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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 b the stars  thursday april 25, 1991sununu, but orders policy on using planes Washington apr president Bush on wednesday said his chief of staff John Sununu broke no rules by extensively using government planes for personal and official travel. However Bush said he is ordering a White House policy review. A it is appropriate to take a look at the policy because i want our administration to be above even the perception of impropriety a Bush said in Impromptu remarks to reporters following a Send off for the president of Djibouti. A if that policy leads to a perception problem then ill take a look at it. That a exactly what in a going to do a he said adding that he would ask White House Legal counsel Boyden Gray and others to review the policy. \ a a a a. A a a a it was Bush a first Public remarks on the controversy surrounding Sununu a 77 trips aboard military jets. A i done to like this jumping All Over governor Sununu when he has complied with the policy and he a made Lull disclosure. What More can you ask for a Bush said Lac has my full Confidence a Bush added. Bush made the comments a Day after the White House released at the request of reporters records if the person responsible for the most important office in the land does not have Access to. Government planes exactly. Who Are the government planes for a rep Bob Mcewen of Ohio showing Sununu and his family have used the government planes for a variety of official and political trips and four categorized As personal. The latter included two trips to Boston for dental appointments on a Mill tary Jet costing $3,945 an hour to operate. A in terms of reviewing the policy ill take a look at that. In Light of practice and see whether it should be altered in any Way a Bush said. Sununu also got a hop on a military plane to visit his parents in Florida and again to attend a new Jersey football game and Farewell party for departing gov. Tom Kean. Sununu repaid the government $900 for his two trips to the dentist in Boston. He paid $200 for the personal travel in new Jersey and $167 for the hop from key Largo to West Palm Beach to visit his parents. Trying to quell the Flap Over Sununu a travels the White House released documents tuesday itemizing 77 trips by Sununu. They covered a period ranging from the Spring of 1989 through last weekend Sununu listed most of his travel on military planes including visits to Colorado ski resorts and repeated trips to his Home state of new Hampshire As official business. He said 24 trips were for political business 49 were for official reasons and Only four were personal a the two dental visits and the new Jersey and Florida trips. Quota a a a a a a a a a. A a a Sununu a travels involved a Cost to the taxpayers of an estimated half million dollars based on the hourly operating Cost of the 12-Passengcr corporate style Jet he normally  Sununu and the Republican party reimbursed the government a total of $47,044 for his travels in line with a government policy requiring payment of the regular commercial fare plus $1 for private trips. Democrats have instituted a congressional audit of Sununu a travel expenses. However responding to the release of his travel itinerary they acknowledged he has not broken any rules. Rep. Robert e. Wise jr., d-w.va., chairman of a House government operations subcommittee said Sununu a probably followed the regulations. The question is whether this is the Mode of travel he ought to become accustomed to for personal  however rep. Bob Mcewen a Ohio said Sununu was the victim of a the cheap shot of the week.�?�. Addressing the House Mcewen said a my question very simply is this if the person responsible for the most important office in the land does not have Access to government planes exactly who Are the government planes for a ,. Sununu did not talk with reporters about his travel and White House officials discussed it Only on Condi a Tion of anonymity. Explaining his trip to a Boston dentist one official said a a that a where he started the work. You want the same dentist to finish the  Sununu and Bush a National Security adviser Brent scowcroft Are the Only Whitehouse staff members authorized to travel on air Force planes. In contrast to Sununu scowcroft took government aircraft on 23 trips Between March 7, 1989, and oct. 26, 1990. All of the trips were listed As official except one a a ski vacation with his daughter to Utah on March 10, 1990, he reimbursed the government $1,052, the White House said. The travel policy was adopted in August 1987 during the Reagan administration. It was instituted to ensure that those holding the two jobs could always be contacted and to protect them from possible hijacking. The 1987 White House guidelines said that when travelling on vacation or private business the officials a should evaluate the use of military air transportation of the basis of appearance or  defending Sununu strips White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said Sununu and scowcroft needed military planes equipped with sophisticated communications devices that prevent conversations from being overheard. House fire Tigerton wis. A fire swept through a two Story Wood Frame House killing a woman and five children authorities said Shawano county Coroner Reggie Lenzner said a Mother four of her children and a girl staying overnight were killed near this Central Wisconsin town about 100 Miles North of Madison a a they be Only been in that House three Days a said Dorothy Grosskopf who co owns a bar adjacent to the House that was destroyed late monday. A they weren to even settled and to have something like this happen is just a terrible thing a the victims were identified As Cindy a. Hedtke 31 her children Adam 13, Robert 10, Julia 9, and Jamie 8 and the Friend tera Breitrick 9. Mercy returns Home after Gulf duty Oakland Calif. A eight months of duty in the Middle East ended for the Crew of the Navy Hospital ship mercy As a cheering crowd met the massive liner tuesday with banners Flowers and promises of Home cooking. �?o1 want to eat a Home cooked meal by. My grandmother a said w. Philip Clark 22, of Oakland. A i want to sit on a  about 500 naval medical personnel wearing dress uniforms with yellow carnations and 7,0 civilian Crew members waved As they strolled Down the ramp ending the five week trip Home from the persian Gulf. �?o1 love you Guys a one ecstatic Sailor shouted to the crowd As he disembarked. A i want to eat mexican food and i done to want to see nobody. Except my Mother a said Kevin Carter 24, who Clung to his Fiancee As he walked away from the ship. Fir boats sprayed red White and Blue streams of water alongside the ship As it made its Way through san Francisco Bay. Flag adorned sailboats and three Vintage biplanes joined the festivities As mercy cmdr. Joe Honeywell with the Navy Hospital ship mercy is met by his wife Pat. After Crew members lined the deck returning Home tuesday. Y h some Newark . Apr using mouthwash with a High alcohol Content slightly increases the risk of Oral cancer a scientist with the National cancer Institute confirmed tuesday. _ in a study due to be released in june researchers found that people who regularly use mouthwash containing More than 25 percent alcohol have a slightly higher risk of developing Oral cancer. But products with less than 25 percent alcohol a the vast majority of american mouthwashes a pose no risk said Institute epidemiologist Joseph k. Mclaughlin. The results of the study were first reported tuesday by the new York times. The times Story followed a television report by Abc to linking listerine with increased cancer risks. Listerine is the Only Brand name mouthwash in the United states that has More than 25 percent alcohol said Warner Lambert spokesman Peter Wolf. Liste Rine the leading seller in the United states has an alcohol Content of 26.9 percent. Wolf told the times that the company had not seen the study data. Meanwhile the Morris Plains based manufacturer Warner Lambert co., announced that it is launching a Milder lower alcohol version of the mouthwash to be sold overseas. The new product has 18 percent alcohol but Wolf did not know if the product would be sold into Oral cancer the United states in the study researchers looked at 2,115 people in new Jersey California and Georgia Between 1984 through 1986, Mclaughlin said. The Survey was part of a bigger study on the contribution of alcohol and cigarette smoking to Oral cancer he said. Mclaughlin refused to warn people away from higher alcohol mouthwashes however saying the risk was slight when compared with smoking and drinking. Mouthwash is a very minor player in this drama a he said. Mclaughlin would not say which mouthwashes were used in the study  
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