European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 02, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday May 2,1989 Praise for video program appears on Wright s record Washington a House speaker Jim Wright inserted into the congressional record a glowing endorsement of a privately produced Home video program at a time when his wife was drawing a $ 36,000 salary from the company that was marketing the video. The Praise for the Pacific Institute s family video series was inserted into the record on dec. 9, 1985, and was later used in promotional material for the company s sales Force. Wright s statement docs not mention his wife s employment at the Seattle wash., firm that Sells motivational tapes and programs Pri Marily to corporate clients. In the endorsement Wright Calls the marketing of the video a heartening development indeed and notes that the series is available at a nominal Price within the Range of most american  the existence of the congressional record endorse ment was first disclosed in monday s editions of the Wall Street journal. Any member of Congress is free to insert material into the congressional record. But the rules generally bar any member from receiving benefits which would occur by virtue of influence improperly exerted from his position in the  the guidelines also caution lawmakers not to become too closely affiliated with a particular Enterprise to pre vent the appearance that the Rule is being broken. They say further that communications should be drafted so that they do not lend themselves to misinterpretation As an official endorsement from the  revelations of Wright s use of an official publication to promote a product of a company employing his wife comes at a time when he is battling a series of formal ethics charges brought by the House ethics committee. Wright s office had no immediate comment on the disclosure. In addition to charging Wright with 69 instances of House rules violations the ethics panel is continuing to investigate a Texas  Well Deal that brought huge speaker Jim Wright and his wife Betty profits to Wright s Blind Trust in a Short period last year. Wright s ties to the Pacific Institute and his wife s employment Are not currently subjects of the ethics probe. It is not known whether the committee was previously aware of Wright s submission of the material to the record. But Betty Wright s employment by another company the investment partnership she and her husband had with fort Worth real estate Developer George Mai lick and his wife Marlin a is Central to the ethics probe. The panel found reason to believe that her $18,000-a-Ycar Job was nothing More than a conduit for gifts from Mallick to the Wights. Mrs. Wright s employment at the two companies overlapped for several months. She was hired by Pacific Institute founder Lou Tice in september 1984, and she worked for the company for $36,000 a year through 1987. During that time tick met numerous corporate executives and lobbyists through the Wrights including at an appearance in 1985 at the annual Retreat of House democrats to the Greenbrier resort in West Virginia. Harvard students reverse vote decide not to bring Roth Back Cambridge mass. A Harvard s undergrad uate student Council has reversed its decision to ask Roth Back to the Campus declaring an earlier vote a violation of the undergraduate Constitution. The University forced Reserve officers training corps programs from Campus in 1969 by declaring the programs extracurricular activities without special privileges. The Campus action followed a building takeover and student strike. Last week the student Council voted 41-24 to ask the administration to negotiate with the military and bring Roth Back. Sunday night about 400 students attended the meeting at which the Council voted 43-39 against its week old Resolution. The Resolution effectively said bringing Roth Back would be in violation of the student Constitution be cause the program denies membership and therefore scholarships to homosexual students. About 150 activists wearing Pink armbands and t shirts demonstrated outside before the meeting and chanted "2-4-6-8, no to Roth  or straight during the debate some students argued that bar ring Roth May deny economically disadvantaged Stu dents Roth benefits. Car crashes in Georgia Illinois leave 7 children 4 adults dead by the associated press a car collided with a tractor trailer in a Georgia downpour sunday killing six people and five More died in Illinois when their station Wagon veered off an interstate Highway and into the base of a sign. Seven of the dead were children. Four other children were injured three critically in the Accident near Oak Forest iii., and two people were Hurt in the wreck in Forsyth county ga., officials said. The Illinois crash occurred at 6 15 . When the southbound station Wagon packed with seven children and two adults ran into the base of an interstate 57 exit sign said capt. George hopman of the Markham fire department which helped in the Rescue. The Driver Michael Gates 41 his wife Mattie Davis. 