European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 30, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july 30, 1993 . The stars and stripes Page 5 torn notes Point to Foster s troubles by the new York times Washington the White House said wednesday that torn pieces of paper found in Vincent w. Foster or s Brief Case contained what appeared to be notes that indicated his troubled state of mind before the lawyer s apparent Sui cide. The notes found monday in the White House were on what had been a single Sheet of yellow Legal size paper White House press Secretary Dee Dee Myers said. The notes indicated that the Deputy White House counsel was upset about work Myers said. Myers declined to characterize the Dis covery As a suicide note but said it shed some Light on his state of  in contrast to White House assertions in the stars and stripes 10 years ago july 30,1983 the House Over coming an intense lobbying Effort by the Reagan administration voted 228-195 to Cut off All secret military and intelligence Aid to rebels fight ing in Nicaragua. 20 years ago july 30,1973 the chairman and vice chairman of the Senate watergate committee urged presi Dent Nixon to sidestep a constitutional confrontation and reach an agreement on their demands for key White House recordings. 30 years ago july 30,1963 French president Charles de Gaulle rejected the cow Accord on a limited nuclear test ban and the idea of a Nona ression pact Between the nato and War saw pact nations. 40 years ago july 30,1953 the first loads of . Supplies for East germans arrived in West Berlin by plane and truck As 100,000 soviet zone Resi dents lined up for a third straight Day to collect food. 50 years ago july 30,1943 civilians rioting in italian cities heard two Allied peace offers one from president Roosevelt on the Opportunity to re gain peace Liberty and respect and another from Gen. Dwight d. Eisen Hower on the re Fum of 360,000 pos world War ii 50 years ago today july 30 1.9-4.3 British soldiers successfully attack Catenanova in Eastern Sicily . Forces face Tough resistance from German troops holding Santo Stefano on the North coast and Troina Inland soviet forces Blunt the German attack along the Mius River North of the Black sea. In the Pacific american soldiers capture Bartley Ridge on new Georgia. Source 2j 94 Days of War. W. H. Smith publishers inc. A id almanac Book of world Wai ii. Bison books corp., 1981 a that there had been no signs of trouble regarding president Clinton s longtime Friend Federal officials and people close to Foster said he had displayed signs of depression in the final month of his life. Foster had been so depressed about his Job that before his death he had spent several reclusive weekends working at. Home in bed with the shades drawn close associate said wednesday. The 48-year-old lawyer had also told at least one doctor that he was dispirited and had obtained the names of at least two Washington psychiatrists Federal officials and associates of Foster s said. A family doctor in Little Rock ark., sent anti depressant to Foster. The medication arrived in the final Days of Foster s life but he apparently had Only just begun to take it said a per son close to the family. This person said Foster s wife Lisa recalled after her Hus bands death that when he would try to smile it was a forced hollowed out kind of  the new information about Foster mental state shows that at least some of those closest to him had been concerned about his psychological health. Associate attorney general Webster l. Hubbell and his wife Suzanne travelled with the Fosters to a resort on the last weekend of Foster s life x n a trip intended to cheer up Foster the associate said. That picture is different from the one presented immediately after Foster s death july 20 and in the Days that Fol Lowed White House officials said then that there was no indication Foster had suffered from anything More than Ordi nary  and Downs. It was unclear How widely Foster s troubles had been known at the White House or whether anything he had done or said could have foreshadowed his apparent suicide. Foster died in a Roadside Park along the Potomac River several hours after leaving his White House office he had been snot once in the head. Clinton acknowledged wednesday that some associates of Foster s had know i that he was quite  but the president said be was not really aware of that even the night before Foster s death when Clinton spoke to his Friend for 20 minutes by Telephone. Nominee for air Force Secretary Job counts on her streamlined expertise Washington a a fighter Fet slicing through Blue sky looks effortless. But Sheila e. Widnall a top aeronautical Engineer can Tell you in precise detail what s really involved. Widnall herself has soared through Amale dominated Field. And How if con firmed by the Senate after hearings that were scheduled to begin thursday she is about to become Secretary of the air Force the first woman to head a Branch of the . Armed forces. After president Clinton announced her nomination this month she told friends and family this is something i have wanted to do from