European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday november 13,1986 . To work with Iran contacts report says b r the aug dated pros the Reagan administration will keep working through unpublicized iranian contacts to win the release possibly within a week or so of two american hostage held in Lebanon according to a report published wednesday in a separate published report Robert c. Mcfarlane president Reagan s reputed envoy in negotiations with Iran said he has urged an end to the secrecy surrounding the operation. Reagan was told Iii a High level meet ing monday there still a Hope that Terry a. Anderson and Thomas m. Sutherland might be freed by the pro iranian croup that holds them the new York times reported quoting administration source sit did not identity. The White House remains convinced there is a Strong enough Chance Tor the release or Anderson and Sutherland to warrant the Effort which officials Hope could Bear fruit within another week or so the times said. They were doubtful however that the contacts could continue productively much More than a week. A similar report was published in the new York port. Kcf Artancy in an interview published in wednesday s los Angeles times declined id discuss specifics of his role but said he Hopes the while House will re lease information within a week. Kcf Artancy said Iran s strategic importance and the need to establish ties with moderates in Tehran was of More enduring importance than freeing Ameri cans held hostage by pro iranian factions in Lebanon. White House spokesman Larry speak is said wednesday thai we remain hopeful for the release of the hostages. He declined to say on what he Hope was based or to speculate on when they might be released. Speak reiterated that us. Efforts to free the hostages have been Legal and said the have Abo been Wise and  in another development former . Attorney general Elliott Richardson said wednesday he arranged Contact . Officials and an influential iranian expatriate in the past year to iry to gain Freedom for the american hostages. He said the iranian businessman Cyrus Hashemi was a lint Cousin of Ira Nian parliament speaker Hashemi Raf Paniani. Richardson an attorney said Rassan Jani was a client who had been indicted on charges of Selling non military goods to Iran in violation of a . Embargo. The charges later were dropped Richardson did not identify the us. Officials he put in touch with i Sfanjani and said he did not know if it had any effect on efforts to free the hostages. The Washington pod meanwhile re ported wednesday that the White House believed in september 19ss that it had arranged the release of at least two and possibly six american hostages but was disappointed when the Rev. Benjamin Weir was the Only captive freed on sept 14,1985. Reagan withheld the news of Weir s release for four Days in Hopes that More hostages would be freed according to an unidentified source quoted by the Post. Weir was questioned secretly for up to 12 hours by . Military officials considering contingency plans for a Rescue Mission of the other hostages but the plans were aborted because of concerns the captive were being moved too in Quelly for a Rescue attempt the Mats told the pos the secret dealings with inn Over the hostage reportedly involved slip Fig arms to that nation in collaboration of Tai  foreign minister Shimon pern asked to explain his country s Rote in at mane vering said wednesday he Coop not comment on specifics but that i be Lieve nobody will feel that Toad or the United state is soft on  Peres interviewed on Abc today1show, said that dealing with Iran would not give Israel or the United states credibility problem or violate the United front that the two countries have tried other nations to adopt to combat terror ism. In Washington on tuesday  l. Berman d-Calif., said that any shipment of american arms to inn would violate two . Laws. Anderson chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press was kidnapped on March 16, 1985. Suther land acting Dean of agriculture at the american University or Beirut was a a photo stamp was embossed to deter counterfeiter 1867 . Stamp sets a record of $429,000 Beverly Hills Calif. A a rare one Penny stamp from 1867 has been sold for1429,000, the highest Price Ever paid for a . Stamp a dealer said tuesday. The stamp is known among collectors As the a Grill because it was embossed to deter counterfeiters said Ira Goldberg of Superio Coin & stamp co. This stamp is one of Only two copies known 10 Cirii and was the Only one that could be Pur chased Laid Goldberg who handled the Sale for sports and real