28 and their son Ivory Davis 5, were alld cad on arrival at hospitals in Oak Forest a suburb South of Chicago. All were from nearby Kankakee. Two other children ath yid swaps 3, and Roquisha Banks 8 were dead on arrival at South suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest and Yachil swaps 2, was unfair condition there said spokeswoman Lynn Foster. Yerou Baal swaps 4, and Shalmon Sanford 7, were in critical condition with multiple injuries at Olympia Fields osteopathic medical Center police said. A seventh child identified As Tamar swaps 5, was in extremely critical condition with multiple traumas at University of Chicago Hospital said spokeswoman Carol Eck. Authorities did not know the relationship Between the couple and the other children. According to eyewitness reports the car just started Drifting slowly to the right said state trooper  alcohol nor drugs were involved. Howell said. Police said none of the victims appeared to be wearing scat belts. The Georgia Accident occurred during a torrential downpour around 2 40 . Near Lake Sidney Lanier almost 30 Miles Northeast of Atlanta according to stale patrol Cpl. Mike Nash. The car was coming Down a Hill and around a curve on Georgia 20 when the Driver evidently lost it and got Over in front of the tractor trailer Nash said. The truck rolled Over the car. The victims names were not released because one of the four dead children could not be identified Nash said. Authorities believed she was being cared for Dur ing the weekend by one of the adults in the car while the child s parents were out of town. Purchase would create giant advertising firm new York a a British company has offered to buy rival and Agency Ogilvy group inc. For s730 million a Purchase that would create a giant advertising holding company vying with Britain s Saatchi & Saatchi pc As the world s largest. Ogilvy the new York based Parent company of Ogilvy & Mather worldwide said sunday that the offer by App group pc was unsolicited and that Ogilwy wanted to remain ind Epen , an Industry source said Kenneth roman Ogilvy s chairman and chief executive had been in talks with App s chief executive Martin sorrel before the offer was made. App Parent of the j. Walter Thompson co. Of new York offered Ogilvy s management $45 a share for Ogilvy s 16.1 million shares. The offer was made in a letter from Sorrell that Ogilvy received late Friday an Ogilvy spokeswoman said. 18 Hurt at Dolly Parton Park in roller coaster Accident Pigeon forge Tenn. A two trains from a Brand new roller coaster bumped int each other on the season s opening Day at enter Tainer Dolly Parton s Hollywood theme Park slightly injuring 18 riders a spokesman said  devices that activate the braking sys tem of the new Thunder express were realigned after saturday s Accident said Dan Roh Man marketing director for the Smoky Mountain amusement Park that Parton opened four years ago. The Nde worked without any problems sunday he said. Eighteen riders were treated and released at Sevier medical Center after the Accident Nurs ing director Rosemary Schuray said. The Accident occurred when a train loaded with 15 riders failed to slow enough As it was returning to the loading zone. It bumped int another train loaded with 20 people Rohman said. The $2 million ride carried an estimated 7,000 people saturday the first Day the Park was open this season Rohman said. Parton performed at the Park saturday and sunday. Rohman said he did t believe that she was aware of the Accident. Bush pays Hospital visit to ailing rep. Pepper Washington a president Bush on sunday visited rep. Claude Pepper d-fla., at Walter Reed army medical Center where the oldest member of Congress has been receiving treatment and undergoing tests for a stomach  met privately for about 20 minutes said Bush spokesman Stephen Hart. Bush made the unscheduled Slop by helicopter on his return to the White House from nearby Andrews fab in suburban Maryland. Bush had attended ceremonies in new York City commemorating the 200th anniversary of president George Washington s inauguration. During his stay of More than two weeks the 88-year-old Pepper has received treatment for a stomach virus and intestinal problems. Carpet covered manhole leads to boy s drowning new York a an 8-Ycar-old boy plunged 10 feet to his death in a water filled sewer when he stepped on a manhole covered Only with a piece of carpet authorities said. Firefighters discovered Jesus Cortez in 8 fee of water beneath the Street in his Bronx neigh boyhood on sunday said John Mulligan a fire department spokesman. We were hoping with the cold water there would be a better Chance of reviving him said fire department diver Richard evors 42. Children who had been playing with the boy before the Accident told firefighters the manhole was covered with a piece of carpet said la Joseph  was no immediate comment from City officials