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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1998 PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS PAGE 53 Brother: Bill has horny genes ALL IN THE FAMILY I. Might Bill Clinton's genes be blamed for his flaming libido? Henry Leon Ritzenthaler, the president's half-brother, thinks so. "It runs in the blood," Ritzenthaler says. "Our father was a woman-chaser. Maybe that's where it comes from." Ritzenthaler, 60, is the first son from the first marriage of William Jefferson Blythe to Virginia Adele Gash.

Bill Clinton didn't come along until Blythe married his fourth wife, Virginia Cassidy, in Hope, Ark. Blythe "was your typical traveling salesman. He had a girl in every port," says Ritzenthaler. "I can't say I've always been true and blue," adds Ritzenthaler, who has been married three times himself. ALL IN THE FAMILY II.

Then there's the possibility that Clin- ton was conceived during an extramarital affair that Virginia Cassidy Blythe had with a nowdeceased Louisiana man. The fling may have taken place in 1945, when William Blythe was stationed in Italy with the Army, according to David Maraniss, a Pulitzer-Prizewinning journalist. Maraniss says that he began receiving inquiries from a Louisiana family after publication of "First In His Class," his 1995 Clinton bio. The family told him that the man had once "dated" a woman named Virginia Cassidy who supposedly was from Hope, and was a graduate of a Shreveport, nursing program just like Cassidy. Maraniss writes in his new book, "The Clinton Enigma" the following: "For years there were whispers in Hope about who little Billy's father was, rumors In Memoriams Love and Missed Always, wife Emily children, Joe, Lorie and Doris DeANGELIS, NICHOLAS J.

Daddy, Happy Birthday! It seems like just vesterday we were talking and laughing. You are always in my thoughts and prayers. I love you and miss you! Teresa MALLORY, DINA R. October 6, 1973 to September 9, 1993 HAPPY 25TH BIRTHDAY We have only your memory, dear Dina, To remember our whole life through; But the sweetness will linger forever As we treasure the image of wou. Sadly missed Mom, Dad, Sisters and Brother MALLORY, DINA R.

Oct. 6, 1973-Sept. 9, 1993 HAPPY 25TH BIRTHDAY A true friend is hard to replace and since you've been gone no one has taken your place. Memories of you stay clear in mind. I wish you were here because true friends are hard to find.

Happy Birthday, Natasha MERRILL, OLIVER D. October 6, 1914 October 26, 1994 You're not forgotten Father dear Nor ever shall you be As long as life and memory last I shall remember thee Happy Birthday, With Love, Your Family OLMEDA-BRANDON, DAVID G. Oct. 6, 1995-Dec. 21, 1997 The children that God sends to us are only just a loan.

He knows we need their sunshine to make the house a home. We need the inspiration of a baby's blessed smile. He doesn't say they've come to stav, just lends them for awhile. HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIL' DAVID Sadly missed by Mom, Dad, big sister Bianca, aunts, Shirley and Maria, uncles, cousins, grandparents and friends. URBANSKI, JOHN J.

February 6, 1915 October 6, 1995 At twilight when twilight hour draws near, and sunset flames the sky; we think of you, Thoughts dear of you father, come and drifting back within our dreams to the happy days gone by. stay, to know that you are resting when twilight ends day. All maps, forecasts Philadelphia Daily News and data AccuWeather, provided Inc. by 5-Day Forecast http://www.accuweather.com 1998 Sunny to partly cloudy; a chilly start. THURSDAY TODAY 72 56 Mixed clouds and sunshine; perhaps a shower at night.

TONIGHT Mainly clear and becoming chilly. FRIDAY Clouds and showers; perhaps a thunderstorm. Regional Forecast For the latest weather. PA NJ Allentow 4.67/36 Reading Asbury Park Philadelphia Upper Darby a. 0 Wilmington Atlantic Cityp Atlantic Ocean Dover -Cape May Rehoboth Beach Shown is today's weather.

Temperatures MD DE tonight's lows. are today's highs and Almanac Through 7 p.m. at the Philadelphia International Airport. Temperatures: High .71 Low .55 Normal high .70 Normal low .51 Record high for date .96 in 1941 Record low for date .31 in 1961 Apparent Temperature at 4 pm 71 (How warm it feels, considering temperature and humidity.) Precipitation (inches): 24-hour through 7 p.m. yest.

.0.00" Month to date .0.44" Normal month to date .0.46" Year to date .28.26" Normal year to date .32.53" Yesterday's pollen high Source: The Asthma Clinic 1-800 4-POLLEN Philadelphia Air Quality: Air quality yesterday was good and will be good for the next 24 hours. Garden Report: Leave some kale plants in the ground to winter over because the flavor is improved by cold weather. Tuesday Sunrise .7:21 a.m. Sunset .7:06 p.m. Moonrise .8:05 p.m.

Moonset .8:03 a.m. Wednesday Sunrise .7:21 a.m. Sunset .7:05 p.m. Moonrise .8:52 p.m. Moonset .9:11 a.m.

