European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 20, 1991 the stars and stripes c Page 7cia Case Iran Washington a Iran Contra prosecutor Lawrence Walsh says the Cia erected a serious Roadblock that delayed his criminal investigation of the Agency for is months. Walsh said thursday that he plans to investigate current and former Cia officials into next year in order to get to the Bottom of the Iran Contra scandal. A we Hope to wrap it up in the fall but there a just no Way of predicting a Walsh said. He conceded a the possibility is there that the probe will continue into 1992. A i recognize the danger and we Are aware of the political Impact of investigating the Bush administration in an election year Walsh said adding a we will Bend every Effort to avoid that  Walsh a investigation has been re energized by the cooperation of retired Cia official Alan Fiers who alleged that he and three Agency colleagues knew by mid 1986 a months before it became Public a that profits from arms sales to Iran had been diverted to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua. Walsh said he plans to hire up to four More lawyers a to increase the Speed of the 4 /2-year-old investigation which has Cost $26 million to Date he has five attorneys now. The prosecutor declined comment on whether a criminal probe possibly carrying Over into an election year would focus on aides to president Bush when he Fig. H x a lot of hot air a a three year $300,000 study of the Bovine belch created quite a stir in Washington a while ago and was roundly ridiculed by the Media. But for professor Kris Johnson of the Washington state University animal sciences department it is a hot topic for research. The professor is shown Here adjusting a device on the cow that measures the amount of methane entering the atmosphere. Scientists say it is a legitimate Effort to learn if methane Gas contributes to the Earth warming greenhouse  says was vice president. Iran Contra prosecutors already have zeroed in on the activities of Donald Gregg Bush a National Security adviser As vice president sources say. Gregg used his influence to place a longtime Cia colleague Felix Rodriguez in Al Salvador where Rodriguez went to work for White House aide Oliver North a operation to Supply the contras. Gregg now . Ambassador to South Korea had said he did t know about North a network or Rodriguez a work for it. Judah Best Gregg a attorney refused to say whether his client was a a subject Quot of Walsh a investigation someone whose activities fall within the scope of a grand jury investigation. Walsh said the Case of Joseph Fernandez former Cia station chief in Costa Rica was a near fatal setback for his investigation of the spy Agency. Fernandez was accused of lying in the Iran Contra scandal and he intended to defend himself at his trial by implicating higher  in the Cia. But the Cia and other intelligence agencies barred disclosure of the fact that the Cia operates in Al Salvador and Honduras. A judge dismissed the charges and appeals were unsuccessful. The Fernandez Case a bears directly on the delay in the Cia investigation a Walsh said. A we lost 15  firms agree to halt toxic fluid dumping Washington a the environmental Protection Agency has ordered 10 Oil companies to Stop hundreds of service stations from dumping Oil and other toxic fluids into ground Wells and septic systems the Agency said thursday. The Oil companies which operate some 1,800 service stations nationwide agreed to obey the order and will pay fines totalling $838,761, the Agency said. A when i can get 1,800 sources plugged and cleaned up in 10 orders that a a plus a said Raymond d. Ludwiszewski the Epars acting assistant administrator for enforcement. The companies told the Epa that they stopped putting the toxic fluids into injection Wells by last March and have promised to Complete closure and cleanup of the Wells by the end of 1993. In addition the companies will provide the Epa with an inventory of the dumping Sites. Just closing the Wells could Cost the companies $40 million to $90 million said Jim elder Epars director of ground water and drinking water. The dumping comes from floor drains and sinks in Gas stations where old fluids drained from cars Are poured out. The Epa said the fluids wind up in shallow injection Wells near the service stations in septic tanks or in cesspools where they can leak into the ground and pose a threat to drinking water. However Epa officials on thursday could not recall any specific instance of finding a ground water Supply contaminated by this kind of dumping. The order affects Amoco Oil co., based in Chicago Ashland Oil co., Ashland by. By Oil co., Cleveland Exxon corp., Irving Texas