European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 7, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday september 7, 1978 Carter puts secrecy lid on top talks Camp David. My. A president Carter became the middleman at the mid East Summit conference wednesday huddling with Egypt s Anwar Sadat for a Pri vate talk after meeting alone with Israel s Menachem begin. Because of Carter imposed secrecy there was no official word about the what was said. The meetings were Carter s first Steps at this Summit to find solutions to the 30 year conflict in the Middle East Between arabs and israelis. The task of narrowing their differences looked Long and hard. The Summit could last 10 Days to two weeks. Carter s separate meetings with the is-1 Rae i prime minister and the egyptian president were preliminary to bringing be Gin and Sadat face to face. But there was no indication when a three Way meeting would be held. Mondale summoned vice president Walter f. Mondale was summoned from Washington 65 Miles away Early wednesday. Carter had left Mondale behind in Washington to tend to non Summit business. But the president had said he planned to include the vice president in important sessions. The private talk Between Carter and be Gin was tuesday night. Begin made his Way through the Trees at this presidential Retreat from his Lodge to Aspen Lodge where Carter is staying. Israeli sources said the talk lasted 3v2 hours. While Carter and begin met ministers and other aides from the United states Egypt and Israel dined and talked together at an open mess. The president then saw Sadat on wednesday morning again without authorizing any announcement on the substance of the meeting. Sharp differences before they were enveloped in secrecy Sadat and begin expressed sharply differ ing assessments of the goals of the sum Mit. Clearly seeking a dramatic break through and counting on Carter to wring major concessions from Israel Sadat declared in an arrival statement on tuesday that this is no time for Maneu vers and worn out  begin viewed Summit goals in More modest terms saying that the israeli Dele gation will make All endeavours possible to reach an agreement so that the peace pro Cess can continue and ultimately be crowned with peace  Carter himself has expressed limited expectations for the Summit saying no one can insure the degree of Success which we might in  the president has acknowledged his political risks in calling the Summit. Those risks would be increased by Overly optimistic declarations about expected re sults. Before leaving Washington for Camp David on monday the president emphasized that compromises from both Egypt and Israel Are mandatory if the Summit is to succeed. 2 universities to study sulfa residues problem Washington a Secretary of agriculture Bob Bergland announced that the universities of Illinois and Kentucky will study problems associated with sulfa Resi dues in Swine under cooperative agree ments with the . Agriculture depart ment. The agreements Are part of the agriculture department s joint Campaign with the pork Industry to eliminate sulfa residues in Swine. Tells of Juk Dallas visit House unit hears Connolly Washington a former Texas governor John b. Connally gave the House assassinations committee a rambling account wednesday of the political motivations that brought John f. Kennedy to dal Las on nov. 22, 1963, the Day the president was assassinated. Connally described Kennedy s Persis tence in urging Connally to arrange the trip. Kennedy was worried about his de Cline in Public opinion surveys in the months following the Bay of pigs invasion in Cuba Connally said. To mend political fences in the United states Kennedy was particularly inter ested in visiting Texas a state he had barely carried in 1960, Connally said. Kennedy and his aides insisted on a presidential motorcade in Dallas but con Nally said he opposed it. He said he thought it would be an unnecessary Strain on the president during a 15 hour Day filled with other events. Kennedy was shot to death while Riding in the motorcade. Connally Riding with the president in the limousine was wounded. The committee plans to examine the Quality of the investigation conducted by the Warren commission immediately after the assassination. The commission does t want suspended term Crawford demands acquittal in Moscow Moscow a . Businessman Francis j. Crawford angrily disputed a so Viet prosecutor s demand to give him a 5 year suspended labor Camp sentence wednesday and declared there is no alternative but that he be found innocent of any currency speculation charges. Judge lev Mironov said a verdict would be handed Down on thursday. Prosecutor Mikhail Ilyukhin s recon Gen. Mcalister named to succeed Heiser Washington is Secretary of defense Harold Brown has named army it. Gen. Robert c. Mcalister to become the chief of staff of the european com Mand effective nov. 1. Brown announced on wednesday that Mcalister of Mayfield ky., will succeed it. Gen. Holland v. Heiser who will retire on that Date. Mcalister is presently serving As the chief of staff Allied forces Southern Europe Naples Italy. He assumed that Post in August 1975. The 55-year-old Mcalister has More than 32 years