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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, December 15, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page a the stars and stripes monday december 15,1ub6 North reportedly aided conservative fund Raiser Washington a fired while House Aideli. Col. Oliver North assisted a conservative group s advertising Campaign id marshal support fur president Cagan s Nicaragua policy and target Congress Mem Ber on the Contra Issue accenting to people involved in the it lbs. North provided informal Ian to a conservative fund Raiser Carl Russell Spitz Channell and spoke to groups from whom Channel solicited Money. Chan Nel i was a key player in private efforts to funnel Aid to Lite Kaiui Sand Nisu rebels after Congress Cul off fund ing for the counts. Channell helped direct a multimillion Dollar television and newspaper advertising drive promoting Rea Gan s proposal to Arm the Contra rebels. A highly successful fund Raiser known for his ability to coiled thousands of dollars through one on one solicitation of the wealthy Channel Aid i foundation has railed nearly 16 million this year for his pro con tra Public awareness Campaign. Hep. Mike Dante d-md., the target of the most hard hitting of a Rubinell s commercials last Spring said sunday he would formally request on monday a congressional probe of allegations that Money diverted from if sate of . Arm. 10 Iran was tunnelled into such conservative groups. A Lowell mass., newspaper the Sun. Reported Sun Day thai chant Tell s foundation was among groups that go Iran arms Iak profits. The newspaper did not identify inc sources for its Story. The j newspaper said 55 million from the proceeds of . Weapons tales to Iran was filtered to groups that used the Money to support candidates who backed Reagan s pro Contra and Star wars policies and on no gave us aimed at opponents of aiding the contras. Channell dismissed As fantasy the notion that his four conservative groups his non profit National foundation for Hie preservation of Liberty his two affiliated political action committees or Sentinel his lobbying group got any such Money. It s All private  he said when asked about his fund raising Channell. In a Telephone interview last week also denied an Abc news report that North was principal adviser on the Media Campaign but he said he me several limes with North Over the past year to gel information about the Central american question. In addition. North who took the fifth amendment last week rather than Tell a congressional con Nitalee about his role in the Iran Contra controversy spoke to groups or Channell s contrib Siors and provided documents and pamphlets on the Central american Issue. North would gel up in front of a number of people and give an update on what the situation was in Cen trial America Laid Adam Goodman political director of the Baltimore based Robert Goodman Agency which produced most of Bannell s to ads. Goodman said North did not engage in fund raising or political posturing at the events which included lavish dinners at Washington s exclusive Hay Adams hotel. Goodman said that his Agency attended two such briefings by North but that North was not involve Din the and production. Some of channels s contributors recalled attending such Washington sessions at Channell s invitation. Col. North talked to us i happen to think col North is a Fine Young Man said c. Thomas Clagett or. Of Washington who gave ,000 this year to channels s political action committee american conservative Trust he said he made a donation at the event he attended. Obviously they wanted Money he said in a Telephone interview "1 donate funds to causes i believe  Barnes an outspoken opponent of Contra Aid said in an interview sunday dial he will ask the special investigative committees being set up by Congress to look into possible funnelling of weapons Sale Money to conservative group. What it really comes Down to is where did the Money go Barnes said referring also to the Unac counted for 64 percent of the 127 million in . Humanitarian Aid for the centres. A Pooch of a pal University of Vermont student Joe Sweeney apparently eur found pet that can live up to his High expectations. The mixed Breed Dag was accompanying Sweeney across the Burlington Van Campus following a political science class. Proposals would hike Utility rates study says Washington a acid rain control proposals in Congress would Force significant electricity rait1 increases in Many parts of the nation not just the heavily polluting Midwest according to anew private sector study. In addition. Management information services inc. Says the amount of a Utility customer s Bill hike would depend largely on which Power company is supplying the electricity. These rate increases would not necessarily be limited to a few states in the Midwest As is commonly  according in the fur profit research company which said it received no outside funding for the study. The company looking at 180 Power companies in the contiguous 48 states calculated what would be the Impact on customers under different acid rain Bills thai were considered this year by House and Senate committees. The legislation u expected to form the cumin Points in 1981 for a major push Besth ller 1 whirlwind by j by environmentalists to legislate cur son Fulfur dioxide emissions from Coal fired boilers. People and organizations on both sides of the acid rain debate generally agree on one Point reducing nil form of pollution will be very costly. Al Cook of management information services says the study is the first attempt to Esti mate the Impact on the rates of specific Power companies. Fulfur dioxide s02, is one of the pollutants that helps produce the acidic precipitation that some scientists say is responsible for environmental to an human health problems u Well As contributing to the so called greenhouse effect a dangerous wanning of Earth s atmosphere. The House Bill sponsored by  Waxman a Calif and Gerry is Koneci. D-minn., and about 160 col leagues would mandate a 44 percent reduction in so2 emissions by the mid 1990s. The study said that nationwide this would add about 3 percent or s3 billion a year to electricity Bills if utilities choose to meet the requirements by in stalling relatively expensive scrubbers in their Slacks. The Wanman Sikorski plan proposes adding a surcharge of up to 50 cents a month to each residential electricity Bill to create a subsidy fund to ensure that nonresidential customer would have to pay More than 10 percent More for service. There is no subsidy feature in the stricter Senate Bill authored principally by sen. Robert Stafford. A it. It would mandate an almost 66 percent Cut in so2 emissions which the study says would boost electricity Bills by an aver age of 9 percent the study said. The study said that Oregon utilities which rely chiefly on hydropower Tor their electricity would have to spend Little or no Money to meet the standards set by either Bill Vermont also faces Low compliance costs. At the other extreme electricity rates in West Virginia would have to be in creased 5 percent to comply with the House proposal and a whopping 37 per cell to meet the requirement of staff Ord s plan according to he study. Within West Virginia the effects of different electricity companies would vary widely. Customers of Monongah Power co. Could face 63 percent increases under the Senate Bill compared with 10 percent hikes for Virginia Power , according to the study. Both Bills would have the greatest Impact on six states West Virginia Ohio Missouri Indiana Pennsylvania and Illi Nois. They would have to meet 61.5 Pep cent of the National emissions reduction goal under the House plan and 55.8 per cent under the Senate approach. But other areas of the nation Are not immune to double Digil increases. The study calculated hikes could reach 11 percent for customers of Mississippi Power co. And 20 percent for customers of scan corp. 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