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JACK SMITH DAILY NEWS Blaze hits Cityspire A fire of undetermined origin yesterday damaged part of City-spire, the too-tall luxury skyscraper that was the focus of a zoning controversy, officials said. The fire in the 72-story commercial and residential building, still -under construction at 150 W. 56th St, started on the 69th floor and spread to the 72d floor, causing extensive damage, said Assistant Fire Commissioner John Mulligan. Ex-judge found dead A former Peekskill City Court judge was found shot dead in his law office, police said yesterday. There was no sign of foul play, but police would not say if they sus- -pected suicide.

A police spokesman said officers responding to a report of an injured person Sunday afternoon found former Judge Robert Sterling dead from a single gunshot wound. Yonkers official quits Yonkers Corporation Counsel Paul Pickelle, who helped mediate the agreement that pulled Yonkers out of contempt of court last year, resigned yesterday to devote all his time to the race for Westchester County district attorney. He ran for district attorney against Re publican Carl Vergari in 1985 and is trying again to unseat Vergari. I'm innocent: Secord WASHINGTON Richard Se cord, the retired Air Force major general facing new charges in the Iran-Contra affair, pleaded innocent yesterday to charges of covering up his alleged profits from sell ing arms to Iran and the Nicara- 4 guanContras. Secord was released on his own recognizance after being ar raigned before U.S.

District Court Chief Judge Aubrey Robinson. Camps for addicts NICOSIA Cvorus Iranian drug addicts who don't kick the habit by July 23 will be rounded up and thrown into labor camps for at least a year, Tehran TV reported Sex tape on TV By MARK J. PRENDERGAST Daily News Staff Writer Fox television's "A Current Affair" last night broadcast lurid scenes from what it strongly implied was a past affair for actor Rob Lowe. Host Maury Povich stressed that the brat-pack actor could not be positively identified as the young man shown on the amateur videotape cavorting nude with another nude man and two nude women in a hotel room. The dark and fuzzy scenes of sexual activity were partially censored to meet broadcast standards.

The video has led Lowe, 25, to be accused in an Atlanta civil suit of using his celebrity status to sexually exploit an underage girl. Lowe, romantically linked in the past to actress Melissa Gilbert and Princess Stephanie of Monaco, among others, has been unavailable for comment Speculation that one of the men is yesterday. Soviet proposal MOSCOW The Soviet Union Mi suggested yesterday that both NATO and the Warsaw Pact be dis banded. It is not the first time the idea has been mentioned, but yester IS THAT ROB LOWE in this shot aired from tape on "A Current night? day's statement comes one week before a NATO summit meeting that finds the Western alliance divided over its response to the latest Soviet overtures. Lowe was strengthened by the presence of other scenes on the tape showing Lowe taking batting practice with the Atlanta Braves and chatting with California politician Tom Hay-den, Jane Fonda's estranged husband.

Protests in Panama PANAMA CITY Panama's 1 three top opposition leaders drew cheers from hundreds of workers as they toured a dozen factories yesterday, rallying supporters in defiance of a government ban on demonstrations. All the footage supposedly was shot last summer in Atlanta, where Lowe attended the Democratic National Convention. The sex scenes were said to have been taped in Lowe's room at the Atlanta Hilton, where the California delegation stayed. 4 "A Current Affair" reported Lowe and his friend met the two women in an Atlanta nightclub and took them back to Lowe's room, where he allegedly told them" he was hooking up his video camera to the room's TV set to "show you how you look." When the women realized their sexual escapade was also being recorded, the report said, they took the tape and left The footage reportedly has been shown privately in Atlanta nightspots. Atlanta's Fulton County District Attorney Lewis Slaton says he is consid- The opposition, which interna tional observers say won the recent election by a 3-to-l margin over the hand-picked candidates Wright disclosure more like a peek WASHINGTON House Speaker Jim Wright's new financial disclosure statement includes only traces of the money deals that led the ethics committee to charge him with rules violations.

Mallightco, the investment partnership that sparked many of the 69 ethics charges against the Texas Democrat, is mentioned once in the liabilities section with the notation that a loan was "satisfied during 1988." Wright made no mention of royalties from his book, "Reflections of a Public Man." The ethics committee has accused Wright of a "scheme to evade" outside income limits through bulk sales of the book. Wright, who has often owed substantial amounts, paid between $105,000 and $200,000 in debts in 1988, listing no liabilities at year-end, according to the statement released yesterday along with those of other House members. His income was between $188,183 and $203,579 and assets ranged from $31,003 to These figures, do ndt includeholdings in a blind trust established of strongman Manuel Noriega, has been rallying support to gain recognition of its claimed victory. The election results were annulled. From Daily News bureau and wire Service feporteVV-, i X' I interview Lowe..