European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 31, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 5foley denies House blocked postal probe by Stephen Lafaton the new York times Washington a speaker Thomas s. Foley denied sunday that senior House administrators improperly attempted to prevent the . Capitol police from investigating possible embezzlement at the House Post office. A we cooperated in every Way with the investigation of the Post office a said Foley d-wash., in an appearance on the lbs news program face the nation. A a it a nonsense to suggest that there was any  a Federal grand jury is looking into possible charges of obstruction of Justice in the Post office investigation. The new York times reported sunday that the grand jury had been focusing on a one month period last summer when senior House officials refused to let the Capitol police interview postal employees. The senior House officials also demanded Access to confidential investigative information according to documents quoted in the times and succeeded in transferring the Case to the postal inspection service the investigative Arm of the . Postal service. It has not been made Clear Why House officials would have wanted to impede the Case. People familiar with the role of the Capitol police said its investigators viewed the intervention As an Effort to contain the inquiry. In the stars and stripes some top House administrators have defended their actions on the basis that the postal inspection service was better equipped to handle the investigation and that it could Oetter safeguard the constitutional rights of postal employees under suspicion. The postal inspection services investigation has led to guilty pleas by three postal employees who were accused of embezzlement. A fourth employee is awaiting trial. Over the weekend the Justice department asked a panel of House members to delay its own parallel investigation into the Post office out of concern that it might interfere with the grand jury a work. A senior Justice department official said saturday that prosecutors had written to rep. Charles g. Rose Iii the North Carolina Democrat who Heads the House administration committee saying they wanted to Avert problems for prosecutors who May seek to question the same witnesses. Rose said sunday that the panel investigating the Post office had not decided How it would respond to the request but would spend the next few Days studying it with congressional lawyers. A i done to want to get in the Way of the Justice department a Rose said in an interview a but we also have our own investigation to  the investigation into the Post office and mounting concern in Congress Over the handling of the House Bank has put increasing pressure on Foley to take More dramatic Steps than just end perquisites in Congress. On sunday Foley was again put on the defensive rejecting suggestions that he step Down and promising to eliminate unnecessary Perks in Congress and the executive Branch. He also vowed to run for the speakers Post again next year. A a we re going to Sec to it that no member of Congress either party has any perquisites of office except those that Are necessary to do the Job Quot he said. A you have to have telephones and staff and office furniture to do the Job. Those things Are appropriate. A but after that is Over a he continued a a we re going to go through every single so called perk and eliminate a eliminate a those that Arentt  when he was asked on the Abc news program night inc on Friday night whether he should step Down Foley said a if i thought that the institution would be improved and the Public attitude would be restored and the members of Congress would All be Able to go Forward and move on the Public issues if i were to leave i would leave. No question about that. But that a not in my judgment what a  10 years ago March 31,1982 a freshman Forward Michael Jordan hit a game winning 17-foot jump shot with 15 seconds left As North Carolina Defeated Georgetown 63-62 to win the National collegiate athletic association championship game. All America Forward James worthy was named outstanding player for his 28-Point Effort. 20 years ago March 31,1972 the White House rejected a Call from the House for a new freeze on wages and prices and insisted that its goal of halving the rate of inflation by the end of 1972 would be met. 30 years ago March 31,1962 Republican National chairman William e. Miller proposed that president Kennedy request a congressional declaration authorizing . Support for the defense of South Vietnam. Miller said the declaration would rally Public support and Clear away uncertainty and mistrust. 40 years ago March 31,1952 a an audience of 6,000 at a democratic party dinner in Washington was stunned by president Truman s Surprise announcement that he would not seek re election and would not accept renomination. World War ii 50 years ago today 3 March 1. 9� 4�?�2 Allied warships at Ceylon including three aircraft carriers sail into the Indian Ocean to evade an approaching japanese Fleet with five carriers that Hopes to eliminate the potential naval threat on the Western flank of Japan s Advance through Southeast Asia the chinese troops that gave up Tou poo in Burma fall Back toward Pyi Rrana As japanese forces March toward Mazuchi Stacy Perretti left comforts her Niece Marissa Perrotti As nurse Clarisce Gavin works to connect the baby to donated Bone marrow. Infant twins born with leukaemia undergo Bone marrow transplant Seattle up a identical infant twins Marissa and Marena Perrotti of Toledo Ohio were reported in Good condition sunday following a Marathon 12-hour Bone marrow transplant. The babies were bom with Lymphocyte in leukaemia. A the girls Are doing just Fine a said spokeswoman Susan Edmonds of the Fred Hutchinson cancer Center in Seattle. A they tolerated the procedure very  Edmonds said the Bone marrow transfusion took almost 12 hours a two hours longer than the maximum time predicted before the operation. She explained that doctors performed the transfusion gradually to Lessen the Impact on the twins delicate Young bodies. The twins now have at least 100 Days of follow up care to see if their bodies will accept the donated marrow and whether the leukaemia will go into permanent re Mission Edmonds said. The 5 i month old girls Are believed to be the first twins Ever born with leukaemia a Only a few newborns have been diagnosed with congenital leukaemia in the past. They Are also the first twins to receive potentially lifesaving Bone marrow simultaneously from a donor who is not related. The donor was located through the National Bone marrow registry. Pilot family exit plane seconds before blast source 2194 Days of War w h Smith cd Quot snows i c. World almanac Book of world War ii Libor. Hooks corp. �?T981 a Joliet 111. Up a Pilot brought his Small plane Down for an emergency Landing sustaining Only minor injuries As he and three daughters scrambled to safety about 15 seconds before the Craft exploded in flames. Or. Frank j. Wright 44, of Naperville asked for permission to make an emergency Landing after seeing Sparks under the control panel of his single engine Cessna rg2, Joliet police it. George Hernandez said. Wright who noticed the Sparks while flying Over Plainfield two Miles North of Joliet was diverted to Joliet Park District Airport. Wright managed to land the Craft on an Airport runway and he and his daughters a Michelle 16 Susan 13 and Denise 9 a escaped just before the explosion which destroyed the plane. Wright sustained a slight Burn to a left toe after one of his shoes caught fire and one of his daughters scratched her forehead leaving the plane but the four declined medical treatment Hernandez said. The Craft had left Dupage county Airport and was headed to Georgia when the trouble occurred saturday afternoon. The Federal aviation administration and local authorities were investigating the cause of the fire and explosion