ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, March 6, 1996 TAG: 9603060076
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A3 EDITION: METRO
WASHINGTON - Freshman Rep. Enid Greene Waldholtz, R-Utah, Tuesday announced she would not run for re-election, citing the continuing Justice Department investigation into the activities of her estranged husband and the financing of her 1994 congressional campaign.
Waldholtz said in a statement that she ``made some terrible mistakes of misplaced trust, for which I take responsibility,'' but she added she was ``absolutely innocent of any intentional wrongdoing.''
Waldholtz's once-bright political future began to crumble last fall when questions were raised about the source of nearly $2 million she had spent on her 1994 election. Shortly thereafter, her husband, Joseph Waldholtz, who had been her campaign treasurer, disappeared amid allegations of check-kiting. - The Washington Post U.S. bans importing `date rape' drug
WASHINGTON - The government banned the importation of the sedative Rohypnol Tuesday, saying the ``date rape'' pill is a growing threat and has no legitimate therapeutic use.
The pills are manufactured overseas and used legally in about 60 nations for insomnia. Until Tuesday, travelers to the United States could bring a three-month supply for personal use.
But Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin said the Customs Service now will seize any amount of the drug, also known as ``roofies,'' that is brought into the country. Rohypnol, a sedative 10 times more potent than Valium, often has been associated with date rape, the Treasury said, citing news reports about women claiming to have been assaulted after their drinks had been spiked. - Associated Press U.S. physicist spied for Soviets, CIA says
WASHINGTON - The U.S. government released intercepted Soviet spy messages Tuesday naming an American physicist now living in England as a top atomic spy for Moscow during World War II.
The physicist, Theodore Alvin Hall, 70, worked at the American nuclear center at Los Alamos, N.M., in 1944 and 1945 and has never been prosecuted.
The latest batch of decoded KGB memos includes one that identifies an agent that the U.S. government said was probably Alger Hiss, 91, a former State Department employee.
Senior intelligence officials said Tuesday the footnote was no proof against Hiss, who always has denied spying for Moscow but was convicted in 1950 of perjury in connection with his testimony in the case.
Hiss was unavailable for comment. - Washington Post, New York Times
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