European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1978 the stars and stripes Page 7 swims from raft adrift f be Uncle sacrifices self for Nephew an Francisre a san Francisco Apia North Ern i Man gave up his life for his Nephew by deliberately swimming away from a raft after they spent five Days Drifting at the survivors Mother said Short of rations and delirious David p i was picked up from the raft thursday by the fishing vessel ten Uiva about 900 Miles Southwest of san the coast guard said Lucas told the coast guard by radio that he end William both of a took to the raft after their 40foot Sailboat capsized in a Hurricane n Good condition is vessel the of was not recovered lucas1 Caroli Shelton of in bowing account h nday after talking with her son they were both they had some food and fresh they were p i fever said Bill saved his at the end of the fifth i Quinlan his clothes and left them for Bill swam away so David would have a better Chance mrs Shelton reported quintans said Wifler learning of her husbands its a very heroic thing to sacrificing your life for someone in very proud of she adding that Quinlan clearly Felt a responsibility for his Nephew also surviving Quintan Are two Chil Ages 6 and 2 Lucas and Quinlan left san Diego july bound for the Galapagos is and what they hoped would be a dream Quintan beatles Rock Roll Royce Secretary of the smithsonian ins Titu Dillon and Caron president Carters daughter in stand beside the museums latest the beetles old Rolls the luxury car with the customized paint Job was used by the legend Ary Rock n Roll group when they were at the Pinnacle of their a Talmadge overpayment alleged Washington a Herman Talmadge office refused late saturday to disclose audit findings on the extent of overpayment made to him for official sex but a published report pegged the amount at nearly Gordon press Secretary to the Georgia confirmed that the a prepared by Talmadge own account had been turned Over to the Senate ethics Roberts said he had not seen the audit himself and that he knew of no plans to make it the Washington Star in its Early sunday editions quoted informed sources As saying the Independent audit showed that Talmadge collected about in Over payments from the Senate for official expenses he improperly claimed during a seven year from 1971 to the bulk of the Money some represented reimbursements Talmadge Nad claimed for expenses he did not according to he the newspaper said the remaining 000 in overpayment was for Money actually spent by but on items that the Senate docs not consider official expend Roberts said it would not be us prism if the audit did disclose the in calling for the audit on june acknowledged apparent administrative oversights or errors which before that time had been unknown to Kob Eroberts said Talmadge stood by his statements following the first newspaper reports on the office account that any Over Niv ments would be came under ethics commit tee scrutiny because of disclosures that he had accepted tens of thousands of dollars to Small contributions from his Georgia Onset cents to cover personal expenses prepared by own Marwick and the As part of its investigation of the 22year Senate is conducting its own review of official expense claims Talmadge submitted to the the Star reported in june that Tal Madge was reimbursed at least for official expenses and travel in yet re cords of his office account showed Only 700 in expenditures that in another Talmadge is sued a letter saturday accusing the Atlanta Journa Constitution of deliberately trying to destroy in the letter published without com ment As a letter to the editor in the Jour Nal constitutions sunday editions Tal Madge called recent reports by the newspaper on his financial dealings care less reporting based on innuendo and half Talmadge charged that the stories constitute a deliberate Campaign to impugn my integrity and to destroy demos Back Grasso for 2nd term  Ali Ella Grasso my the conventions endorse Mienl for a second term but failed to eliminate a primary fight by it Hubert Cirn so was supported by delegates la kill Iris 278 Willims support amounted id 205 Peic enl of the slightly More than the 20 percent he needed i Force a statewide primary election on who survived Las minute vote switching that almost ended his said he was lie vowed to carry through to the Pri Mary his attempt to wrest the nomination from the first woman in the nation to be elected governor without succeeding her killians Challenge is the first in modern Connecticut history by a Lieuten ant governor of an incumbent Campaign called dirty Killian plays a grim Grasso told reporters after the the gov who has been the target of a civil suit and other accusations by Killian since he split with her in said his campaigning included in Killian has not yet come out of the she Killian responded that his Campaign has been and will be Tough but he said one of the results of his Challenge of the incumbent would be to end the convention system so the states registered demo not Delegate could select the i will fight i just dont know any other Way to do this said a 58yearold Hartford Agency seeking info on7177 Vega fuel systems Detroit api the Federal govern ment says it is seeking data on the fuel sys tems of 1971 through 1977 Chevrolet vegas but denies it has found any defects in Vega fuel the National Highway traffic safety administration said its request for information on the Vega is part of an expanded investigation into the safety of fuel tanks on All Small the safety administration denied a de troit news report that its crash tests Dis covered excessive fuel leakage from the the Vega and Chevrolet Che Vetle were tested or comparison with fuel tanks on the Ford Pinto during an investigation that led to a recent Ford motor recall of million 1971 through 1976 pintos and twin 1975 and 1976 Mercury the have not made any kind of a finding that there is a defect in the Hob Crl a safety administration said inquiry the Agency said it has asked general motors corp for data on the Vega fuel sys tem As part of a Standard inquiry to Fol Low up the crash tests conducted earlier this in comparable 35mph rear crash tests by the vegas leaked from seven to Ali s ounces of fuel per minute while Pintus leaked 450 to 500 ounces per Agency records the Vega leakage was comparatively the Pinto was like a said an unidentified safety administration source quoted by the Detroit free while minimum fuel leakage Levels Al Lowed in reared crashes were set by the Federal government for the 1977 Model there were no such regulations affecting earlier