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1989. 35 CENTS THE REPORT ON JIM WRIGHT It's official: Solidarity legal again in Polan House panel files 69 ethics charges against speaker Bush announces aid package, cites 'winds of change' llimilWlWIMWIMUMIMMUIWUMHUJIIH I lllWUWiWWPIBgIWWMUIIUIIJI.U ll.lllllJli IJl -V i I s- 'V jj fUft' MOSCOWQ T4" Vjf Warsaw) SOVIET 9 I UNI0N terSjOLAND ITALY 5 By WILLIAM J. EATON The Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON In an unprecedented action, the House ethics committee yesterday unanimously accused Speaker Jim Wright of 69 rules violations for allegedly accepting $145,000 in improper gifts from a Texas businessman and using proceeds from his 1984 book to evade limits on outside income. While committee leaders emphasized that Wright has not been proven guilty of any wrongdoing, the 12-0 bipartisan vote to bring serious charges against him stunned the speaker's See HOUSE Back page, col. 1, this section INSIDE Rep.

Larry Hopkins of Kentucky had a suggestion for dealing with the Jim Wright ethics issue: name veteran Democratic Rep. William Natcher as interim House speaker. Congress reacts to the report, Page A 12. ASSOCIATED PRESS "I know in my heart I have not violated any of the rules" of the House, Jim Wright said yesterday. Oil income, inflated book sales disclosed From Los Angeles Times and Associated Press Dispatches WARSAW, Poland The independent trade union Solidarity is legal again.

For the second time in history, it has become the first free trade union in the Soviet Bloc. The final step in the legalization process took place yesterday in Warsaw's provincial courts building, a four-story maze of dim hallways and high black doors, in the same chamber where Solidarity's original charter was accepted by a beleaguered and reluctant Polish government in November 1980. "All workers have the right to create and gather together in labor unions according to their wish," said Danuta Widawska, presiding over a panel of three judges as she read from court documents. "Accordingly. Chants of "Solidarnosc! Solidarnosc!" filled the courtroom where about 300 supporters had gathered, while the three judges, their scripted moment upon Poland's political stage concluded, shook hands with the leaders of the Solidarity delegation and retreated to their chambers.

Hours later, in what was billed as a planned response to the legalization, President Bush, in a speech in Hamtramck, announced a new package of economic aid and debt relief for Poland. There was no immediate response from the Polish government, but Solidarity leader Lech Walesa praised Bush as a "great man who knows the Polish situation very well." Bush said the West must respond to "yearnings for democracy" in Eastern Europe, and he praised the Communist government's reinstatement of the trade union movement and its agreement to hold Poland's first free parliamentary elections since before World War II. "The winds of change are shaping a new European destiny. Eastern Europe is awakening to yearnings for democracy, independence and prosperity," Bush said. "Democratic forces in Poland have asked for the moral, political and economic support of the West," he told the crowd at Ham By CHARLES R.

BABCOCK The Washington Post WASHINGTON The 279-page report that led to the ethics charges against House Speaker Jim Wright contains previously unreported information about the Texas Democrat's finances, including an oil-well investment that contributed substantial income to his blind trust on the day the ethics investigation began. The report also discloses that the sales of Wright's book, "Reflections of a Public Man," exceeded by 2,000 the 19,000 copies that were printed. Those who did not receive the book paid for it anyway, contributing to the ethics committee's conclusion that the book sales were a way to evade House rules on outside income. The report on Wright was prepared by Richard Phe-lan, a Chicago lawyer hired by the committee. Phelan and his staff of eight spent more than $1 million and took testimony from 73 witnesses in the 6 -month investigation he completed in February.

The document Phelan produced is an often-scathing account of Wright's activities, including some charges See COUNSEL'S Back page, col. 1, this section STAFF MAP KEY EVENTS 1980 Aug. 14 Lech Walesa leads strike at Lenin Shipyard, starting worker revolt. Aug. 31 Poland makes Solidarity the Soviet bloc's only legal independent union.

1981 Dec. 13 Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law, suppressing Solidarity. Walesa is imprisoned for almost a year. 1983 July 22 Jaruzelski lifts martial law but leaves many restrictions.

Oct 5 Walesa wins Nobel Peace Prize. 1987 Nov. 29 Poles vote in first referendum in 41 years, denying support for economic reform. 1988 Aug. 16 Workers strike at July Manifesto coal mine.

