After she was safely rescued and declared out of danger, one of the park rangers took me home. The next thing I knew she was in the water. Battistella was able to open the door and leave the car. About this time, the car was stopped by the Park Service and Mrs. In the ensuing struggle her elbow hit my glasses and broke them resulting in a number of small cuts around my nose. Battistella attempted to leave the car and I attempted to prevent it. "As we proceeded home," Mills said, "Mrs. Mills said the "man I asked to drive was unfamiliar with my car and among other things in the glare of the lighted streets neglected to turn on the headlamps. Battistella became ill and I enlisted the help of others in our group to assist me in seeing her safely home." The statement did not name the two places. We then visited another place and after a few refreshments Mrs. "Polly’s broken foot," Mills said, "prevented our entertaining at home and she insisted I take our friends to a public place we had frequented before. Mills) and I had planned to host a small bon voyage party for her" before her return to Argentina. Sanchez has been the house guest of the Battistellas for "several weeks" and that "Polly (Mrs. Mills moved from another address in Arlington. Eduardo Battistella, offered us every assistance during the moving ordeal and since that time our families have grown to become close friends," Mills said. He said he and his wife moved to Crystal Towers last year. Mills, in his statement said he decided to issue an explanation because of "the unprecedented publicity given as unfortunate incident in which I was involved this week." Goss said Mills and his wife spent yesterday in their Crystal Towers apartment, 1600 S. Goss issued a separate statement, stating it "is obvious" that he misunderstood Mills and added he "deeply" regrets "any embarrassment that it may have caused him and his family and any inconvenience it has caused others." He (Goss) mistook this to mean that I was not involved resulting in the previous statement issued in my name." Mills said when Goss "related the report of the incident to me as it was quoted to him by members of the press, because of the manner in which it was phrased I told him that it was an inaccurate report. Yesterday, however, Mills said that Goss had misunderstood him when the aide announced that Mills was not involved. After police Wednesday stated that Mills was there and was intoxicated and bleeding, he issued a "no comment" statement through Goss. Mills, after the Tidal Basin incident was revealed, denied, through Oscar Eugene (Gene) Goss, and his administrative assistant, that he had been present. His spokesman would not amplify his statement. These sources said that Mills and the woman frequently argued loudly in public, that Mills spent lavishly at the club and at one time made serious inquiries about buying a share of the business.Ī Mills spokesman said "no comment" when asked to identify a photograph of Fanne Foxe. However, these sources said, she stopped dancing after Mills met her there and that then she and the congressman became frequent companions at the Silver Slipper. She was billed as the "Argentine Firecracker." Battistella worked as a stripper at the Silver Slipper at 815 13th Street NW in 1973 under the name Fanne Foxe. Mill’s statement said nothing about drinking, and left unclear many other things about the incident and the other occupants of the car. Sanchez and another man and woman in the car had been drinking, police said. Battistella were intoxicated and Mills was bleeding from his nose and scratches on his face. Eduardo Battistella have "grown to become close" friends of his family since Mills and his wife last year moved into the luxury Arlington apartment complex where the Battistellas reside. Battistella and was visiting the couple from Argentina. He said he left to give a party for Gloria Sanchez, who he said was a cousin of Mr. Mills, 65, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said he had left his wife, Polly, home at her request Sunday night as she had a broken foot. Identified by police as Annabell Battistella, 38, the woman jumped into the Tidal Basin and was rescued after the car was stopped. Eduardo Battistella, from leaving the vehicle, which, according to police, had no lights on. In a statement issued by his Capitol Hill office, Mills said his face was cut from his eyeglasses, which broke as he tried to stop an ill woman neighbor, Mrs. Park Police found him with his face cut after they stopped his speeding car near the Tidal Basin at 2 a.m. Mills (D-Ark.) yesterday broke three days of silence and denials by admitting that U.S. Mills Admits Being Present During Tidal Basin Scuffle : Mills Admits Being Present During Tidal Basin Scuffle
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