European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Friday May 27,1994house mum on Rostenkowski Fate by los Angeles times Washington a an uncommon code of silence enveloped the House on wednesday As it confronted the Strong possibility that rep. Dan Rostenkowski will step Down As chairman of the ways and Means committee As part of a plea bargain. A  Illinois Democrat an unparalleled master of Arm twisting and Deal cutting is considered crucial to the Fate of health care Reform As Well As the democrats Overall legislative record. And in corridors and cloakroom on. The House Side of Capitol Hill members of Congress wondered and worried about who would succeed him a and the implications the succession would have for them and president Clinton yet congressional decorum prevented the members from talking openly about the looming crisis v v indeed with Rostenkowski seemingly on the verge of indictment for financial abuse of his office House majority Leader Richard a. Gephardt do. Called an extraordinary news conference to declare he has no interest in assuming the leadership of the committee to help secure the enactment of health care Reform. A a v. A a i think in a Way it s an insult to the chairman and the members of the com Mittee that i or someone else from the leadership would have to go to the it Tim Mittee so the committee could finish its work on health care a Gephardt said. First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton was less reticent however to discuss the effect Rostenkowski a departure would have on the administrations health care proposal 1a i certainly Hope that does no to come to pass but it would be an obstacle that Congress would have to figure out How to overcome a she said at an International women a Media foundation conference Here. A it would be a great loss to Congress but health care Reform and the need for Man resting in Park dear Vette Irwin a. Apr if there is a Highway to heaven George Swanson May get to the Pearly Gates in style he was buried in his White Chevrolet Corvette. Swansong sashes were placed in the Drivers seat a two driving Caps in the Back red roses on the roof and Only 27,000 Miles on the odometer a and the 10-year-od car was lowered into his grave As 50 mourners looked on. It already had been a Long haul. Swanson an army sergeant during world War ii died nearly two months ago and cemetery officials walked at his request to be buried in the car in 12 plots he had purchased. They finally agreed. A George always said he lived a fabulous life arid he went out in a fabulous style a his widow Caroline Swanson said afterwards at a reception. A you have a Jot of people saying they want to take it with them. He took it with him a Swanson a Beer distributor who died March 31 at age 71. Bought the plots in Brush Creek cemetery in Hempfield township about 25 Miles East of Pittsburgh to make sure he and his beloved car would fit. Cemetery officials worried about vandalism and the Prospect of offending other clients relented after weeks of negotiations. The cemetery insisted that the burial be private and the car was drained of ail fluids to protect the environment a Backhoe operator spent two hours digging the 7-by-7-by-l 6-foot Hole arid a Crane operator practice hoisting and lowering the car tuesday. A you can to think of this As a car a cemetery caretaker Robert Miller said. A it Stike a big fibreglass vault. Its just extra work just a bigger grave to  mourners stood in the rain for the Short ceremony \ a graveside Crane Lowers a 1984 Corvette along with an urn holding the remains of 71-Ycar-old George Swanson. Mother of All Black holes found by scrupps Howard news service Nasa s repaired Hubble space Telescope has discovered a super massive Black Hole that May contain the remnants of 2 billion to 3 billion suns. The Black Hole a an object whose powerful Gravity Field swallows ail galaxies suns planets Gas Clouds Light and radiation that Cross its path a was photographed by Hubble on feb. 27, astronomers reported wednesday. The Hole was found in the Center of the giant Galaxy m87, an object in the Constellation Virgo. A if it Isnit a Black Hole then i done to know what it is Quot said Holland Ford of the space Telescope science Institute in Baltimore the Black Hole in m87.is no threat to Earth because it is 50 million Light years away and Earth is part of the Milky Way Galaxy. A Light year is about 5.88 trillion Miles. Ford said the discovery was an unexpected wonderful Surprise. Nasa astrophysics director Daniel Weedman said the find is Hubble s finest achievement thus far. The Telescope was repaired in december by space walking astronauts from the space shuttle endeavour. Hubble s pictures arid spectrographic measurements showed m87 s Center is an enormous doughnut shaped Cloud of spinning Gas with the Black Hole looking like a tiny Black Raisin in the Middle of the doughnut. Surprisingly a Long plume of Light that resembles a Chain of beads shoots into space from the Hole. Wredman said the plume is composed of fluorescent electrons periodically emitted by the Black Hole. The m87 Black Hole is the third or fourth such object astronomers have detected in recent years but this is by far the most massive Nasa astronomer Stephen Maran said. It is bigger than any one person in this country a Clinton later told reporters. A Tbs. Attorney has been investigating Rostenkowski for possibly receiving Money improperly from the House Post office hiring ghost employees receiving sweetheart deals tin government purchased cars and buying furniture and gifts improperly front his official funds. Sources close to the negotiations Between Rostenkowski a attorneys and . Attorney Eric h. Holder or. Indicated that the matter will not be resolved until next week. Holder reportedly was pressing for a decision on the plea agreement by tuesday. _ democrats buoyed by Clinton visit on health Bill Washington a democrats said president Clinton gave them Quot a rallying cry to fight for health Reform this year. Republicans called Clinton s Mission to Capitol Hill a somewhat helpful a even if they weren to buying what he a Selling. House speaker Thomas p. Foley d-wash., predicted wednesday evening that democrats will resolve their differences and get a Universal coverage Bill to the House floor in july he said Clinton showed he was determined a to get a health care Bill this  Clinton originally planned to sit Down Only with democrats to talk up health Reform before a a it a the Mother of. All Black holes a he said a. A a. A Weedman said the Black Hole apparently has been consuming galaxies stars planets gases and matter since the beginning of the universe 15 billion years ago. Currently the Hole is so immense it probably contains the remains of 2 billion to 3 billion stars a i think this thing will keep eating As Long As a meal is available a he said. Weedman said the globules of fluorescent electrons that make up the Black holes plume of Light could be periodic a burps a the Black Hole emits every sever a million years. A i think the Black Hole eats something every few million years and puffs it out again Quot he added. Still to be determined is whether All galaxies have a Black Hole in their centers said Bruce Margon a University of Washington astronomer. That a the subject of Hubble a future investigations. They go Home and he Heads to Europe during the Long memorial Day recess. But he made time to hear Senate republicans present their Side As Well. Sen. Bob Packwood r-ore., said a i told him frankly. If this Bill has mandates it loses. You cannot pass it. So or. President you be got to make a decision do you want a Bill or do you want an Issue the Clinton plan would mandate that employers pay at least 80 percent of the Cost of health insurance for their workers with government subsidies going to Small businesses and Low income individuals. Rep. Henry a. Waxman d-calif., said Clinton in a subsequent pitch to House democrats a gave us a rallying cry that democrats should go out and fight for health Reform because it wont get done otherwise. He said Clinton indicated a those other Guys stand for  rep. Pat Williams d-mont., presented Clinton with a copy of the Bill approved earlier wednesday on a party line 17-10 vote by his labor management relations subcommittee. Cuts in programs to fund welfare plan Washington a president Clinton wants to spend $9.3 billion Over five years to overhaul welfare with $7 billion coming from cuts in other social programs and the rest from the superfund environmental cleanup program an administration official says. The proposal will favor a family Caps a allowing states to deny additional Money to women on welfare who get pregnant again said the official who spoke wednesday evening on condition of anonymity. J Clinton also decided not seek cuts in programs for veterans to help pay for welfare Reform the official said