European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 06, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes . Friday August 6,1993 gop lawmakers debate House Post Washington a some republicans Wanton ethics investigation of big time embezzlement at the House Post office but the proposal has caused Agop rift. Democrats Are unlikely to support it anyway. It s too Early to get into now rep. Fred Grandy of Iowa ranking Republican on the House ethics commit tee said wednesday. Ill have to oppose said the House should await the conclusion of a Federal criminal probe of the Post office. He predicted the ethics panel s traditional bipartisanship would be shattered if republicans managed to Force the probe. The Resolution demanding the investigation is Proba Bly doomed anyway since House democrats have opposed any action that could impede the criminal month they opposed Public release of documents from a 1992 internal investigation of the Post office to avoid such interference. The 1992 investigation focused on mismanagement of the Post office but not on Stamps for Cash schemes by members now known to be a focus of the criminal probe. The new Resolution was written by rep. Ernest jimistookjr., a okla. As of wednesday there were 18 Republican sponsors 11 of them is not a Small matter Istook said at a news conference called by several sponsors of the is big time the Istook Resolution was prompted by the july 19guilty plea of former House postmaster Robert v. Rota to conspiracy and embezzlement admitted that a number of House members whom he did not publicly identify obtained Persona Cash by submitting vouchers that were supposed to be for official Stamps by turning in Stamps Tor Cash Andy submitting Campaign checks for Cash. Transactions in court papers filed in the Case when compared with Public records indicated that House ways and Means committee chairman Dan Rostenkowski d-i11., and former rep. Joseph Kolter d-pa., May have been among the lawmakers Rota admitted helping. The transactions indicated Rostenkowski May have received at least $21,300 and Kolter at least $9,300. The Resolution asked the ethics committee to deter mine which members Are alleged by the former Post master to have engaged in improper conduct in connection with the House Post it added that the panel May defer its inquiry on an member if the Justice department confirms in writing that the lawmaker is a subject of the criminal lawmakers introduced a privileged Resolution a motion that is automatically brought before the House after a two Day notice. Istook said he would not Force a vote until after the August recess so the proposal won delay debate on crucial deficit reduction legislation. Carol Ann Stone cipher of Elburn iii., holds up one of six duplicate winning Illinois lottery tickets at a news Confer ence in Chicago on monday. Her attorney Jack Schriver is at right. Trio in feud Over $17 million Jackpot Chicago a you can bet on this lawyers will be big winners in the Illinois lottery s $11 million week end Jackpot after a convenience store clerk mistakenly punched five extra tickets that turned out to be winners. The woman who bought Only one of the six identical tickets says All the Money belongs to her. The clerk and the owner of the store where the extra tickets were tossed into a drawer each want five sixths of the prize. And the Illinois lottery says nobody will get the Money until the mess has been sorted out in court. The customer clerk and company have retained Law yers. If you thought you had an $11 million claim and the store you bought it from says it has a claim on the vast majority of it you d want to hire a lawyer too said Jack sch River who represents the woman Carol Ann Stonecipher Felburn. On saturday night Stonecipher 51 walked into the Pride pantry store in Lily Lake to rent some movies and buy a lotto ticket. The 23-year employee of United parcel service picked six numbers based on her and her Brothers birthdays two seven 12, 13, 20 and 24 As she has done at least 20 times clerk John Warford of Sycamore apparently made a mistake by failing to pause during a computer delay state lottery officials said. When he tried to prompt the lotto machine to print the ticket six tickets spewed out. Pride pantry owned by Bell fuels inc. Of Chicago usually buys the tickets when employees make lotto mis takes its lawyer said. Lotto tickets once issued cannot be cancelled. But the woman the clerk and store owner now want the tickets. Lottery director Desiree Rogers said she s heard from attorneys representing All three release of defense report delayed until september from wire report Washington the defense department s Broad re evaluation of . Defense policy is virtually completed but Public release of the report has been pushed Early september Pentagon spokesman said tuesday. The report intended As the broadest internal review . Military strategy and Long Range defense spending originally was to have Bee released in july. The spokesman Navy Gap. Michael Doubleday did not say Why the release Date had been pushed Back. He said defense Secretary Les Aspin has some final decisions to make on the report before briefing president Clinton and members of Congress. 95 nuclear test dropped Washington acting one month after president Clinton pledged no . Nuclear tests until at least september 1994, the Pentagon has dropped plans Tor a 1995 test. The scrapped test code named mighty Uncle waste last on the drawing Board after nearly 1,000 . Tests dating Back to the birth of the nuclear final test was threatened by Clinton s decision to extend a . Nuclear test ban until september 1994, although Clinton did not Rule out ending the moratorium even before that Date if other nations resumed testing. Side risk factors cited Boston overheated rooms soft mattress Sand tight coverings All apparently boost the risk of sudden infant death syndrome for babies who sleep on their stomachs instead of their backs or sides researchers said in Australia who were among the first to discover a link Between putting infants toned stomach Down and the risk for Side said two studies have identified conditions that May make babies especially vulnerable to the disorder. They said research involving infants in Tasmania found that Overall those who slept on their stomachs were at More than a four times higher risk for Side than those who slept in another position. A team led by Anne Louise Ponsonby of the University of Tasmania said the link Between stomach Down sleeping and Side was especially pronounced among infants who were swaddled who slept on soft natural fiber mattresses who had recent illness and who slept in High temperature rooms. Hospital paperwork costly Boston paperwork makes up about 25percent of the Cost of running . Hospitals and will total $232 billion this year according to an analysis published thursday. Co author or. David Himmelstein said this tells us things Are even worse than we Himmelstein and or. Steffie Woolhandler of Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge mass., Are advocates of Canadian style National health insurance. They conclude that adopting the Canadia approach in the United states would save about $50 billion annually in Hospital study in thursday s new England journal of Medicine found that in 1990 administration accounted for just under 25 percent of spending at the nation s 6,400 acute care hospitals. Average administrative costs ranged from 21 percent at hospitals in Minnesota to 31 percent in Hawaii. Safe sex warnings ignored san Francisco some homosexual an bisexual men Are turning a deaf ear to the widespread messages of aids prevention an returning to unsafe sex. The study by the san Francisco department of Public health Calls for a new generation of aids prevention to motivate the City s Large Gay population to forgo risky behaviour. It found Many feel aids is with 119 homosexuals from a variety of educational ethnic and social background uncovered some causes of the alarming resurgence in High risk lovemaking among researchers found homophobia racism Lack of self esteem and loss of loved ones has left some men questioning whether they will live through the epidemic and with Little motivation to consistently engage in Safe sex. 1 i
