European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday july 8,1986 contras traded Aid dollars for profit lawmaker curious what rebels funds buy Washington a nicaraguan rebels through their control of currency conversions in two Miami Bank account sold dollars from . Non lethal Aid for a profit and put the extra Money into their general funds i state department document says. The department s nicaraguan humanitarian assist Ance office which disburses the Aid first Learned about rebel control of the two broker accounts on March 10, five months after the Aid program began department lobbyist James w. Dyer said in a june 9letter to rep. Michael Barnes did. Rep. Leon Vancita d-Calif., who sponsored a Reso Lution of inquiry on How s27 million in non lethal Aid was spent said mixing Money derived from the Aid with the rebels general funds raised questions about whether the currency conversions helped pay for weapons. Once it goes into that pot there s no telling what ii goes for he said. But Dyer defended the currency Deai nos As Lehaland accountable saying the con Ira rebels convened the Money on the foreign Exchange Market in Miami not in some Black Market and turned Over records of the transactions of the stale department on april 17. Bosco Matamoros spokesman for the Nicara Juan democratic Force or fun the largest Contra army said the differential from the Dollar sales was used to support the combatants families and refugees and thus was in line with restrictions against buying weapons. Congressional investigators who have reviewed the records said that As with other invoices provided by the rebels for purchases in Central America it is impossible to verify the receipts Validity. Last year s Law giving the rebels $27 million in non lethal humanitarian Aid required president Reagan to establish appropriate procedures to ensure that an humanitarian assistance. Is not diverted through barter Exchange or any other Means for acquisition of weapons or lethal supplies. The general accounting office already has criticized the state department for failing to establish adequate safeguards to ensure proper use of More than Hall the Money. Fun Leader Adolfo Calera Cilcy the exchanging of dollars Tor local currency As an explanation Why dollars were not going directly to rebel suppliers in Central America at a while House press briefing june is Cicero said dollars Are commonly traded in Central America because exports Are lower than imports and the Dif Ference has to be made up with dollars that come into the Market what they Call div Isas invisible invisible foreign Exchange. Nicaraguan exile banking sources said the Contra Dollar trading involves the following two part deals a rebel broker in Honduras firs Contact someone who has it Nairas Honduras currency and need Dol Lars. The broker trades the dollars for Imp Iraq it above the official rate giving the rebels More Lempira than they would have if the dollars were exchanged it the official Rale of two Lempiras for one Dollar. Dollar never enter Honduras but Are transferred from the broker s Miami account to the Miami account of the pc own Selling the Lempiras thus circumventing Hon Duran currency Laws. . Government officials speaking anonymously said one Contra broker. Quites Marin handled More than s3 million and converted it at about 2.6 Lempira to the Dollar. That suggests � possible profit of nearly is million. Files reveal Texas mass killer s thoughts Austin Texas up1 Charles Whitman the sniper who killed 14 peo ple from the University of Texas Tower 20 years ago was an ambitious Young Man who took amphetamines like pop  recently opened police flies show. Whitman 25, killed his wife and Mother on july 31. 1966, and a Day late climbed to the Tower observation deck with seven guns and opened fire. He killed 14 and wounded 31 others before being killed by pol ice iwo hours later. I was the largest mass murder by a single killer in one Day in . History until july 1984, when 21 people were killed at a Mcdonald s restaurant in Sanysidro Calif. The previously Sercl informal Ion sur rounding Whitman s life and the ave Nishat led up to the murder including his letters and diaries was d is closed sunday by the Austin american statesman. Thomas Scwell. An Austin computer specialist and Friend of Whitman told Fri agents in 1966 that Whitman frequently used amphetamines. He quoted Whitman As saying i eat them like pop Corn. They won t Hurt  Metal tube containing amphetamines and aspirin was found on Whit Man s body after his death. Bui a police report said it was impossible to deter mine if he took amphetamines during the shooting spree because an autopsy was performed too late. Police files described Whitman As an intelligent Friendly ambitious youth who worked hard to please a father de scribed by friends and family member Sas domineering and egotistical. In the letter left beside his Mother s body Whitman wrote the intense hatred i feel for my father is beyond description. My mom gave this Man the 25 Best Yean of her life and she finally took enough of his beatings humiliation degradation and tribulation i. To leave him i am truly sorry this is the Only Way i can see to relieve her suffering but i think it was  Whitman 67, of Lake Worth fla., old the newspaper he never knew of his eldest son s