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WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is examining another cache of rare Civil War documents allegedly stashed in a safe-deposit box by a writer accused of taking valuable letters from two government manuscript collections. the trove of 191 documents, many believed to have been stolen from the National Archives, was found Monday during a search of the safe- deposit box rented under an assumed name by writer Charles Merrill Mount, the FBI said. The search also turned up $18,400 in cash, a loaded handgun and 926 capsules of a drug ten- tatively identified by the FBI as a tranquilizer, the bureau said. Mount, 59, was arrested last week in Boston on a charge of interstate transportation of stolen property after he allegedly tried to sell rare stolen letters to the Goodspeed Bookstore on Beacon Hill. The FBI alleged that Mount had taken documents from the archives and the Library of Congress to Boston, including three letters sign- ed by Abraham Lincoln. Manuscripts that Mount had sold the bookstore last month for $20,000 included letters by American painter James McNeill Whistler that had been in the Library of Congress, the FBI said. A book dealer tipped agents, the FBIsaid. The find Monday occurred just three days after FBI agents said they had discovered 162 Civil War documents worth more than $100,000 in two other Washington safe-deposit boxes rented by Mount under a different alias at a different bank. \We believe the majority of the letters recovered are from the National Archives,\ FBI spokeswoman Jill Brett said Monday after the trove was found at the Riggs National Bank, located just eight blocks from the government's repository of historical documents. Mount, who listed himself as a \Civil War buff\ when he registered at the archives' reading room, was released from a Boston-area jail Monday on $50,000 bond and $1,500 cash bail. An FBI search of Mount's room in a Capitol Hill rooming house last week turned up an Aug. 4 receipt for a safe-deposit box listed under the name of Sidney Nussenbaum, according to court papers filed Monday inU.S. District Court. Mount was convicted once of using the Nussen- baum alias to get a passport and was sentenced to one year of probation, authorities said. A portrait painter and art expert, Mount wrote biographies of American painters Gilbert Stuart and John Singer Sargent and the French Impres- sionist Claude Monet. The latest document cache contains 22 papers signed by Lincoln and one by Andrew Johnson, the vice president who became president after Lincoln's assassination, the FBI said. Six manuscripts were in a folder marked Robert E. Lee and another contained documents relating to Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, the bureau said. The .32-caliber handgun found in the bank box was loaded, according to a law enforcment source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. FBI agents also found a Mace canister and a z'ippered pouch containing the capsules of a drug tentatively identified as secobarbital, a prescrip- tion depressant. THE JOURNAL, OGDENSBURG, N.Y.- TUESDAY, AUGUST 18,1987-PAGE 3 White House Softening SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — White House officials are retreating from President Reagan's statement that Congress must agree to vote on a balanced budget amendment before he'll negotiate with lawmakers on fiscal 1988 spending. While administration officials in Washington were estimating a $158.4 billion federal deficit for this fiscal year, presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater sought Monday to separate the issue of a balanced budget amend- ment from discussions of spending cuts in the new buclget year beginn- ing Oct. 1. \It's a kind of dual-track thing,\ the spokesman told reporters who accompanied Reagan to California for the president's annual summer vacation at his mountaintop ranch. In his nationally broadcast ad- dress Wednesday night, Reagan said, \We desperately need the power of a constitutional amend- ment to help us balance the budget.\ He added, \To get things mov- ing, I am proposing tonight: if Con- gress agrees to schedule an up or down vote this yearon our balanc- ed budget amendment, then I will agree to negotiate on every spen- ding item in thebudget.\ But administration officials, in- cluding FitzWater, began softening that position the next day. One senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymi- ty, said Reagan was not willing to discuss tax increases, but that possible cuts in planned military spending \will be a part of the negotiation.\ Asked Monday whether he stood by such statements separating the issues of the balanced budget amendment and 1988 spending cuts, Fitzwater replied, \We'll leave it the way it is. Yes, leave the missing link.