European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday november 14, 19b7 the stars and stripes Paga 5 Man shortage appears Over says Magaz be new York up a study of census Bureau statistics shows thai the Man shortage is Over and women in heir 20s have More men to choose from than Ever before Mademoiselle mag Tinc reports. Such a shr Tnge of Young women could Force men to give up their Independence the mag Azine said adding the trend could also bring on a protective morality. Thai favors monogamy for  citing census figures since the baby Boom ended the Magazine said among singles Ages 20 to 24, there Are 121 men for every 100  among Young adults from 25 to 29, the difference is greater 128 men for every 100 women men May have to make women a Buller Oiler Samuel Preston sociology professor at the univer sity of Pennsylvania told the Magazine. Mademoiselle pointing out that men lend to Many Young women and women prefer older men said the choices Are continually being reduced As time goes on. For every 100 23-year-old men in the United slate today Iacre Are Only 81 women three years younger the Magazine said. Sex Maryland governor cleared of racketeering Baltimore a former nov Marvin Man Del s 1977 Convie lion on charges of racketeering and mail fraud was overturned thursday by a Federal judge who cited a recent . Supreme court ruling against the use of Matt fraud Laws to prosecute certain eases. Mandel spent 19 months in Federal prison after being convict cd of helping five political associates get extra racing Days for the Marlboro race track which they secretly owned while he was governor of Maryland. Flanked by his second wife Jeanne a somewhat subdued but obviously pleased Mandel told re porters he Felt vindicated by the ruling. It s been a Nightmare he said being accused of something you did t do is horrible. Mandel but Mendel 67, who had to give up his office after his conviction said he does t feel any bitterness Over his Long hard fight with Federal authorities we be put that behind us quite a while  24-count indictment charged the associates lavished Mandel with Money clothes jewelry and financial help in his divorce settlement with his Al Rel wife. . District judge Frederic n. Smalkin. In a 33 Page opinion threw out All convictions against the sin defendants and ordered the government to return i hair fines within 90 Days. The decision was based on a june . Supreme court ruling that Federal mail fraud statutes protect Only rights in Money and property and cannot be used to prosecute Public officials Lor defrauding citizens of their intangible rights to honest government Federal prosecutors used the intangible rights the Ory in their Case against Mandel Irvin Kovens w. Dale Hess Harry Walt Odgers Iii William a. Rodgers and Ernest n. Cory. It is indisputably settled that the Federal mail fraud statute docs not now make criminal nor has in Ever made criminal the use of the mail in furtherance of schemes. To defraud persons of non property rights Smalkin wrote. Mandel was sentenced to a four year term that was reduced to three and commuted by president Reagan after he served 19 months. He also was disbarred out his lawyer Arnold m. We incr said he would ask the Maryland court of appeals to acl promptly on Man Del s pending petition for reinstatement. Mess Kovens and Harry and William Rodgers each were fined $40,000, according to Werner. Mandel and Cory were not fined. All defendants have already completed i hair jail  1977 convictions were overturned the following year by a three judge panel of the 4th . Circuit court of appeals but were reinstated in a 3-3 decision by the full court. An expanded 4th circuit later split 4 4 on another Mandel Appeal and the supreme court refused to consider the ease. Carlucci approved by Senate panel Frank Carlo act Washington a the Senate armed services committee voted unanimously Friday to approve Frank c. Car Lucci As the new defense Secretary. The Vole by the 20-Mcmber panel came without debate during a five min Ute meeting. The full Senate is expected to approve the nomination Neit week said sen. Sam Nunn d-ca., the committee chairman. The vote came a say after Carlucci told the panel that nothing in the Penta gon budget should be sacrosanct Dur ing efforts to Cul the Federal deficit. We have to look at everything he said thursday although he refused 10 be specific about what if any weapons might have to be cancelled. The deficit cutting Effort could mean we May be looking at a smaller military Force Carlucci testified at a Confirma Tion hearing before the committee. About half the Pentagon budget is taken up by personnel costs such As military Day housing expenses and related items. I d rather have a smaller Force that is effective than a larger one that is