European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 266 january 1981 15c doily and sunday if 21855 a awaits Iran reply to last offer taking the oath retired army Alexander Haig raises his hand during a Swearingin at the Start of confirmation hearings Fri Day on capital president elect Ronald Reagan picked Haig to be his Secretary of by the appointment must first be confirmed by the a photo panel to seek data on Haig As Nixon aide Washington up the Senate foreign relations committee agreed sat urday to by subpoena if relevant tapes or documents that might shed Light on Alexander Haigs career in the Nixon White the after a lengthy procedural argument along party removed a possible obstacle to Haigs confirmation this month As Secretary of but it raised the Prospect that the retired general might take his Cabinet seat with a continuing investigation swirling around the committee probably will vote on Haigs confirmation in executive session next even if questions Over his role As Richard Nixon White House chief of staff at the end of the watergate scandal have not been a glum expression on his sat silently at the witness table during the 90 minute debate which came at the close of the second Day of hearings on his selection by president elect Ronald Reagan for the top diplomatic he had said earlier he did not object to the committee seeking relevant tapes and under the Compromise worked out sat the committee will immediately seek an Index and log of some 100 hours of White House tapes now stored in the National the tapes cover conversations Between Haig and Nixon Between May 4 and july counsel for both republicans and democrats on the committee will sort through the material to see what relates to Haigs qualifications for the state department Job and continued on Page 4 Algiers up negotiations to free the american hostages have moved Forward in a wave of cautious but experts said saturday that Legal and financial prob lems probably could not be untangled be fore the 16 deadline set by the United in a race against the a negotiating team decided not to return to Washington but to wait in intermediary in the for Iran reply to the Carter administrations final diplomatic sources said the steady for Ward process of negotiations indicates that sometime in the future the hostages Proba Bly would be but both sides positions still remain far sources cautioning against excessive the sources said it is highly unlikely that the Legal and financial complexities of the car Ter administrations final offer could be sorted out before the administration of president elect Ronald Reagan begins when he would have the Power to change president Carters the latest proposal was entirely in iranian hands Only late the american led by Deputy Secretary of state Warren flew into Algiers thursday and delivered the new offer to the algerian foreign ministry to be forwarded to Iran part of the document was returned by the algerians to the american negotiators for the final pages of the offer were transmitted to Iran by Algeria Friday informed sources Iran answer could come in one Day or one to save the negotiators will wait in Algie sunless they must Fly to Washington to consult with the sources Carters deadline is 16 because four Days must be allowed to Transfer to an Al Gerian Bank the billions of dollars asked by Iran As guarantee that it will receive eventually its funds and assets blocked in the United knowledgeable sources branded Asun necessary and misleading speculation re ports in new York that the govern ment already has ordered the Money sent to the negotiators marked time sat urday by working in their embassy office on secondary issues that might Lederer is convicted in a scam trial new York up Raymond Lederer was found guilty Friday night of taking a bribe from Fri becoming the fifth congressman to be convicted in the Bis a scam undercover in a jury of nine men and three women deliberated for six hours before returning the guilty verdict in District court in Brooklyn at the Philadelphia who faces a sentence of up to 15 years in immediately said that he would Appeal the his ran from the courtroom in asked if he would resign from Lederer Well make an announce ment his five Day trial was the shortest of the a scam trials so Michael John Frank and John d were previously found guilty and Richard is currently on Harrison the Only continued on Page 1 Lake Michigan is graveyard Tor wartime planes where flying elephants go to die Chicago a the Bottom of Lake Michigan off Chicago lakefront is uttered with assorted fighter planes wrecked by Rookie pilots practising aircraft Carrier landings during world War say divers who Are discovering there must be at least so of them less than a dozen Miles off Navy says Allan who dives from a 21foot Motorboat equipped with the latest its like a place where elephants go to Only these Are Olson said the wrecked planes would make an excellent source of parts for Vin Tage planes now in museums or being re stored by last Spring i positioned one in 45 feet of five Miles out from i made a dive and landed on a Wing that had a big White Star it was a Grumman Wildcat broken in he the Wildcat was one of the workhorses of the Pacific i looked in the cockpit and wiped a thin layer of Silt off the instrument panel with my he the fresh water at Ideal temperatures had preserved every thing so Well i could read every instr who is president of the Down riggers dive said there Are so Many continued on Page i