European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d . Proposes plan Tor Agod health care Page 2 d nyc police commissioner backs Down on transfers Page 5 g raiders beat san Olego in nil thursday game Page 21  unofficial publication ran Thi u. Mio potcitvol.45. No. 218 saturday november 22. 1986 08693 a Iran paid . $12 million for weapons Wright says Washington a Iran paid More than $12 million for weapons in purchased from uie United Stales House majority Leader Jim Wright said Friday in accusing the administration of violating the Law by not informing con Gress of the Deai. Wright commenting after a closed door hearing with Cia director William Casey told reporters 1,000 of the 2,008tow missiles bought from the United Stales were assembled in san Antonio Texas last february. Othere were ship Ped separately he said. All were paid for by Iran $ 12 Mil lion plus Wright said. He said he had been told they deposited Money in a Swiss Bank he said he did t know if the Deposit had been in the form of Cash or a Check. Meanwhile the outgoing Republican chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana told reporters the Reagan White House is not fall ing apart but it needs to be strength ened. They need to bring in some dig leagues to run things. The Republican Senate gave them Good Deal of Protection these past six Yean but that shield is  Wright a Texas Democrat who is Likely to be House speaker next year said that other than the United states an Israel several other countries have shipped arms to Iran. But he said these shipments were not necessarily connected to the . Efforts to improve .-iranian relations and free american hostages held in Lebanon. And he said these countries Felt a least that they were abiding with the wishes of the United states in shipping arms to Iran. A . Official who demanded anonymity said Reagan had erred at his news conference this week in saying the american weapons purchased by Iran were bought by factions in Iran and Nobby the iranian government. Obviously the arms were delivered to the government or to the military the official said. Wright said Casey assured members of the House intelligence committee that there Are no other cases in which the Ciaphas been ordered to withhold information about a Covert operation from con Gress. But after the briefing Wright Reiter ated a position he had taken thursday before the Casey  Don t think there is any question that the Law has been broken Wrigh repeated Friday. He said the Law forbids the unite states from withholding secret information from Congress and said in is dear and unambiguous the 1977 arms Export control act requires notification of Congress of sales or transfers of major items of defens equipment Worth More than $14 minion. Additionally a 1982 amendment to the1947 National Security act permits Cov see Iran on Page 28 Reagan aides feuding Over Iron Deal Washington up president Reagan s and Visen blamed each other Friday for the secret iranian arms Deal that prompted congressional critics to Cal for an investigation of White House foreign policy. White House spokesman Larry Speakes describe Reagan As determined to we the truth but others Laid that despite his outward Calm Reagan is upset bythe portrayal of an administration in disarray. At a Salt meeting thursday while House chief of stall Donald Regan criticized former National Security adviser Robert Bud Mcfarlane for the political fall out from the Clandestine contacts with Iran. Let s not forget whose idea it was. It was Bud Side. When you give Lousy advice you get Lousy re sults Regan was quoted As saying by administration official. The officials attributed Regan s anger to remarks by Mcfarlane in the Washington Post saying . Over Tures to Iran were a mistake Mcfarlane later amplified his remarks saying it Wasa serious error in judgment because of the pub Lic outrage that ensued when the operation was Dis closed. Another chief player in the decision making Aptus vice adm. John Poindexter. Mcfarlane s far Vistani and his successor As National Security adviser Baa come under fire for his advice on the Iran arms  los Angeles tires reported Friday that Secre tary of state George Shultz and adm. William Crowe chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Asked Reagan to fire Poindexter for approving the arms shipment. Shutlz said Poindexter has to go the times Para Farmer former National Security add str Robert  Dos wifi the uproar Over the in Alan win Deal to front of a indicate in Rock file my. Quoted an unidentified administration official As say ing thursday. But the stale department denied that Shutlz called for Poindexter s dismissal. Also Friday the Pentagon denied that Crowe had called for Poindexter s firing. Mcfarlane who resigned in december issued statement thursday admitting that however Well meaning and defensible our purposes were to the extent that the introduction of arms transfers into the recess has led to understandable turmoil that Canave a very damaging effect on the ability of our coun try to Lead it was a  in a speech thursday night to a suburban washing ton audience Mcfarlane reiterated his statement say ing the Iran Deal has led to National turmoil which have contributed to and is very harmful. It is entirely in fact my  meanwhile the associated press reported tha Shultz said Friday he look part in two fut Uaje discussions on the secret .-iranian initiative Las Winter but maintained his assertions he was not involved in the operation. Shultz also continued an Effort to distance himself from the policy of sending Armi to Iran by identifying those testifying before Congress Friday at the most knowledgeable about the affair the a Taid. In speaking to reporters on his plane in route Ocanada for talks with external affairs minister Joe Clark. Shutlz refused to get into a detailed discussion of the iranian affair. Most notably he would not give direct responses tothe statement by Mcfarlane that the Secretary was repeatedly briefed about the iranian policy the a reported. States urged to ban tobacco sales to minors Atlanta a the Federal gov emment in itt report to Congress on making and the nation s health recommended thursday that tales ban Tobac co sales to anyone under 8, in smoking and health a National status  health and human services Secretary Oti r. Bowen said nationwide enforcement of Laws de Ikard to keep cigarette out of Youn people hands could have a Strong preventive effect the study mandated under the comp Ehen Iive smoking education act passed by Congress in 1984, found that 30 percent of americans smoke with Rales now Only slightly higher for men than  is b Sharp change since 1964, when the . Surgeon general first warned of the health hazards of smoking. Then 45 percent of american smoked and male smokers significantly outnumbered female. Since then Mote than 36million people have quit. The report also said leakage has dropped sharply. A study of feign school seniors found that 30 percent of the Iris and 2s percent of the boy in the 1977 senior class reported Dairy Uno King. By1984, the figure had dropped to 20 per cent of the Gull and 16 percent of the  people now in their carry to mid-205, women also smoke More often than men. Of people bom Between 1960 and 1963, nearly 47 percent of the women have tried smoking compared to 38 percent of the men the report  report Calls smoking the Tingle Moat preventable cause of death in our society and the most important Public health Issue of our  report noted that 12 hates do not limit tales of cigarettes and 14 other Settle age for Purchase lower town ii. Restrictions on Valet of tobacco to  help alleviate the problem did Tim Hensley of the has office nonsmoking and health