European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday. October 20. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 reagans agree on Yule gifts Washington up Nancy Reagan says she and the president have decided what to give each of her for Christmas framed copies of their televised medical diagram. The first lady made the remark sunday to her press Secretary Elaine Crispin at by Thesda naval Hospital in suburban Washington where mrs. Cagan is recuperating from breast cancer surgery. Mrs. Reagan deplored the graphic diagrams shown on i Levi Sion during her husband s 1985 Colon cancel operation. Bui she has not been irritated Wilh the Lef vision coverage of her own breast cancer surgery Crispin said. Crispen said mrs. Reagan told her we be decided what we can give each other for Christmas framed copies of our medical diagrams that we see on samoan Delegate to House probed in payroll fraud Case Washington apr a House member who is under investigation for alleged payroll fraud listed payments of a lord than is 62,000 in salaries to individuals who were not on his staff Accord ing to congressional records. An Esami nation of the payroll records of a Nib , Sunia. The non voting Delegate from american Samoa shows that checks were issued of the Indi Vij ducts bet in feb. 1.1984 and dec. 31.1986, according to Hie payroll records compiled by the mouse clerk and published quarterly. Federal investigators arc probing allegations that Sunia and his top aide mat thew Luli arranged for paychecks to be issued to individuals falsely listed on the Delegate s District staff payroll according to sources familiar with he Case. Paychecks totalling js7.37s were is sued in inc name of a tribal Leader on the Remote Pacific Island of Manua in the . Territory j45.833.26 under the name of inc acting general manager of a hotel in Pago Pago and nearly $25.000 was listed As being paid loan individual who ii the manager of a travel Agency in the samoan capital. Investigators arc also examining pay ments totalling Marc than $34,000 loan it lick individual listed As a project director no charges have been filed against i ther Sunia or Lull bul discussions about a possible plea bargain have been held be tween Federal prosecutors and their attorneys said the sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. Those discussions were described As inconclusive thus far. The government rejected Sunia s offer to resign if he were not prosecuted according to one source. Sunia so has refused to comment on the investigation. Sunia s Adorney have contended in discussions Wilh Federal prosecutors that Luli was the Mechanic who set up the scheme the sources said. Neither Cary Feldman nne of Sunia s attorneys nor Richard h. Bails an Lull s attorney would comment. Sunia a 50-year-old Democrat was first elected to Congress in 19ho. As a Delegate Sunia May cast Voles in committees hut not on the House floor. The payroll records indicate that i Apa Velcena. A tribal Leader on Manua was first i Sunia s payroll in the first Quarter of 1983. Clega was paid a total of 141.750.83 is a project director Between Teh. I 1983 and dec. 31, 1984, when Ilis name was dropped from the payroll. A deep s name reappears As being paid an additional si5,625 Between oct. 1, 1985 and feb. 28, 1986. The records also list payments totalling $45.833.26 to . John Faivae. The act ing manager of the rainmaker hold in Pago Pago. Faivae. Who is Lull s Uncle was listed As being on Sunia s payroll from Jan. 1, 1985 through dec. 31, 1986, Pilot Only victim As plane hits emptied apartments Buena Park. Calif. A in what was termed almost a three apartment buildings were comply when a single engine plane crashed into them at midday saturday killing the Pilot and setting the buildings ablaze officials said. Most of he Ocsid cols of the nine units Sci afire were at a nearby City festival one family had a doctor s appoint ment and the resident of one apartment was in the process of moving out witnesses and authorities said. Considering what could have happened this is Al most a Miracle said Kevin o Rourke. City manager of Lii Lugii 20 mites Southeast of los Angeles. The four seater Piper Turbo Arrow took off from Fulleton municipal Airport a few Miles Northeast of the crash site about three minutes before the crash look place at 12 12 ., o Rourke said. Witnesses said the plane appeared to lose Power Over the 114-unit Village Garden apartments struck a Palm tree lost a Wing then chromed off a roof and hit the ground Between a Pai r of two Story buildings. Three buildings each with three townhouse style apartments in them caught fire. In All three of the nine apartments were destroyed and four were dam aged. Total damage was estimated at 1400,000. The Pilot identified As Lewis t. Hassman. 64. Of Westminster was an aerospace Engineer who was considered a capable Pilot said Fred Miller owner of general aviation co which leased the plane from Hassman. Milan Gjurich 60, was returning to his apartment 200 Yards from the crash scene when the plane came Down i saw this air plane and i was wondering what this Guy was doing flying so Low Gjurich said. It was a very gruesome Sou no when it hit a fireman sprays Waler unto an apartment set on fire when a single engine plane crashed into it. A rated videos go up in Blue smoke Jet blows 2 Tir Gadsden Ala. A a video store owner who said he wanted to Sci a belter example for his children burned some $70,000 Worth of a rated video tapes in front of City Hall As a crowd of about 60 people watched. Danny Mayo who is also a songwriter burned 2,011 tapes after hauling Vliem away in two pickup trucks saturday. They believe it s a publicity stunt Mayo said. But if 1 have to close my doors i la still write Beautiful songs be Able to live with myself and set a belter example for my he has writ ten songs for the Oak Ridge boys and of her groups Mayo 37. Owns two video stores in a Ducin that his father Harold 65, manages. The a Ralpd tapes constituted about 30 percent of one store s inventory he said. People will jus have 10 go some where else to gel those movies he said. Mayo said no one pressured him to destroy the tapes and lie had no religious motivation. He said he had just decided to change some things about his life after he realised that betting on football games had become More important to him than spending Lime with his family. Group s and claims Bias by Miami paper Miami a a cuban american group charged in a full Page advertisement in monday s edit ions of the Miami Herald that the newspaper is biased in its coverage of inc cuban american Community. The cuban american National foundation which described itself As a non profit group thai supports the concept of a free and democratic Cuba charged hat the Herald has shown a pattern of neglect manipulation and censorship of news affecting Miami s politically and economically Strong cuban american Community. The and cited the Herald s recent Edito rial Call for an investigation Ofa Spanish language radio station that Rebr Padt Asl Dol Unicki juries from radio Marti in apparent violation of Federal regulations the Miami Herald May As Well close its doors if it believes ii can late advantage of us economically while it belittles our ideals and our people and our purposes the and said. Herald publisher Richard Capon responded in a prepared statement we regret that apparently the leadership of inc foundation is unhappy Wilh the Miami Herald. Their characterisation of this newspaper is fundamentally unfair and no one injured san Francisco apr two Tir on a Delta airlines 727 jetliner carrying 57 passengers blew out while it was land ing sunday at san Francisco International Airport officials said. There were no reported injuries on right 1400 from Vancouver wash., which had just touched Down at 1 30 When the aircraft was forced to come to a premature Slop on runway 28, said Lynn Hales Airport duty manager. The runway was closed until 5 ., when the plane s tires were replaced and it was towed to a Gale but the closure caused few problems for arriving and de pan my High is added Hales. The passengers and an undetermined number of the Crew were taken off Thi Pirine by a rear staircase and driven on buses to the terminal. Vat just ended and then everything started in shimmy and shake an unidentified female passenger old j camera Crew fur k Ron to in san Francisco