Strikes spread. Aug. 31 Walesa meets with government. Strikes end as Walesa asks for time to talk with the government. Oct 25 Government postpones talks.

1989 Jan. 17 To get talks started again, government says Solidarity might be legalized. April 5 Talks end with a new "social contract," including a new senate (the East bloc's first freely elected legislative body); the right to more than one union at a workplace; and opposition access to the printed and electronic media. The first elections to include opposition candidates are set for June 4. Yesterday Solidarity is registered again as an independent trade union.

ASSOCIATED PRESS The ethics committee chairman, Rep. Julian Dixon, held a copy of the report on the 10-month Wright investigation. of smoking rules still burn legislators tramck. "We can and must answer this call for freedom." Walesa, whose name was also taken up in rhythmic chant by the courtroom crowd, was home in Gdansk nursing a cold and preparing for a rendezvous with Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, the Communist Party leader forced into an accommodation with the union he once suppressed by declaring martial law.

He arrived in Warsaw last night In response to yesterday's court action, Solidarity issued a statement by Walesa saying, "I appeal to all workers and supporters of our union to form factory organizations as soon as possible where they still don't exist and to report their membership in peared to die down after of President Donald Swain agreed to modify some of the policy's stricter requirements. But it was clear yesterday that it hadn't quit smoking. Rep. Donnie Gedling, chairman of the task force, said he'd received a letter from one of employee complaining that the See TOBACCO PAGE 9, col. 1, this section By JOHN VOSKUHL Staff Writer FRANKFORT, Ky.

Just when it seemed the smoke had cleared, the University of Louisville's new policy to limit smoking has once again drawn fire from a legislative task force. And according to some hints not threats, mind you, but hints from fuming legislators, where there's smoke, there's a better chance for full funding. Members of the Tobacco Task Force criticized the policy, put into force last month, which confines smoking to designated areas in of L's approximately 120 bui1 lings. The group had previously criticized an earlier incarnation of the policy, saying it was inappropriate for the university to limit smoking in a state where tobacco contributes so greatly to the economic base. The fire behind that controversy had ap See SOLIDARITY PAGE 9, col.

1, this section Legislative agency deputy shot to death Police expect traffic to bring park closings By LAWRENCE MUHAMMAD Staff Writer gift fk A SsMW'i i If ri--T' 1 ssi iff By RICHARD WILSON and TOM LOFTUS Staff Writers LEXINGTON, Ky. Edith Schwab, the second-ranking official of the state Legislative Research Commission, was shot to death early yesterday in a Lexington apartment tower in what police believe was a murder-suicide. Lexington police said evidence indicates that Schwab, 55, was killed by Harvey Schwab, 53, her brother-in-law, who then shot himself to death. Both had formerly lived in Louisville. The shootings occurred in Harvey Schwab's third-floor apartment at Christian Tower on Versailles Road, a residence for handicapped and elderly people.

Both Schwabs were pronounced dead shortly after 2 a.m. yesterday, according to Deputy Fayette Coroner Claire Dixon. Detective Barney Kinman said the investigation was still under way and that no "firm" motive had been established. LRC Director Vic Hellard Jr. said the loss of Edith Schwab her cheerful personality, keen intellect and ability to accomplish See LRCs PAGE 9, col.

2, this section Louisville police said yesterday that they expect traffic congestion in the city's parks to prompt early closings this summer. "All it takes is a beautiful Sunday, and it's bumper-to-bumper from the time you enter until the time you exit," said Vincent Henderson, acting sergeant in the Louisville Police Department's 6th District Henderson and other officers closed Shawnee Park early Sunday, after initially responding to reports of a fight and gunshots. Police found no evidence of either. They just found park roads clogged with cars, something that's common on warm, sunny days. "You can expect the same thing next Sunday," Henderson said.

"If it's a nice day, they'll be back." Sunday's closing of Shawnee was "just a safety precaution," said Bob Kirchdorfer, Metro parks director. "All the parks were heavily used on Sunday. Everybody had their car washed, wanted to show it off, and there were just a lot of people cruising. So if See TRAFFIC PAGE 9, col. 1, this section STAFF PHOTO BY TODD BUCHANAN FILING LINE: Al Carey helped a motorist check postage on an envelope at the post office on Gardiner Lane last night The Postal Service stationed workers along the road outside the office to collect tax returns.

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