European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Byrd insists . Retain military rights Over canal sunday october 9, 1977 the stars and stripes it Page 23 Washington up Senate majority Leader Robert Byrd said saturday the Panama canal treaties would never be ratified unless the United states retains the right to protect it militarily even after the year 2000. The West Virginia Democrat told report ers the Senate would insist on the treaty being clarified to retain the right of Mil itary intervention and to give american warships priority Over other canal traffic during wartime. It is vitally important that this clarification be made he said unless these two Points Are clarified unless the Senate is satisfied on them these treaties will never be ratified he said. Asked if he personally would vote to ratify the treaties Byrd said i would support the treaties if these two Points Are clarified to my  Byrd said however that his position could be changed if for example there were to be any Effort to intimidate the Senate. I Don t foresee that happening he added. Byrd would not say How the treaties Al ready signed by president Carter and pan confers at dec he Manian president Omar Torrijos should be changed but said this could be done either through reservations by the senator through amendments to the treaty  senator said the United states had a right to expect that it should be made Clear that . Warships would be give wartime priority even after the year 2000 when control of the canal is to be turn Dover to the panamanians. I think that s the least we can expect he said. Byrd also indicated he would help the president win ratification of the treaties by the Senate if use by american warships and the right of intervention is retained beyond the year 2000. V i would do everything i could to sup port the ratification of it because i would believe it was in the Best interests of the United states he said. Byrd does not plan to Call up the treaties for ratification until any earlier than next year. He has said the treaties would not get the necessary two thirds majority for ratification if they were to be called up this year. Til take her with me fugitive Anthony Ricco holds a weapon to his wife s head at their new York apartment. Holding her hostage the Schlesinger warns on Oil Reliance Brussels up . Energy Secre tary James r. Schlesinger took his Conser vation crusade to the common Market saturday and stressed the Carter administration s determination to implement its Energy saving policy. Energy As we see it is the main prob Lem with respect to the revival of economic performance around the world Schle Singer told a news conference after meet ing with common Market Energy commissioner Guido Brunner. The world will have to go through a cruel transition As it moves away from its dependency on Oil he said. That Means an increasing Reliance on alternative re sources including nuclear Power. Many consider nuclear Power to be a last resort Schlesinger said. But we will be Down to last  he said he believes that when the ultimate Choice is made Between preservation of the Economy and nuclear Energy then doubts about nuclear Power will be waived. The . Congress is considering additional legislation concerning nuclear non proliferation he said but the . For the present will continue to be a reliable source of Supply for enriched uranium to Euratom nations. Answering questions on the latest set backs in the Senate to president Carter s Energy program Schlesinger emphasized the administration s determination to implement the plan. The Impact of the Senate s latest Amend ments concerning the program s tax provi Sions would be to halve the intended Energy savings he said. That is something that is not accept Able. The president has indicated that we must be serious about the Energy problem before the Energy problem overwhelms us. There is an inevitability about our taking action in this  Schlesinger said he hoped the ultimate result of the debates in Congress would however be satisfactory. The Bill passed by the House was a remarkable achieve ment he said. Under  practice if the Bill is Defeated in the Senate it will go Back to the House for further debate and consultations with the  Trust that the outcome in conference will be closer to the House ver Sion Schlesinger said. Five Orient express coaches sold Monte Carlo up five sumptuous rail coaches dating from the Golden Era of the Orient express were sold at auction saturday and the Good news is that at least three of them will just keep rolling along. The coaches brought a total of 1,450,000 francs $290,000 to the owners the Compagnie internationale Des wagons lits International sleeping car company. Auctioneer Peter Wilson chairman of so theby Parke Bernet said that is roughly what it would Cost to duplicate the coaches today. Three of the cars went to a pair of businessmen James d. Sherwood of Lexing ton ky., and Albert Glatt of Zurich Switzerland who plan to Hook them up to nostalgic gourmet trains for people who want to recapture the past while living Well in the present at a Price. The other two went to Anonymous bidders. Princess Grace of Monaco Hjordis mrs. David Niven and two score lesser Jet setters briefly recaptured the past while living Well in the present in a sym Bolic last run of the Orient express on Friday. On the 40-minute, 15-mile run from Nice to Monte Carlo White jacketed stewards served a classic Continental breakfast of crumbly Crescent Rolls and cafe a Lait plus american style fresh Orange juice in the 1926 dining car. That is the Way it used to be on the Orient express locale of mystery novels like Agatha Christie s murder on the Orient express and spy films like Alfred Hitchcock s the lady  it was hardly that Way when the real Beetle fans hold convention Liverpool a several Hundred nostalgic fans of the beatles have con verged on a club Here for a two Day beatle convention. The pop group broke up in 1971 after its fabulous four John Lennon Paul Mccart George Harrison and Ringo Starr became millionaires. The fans were being taken on bus trips to the original Homes of the beatles in this Northwest port City. Orient express made its last Paris Istanbul run May 20. Snack carts had replaced the luxurious dining car and the sleeping coaches had Given Way to six bunk Cou thettes. But the Orient express lives. The coaches that were sold will be hooked onto Sherwood s London Paris Venice gourmet run with passengers being decanted at the Cipriani hotel owned by Sherwood s sea containers inc., or Glatt s nostalgia Orient express which follows much of the original Paris Istanbul route but starts at Zurich. Sherwood paid 500,000 francs $100,000 for two sleeping cars. Glatt paid 290,000 francs $58,000 for a dining car. Anonymous bidders bought the other two cars for a total of 660,000 francs $132,000. Glatt told reporters we probably paid too much today but. Well probably get it  Sherwood said our experience has proved the tremendous interest among people wishing to travel in Retro style on authentic period  convicted rapist held police at Bay nine hours telling them ill take her with  he finally surrendered. A escaped con holds his wife As hostage new York up a convicted rapist who broke out of prison last sunday held his wife hostage at gunpoint Friday hold ing off police and a Small gathering of rela Tives for nine hours before surrendering. Police said the convict identified As an Thony j. Ricco 23, gave up shortly after his wife Yolanda handed his gun through an open window of an East Harlem tenement apartment to a police officer sitting on the ledge. Ricco had issued a rambling and con fused list of demands during the siege. News photographers and a television Mobile unit were moved Back from the perimeter of the building because Ricco complained they might be carrying a death  after refusing for several hours to listen to members of the police hostage negotiating team or the group of relatives that gathered outside the apartment door. Ricco surrendered. Traced to apart nent Ricco one of 10 inmates who escaped from hiker s Island prison last sunday was traced to the apartment by detectives investigating a car theft. When police knocked on his door at 5 a.m., the convict Drew his gun and put it to his wife s head threatening to kill her if they tried to capture him police said. Authorities said Ricco was serving 10 to 20 years at the mid Hudson psychiatric Center in new Hampton n.y., for a rape and sodomy conviction. Ricco was transferred to Riker s Island last june 27 to stand trial for the murder of a hotel clerk. China s West Trade surplus Tokyo i a China had a $640 million surplus for the january May period this year in Trade with the Western countries despite sluggish exports because of control on imports a report released by the Bank of Japan said