European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d Hefner s daughter turning Playboy around daily Magazine p Miami s Testaverde tops a s All America team Page 21 d today s Dollar buys 1,96 Marks rates Page 27 unofficial Pili cation of Thi u.�. �m1o porch vol., no. 231 Friday. December 5, 1986 of Reagan defends invoking fifth cites constitutional rights of to no Exfer North Washington president Reagan said thursday he will allow his Cabinet officers to decide for themselves whether they will invoke the fifth amendment if they Are called 10 testify before the Senate intelligence committee. The president added that he has not Given any thought to claiming executive privilege to prevent them from testifying. Reagan speaking to reporters during a photo session with Costa rican president Oscar Arias also defended the fact that two of his former aides involved in the iranian arms and Money affair have refused to testify before the committee citing their constitutional privilege it is not new or unusual it s happened Many times before that when there is going to be an inc pendent counsel starting an investigation that individuals that have no Access to files or papers or time for preparation for questions have done just exactly the same thing so that they then can be witnesses for the investigation Reagan said asked whether he would advise his own Cabinet officers not to invoke the fifth Reagan replied the continued on Page 28 Speakes announces plans to leave Post Washington a presidential spokesman Larry up cakes thursday announced he is resigning his White House Post after 5 i years to join the giant Wall Street investment firm of Merrill Lynch 4 co Speakes who has been president Rea Gan s principal spokesman since press Secretary James 5. Brady was critically wounded in the assassination attempt against Reagan on March 30,198 i said he would remain in his Job until his successor is ready to take Over. He was reported two week Sago to be on the verge of resigning to Lake the Merrill Lynch Job. The spokesman 41, will join Merrill Lynch in new York As a senior vice president feb. I 1987. Sources close to the firm have said Speakes will Cam about$250,000 a year in salary and benefits. Speakes Speakes thursday refused to confirm that. Asked about his leaving in the midst of a juror Over Rea Gan s arms sales Toiran and the diver Sion of payments to nicaraguan rebels up cakes said he considered that but decided staying on for two months would be quite a fair time to let the president choose my successor and enough Lime to serve the president in the current situation he added he had been discussing the see Speakes on Page 28 nato military leaders argue against scrapping nuke arms by Richard c. Gross up military writer Brussels Belgium the . Bid to scrap strategic ballistic missiles ran into resistance thursday from nato s military leadership which argued conventional weapons cannot substitute Lor a nuclear deterrence to War. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger seeking to unite nato behind the Star wars program announced that the larg est number of non american companies Ever to be brought into the program at one time will research building a defense against Battlefield ballistic missiles. He suggested the Effort could result i technologies for a system to protect against soviet ss-20 medium Range mis Siles which Are deadlier than the ss-21 and ss-23 tactical missiles used on the teams made up of is firms 28 of them european one israeli will be awarded contracts totalling si4 million to work on the first phase of research that ends in july Weinberger said. It could Lead to a second phase potentially Worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Diverted from nato issues to the Home Iran affair the Pentagon chief said bad advice Given to Tercsi Donl Reagan about arms sales to Iran started with his former National Security adviser Robert considered As trash a National Security Council recommendation in May 1985 to try to woo Moder ate elements in the iranian government see arms on Page 28 Christmas present for derricks a Phalo by Kin Goerga Helen and Cunnar Olsen Greet their grandsons Derrick in stroller and Paul or. At Frankfurt International Airport thursday As the boys parents Suff sat. Paul and no Loki Olson look an. Derrick 5, suffers bum a fatal brain disease. For Derrick s birthday this past summer the Kaiserslautern Uso sponsored week of Clown Par lies. The Uso also was involved in bringing the elder Olsen to Germany. Their roundtrip plane to kits front Youngstown Ohio were donated by the Barbarossa travel Agency. Paul Olsen is assigned to the 564th civil engr so at hams teen a. Firm s bankruptcy delaying some Dod shipments by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington some people in Europe will experience delays ranging from a few Days to several weeks in receiving household goods automobiles and other items following the failure of a major defense department shipping contractor. United states lines the shipping company thai had been handling about 60 percent of the military cargo moving 10 and from Europe fled for bankruptcy nov. 24 in new York City military traffic management come officials said wednesday. The court action has had officials scrambling to make arrangements with other companies to handle cargo that had been packed in about 2,500 United slates lines containers said col. Stephen Christian the command s director of International traffic. A Good portion of the affected cargo is destined for army and air Force commissaries in Europe Chris Tian said. We also have items going to the exchanges. There Are automobiles some household goods ship ments bulk mail such As publications and repair parts for military the cargo must be unloaded and re stilted in other containers for shipping because foreign transport companies that Are owed Money by United states Linn such As stevedores and trucking companies have seized the company s containers he said Many of the 2,500 containers which Are 8 feet wide see shipments on Page 28
