European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sessions wife investigated for getting a lift from Fri by Sharon Lak Raniere the Washington Post Washington a Fri director William s. Sessions took a personal trip monday to new York City where he met with the editorial Board of the new York times. His wife Alice went along and shopped. When she was finished she beeped the Security agents assigned to her husband. The agents picked her up in the Fri car and drove her three blocks to meet sessions although Bureau regulations prohibit her from using Fri vehicles for personal reasons alone. William sessions said Friday that the incident resulted from a misunderstanding but that his wife should not have accepted the ride. The of big a ethics office is investigating the incident which occurred exactly one month after the Justice department found that sessions and his wife routinely abused Fri privileges including vehicles. Sessions has been trying to convince the White House that he should keep his Job and has insisted that the Justice department s office of professional responsibility has wrongly accused him of improper conduct. Alice sessions said Friday that she did not ask the Security detail to pick her up. Her husband through an aide said the Fri Driver picked her up without his knowledge and was never asked to transport her. The Fri director said that after his wife completed her errands she a called through the Fri office to get word to me regarding her whereabouts so that i could pick her up after my  he said it would have been a awkward or discourteous Quot for her to have turned Down the ride but she should have done  chief rescinds order on waste site Washington a the Interior department said Friday that it is rescinding an Lith hour decision by the Bush administration that would have transferred California desert land to the state for a nuclear waste dump. Secretary Bruce Babbitt said he would nullify the decision by his predecessor Manuel Lujan so that he could review the Issue involving Ward Valley in the Mojave desert. Babbitt said that the matter also should be subject to a Public review period and that Lujans acceleration of the decision had led to a a serious breakdown in Public Confidence in the land Transfer  Babbitt has said his first legislative priority As Secretary is to designate More National Park and wilderness land in the California desert. The department said it would file his decision with the . District court for the Northern District of California. Lujan announced Jan. 7 that he had agreed to sell the 1,000-acre parcel in san Bernardino county to California. It would be the states first disposal site for Low level nuclear waste from Power plants and medical and research facilities. A i have publicly stated that 1 have never approved of mrs. Sessions being driven for personal purposes in a government vehicle and 1 have Given instructions to that effect a he said. �?�1 have told mrs. Sessions not to ride m the Bureau car in my absence. That this incident occurred whether through misunderstanding or however otherwise innocently is nonetheless extremely troubling to  sessions lawyer Thomas m. Susman said Friday night a the Driver has said he picked up mrs. Sessions totally on his own  but other sources familiar with the incident disputed the account Given by sessions and Susman saying that Alice sessions beeped Security agents for a ride. The Jan. Is office of professional responsibility report on William sessions included a Section titled mrs. Sessions transported alone in Fri  it said she improperly used Fri cars to transport her to a dressmaker a Hairdresser stores a hotel and a social function. On out of town trips a special agents were routinely required to transport mrs. Sessions for apparently purely personal reasons when the director was not present in the vehicle Quot it said. Alice sessions is a frequent topic of debate within the Bureau because she is involved in so Many of the at Negedly unethical incidents that May Cost sessions his Job. Bureau officials Trace her conduct to an Iron determination to hold Down the couples expenses and a distrust of the Fri so intense that she once accused the head of the Security detail of wiretapping her  Jima ceremony army Veteran Anthony Giannetti front left and air Force Veteran Tom Flynn hold a memorial Cross during observances Friday in Boston for iwo Jima Day. The ceremony marked the . Invasion of the strategically located Pacific Island to gain control from the japanese during world War ii. The Island was the scene of one of the fiercest Battles of the War. Dimaggio hits pay dirt with tax Board Sacramento Calif. A where have you gone Joe Dimaggio to the California franchise tax Board to get nearly a Quarter million dollars sliced from his state tax Bill. Dimaggio who patrolled Center Field for the new York Yankees is one of More than 40 individuals or companies to take