European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday april 12. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 panel notes failure to report gifts reason to believe Wrig violated rules Washington a the House ethics committee has Sentmat icly Dacid cd there is reason to believe thai speaker Jim Wright a Texas. Violated House rules by failing so a Pori As gifts the benefits i received from a business partner a Wurch familiar w ill the inv is ligation 5 1 id Laic monday. The source who spoke on condition of anonymity declined to say How Many instances of failure to a Pori gifts had been identified by the panel. But the number could easily be in the dozens because several benefits Wright received. Continued Over a period of years and would have had to be reported on each year s financial disclosure form. Among the benefits under scrutiny Are i virtually free use of a condominium in Texas Van salary for his wife. Balty and use of a Cadillac automobile. Is news reported monday that inc committee had found 30 instances of possible rules violations by Wright. We think in s an absurd report said Mark Johnson Wright s press Secretary who met with Wright about the his Story before commenting. We have absolutely no information along those committee which was to resume deliberations tuesday in what is a. Peeled to be its final week before issuing a report is engaged in a process not in like that of a grand jury. Finding reason to believe thai rules have been violated would he equivalent to an indictment of Wright. The speaker would then have a Chance to defend him Silfin a disciplinary hearing Wright reported his wife s employ ment with tort Worth Developer George Mallick on his financial disclosure forms As salary Fiir her work. Hut the ethics panel s outside counsel. Richard Plia Len. Argued thai ills,1 salary amounted to a gift because mrs. Wright id Little work for it. Wright. Mallick Anil their wives jointly formed a Sinvil investment company called Malli Ghlyn and made several in vestments through it. Mrs. Wright at first Drew her salary directly from Mallick s development company and then from the partnership Between 1981 and 198-1. Wright made no mention on the Dis closure forms of the car or the condominium which he now contends were is m ply fringe benefits from his wife s employment. Yet to be resolved Are a number of More serious charges against Wright including whether Mallick had direct in Terest in legislation before Congress. That would make than si00 improper under House rules. Also remaining to be decided is whether Wright used his Book reflections of a Public Man As a device to evade Lim its on outside income. In several in stances the speaker made bulk sales of the Book to groups in lieu of accepting speaking fees from them. Honor aria for speeches arc limited under House rules but Book royalties Are not. The committee must decide if Wright in the committee s parlance Recha Racle i cd Money that was intended As a speaking fee into Hook income or whether the Book sales were an entirely separate arid permissible business Deal. 4 convicted in second largest . Bank heist Haiti Ord. Conn api four people were convicted mind ii in charge s stemming from the second largest Cash robbery us us history a s7 i million Wells Nihizer Jolt Getty. Used 10 fund a group seeking to overthrow inc government m puerto Kico. On defendant ,. Key defendant Juan Segarra i Almer 111 was convicted on robbery conspiracy and transportation of stolen Money Cli Argov tie was found innocent on four weapons related charges a charges stemmed from the sept. 12, 1983, theft of Cash from the Wells Fargo depot in West Harlan re. The largest Cash theft in . History 17.9 million occurred at another Wells Fargo depot in new York City of april 14s5. Cearra a 39-Jcnr-Oid Harvard University graduate charged in All i for counts of the indictment faces up to 165 Eart in prison his bund was revoked. Also convicted were Antonio Camacho Negron 45. A ear Mechanic Norman Kamiri Tanera j2. A graphic artist Roberto Maldonado Rivera. 53a lawyer. The Only defendant cleared was Carlos ayes snare. 29, an anthropology Siu Derit. Camacho faces up to 15 years in prison. The others face up to five years each no sentencing Date was set Camacho wife. Kahiwa and two other supporters of the defendants were arrested later for blocking traffic outside . As he was led from the courtroom. Camacho raised a clenched fist and denounced the proceedings in Spanish. Linda Backil Camacho s attorney said he yelled " i i Imperial Power is showing How Small it is. She said co Macho would Appeal his conviction. There Are a lot of errors and it was a slim Case the said. Locc Siuse he was a puerto rican Patriot he never expected Justice and he won t ask for Segarra acknowledged he knew about the robbery beforehand and received the stolen Money to finance the activities of los Mach Claros Spanish for a a group seeking the overthrow of the ii Yhr Robe � Eltera Hiilis his wife. Chiue ii Tslia inc Courtr Wim after Twink Mounil i it in one i int in Annne Clun Illi inc a Imd Larkell . Hank Rohberg in 19h3 in West Harlan re fond. . Government in i puerto Kico but Segarra steadfastly denied he helped plan or a Mccutc the robbery As the government charged the government contended that los machelero1, recruited Wells Fargo guard Victor Gerena to earn out the robbery then helped Gerena escape to Cuba where he is believed to live $80,000 Iti what was believed to be stolen Money was Sei Eddy fill agents during searches in puerto Rico and. Lipston on aug. 30, 19s5. When 13 people were arrested the government contends thai los Marhc tyros spent about is million moved More than $2 million to Cuba and Squirrel de away �4 million in safety Deposit boxes certificates of Deposit savings accounts and farmhouse cellars in i Curto Rico. Probes say arson caused fires at Fla. Women s clinics Ocala. Fla a i arson caused the fires at two women s Comici that went up in flames hours before a. Masai it pro abortion rally began in Washington investigators said monday accelerant were used in both fires said Robert Creighton of the . Llu Reaidi of alcohol firearms investigators have not ruled out a link Between the fires in Ocala and Iron Myers which both occurred before Dawn sunday. Fort Myers is on Florida s Southwest coast Ocala is about 150 Miles 10 the , about 70 abortion rights activists Riding in to buses stopped m Ocala on their Way Home from the Washington rally w hold a Vigil at the gutted All women s health clinic we wanted to show the Stitts of Flor Ida thai we will continue to work to continue to have a Choice said Candice Slaughter a management consultant Troin the Tampa area this does not deter us. It sets us Hack in our heels but it does not deter said Deborah Struthers president of the Ocala clinic and the fort Myers women s health Center. She said both facilities would re open in temporary locations. The Ocala fire was the second in two weeks and appeared to he the work of the arsonist who tried to Burn the clinic March 31, causing an estimated s60.000 damage authorities said. Local anti abortion am Isle denied responsibility in sunday s Hla is but said they Lio a the clinics squid not be reopen in the stars and stripes 40 years ago foday. Ai Ril 12, i j49 West Virginia pro Sam Snead won the masters Golf i Hasipi on ship in Augusta cm., with a 72-Hole torn of 282 strikes and look Home 52,Sou in prik.1 Money. 30 years ago foday. A Rii p i95t the Republican National committee pie paring. For the i960 Campaign elected sen. Thurs on i. Morton of Kentucky National chairman and those Chicago As the site of their National convention 20 years ago foday. April 12. 1969 South vietnamese president Nguyen Van Thiesi bind he belied South Vietnam new forces would he Able to replace some am own urls before the end of the Leaf j 0 years ago foday. Al Ril p 1979tornadoes smashed into four communities in North Texas and Oklahoma killing at 57 persons injuring $00, and leveling Hon i and businesses m the area
