European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 8, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday october 8, 1977 of Academy pot raid implicates 9 air Force Academy Colo. A several air Force Academy cadets were implicated and an undetermined amount of marijuana was seized Friday when special investigators pulled a sur prise Early morning drug raid on two dormitories Here an official of the Academy reported. Gov. Mandel sentenced to 4-year term Baltimore. My. Up Maryland gov. Marvin Mandel was sentenced Friday to four years in a Federal prison and stripped of his office for his conviction of mail fraud and racketeering. Mandel 57, was sentenced to four years for each of 15 counts of mail fraud and to four years for a single racketeering count with All sentences to run concurrently. Judge Robert l. Taylor said Mandel s parole eligibility would be decided under Normal standards meaning he probably would have to serve at least one year in prison. Mandel addressed the court before he was sentenced saying he always has been committed to the people of Maryland. He offered no apology for his actions. I spent Over half my life in Public life he said. Now my whole life is in disarray. I have to Start my life  he told Taylor i know you have a very difficult and sad chore to do and i am pre pared to accept your  Mandel could have been fined up to $40,000, but the judge cited newspaper reports that Mandel is broke and imposed no Fine. Mandel told the court it s a fact that i am insolvent from the Point of View of physical assets but 1 am not insolvent be cause i have my  Are More important things than Money and property said Mandel who was convicted of accepting More than $350, 000 in gifts and investments from his five co defendants. The prosecution said Mandel influenced Racetrack legislation to Benefit the code pendants As payment for their gifts. Most of the Money was used by Mandel to finance a 1974 divorce. Assistant . Atty. Barnet d. Skolnik urged the court to show no mercy. Taylor overturned one count of racketeering of which three co defendants were convicted but upheld another. He also Dis missed two counts of the mail fraud conviction of Mandel. Zamora. Continued from Page 1 linking television programs to aggressive behaviour was the death blow to his de sense. Baker agreed to a defense request for a pre sentence investigation of Zamora s background. He set sentencing for nov. 7. The state had waived the death penalty in the Case citing the boy s age. The charge now carries a minimum sentence of 25 years. The chief prosecutor asst. State atty. Tom Headley said the verdict was about what he expected. I was t surprised by the decision he said. I have a great Faith in the jury  Headley son of a former Miami police chief had during his summation termed the television insanity defense utter  i Don t feel it was a terribly important question of Law raised by the defense he said after the verdict. He said the verdict certainly establishes at least in this Community that people won t allow crime to be excused by television  spokesman will Ketterson said nine male cadets have been implicated and the investigation n is  no female cadets were involved Ketter son  said he did not know immediately whether the cadets who were not identified have been charged in connection with the Surprise raid. It was not known if the cadets were under any Type of House arrest Friday Fol lowing the raid. A source who asked to remain unidentified said there was a possibility that the investigation could be expanded off Academy grounds. Ketterson said several agents from the office of special investigations pulled the Surprise search of 12 rooms in Vandenberg and Sijan Halls Between 1 . And 6 . The cadets All from Sophomore Junior and senior classes could be dismissed from the Academy if convicted of use or Possession of marijuana. Asks demo party s Aid on treaty Carter says . Of defend canal Washington a president Carter acknowledging that Senate ratification of his proposed Panama canal treaty is in doubt asserted Friday that the pact gives the United states the right to defend the canal and to assure that the waterway will be open to All shipping. Carter defended the pact As being in the Best interests of the United states and asked the democratic party to help get it approved. The matter is in doubt. It s not going to be easy to win Senate approval of the treaty Carter told a meeting of the demo cratic National committee. There is no doubt in my mind that our country s Best interest will be served by the ratification of the treaty Carter said. Apparently responding to recent reports that the United states and Panama differ about whether the proposed treaty allows the United states to intervene militarily to keep the canal open Carter asserted that the United states has retained the right to defend the canal until the year 2000. After it is turned Over to Panama then the United states will have the right to ensure that the canal will be open to All Commerce the president said. He said every american president from Dwight d. Eisenhower to Gerald Ford had worked toward a new accommodation with Panama Over the future of the canal and now we have been successful in bringing Forth two treaties that serve our nation  Ellsworth Bunker one of the special . Ambassadors who negotiated the trea ties told the meeting that the United states is interested in the canal s use not its ownership and said . Military chiefs were convinced that adequate use jews in Congress affirm belief in Carter s motives Washington a jewish Mem Bers of Congress say president Carter con Vinced them that he has not weakened this. Country s commitment to Israel. Our View is the president is working hard in the interests of peace and the United states and his commitment to Israel is in no Way weakened rep. Benja min Rosenthal said thursday after a meet ing with Carter. Rosenthal a new York Democrat was joined by 26 other jewish congressmen who expressed concern Over a .