European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 28. 1990 the stars and stripes Page 7 Thrift officials seeking order against Bush s son Denver a Federal Thrift officials said Fri Day they arc seeking a Casc and desist order against Neil Bush one Day after the president s son rejected a settlement Over his role As a director of a collapsed savings and loan. Neil Bush s actions As a director of Silverado Bank ing. Savings and loan association of Denver amounted to conflicts of interest said the enforcement review committee of the office of Thrift supervision in Washington. . The Case will be heard by an administrative Law judge. If the order is granted the younger Bush would be barred from practices that could constitute a conflict of interest if he Ever serves again with a federally insured financial institution. Bush said thursday the office of Thrift and super vision had proposed the cease and desist order but he had rejected it because it would imply that he had acted improperly. In my View a settlement agreement would leave an implication that i misbehaved As a director of Silvera  Bush said in a statement. As i have said in the past i have nothing to hide and i have done nothing  he said. Therefore i have refused to consent to any agreement with the office of Thrift supervision and if they choose to bring action against me 1 will fight the matter in  Bush 34, served As a director of Silverado from 1985 to August 1988, resigning two weeks after his father got the gop presidential nomination. The collapse of Silverado now operating As part of Columbia savings the largest Thrift in Colorado is expected to Cost taxpayers up to $1 billion. Karl Hoyle senior Deputy director of the office of Thrift supervision said in Washington late thursday that Bush s lawyers had told the Agency Bush intends to contest the allegations of conflict of interest made by Thrift regulators. Hoyle said the Agency would t seek a More severe Penally which would ban Bush from Ever working for a federally insured financial institution because the office did t believe it had grounds to seek it. That Penally has been imposed on five former Silverado officers. In a related matter the Federal Deposit insurance corporation is considering whether to sue Silverado officers and directors including Bush for damages for losses to the taxpayers in the bailout. The office of Thrift supervision said examiners had expressed grave concern about Silverado s operations particularly its heavy investment in Colorado s ailing commercial real estate Market. They also have focused their investigation on what they said was an exceptionally Large number of prob Lem transactions Between Silverado insiders and Bor air Force s Hghes by no Blackbird bows out grounded by spending cuts Beale fab. Calif. A the air Force on Friday officially retired its orig Inal stealth jets the sr-7ls that for 25 cars rocketed at 2.100 Mph to the Edge of space beyond reach of attack to spy on global hoi spots. The sr-71 is an aircraft that has. Truly reached out and touched the face of  Gen. John t. Chain or. Chief of the strategic air c omd. Said in a refer ence to inc poem High  the Crews of the sr-71 blackbirds arc True american  Chain said Dur ing remarks at a late afternoon retire ment ceremony attended by about 1.000 people whose lives have been touched in some Way by inc aircraft. The Dagger shaped blackbirds armed will cameras capable of photographing a License plate from 15 Miles up. Were per Mann ill grounded in november by Mil Man spending cuts. The last nine of the twin engine planes were to be flown to museums around inc nation after the ceremony. For me. It s a sad  said Ben Rich a Lockheed corp. Executive vice president who helped design the aircraft. We gave the world ils finest. Bui we Musl go  he told the crowd. The budget measure signed last year by president Bush deleted More than $200 million for the blackbirds following a decision to rely solely on satellite surveillance and the much slower and lower flying u-2 spy plane. It s nol that Here s no need for in. It s just thai we re constrained by  la. Col. Rod Dyckman said after flying an sr-71 at three limes the Speed of sound overhead then Landing to begin the ceremony on the flight line. When it was a Mailer of alternatives the Black Bird Jusi did t make  Al one Lime Iacre were 30 of the planes operating out of such bases As Raf mild halt. England and Kadena a retiring sr-71 takes in fuel Anim a Tanker plane liver Nevada Friday. A in Okinawa. That s my plane. I miss  said staff sol. Stifanic Doner. She helped maintain the Jet a decade ago. Nearly three decades after the first blackbirds were built by Lockheed corp., the jets still hold world records for Speed and Altitude. The Blackbird s lop capabilities re main secret but the air Force says it Hies to More than 85,000 feel at More than 2.100 Mph or More than three times the Speed of sound. That s fast enough to Streak from san Francisco to new York in i hour 45 minutes. Its pilots and navigators who Wear spacesuits say they have been attacked numerous times by missiles fired from ground forces or Jet fighters in futile at tempts to Cut Short their missions. Wei nurse oldest vet Dies at 108  Park. Calif. A Louclla Luhrman. A world War i army nurse who was described As the nation s oldest Veteran died Friday at age i of. Luhrman who joined the Arnn in 1918 when she was 36 years old. Spent her military service at Camp Lewis. Wash. She was discharged in 1919. She is going to lie a great  said Jean Kohr the head nurse at Luhrman s Ward at the Veteran s administration Hospital. She had a wonderful sense of  Luhrman was born in Germany on dec. 8. 1881. And emigrated to the United slates with her family two years later coming across the Atlantic on a sailing ship. Up until 1986. Lou heard Well enough to respond directly to questions asked by reporters said her Niece. France Salavos. Luhrman became the nation s oldest Veteran in 1987 when Jasper Garrison of Illinois died at the age of 107. Garrison served in the Spanish american War. In the nation s capital. Veterans administration spokesman Don Smith said he did not know who is now the oldest Veteran. There Are still several veterans at least 100 years old. Including Nathan Cook a Spanish american War Veteran at our Hospital in i re Scon. Arizona said Smith. He s 104." Luhrman never married hut was the aunt to nine nieces and nephews grand aunt to 30 and great grand aunt to 38. Judge rules Public panhandlers protected new York a a ban on panhandling in the subways was ruled unconstitutional Friday by a Federal judge who said begging in Public places is protected by the firs amendment. . District judge Leonard Sand ruled against regulations of inc transit authority which runs the sub ways and inc port authority of new York and new Jersey which prohibits begging in the world Trade Center and the port authority bus terminal. Sand issued a preliminary injunction barring the agencies from enforcing the regulations and suggested rewriting the rules to include reasonable Lime place and manner  those restrictions could include prohibiting begging on moving vehicles and near Token Booths narrow platforms and on stairs and escalators Sand said missile the judge said in a 42-Page decision. Spokeswoman for the transit authority and port authority declined comment saying their lawyers were reviewing the decision. Douglas Lasdon. An attorney with the Legal action Center for the homeless said the judge s ruling Reaf firms the principle that in this country you cannot solve a social problem by silencing poor  we Hope the decision focuses attention on the Rea sons people arc forced to beg and on the inadequate systems available to help homeless people Ladson said. Sand s ruling was on a class action lawsuit filed nov. 28 by the Legal action Center on behalf of Home less and needy people. The named plaintiffs Are two homeless men who beg in the subway system. Ii is the total prohibition of All begging on All of the George Summers a lawyer for the plaintiffs said he defendants facilities which is  Imper believed the ruling was the first time a Federal court had determined that begging is protected by the first amendment which guarantees Freedom of speech and  ruling came at a time of heightened so Runny of problems raised by of homeless people who take Shel Ter in the  sunday a Man who was waiting with his 3 year old for a subway train in Manhattan beat a Home less Man to death after inc Man spat on him and punched him. The Man was charged with murder. In his decision. Sand noted thai other regulations prohibiting harassment menacing and the blocking of traffic remain in Force. The lawsuit initially challenged a transit authority regulation thai allowed solicitation for religious Politi Cal and charitable causes but barred individuals from panhandling to help themselves. The plaintiffs later added the port authority As a defendant