European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 24, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7 North thinks Bush knew Contra secrets in mid 80s Washington apr Oliver North said tuesday that he a convinced George Bush knew about Many of the Reagan administrations activities for the nicaraguan contras. But the former National Security Council aide said in an interview that he did no to Tell the then vice president about the secrets of the Iran Contra affair including the hidden diversion of arms sales Money to the contras. A i bet i prepared a couple of Hundred thousand pages of memoranda that went up the Chain of command and laterally to the vice presidents office. North said. A i done to believe anybody has said he was t aware of at least a Good measure of what was going on regarding the contras. A i done to regard the vice presidents knowledge of the situation in Central America to be something that a novel a said North who is promoting his new Book on the Iran Contra scandal. North a Book under fire an american Story asserts that president Reagan knew of All aspects of the Iran Contra scandal including the diversion of arms Sale Money to the contras. The Book offers no direct evidence to support the allegation. It makes no such allegation regarding Bush. Bush has said he did not know of North a secret Contra resupply operation in 1985 and 1986. And a i sure did t talk to him about it a North said. Bush has said there was no arrangement to Supply the government of Honduras with extra military and economic Aid in Exchange for honduran support of the contras. But Bush s office received documents showing just such an arrangement North said. The documents were disclosed at North a criminal trial in 1989. North said he and former Cia station chief Joseph Fernandez a were treated very shabbily very badly by the Reagan administration while others such As Robert Gates were promoted. A i have stopped trying to figure out the ways of Washington a North said. A it is a Little amazing the Way it All works not just with Gates a who is Bush a nominee to become Cia director. Gates appears to be on track for Senate confirmation. He expressed bitterness at Independent counsel Lawrence Walsh the Iran Contra prosecutor Over the Oliver North during an interview tuesday. Treatment of North s wife Betsy. North said his wife a was dragged in by the special prosecutor a fingerprinted photographed for a Mug shot put before the grand jury and basically threatened with a a you re going to lose your kids unless your husband comes Over and becomes a  the incident occurred after North s 1988 indictment in the Iran Contra scandal he said. House approves Bill widening scope of Federal death penalty by new Day Washington the House voted 305-118 tuesday night to adopt a Broad anti crime Bill that expands the Federal death penalty restricts appeals by death Row prisoners and authorizes $1.1 billion Tor a handful of anti crime initiatives including $175 million for a a cops on the beat program aimed at helping Large Urban areas. The Bill would allow the Federal death penalty a which currently applies to Only two crimes a to be used in More than 50 crimes a including espionage treason assassinations of the president and other officials drive by shootings that result in death a and against drug Kingpins even when no murder occurs. To a major Victory for president Bush the House voted Down the Bill so racial Justice provision. It would have allowed death penalty defendants to escape execution if they could show racial disparities in death sentences in their localities. The House had approved the shield against racial injustice in death sentences last year but bowed this year to White House threats of a veto deleting the provision 223-191. The administration claimed it would establish racial quotas for the death penalty virtually eliminating imposition of death sentences. The provision failed in the Senate last year. A if somebody takes a .45 and puts it to my head and wants to blow my brains out and does i done to care what color of skin that person has a he ought to get the chair a said rep. Henry j. Hyde r-lll., arguing tuesday against the racial Justice provision. The provisions removal from the Bill was one of a series of affirmative votes in Congress on a Tough on crime measures perhaps reflecting a growing National frustration with violent crime. In the same vein the House adopted a a recklessness Quot Standard for the death penalty last week. Under the Standard prosecutors in Federal death penalty cases would not have to prove defendants intended to kill someone but Only that the defendants acted recklessly and it resulted in death. The House Bill however did not include a Tough a although Many