European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 13, 1991 the stabs and stripes grimacing Over the grades despite All bewildering appearances to the contrary Bucky Smith did make the Grade when his teacher handed out report cards on the last Day of school. But it looks As if the youngster at Hawthorne elementary in Missoula,mont., might have been on the borderline of having to repeat first Grade next year.  give Bush a Little birthday party la rom wire reports. Washington a president Bush got a chorus of a Happy birthday Anil some gifts from Republican senators wednesday As he marked his 67th birthday. His spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said beforehand that Bush a a has requested that there not be any Celebration   but the gop senators broke into song As they arrived to discuss Trade privileges for China. Sen Strom Thurmond r-s.c., gave Bush a pin and Senate minority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas came up with a key Chain. Sen. Phil Gramm a Texas brought along a letter from a Texas couple pledging si.5 million for preservation of the White House and Blair House. Gramm did not a a identify the couple. He said the gift did not have anything to do with Bush a birthday. Panel aids to Marti Washington a the. House appropriations committee on tuesday voted to Rescue to Marti the . Governments television station that broadcasts into Cuba. By a vote of 24 to 11, the committee restored $14 million for the broadcasts. The panels subcommittee that handles funds Lor the Commerce Justice and state departments voted last week to eliminate the Money for . Official asks Fri to probe wiretap report Washington apr Virginia a attorney general said wednesday that she has asked the Fri and state police to investigate the wiretapping of gov. L. Douglas Wilder a phone Calls. Wilder a bitter rival sen. Chuck Robb suspended three top aides and said he would investigate the role of his office in the controversy a a. A a attorney general Mary sue Terry said she was taking the unusual step of confirming a pending investigation because of news leaks of . A it is my intention to have this matter fully and fairly investigated a Terry said in a statement. The Fri said in a statement that it had a received a referral from Virginia a attorney general a to determine if there has been a violation of the Federal interception of communications statute involving certain Telephone conversations of gov  the of big a statement did not say whether the Agency had agreed to conduct an investigation or if it had found any basis to do so. Robb in announcing the suspensions tuesday said he would Welcome any a a objectives outside inquiry into How he and his staff handled an apparently illegal tape recording of a Wilder Telephone conversation. A if S.C. a responsible inquiry commences we will cooperate fully a he said. A the fight Between the two democrats is viewed by analysts As damaging to the political ambitions of both men each concerned that the other might Block his oath to the White House. The Long running feud took several twists tuesday beginning with a fresh Wilder attack on Robb and culminating with Robby a announcement that three senior advisers would take paid leaves while he investigates their conduct. Wilder who was travelling in Europe on tuesday Robb Wilder said a if any member of my staff had S.C. tapes or had a role in making them id fire  in an interview with a Richmond times dispatch reporter accompanying him on a 12-Day european Trade Mission Wilder said lie could imagine the juror evoked by his having held similar tapes. A a suppose Doug Wilder had the tape or someone connected with his office had the tape and then held it for Ivi years or 2vi  a be screaming off the rafters a Wilder said. Both Robb and Wilder have said they were interested in discussing their feud something party leaders have been urging As they watched a natural Home state rivalry turn increasingly bitter a and Public a and spill into National democratic politics. Wilder is exploring a 1992 run for the White House. Robby a impressive Start As chairman of the democratic senatorial Campaign committee was viewed As boosting his Stock As a 1996 presidential Prospect. Now however he is on the defensive in the wiretapping Contro Versy which erupted just after a fresh wave of. Stories about his attendance at a time when he was governor of Virginia at parties where drugs were allegedly used. Some democrats speaking privately said the controversy could Hurt Robby a efforts to raise Money for 1992 Senate races a View stated publicly by several analysts. A Robb is completely out As a National political figure and now fighting for his political life in his state a said University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato. But Senate majority Leader George Mitchell said he had a Complete confidences in Robb and gave no indication Robb was in jeopardy of losing the Campaign committee Post. Robb confirmed last week that his office had for 2vi years a recording of a 1988 Telephone conversation in which Wilder then Virginia a lieutenant governor told a political associate that Robby a career was devastated by reports of Robby a presence at parties at which cocaine was i a Robb spokesman later said the tape which Robb said was sent anonymously was destroyed recently. It is illegal to intercept Telephone conversations and two attorneys interviewed tuesday questioned the propriety of destroying the tape because it was evidence of an alleged crime. Two political sources said Robb had asked former democratic National committee chairman Charles Manatt for advice. Robb aides said they had no knowledge of that As did a Manatt associate. Manatt a prominent Washington lawyer was not in his office tuesday afternoon. Until tuesday night Robb had said an outside investigation was unnecessary. A but rhetoric has been so inflamed in recent weeks that decisive Steps Are required if the Confidence of the people in their elected officials is to be maintained a his statement said. But it did not say any S.C. review was under Way. In ing is Poughkeepsie . Apr a White supremacist wanted in the Florida shooting death of a Black Veteran of the persian Gulf War was arrested for stealing a s3 package of cold cuts from a grocery store police said. George David Loeb 34, was arrested tuesday and charged with larceny and trying to punch a Security guard As he tried to get away said police capt. Charles Mittelstadt. Loeb a wife Barbara also was arrested during the incident in Poughkeepsie about 70 Miles North of new York City. A computer Check revealed that Loeb was wanted in the Jacksonville fla., suburb of Neptune Beach for the May 17 slaying of Petty officer 3rd class Harold j. Mansfield jr., who had been a Sailor on the aircraft Carrier Saratoga. The loebs were jailed without bail. No Date was immediately set for an extradition hearing. A Mansfield 22, was shot once in the Chest after picking up a Brick during a racially heated Exchange that followed a near collision in a supermarket parking lot. Loeb h As said he was a Jacksonville Leader of the Church of the creator a White supremacist organization based in Otto . A a in a just glad that they were Able to arrest him a said Mansfield smother Connie Mansfield of Oklahoma City. A a in a glad that he a not a threat to anyone else now. That was my main  Mittelstadt said police were investigating whether a .25-caliber semiautomatic handgun found in Barbara Loeb a handbag was the weapon used in the slaying. Police in Neptune Beach had said that Caliper weapon was used. A minister in the White supremacist organization Steve Cabott Thomas 45, was charged May 31 with being an accessory after the fact for allegedly helping George Loeb leave town a few hours after Mansfield was slain