European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 06, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday augusts 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5 Whitewater witness defends herself Washington a a Federal regulator accused by republicans of seeking to change an embarrassing find ing in a Whitewater related investigation testified Friday that she did t recall her statements to an investigator who secretly taped them. But Resolution Trust corp. Lawyer april Breslaw defended her conduct. I had not behaved in an unethical Man Ner she told the House banking com Mittee s Whitewater hearing. Citing a transcript of the taped conver satins republicans allege that Breslaw told a criminal investigator that her Bosses would like to conclude that presi Dent Clinton and first lady Hillary Rod weather is hot topic for those in Europe Nyji Tijones staff writer there is no end in sight to the euro Pean heat wave said weather forecasters As they predicted More sweltering sunny weather. Somewhat cooler weather is expected monday through wednesday in Northern Germany said meteorologist Klaus Bohnke at the National weather Bureau in Frankfurt but then from wednesday the temperature is going to Rise again to More than 30 degrees Celsi us or about 86 degrees fahrenheit. We Are in the dog Days for the next few weeks and they stand for hot the dog Days of summer the hot uncomfortable Days of july and August Are consistent with the blistering temperatures recorded Friday in Europe with the Mercury fluctuating Between 94 and 97 at Rhein main a Germany for example. Temperatures hit 99 in Naples Italy on Friday with the Mediterranean sea registering 72. Highs Over the weekend Are expected to average �4 throughout Italy Accord ing to state run radio and television italia known by the initials Rai. _ the weather in Italy has been so hot the hottest in 61 years according to some reports that italian weather broadcast ers Are warning people to avoid the Sun. Rai aired warnings thursday and Fri Day of High temperatures and humidity Levels that could endanger those who venture outside. F particularly at risk Are residents of Rome Florence Bologna and Venice and visitors to the mountains at Alto adige All in Northern Italy. People Are being asked to remain inside As much As possible from noon to 4 pm. Every Day. According to Rai Italy s Northern Cit ies Are being hit hardest by the heat wave because they Are More industrialized and Ham Clinton s Whitewater land venture had not caused a loss to a failed Arkan Sas savings and loan. The Etc investigator l. Lean Lewis had already concluded that Whitewater May have caused a loss at Madison guar Anty savings & loan. That conclusion was contained in criminal referrals that had been forwarded to the Justice department for possible prosecution. Acknowledging that her conversation with Lewis on feb. 2 was taped Breslaw said that her statements came during a cursory and unimportant Chat and that she had Only a vague recollection. But she disputed any suggestion that Lewis was pressured to change her find Ings. I have no recollection of saying that anyone hoped for a particular outcome. I would emphasize thai even is. Lewis has admitted that i repeatedly assured her that everyone was seeking Hon est answers Breslaw said. Lewis has declined an invitation to testify and democrats sought in her absence to attack her credibility. Rep. John Lafalce d-n.y., told Breslaw that he. Thought it seems like the most innocent conversation in the world and that re publicans have wrongly suggested some thing sinister. Rep. Marge Roukema . Decried Apa lottery Sellers in Madrid s puerto Del sol use traditional Spanish fans to hid from a photographer on Friday. Fans Are making a comeback among women of All Ages As temperatures reach 100 in Madrid. Produce More pollution. By 3 . Friday in Darmstadt Ger Many officials at the child development Center on Cambrai Fritsch Cavern were calling parents to pick up their children because temperatures had peaked. At Home people Are wearing bathing suits or As Little As possible in an Effort to beat the heat. And communities Are recommending common sense dress codes for work. For example in Darm Stadt Community spokeswoman Teri Viedt said although the dress code has t changed clothing should be Cool but in Good taste and not Jaehnke said this summer is not the first beastly summer for Germany. In 1983, temperatures Rose to 40.2.degrees celsius about 105 fahrenheit in the town of Germersdorff. In the former East German town of pres Chen the Mercury Rose to 39.3 celsius More than 102 fahrenheit extreme heat Waves could be come Normal in Germany during the next decades Hartmut grass director of the Hamburg based Max Planck Institute s weather department told a German newspaper this