advantage of a Little known California Law allowing tax Bills to be settled at reduced rates sometimes for pennies on the Dollar. According to state records Dimaggio settled a $611,909 tax Bill by agreeing to pay $367,147. The $244,762 he saved is nearly 2xh times the $100,000 he earned in his last year As a player 1951. The records do not say Why the baseball Hall of earner sought the settlement and tax officials say they cannot discuss specific cases. Dimaggio 78, could not be reached for comment a series of Calls to his san Francisco Home Over the past week were not answered. The Only comment from the franchise tax Board is a vague one sentence explanation contained in the document a the settlement outweighs the hazards and costs of litigation associated with the Issue in this  records for other cases including some in which businesses saved millions of dollars in the settlements Are similarly vague. But they do show the Bottom line California collected $119.4 million from the 43 taxpayers who owed $258.8 million. That is about 46 cents on the Dollar. State officials defend the temporary program. The officials say getting some Money now is better than going to court and paying Legal fees to win bigger settlements months or years from  Brothers recovering from frigid night in Woods from flirt reports new Bedford mass. Two of three Young Brothers who used their boy scout skills to survive a frigid Rainy night after becoming lost in a swamp have been released from the Hospital officials said Friday. The two eldest Eklund Brothers a Brian 13, and Robert 11 a were treated for hypothermia and exhaustion. Their 9-year-old brother Matthew remained hospitalized in satisfactory condition officials at St. Luke s Hospital said. The Brothers got lost tuesday while on a walk in the Woods with their dog and a 12-year-old Friend near their Home in Dartmouth. The Friend became separated from the Brothers made it out of the Woods and alerted authorities. While hundreds of people searched the boys hugged each other for warmth and took shelter under Trees skills they Learned in cub and boy scouts. Two police officers found them wednesday their dog nearby. Doctors said All three suffered muscle injuries to the legs from exposure. The temperature dropped to 38 degrees tuesday night 2 inches of rain fell and the wind reached 30 Mph. Candidates a she this time St. Paul Minn. A a former St. Paul City Council member is making another run for a Council scat. But there a a twist. The last time Susan Kimberly was on the Council a from 1974 to 1978 a her name was Bob Sylvester. Kimberly who underwent a sex change operation in 1984, said winning election to the Council again a would give a certain completeness Quot to her life. A no transsexual has Ever been elected to anything any time Quot in the United states she said let alone re Clicc cd to a position held before undergoing a sex change. A everybody knows my personal Story. People arc going to make up their minds about whether it disqualifies me from Public service. Since it s never been done before i have no idea How its going to turn out Quot she  recalls dinnerware new York a Tiffany amp co. Announced a voluntary recall for hand painted China that May exceed Federal Lead Levels marking the first time the famed retailer of Crystal and jewels has Ever recalled a product. Recall letters were sent to 406 customers who bought the a private Stock Quot dinnerware French us made China that Sells for More than $1,000 for a five piece setting the company said thursday. Sales of the China were halted. Tests by the environmental defense fund found several plates had Lead Levels several Hundred times above maximum Legal Levels for dinnerware. Tiffany said it will give merchandise credit for customers who return the China which was sold in Tiffany stores throughout the country. To Star s death probed new York a it could take As Long As a week to determine the cause of death of Michael David Morrison a 33-Ycar-old soap opera Star found dead in an East Village apartment new York City a medical examiners office said Friday. Results of an autopsy performed Friday in Manhattan were inconclusive said Ellen Borakove a spokeswoman for the medical examiner. A a it a still under investigation Quot she said. Police sources said toxicological tests would be conducted to look for the presence of drugs or Poison. Borakove declined to comment. Morrison who joined cd so As the world turns in 1988 in the role of Caleb Snyder had gone to a West Side bar wednesday night and left with a 26-year-old woman for an apartment on East fourth Street the police sources said. When he did not respond to a 6 30 . Alarm the woman called police who arrived to find Morrison unconscious. He was pronounced dead a Short time later. Morrison lived in Peekskill n.y., with his wife actress Amy Mcdonald and their 2-year-old son. No details were available on funeral arrangements