of Active service  is a Grad uate of the . Military Academy. Among his other announcements Brown said that army maj. Gen. Julius w. Becton or. Has been nominated for promotion to lieutenant general and for assignment As commanding general of the Vii corps . Army Europe. Becton will succeed it. Gen. David e. Ott on nov. 1, Brown said. Ott will retire on that Date after completing More than 34. Years of Active service. He has served As commanding general of Vii corps Stuttgart Germany since octo Ber 1976. Mentation to the Moscow court would mean that the International Harvester representative would go free his . Adviser on soviet Law said. Explaining Why he did not request the maximum 8-year sentence the prosecutor noted that it was Crawford s first offence and that he grew up in a different coun try with different customs and Way of  he also mentioned the Short time the 37 year old Mobile ala., native has spent in the soviet Union and the role which inter National Harvester has played in improving .-soviet economic relations. But Crawford allowed to make a final statement to the court asked the court to acquit him of the charge that he bought 20, 000 rubles with $8,320 at Black Market rates from seamstress Ludmila Kiselev and her husband Vladimir the admitted ringleader of an International currency and contraband scheme. A company of our size and our Finan Cial position would have no reason to engage in illegal currency transactions nor being an executive of the company would i Crawford said. Therefore i feel there is no other alternative than to find me inno cent and acquit me of these  a suspended sentence could mean Craw Ford would be free to leave the country. But under soviet Law a judge can require a person with a suspended sentence to re main in the country. Ilyukhin asked for five years in a strict regime labor Camp for Kiselev. He faces a possible death penalty on a charge of Large scale currency violations. For Kiselev s wife who said she helped her husband he asked a 5-year suspended labor Camp sentence the same As for Crawford. Lion bites off boy s Arm As he walks by Cage at circus Crawfordsville ind. Up a circus lion bit off the Arm of a 4-year-old boy who was walking past its Cage on the Way to his seat tuesday police said. Sean Spencer son of James and Vicky Spencer of new Richmond was listed in satisfactory condition at Riley Hospital for children at Indianapolis. Doctors failed in an attempt to re attach the boy s left Arm that had been retrieved by a circus employee. He packed the Arm in a bucket of ice. Crawfordsville police said they would interview several witnesses to the incident at the Clyde Beatty Cole Brothers circus where the boy was accompanying his Mother 7-year-old sister Angela and the Spencer s baby. Mrs. Spencer told police she had walked past the Cage when she heard her daughter say no  when she turned to look the lion had the boy s left Arm in his Mouth. Police said the spectators were routed to their seats along a Row of wild animal cages that were not barricaded. Montgomery county health officials or dered the animal held in the City for 10 Days the quarantine period needed to de Termine if the animal had rabies. Concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acting alone killed Kennedy. Although Connally has said he generally agrees with the Warren commission re port he has often publicly disputed the commission s conclusion that the Bullet that wounded him had first gone through Kennedy s Throat. If Connally s impression was borne out it could raise the possibility of a second gunman. The commission report acknowledged the difference of opinion but said Oswald was the Only person shooting and that he fired Only three shots. Panel votes to override defense veto Washington a the House armed services committee voted 24-6 wednesday in favor of overriding presi Dent Carter s veto of a $37-billion defense authorization Bill that included a $2-billion nuclear aircraft Carrier opposed by the chief executive. Chairman Melvin Price d-i1l, said he would Lead the veto fight on the House floor thursday when an override vote is scheduled. Several of his supporters predicted Victory despite speaker Thomas p. O Neill s forecast that the veto will be sustained. This is simply a Case where the presi Dent has had some bad advice and where Congress is playing its proper role in pro Viding for the defense of the nation Price said. Original claim the chairman and others hotly disputed Carter s original claim that Congress had trimmed about $800 million from the Bill to i make room for the Carrier which the pres ident says is too  also disputed his Contention that the bigger nuclear Carrier would Cost nearly $1 billion More than a conventional car Rier which Carter endorses. Price pointed to the defense depart ment s own estimate that a conventional Model would Cost about $1.6 billion. The extra costs for Oil fuel would add another $200 million Over 13 years analysts say. Since Carter s aug. 17 veto message the Pentagon has asked that $457 million be added to a redrafted Bill in place of the car Rier including More than $200 million for research and development work. 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