week. Germany s Federal environment minister Klaus Topfer Cla ims Thau Wehof spell is a Harbinger of global warming caused by air pollution. But the German National weather service says there is no connection. I _ according to the Max Planck Institute the Earth s surface and the lower air lev Els have become warmer by More than 1 degree fahrenheit in recent years and with the continuation of such global warming More heat Waves can be expected in the next few decades. Contributing to this report Joseph Owen in Heidelberg Germany Marlon a Multan in Naples Italy and Ortwin Nossinski in Darmstadt. A n. Korea reopen talks Ott nuclear Issue Geneva a and North korean negotiators resumed talks on the communist country s nuclear program Friday amid Hopes that the death of North korean Leader Kim ii Sung won t interrupt moves toward resolving the nuclear Issue. The talks which began july 8 but were suspended a Day later because of Kim s death Are intended to persuade North Korea to open its nuclear program to International Exchange North Korea wants ties and a new nuclear reactor to replace its aging soviet style facility. South korean Security officials met in Seoul on Friday and confirmed that their nation is willing to provide the North with a modern reactor if the North clears up suspicions that it has been developing nuclear weapons. We Are hopefully going to pick up where we left off when we met earlier the North korean delegates led by vice foreign minister Kang spa jul echoed the sentiments. To Long a for Mer North korean Diplomat at the United nations said policy had not changed South Korea s Hanky Oreh Shimun a dissident newspaper with Good North korean sources predicted Progress in the talks. It said the North would demand . Delegation Leader Robert Gallucci compensation for loss of Energy during said As he arrived for Friday s session. I the next 10 years until a Light water reactor is built and for what it has spent on developing and building Graphite moderated reactors. _ -. " Hope the atmosphere today is going to be As professional and Businesslike As it was what she called selective amnesia by several Clinton administration witnesses who have been unable to recall certain facts. As soon As you get Down to something specific it s gee i Don t recall " she said. Feb. 2 has emerged As a key Date for republicans who Are trying to show irregularities in the Madison probe. On that same Day White House officials also managed to persuade Deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman a col lege pal of the president s,4o change his inclination and remain in charge of the Etc and its Madison probe. New Guinea villagers Start fund for of. Port moresby Papua new Gui Nea a members of a Village in the Remote Eastern Highlands have set up a fund to help defend murder suspect of. Simpson. In a letter to the . Embassy in the capital port moresby one villager said he wanted Money to Fly across the Pacific Ocean to los Angeles for Simpson s trial in september. I have been haying sleepless nights about him the unidentified Mart wrote to ambassador Richard Teare recently on a piece of paper headed fan of of. i came to read and know about my beloved of. Simpson through our National newspaper. I am one of i great supporters the letter said adding that villagers have already raised about $530. _ an embassy spokeswoman said Friday that the embassy replied politely that it could not help out. Sir Ipson an actor and former football Star faces trial next month on charges of killing his second sex wife Nicole Brown _ Simpson and her Friend Ronald Gold Man. Simpson has pleaded innocent. Senate kills bid to put conditions o n a Haiti Washington a the Senate on Friday rejected a proposal that would have prohibited president Clinton from launching an invasion of Haiti without congressional approval. The vote was 63-31 against considering an amendment by Republican sen. Aden Specter of Pennsylvania to bar an inva Sion without prior congressional approval unless an emergency threatened the safety of . Citizens in Haiti. Only the Congress has the authority to declare War Specter said. Where there is an invasion of Haiti under these circumstances it is a some who opposed invasion objected to the Specter proposal on constitutional grounds saying it would improperly tie the hands of the president. The Constitution gives the Congress of the United states the right to declare War. It does not give the Congress the right to declare peace said Republican sen. John Mccain of Arizona. The action is the latest in a series of conflicting votes on Haiti that show Congress unwilling to usurp presidential authority but concerned about risking the lives of american soldiers in Haiti and possibly entangling the United states in one of the world s poorest countries for years to
