European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday june 11,1986 panel to Start probe into Wright s finances Washington a the House ethics commit tee committee on standards of official conduct announced Friday that it has voted to Start an official inquiry into the financial dealings of speaker Jim Wright. Committee chairman Julian Dixon d calif., said the panel voted unanimously to probe six possible Vio lations of the House rules. Last night the committee. Voted a preliminary investigation in the matter of speaker Jim Wright said Dixon. The speaker of Fth House. Has pledged his full  the six areas to be formally investigated by the committee include the circumstances surrounding lobbying efforts for a Friend and constituent Richard Moncef with whom Wright had an interest in a private Gas Well venture. The circumstances surrounding Wright s intervention in a matter before the Interior department on behalf of Texas Oil & Gas co. Whether Campaign funds were used to help pay for publication of Wright s Book reflections of a Public Man from which he received a 55 percent Royalty totalling some 155,000. Colonial style tour six year old May Shargo sits on the Lap of he grandmother Essa Shargo during a Carriage ride through Williamsburg a. Thursday. The youngster from Odessa in the soviet Union hid open heart surgery to Deborah heart and lung Center in new Jersey May 2. My s Mother Catherine photographs some of he Sites along the Carriage route. Whether Wright improperly detailed a congressional aide and used his office expense accounts to Complete work on the Book. Wright s use of a condominium in fort Worth. Texas which belong to Friend and business partner George Mallick for which Wright reportedly pays expenses but no rent. The possible exercise of undue influence in Deal Ings with officials of the Federal Home loan Bank Board on behalf of Texas Banks. Wright in Advance of the committee announce ment Friday released papers he said would refute charges that he violated ethics rules. But the speaker said he still welcomes an official inquiry. The committee property wants to look very care fully and exhaustively into each of the items of which i be been accused said Wright a Texas. Ultimately i m certain that exposure to All the facts will assure the committee that there is no War Rentable  the complaint against Wright was filed by a political enemy rep. Newt Gingrich. Roa. Common cause a non profit group that pushes for lighter government ethics standards also called for an investigation. First lady must be Stone Wall Nancy asserts Washington a Nancy Reagan said thurs Day that a first lady must be a Stone Wall when it comes to looking after her husband s health and if that interferes with affairs of stale then so be  mrs. Reagan in a speech to the world Gas Confer ence said no first lady need make apologies for looking out for her husband s  although mrs. Reagan made no reference to former White House chief of staff Donald Tregan her re Marks were clearly directed at the critical portrait he painted of her in his recently published Book for the  the Book disclosed that mrs. Reagan consulted an astrologer for Aid in helping prepare her husband s schedule. Regan also portrayed the first lady As con trolling Access to the president in the weeks following his Proi Lale surgery in 1985, and having engineered Regan s ouster in the aftermath of the Iran Centra affair. Mrs. Reagan has refused to comment directly on the assertions in Regan s Book. In her speech she made no mention fasl Rotoly. Her address largely echoed a similar speech she delivered last Spring when she defended her role As her husband s protector several weeks after Regan s Depar Ture from the while House. No matter what is written about her there s one thing on which any first lady must be a Stone Wall. The first lady is first of All a wife she said thursday. Speaking of Reagan s hospitalization she said i believe my husband has As much right to a Normal recuperation As any other husband. And i think it s an important legitimate role for a first lady to look after a president s health and Well being. And if that interferes with affairs of state then so be  stateside firehouse Burns Down while firemen Are out Manchester . A Fin gulled one of the City s eight firc houses thursday while firefighters assigned Here were participating in an emergency Drill Tor he Seabrook nuclear lower Plant authorities said. The Blaze broke out at 6 19 . In the old2m-s Ory Brick building on the City s West Side and the blow was Well advanced when the first units arrived officials said. The fire was brought under control around 8 . And no injuries were reported officials said. Authorities said they did not immediately know the cause or the tire. Health warning issued on Gulf coast oysters Calveston Texas Dpi people with liver disease or other immunological deficiencies Are strongly advised not to eat raw oysters har vested Between april and october county health and Industry spokesmen said. Potentially deadly bacteria found in oysters along the Gulf coast have caused 20 deaths in Florida and another 20 in Louisiana in the past live to six years. No deaths have been linked to the bacteria in Texas but Gale Caslon county health director Ralph Morris said about is cases of illness associated with the bacteria have been reported in Texas annually is Nee 1986. The deaths elsewhere were predominantly among people with liver diseases or suppressed immune systems Morris said. Man on Jet skis accused of scaring bather to death Norcross a. A a 36-year-old Jel skier has been charged with manslaughter in the death of a woman who official say was literally scared to death when he zoomed by within inches of her on Lake Lanier. Barbara Reyes 40, of Norcross. Who had a history of heart trouble was floating on an inflatable raft during an Outing the weekend before memorial Day when she  county police arrested Adrian Stanoiu 36, of Norcross on a Misdemeanour involuntary manslaughter charge. If convicted Stanoiu could face a year in jail. He was released on j550 Bond. Reagan to give preview of economic Summit Washington a president Reagan will give a preview of the forthcoming seven nation economic Summit in a speech in washing ton on monday and will report on the Summit in a speech in Toronto after it ends the White House said  of the United slates Britain France West Germany Japan Canada and Italy will meet in Toronto june 19-21. White House spokesman Marlin Fil water said Reagan will address he annual meeting of the Atlantic Council on monday and his speech is expected to be related to the Summit. The Council is a non profit group formed to promote closer relations among Western Europe North America Australia new zealand and Japan. Fitzwater said Reagan would address a joint Din Ner of the Empire club and the Canadian club in Toronto on june 21 at the conclusion of the sum Mil. He said the event was not part of the Summit but undoubtedly will Deal with the conclusions and mulls of he Summit  jury awards $25 million in deaths of 2 tots new York the parents of two toddlers crushed under the wheels of a truck were awarded 125 million thurs Day by a jury that found a Walic Don l walk 1 signal partly at fault. The jury awarded the Money to is net and Fatima delo Sovic in connection with the deaths of their children Vaid 3, and Lerini 5. The boys were killed while crossing a major Avenue in Greenwich Village on the morning of May 8, 1981, with their Mother and baby brother who both suffered Only minor injuries. Gary Willersdorf the Deloso Vics Law yer said the Light did not give pedestrians enough Lime to Cross the Street. Truck Driver Stephen Rapczak. 25, of Garwood n.j., testified that he was unable to Sec the family in the crosswalk when he proceeded through a Green Light shared equally by International Harvester the tract owned by Higgins trucking Bix Ause of alleged poor design of the  Rtin no round Over the two and the City because fits design of the incr " . International Harvester and the City said they would Appeal fac verdict As excessive according to Pillersdorf. Justice Edward Uhner the trial judge grids Pillersdorf after a 4h-week trial the jury found Rapczak and Higgins trucking 44 percent liable in the tragedy but the Deloso Vics had already settled with them for $500,000. The remaining 56 percent liability is scheduled a july 15 hearing for motions on inc verdict