European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 24. 1983 the stars and stripes Page 5 22-term House Veteran Price Dies at 83 Washington aim rep. Mei Vin Price d-lll., a c2-Tcm Congress Man who was one of the longest serving members of the House died Friday of cancer at ihcageof83. Trice ranked second in seniority in the 43i-Sest House behind rep. Jamie Whit ten d-miss., who is in his 24th term. Price who had been ill for some Lime with arthritis and diabetes Learned recently thai he had pancreatic cancer Pritt Mike Mansfield his administrative assistant said. He died shortly after he entered Mal Colm Grove Hospital at Andrews air Force base in Maryland Friday morning complaining of pain. Mansfield said. For 0 years Price chaired the House armed services committee until fellow democrats concerned Over his age and health ousted him from the Post in january 1985. Under his chairmanship the commit tee had been criticized by younger and More Liberal democrats for showing Little or no vigor m examining president Rea Gan s military policies and programs. Price had announced prior to his re elec Tion in 1986 that he would not run again this year. When inc House considers its version of a Pentagon budget Bill this week one of the 140 amendments that will be pending would name a new Trident missile firing submarine for Price who was a longtime supporter of the nuclear Navy. Mel Price was a Man of the people who kept a common touch after reaching great Heights. He moved from being an army Corporal to contributing in a major Way o the nation s defense said sen. Paul Simon dih. Sen. Alan Dinon d-lll., said Price had absolutely no peer in service to his constituency. He was my Mentor and close personal Friend. My deepest sympathies Are with his wire  rep. Les Aspin d-wis., who ousted Price us chairman of the armed services committee in 1985, called him a fair evenhanded thoughtful member with a quiet Grace that will be missed around  Price was the third senior congressman 10 die this year. Rep. Dan Daniel d-va., who had served since 1969, died Jan. 23 at age 7j, and rep. James 1. Howard d n.j., who had been in the House since 1965 and was chairman of the Public works and transportation committee died March 25 at age 60. Both had suffered heart attacks. Price grew up along the Banks of the Mississippi River in East is. Louis where he was bom on Jan. 1.1905. He came to Washington As an aide at the Stan of the new Deal and was elected to the House in 1944 while serving in the . Army As an enlisted Man and was re elected . In 1967. Price was elected chairman or the House Comminey on standards or official conduct the first standing com Mitten on ethics. He resigned thai Post in 1974 when he was chosen 1o chair the armed services committee. During his tenure As head of he committee. Price presided Over ill drive to beef up the nation s arms stockpile with he my missile the by bomber a nuclear aircraft Carrier and a vast array of other hardware. He identified himself As a staunch supporter of administration requests for military spending regardless of which party was in Power acknowledging the committee under his leadership was Somchai of a rubber stamp for the Pentagon. In Many ways it is Price once said. I d rather be criticised for being for something than have to Alibi when or need in and we Don t have  ironically it was a revolt by fellow democrats that led to his on mar. Price was retained As chairman of the panel s research and development subcommittee but replaced by Aspin because his colleagues questioned Price s stamina and ability to with stand the Rigours of the Job. In his last years. Price suffered from arthritis which affected his ability to walk and forced him to Inch his Way Down inc Capitol corridors Sci when Roll Calls and meetings. In 1985, complications from arthritis led to a fool infection that left him hospitalized during some of the busiest Days of the legislative Calendar and he underwent surgery to replace his right knee pint another result of arthritis if january 1987. He survived a four Way primary hat tie in 1986 to win his party s Nomi nation and Defeated three time Chal Lenger Robert Gaffner a Republican from Greenville by Only 943 Vole inc smallest margin of Victory in his congressional career. He is survived by his wife Garat Dinc. And one son. Or. William Price of Colorado Springs Colo. Couple wants us one of surrogate Mother s twins Ionia Mich. A Patty Nowakowski says she agreed to be a surrogate Mother and gave birth to twins a boy and a girl Only 10 find thai the couple wanted just the girl. Now the twins not yet .1 weeks old live separately because the couple who hired her did t want the boy. After some hesitation she and her husband Aaron have decided to raise the boy themselves and have named him Arthur Jay. Nowakowski 27, told her Story last week to a special legislative panel looking into surrogacy contracts. I was not aware of How carelessly the program is