European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday july 26,1987 Interior dept. Suspends top Calif lawyer Washington not the Interior depart ment temporarily suspended its chief regional lawyer in California Friday pending a Justice department review of a possible conflict of interest. At Issue is whether the lawyer sought employment with a Law firm whose client benefited from a water rights settlement that he had negotiated Interior department officials said. The officials said the lawyer David e. Lyndgren had been reassigned o other duties in the California office by the Interior department s solicitor. Ralph Tarr one official said the action was taken with the concurrence of Interior Secretary Donald p. Hodel to preserve the integrity of the Interior department As Well As Lindgren s constitutional rights. Lindgron denied any improprieties. The action resulted from a report filed last week by the Interior department s Deputy inspector general Joyce Fleischman. The report has not been made pub Lic but sources in the department said that it indicates that Lindgron had held discussions with a member of a Taw firm representing the wellands water District a private concern that supplies Federal water to Large growers in California s Central Valley about taking a lob with that firm Lindgron had played a major role in negotiating a settlement reached a year ago Friday that set the amount of subsidized Federal water that wetlands would receive and at what Price. Some critics of the settlement including rep. George Miller d-calif., chairman of the House water and Power resources subcommittee called it a sweetheart Deal that favored inc big growers Over taxpayers. Lindgron was also said to have been involved to the preparation of Interior department rules that were supposed to have limited the size of farms eligible to receive subsidised water. Critics said the rules contained loopholes helpful to big growers and their water suppliers including wellands. I Riding a thin line a Man rides his bicycle Friday across 42nd Street in new York City. Mayor de Koch is trying to ban bicycle traffic on thre major Manhattan streets during Peak hours to reduce the risk of accidents. Stateside video firm to broadcast data on missing children Washington a Comsat video enterprises will broadcast 500 one minute announcements about missing children each month with inc programming it provides to hold throughout the country the company said Friday. The spots t s different ones per month each Fea Turing two children will include a child s photo graph a description of the child and the circumstances surrounding the disappearance. The announcements also will include a message asking persons with information on the whereabouts of any of the children to Call a toll free phone number for the National Center for missing and exploited Chil Dren. Comsat video enterprises a unit of communications satellite corp. That broadcasts in room entertain ment programming to More than 1,250 hotels is producing the announcements at no charge and is donating the air Lime the company said. Mississippi River traffic backed up by Sand bar Buffalo Iowa a about 20 to Boals and As Many As 300 barges were backed up in the Mississippi River behind a Sand bar while the army corps of engineers dredges a new Channel through the Shoals officials said. The dredge William o. Thompson went to work Friday to remove 40,000 cubic Yards of Sand from the River Bottom. A 3,000-foot Sand bar drifted into the River last weekend slopping fully loaded barges from passing through. Some empty or lightly loaded Barge made it through wednesday after boats slowed a ditch by backing into the Sand bar it. John Kahler of the . Coast guard safely Del said. He did not know exactly How Many barges were stalled but said it was As Many As 300" late Friday. The Mississippi is the nation s busiest Inland water Way and its barges carry Grain ores and Petroleum products the length of the country s midsection. Judge refuses of dismiss libel suit by Robertson. Ir_ym., Mann Mriln Hole Rhinert a or run Washington of a judge refused on Friday to dismiss television evangelist Pat Robertson s libel it against a former congressman who questioned his a record but excused rep. Andrew Jacobs d-ind., from being sued in a parallel action. Robertson has offered sufficient evidence to ques Tion the truth of statements by former rep. Paul Mcclosky r-calif., that the preacher invoked his talker a political influence to avoid combat during the korean War . District judge Joyce hens Green ruled. We Are pleased that Andy Jacobs got out and we look Forward to going la trial said Mcclosky s attorney George a. Lehner Given the history of libel suits i Don t think it s surprising that the judge found these kinds of cases should be heard by a jury i Hope we in get an Early trial Dale before he Iowa caucuses neat february Mccloskey said refer ring to Robertson s expected bid for the presidency. I think a jury ought to decide whether he is telling the truth Mccloskey said. Joel Leising one of Robertson s lawyers said the lawsuit against Jacobs clearly was the weaker link in our Case. But we be made it Plain All along the Princi pal instigator of this libel was m r.  Robertson told the National press club that he considered the judge s decision continuing the Case against Mccloskey a Victory and Hal he looks Forward to the irial. The Case stems from charges Mocloskey made in an aug. A 1986, letter to Jacobs in which he also said Robertson became his Marine company s booze offi cer delivering liquor to troops from Japan. The Teller was subsequently published in two syndicated newspaper columns. Robertson who is considering running for the 1988 Republican presidential nomination denied the charges and filed $35 million lawsuits against Jacobs and Mccloskey. Mccloskey meanwhile has obtain cd pretrial statements from a number of former marines who sup port various parts of his Story. While not overwhelming the judge also found sufficient evidence to permit � reasonable juror to find that Mccloskey acted with malice in spreading the charges about Robertson. The judge noted that at a pretrial deposition Mccloskey retreated from his assertion in inc 1986 letter that he heard Robertson say that his father the late sen. A. Willis Robertson had gotten him out of com Bat  at the deposition Mccloskey said he could t re member Robertson making that statement. The judge dismissed claims by Jacobs and Mcclos key that congressional privilege barred them from being sued Over the contents of the Teller or its dissemination. She also rejected arguments Hal the statements in Mccloskey s letter were not defamatory. Notes May help finally identify 44 circus fire victim Hartford Conn. Up detective Friday had a possible Lead to the identity of Little miss 1565," a child who died in 1944 in America s worst circus fire. Notes found on the child s simple grave and on those of five other unidentified victims May shed Light on the identity of the youngster whose Case Lui remained open since she died with 167 others on july 6, 1944, police said thursday. The victims mostly children were trapped beneath the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey circus big top that Lumen into an inf too and injured More than Suu people. Two Diacri Ives sets. Thomas Barber and Edward Lowe worked around the clock during the disaster. Moved by the tragedy and struck by the in scam face of the 6-Ycar-trid victim they promised to remember her and never give up seeking her identity. Despite their ceaseless work and worldwide circulation of the Thild s picture no one Calt claimed her. Wilh no name she was Given the number Island buried under a Stone marked lulls miss 1565 in Northwood cemetery Neit to five other unidentified victims of the fire. Police it. James Looby said notes were found on All six Graves bul the largest note was on the Imle girl s grave. It said Sarah Graham is her name 7-6-38 Dob 6 years.  a note to the left identified the grave As Hal of her twin brother. Michael and notes on the four other Graves list a Mother Stepfather step grandmother and a Friend related  Looby Taid the notes written in red Ink May be a hoax. Bul he said this is the firs time that i kno of Hal we have had names to go  Looby mid a Check of police files and stale vital statistics showed of Sarah or Michael Graham bom on july 6, 1938, in Connecticut. But he noted if this information is Correct in could be people from Massac Husum who came Down for the Day All sorts of  he said he will also have handwriting experts Check inc notes. Anything in this Case we take a look at he said. One theory has been that the unidentified fire Vic Tims May have been transients from Tome Distant place who decided to attend the circus. The notes were found monday by a resident near the cemetery who frequency visits Itic Graves of his parents police said. Although the identity of link miss 1565" re Mai a mystery after four decades she is not for gotten until their deaths some 30 years later Barber and Lowe remembered her with Flowers or a Wreath cd Christmas memorial Day and july 6. Since the deaths of Lowe and Barber the Allied florists association of Central Connecticut has earned on their tradition and the Slonic is often covered with Flowers from residents and police officers