ineffective he said nothing can be sacrosanct in the Effort to Cut the deficit he said. Carlucci currently Reagan s National Security adviser was praised generously by senators of both parties who noted that he has spent almost three decades in a variety or High level Federal jobs including a two year stint As Deputy Secre tary of defense. Carlucci was nominated by Reagan last week to replace Caspar w. Wein Berger who is retiring after a seven year tenure during which Pentagon spending doubled. Weinberger will remain in of fice until Cartucci 19 confirmed. Carlucci was cautious in his statements thursday breaking no new ground As he defended administration policies on a variety of National Security issues. Many of the senators questions and comments involved the Pentagon Bud get which has been a chief subject of negotiations Between legislators and the White House in the Effort to reduce fed eral budget deficits. Carlucci has been involved in those talks. Nunn cited a need to bring the de sense budget into sync with fiscal reality explaining thai the Pentagon As Sumes in will receive increases of 3 percent above inflation for each of the next five years. Thai is an unattainable level said Nunn noting hat defense budgets have been Cut in each of the past two years. Carlucci promised to work closely with Congress a statement thai contrasted with Weinberger s steadfast Refu Sal to Tell Congress where the military budget could be reduced with the least harm to . Military forces. Carlucci told the panel that "1 bring no other Agenda than the president  Sands or time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Nov. 14. 1947 defense Secretary James v. For re Seal revealed thai scientists were working on an elec tronic warning system to Alert the nation of Surprise attack by bombers or guided missiles. 30 years ago today. Nov. 14, 1957 Gen. Curtis e. Lemay landed a giant Tanker transport plane at National Airport Washington after flying non Slop from Buenos Aires. Arae Tina. The flight set a record in distance and Speed for an in refuelled non Slop Jet night. 20 years ago today. Nov. 14, 1967 picnic packing in icon spent the weekend looting a London vault that held up to $2.8 million Worth of Cash jewels and securities. An employee found outside the Strong room remains of their lunch and Oil gun cylinders they used to feed cutting torches. 10 years ago today. Nov. 14. 1977 the Central intelligence Agency confirmed thai it would Cut 820 jobs from in Clandes Tine services directorate but a spokesman said the action would not reduce overseas spy operations. Study claims medicare excesses Chicago a As Many As one third of the com Mon medical and surgical procedures performed on med icare patients Are inappropriate a new study concludes. Some physicians become very skilled in perform Jwj these procedures Over the years and come lobe Lieve they Are effective in areas where a majority of their colleagues would disagree said or. Mark cans silk principal author of the report in Friday s journal of the american medical association. The study examined the frequency with which med icare patients underwent three procedures coronary angiograms carotid  and upper gastrointestinal endoscopes and then deemed whether they were appropriate for each patient by weighing benefits against potential harm. By projecting their data across the . Population researchers concluded hat $850 million could be pared from the nearly s5 billion spent annually on the three procedures. The highest Rale of inappropriate use of a procedure was the 32 percent found for carotid  which involve surgical removal of obstructions in the major arteries to the brain said Chassin. The mortality Rale for carotid  averages i percent. If the study s data were applied to that figure of every 1,000 people undergoing the oper Atton roughly three would die during inappropriate  Chassin said. Pan am spurns investor s buy out bid new York a pan am corp. Has rejected a bid by California investor Kirk Kerkorian to take Over its airline pan american world airways. Pan am s Board of directors found Krkorian s bid to be heavily conditioned the company said in a statement. The proposal is too highly conditional in Many important respects with no Assurance. Isl the conditions can be satisfied to be considered a real offer and amounts to Little More than an option to buy our airline business pan am chairman c. Edward Acker said in a statement. Kerkorian who controls Mem grand inc., has pro posed financing the acquisition with $75 million of his own funds 1400 million of High risk junk Bond financing and $230 million in annual concessions from pan am s unions. In particular. Pan am is concerned about Krkorian s ability to obtain the financing As Well As the Union concessions