European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes . Thursday november 26, 199? White House role hinted in search of Clinton files by the new York times Washington a state department investigators have obtained evidence suggesting that the White House May have been involved in conceiving and coordinating the search through Bill Clinton a passport files an official said tuesday. T he official who spoke on condition of anonymity would not disclose the nature of the evidence. But a state department report on the affair that was issued Iasi week hinted at one potential source notes on Telephone Calls monitored by the departments communications Center. The author of that report Sherman m. Punk said Iasi week that he had found no evidence that the White House a orchestrated an a attack on the Clinton  f Unk the departments inspector general said then that the search had been motivated by political appointees desire to gather information that could have damaged the Clinton Campaign. But at the request of Congress the general accounting office is conducting a separate investigation to determine the role of the White House. Funk has assured members of Congress that he will share his interview notes and other work papers with the congressional investigators. State department officials said that Funk was continuing his investigation partly because of the information that has come to Light in the last week and partly because of criticism by members of Congress who say his report was inadequate. A we Are pursuing further leads a a Funk said tuesday without giving details. A we will follow All our leads wherever they take  this is the first confirmation that Funk has renewed his investigation. Without saying so explicitly he left the impression last week that he had completed his inquiry. As they have throughout the investigation White House officials refused tuesday to comment on any aspect of Funk a inquiry. Expert discounts risk from leaking sub by the associated press t Here appears to be Little danger that radiation from a soviet submarine that Sank off Norway will threaten human health an american oceanographer says. But a .-russian team will study the wreck to make sure. Instruments will be lowered to the submarine and the surrounding area next summer to determine whether any leaking plutonium could contaminate Rich fisheries said Charles Hollister of the Woods Hole oceanographic institution in Woods Hole mass some radioactive cerium is leaking from the corroding submarine he said tuesday. But the amount is less than what is pumped into the sea by English and French Mic car full reprocessing plants Hollister said. The oceanographer spoke a Day after russian engineers said in an Abc news report that plutonium could begin bleeding from the submarine As Early As 1994, t he submarine Sank in 1989, killing 42 of 69 aboard. Russian divers who recently explored the wreck Lonist its reactor had been knocked Loose and was leaning against the Hull said Kathleen Crane an oceanographer at the Lamont Donerly geological Observatory in Palisades . Quot there was structural damage a she said. A there was almost no leaking at present. But everyone docs express a concern about the structural integrity of the submarine and How structurally sound the reactor is at this  she said she got that assessment from Gennia Che Savov a colleague of hers and a Pilot of the russian Mir research submersibles. She said she spoke to him last summer during a scientific dive South of Iceland. A i think the risk 10 humans through the food Chain is very very Low a said Hollister. Nevertheless he said a study of the problem was important because the submarine Sank in a turbulent area a scoured by deep sea  spokesmen for Norway and the russian Navy denied that there was any immediate danger hut said they were watching the submarine closely. At a briefing in Oslo on tuesday norwegian nuclear experts said even if the 28 pounds of plutonium in the submarines reactor and two nuclear torpedoes on Board leaked the radiation would be so diluted it would do Little or no damage. Oceanographer Charles Hollister sits beside a map of the area where a soviet nuclear sub Sank off Norway. Lawyers denied for vets in radiation cases san Francisco apr several thousand veterans who blame their illnesses on exposure to nuclear  have no right to hire lawyers for their disability Benefit claims a Federal appeals court ruled tues ill. A \ Ted Tal judge ruled Iasi year that the so called atomic veterans needed lawyers to have a fair Chance of winning to licit claims which involved difficult issues of medical evidence. A lawyer for the veterans said Themlma would at eel 5,0 h to 10,000 people nationwide. Bui the he u a circuit court of appeals endorsed tin Cox eminent a argument that the department of \ Eleia is affairs decides disability cans in informal  proceedings with no need Lor lawyers to represent the claimants a  Taw that look effect m november i9ss lets veterans line lawyers for appeals a Toie a newly Ete aled Cimi 1 if Leteir Benefit claims Aie denied another new Law provides payments of $50,000 to veterans who suffered certain types of radiation related cancer. Most of the veterans in the 9-year-old lawsuit appealed denials of their claims before the 19$8 Laws took effect and Aren t covered by them said Gordon Erspamer lawyer for the National association of radiation survivors. Ers Panier son of a Man who died of leukaemia after taking part in a Pacific nuclear test said an Appeal of la us Dave a ruling was Likely. The atomic veterans took part in . Atmospheric nuclear tests through 19 i2, Ami occupied Hiroshima or Nagasaki after the atomic bombings in world War ii. The lawsuit began As a Challenge to an l$o2 Law that limited  Lees to Sid in a Benefit cases. The Law was intended to i Tocci veterans trom i Cdv Law vers. Tsongas found to have treatable abdominal cancer from wire reports Boston a doctors have determined that a growth in former sen. Paul e. Tsongas Abdomen is cancerous but they said it is treatable the Boston Globe reported wednesday. Physicians will probably fight the cancer with radiation the newspaper said citing an unidentified source close to the former democratic presidential candidate. Tsongas who ended his Senate career in 1984 after learning he had cancer declined to comment tuesday night other than to say he was still getting test results Back the newspaper said. A Angels faked deeds new York a the guardian Angels founder and Leader Curtis Sliwa has admitted that six of his groups Early crime fighting exploits were actually faked. Former and present associates contend that even More of the groups activities were publicity stunts rather than Riding the subways to protect the Public the associates said Sliwa and his wife Lisa run a group that has become Little More than a Security Force for a Block of Midtown restaurants. They said that the groups membership and activities arc greatly exaggerated and that its patrols a in their trademark red berets and to shirts a converge Only on highly publicized situations. Sliwa said in an article in the new York Post on tuesday that he manufactured six stunts including a report of the Rescue of a mugging victim. The Story was confirmed by a group member displaying bruises he had actually received falling Down on the subway after dropping off his  charges dropped Jacksonville Fla. A prosecutors dropped attempted murder charges tuesday against two teen agers arrested in the drive by shooting of a Motorist during attacks on interstate 295. Charges were dropped against Leslie Chad Edwards 17, and Scott d. Neaves 16, accused in the july 29 shooting of Motorist Debra Lewis. State attorney Harry Shorstein said there was insufficient evidence. Edwards remained in custody on unrelated burglary and grand theft charges. At least 37 shooting and Rock throwing attacks have taken place since mid february on the by a. A major tourist Gateway into Florida. One Man was killed july 4 when a Concrete chunk fell on his car and he  aimed at suicide Aid Lansing Mich. A the Michigan House on tuesday approved a temporary ban on assisted suicides one Day after or Jack Kevorkian helped a sixth terminally ill patient kill herself. The measure approved 72-29, would make assisted suicide a felony a punishable by up to four years in prison and a $2,000 Fine a while a citizens commission spends 15 months studying the Issue. The legislature would have sex More months until Jan. 1,1995, to act on the panels recommendations before the felony provision expires. The measure now goes to the Senate where it is Likely to gain approval when the chamber convenes dec. 3. If approved and signed by gov. John Engler. As appears Likely it would take effect in april. Kevorkian the a a Medicine Quot advocate known As Quot or. Death a aided a Pennsylvania woman suffering from cancer in ending her life monday the woman was Catherine a. Andreyev. A body found in pulp vat Green Bay wis. A a workers body was found in a giant pulp vat at a paper Mill with a 40-Pound weight tied around the neck police said tuesday. Thomas j. Monfils 35, of  wa1-Tound dead at the James River corp. Paper Nui sunday. He disappeared saturday shortly Atie arguing with other workers Deputy chief of detectives Jim Taylor said. T free workers confronted Monfils and Acea de him of telling police that someone planned to Art Extension Cord from the Plant said Marlin Charles president of United paper workers International Union local 327. Investigators said Monfils was alive when he uttered the vat police believe the death a e 1 a a i homicide or suicide