European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday april 29,1986 Deaver asks for special prosecutor Washington a lobbyist Michael k. Deaver asked attorney general Edwin Meese Iii monday to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate allegations that he violated conflict of interest Laws after leaving his Job As an aide to president Reagan. I believe elementary due process and fairness to me and my family require appointment of an Independent counsel Deaver said in a statement released by his office. While i am grateful for the president s continuing support the climate has become S.C. that this is the Only Way to resolve the Issue fairly he said. Congress set up the special prosecutor s procedure As the Means by which persons in my position can have S.C. allegations weighed and resolved by experienced impartial and thorough examination Deaver said. Caver s office also released a letter from his attorney Herbert j. Miller jr., to Meese seeking appointment of an Independent counsel. On Friday David Martin head of the office of govern ment ethics recommended to Meese that a special prosecutor look into Deaver s business dealings. There have been allegations that Deaver violated the Law by lobbying on issues which he handled while in the White House. Federal conflict of interest Law prohibits former top officials from lobbying for two years on issues that were directly under their Purview during their final year in office. Additionally the officials cannot lobby colleagues with whom they worked in the same office for one year. Deaver 48, was Reagan s Deputy chief of staff. He left the White House a year ago to open up a lobbying firm that immediately attracted a Range of foreign and Domestic clients including the governments of Canada saudi Arabia and Mexico. Among the corporations that hired Deaver Are Rockwell International corp., Philip Morris and lbs. The Success of Deaver s firm Michael k. Deaver & associates prompted inquiries into the business. Deaver a Long time Friend of both president and mrs. Reagan kept his White House pass and has been receiving a copy of the president s daily private schedule. Among the allegations against Deaver Are that he took a keen interest in acid rain matters before he left his Job As Deputy White House chief of staff. Shortly after leaving Public office Deaver signed a $105,000 contract with the government of Canada to advise it on acid rain and other issues. Deaver has consistently denied any wrongdoing. In monday s statement he reiterated that position. The greatest Honor in my life has been to serve the presi Dent of the United states he said. I have sought to  so to the Best of my abilities. I have also endeavoured both during and after that service to comply with All the ethical rules and regulations making fast food even faster concerned Over hot Competition and a slight Cooling off in sales Burger King has started using Mobile vans to bring its goodies to potential customers who May not have the time or inclination to drive to a downtown restaurant. Here Ham Burger lovers line up at an express stand on the grounds of Florida s University of Miami. Justices reject Challenge to ruling on handicapped students7 education Washington a the supreme court on monday let stand a ruling Massachusetts officials say requires states to go too far in accommodating the special needs of handicapped students. The court without comment refused to free the state s officials from providing a free residential school education for a 19-year-old Man who functions at a first Grade level. Monday s action set no National Prece Dent but a Federal appeals court ruling in the Massachusetts Case remains binding Law for school officials in Maine new Hampshire and Rhode Island As Well. The Massachusetts officials were ordered to live up to state Laws requiring Maxi mum possible development programs for handicapped students. But they contend that Federal courts have Power Only to order compliance with a less stringent Federal Law providing Aid to assure All handicapped children a free appropriate Public  the mentally retarded Young Man identified in court documents Only As David d., has Down s syndrome. Until 1982, he attended special classes at a Dartmouth mass., High school. But four supreme court Roundup years ago David s parents requested that he be placed in a residential school offering a year round program. Dartmouth school officials supported by the state Bureau of special education appeals concluded that S.C. a program was not needed. David s parents sued state and Dart Mouth officials in Federal court contending that David was being denied the free appropriate Public education guaranteed by the Federal Law the education of the handicapped act. . District judge Rya Zobel ruled that the More stringent state Law requirement of providing maximum possible development in handicapped students had been incorporated into the Federal Law. The judge ordered school officials to pro vide the residential school education sought for David by his parents and David has been attending S.C. a school. The 1st . Circuit court of appeals upheld the ruling last october. In other matters the High court refused to invalidate changes made two years ago in the pensions of Maryland state employees and teachers. Rejected a constitutional Challenge to a Santa Barbara calif., ordinance that bans sleeping in Public places from 10  6 . Concerning government  Reagan who is so close to Deaver personally that he described Deaver s leaving the White House As Akin to an amputation has also defended his former aide. In los Angeles Friday Reagan said it would be ridiculous to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Deaver s dealings. But Deaver s lobbying has sparked intense interest on Capitol Hill. Rep. John Dingell mich., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce committee asked for a general accounting office investigation. The Gao the congressional watchdog Agency is expected to Complete its report in about a week. Dingell also plans to hold hearings on the lobbying before a House subcommittee. Last week five democratic senators on the Senate judiciary committee asked for the appointment of a special prosecutor. And sen. Strom Thurmond r-s.c., chairman of that committee plans to conduct a hearing tuesday on lobby ing practices to see if the Laws need to be tightened be tween moving in and out of government and business. Thurmond has introduced a Bill that would make it More difficult for top government officials to go into Busi Ness and make use of their inside knowledge and contacts. Exam of remains of shuttle Crew completed Cape canaveral Fla. A three months after the explosion of space shuttle challenger pathologists monday completed examination of the remains of the seven Crew members and the bodies were to be transported tuesday to Dela Ware to be prepared for burial. A c-141 aircraft carrying seven Flag draped coffins was to depart from the shuttle Landing strip tuesday morning for Dover fab. Although there will be a military Honor guard and escorts from the astronaut corps no formal ceremony is planned at Cape Canave ral and no family members were expected. At Dover the remains will be prepared in accordance with the wishes of the individual families Nasa said last week in announcing that the bodies would be moved. The Dover facility is the East coast receiving and embalming site for remains of government employees military personnel or their relatives. In most cases autopsies Are performed at the site of death and the embalming or cremation takes place a Dover. Killed in the Jan. 28 challenger Accident were Francis r. Dick Scobee 46, the spacecraft commander Navy cmdr. Michael j. Smith 40, the Pilot Judith a. Res Nik 36, Mission specialist Ronald e. My Nair 35, Mission specialist air Force it. Col. Ellison s. Onizuka Mission specialist Gregory b. Jarvis 42, a Hughes aircraft Engineer and Christa Mcauliffe 37, a new Hampshire schoolteacher selected As Nasa s first private citizen in space. An official at Arlington National cemetery said monday that Smith will be buried there with full Navy honors on saturday and that Scobee will be buried there May 19, which would have been his 47th birthday. Onizuka s family has said it wants to re turn his remains to his Home in Hawaii for burial. Burial plans for the others have not been disclosed. Challenger was destroyed 73 seconds after liftoff by an explosion that investigators say was triggered by a plume of flame that spewed from a joint in the right Booster rocket. The precise cause of the joint failure has not been determined. Most experts believe the astronauts died almost instantly either from the Force of the explosion or from rapid decompression of the Crew compartment. Richard truly director of Nasa s shuttle program said last week that neither the time nor exact cause of death had Bee determined. A photo