European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes tuesday August 2,1988 smooth presidential Transfer of Power urged by panel stateside Clear immediately that his Secretary of state is his on principal lieutenant in foreign affairs a report on presidential transition recommends. The report noted that three presidents Nixon Carter and Reagan All found their administrations involved Early in internal disputes Between the nation Al Security adviser and the state  the report never mentioned the Iran Contra scan dal which came to Light in Reagan s second term. Butt said recent events have demonstrated the need Tor a new president to Tell his National Security adviser atthe Start precisely what role and responsibilities he and his staff should assume including their relations with the Secretary of  the Iran Contra affair in which the United states secretly sold arms to Iran and diverted profit from the sales to the nicaraguan contras Reagan s National Security advisers prevailed Over Secretary of state George Shultz s  and consistency in foreign policy Are Best served if the president has Only one principal lieu tenant in that area the Secretary of state the recently released report  report entitled transferring responsibility the dangers of transition was released by the White Burkett Miller Center of Public affairs at the univer sity of  study was the work of a commission on presidential transitions and foreign policy headed by for Mer two secretaries of state Cyrus r. Vance and Wil Liam p.  commission included members of every Post War presidential transition from the Franklin d. Mended key foreign policy officials should be selected promptly by a new administration with Cabinet offi cers chosen within four weeks of the election and sub Cabinet positions filled within 10 weeks. The process often takes longer the report said be cause of political considerations in the White House and the Senate. Key presidential foreign policy documents should be reproduced for the incoming president. We know of no Large institution other than the White House in which when a change of leadership occurs Many of the files relevant to continuing policy decisions Are packed up and taken away by the departing top Oili Cial the report said. The office of management and budget the investigative  of Congress should be restored As the institutional memory of the president s office and the number of political appointees at the top of bomb should be reduced. Pre inaugural meetings Between representatives of the incoming administration and foreign diplomats and leaders should be sharply limited. Each presidential candidate should begin building a Pool of potential foreign policy appointees immediately after the political party conventions and use Small task forces rather than Large transition teams. The report said that during a presidential Campaign candidates should be careful in the number and scope of promises they make in the foreign policy Field. Some political promises which bring Success in the election May produce failure in  Poe Home now official landmark Edgar Allan Poe Philadelphia a one of the six Phila Delphia Homes of author and poet Edgar Allan Poe was designated a National literary landmark on sunday because of its importance in the writer s career. Jeff Collins acting supervisory Ranger at the Edgar Allan Poe National historic site said the House is the Only one remaining of Poe s houses in Philadelphia where he lived from 1838 to 1844. Poe s time in Philadelphia is considered among his most productive Collins said. Most of his famous works were published Here he said. They included the Tell tale heart the murders in the Rue morgue the Gold Bug the pit and the pendulum and the Black cat Collins said. However it is not known whether p9e actually composed those works while living in Phil Adelphia since his manuscripts weren t dated. The historical site which became part of Independence National historical Park in 1981, includes the House he rented and a neighbor s House. The literary landmarks association is a Colum bus Ohio based group that designates Sites important to the lives of famous authors. Poe was born in Boston in 1809 and died in Baltimore in 1849. Sea world experts work to save baby whale Orlando Fla. A sea world officials put a1 400-Pound baby sperm whale that beached itself near Sanibel Island into a special Pool As they worked to keep it alive Long enough to return it to Freedom. The week old male which arrived sunday at sea world was in critical condition said Jene Jones spokeswoman for the Marine attraction. For an animal like this research scientists will be on 24-hour  12-foot-Long calf was placed in a rehabilitation Pool in an area not open to the  of sperm whales Are rare and there have Only been about a half dozen in the last 25 years said Jay Gorzelany coordinator of the Mote Marine stranding program. Very few survive in Captivity. The sperm whale which grows to about 50 feet is an endangered species. It feeds primarily on squid and fish and normally lives in water at Depths in excess of 600 feet. The whale was found by two fishermen saturday beached on a Shoal just South of Sanibel Island admired in ankle deep mud. Florida Marine patrol officials contacted Mote Marine experts. Hundreds of houseboats Happy to hear the hum Sausalito Calif. A after being plagued for years by the annoying Buzz of the Lusty humming oafish hundreds of Houseboat residents Here decided to turn the other  humming Toad fish season usually Marks a time when sleepy Houseboat dwellers put pillows Over their Heads to escape the irritating nighttime sound of thou Sands of sex starved male  this year House boaters threw the Sau Sahto hum Ming Toad fish festival  re just out looking for a mate just like every body else in Sausalito said John Mccosker the Steinhart aquarium ichthyologists and oceanographer who identified the humming Toad fish As the cause of the mysterious Buzz in 1985.in its courtship ritual the fish sidles up to a Concrete Structure a Cave or Houseboat will do and blows air through its bladder. The noise apparently drives female Toad fish crazy with desire. The hum usually begins in june and stops when the mating season ends in  5,000 people turned out for sunday s fish festival in which Mccosker was crowned King of the festivities. It was overwhelming Mccosker said. Who would have thought that As an ichthyologists i would have risen to such Heights or in Sausalito such  angry Man killed in crash As he drives from restaurant Muncie ind. A a Man angered when his order was misunderstood at a fast food restaurant drive up window sped away lost control of his car and died after it hit a Utility pole and flipped police said. Vance f. Martin 25, was pronounced dead at Ball memorial Hospital shortly after the 2 33 .  s car struck a Concrete median became air borne for 40 feet and hit a Large Rock and a pole before flipping once. He was thrown from the car police said. An employee at the restaurant near the Accident scene told police Martin became upset after employees could not understand his order. When he was asked to drive to the window and place the order Martin left the restaurant at a High rate of Speed police said. Demos working on Contra military Aid package Arr or or\rk�fca1f�s1 for Cir rom of for Al Washington a Senate democrats Are working on a proposal to give military Aid to the nicaraguan con tra rebels if the sandinista government does not Honor peace pledges it has made a key architect of the plan said. There s an Effort right now going on among Senate democrats to come for Ward with our own proposal  l. Boren said sunday on meet the  i said one that would be balanced that would hold out the stick the possibility of a resumption of military Aid if the sandinista continue to violate the peace pledges they be made Boren democratic chairman of the Senate intelligence com Mittee said on the to program. The Washington Post said in Mon Day s editions that the democratic Pla Calls for the release of $18 million in Frozen military Aid to the contras if the sen. David Boren looking for a Contra Aid Bill that would hold out the  sandinista government continues to thwart the regional peace plan reached earlier this year. The newspaper said that As soon As the democratic plan is completed which is expected in a matter of Days democratic sen. Majority Leader Robert Byrd May approach Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole who has his own plan to funnel both military and humanitarian Aid to the rebels. President Reagan in his regular sat urday radio address renewed his plea for congressional support of the contras. Reagan appealed for support of Dole s legislation which Calls for $27 million i humanitarian assistance with an additional $20 million in military Aid to be triggered later if it is found to be needed. Boren told the Post that the demo cratic plan would prohibit further votes on the Contra Aid Issue this year. That would tend to remove from the presiden tial Campaign the controversial Issue of assisting the nicaraguan rebels. Boren denied that there was any real Dis agreement Between democratic presiden tial candidate Michael Dukakis who calms Contra Aid illegal and immoral and his vice presidential Choice sen. Lloyd Bent sen who backs military Aid to the contras. I think it s a sign of Security on the part of our presidential nominee that he would pick someone As his running mate who does t agree with him on every thing said Boren