European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes re firms Battle Over Bayonet contract Page 3 d pro English campaigns planned nationwide Page 5 g pro football results ,. Sports Section the St uth mild Uno Ici to Nikiti cation to mid Pouf vol. 45, no. 242 tuesday. December 16, 1986 voyager starts global flight fuel Laden Wing tips drag on runway Edwards fab. Calif. Apr the aircraft voyager took off sunday in he first attempt 10 Circle he world non Stop without refuelling and headed win de Spile dragging its fuel Laden wings Down a runway and idling two feet of wingspan in Good spirits co Pilot Jeana Yeager reported from the Bathtub sized cockpit As the planned flight began if it were easy in would a before.". Woul have been done Calif on planned nonstop global flight without refuelling. Iran  Sale proceeds used against foes of Aid Washington not Marine u. Dowmen for the preservation of Liberty voyager Rolls Down runway at Edwards fab Cali congressman Bro Ber held by nil Carnagi new York it Muf styled  \ Broth Jbf a . Congressman has Bacn Are bed in a restricted area of  detained by the sandinista government on suspicion of espionage. He was the Ond american rested in a thai in less months. Thepaut Norini lied Tif  As Sam Hall 49, of i Ohio and he was seized Friday at Punla i ,. Force base 13 Miles Northeast Managua. The capital. He was said to be see Hall on Page 28 n not Marine u. Col. Oliver l North while an official of the National Security Council helped a conservative political action committee mount a Campaign this year thai was de signed to defeat congressional opponents of military Aid to the nicaraguan Contra rebels people familiar with the Effort said sunday. Law enforcement officials reported meanwhile that the Fri planned to look into allegations that some of the profit from  sales 10 Iran were diverted to right Wing pressure groups including the one with which North cooperated the National endowment for the preservation of Liberty. The allegations were made sunday in the Lowell mass Sun which said White House officials including North knew about the scheme. In a report by its Washington correspondent Tom Squi lie i the paper said about �5 million in iranian Money Hod been involved Carl r. Channell who Heads the endowment for the n of Liberty denied in an interview last week that his organization had received any funds from the  sales. Bui he said North who was dismissed from his Job on the National Security Council on nov. 2s, assisted in his group s publicity Campaign on behalf of the centres. According to sources familiar with the Campaign. North provided information to Channell a 41-year-old West Virgini an with a reputation As a skilled fund Raiser and spoke to groups from which Channell was seeking contributions. The Miami Herald said sunday that Channell met with North "5 or 10 times this year Channell said that in the course of his flans on behalf of the contras he had several meetings with North. According to attorney general Edwin Meese up to 130 million in profits from Clandestine  sales to Iran was diverted to he contras. North has refused voyager carrying Yeager and Dick Rutan. Look off a few minutes after 8 a.m., using 14,000 feel of a 15,000-foot dry Lake bed paved runway before it lumbered into the air. That was about 4,000 feet More runway than planners had expected the Craft to use. Ii was voyager s first Takeoff Wilh a full Load of fuel and supplies weighing 9,750 pounds. The wings were drooping to within 8 inches of the ground As voyager railed Down the runway then drag ged for 10,000 feet battering the styrofoam Wing tips. Voyager s giant main Wing similar in length to that of a Boeing 727 Jet was made to flex 30 feet up and Down at the tips without  Chase Pilot directly behind voyager radioed Pilot Rutan that there was extensive damage 10 the right wingtip of the 11 a food Long main  Chase planes Drew close to examine the dam sea voyager on Page 26 reportedly to contras to answer questions by congressional investigators. The Lowell Sun which has a daily circulation of 65,000 in northeastern Massachusetts and Southern new Hamp Shire identified two Republican senators and one Republican Senate candidate As recipients of iranian Money. They were Sens. Paula Hawkins of Florida and Jeremiah Demon of Ala Bama and rep. Ken Kramer of Colora do who sought the seat being vacated by sen. Gary Hart. All were Contra support ers arid All were Defeated. In the Colorado Campaign a spokes Man for rep. Timothy e. Wirth the Democrat who Defeated Kramer complained about what he termed vicious distorted commercials financed by a group called the american conservative Trust. That is one of a pair of political action committees headed by Channell his other is called the Ann terrorism America committee. Channell ii also see Sale on Page 28 ran was Fargey of soviet War games report says Washington not the soviet Union car ried out an ambitious exercise of its ability to invade Iran six year ago according to a newly disclosed top secret Pentagon evaluation and interviews with pre sent and former government officials. In the exercise which was conducted on soviet territory just North of Iran soviet military officials tested communications systems and acted out the roles they would play in such an invasion. The exercise did not involve a significant buildup of soviet troops on the iranian Border or any Large scale movement of soviet forces. No actual military intervention was imminent according to the report. The report provides the tint authoritative account of the soviet exercise which was the largest of this Type involving Iran conducted in recent years. The exercise also led to a policy debate inside the Carter administration thai was resolved when the president decided to Send a firm message to the Krem Lin about the need to maintain stability in the area. And it encouraged american efforts to develop the rapid deployment Force which is designed to be used for military intervention in the persian Gulf. The Pentagon evaluation also Sheds some Light on recent statements by former Reagan administration officials who have been involved in the Covert ship ment of  to Iran. Robert c. Mcfarlane the former National Security adviser argued that he administration was justified in trying to open a Channel to so called iranian moderate because of iranian concern Over soviet military activity North of the Border. A soviet invasion of Iran is More than conceivable if you have examined soviet exercises conducted in recent years Mcfarlane said in a speech on thursday. The Pentagon evaluation was obtained by the new York time before the administration s decision to Send  to Iran became known. Some information was supplied by officials who have become concerned about exaggerated reports of the exe Ciu. Military official said they bad expected the 1980 exercise to be repeated last year but this did not Hap pen. Some experts speculated that the soviet Union had not repeated the exercise to Aslo avoid hurting ill political relation with Iran