\ In other developments: —Administration officials in Washington estimated that the budget deficit will ease to $158.4 billion this year, down sharply from last year's record $220.7 billion. But most of that will be from a one-time-only government windfall under the new tax laws. The White House Office of Management and Budget conceded that the deficit will creep up again in 1988 and 1989 unless action is taken to reduce the gap between receipts and spending. —Fitzwater confirmed that the administration plans to notify Con- gress formally sometime before the end of the year of a. planned $1 billion weapons sale to Saudi Arabia. Reagan, who has been horse- riding and doing chores on the ranch as well as keeping up on paperwork, has \no plans at this time\ to call individual members of Congress to discuss the Persian Gulf, Saudi arms sales, budget dif- ferences or Central America policy, Fitzwater said. But he said \there will be a lot of activities\ next week when Reagan travels to Los Angeles to, among other things, deliver a major ad- dress on East-West relations. The administration is locked in a virtual stalemate with Congress over the spending priorities and revenue-raising features of a con- gressional budget blueprint for fiscal 1988. Reagan's own budget plan calls for about the same amount of spen- ding — $1 trillion — and neither plan would come close to meeting the $108 billion deficit target in the Gramm-Rudman budget balancing law. The similarities, however, end there. Congress would deal with the deficit problem by raising taxes to . the tune of $19.3 billion, and more than $64 billion over three years. Reagan opposes any significant tax increases. Reagan's budget pro- posal also calls for more military spending and less spending on domestic social programs. Rudolf Hess Buried Today BERLIN (AP) - Rudolf Hess, the last imprisoned member of Adolf Hitler's inner circle, will be buried in a remote Bavarian village, and the jail he occupied alone for 21 years will be destroyed, Allied authorities said. Officials at several state police agencies said the Bonn Interior Ministry had issued a warning to be on guard for possible right-wing violence by admirers of Hess, who died Monday at the age of 93. A West German radio station reported that Hess was to be buried secretly today, with only a few family members present. It was not possible to immediately con- firm the report, and an Allied of- ficial said this morning that the body was still in Berlin. Neither family members nor the Hess family lawyer, Alfred Seidel, could be reached for comment on the report. Hess rose to power at the side of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, even- tually becoming deputy fuehrer of the Third Reich. He was said to have been respon- sible for the Nazis' \Lebensraum\ (living space) ideology, the idea that Germany needed more ter- ritory for all Germans. However, he was less powerful than other Hitler lieutenants. The gaunt, stoop-shouldered Hess never renounced Hitler or the Holocaust. His cause of death was not given. Allied authorities said Spandau prison, the Allied penitentiary where Hess was sent after being convicted of war crimes at the Nuremberg trials, would be demolished to make way for a British military shopping center. They did not say when it would be torn down. Hessischer Rundfunk radio, without citing sources, said the burial was to be held near Munich as soon as possible, in an effort to tremists. Seidel said Monday that it had been Hess' wish to be buried at his family's plot in Wunsiedel, more than 100 miles northeast of Munich. He did not give further details. Hess is survived by his 87-year- old wife, Use, and his son, Munich businessman Wolf-Ruediger. Twenty-five right-wing ex- tremists gathered to mourn Hess' death Monday at Spandau. Several youths clad in black leather broke through a police line to lay a wreath of carnations at the prison's main entrance. Cabinet Members Hurt In Attack On Parliament COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Attackers hurled several hand grenades into a governing party meeting in the Parliament today, wounding four Cabinet members and 10 legislators, shortly before legislators were to discuss a new Tamil peace plan, witnesses said. One of the grenades exploded 10 yards away from President Junius R. Jayewardene, but he was not in- jured, witnesses said. One or more attackers threw the grenades at Jayewardene through an open door of a conference room where he was chairing a meeting, the witnesses said. The attackers slipped away in the ensuing confu- sion. Some witnesses said Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premdasa suffered a leg wound in the attack, but Jayewardene later said the prime minister had escaped injury. Among the wounded was Na- tional Security Minister Lalith Athulathmudali, officials said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which came about 40 minutes before Parliament was to meet under tightsseuEity ta discuss a peace ac- cord aimed \at ending a 4-year in- surgency by Tamil rebels. AFL-CIO Opposes Bork Bid, Reagan WASHINGTON (AP) - Calling Robert H. Bork a right-wing \pam- phleteer,\ the AFL-CIO is moun- ting its biggest campaign against a Supreme Court nominee since former President Nixon's failed ef- forts to place Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. and G. Harrold Carswell on the high court in 1969 and 1970. Formally joining a chorus of civil rights activists, civil libertarians fc and women's groups opposed to &» Bork, the AFL-CIO indicated Mon- \ day that it plans a massive grass- roots campaign to defeat his con- firmation in the Senate. \His agenda is the agenda of the right wing, and he has given a lifetime of zeal to publicizing that agenda,\ the labor federation's 35- member executive council said of Bork. \His skill is the pam- phleteer's skill of reducing com- plex questions to caricatures.\ Holding their annual annual sum- mer meeting here and at the federation's George Meany Center for Labor Studies in neighboring Silver Spring, Md., the union leaders also condemned President Reagan for his role in the Iran- Contra affair. \No hair-splitting flapdoodle about dealing with 'moderate elements' in Iran can disguise the reality that Ronald Reagan sought to pay ransom to terrorists or their agents,\ the federation said in a statement. It said Reagan \has gravely in- jured the standing of the United States\ and \encouraged terrorists to believe that violence pays.