European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 24, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 7sununu says Bush and ribbed remark interest rate comment sent Market into Shock by the new York times Washington White House chief of staff John h. Sununu said Friday that president Bush a had lib bed a remark about credit card interest rates that sent the Stock Market skidding nov. 15. This latest development in the Public drama Over Sununu a survival at the White House came As Many republicans speculated that Bush had privately decided to replace his chief of staff and was waiting for the right moment. Late Friday Marlin Fitzwater the White House spokesman rebutted a crucial part of Sununu a account. He said the credit card proposal included in a political speech in new York on nov. 12, was a the presidents  but he said the remarks were in the presidents text not and ribbed As Sununu said. Sununu a latest account in an interview on John Mclaughlin a one on one television program to be broadcast this weekend conflicted with earlier accounts from the administration. Administration officials said the credit card notion had originally come from Kenneth m. Duberstein a White House chief of staff under president Ronald Reagan and that Sununu had talked to Bush about it before he delivered the speech. They said Sununu wrote the lines about credit cards. Even if Sununu did not write Bush a specific words his comments Friday represented an extraordinary attempt by an aide under fire to shift the political heat to his Boss. Publicly the White House and Sununu said Friday that his Job was secure and that Bush had no plans to replace him. But administration officials and Republican party strategists said Bush was under increasing pressure to move Sununu aside As he nears the time when he would have to announce the formation of his re election Campaign team. Although Bush had been widely expected to name his Campaign team in january there is increasing evidence that he will move the Date up to december when the process begins for choosing delegates who will be on the ballot in the new Hampshire primary. Bush who thought just a few weeks ago that he would be unopposed in new Hampshire now faces the possibility of two challenges from the far right Patrick j. Buchanan the conservative commentator and state rep. David Duke a former Kun flux klan Leader and Neo nazi who recently lost a race for governor in Louisiana. At a Campaign fund Raiser in new York last week Bush said that he had been talking to business people recently and thought that it would Spur the Economy if Banks lowered the interest they charge on credit cards. That remark prompted sen. Alfonse m. Do Amato r-n.y., to introduce legislation which was swiftly passed by the Senate to put a Legal limit on those rates. On nov. 15, the Dow Jones Industrial average which tracks 30 of the nations leading companies fell 120.31 Points closing at 2,943.20, the largest plunge in More than two years. The credit card Issue was blamed by Many analysts for the plunge. In his interview with Mclaughlin Sununu said the idea was a never in any text of Bush a speech. A the president and ribbed a Sununu said. In the interview Sununu also said Hise relationship with the Bush family was warm and that after the new York times reported that Barbara Bush was souring on him the presidents wife made a Point of seeking him out and made him a very very  but White House advisers Friday questioned Sununu a account and there have been several published reports about the poor state of the chief of staffs relations with the Bush family As Well As the presidents Cabinet. Although Bush has a record of resisting outside pressure of this kind in the High stakes world of White House politics it is an article of Faith that a senior official like Sununu can stand Only so Many political body blows before his downfall becomes inevitable. Sununu came under heavy fire earlier this year when it was reported that he had made dozens of costly flights on military aircraft. The trips seemingly were for personal or partisan political purposes. Radioactive water pours into . Plant Columbia . A a nuclear Power Plant in Northwestern South Carolina declared an Alert saturday after thousands of Gallons of radioactive water leaked inside a reactor containment building officials said. The leaking reactor at Duke Power  Oconee nuclear Plant near Seneca had been shut Down and inspectors from the nuclear regulatory commission were checking the leak arc spokesman Ken Clark said. There was no evidence any radioactive material had contaminated the outside environment he said. A it is being contained in the reactor building a Clark said. A the building is sealed so they know there a no radioactive material coming out of the  monitors outside have not detected unusual radiation Levels he said. A we done to know where the leak is coming from specifically a Clark said. A but it is in the form of  the steam turns to water As the reactor cools he said. The arc said All reactor safety systems Are functioning properly and no threat to Public safety or Plant personnel is expected. Arc officials in Atlanta and Washington Are also monitoring the situation Clark said. Duke Power reported the Alert to the arc at 2 14 . After finding that radioactive reactor coolant was leaking inside the containment building. Water was leaking at a rate of about 90 Gallons per minute arc administrator Stewart Ebneter said in a news release. Officials found about 24,000 Gallons of radioactive water had been discharged by 7 30 ., Clark said. The leak was reported to have slowed Down to 30 Gallons per minute As of 7 30 . As the reactor was cooled and de pressurized after being shut Down said Ebneter who works in the a Rcd a Region ii office in Atlanta. Duke Power has informed the arc that the unit 3 reactor would be in cold poster perfect Mandi Rutherford 8, of Poway calif., shows the shining style that will Grace the pos that the unit j Racior a oui of in Cuil tors for the 1992 easter seals Campaign. Rutherford Eit Joying a moment with Sandy shutdown and the leak stopped by sat Gordon senior vice president of the National easter seals society was named As the urday afternoon. Poster child Friday in san diego.. Trooper is slain after Chase in Woods Denmark . Apr a state trooper was killed possibly with his own gun after chasing a stolen car into a wooded area. One suspect was arrested after a gun Battle. Using bloodhounds and helicopters state and local officers combed Orangeburg and Bamberg counties saturday searching for at least two More people believed involved in the killing. Trooper Marvin Titus 28, was chasing a stolen car near the town of Denmark late thursday said Highway patrol spokesman Joseph Pellicci. A witness said the officer chased the vehicle into a wooded area in Bamberg county and then she heard brakes screeching and gunshots. Pelucci said that a when Titus was killed perhaps with his own gun. His car was taken and ditched in Denmark. Authorities got a tip that a Man was trying to sell the state troopers gun in nearby Norway and Stacy Jackson was slightly wounded in a shootout with police. He was treated and taken to jail on charges of assault and Battery with intent to kill and Auto theft. Clean fuel plan to propel prices los Angeles apr the states smog control Agency voted Friday to require refiners to create what it said would be the worlds cleanest burning gasoline. Californians can expect to pay As much As 16 cents per gallon More for it a even before it becomes available. Under the standards adopted by the California air resources Board fuels sold in California by 1996 must Emit 30 percent to 40 percent fewer pollutants than today a blends. A this Marks one of the biggest moves we can make for clean air a said Jananne Sharpless the boards chairwoman. A this is not a so called alternative fuel. It is cleaner burning gasoline of All grades for All cars every  Board members estimate the plan would Cut daily statewide emissions of smog forming hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides by up to 180 tons and reduce Fulfur dioxide emissions by More than 1,500 tons. The standards approved after a two Day Public hearing will require extensive remodelling of some Oil refineries costing $2 billion to $5 billion. That could translate to Price increases of up to 16 cents per gallon Board spokesman Bill Sessa said. Sessa said the standards will make californians Gaso line the worlds cleanest. The Western states Petroleum association representing More than 40 Oil companies said the Price increases May come soon because they will have to begin retooling production facilities immediately to meet the 1996 deadline. Douglas Henderson association executive director said the refiners were disappointed with the decision but intend to comply. A it would have been Nice if they would have taken a More Cost effective approach a Henderson said. A but it is their mandate to keep californians air clean and that is what they did  the boards clean air recipe for gasoline Calls for limits on highly toxic benzene Caps on some hydrocarbons conducive to smog formation and standards to limit evaporation of gasoline. The air resources Board contends the new gasoline will lower cancer risk from benzene by about 25 percent. Last year the Board passed More modest regulations which go into effect in january. They include a requirement that unleaded gasoline include additives that keep fuel injectors clean. The Board will hold another meeting dec. 12