run the woman said when i entered into it 1 thought it would be a wonderful thing to do for some one else to help them have a family. Never dreamed it would turn out this  the babies were born under a  contract arranged by Noel Kean a Dearborn attorney who specializes in surrogate birth agreements. Keane arranged Mary Beth Whitchead s surrogate pregnancy which resulted in a protracted Legal Battle in new Jersey known As the baby Mcase. Canc said he did not know of a couple Ever having rejected a surrogate baby because of its sex and would not discuss the specifics of the Nowakowski contract Nowakowski was Given Fertility drugs and became Prog Nail at the first artificial insemination last july Patty and Aaron Nowakowski Are keeping baby boy. My. To reporter who registered five times will not be prosecuted new York a prosecutors have decided not to file charges against a webs to reporter who registered five limes for Las week s primary election to demonstrate the potential for Vole fraud. Reporter Barbara Nevins revealed wednesday Nigil that she had registered to vote in Manhattan Brooklyn Queens Staten Island and Nassau county using different names and addresses. She said she voted Only once Betty Dolce executive director of the Board of elections who was interviewed by Nevins said she referred the Case to prosecutors because u is illegal to give false information to election officials or a Register falsely. The Manhattan District attorney s office decided thursday not to file charges against Nevins said Ger Ald Mckelvey a spokesman for District attorney Rob Ert Morgan Luau. Rep. Bill Green. R-n.y., criticized the Board for seeking prosecution of Nevins. A reporter s duty is to Alert the Public to the Reali ties of Hie he said. Killing the messenger does not negate the message. The Board should determine whether the potential Tor fraud multiple registration and voting is enough to require changes in the system. Seeling 10 prosecute the reporter is unjustified and dam  Dolen said Nevins admitted in her news report that she had committed class � felonies. What she did is against the Law and i gave in to the District  she said. "1 was disturbed by the attempt to prosecute me Nevins said. I thought the response Wai inappropriate. When we showed mrs. Dolce a flaw in the system the response should have been there s some thing wrong Lei j fix it instead she turned the tables and pointed a Finger at me Dolce said fraudulent registration is rare but cautioned that breaking the Law on television could encourage others to do it. I told her if you to on television people who have never thought about doing something like this will think about joint a so i Dunk she s really out of line she said. Novini report did not suggest that widespread fraud was committed in tuesday s primary but stressed that a Campaign to Rig a local election might work. She said she Learned she was carrying wins and underwent a procedure to determine the sex of the babies. The lest showed that one baby was a boy but the sex of the other could not be determined. Two weeks before the twins were born the other couple who already had children told her a doctor had recommended against adding More children to their family because of Fth added stress they had decided they did not want the boy Nowakowski said in an interview thursday with the grand rapids press. Bui the couple told her that if the other baby was a girl hey would Lake her. At that Point i did not know what to do. I was very angry Nowakowski said. It put us in a bad Posi Tion. Nowakowski said she and her husband who hive three other children thought they would Pui up the babies for adoption if they were both boys. When the babies were bom in a Lansing Hospital the Coupie came and look the baby girl. The Hoy was sen to a Foster Home. But thai bothered Nowakowski and she and her husband ended up taking Arthur Jay Home. It did t seem fair to him that he was rejected by his biological father then rejected again by his Surro Gate parents How can you make a child enter Jitt world As a product of rejection Sana Softie in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. April 14, 1948 Britain rejected new soviet proposals thai the soviet Union control air traffic in the corridors to Berlin without four Power approval. 30 years ago today. April 24. 1958 soviet and Kremlin supporters walked out of the yugoslav party Congress rather than listen to the most blistering pro Tito attack on their Brand of communism in four years. 20 years ago today. ,. April 24, 1968 a former French intelligence officer charged president Charles do  with ignoring evidence in 1962 that soviet spies bad penetrated the top echelons of his government and nato head quarters. F 0 years ago foday. April 24. 1978 supreme commander of nato forces Gen. Alexander m. Haig or. Said the soviet Union which had Long outstripped nato in conventional forces in Europe bad closed the Gap in the strategic Duc car area u Well