European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july 25. 1966 the stars and stripes Page 7 White House denies giving Pretoria secrets Washington up the White House flatly denied reports wednesday that the United states has provided secret information on the anti apartheid african National Congress in Exchange for intelligence on soviet and cuban activity in Africa. Deputy press Secretary Larry Speakes said the re port appearing in wednesday s new York times i simply no  we told the times that Story was in error and it Hill is in error Speakes said adding that the administration has absolutely not provided any such information to the White minority government of . Botha. Speaking of the Story we denied it Flat out yester Day. They noted it and proceeded anyway he said. The outlawed Anc is the principal opposition croup seeking to overthrow the government of South Africa and to end its policy of racial separation. Secretary of stale George Shultz appearing before the Senate foreign relations committee also denied the report saying he spoke wednesday morning with Cia director William Casey about the allegation. He told me categorically it was not True and that it was not True in the course of his administration there Shultz said. I said i would like to publicly state that report was not True " Shultz said. Tie said help yourself,1 so i m helping  according to the times current and former administration officials who declined to be named said political intelligence and specific warnings about planned guerrilla attacks by the Anc were passed on to the South africans by the United slates under president Reagan at least into the mid-1980s. The times did cite one senior administration offi Cial who denied the report and White House spokes Man Edward Djerejian told the newspaper we Sim ply do not discuss or comment on intelligence operations or alleged intelligence Ope  the times also said Britain provided similar information to the South african government. South Africa in return provided the United Stales with information on soviet and cuban activities in the Region said the sources who include former aides in the Reagan and Carter administrations. South Africa has depended on . And British communications intelligence for information about Mack nations in Africa beyond the Range of us own interception equipment. The sources said. The officials were unable to say just when during the Reagan Yean the United Stales began providing Preto Ria Wilh intelligence data regarding the Anc. And they could not say whether the practice continues the times reported. In also was not known whether South Africa a used the .-supplied information to prevent Anc attacks or to prepare for its own raids on Anc bases in Mozambique and elsewhere in Southern Africa.  african intelligence swapping began in the 1960s but initially concerned soviet it upping an submarine movements in the South Atlantic and Indi an Ocean the sources said. But under the Carter administration. The sources said such swapping ended and the sharing of information about the Anc was described by the sources u a Rev real of Carter administration policies Landis lawyers claim others knew of plan los Angeles up As Many As 300people, including executives of Warner Bros studios knew of a conspiracy to illegally hire two child actors who died on the Twilight zone movie i. A defense lawyer argued wednesday. Thus. Leonard Uvince said in was inconsistent ofic District attorney s office to charge Only director John Landis and tour associates with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of actor Vic Morrow and the children. Lovinc disclosed there is evidence hat officials of Warner Brothers were aware of he Hir ing of the two children to work on the my after6 30 . In violation of stale child labor Laws. The arguments were made on a motion 10 exclude evidence of the alleged conspiracy to hire the two children. Superior court judge Roger born had no ruled on that motion. Morrow Myca Dinh be. 7, and Renee Chen 6. Were killed july 23, 1982. When a helicopter being used in the filming of the Twilight zone became disabled by powerful special effects explosives and crashed onto them. Landis 33, is the first director Ever to stand trial for a death on a movie Sel. Two co defendants associate producer George Folsey or. And unit manager Dan ailing Ham Are also charged with those counts. Lox Alt closer to presidential race sen. Paul lax it  Washington sen. Paul Lariat of Nevada has moved a Long step closer toward a candidacy for the 1988 Republican presidential nomination telling re porters that if be gets adequate Assur ances of political and financial supper by next Spring "1 will  the Man often called president Rea Gan s closest political intimate said wednesday he no longer feels he should put his presidential plans aside until his libel suit against the Sacramento Bee has been resolved. Lax att sued after the paper