European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday july 25,1993 Rostenkowski denounces allegations Washington a rep. Dan Rostenkowski who has been linked to allegations of wrongdoing atthe mouse Post office asserted his innocence saturday and said these false allegations would have no effector his legislative work. I want to take it absolutely Clear that i have committed no crime and have engaged in no illegal or unethical conduct Rostenkowski d-iii., said at a hastily ill cd news conference. I am presumed innocent. I have been charged wit nothing but most importantly i am in fact  Rostenkowski said he had hired lawyers Robert Ben Nett and Bennett s partner Carl Rauh renowned White Collar defenders who had advised him not to answer questions. Because of the Many unfair false and baseless Alle i Felt it the House ways and Means committee  said he was frustrated and angry that his name has been linked to the grand jury investigation of the Post office. But he added i will not allow the current situation to interfere with the important legislative work that i and others Are presently engaged in and which is so important to the american  was referring to president Clinton s budget Bill on which Rostenkowski As ways and Means chairman is a key negotiator. Former House postmaster Robert v. Rota has pleaded guilty to Misdemeanour charges in connection with the House Post office Case. Court papers say he helped two officials identified Only As congressman and congressman a embezzle tens of thousands of  court documents match House records of Rostenkowski and former rep. Joe p. Kolter , a prosecutor has said Many files Are missing from records provided to a grand jury investigating charges of embezzlement at the House Post of fice according to a published  a letter to rep. Charlie Rose , chairman of the House administration committee interim  j. Ramsey Johnson said that Broad categories of files Are unaccounted for the Washington Post reported saturday. The missing files included Rota s correspondence the Post said. Is delayed Cape canaveral Fla. A the second attempt in a week to launch space shuttle discovery was aborted 19seconds before saturday s scheduled lift off because of a Booster problem. Nasa computers stopped the count Down at 19 seconds after the apparent failure of a steering mechanism in the right solid rocket Booster said launch director Bob Sieck. The failed mechanism a Turbine came up to full Speed and then mysteriously dropped off. The delay was expected to last Abou Tiv weeks Sieck said. The satellite delivery and space walking Mission already Isone week overdue. Nasa rushed to make the fuelled 4.5million-Pound shuttle Safe and get the five astronauts out. The crewmen looking grim crawled out of the Cabin less than an hour after the  a lot for the Effort said shuttle commander Frank Culbertson  was the third time in four months that a shuttle countdown was halted inthe final seconds before liftoff. A main engine shutdown occurred on columbian March with three seconds remaining a and a countdown for discovery ended atthe 11-second Mark in  Spectator watches As the launch of the space shuttle discovery is scrubbed 19 seconds before liftoff at Kennedy space Center Fla. Nav Pilot s death blamed on vulture newspaper says High Springs Fla. Up a midair collision with a Turkey vulture caused the May 1992 crash of Anavy Jet in which the Pilot was killed a newspaper re ported saturday. A High Springs Herald Story said it received the fed eral investigative report after repeated requests under the Freedom of information act. The plane crashed in the Santa be River. The Pilot it. Keith Maitland 31, of new York was alone in thef/a-18 Hornet flying at 450 Mph from Cecil Field naval air station in Jacksonville to the Ocala National Forest. The report said the collision with the Bird broke the canopy of the Jet and the wind ripped off Maitland mask allowing Bird parts to penetrate his body. The report said Maitland attempted to eject but his Parachute became tangled with the ejection seat. His body was found next to the seat about 3 mile from the downed plane. The report Saia the wind blast disoriented and limited his Maitland s  due to his Altitude and air Speed at the time of the Bird strike he had to rapidly assess his abilities to control the aircraft the report said. His decision to eject was Correct and  the plane maintenance record listing 16 items that needed repair was included in the report but those items did not affect the safety of the flight the report said. Changes recommended in the report include stronger windshields better Pilot headgear and regular Parachute inspections. Yeltsin dropping vacation to confront foes Moscow a president Boris n. Yeltsin will Cut Short his vacation and return to work to defend his government against legislative attacks launched in his absence his office said saturday. Since Yeltsin left town july 13, the pro communist supreme soviet has suspended part of his privatization program approved a bloated budget and opened a corruption investigation of a presidential aide. The president had planned to return to Moscow atthe end of july from a government resort about two hours drive Northwest. He now plans to return today. The offensive by Yeltsin s opponents comes less than two weeks after a constitutional convention approved his draft of a new charter for Post soviet Russia. Racism ruled out in German stabbing death Berlin up a Man who authorities de scribed As african was stabbed to death in Hamburg on saturday but was not the victim of a racist attack police said. A police spokesman said the Man was stabbed in the head with a Sharp instrument after an argument with four other men on a Street in the City s St. Pauli District. Witnesses said the four assailants appeared to be turkish nationals the spokesman said. The still unidentified victim who the spokesman described As a Black african about 30 years  Man aged to drag himself to a Gas station where he col lapsed and died after shouting for help in German and English. We do not suspect racism As the cause of the at tack the spokesman  s St. Pauli District Borders the City s har Bour and comprises a mixture of brothels bars discos and Public housing. 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