European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 31, 1992 . The stars and stripes Page 5u.s. Treasurer s Home raided in pay probe by the Washington Post Washington a the Fri has raided the Home of . Treasurer Catalina v. Villalpando to investigate allegations that she collected payments from a former employer after president Bush named her treasurer sources said. Villalpando a requested and was placed on administrative leave a Claire Buchan a Treasury department spokesman said thursday. Villalpando has not been charged. Sources said the treasurer is under investigation for criminal violation of Federal ethics Laws. The Fri also is investigating at least one official of the company allegedly involved the sources said. Fri agents conducted simultaneous raids wednesday in suburban Atlanta at the offices of communications International inc. And at Villalpando a Home in the Washington area. The . Treasurer a separate Job from the Secretary of the Treasury is essentially the banker for the Federal government. Villalpando was senior vice president and partner of communications International in the District of Columbia from 1985-89 before Bush nominated her in april 1989. Communications International helped set up communications equipment in saudi Arabia during the persian Gulf War according to the associated press Atlanta Bureau. An Atlanta to station filmed Federal agents hauling materials from the company a office following the raid the a reported. Web to quoted Joe profit who identified himself As a the Man in charge at communications International a Atlanta Branch As saying Federal agents told him that the allegations May involve influence peddling. But profit said there is no influence peddling by his company. A i done to have that much influence a the a quoted profit As saying. A we work very hard. We re a very Small company. Profit who said the agents told him the company is not a target of the Federal investigation was the Atlanta Falcons first round draft Choice in 1971. In addition to Villalpando several employees and former employees of the company have Strong ties to the Bush administration. George Armstrong now chief of West coast operations for the company once was assistant personnel director in the White House. Ernest Olivas took leave from the District office of the firm to become director of hispanic outreach for the Bush Quayle Campaign. Villalpando who worked in the Reagan White House from 1980-81 in the office of presidential i personnel and again from 1983-85 As special assistant to the president for Public Liaison stirred controversy on the eve of the Republican National convention in August when she raised the Issue of Democrat Bill Clinton a marital Fidelity. In a meeting with the new Jersey delegation Villalpando a native texan linked Clinton and former san Antonio mayor Henry Cisneros who withdrew from political life three years ago after acknowledging head an extramarital affair. A can you imagine two skirt chasers campaigning together Villalpando said of Clinton and Cisneros who had joined the Clinton Campaign shortly before she made the comment. The next Day she retreated from the remark apologizing a Deer a a Villalpando who coordinated voter groups for the Republican party in Texas from 1981-83, had been vice president of mid South Oil co. From 1979-80 after working for the Texas department of Commerce from 1973-79. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago oct. 31,1982 a John Delorean indicted on charges of arranging a $24 million cocaine Deal to save his failing Auto company was released on Bond after 11 Days in prison. 20 years ago oct. 31,1972 a forty five people were killed and More than 200 Hurt in Chicago when a commuter train travelling in reverse overshot the station and was rammed by another train during the morning Rush hour. 30 years ago oct. 31,1962 a u Thant acting Secretary general of the United nations arrived in Cuba to arrange for a  dismantling of soviet missile bases. 40 years ago oct. 31,1952 a an official with the democratic National committee was fired for allegedly helping negotiate a $9 million government contract while working for the committee. 50 years ago oct. 31,1942 a the War against the Axis Powers heated up in the african desert and in the Pacific a Solomon islands. Meanwhile the icy threat of the russian Winter seemed Likely to Force the nazis to plan for a Long siege. L world War ii 50 years ago today 1 oct. 31 1� 9 a 4 �2 Australia s 9th div und Germany s 90th Light div Battle fiercely North and East of Tell Eleisa in Egypt s Western desert As general Bernard Law Montgomery prepares to launch the British 8th army at the weak Southern flank of the afrika Korps. Off the coast of Africa British East african troops move against the last pockets of Vichy French troops on Madagascar. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War ii Bison books corp., 1981 a aging Hiss says russian evidence proves he was innocent of spying by the Baltimore Sun new York a shaking leaning on a Cane but speaking with conviction 87-year-old Alger Hiss presented evidence thursday that he says exonerates him from accusations that he was a soviet spy. Unable to stand to address a throng of reporters Hiss spoke in a quavering voice of the 42 years he spent trying to prove his innocence and overturn his 1950 conviction on perjury charges. A i believed that eventually the matter would be cleared up but i must admit that in recent years i had a sense of my mortality. And i have to say that i feared that it would not be in my lifetime a he said. Hiss was a key government official in the 1930s and �?T40s, holding a top state department Post during world War ii and helping to found the United nations. During the cold War belief in his innocence or guilt became a litmus test for political correctness. But he said people should now try to objectively study the new material and put the hates of the past behind them. At a news conference he released a videotaped interview with Gen. Dmitri a. To Logonov a respected soviet historian who said a thorough search of soviet intelligence archives showed Hiss was not a spy for the soviet Union. A i have prepared an opinion on the basis of a Caref til study of the documents Alger Hiss the former state department lawyer accused of spying in the Mccarthy Era talks thursday. A russian general has said he found no evidence that Hiss had spied. Archive materials in the Light of which i can make a firm conclusion that Alger Hiss was not Ever or anywhere recruited As an agent of the intelligence services of the soviet Union a said to Logonov chairman of the russian governments basis of a careful study of the documents chairman of the russian gov Emmi hibernian say they won t sponsor St. Patrick s Day Parade next year by the new York times nation in next years March. Mew to Tiv _ Cha a a int Ruf a Prancl of  tvs military intelligence archives. Hiss resolutely maintained his innocence in the face of charges levelled by Whittaker Chambers a communist party member that he had been a spy. He was convicted in 1950 of perjury. By the new York times new York with the ancient order of hibernian relinquishing its role As sponsor of the St. Patrick a Day Parade leaders of new Yorkus Irish Majneri can Community expressed consternation thursday that no one had stepped into the breach and that next years Parade might be in jeopardy. A nobody knows what to do a said Jerry Sullivan president of the grand Council of Emerald societies which sends 25 contingents of police officers firefighters and postal workers to the annual Parade. On tuesday the new York City human rights commission ordered the hibernian a who have run the event for 151 of its More than 200 years a to include the Irish lesbian and Gay organization in next years March. But because of the controversy the hibernian at their National convention in new Orleans in july passed a constitutional amendment barring chapters from sponsoring parades. The orders National president George Clough said wednesday that the move was taken because of the Legal costs of dealing with the dispute a and the convention Felt that the Money could be better spent on our charitable  several prominent hibernian expressed Hope that a group would sponsor a Parade. But a former grand marshal of the Parade a1 of Hagen said thursday a right now for the first time in Over 200 years there will not be a St. Patrick a Day Parade in new York  number of refugees from Cuba climbs Miami apr so far this year 2,205 cuban refugees crossed the Florida Straits in makeshift boats a More than in any year since the 1980 Mariel boat lift brought about 125,000 to the United states the coast guard said thursday. The arrival of 50 cubans on wednesday and thursday most of whom were rescued at sea brought to 2,205 the number arriving this year the coast guard said. Last year 2,203 people arrived. The refugees make the journey from Cuba to Florida on just about every Type of Craft imaginable said coast guard spokesman Roger Wetherell