European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 10 the stars and stripes . 1 thursday december 9,1993u.s. To pay Shultz s $281,397 Bill Washington a former Secretary of state George a Shultz May Bill the taxpayers $281,397 for Legal fees incurred while a special prosecutor examined his role in the Iran Contra scandal a court has ruled on tuesday a special panel of Federal judges that oversees Independent counsels granted Shultz s petition for All but $5,397 that he was billed. The fees were charged by Washington attorneys Lloyd Cutler Ano Howard Wiltes the scandal which occurred in the mid-1980s, involved an arms for hostages Deal with Iran. Profits from that Sale were diverted to pay for illegal arms shipments to anti government rebels in Nicaragua. Szultz was a subject of the Inye stiga Tion last year while Independent counsel Lawrence e. Walsh sought to determine whether the former Secretary had lied about the Sale of . Arms to Iran sources said in april 1992. The concluding phase of Walsh s investigation led to the indictment of former defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger in june 1992 on charges of lying to Shultz Congress and the prosecutors about the arms sales Weinberger was pardoned last Christmas eve by president Bush along with five others who either were convicted of Iran Contra crimes or were awaiting trial. Walsh concluded his investigation last August and the same three judge panel announced last week that the Independent counsels final report on the Iran Contra affair would be released soon with few if any deletions under the Independent counsel statute which Congress allowed to lapse last year government officials who were subjects of investigations but were not indicted were entitled to reimbursement for their Legal expenses. Cutler billed Shultz $370 an hour after he was retained in january 1992 to represent the former Reagan administration Cabinet official. Willens charged $310 an hour Shultz retained them after a prosecutor in Walsh s office informed him that his status in the investigation had changed from witness to subject according to the court decision. _ As a subject shul toss conduct was in the scope of the grand jury a investigation but he was not a target someone a  link to a crime. The court noted that cutlery a fee Quot will not appear reasonable to most of the  but the special court recalled that it had approved a rate of $300 in 1990 to reimburse Edwin Meese Iii for Legal expenses incurred during an Independent counsels investigation when he was attorney general in 1987. Quot to the Best of our knowledge a the court said Quot Legal fees did not decline Between those years and 1991-92/�?T when Shultz hired Cutler. No moves to As prelude to run in 96 bumper to bumper Art a West Chicago business left behind a bumper crop of bumpers when u went out of business recently. But what looked like junk at first soon became a form of Jurassic Art when some artists discovered what can happen when they put two bumpers together. Above Martanne King of the West Chicago cultural arts commission looks up to the Ere talons. A 50% of All paper recycled by year 2000, group vows Washington a the paper Industry has set a goal of recycling 50 percent of All paper by the turn of the Century. The american Forest and paper association. Which vigorously fought strict new Clinton administration recycling require rents for government printing and writing paper said its goal will mean 50 million tons of paper will be recovered in the year 2000. The Industry currently recycles 40 percent of the paper used the association said in its announcement tuesday. The Effort is designed to reduce the Burden on landfills where paper makes up 40 percent of the waste said red Cav Eney the associations president. By the end of the decade paper companies will invest nearly $10 billion for new equipment to handle recycled fibres the association said. President Clinton recently issued an executive order requiring All Federal agencies to change their purchasing habits and buy paper with 20 percent pos consumer Content meaning 20 percent of each piece of paper must come from fib ers that have been used by the Public. The association had lobbied against the Standard saying it would be hard for Many Mills to bid on government contracts without installing expensive new equipment. However the goal the association announced tuesday applies to All paper not just printing and writing paper which affords greater latitude in uses for the recycled paper. The recovered paper will be recycled into paper products used for compost animal bedding and insulation and exported to foreign recyclers. Quot the paper Industry should get some credit. The Industry is not in very Good financial shape but at the same time is making real investments in recycling technology a said John Ruston economic analyst for the environmental defense fund. He said growing consumer demand for recycled paper improved technology for removing Ink and the economics of using recycled fiber Over Virgin Wood have helped attract the Industry to recycling. Washington a after prodding by supporters worried he was sitting Idle while the 1996 Republican presidential jockeying got an Early Start Jack Kemp is launching a new fund raising committee and taking other Steps to raise his political profile. Kempis Campaign for a new Agenda political action committee has opened an office in Washington and plans to Register soon with the Federal election commission which would allow it to contribute to 1994 House and Senate races. Sal Russo a gop political consultant putting the organization together said Kemp would use it primarily to pay for political travels next year in support of gop candidates. Kemp the former new York congressman who unsuccessfully ran for the 1988 Republican presidential nomination has spent most of this year working with empower America a think tank he and several other conservatives founded. Because of its tax exempt status the organizations political activities Are significantly restricted. Kemp who was housing Secretary in the Bush administration was in Miami on tuesday and an aide said he could not be reached. But two gob sources familiar with Kempis planning said his decision to form a new Federal Pac stemmed from an acknowledgement that he needed to be More Active in gop circles next year if he was serious about running in 1996, and even More so because of the Early prospecting by others. Senate Republican Leader Robert Kemp residential Candida organization is gop strategist William Kris Dole of Kansas Texas sen. Phil Gramm former Tennessee gov. Lamar Alexander South Carolina gov. Carroll a. Campbell and former defense Secretary Dick Cheney already Are trying to build support for possible 1996 candidacies. A there certainly Are a lot of possible Presidio cies bouncing Arouna and important Tol said. Quot it simply Means that Kemp has decided to Start doing what Dole and a lot of other people have been doing for a number of months Republican consultant Craig Shirley said. A these kinds of activities Are to create political foundations upon which to attack Clinton and to further their presidential  Russo in an interview tuesday said Kemp had proscribed any talk of a 1996 run. Quot but obviously it does t Hurt Quot Kempis chances to be More Active politically Russo said. Kemp a former professional football quarterback will use the super bowl in january to kick off the Pac s major fund raising. Several Hall of Fame players have agreed to appear at a Kemp luncheon As part of the three Day event and Russo said plans were for a several Hundred people to attend. 2 Miami teens Are charged in haitian journalist death Miami apr two teen agers were arrested in the slaying of a haitian journalist who opposed the military dictatorship in his Homeland police said tuesday. Authorities weren to sure if the killing was politically motivated. Radio broadcaster Dona St. Plite 41, was shot Down oct. 24 after his name appeared on one of several Quot hit lists Quot circulated in the Miami area possibly by haitian military supporters. The killing a the third of a pro democracy haitian broadcaster in the Miami area a led to increased Security for prominent exile leaders. But Miami police spokesman Angelo Bitsis said tuesday that St. Plite was robbed of jewelry and a Telephone Beeper after he was shot confusing the Issue of whether it was a political slaying. Jean Jacques Macon 18, was arrested sunday and ordered held without Bond on first degree murder and other charges police said. On tuesday Edy Pierre 19, was arrested and charged with first degree murder robbery and use of a firearm during the commission of a felony police said