornographer and who has read the decisions of the supreme court on  Conyers urged the House to let the judiciary committee handle the Issue first. Chairman Rodino has assured me my subcommittee s Bill will come before the full committee on thursday Conyers said but we must move carefully in this Field of first amendment  the Conyers panel voted to make production of pornographic movies books or other materials using children under 16 a Federal crime punishable by a Fine of up to $-10,000 and 10 years in prison and to revise the Mann act to make it a Federal crime to Transfer boys As Well As girls under 18 across state lines for prostitution