-rus Sian communique on the Middle East. Critics of the communique issued last weekend said it favored the Palestine liberation organization in a dispute Over re convening the Geneva peace conference. There has since been further Progress on the conference following discussions in new York Between . Officials and representatives of the Middle East countries. Carter told the lawmakers i d rather commit political suicide. Than betray my Honor and the Honor of the United states of America in terms of the . Commitment to Israel. Some of the congressmen said the presi Dent should have consulted first with con Gress before announcing the communique. Was  of the treaty by the Senate would be a stunning blow Bunker said not Only to our relations with Panama but also to latin America s perceptions of the Region s evolving relationship with the United states on which such High Hopes have been  in his first appearance before the demo cratic National committee since he became president Carter also discussed most of the major programs of his administration and asked the party s leaders to drum up support for them. The president conceded his Energy pro Gram is in deep trouble in Congress be cause of the Shadow of an Oil lobby hovering Over Capitol  but he quickly added what we Don t get this year i la be Back again next year. I Don t intend  Carter also asked for support for his welfare tax Reform governmental reorganization fight against unemployment Dis armament talks and human right crusade. Now the United states is identified with the question of human Freedom and human rights Carter said and i want to keep that image As Long Asl m in  Senate rejects Carter s cheaper electricity plan Washington a the Senate rejected president Carter s proposal for cheaper electricity during non Peak hours while a key committee voted Down the last of his major Energy tax plans thursday. The Senate finance committee also voted to Block the president from imposing a $5-a-barrel fee on imported Oil As an alternative Means of forcing Energy Conser vation. Completing its action on the no tax portions of the president s Energy program the Senate approved on an 86-to-7 vote a watered Down version of Carter s plan to Reform electric rates. But it scrapped entirely the president s proposal to make utilities offer bargain rates for electricity consumed at night or during other non Peak hours. Carter also wanted to prohibit utilities from Selling Power at bargain rates to Large industries. The House had passed that proposal. By contrast the Senate Bill would offer lower electric rates to elderly persons and would give the government the right to intervene in state electric rate making cases but Only to make recommendations on Energy conservation. A House Senate conference committee will have to reconcile the differences. The finance committee after rejecting the bulk of Carter s Energy tax program sports in Brief Philadelphia up the los an Geles dodgers rallied in the ninth inning to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 Friday and take a 2-1 Lead in the National league championship series. Earlier Story on Page 21 Gosport Canada a world driving Champion Niki Lauda withdrew from the Canadian grand prix Auto race Friday. Lauda who won his second world driving championship in three years at . Grand prix last weekend at Watkins Glen n.y., has been involved in a dispute with Ferrari since announcing last month that he was quitting the team to join the rival Alfa Brabham group in 1978. Lexington by. Up Texas won the Kentucky futurity at the Little red mile Friday by winning the third and deciding heat. Earlier Story on Page 22. Voted 9 to 2, to endorse his goal of reducing . Reliance on foreign Oil through some yet to be determined system of tax cuts but not through tax increases. On a 14-2 vote the finance committee approved a provision that would reduce Oil company taxes $3 for every barrel of Oil they produce from shale. That could Cost billions in lost taxes but Only if that prom Ising but difficult source of Energy is tapped. Ausa. Continued rom Page 1 that loyalty is a two Way Street reaching upward from the lowest military rank and reaching ultimately to the president and the Congress. If it is to be respected this loyalty must be reflected downward. The newest recruit must be sure that his commander in chief and he Congress will look out for his or her welfare Ausa said. In the report Ausa said that in the atmosphere of impending change it behoves All military personnel to make themselves More knowledgeable about their pay and benefits. Artworks by Klee Bonnard bring world record prices London a a rare lithograph by Pierre Bonnard and a Paul Klee etching brought world record auction prices when they were auctioned at so Thebes. The lithograph published in 1899, sold for 26,000 pounds $45,500. The etching dated 1903, sold for 15,500pounds $27,125. Both went to Anonymous buyers. Europe partly Cloudy with occasional rain showers saturday and sunday. Frankfurt Heidelberg High 67, Low 46. Sunset saturday 5 50 . Sunrise sunday 6 38 .temperatures recorded Friday get 4am 4pm 4am54 84 Adana p 61 59 70 Athens p 56 59 63 Aviano cd 4654 71 Berlin p 54 57 59 Brussels cd 52 52 54 Copenhagen r 63 4pm 70 Frankfurt p 59 London p 54 Madrid cl73 Munich p 54 Paris cd 75 Rome pc Cloudy a partly  a rain. Del 25,31st weather so