National World Forecast Yest. City Anchorage Atlanta Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Dallas Detroit Dublin Houston Jerusalem Knoxville. Las Vegas Weather (W): sunny, snow, Hice. THE CLINTON FILE spawned by Virginia's flirtatious nature as a young nurse and the inevitable temptation of people to count backward nine months from the birth date to see who was where doing what." Nine months before Aug. 19, 1946, Bill Clinton's birthdate, Blythe was still in Italy.

UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED. Consumer noodge Ralph Nader says there's a way out of the impeachment morass a national referendum on Nov. 3, Election Day. Under his National Advisory Referendum Act, the White House and Congress would be required to abide by a vote on GRADY Continued from Page 7 be moot the Senate, he admits, will never nail Clinton on sex alone. But Hyde allowed Democrats to ventilate, confident Republicans had a lock.

"Do we look further or do we look away?" Hyde said, knowing the answer. Counterpart John Conyers, D- only veteran of the Nixon impeachment inquiry, bluntly dismissed this as no rerun of 1974's drama. "This isn't Watergate," snapped Conyers, "this is an extra-marital affair." True, there were glaring differences. Fashions, for instance in '74 congressmen wore Elvis-styled sideburns and polyester sports coats. And diversity fewer women and African-Americans decided Nixon's fate.

Missing is a moderate center, thoughtful people such as William Cohen, Tom Railsback and Caldwell Butler who deserted the party line to impeach Nixon. Blame it on the 90s attack culture. Blame it on poisonous old feuds. Blame it on Newt. Blame it on pols in a frenzy over an election four weeks away.

Or blame Ken Starr's polarizing gumshoeing. In truth, the Starr VS. Clinton conflict is transformed into this Judiciary panel no neutrals in a civil war consuming the country. You'd search in vain for Democrats who might switch and agree with Starr to chuck out Clinton. A rare fence-sitter was Graham, who exclaimed he didn't "have a clue" how he'd vote: "But I will not vote for impeachment if this is only a private sexual matter he lied about." Everyone else was predictably partisan.

Dems wanted to end the inquiry by Thanksgiving, Hyde by New Year's. Dems wanted to define impeachment first, Republicans pooh-poohed nitpicking. Dems wanted to limit the scope to Bill Monica, Republicans pushed an open-ended hunt. whether Clinton should stay or go. HE SAID IT.

Ken Starr alleges that Clinton tried to influence personal secretary Betty Currie's grand jury account of his relationship with Monica Lewinsky by suggesting that she have memory lapses. Writes New York Times columnist William Safire: "Here is a woman known for her good character cynically used by the president to facilitate acts of bad character, and a person known for strong religious values induced by peer pressure to ever-increasing forgetfulness while under an oath before her God. That offense by Clinton to a loyal and trusting human being may be unimpeachable, but it is unforgivable." Shaun D. Mullen The Associated Press and the New York Daily News contributed to this report. Send e-mail to Guess who won.

You looked for personalities who'd dominate the '98 impeachment skirmishing as unknown stars emerged in the Watergate dynamic. The Democrats' Abby Lowell, a smooth, low-keyed TV performer, and Republicans' bearded, intense David Schipper were contrasting hired guns. Schipper, laying out 15 impeachable counts against Clinton, offended many with his over-the-top closer: "Fifteen generations of Americans, many lying in military cemeteries, watch what you do." "Why didn't you stop him?" hissed Maxine Waters, D-Cal. "I didn't know what he'd say," protested Hyde, who ruled Schipper's diatribe out of line. If the late Barbara Jordan's thunderous tones provided gravitas to Watergate, eloquent Texas Democrat Rep.

Sheila Jackson Lee seems Jordan reincarnate. Another woman drawing respect was ruminative Zoe Lofgren, insisting, "We should be reading what George Mason said to James Madison, not what Monica said to Linda." One surprise was young Robert Wexler, whose emotional burst brought ragged Democrat applause. "This isn't about a political burgarly, Vietnam or arms for Iran. This tawdry behavior doesn't reach the level of impeachment. End this nonsense!" The Dems showed a deep bench of fierce debaters: quick-witted Marty Meehan, lawyerly Jerry Nadler, ironic Mel Watt, standup comic Barney Frank.

Sure, Republicans are stocked with hard-liners eager to punish the prez's sins. Florida's Bill McCollum, Wisconsin's James Sensenbrenner, Georgia's Bob Barr, leader of the get-Bill chorus. "I wasn't sent up here to pussyfoot," said Barr. No shock that Republicans won the inquiry vote by party, 21-16. Polls show the public wants the sleazy charade ended.

But until Senate adults take charge, expect a Bill Monica sex clinic. I don't think we're in Watergate land, Toto. I 68 Tue. Wed. pc pc sh sh sh pc pc sh pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh 47 74 60 70 53 Sunny to partly cloudy and pleasant.

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