European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday april 26, 1978 the stars and stripes � t in aut pm -"�1pageseki"9 Concrete Victory Colorado found most lenient pants from left the universities of Akron Purdue and Clemson. The boats Are built of i Concrete mixture and Isth picture shoves they float. Tipi disparity of sentences noted in Gao study  Adi a i _ -. Washington a a thief sen unc cd by a Federal judge in Minnesota has10 times As much Chance of going to prison one sentenced in Colorado the Genera accounting office said monday. The comparison was contained in a Carter proposes 2 amendments on student Aid. Washington up preside Tcarter proposed two amendments monday to a Bill to Aid students from Middle income families increasing to $5.2 billion us total fiscal 1979 Aid package for higher education. Carter asked Congress to provide an additional $990 million for the Basic Grant pro Gram and Iso million for the work study program to increase the number of assisted Middle income students. -170 million in subsidies for an addition Al 403,000 new student Loans. The administration Bill is designed to serve As a substitute for tuition tax credit proposals before  s original budget message in Dyfed about $4 billion for education but 11.2 billion increase for Grants Loans in work study programs raised the total orillion. Peace corps boost gains Washington a a Senate for in relations subcommittee voted onday to boost the annual budget for the we corps to $125 million $30 million Ore than the Carter administration re tested Progress report on an unfinished study of sentencing disparity among Federal judges. The report was presented at the concluding session of 23 Days of House sub committee bearings on a proposed new criminal code. The new code already approved by the Senate Calls for a sentencing commission to set guidelines designed to reduce the kind of disparity highlighted in the Gao report it also makes other wide ranging changes in Federal criminal Laws. Rep. Sam b. Hall jr., d-tex., chairman of the criminal Justice subcommittee of the House judiciary committee said the sub committee would begin voting on provi Sions of the Senate passed legislation within two weeks. The panel is expected to make extensive  j. Anderson Deputy director of the general government division of the Gao an auditing Arm of Congress said the Agency Analysed the cases of 41,000persons sentenced in . District courts during the 12 months that ended last june30. Although about 19,000 or 47 percent of these received prison sentences the percentage of offenders who were incarcerated differed greatly among districts Anderson said. For example the South Ern District of Georgia incarcerated 7 per cent of convicted offenders compared to 77percent in the Northern District of geor  said the differences Are even More evident when sentences for a specific Vio lation Are compared. Thus in the District of Minnesota 84percent of the defendants convicted of Lar Ceny and theft violations were imprisoned while the District of Colorado imprisoned Only 8 percent of these types of  told the subcommittee. Comparing sentences for specific of lenses the Gao found that the average sentence for Bank robbery ranged fro seven years in the Southern District of new York to almost 18 years in South Caro Lina. The Agency also found wide variation inthe amount of time defendants must serve before being eligible for  said that in the Southern District of Mississippi for instance 6 percent of those imprisoned were sentenced under Early parole provisions. In Kansas the comparable figure was 78 percent. The Gao concluded that the disparities result from the Broad discretion Given to judges and in part from different goal which judges use As the basis for their sentencing  philosophy of each judge deter mines the goal or combination of goals that Are used Anderson said. He said the goals include rehabilitating the prisoner deterring him from future crimes punish ing him and just putting him behind Basso that he will be unable to repeat his of sense. Haldeman parole hearing monday Washington a a parole hear ing will be held May 1 for former White House chief of staff . Haldeman who has served nearly one year in prison for Bis part in the watergate  hearing will be at the Federal mini mum Security prison at us Apoc. Cauf.,where Haldeman works As a lab chemist in the institution s sewage Plant. He become eligible for parole on june to when be win have served the minimum of his one to four year term. He was convicted along with former at Torney general John n. Mitchell an former White House Counselor John d. Ehrlichman. Of conspiracy to obstruct jus Tice obstructing Justice and multiple counts of lying under oath. . District judge John j. Sirica originally sentenced All three to terms of 2vi to 8 , like Haldeman is eligible for parole in june but be has not been behind prison Walls since dec. 27, when he was re leased on the first of four medical furloughs. Mitchell is in a new York Hospital recovering from hip replacement surgery. House oks Bill to Aid distressed Farmers Washington up the House Tea Defeated a multimillion Douay farm Ujj pwt Bill less than two weeks ago Way overwhelmingly approved Emer by credit legislation to help distressed a is facing possible bankruptcy. Joe vote was 347-23 for the measure?"1 by the administration and most i groups. The key Section of the Biu Rize 14 Button in government insured is rammed � is for Neoushy to get total credit of 1900.000.without Volkmer s amendment some critics of the Bill said a single Farmer could have gotten up to �00,000 in regular 8� individual banners could get Loans of Univie new Erner by  Bill now goes to the Senate where a similar measure already has been approved by the agriculture committee. Another National est seller at you stars & stripes bookstores Farrier from using