European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday Daca Bame 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 Summit was social disaster says expert Kewan ii 111. Al1 Mikhail Gorbachev s sidewalk diplomacy May have charmed passers by in Washington but it Drew a shudder of distaste from Man ners maven Marj Anclle Young Stewart. After All inc soviet Leader kept presi Dent Reagan waiting. I can t believe it. That is so rude. He is very insensitive and i m going to Send him my etiquette Book so they la know How to act tile next time they visit said Stewart who has Wincn 15 books on etiquette. The three Day Summit Between inc superpowers was an etiquette disaster to inc author who licked off one Faux Pas after another. The social blunders included unanswered invitations plastic wrapping on roses Blue suits at Black tie dinners and Champagne glasses held by tie gob lets she said. For lie most part it s been a great moment in americans minding i hair  said Stewart a  television talk show guest bul there have been some tense awkward to  Kaisa Gorbachev for example should have responded promptly to Nancy Rea Gan s inv ipalion for Coffee. "1 can t believe she had to be prodded to respond to Nancy s invitation Stew Art said. The reagans also committed social blunders inc most obvious being the president s handling of glassware when he toasted his guests she indicated. The pics Ideal held his Champagne Glass by the bowl rather him by inc Stem she said. Everyone knows inc lips of your fingers will warm inc Glass. That s Why you should hold in by the Stem. Gorbachev acid the Glass properly which shows me he s aware of his social  another sore Point was Gorbachev s somewhat proletarian garb Al a state Din Ner hosted by Reagan Stewart said. Any Man who can hold a Champagne Glass by the Stem knows better than to Wear a Blue suit to a Black lie dinner she said. The soviets had walked at Black lie garb As going against the Grain of communism. Stewart does t know who is to blame Tor the bouquets handed inc Gorbachev upon their arrival in the United states. They handed mrs. Gorbachev a skimpy bouquet of roses wrapped in plastic she said they should have presented her an armful or Flowers. And icy gave the general Secretary a funny hide bouquet and then did t take it from him so he could shake  otherwise Stewart gave High Marks to the America s hospitality. Everything else went right by the books she said. Of icel for the Cham pagne Glass the president and mrs. Rea Gan get Sirai Ghl a  mar Jab lie Young Stewart largest . Tax fraud Case results in three convictions new York a a one time Wall Street Whiz kid whose lax shelter services were used by Andy War hol Michael Landon and other celebrities was convicted thursday in what a prosecutor said was the biggest lax fraud Case in . History. Charles age Alkins and iwo associates William s. Hack and Emust m. Grunebaum were convicted of conspiracy to defraud the internal Revenue service under a variety of tax fraud charges. Prosecutors said the scheme enabled clients to claim 1350 million in phony tax deductions. Atkins 33, faces up of 86 years in prison and a 1145,000 Fine for the 28 counts he was convicted of said Federal prosecutor Stuart Abrans. Hack 62. Faces up 10 14 years and $30,000 in tines and Grunebaum 52, up to 44 years and $70,000 in fines. The investors included postmaster general Preston a Tisch his brother lbs president Laurence a Tisch actors Sidney poker and the late lome Greene and television producer Norman Lear. None was charged with any crime bul Abrams said icy could be held liable for Back taxes and civil penalties. Atkins the son of former Ashland Oil co. Chairman Orin e. Alkins took Wall Street by storm in the Early 1980s with a series of tax shelters and investment partnerships Hal attracted tens of millions of dollars. Prosecutors claimed his group of lax shelters known collectively As the securities groups engaged in pre arranged rigged and fraudulent transactions Between 197sandl982. The 31-count Federal indictment handed Down in March accused Alkins and his two co defendants of creating More than $1.3 billion in fraudulent losses and interest expenses while trading in Treasury Bill futures and other government securities. Those losses generated More than 1350 million in bogus tax deductions for the clients prosecutors said. Abrans said irs officials believed the scheme was the largest lax fraud Case in .  