European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I wednesday november 17,1993 us the stars and stripes Page 9 Gulf War Veteran says chemicals were detected Washington a Low Levels of chemical agents were detected several times on battlefields Dur ing the persian Gulf War a Marine chemicals expert said tuesday during testimony on mysterious ailment afflicting War veterans. Joseph p. Cottrll a chief warrant officer who serve with a nuclear biological and chemical defense team during the War said his detection vehicle twice picked up traces of lewisite Blister Vapours an Arsenical com Pound that can sear the Eves Blister the skin and even Poison the  Jackson mich., Marine told the Senate veterans affairs committee that he passed on the information to his superiors but that the computer tape has since been lost. The Pentagon after Long denying any evidence the iraqis used chemical or biological agents during the 1991 War last week acknowledged the work of czech teams that found traces of nerve Gas and a Blister agent in the Gulf Region. But defense Secretary Les Aspi said the chemicals did not cause the illnesses afflicting thousands of Gulf veterans. Cottrell said the tape May have been misdirected an added i fervently believe that no one person purposely suppressed destroyed or lost any of the chemical re ports. Interest in persian Gulf syndrome has grown recently with revelations that chemical agents along with fumes from Oil Well fires pesticides and radiation from depleted uranium used in munitions might be behind the illnesses. Doctors Pentagon and department of veterans affairs officials and ailing veterans testified in House an Senate hearings tuesday. The a recently announced plans for a Pilot program to test veterans who believe they have been contaminated by chemicals and Aspin said last week that he is appointing a panel of experts to study the illnesses. Lawmakers blame the Pentagon for not doing enough. There Are some hard truths Here that the pentagons reluctant to face said sen. Donald w. Riegle jr., d mich., a Senate Leader on the syndrome Issue. Sen. Ben night horse Campbell d-coio., spoke of family Friend who returned from the Gulf in failing health and was refused medical care. How sick does a youngster have to be before the have to look at him does he have to die first Camp Bell asked. Alleged lewd Calls end sex legislator s Campaign Bismarck . A a former state legis Lator is abandoning plans for a comeback bid after being accused of making lewd phone Calls to six women colleagues. I be decided that it s Best for me my friends and my family not to run again former rep. Kevin Kolbo said in monday s edition of the Minot daily news. The 43-year-old Democrat from Mohall in North Western North Dakota announced his decision after a report on the Calls sunday by the associated press. Kolbo who became North Dakota s first Blind legislator when he was elected in 1986, was Defeated in 1992 and had planned to run next year. The Calls allegedly took place between.1987 and 1991. Five of the women All of whom Are present or former legislators and spoke on condition of anonymity Sai Kolbo had asked them to take photographs of him in the nude. The sixth woman said Kolbo boasted about his body and sexual prowess. Kolbo told the a that the women misinterpreted his remarks. He said he was sounding them out about a practical joke he was thinking of playing on a Friend. Somebody s trying to make a major sex scandal out of it he told the Minot newspaper. It s purely  Packard Henley 141 Campaign donors listed As Topping limit los Angeles a the former head of Hewlett Packard co., Rock musician Don Henley and More than 100 others reportedly broke fed eral election Laws by giving too much Money to campaigns in 1991 or 1992. Election records show that 141 people exceeded the $25,000 annual Campaign contribution limit the los Angeles times reported monday. Most of them said they had not been contacted by the Federal election commission about the violations and 32 people offered the times Evi Dence that they had not broken the Law. Angelo Parisi a new York chef topped the Lis with $66,262 in Federal Campaign donations in 1992, mostly to Republican causes the newspaper said. Large contributors included David Packard re tired chief executive of Hewlett Packard who contributed $50,950, and Henley who gave $43,850. The contribution limits Are a joke when the Fec won t enforce them said Ellen Miller executive director of the Center for responsive politics. Her group sued the commission last month for failing to act on its complaints against13 donors for the 1989-90 period. Most contributors told the times that the were unaware they had broken the complicated Campaign donation Laws. Twenty eight people did not respond to the newspaper. Don t forget the dinner Rolls nature Recife dinner Rolls giving special buy two packs of nature s recipe dinner Rolls for. Only $1.49 order Good Only with Coupon through december 1,1993, at any cafes Europe shop Pette. Amy j if Force Exchange service