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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday april 21. 1938 stateside Reagan Campaign unit fined for funds overage Washington map tilt Federal election com Mission fined president Reagan s Campaign committees  for accepting excessive contributions in the 19n4 primary election newly released records show. The commission is winding up ils work on the 1984 election and documents just released include a Jan. 26 settlement signed by the Reagan  Audil by ice dec found thai Reagan accepted More than she j 1.000 minimum from 285 and duals. Fora trial of j 93.674iii excess receipt. Missouri couple bids $185 for Vasectomy Kansas City to. A a couple s $185 bid was enough to win a Vasectomy donated by a group of to Coors to help a Public television station. The procedure had been donated for the Benefit ofic to to by Central family Medicine a medical group with offices in Mission and Kansas City. Kan. Ii wus purchased monday by a couple who were unavailable for comment station officials said. The minor operation which Ronde is a Man sterile was valued at s300, said or Malcolm Knarr a family practitioner who said he was a supporter of Public television. 106,000 84 Ford trucks being recalled for repairs Washington a Ford motor co is recalling about 106,000 1984-Model Ranger and Bronco ii trucks to bring their emissions control systems into compliance with Federal regulations the environmental  the  the recoil affects Only trucks with 2, engines and automatic transmissions. California tracks which Are build to Mcva different emissions standards Are not involved Epa  Agency said ils Icsis had discovered the trucks i hauls put out hydrocarbons and Carbon monoxide in a Xrefs of Federal regulations but it was unable to identify a defect ivc component or pan failure As the cause. Ford has agreed to adjust the choke and ignition timing to new specifications and install new Carburettor metering jets to bring the trucks into compliance with the standards Epa said. Ring of transvestites accused of clothing thefts West Palm Beach Fla. Api thieves witha Neye for top of the line women fashions had dallied police Here for two months until authorities discovered they May be dealing with a Rin b of  investigating robberies of at least 10 boutiques in affluent South Palm Beach county on tues Day arrested iwo men one dressed in women clothes with a Carload of Brach car. Police arc accusing the men of being part of Anuran Icid group of 10 to 15 men who dress As women Antl who arc responsible for thefts of at least $200,000in women s clothes during the past iwo months sgt. Ken Deischer  thieves who threw a Rock through the window at Dorcon s swimwear on tuesday cleared the Racks of about si0,000 in swimsuits rompers coverups shorts and tops officials said. I have wronged Reagan by fakery Speakes says Washington a former while House in Tiesman Lurry Speaks said tuesday Hal he had wronged president Reagan in conceding quotes that he passed off As the president s own words. Speakes in an address at a Washington Posl Book and author luncheon said he had been Ove Nealous and misguided in attributing Sale meals to Reagan that had been manufactured in the press office. I have wronged president Reagan a Man whom i deeply Admire and respect Speakes said. And i have provided fodder for those who would aim their can Nons of criticism at the president i served loyally for Sis years. 1 deeply regret  his comments were reported in wednesdays editions of the Washington Post. Speakes who on Friday quit his Job As chief spokes Man for Merrill Lynch 4 co. Because of the uproar Over the phony quotes also offered a limited apology for some of the  in his new Book. Speaking  apologize not for the Ruih in my Book nor the telling of it he said. The truth never requires apology. I do Reg Fol that 1 have overstepped he Bounds of propriety in some instances. It is for that i apologize. Speakes revealed in his Book that on iwo occasions he had attributed quotes to Reagan that the president never said. In one instance the quotes were drafted in the press office and in another they had been spoken by Secretary of stale George Shultz the Book also contains Speakes Blunt assessments of people in the White House and members of the press who cover the president. In same cases. I did overstep the Bounds of com Mon decency and yes  Speakes said. 1have needlessly criticized Many whose professionalism i  Mollie leu most Prince and Law object of his affection in 18-Jenr-old new i Lampshire Pony Nimol Prince pc Case of a Pony Moose a Cen for mom Laconia  a it can gel mighty lonely in the new Hampshire Woods As an 18-year-old female Pony named Princess has discovered. For the last five months Princess has been the object of affection of a 900-Pound Bull Moose nearly twice her size. However a Man photographing the unlikely pair believes the relationship is Maler Nal. He even tries to follow the Pony into the barn. He thinks she is his Mother said Herbie Ainsworth of Gilmanton who refuses to disclose the farm s location for fear Hal someone might shoot the Moose the Moose which has been named Prince says in the pasture All Day watching the Pony and Ihen returns the next morning he said recently. The farm s owners Don t feed the Moose although it often tries to enter the Bam for a bite of Hay. H s rare for a Moose to be attracted to Domestic livestock but not unheard  1987 a Var Mon Heifer named Jessica attracted the affections of a Bull Moose for a 76-Diyromance that sparked interest nationwide before he resumed his life in the wild. Krisling Klein a slate biologist said that a Coy. Moose drives away its calf when the youngster is about a year old and that after being abandoned ayoung Moose occasionally will attach itself loan other Moose or to Domestic livestock. . To extradite w. German linked to swindle Santa Ana Calif. Up a Feder Al magistrate tuesday approved the extradition of a former currency Exchange broker wanted in West Germany for a massive currency swindle that Cost Auto maker Volkswagen up to $258 million. The ruling which is being drafted and is scheduled to be signed by . Magis trate Ronald Rose nest week allows West German prosecutors 10 take Hans Joachim Schmidt. 3�. Back to his Home land for trial. Schmidt is charged in Wesl German with pm oiling with Volkswagen officials in i i to use company Money to buy . Dollars in a secret agreement to profit from fluctuations in the Price of currency. When the Price of the Dollar plunged the company lost up to s258 million Volkswagen estimated. After appearing before Rose Schmidt was returned to a detention facility where he has been held without bail since his arrest by the Fri Las november at his Hollywood a part ment. Other suspects in the scheme have been apprehended in West Germany. Lawyer Robert Perry who represented Schmidt in the hearing said he would a peal the decision on the grounds the extradition request was technically deficient. Perry  Seal of the West Ger Man Federal minister of Justice was missing from the document a Seal he said was required under the extradition treaty signed Between the United slates and West Germany. Perry also  court should have used the original documents a a basis for the ruling instead of . Kose overruled Perry s objections saying there was More than ample corroboration of the documents authentic  Rose signs the order Wesl Ger Man officials will be Able to make final arrangements with the stale department to Lake Schmidt into custody. Assistant . Agio my James Sanders said. Throughout the hearing. Schmidt sat silently Niilo his Wesl German lawyer Egon  former Frankfurt resident was believed to have fled Wesl Germany in Volkswagen made aircraft the Day Afler the fraud was announced in that Cumry. The Fri believes he went to Switzerland and the Caribbean and then to the untied Stales. A provisional warrant for schmidts arrest in the United states issued in .district court last nov. 2, outlined inc charges contained in inc a German warrant issued for Schmidt april 24, 1987. In the local court in Braunschweig. The Warram said Schmidt was charged with instigating another to breach of Trust and document forgery for helping employees of Volkswagen Crk a to use company Money in foreign currency transactions As part of a secret prom sharing agric men. Schmidi was allegedly involved in the scheme by forging receipts to cover up the transactions and Pultina illegal prof its in Bank accounts in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The firm s chief financial officer Rolf Selowsky 56, resigned March 14, l7. Inc Day after the Wolfsburg firm fired behead of its foreign Exchange operations Burkhard Jungr dismissed 10 others and suspended four More  
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