estate magnate Jerry Buss. The Only other such stamp is owned by the new York City Public Library. The buyer of bust Tump was identified Only As an agent for a new Jersey collector. The lamp was sold monday night Goldberg said. The previous High Price paid fora . Sump was $170,000. He said the buyer paid $390,000 to Buss plus a 10 percent fee $39,000, to Goldberg Goldberg said he bought the sump for Buss about four Yean ago for $90,000. Buss is the owner of the lakers basketball learn and Kings hockey team and he has Exten Sive real estate investments including the forum sports Arm in suburban Inglewood. Convicts con t ovoid restitution through bankruptcy court rules Washington a convicted criminals May not avoid making court ordered restitution payments by declaring bankruptcy the supreme court ruled wednesday. By a 7-2 vote the justices reinstated a Connecticut woman s Legal obligation to pay Back 19,932.95 she illegally obtained from e state welfare Agency As a condition of her probation. Writing for the court Justice Lewis f. Powell said such restitution orders Are not avoidable debts under Federal bankruptcy jaw because criminal proceedings focus on the state s interests in rehabilitation and punishment rather than the victim s desire for Bompensa  Powell said Congress in revamping bankruptcy Laws in 1978, did not intend to change the traditional Rule that exempts criminal fines penalties and forfeitures from bankruptcy court Protection. His opinion reversing a Federal appeals court ruling was joined by chief Justice William h. Rehnquist and justices William j. Brennan Byron r. While Harry a. Blackmun Sandra Day o Connor and Antonin Scalia. Justices Thurgood Marshall and John Paul Stevens dissented. In an opinion for the two Marshall said he sympathized with the policy interests underlying the decision but added that Congress did not explicitly exempt Inch debts from bankruptcy Protection. Carolyn Robinson of new Haven was convicted of larceny in 1980 for illegally receiving state welfare Money while also receiving social Security benefits. She was placed on live years probation and ordered to repay the Money $100 each month to the connect Cut office of adult probation. Robinson paid Back $450 but stopped making die payments after declaring bankruptcy in 1981 and was excused from making any More restitution Palm its. That ruling was upheld last year by the 2nd . Circuit court of appeals which relied heavily on a phrase in the 1978 bankruptcy Law thai criminal fines cannot be exempt unless to and for the Benefit of a governmental unit and not compensation for actual pecuniary  in wednesday s decision Powell said that although restitution paid to a victim it similar to compensation it is not the same thing. The victim has no control Over the amount of restitution awarded or Over the decision to award restitution Powell said. Moreover the decision to impale restitution generally does not turn on the victim s in jury but on the penal goals of the slate and the Situa Tion of the defendant Philadelphia s Rizzo plans to seek mayoral Post again As Republican Philadelphia a for Mer mayor Frank Rizzo resigned his Security Job at the City owned Gas works wednesday and said he planned to quit the democratic party to oppose mayor w. Wilson Goode As a Republican. Rizzo 66, mayor from 1972 to1980, handed in a resignation Tetter to the Philadelphia Gas works where be has been a j6,000-a-Monin Consul Tant since september 1984 while collecting his City pension. The City need me he told re porters after handing in his Resig nation. Rizzo already has rented a Down town office that will be miffed by two of his former Campaign manager and his former press Secretary and speech writer. A policeman for neatly 30 Yean before he became mayor Rizzo started out As a cop on the beat Androse to police communion or. He brought an outspoken Law and order approach to City Han but his detractors said that under him Phila Delphia police officers were often brutal. Barred by the City chatter Finni seeking a third consecutive term to the 1979 election Rizzo ran taint Goode and lost in the 1983 demo cratic primary. Goode went on to become the City s lint Black mayor and Hai announced he is a candidate for re ejection although he a been Teve Icv criticized for his Handlei of the move confrontation in he a Frank Rino thai left ii dead now the we jct of City grand jury investigation. So far on the democratic Side Only Good to. Come out for mayor net year. But former District Altoney Edward 1 lost a bid for the democratic tuber nation this past Spring Repon edly if Pong Goode in the party primary