European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes thursday june 14,1990 White House wont discuss Cia role in Mandela arrest Washington apr the White House on tuesday brushed aside a report linking the Cia to the 1962 arrest of anti apartheid Leader Nelson Mandela saying that there is a no value in reviewing a 30-year-old  a i Haven to looked into it yet a Bush said in response to questions about the report published earlier this week in an Atlanta newspaper. His spokesman Marlin Fitzwater earlier dismissed the report saying a we just done to comment on these kinds of intelligence matters and we done to intend  a your attitude toward or. Mandela is one of total support and we want to demonstrate that to him when he comes Quot Fitzwater said. Mandela 71, who Heads the african National Congress will visit the White House on june 25. He was freed from a South african prison earlier this year after 27 years. In a sometimes testy Exchange with reporters Fitzwater repeatedly refused to confirm or deny a report in an Atlanta newspaper earlier this week that the Cia had helped arrange Mandela a arrest on aug. 5, 1962. Nor would he say whether the administration Felt Mandela were owed an apology. A we Welcome or. Mandela to this country. The president personally called him and invited him. We recognize the outstanding contributions that he has a ? after the election the Rev. Morris Chapman of Wichita Falls Texas walks with his wife Jodi to a news conference tuesday in new Orleans. Earlier in the Day Chapman was elected president of the Southern Baptist convention. Made to the fight against apartheid in his country and the contributions he has made to fight racism around the world a Fitzwater said. A we want his presence Here to highlight that fact. We want to fight apartheid As Best we can. And we find no value in reviewing a 30-year-old history in this  asked whether Bush As a former Central intelligence Agency director was concerned about the allegation Fitzwater said a a in a not going to comment on it. I just wont do it a the Atlanta Roumal Constitution reported that a senior Cia official claimed responsibility for Mandela a capture within hours of his arrest. The newspaper quoted an unidentified a intelligence officer As saying that a tip from a paid Cia informant led to Mandela a arrest. Asked if turning someone in to another intelligence Agency would have been proper for the Cia Bush said a i can to comment on that  Fitzwater told reporters a a done to beat me up for what the Kennedy administration  a i done to like it when people question our motives in regard to Blacks or Mandela in relation to something the Kennedy administration did a he said. John f. Kennedy was president in 1962 when Mandela was  Scalp sewed Back on san Francisco apr a woman whose Scalp was Tom off from the eyelids to the Nape of her neck exposing the Skull had her Scalp sewed Back on in a 14-hour operation. A she is going to be just Fine a the Lead surgeon said. A team of five surgeons worked with High powered microscopes to replace the woman a entire Scalp Small blood vessels and other tissues Tom from her head last week in a Vineyard Accident in Napa Valley. A she was an attractive woman before. She will be an attractive woman when its Over a said or. Alfonso Oliva who conducted the surgery at Ralph k. Davies medical Center. The 33-year-old Vineyard manager whose family asked that her name not be released was working in a Field at Domaine Chandon on june 4 when her hair caught in the Rotor of a sprayer crankshaft the Hospital Saia tuesday. Despite their horror the woman a co workers had enough presence to preserve the Scalp. The woman was sped by ambulance to a nearby Hospital in Napa and then 50 Miles to san Francisco where the operation was done within 12 hours of the Accident. Oliva said his team reconnected two of the major arteries to the Scalp. Three veins in the exposed Skull were rejoined using vein grafts from the woman a feet and eight blood vessels some a was Small As the Width of Lead in a mechanical Pencil a were rejoined. Oliva said that despite the severity of the Accident the woman will recover with Little outward sign of the ordeal. Most of the scars he said will be covered by natural skin folds and hair. He said that during her recovery the woman cannot recline or place her head against a Pillow. Us air ignores Dukakis bomb joke Boston apr us air says it should have detained and questioned gov. Michael s. Dukakis for joking As he boarded a plane that there could be a bomb in the Luggage of a White House aide taking the same flight. Dukakis made the comment sunday night at Logan International Airport. Also on the