European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Monday july 18, 1994 weren t / sex by the Washington Post Washington a a longtime aide to Bill Clinton when he was governor of Arkansas says that Clinton a a frequently took out personal Bank Loans to promote his legislative initiatives. The White House continued to refuse to comment on the Issue. A Betsey Wright a former top Clinton aide who had control Over the funds said Friday that the Banks corporations and citizens who donated to the initiatives May not have known they were paying off Clinton s personal Loans. But she said a it  have been a deep dark secret we were  Clinton borrowed up to $400,000 from the Bank of another of his aides w. Maurice Smith during the 1980s to finance his campaigns and at least okie legislative program Smith said. The previously undisclosed Loans raise questions about the Clin tons finances and whether Campaign and political spending was properly accounted for. In an interview Wright declined to say whether Clinton had taken out similar Loans from other Banks saying her records were incomplete. She said it would be a a disrespectful to disclose her records because they have been subpoenaed by Whitewater special counsel Robert Fisk. White House aides have declined to answer new questions raised last week about Clinton a personal Loans referring reporters to Wright and Clinton a lawyer David Kendall. Kendall refused to comment. Wright said Clinton took but personal Loans to use As Quot seed Money for several initiatives including an education improvement plan in 1983, and for re election campaigns. Smith has said most of the Money his Bank Lent Clinton Between 1983 and 1988 went to election campaigns a he estimated $300,000 of the $400,000. Wright said she would not dispute his account. She said any Money that went to campaigns was properly reported but she acknowledged that a $50,000 loan to Clinton from Smiths Bank in 1984, was not identified As such in Campaign reports. A it was probably my administrative error a she said. Joan Watkins Clinton a press Secretary during the promotion of two legislative programs in the mid-1980s, said she was not aware they had been financed by personal Loans to the governor. A Barge dredges the Carrizo Reservoir near san Juan puerto Rico As the . Commonwealth continues to Battle a six month drought. A new rationing plan has been announced As supplies near the a critical level to enact strict san Juan puerto Rico apr a new tougher rationing plan was announced for this . Commonwealth that will leave half the Caribbean islands residents without water for up to 32 hours at a time. Water authorities facing dry skies and dwindling supplies said the restrictions arc meant to stretch eight Days Worth of water left in the Carrizo Reservoir the major Reservoir for san Juan area to last 14 Days. A when you have less you have to make do with less. Its no longer a matter of Choice a said  Colon executive director of the aqueducts and sewers authority. Six months of drought have reduced car Raizor a water Levels to where authorities Are uneasily eyeing the a critical level a below which water wont flow out of thedaker into pumps. Colon said contingency plans Are in place to provide potable water. The latest measures affect about 1,8 million puerto Picans about half the islands 3,6 million residents. A a a a. Carrizo supplies water to about 60 percent of 1.5 million residents in the capital. The remaining 40 percent get their water from la Plata Reservoir which has 22 Days of water remaining. Two other reservoirs each with a months Supply left Are used by the areas remaining 300,000 residents. The new rationing schedule is one More phase of a program to stretch out water supplies As Long As possible a or until rain brings Relief. The san Juan area now goes waterless for 16-hour stretches from 1 . To 5 a.m., every other Day. Since saturday the dry stretches were to last up to 32 hours followed by water for a minimum 15 hours. Some areas May receive water for longer periods. Some Georgia flood victims get to go Home Albany a. Apr after a week of staying with friends family or at shelters the 30,000 residents driven from their houses by raging floodwaters began trickling Home saturday. A a it a pretty comfortable Here but in a really looking Forward to getting Back Home Quot said Cleveland Barnes who had stayed at one of the .8 shelters in Albany a Southern Georgia City. Like Many others he a travelling Light. A i Only escaped with the clothes on my Back a he said gesturing at his Camou Flage pants and plaid flannel shirt. Residents in Albany a City of 75,000, were hit hard by flooding that began with four Days of rain. The deluge swelled the Flint and Okmulgee Rivers and submerged much of Central and Southwest Georgia. Parts of Alabama also were affected by the heavy Rains. The surging Waters knocked out All four of Albanys Bridges making it impossible to Cross town without a 100-mile Detour. The Bridges started opening thursday. Now people Are being allowed to go Home. A we have about 325 people left. At the Peak of the flood we had upwards of 425,�?� said William Pitts manager of the shelter at Westover High school. Hundreds of people sat on cots in the school gym lined with basketball state championship banners. Samuel Allen said he was waiting for the police to give him clearance to move Back into his Home which barely escaped the flooding. A i Haven to heard a thing a he said. A a in be been Here eight  Allen said that Homes within a Block of his were flooded and that much of the neighbourhood was still underwater. East and West Albany were reunited Friday when the Liberty expressway Bridge Over the Flint reopened. But dozens of other roads in the City remain closed because of water. Others have been closed because of sinkholes opening up around town. The Muddy red Waters Are receding slowly All Over Southwest and Central Georgia. The floods killed 30 people in Georgia and at least one person in Alabama. Philadelphia Ait was the first time Steve Derbes Ever Felt that he blended into a crowd. There he was surrounded by hundreds of other men women and children just As White haired and pal skinned As he. He liked it. A a it a a very strange feeling to All of a sudden become Anonymous a said Derbes one of More than 300 albinos attending the four Day convention of the National organization of albinism and Hyp pigmentation. A i was startled at first to be in a room full of others like me Quot the 33-year-old Derbes said. A a in a used to standing out in a  albinos Bond against Bias albinism is an inherited condition that reduces the amount of Melanin pigment formed in the body. It affects All races and usually causes Light hair fair skin and poor vision. Driving is nearly impossible. Sunburn becomes a fact of life. Noah estimates there Are 17,000 to 20,000 albinos in the United states. _ the acronym Noah is not a coincidence. Organizers say the Noah of biblical Fame May have been the first recorded Albino because of descriptions of him saying that a this flesh was White As Snow the hair of whose head was White As  a the probably had problems too a said Bill Harkin Noah s vice president and chairman of the weekend conference. A anyone with albinism who says they be never faced adversity because of it is either a liar of they be never left the  Charles von Ray 32, of Philadelphia remembers a was leased unmercifully As a child called a pc Asper and  Jennifer Oklak 13, of Goshen ind., is one of More than 100 children at the conference. Her 7-year-old sister. Heather and her father Mark Are also albinos. Really bother me anymore a Jennifer said. Everybody Here is really Nice. I feel