Marathon Oil co., Houston Mobil Oil co., Fairfax a. Shell Oil co., Houston Sun refining amp marketing co., Philadelphia Texaco refining amp marketing inc., Houston and Union Oil co. Of los Angeles.3 top aides to Robb resign amid controversy Washington a three top aides to sen. Charles s. Robb resigned Friday amid a burgeoning political controversy Over his office s receipt of a secret tape of a cellular Telephone _ l. Doug Las Wilder. Conversation by then Virginia it. Gov. In announcing the departures of chief of staff David Mccloud press Secretary Steve Johnson and political aide Bobby Watson however Robb said he had found no evidence that any of the three were involved in the Wilder eavesdropping. But in a written statement Robb said the resignations were not a result of the internal office review that he ordered. Robb a Democrat had suspended the three last month after it was disclosed that his office had a copy of the tape which was made in 1988. The revelation increased tensions Between the Robb and Wilder Camps which had been feuding since Robb was governor and Wilder had the no. 2 Job in Virginia Boyz debut victim Dies Minneapolis a a 17-year-old youth who was shot at the debut of the inner City drama Boyz n the Hood has died becoming the second person in the nation to be killed in violence at Heaters showing the film. Jitu Jones of Minneapolis died wednesday evening at Hennepin county medical Center of injuries he suffered when he was shot in the neck a nursing supervisor said. A Man was killed at a showing of Boyz in the Chicago area last weekend and five people were shot in and around a theater in the los Angeles area. The movie by first time filmmaker John Singleton is an anti gang Story about teen agers growing up in South Central los Angeles. It has been a critical and Box office hit. Police said the Bullet that struck Jones apparently was intended for someone  Case dropped Orlando Fla. A an assault Case was dropped thursday against a youth who once was the chief suspect in the slayings of five Gainesville students. Alachua county authorities had alleged that Edward Humphrey threatened students with a razor following an argument during a aug. 25 party at the i Lambda Phi fraternity House at the University of Florida. The incident took place around the time the bodies of five students were found in off Campus apartments in Gainesville All stabbed to death. Humphrey 19, a freshman at the University during that time became the prime suspect in those deaths. State attorney Len Register the chief prosecutor in Gainesville dropped two counts of aggravated assault and one of armed burglary against Humphrey on thursday in the fraternity incident. Humphrey serving a prison sentence for an assault on his 79-year-old grandmother is scheduled for release on parole in  jars California Salton City Calif. An earthquake struck 37 Miles Northwest of Al Centro on thursday and was Felt As far away As Palm Springs 50 Miles to the North authorities said. No damage or injuries were reported. The quake registered 3.5 on the Richter scale Cal tech spokesman Bob finn said. Federal cola benefits to be adjusted for 92 by the Washington Post Washington Federal and military retirees and people receiving social Security benefits a a group that includes about one in every six americans a will get a Cost of living adjustment of at least 3.2 percent in january. The amount of the 1992 cola which will pump millions of dollars into the local Economy will be determined by How much living expenses go up during the third Quarter of this year a july August and september. Benefits for Federal retirees and some state and local government retirees As Well As some private sector pay raises Alimony payments and child support benefits Are linked to the consumer Price Index or Chi. Federal pensions Are adjusted upward each january. The increase is based on the average Rise in the Chi from the previous third Quarter to the most recent third Quarter. That Means the january cola will be even greater than 3.2 percent if living costs increase Between now and september. Last year at this juncture in the Chi countdown the tentative raise for Federal military and social Security retirees was a minimum 4.1 percent according to the National association of retired fed eral employees. But alter july August and september 1990 living costs were Lig ured in the retirees got a 5.4 percent adjustment in their january 1991 Cheeks. Although Many Federal workers Reler to their pay adjustments As Cost of living raises those increases Are not and never have been linked to the Chi. In january White Collar Federal workers got a 4.1 percent pay raise. Next january they will be getting a 4.2 percent increase