European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 13, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 Bush Wright Exchange heated words Washington a vice presi Dent George Bush and House speaker Jim Wright traded heated words at a Washington dinner party after Wright said he was surprised and Hurt that Bush had called for appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate ethics charges against the speaker aides to the two officials said thursday. Bush fired Back by registering his own complaint about the democratic Conven Tion where speakers referred to him As a Toothache of a Man who was born with a Silver foot in his  there were differing descriptions of the intensity of the Exchange which occurred wednesday night at the annual House gym dinner Given for Congress men who use the House athletic facilities. It was quite a heated Exchange with a lot of witnesses said one Bush aide. Wright started screaming and Yelling that Bush had impugned his  the aide said Wright used profanities. Offering a different version an aide to Wright said it was a polite private Dis Cussion. Not a heated Exchange. No pro  both aides insisted on anonymity be fore discussing the episode. According to Wright s aide the Inci Dent started when Bush approached the speaker and asked How he was doing. Wright said he was disappointed in Bush for calling for a special prosecutor to investigate Wright on ethical issues George Bush up particularly the financial arrangements involving the publication of a Book by Wright and reports the speaker had tried to get special treatment for Texas Bank ers. Wright s actions Are being probed by a special counsel to the House ethics committee. Wright s aide said the speaker has Al ways enjoyed a personal rapport with Bush and never had any personal harsh feelings toward him. Welcome republicans pedestrians entering the French mar Ket in new Orleans walk under a ban Ner welcoming delegates to the Republican National convention. Jim Wright up on a number of occasions including one with the press he had defended Bush from what Wright considered unwarranted attacks and bum attacks the aide said. He said Wright defended Bush in front of reporters from charges of being a wimp and the next week Bush called for the special prosecutor and came out with his attacks on  last night Wright reminded him of his defences of Bush and told Bush that should Bush be elected president Wright would be speaker and the two would have to work together the aide said. Wright never engaged in any person Al attacks on Bush and he was surprised and Hurt that Bush gratuitously had gone out of his Way to attack Wright personal  he said he had no personal hostility toward Bush. He was glad he had spoken to him. That s what a Friend should do if he Felt that another Friend had let him Down or done him  the aide said the conversation was in Good taste and Bush never engaged in any personal attack on  it was basically a private Conversa Tion for the two. If voices were raised extremely High people would have heard what they said and they did  in the aftermath of the incident Wright called Bush on thursday but an aide said the Call was not an apology. He said Wright reassured Bush there was no personal animosity of any sort and the two agreed they could make contributions by maintaining a High Standard in their personal  Sheila Tate the vice president s Campaign press Secretary said Bush told her if you get any Calls you can be authorized to say that i talked to the speaker this morning and i appreciated his  Wright and Bush have known each other since the 1960s when they served together in the House As Junior Congress men from Texas. Poll finds americans feeling More trustful of soviet leadership new York a sixty percent of american voters still consider the soviet Union a serious threat but an even larger majority Trust the soviets enough to sign a treaty eliminating most nuclear weapons within 12 years according to a poll released thursday. A series of developments including the Reagan Gorbachev summits and the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan Are Chipping away at americans mistrust of the soviet Union pollster Daniel Yanke Lovich said at a news conference. The poll was one of several commissioned for americans talk Security a series of surveys on National defense and Security issues funded by Boston Busi Nessman Alan f. Kay. In Telephone interviews with 1,000 registered voters Yankelovich s firm found a majority trusted the soviets enough to believe that the United states and the soviet Union could sign a treaty to eliminate most nuclear weapons by 2000 71 percent. Work together to Stop illicit drug trafficking 85 percent halt environmental pollution 85 percent fight terrorism 78 percent resolve conflicts in the Middle East and other trouble spots 72 percent. Expand cultural exchanges 84 per cent. The Survey taken in july shortly after the Moscow Summit noted a 7 percent increase in american voters belief that relations with the soviets Are improving. Yankelovich said that conviction jumped from 61 percent in March to 68 percent four months later. But Yankelovich also noted a persistent Strain of mistrust toward the so Viets with 60 percent describing the so Viet Union As a major threat to the United states Down from 76 percent be fore Gorbachev took office. Only 36 percent thought the unite states should sell non military High technology to the soviets 34 percent would Stop work on Reagan s strategic defense Initia Tive As part of a nuclear arms agreement 28 percent favored sharing ski technology with the soviets As it is developed. It May take 10 years or More for this mistrust to dissipate. It won t go Over night Yankelovich said. Women without a College education were far More mistrustful of the soviet Sand Gorbachev than similarly educated men or College educated men and women a finding which democratic pollster John Manilla said flies somewhat in the face of conventional  although 37 percent of All voters said they trusted the soviet Union not at All 43 percent of women took that stand com pared to Only 30 percent of men. When asked what the soviets could do to increase Trust Only two actions were cited by a majority of voters reducing the Power of the secret police 60 per cent and ceasing attempts to win Over . Allies 53 percent. Nurses approve pact san Francisco a nurses at san Francisco general Hospital and other Public facilities narrowly approved a new one year contract wednesday night while about 4,000 nurses and support workers at seven private hospitals remained on strike As negotiations  1,600 nurses represented by local 790 of the United Public employees voted320-307 for the new pact said Donna Gerber Field representative for the Union. San Francisco general and Laguna Honda hospitals several health care clinics and one jail had faced a strike by local 790 if the new contract had not been ratified