European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday september 10,1995 Pac step Down oct. Washington a going but not yet gone sen. Bob Packwood will hold his seat in Congress and cast vote for three More weeks before a departure forced by charges of sexual misconduct and abuse of Power. Thereby tender my resignation As of oct. 1, 1995," Packwood r-Ore., wrote Senate majority Leader Bob Dole of Friday in timetable dictated in part by demo cratic demands that he wrap up his offi Cial duties faster than originally suggested. I. Am -. A is. Relinquishing today Fri Day sept. 8, 1995,my chairmanship of the Senate commit Roth tee on finance wrote Packwood who announced thursday he intends to resign rather than face an expulsion vote by his Dole r-kan., chose sen. William v. Roth jr., r-del., to succeed Packwood As head of the committee with jurisdiction Over taxes medi Carci Trade and medi Caid. Gop members of the committee and the full Senate Republican caucus were expected to quickly affirm Roth s succession which he said would formally take place tuesday. The 74-year-old Roth who cuts a less forceful figure in the Senate than pack Wood issued a statement outlining his views on tax policy. History has prove that when taxes Are Low the Economy grows. It s that simple he said. His ascension comes at a critical time / did t know his Shadow life Packwood s exy Ife fes paper a _ a f T. Latefe a member of one s family  aubow abort both publicly and private destroying himself and furthermore Packwood r-Ore., says she  Osier husband s Shadow life which made a mockery of their marriage and is dedication to women s Equality. / 7 fiction and sometimes a who be lot. Said in a statement pub Shelia saturday s editions of the oregonian  it Terr to it f " 1and deepest sadness that my two children $ to Hytt Tuiai to traumatic prolonged demise of Bob Packwood s Senate career. Nobody knows better than we just How much serving in the United states Senate meant to him. It is Truty unbearable to to appear to not know he s doing it Georgie Packwood said she did t of cow her husband s secrets its  Shadow life.1 v  Shadow life made a mocker of my marriage 25 of the prime years Fitt life this Shadow life made mockery of Bob s dedication to Equality for women. Women used Taj Tea advantage of women treated air shatter a objects yes i do kaow., ims Shadow lift has finally engulfed Bob himself and has deprived him Oft Nat he wanted most Packwood and  married in 1964. They divorced in for republicans who Are in the throes of trying to pass welfare Reform legislation and other measures to implement their seven year plan for a balanced budget. A special election will be called in Ore gon to fill the seat Packwood first won in1968. Several candidates including Ore gon s entire five member House delegation moved quickly to signal their interest. On saturday Dole denied reports that he lost an argument with democrats Over whether Packwood would be allowed to remain in office for 90 Days after his Resig nation last week. Dole made a Courtesy Call to Senate minority Leader Thomas Daschle d-s.d., Over the matter but never discussed 90days, he said saturday on can s Evans & novak.,   -. We had a very Frank discussion Dole said. We both agreed we needed some time to wrap up these affairs figure out what s going on pack up. And i think he like to have 60 Days but he got  it was t hard to get Packwood to leave quickly but it was somewhat ungracious of democrats to demand that he do so Dole said. ".7 " i mean i could cite some cases where we had people who had been convicted of felonies on the other  the aisle,11 he said. We waited six months before we had the expulsion hearing on senator Pete Wil Liams from new Jersey for example.1- Williams went to prison for his role inthe a scam bribery sting. Dole said he disagrees with other re publicans who believe the Senate ethic committee treated Packwood unfairly but he added i think we have to look at that process. There s something wrong with the process when the ethics commit tee is in effect forced to be the prosecutor the judge and the  Packwood was not present on the sen ate floor Friday when Dole read aloud an Exchange of letters. Packwood gave up his Long fight to save his seat after the Senate ethics committee voted 6-0 wednesday to recommend his expulsion. The panel released More than10,000 pages of material gathered in the course of its investigation detailing sexual advances Packwood made against unwilling women changes he made in personal diaries  had sought As evidence and intervention with lobbyists to provide employment for his estranged wife. At a meeting in Packwood s hideaway of fice at midday thursday two Republican colleagues Sens. John Mccain of Arizona and Alan Simpson of Wyoming told their Friend he would be unable to overturn the ethics panel s recommendation in a floor vote. Dole joined the group atone Point and indicated his agreement according to a congressional source who spoke on Condi Tion of anonymity. May Rise sharply. "."". / ". " on St. San Juan puerto Rico a Only Days ago  was a Pristine vacation spot for wealthy tourists. On saturday the Island was a Jumble of ripped apart yachts houseboats and shantytowns As rescuers searched for dozens of people believed missing in the Wake of Hurricane Luis. Telephone and Power poles toppled thursday by 130mph winds and 9-foot surf were still Down and authorities conceded Many More people May have died than the official death tolls indicate. As the storm churned toward Bermuda on saturday the official death toll on five islands was 14. The figure could Rise said Jan Meijer a dutch government spokesman in the Hague Netherlands. We know that a very Large percentage of the houses Are severely damaged. We Are. Not sure what we will find under the  j the Netherlands administers one S.D. of the Island called St. Maarten As part of the Netherlands Antilles the other S.D. St. Martin is French territory. Dutch authorities closed the Border imposing dusk to Dawn curfew and allowing Only Relief planes to land. American airlines began flying residents Only to the Island on commercial flights saturday. Authorities also turned Back chartered helicopters with reporters on Board making it impossible to confirm the Hurricane s toll. Authorities told some american report ers that they were tired of the negative publicity. Ham radio operators reporting to the . Amateur radio association could Only account for 200 of 600 yachts believed to have been in Simpson Bay on the dutch S.D. of the Island. Luis on saturday was 325 Miles West Southwest of Ber Muda moving North at 16 Mph with maximum sustained winds of 110 Mph. It was expected to turn Northeast Sun  Bermuda residents prepared for their second pounding in a month. Hurricane Felix brushed past aug.15, causing $2.5 million in damage. The storm was not expected to hit the . Mainland but the National weather service warned of heavy surf and flooding from Florida to Southern new England. The Tail and robot Arm of the shuttle Frame Hurricane Luis in the Atlantic Ocean on saturday in this to image. Space Ocean linked via shuttle greeting Cape canaveral Fla. A two astronaut aquanauts one High above Earth and the other be Neath the sea exchanged greetings saturday in a rare linking of the two frontiers. Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter called space shuttle endeavour from an underwater Laboratory in the Florida keys and spent 15 minutes comparing notes with fellow deep sea diver and spaceman Michael Gernhardt. I Tell you you read in All the books that the Earth is three quarters Ocean and you accept it intellectually Gernhardt said from endeavour soaring Over the Pacific. But it takes getting up in space and looking out the window and seeing just How Beautiful magnificent these oceans Are to really fully appreciate  Carpenter who became the fourth american in space in 1962, said he was envious of Gernhardt s View. Gern Hardt s first space flight is an 11-Day science Mission. Car Penter s single space flight had lasted five hours. In 1965, Carpenter spoke from the Navy s sea lab Habi Tat at the Bottom of the Pacific Ocean with Gordon Coop or who was orbiting Earth on gemini 5. This time car Penter was in Jules undersea Lodge at the Bottom of Lagoon in key Largo. He founded a Marine education pro Gram there earlier this year. Gernhardt and his four Crew mates spent saturday tracking a Sun gazing spacecraft they released Friday