Tabatha s surgeon cites Progress Pittsburgh a three year old Tabatha Foster has become less jaundiced a sign of Progress for the world s longest survivor of a five Organ transplant her surgeon said. Or. Thomas a slant said he s still concerned about the liver he transplanted into the Madisonville ky., girl 5 i weeks ago Al Pittsburgh s children s Hospital. But he said there appears to be no sign of Organ rejection. Jaundice the yellowing of the skin is a sign of liver malfunction. Tabatha remained in critical but stable condition Friday in the Hospital s intensive care unit. Nurses and of her staff members regularly read Sec Ries to Tabatha and the child enjoys colouring and rid ing in a stroller through hallways according to Hospital spokeswoman sue Cardillo Tabatha was bom with a filial intestinal deformity that prevented her from consuming solid food. She is fed a special baby formula through a lube connected Toher Small intestine the toddler received a liver Small intestine pancreas and parts of a Colon and stomach luring a 19 hour operation that ended nov. I it was the third Lime the procedure had been performed. Both previous attempts failed. Computer firms demand . Pay Legal fees Washington a digital equip Cal corp. And Wang laboratories inc. Arc demand ing that the government reimburse them for More than is million in Legal Bills icy ran up in a largely unsuccessful Challenge of air Force con tract specifications. We re surprised hey even have the Gall to come and ask for reimbursement after losing Seid Kevin Vincent an air Force attorney. Digital in what it insists is an understated claim asked for $830.330 in a Legal motion daled nov. 18. Wang filed a separate motion the next Day. Originally trying to keep confidential the amount of Money it was requesting. It later backed Down Al the air Force s insistence and lifted its Asser Tion of confidentiality on the total sought $210,000, the air Force has Cyl to respond formally bul Vincent said the companies evidently Are de manding reimbursement because a government Board ruled in favor of digital on an insignificant part of the dispute. They believe that because one Small part of their protest was granted they can hang their hat on that. But they prevailed on a single insignificant Issue. Digital and Wang last this Case he said. Not surprisingly the two companies maintain hey Bra the Ait Force on a significant Issue and thus arc entitled to reimbursement. The two requests ultimately will be decided by the general services administration s Board of contract appeals. Justice Marshall criticizes Meese Justice Thurgood Marshall Washington a supreme court Justice Thurgood. Marshall thinks the Justice department under the Rea Gan administration is More interested in politics than sound Legal arguments it was disclosed thursday. I think there Are certain move cols that the department of Justice is making which could be interpreted As trying to undermine inc supreme court itself which is of course impossible Marshall said. They can t separate the political from the Legal. They write political speeches and put the word Brief on  Marshall made the remarks in an interview with columnist Carl Rowan to be broadcast sunday on a local Washington to station. When asked his opinion of attorney general Edwin Meuse i Marshall re plied no  when asked whether members of the High court discuss Meuse in private Marshall responded no com ment. No comment  Marshall did say however Hal Meuse does not appear to understand the doctrine of separation of Powers intended to bal Ance Power Between the executive legislative und judicial branches of government. Marshall said thai Itic solicitor Gener Al s office in the Justice department which has responsibility for arguing government positions before the High court has departed from its traditional role. The solicitor general is the govern ment s spokesman in this court mar shall said. He Speaks for inc govern ment. It s always been True up until the Pas decade or so. Now ii seems As though he Speaks Only for the president and not the rest of the  the solicitor general is former har Vard University professor Charles Fried. Marshall also defended the treatment that rejected supreme court nominee Robert h. Bork received. The leaders of the Campaign to Block Bork s confirmation included some of the most prominent people in the civil rights movement asked if Bork was the victim of a Lynch mob As some of his defenders charged Marshall said Bork s critics researched the whole problem and they presented their research to take it or leave  i never heard of a Lynch mob putting in up to somebody else. The Lynch mob lakes in upon themselves to do some thing. I just think it s an unfair statement for anybody to have