feelings. Police files also contained portions of a diary Whitman began in november1963, when he was court Martiale by the marines and jailed for gambling and carrying a weapon. The Day before the Tower killings he wrote it was after much thought j decided to kill Kathy Loni Ghl after i pick her up from work. I love her dearly and she has been As Fine a wife to me As any Man could Ever Hope to  cannot rationally pinpoint any specific reason for doing this i Don t know whether it is selfishness or if i Don t Panther to face the embarrassment my actions will surety cause her at this time though the prominent reason a my mind is that i truly Don t consider this world Worth living in and am prep Redlo die and Don t want to leave her to suffer in it alone t intend to kill her As painlessly As possible 1 the elder Whitman said he thought a Pecan size tumor found at the base of his son s brain was the Likely reason for the shooting spree. Lost dog tag finds Veteran after 43 years Oklahoma City a Herbert l Belisle says he does t recall exactly when he lost his army identification tag during world War ii but he s got the dog tag Back now after a new Zea Lander found it in new Guinea. Belisle from Oklahoma City was a 24-year-old staff sergeant inthe transportation corps when lie arrived on the Barren Coral Beachall Fin Chafen new Guinea in 1943. Our company was operating depot of hardware hat ship would need he said. The unit remained Al the site until 1945, Greg Henderson an insurance Man from new zealand wrote tothe sheriff in Morrii which was on the dog. Tag As the address of be Liste s father. Henderson said Friend had found the tag. Heusle wrote to Henderson and Henderson s next letter contained the dog tag. He really did a Good Job of finding me Belisle said lobster men boiling mad Over thieving divers Salem Mao. A lobster men Long known As a crusty bad tempered Bunch who occasionally come to blows Over the Liny patches of Ocean where they make their living Are fighting a new enemy divers. Lobster cd claim trap break ins by underwater thieves have become so com Mon that they have coined the term Jig Ging to describe them and have turned to violence to Stop them the hostility came to a boil on june18, when two lobster men attacked a diver when he surfaced in the Atlantic off Salem said police officer Conrad , the District attorney1 office is looking into allegations by diver Alan d. Jahsman who said the lobs Ermen dropped traps on his head grabbed a line attached to his inn and sped off in their boat dragging him through the water until he freed himself. The Job Termen who have not been identified because they have not been charged with a crime told police the incident was an Accident. Bad blood has brewed Between the two groups since 1970 when the legis lature made it Legal for licensed recreational divers to Cairn lobsters by hand if they Don t sell them. The practice is prohibited in Maine and new  1,200 commercial lobster men who make their living off the Massachusetts coast Are far outnumbered by the 4,000 recreational divers licensed to catch lobster. Said slate fisheries Biolo Gist Neil Churchill citing 1984 License ithe professional association of div ing instructors certifies at least 3,500 new divers in Massachusetts every year said Herbert Ward manager or membership at the Agency s California head quartets. There s a Loi of Good Divera but the majority Are bad. They re always jigging our pots said to Sterman Michael Zda Nowicz. De Nickerson said he surfaced from a dive off Scituate in 1 978 to find an angry lob Terman awaiting him sure that the diver had poached lobsters from his pots. He was standing Over the Stem with a Shotgun said Nickerson. Now an instructor with the professional association of diving instructors in Santa Ana Calif. The lobs Lerman Only threatened him Nickerson  said few divers go near pots. The feeling among divers is that to be caught anywhere near a lobster pot is certain trouble he said. Zdanowicz however said he often sees a telltale Trail of bubbles near Bis traps and once found a diver s Glove in spot and attempted to harm at least one diver. I swung at him with a Gaff the lobs Lerman and  lobsters is punishable by fines of at least $50 per lobster a few North Shore towns have banned diving from their beaches during the daytime claiming divert interfere with bathers and Hurt tourism said Phil Coates director of the state Marine fish eries service. Rockport barred divers from several beaches that were favorite lob stering lobs Tennen Lime to pull up Pott before divers could get to them Coates said. They presupposed that Diven were Healing lobster he said. My fee Jim is most of them Are pretty responsible unfortunately town Erma t fit Roriie spot often happen to be Diven. The Rocky Bottom off one Island where Many lot Era live Alto Al tract about 125 div ers on a Good weekend Day Aid Rick Fratto manager of the Mew England Diven inc. Store in Beverly. It s like driving in downtown but ton said Friio. People Start cutting you off and you do see a  Salem harbormaster James f. Cabin said be has heard Only one complain from a diver ibis year although a i Btler Man punched Bis assistant last year when the official boarded he boat for an inspection. Before there Wen divert Miqu termed used to shoot each other Cahill Slid