European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday june 8, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 Greece holding palestinian suspect reported reluctant to extradite accused terrorist to . Washington of Greece has seized a palestinian suspected or involvement two terrorist acts the bombings of a pan am jumbo Jet in 1982 and the bombing of a Twa Airliner in 1986 but is reluctant to extradite him a . Official said monday. The official said l. Paul Bremer the stale department s top anti terrorism official flew 10 Athens last week. \ i a i students protest i Girrard University adv Hory Board member whose Law firm has dealings in South Africa. Conducted business As usual monday. Bruce Marks who identified himself As a member of the Harvard divestment coalition said one Demon Strator Eric Chester planned to press assault charges against ropes & Gray lawyers for what Marks de scribed As a scuffle. Another demonstrator Michael Wolf Wai being examined by a doctor for a possible broken Collarbone sustained in an altercation with lawyers and Security guards Marks said. O Donnell said ropes & Gray officials could not confirm whether any protesters were injured. Wright used office funds to pay for work on Book Washington a House speaker Jim Wright used $2,000 from his congressional office account to pay expenses of a Washington aide he sent to Texas to oversee final editing of a privately produced Book that eventually earned the speaker nearly $55,000, according to House records. The records show payments of$2,078.27 to match cd cossolotto for hotel accommodations while on official business car rental and meals during the period oct. 22 to nov. 14, 1984, a time when cossolotto said he was in fort Worth to Complete work on the Book. House ethics rules allow wide latitude in the use of staff members but they stipulate employees May not be compensated from Public funds to perform non official personal or Campaign activities on behalf of the cossolotto said in an interview Mon Day that the trip was the culmination of several months of on and off work Inwright s Capitol Hill office to help the Texas Democrat draft the manuscript of the Book reflections of a Public he said he spent a Good chunk of Lime perhaps 1 so to 200 hours Between mid-1984, when Wright As signed him to work on the Book at a staff meeting and his trip to fort Worth. It was not full time in any particular week said cossolotto who left Wright s office earlier this year and now works for a private communications company i Washington. I would collect some things read some stuff talk to the major Ity Leader the office Wright then held. It was hit and miss. The big crunch was Down in fort during the trip which was arranged a ifs and made final corrections on Thek. He said he Lew to fort Worth on commercial flight but did not know How that was paid for. The House financial records for the pc Jod do not show any air fare attributed to cossolotto. Coss Lollo told the Washington Post which first reported the aide s work on the Book monday that he was a Little uncomfortable with the assignment and did not know whether it was proper under House rules. Asked whether he reported that uneasiness to any of his superiors or sought assurances from them he answered thai Short of a Touchy one. I m not sure if i earlier news reports have pointed out that Wright has collected nearly 155,000in royalties from the Book receiving $3.25 for each copy that Sells for $5.95. By Wright s office. Cossolotto said he h was published by Carlos Moore a fort wailed for the Book 10 be typeset read Worth Friend of Wright who also was paid More than $250,000 by Wright s re election committee in 1985 and 1986, while Wright was collecting the royalties. The Book Deal along with other Allega Lions of questionable activities by the speaker was cited in requests for an investigation of Wright by the House ethics committee. The panel met Losi week without deciding How to proceed and is scheduled to resume consideration of the matter thursday. The Washington Post reported i tuesday s editions thai common cause a non partisan watchdog group which lost month called for an ethics commit tee probe has renewed its request in a second letter to committee chairman rep. Julian Dixon a Calif. Wright s office would not comment publicly on the matter monday. In an inter View with the Post however the speaker defended cossolotto s assignment