flight was Republican Ron Kaufman an aide to president Bush said Patricia Goldman a us air spokeswoman in Arlington a. Goldman said monday that Dukakis joked about the possibility of a bomb in Kaufman a Luggage. The supervisor on duty recognized the governor determined that the comments were made jokingly and a let it go a she said. Goldman said allowing Dukakis to Board was an error in procedure according to Federal aviation administration rules. A if he made a comment even in jest he should have been questioned. That is our procedure a Goldman said. The governor asked about the incident by reporters in Washington said a the humor of it was obvious to everyone who was  Massachusetts democrats have charged that Kaufman May have had a hand in a police Union protest that disrupted the state democratic convention in Springfield on june 2. A after going through the experiences that the democrats went through in Springfield i can Tell you we will always be concerned when or. Kaufman is around a the governor said. Kaufman in a Telephone interview said of sunday nights incident a Given the psychological terror people have of bombs and flying it was irresponsible Tor a Man in his position to joke about something like  he said he did not hear Dukakis comments when he was boarding. Stateside killer Hugo Given credit for Silver lining of blooms Murrells Inlet . Apr Hurricane Hugo left death and destruction along South Carolinas coast a but also apparently a Rainbow of Flowers. A a beside the Creek Here for example Bright petunias Bloom in Yards where they never were planted by human hands. No one knows for sure where the Flowers came from. But Manv believe Hugo brought them. A a we be got All kinds of stuff out of place that a the Only logical thing for us to come up with a said Georgetown county agricultural agent Laval Oxendine. When Hugo hit in september the seeds of perennial Flowers were mature and soon would have fallen into bed for the Winter. But the storms flooding and winds spread the seeds All along the coast Oxendine said. He said the seeds also May have come from wildflowers being planted to beautify highways. A a Hugo brought me a lot of weeds and it killed All my azaleas and it killed All my dogwoods but now i have a Beautiful Yard of petunias a said Norma Thompson who lives  leaks diesel fuel into Minnesota River Savage Minn. Apr More than 75,000 Gallons of diesel fuel leaked from a pipeline tuesday into the Minnesota River and spread downstream for about eight Miles just South of the twin cities authorities said. A a it a a major spill As far As in a concerned a said Savage fire chief a1 Mccoll. Most of the Oil was contained in the downtown Savage area but containment devices also were set up near Burnsville Mccoll said. River traffic will be halted until the spill is cleaned up he said. The leak came from a Williams pipe line co pipe where it crosses the River in Eden Prairie Mccoll said. The exact cause of the leak was not immediately known he said. A spokesman for Williams did not immediately return a phone Call. 4th top official at Chrysler announces intent to leave Detroit Michigan apr Bennett bid Well chairman of Chrysler motors the Chrysler corp. Car and truck making operation said this week he plans to retire at the end of the year becoming the automakers fourth High ranking official to announce his departure recently. Bidwell said he will step Down Jan. 1 at age 63. Speculation about Bidwell a retirement has been circulating for months. A a it a time to put All this speculation to rest a Bidwell said in a statement released monday a and let the Media go Back to covering some of the other important stories of our Day such As perestroika democracy in Eastern Europe and the search for a cure to  Chrysler vice chairman Gerald Greenwald and vice president for International operations Michael Hammes have quit this year. Vice president and treasurer Frederick Zuckerman has said he will leave this summer.2 elderly women shoo armed teen age robber Salamanca . Apr two elderly women faced Down a gun wielding teen Ager who ran away after they resisted his robbery attempt police said monday. The 17-year-old youth pointed a gun at the two women on a Street and demanded Cash. But 76-year-old Genevieve Glendening said a no i won t give you my Money a and the youth ran away said police it. J. Stephen Montgomery. Police arrested the youth a Short time later based on a description that Glendening and Rita e. Davis 83, called in. He was charged with second degree attempted armed robbery. Bail was set monday at $5,000, Montgomery said. The suspects name was not released because of his age. The gun was not loaded police said