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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 25, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 3 a photo the blast caused extensive damage at the hungarian Central Exchange and credit Bank left and sent debris through the windows of a women s clothing store across the Street. Bomb injures i0 passers by outside Vienna Bank Vienna a a bomb exploded at the offices of a hungarian Bank Early tuesday injuring 10 people with shards of Glass and debris sent flying into a downtown Street. It was a bomb but we re still not certain what kind it was or How it got there said an official at police head quarters who declined to give her name. She said no motive had been established. One Man identified As 41-year-old Juergen Rolleder of Vienna was reported to be seriously Hurt. Radio reports said his left hand was severed in the blast and was sewn Back on at a local Hospital. No americans were among the injured police said. The blast occurred at the hungarian Central Exchange and credit Bank on Kaern Ner Strasse the City s main shopping Street. The area is a pedestrian zone and All the injured were passers by hit by flying Glass and debris according to the report. The five Story office building housing the Bank is located in the Central tourist area a Block behind the state opera House and near the in Char hotel. Gov. Rudy Purpich d-minn., was reported to be a guest at the hotel which is about 100 Yards away from the site of the blast. Glass and Woodwork were scattered for about 50 Yards around the Entrance of the building and some neighbouring businesses also suffered damage. The Bank s Deputy director general Hugo Brainin said Bank officials had no idea who set the bomb or Why. We have had no threats he said. Reminder of Auschwitz a 76-fear-Ou jewish Surrior of the nazis Ausch Witz concentration Camp Andre Balbin walks in the american world or ii cemetery Tsi. Avow France after is. Veterans or the 70th inf i Laid Wreath there. Jewish groups demonstrated against Conner Nad is soldiers who planned to take part in the ceremony. A doctor who recommended drug accepted fees from firm report says Washington a a veterans administration doctor accepted More than 61,000 in speaking fees and expenses from a pharmaceutical company whose product he recommended the a buy documents from an internal investigation show. The a declined to make Public the name of the doctor but he is among 75 to 100 employees investigated by the a inspector general s office following allegations they accepted gratuities from Smith Kline & French laboratories. Documents relating to his Case and those of four other employees were obtained by the associated press under the Freedom of information act. Renald p. Morani Deputy inspector general for the a said those five cases Are the Only portions of the investigation in which action has been completed. There Are additional ones in the works a spokeswoman Donna St. John said. I Don t have any  no disciplinary action against the doctor was reflected in the investigation records. In the other cases involving the acceptance of gratuities including meals drinks and theater tickets one employee received an official reprimand and two others received letters of warning. A fifth employee no longer works for the a according to Morani. St. John said she could not explain Why the inspector general s office records did not indicate any action taken against the doctor who received $61.997 in speaking fees and expenses from Smith Kline & French. She said she did not know if the doctor was disciplined. In each of the cases the a blacked out the names of the employees and other identifying details including the a hospitals where they worked. The reports said the a obtained expense account vouchers and other documentation of the gratuities from Smith Kline & French. A Smith Kline spokesman Alan Wachtor said last month that his company has cooperated with the a investigation for More than a year. According to the inspector general s investigative re port the doctor made 83 speaking engagements from 1982 through 1984, for which he received $43,200 in fees and $18,797 in expenses. Twice he received fees and expenses of More than $3,000 for a single speech. When interviewed subject acknowledged receiving the funding from sep the report said. A list of those engagements showed that on at least six occasions the doctor s speech was made on a time. The doctor also a professor of Medicine at a University worked for the a on a seven eighths time basis. Because he was not full time the inspector general s report said he had not been required to report his outside income to the a. The investigative report said the doctor did not serve on the a medical Center formulary committee which deter mines what drugs arc bought. However the report said he attended the meetings As a guest several times. It said that on april 16, 1984, he attended such a meeting and requested that Harbid a Smith Kline drug for the treatment of ulcers be included on the committee s list of drugs to buy. The committee approved the drug for listing the report said. The doctor the report said described the drug As a Low Cost drug with no commercial activity that has been available since 1958." he recommended it for its medical properties the report said. The doctor acknowledged receiving the Money and said any appearances during a working hours were the re sult of clerical error or  in another Case a letter of reprimand was sent to an employee who accepted tickets to an oct. I 1983, event at the Kennedy Center in Washington and accepted meals and drinks on several occasions from 1982 through 1984. The reprimand was dated aug. 1, 1985, although the investigation was conducted in 1984. It said the actions were in violation of regulations on conflict of interest prohibiting acceptance of gratuities from companies doing business with the a and requiring general Good  letters of warning stating that further involvement May result in serious disciplinary action were sent to two employees in july and August. In those cases the employees accepted meals from Smith Kline & French employees while attending professional meetings  
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