alleged government agents had investigated skimming of profits at his family owned Casino in Carson City. No trial Date has been St. Laxalt who is retiring from the Senate in november said he hat no crying ambition to go out and run for president but was being urged by Many Early Rea Gan supporters to become a candidate so thai Ronald Reagan s policies and Pur poses can be perpetuated beyond 1988. As chairman of Reagan s presidential efforts in 1976, 1980 and 1984 and Gen eral chairman of the Republican parly for the put five Yean. Laxalt said i have Lols in place when it comes to political operatives and allies. Laxdall said he has not discussed his possible race with Reagan and assumes the president will be Neui rat in the Nomi nation Roncil. Although his entry would pose serious problems Tor vice president go inc Bush and others seeking to claim the Reagan Mantle he said he thinks a bitter Battle can be avoided. Liall s name is not widely known outside his Home slate and Washington d.c., and he was the Choice of Only 1percent of the republicans and independents in the May Washington Phi Abc news poll. But his history As Reagan s Best Friend in politics makes him formidable contender in the eyes even of rival candidates manag is. Lanfall who will be 64 on aug. 2, said the decision to run would be a Tough Call for me and cautioned reporter hat i m not nearly there yet. The libel suit was tiled in 1984 and Laxalt had expected a trial Date by next january. But last week the newspaper attorney. Gary in Pitt requested depositions from More than 10 additional peo ple. While denying lax Ali s charge of de laying ladies Pruitt said it is going  Laxdall said he was prepared to defend legalized gambling and legalized prostitution in Nevada if he entered a National Campaign and said he did Noi think the slate s reputation As a wide open play ground would damage his prospects. Bomb suspect caught after 15 years san Francisco up a 1960s Radical who eluded authorities for ii years after being charged with planting bombs in Riim Banki was ordered Anta of is 00,000 bail wednesday by a fed eral magistrate. . Magistrate Frederick Woelflen ruled there is no need to detain Ronald Kaufman without bail because he is unlikely to flee prior to his trial. Kaufman 48, was arrested out Side his Marina District Home Eig Day ago on a 1971 indictment charging he planted bombs in ban Deposit boxes in san Francisco Chicago and new York. The Only bomb that detonated was the one in san Francisco. Hooks assails Reagan policies san Francisco a narc executive director Benjamin Hooks at tacked the Reagan administration on wednesday warning Blacks that the enemy we confront u a hostile Environ ment that threatens civil rights. Hooks Alto denounced president Rea Gan s speech tuesday on South Africa a containing not a Sinae new Inisi Atiar. In a discredited policy on what Hooks aued a facial regime based on  if economic sanctions work against Libya they would work against South Africa he said. In a fiery speech to a National Urban league convention. Hooks told the cheering audience to reject Looney tunes double Udo from the government urging them to hold to the belief that i shall be free i shall be free i shall be free someday. We have crippled Jim Crow but we must labor to hold onto the gains we have already won the Leader of the National association for the advancement of coloured people said. Referring to the Centennial Celebration of the statue of Liberty this month Hooks said Many people overlooked the fad that for Many american citizens the dream has never  a reactionary climate within the administration and the government bureaucracy he said threatens to undo the victories won under the leadership of persons such As Martin Luther King Whitney Young and Roy  2 gis charged in fort Devens drug ring aver mass. A five people including two soldiers and a dentist have been charged with distributing crack the potent Smo Kable form of cocaine to other soldiers a county prosecutor said wednesday. A raid was conducted at a House where All but one of the suspects lived on the outskirts of fort Devens an army base about 30 Miles Northwest of Boston said Middlesex county assistant District at Torney David Linsky. Before the april 16 raid on the House in Shirley detectives Taw soldiers from fort Devens enter and leave the House said Shirley police sgt. Paul Thibodeau. We can show it was the gis who were going and buying the stuff because can pulled up with fort Devens tags on the bumper Thibodeau said. Those arrested were charged with pos session of cocaine with intent to distribute and trafficking in cocaine. Fort Devens spokeswoman Helen Mulligan said military authorities retaking no immediate action pending civilian investigations. Arrested were ski. Thomas Grady 25spec. S Walter b. Thompson 31 or. Regis Romero Parchue 31, a Boston dentist Curtis Thompson 23, a brother of Walter Thompson and Kenneth sea Bron 26