European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday. December 21. 1986 assertion by Reagan bolstered Washington a attorney do Iii fill Edwin Meese 111 a s he was Loki by two former Ali it Houf aides that president Kea pan knew nothing of the funnel Iii of profits irom iranian arms Miles to  rebels until Laic last Nui Nih. Mcnese s comments Friday bolstering White House claims Oliai the president was unaware of the Money Transfer came As a Mirce told the associated press Ilia n Justice department i invt St. Ii Jurhad  i menu in 1.1. Col. Oliver i. In Rah v Fik i Init lining the such a memo would he the first Nisun  a Jence Netlie i Versman pm in enu Grinn from an  before the House info Shiv nov Nimni Idieo Miese aul thai Nurith. A firmer nation Al Security Council Auk and vice adm. Juhn i Liin Dester. Reagan s former National Security adviser Loki him last month thai the president did t know about the scheme thai has caused the most Acme crisis of his presidency. The comments by Mcl Mone of Rea Gan s longest Arvini and most trusted aide. Support Reagan s Public Milic Niels thai he did t know about the Iran Contra connection until after an in ves libation by nicest on nov. 22-23. News briefs quote retracted Washington api the slate department said Friday Attiat Arthur Hartman. The outgoing american ambassador to he soviet Union is nol leaving his Post fur personal reasons contrary to its previous slain int. Department spokesman Charles Redman slopped Short however of saving thai Hartman is Heing Fri cd to resign after a five year slay in Moscow. Redman said thursday that Harlman will leave his Post next month for personal reasons and he issued a Rel auction on Friday under questioning by reporters. Voyager trip Mojave Calif. A Voy Ager headed homeward across the Atlantic saturday its Crew a Little bruised from being jostled by turbulence in the quest to Circle the Globe Wilhour stopping or refuel ing. Voyager left Africa s turbulent skies Friday. A Polo ii Lumens of vehicles crawl along four icy lanes saturday on the Munich autobahn leading to Salzburg Austria. 5 die on icy highways in Germany Munich up Al least five pc Pic died on icy West German highways and two swollen Rivers were closed to snipping As wintry storms lashed most of Germany authorities said saturday. In one Highway Accident a belgian tourist bus a lidded and Ovenu Rcd on the Slick autobahn Between Nuernberg and Munich Early saturday injuring 29 people police said. Elsewhere iwo men Ages 18 and 19, were killed when their car skidded into an oncoming taxi on an icy hessian Road near the East German Border. In Wuerttemberg in the Southwest weather conditions on Friday and Early saturday contributed to 250 Road accidents one of them causing a fatality. A 32-year-old motorcyclist and a 24 year old Motorist also died in separate accidents during foul weather in the Northwestern pan of the country. Southbound traffic in Bavaria backed up for 124 Miles on saturday As a cold front from Finland turned rain soaked roads into sliding Ponds while Holiday skiers were heading for the Alps. Torrential rain driven by Gak Force winds an Friday caused High water along the Mosul and Neckar Rivers both Rhine tributaries in the Western and Southwest Ern part of the country causing shipping to be suspended on fonday and saturday. The High winds also toppled Trees and Power lines and caused considerable property damage in the Central part of the country. The storms covered much of the Central Highlands with Snow. The Federal weather Bureau forecast very cold weather through mid week with the possibility of a White Christmas for most of the country. Storm cuts Power in . State area by the associated press Utility workers fanned out across northeastern new York saturday 10 re store electricity to thousands of custom ers who lost Power for 24 hours or More following a heavy Winter storm. The outages arc scattered All Over the place said Ralph Holzworth a spokes Man for Niagara Mohawk Power corp., Friday night. Some customers will be out of service All night Long and into to  saturday morning some 5,000 custom ers were still without Power in sch acc Tady runs Delacr and Columbia counties said Amy Barber Niagara Mohawk spokeswoman. More than 100 Utility workers from outside the area came in to help repair lines she said. All customers were expected to have Power by late saturday afternoon hots Wanh had said earlier. Al one time Early Friday As Many As 22,000 custom ers were without Power. Red Cross and Church groups set up overnight shelters Friday night but they a cloned few takers. It seems a lot of people Are going to relatives houses friends houses that do have Power said red Cross organizer Jim Heddrick. We Are Here simply for those people who have no place else to or Power lines rigged of Adirondack Mountain Winters were sagging to the ground Friday according to Niagara Mohawk. According to the National weather service East Dewilt in the Cal skill mountains was hit hardest by the storm receiving a 2-foot accumulation Sakharov May be in Gorky until Moscow a dissident Andrei Sakharov is delighted with the Kremlin s decision to end Nis internal exile but says he needs a few Days 10 prepare his return to Moscow a Friend said saturday. Sakharov a physicist and the 1975 Nobel peace prize laureate has spent Al most seven years in forced residence in Gorky a City closed to foreigners 250 Miles East of the soviet capital related store picture Page 3. He was banished in january i9bo after criticizing his country s military in leave Nikon in Afghanistan a month ear Lier. He was never charged with a crime. On Friday Deputy foreign minister Vladimir Petrovsky said the 65-year-old human rights activist had asked for and received permission to return to mos cow. Sakharov s wife Yelina Bonner 63, accompanied him in exile but was Able to return to Moscow on visits until 1984, when she was convicted of anti soviet slander and ordered confined to Gorky for five years. She was pardoned Friday so she could return with her husband to Moscow. In Vienna Austria a soviet official said the Kremlin s Concession to the Sak Harovas was part of a More humane and constructive policy toward dissidents. The official said the new policy would become increasingly apparent. Soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev telephoned Sakharov and Bonner on tuesday to Tell them they could return to Moscow Wilhour any conditions Tatiana Yankelevich Sakharov s stepdaughter said from her Home in Newton mass. Sakharov s Friend who spoke to the physicist following Friday s official announcement said his voice sounded Good. He sounded pleased but the Friend said Sakharov a Mem Ber of the soviet Academy of sciences who helped develop his nation s Hydro Gen bomb would nol be resuming with Nis wife immediately to their apartment on Moscow s Garden ring Road. They have lived six years in a place. You understand they have certain things to wrap up said Sakharov s Friend. The Friend said Sakharov told him he and Bonner would arrive in the Early or Middle part of next week this week