argued unworkable a proposal adopted by the Senate last summer that would have established a Federal death penalty for homicides involving firearms that had been in interstate Commerce. The Federal judiciary vehemently opposed the idea in a lobbying Effort joined by chief Justice William Rehn quist. Chicago Post office stamped As worst in Survey Washington a the Chicago Post office received the worst rating by its customers of any of the 170 offices included in the results of a . Postal service Survey. Sixty five percent of customers rated the Chicago Post office Good very Good or excellent according to the Survey released tuesday by the postal service. Queens n.y., received the next worst rating with a 72. Los Angeles had a 75 rating and Houston a 79. On the other end of the scale mail customers seem to be most Content in new England where Post offices in White River Junction it. Worcester mass. Springfield. Mass. And Brockton. Mass., each received 93 percent approval ratings. The ratings come from surveys sent quarterly to 180,001 households nationwide asking customers to rate their Overall satisfaction with the Post office As Well As such things As mail delivery and phone  of . Governor struck injured by car from wire reports Rochester. . The wife of Rhode Island gov. Bruce Sundlun underwent eight hours of surgery to remove blood clots from her brain after she was hit by a car tuesday. Marjorie Sundlun. 50, was in guarded condition tuesday night with life threatening injuries at Strong memorial Hospital. She also suffered a collapsed lung and a broken right leg. A a the surgery went  Hospital spokesman Robert Loeb said. Quot the next 24 to 48 hours will be  the governor Cut Short a Cabinet meeting to Fly to Rochester. In Providence Bank and credit Union depositors who have demonstrated daily outside the Rhode Island statehouse to protest Sundlun a handling of the state s Bank system collapse suspended tuesdays Demon Straiton out of respect for Marjorie Sundlun. She was walking with town clerk candidate Patty Spano when she was struck about 7 . On a Street in Geneva her Hometown about 40 Miles Southeast of Rochester. Geneva police chief Frank pane said. Marjorie Sundlun was in town to visit her Mother and to Campaign for Spano he said. The 76-Vear-old Driver of the car never saw Sundlun who was wearing dark pants and a dark sweat shirt and was walking near the Edge of the Road. Pane  hits second Jackpot Denver a a construction worker won the $2.2 million lotto Jackpot and became the first repeat Winner of the grand prize in Colorado. A the first time i won 1 was really excited a Don Wittman. 29, said monday. A Bui in a More nervous this time. In be got a knot in my stomach. This is hard to  Wittman won half of a $4 million Jackpot on dec. 23, 1989. A he was eating lunch Friday when he discovered he had won again. A fellow worker checked Wittmann a ticket against the numbers from last week s drawing and found that All six matched. Quot i hate you Quot the co worker said. Wittman who picked up his first Check monday said he will spend his winnings on a Jet ski. A snowmobile and possibly a new Home. The first payment totalled $42,030 after taxes. His annual payments will grow by 3.7 percent annually for the next 24 years with the final instalment totalling $100,541.sleeper shoots self key West Fla. A a Navy Winker who shot herself in the face while in bed blamed the Accident on sleepy confusion Between two objects she keeps under her Pillow a her asthma medication dispenser and a .38-caliber revolver. A i did no to even know i had hold of the gun until it went off a Vicki Childress 38, said tuesday night from her Hospital bed. Childress an aircraft maintenance worker at the Nas key West said she was half awake when the Accident occurred monday night. Part of the Bullet lodged in her Jawbone while a fragment broke off and exited through her Mouth taking a few Teeth with it. Police  sentenced san Diego a a principal wlm chased an expelled student in his truck Ami hit him after the 13-year-old came Hack on school grounds was sentenced to 15 Days in jail and fined $1,000. Judge Terry j. Scott on monday also placed Richard Haber on three years probation and ordered him to perform 30 Days of Community service and undergo counselling. Haber principal of Marian Catholic High school was convicted Iasi month of reckless driving but acquitted of assault in the april 29 incident. Witnesses testified that Christian Barraza who had been expelled for poor grades and unruly behaviour exchanged words with Haber before the principal set out after him m his truck. Barra a who tried to flee on his bicycle suffered a leg injury. Haber said he was trying to place the boy under citizen s arrest for trespassing