the time i was a Little  As a child during world War ii wid Nall would dash outside to wave at planes streaking Over her Tacoma wash., Home on their Way to Mcchord fab. The Rush of wind Over Wing has fascinated her Ever since. Her research much of it sponsored by the air Force has been aimed at making flying safer by explaining the flow of air currents around planes. She has solve problems of turbulence explored the air wakes left behind by Large jets and Stu died the spiralling air flows created by helicopters. The wind also whips through her freetime. She frequently sails with her Hus band off Marblehead. She loves wind surfing and holds a Patent for a Fin that could make windsurfing boards More stable. Friends Trace Widnall s Knack for building things and penchant for mathematics to her father Holland Evans Cowboy turned College math professor. He also worked As a production supervisor at the Boeing aircraft Plant in Seattle where his daughter later did design work during her College Summers. Sheila Evans Widnall age 55 bom july 13, 1938. Education  and m.s., aeronautic and astronautics engineering Massachusetts Institute of technology 1961 . Mit 1964. Experience she taught at Mit from 1964 to 1992. When she was named associate Provost she became a full professor in 1974 and was chairwoman of Mit faculty 1979-80 was the department of transportation s first director of University research in 1974 served on the air Force Academy s Board of visitors 1978-84, including two years As chairwoman. She also was on advisory committees to the military Airlift come and Wright Patterson fab. She was president of the american association for the advancement of science in 1987-88. Family husband William children Bill. 29. And Ann 25. Source a Widnall carried her interest to the Massachusetts Institute of technology where she was one of Only 23 women among 936 students in the freshman class of 56. She met William Widnall the son of a new Jersey congressman while she was a freshman. He was a Sophomore. They were married in june 1960 and have two children Bill 29, and Ann 25. Widnall quickly adopted her husband s passion for sailing he is a Champion Amateur skipper. After her nomination William wid Nail s membership in a Marblehead yacht club caused some turbulence for his wife. Local members of the anti defamation league complained that the Eastern yacht club discriminated against jews. Commodore e. Paul Casey denied the is charge saying the club has jewish Mem Bers. Widnall has declined interviews pending her confirmation hearing. But her husband Calls the complaint a bum rap saying she has led efforts to in crease the number of women and Minori ties studying science. She became the first woman to chair the Mit faculty in 1979. Last year she was named associate Provost. Widnall who has served on the air Force Academy s Board of visitors and As an adviser to Wright fab approaches the Secretary s Post with obvious glee. Although not a Pilot she told the air Force times that she covets demonstration flights in air Force jets. I talk in lofty terms about the symbolic Content of the Job she said. But i also want to Fly  Navy defends policy on spent reactor fuel Washington a senior Navy officials say they never sought an exemption from environmental Law to allow them to resume shipping spent reactor fuel from atomic powered vessels to Idaho. Navy Secretary John Dalton and adm. Bruce Demars director of the naval nuclear propulsion office told a Senate panel wednesday that the service was not trying to bypass the National environmental policy act of 1969. The Law requires a full fledged environmental Impact study. However the officials said the service should be allowed to transport the spent naval fuel. They said anything less would costly and inefficient and could pose a threat to National Security. The ban would Force the Navy to hold the spent fuel in shipyards or in ships alongside the Dock like the russians do Dalton told the Senate armed serv ices subcommittee on nuclear deterrence arms control and defense intelligence. The Navy shipments were placed in jeopardy june 28, when . District judge Harold Ryan in Boise Idaho directed that they not be resumed until the government completes a site wide environmental review a process that could take years.  sent letters to several lawmakers who have Large Navy seaports in their districts warning that the Navy May have to store the fuel in inactive ships if the Idaho facility remains closed. The ruling was made in a lawsuit filed by Idaho gov. Cecil d. Andrus who along with other Idaho officials has complained for years that the Energy depart ment wants to make Idaho a nuclear dumping ground. The department oper ates the 900-Square-mile Idaho National engineering Laboratory. Last week the Senate armed services committee took an exemption for the Navy s shipments out of the fiscal 1994 defense budget but decided to bring All parties together in an unusual hearing. The Navy argued that preventing the shipment would prove costly forcing the service to Stop de fueling surface ships and submarines and tying them up to store spent fuel