\ The AFL-CIO's plan to campaign against Bork had been anticipated since late last week when most of its larger unions voiced vehement opposition to Reagan's nominee to succeed retired Justice Lewis F. Powell on the nine-member court. MAN AND SHADOW — Dave Mathiei' of Lewiston. Me., races his shadow to the surface of the Granite Hill quarries for a refreshing plunge in the cool, deep water. High temperatures and humidity had people in the central Maine area looking for various ways the beat the heat. (AP Laser- photo) I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to Dts. Agaiwal and Loinaz, the Stall oi the Hepburn Hospital Emergency Room, the Ogdensburg Rescue Squad, the Upstate Medical Centei and Mr. Geoige Wolff for their recent and heroic efforts in my behalf. 1 would further thank Martha and Rick Anderson, Lorraine and Fran LaRose and the the entire staff and patronage of the Edgetown Restaurant for their continued support. Ed Streeter NAMES IN THE NEWS LOS ANGELES (AP) — \Dynas- ty\ star Joan Collins was in Europe as her divorce trial moved to a se- cond stage. With the case resuming here to- day, Collins' attorney, Marvin Mit- chelson, said he planned to ask a Superior Court judge to reject Peter Holm's request for $80,000 a month in temporary support payments from Collins. Collins alleges that Holm threatened her with bodily harm and caused her such stress that she needed medical treatment for heart palpitations. Holm has said he loves Collins. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson is hitting the market with a new LP this month. Jackson's \Bad\ will be released to record stores Aug. 31, Columbia Records says. His \Thriller\ LP was the biggest-selling album of all time with 12 million sold domestically. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Randy Travis, boosted by his No. 1 song \Forever and Ever, Amen, leads finalists for the 21st-annual Country Music Association awards. Travis is a finalist for five awards: entertainer of the year, top male vocalist, single of the year, music video of the year and album of the year. Joining Travis as finalists for entertainer of the year are Reba McEntire, the 1986 winner; the Judds; George Strait; and Hank Williams Jr. „, , George Jones, Ricky Skaggs and Williams joined Travis and Strait as finalists for top male vocalist. Nominated with Ms. McEntire for No. 1 female vocalist were Rosanne Cash, Emmylou Harris, KathyMattea and Dolly Parton. The CMA announced the finalists Monday. Winners will be announc- ed Oct. 12. NEW YORK (AP) •— Actress Kim Basinger has been slapped around in the movies but disputes notions that she's played a victim. \I think we get the word 'victim' mixed up,\ she said in September's Glamour magazine. \I've played vulnerable women. ... In my estimation they were quite feisty and they won, always.\ Basinger, now starring in the light-hearted comedy \Nadine was struck by Sam Shepard in \Fool for Love,\ dragged through a swamp in handcuffs by Richard Gere in \No Mercy,\ and was the object of a sadomasochistic romance with Mickey Rourke in \9% Weeks.\ LOS ANGELES (AP) - Barbara Bosson of \Hill Street Blues\ gave the go-ahead to a wrecking crew as the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences signed a contract for its first permanent home. Monday's ceremony included a champagne toast by Bosson. The 6,000-member academy agreed to become the main tenant of a proposed 22-acre Community Redevelopment Agency project called The Academy. BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Gov. Cecil Andrus is on the campaign trail again, this time with a potato in his pocket. As part of a campaign to promote Idaho spuds, Andrus approaches a gray-haired shopper in a super- market. \Do you know me?\ he asks. She says she doesn't. Andrus whips a potato out of his pocket, proclaims that Idaho potatoes taste better and urges shoppers to look for the \Grown in Idaho\ seal. Andrus started his second assign- ment as star of the Idaho Potato Commission's promotions on Mon- day. Saudi Diplomat Reported Dead RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - A Saudi Arabian diplomat has died at a Tehran hospital of injuries suf- fered in a mob attack on the Saudi Embassy, the government an- nounced today. A Foreign Ministry statement said that political attache Mussaed al-Ghamdi died Monday night \as a result of injuries inflicted upon him during the vile aggression on the (Saudi) embassy by demqgogic elements in Tehran.\ It also blamed \the inhuman at- titude\ of Iranian authorities, who it said prevented him from being flown to a Saudi hospital. But Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency quoted a source at the Iranian Foreign Ministry as saying al-Ghamdi died of a hemmorhage resulting from his transfer to Tehran airport, Al-Ghamdi was detained along with three other Saudi diplomats after angry crowds of Iranians ran- sacked the embassy on Aug. 1 in protest of deadly clashes between Iranian pilgrims and Saudi riot police in Mecca, Islam's holiest ci- ty. Authorities reported that 402 per- sons, including 275 Iranians, were killed in stampedes and .scuffles in Mecca July 31. The government of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini accused the Saudis of firing into the crowd. 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