European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d actress Elsa Lanchester Dies at 84 Page 5 d nil playoff matchup chiefs is. Jets rams is. Redskins Page 21 d Iraq Iran Trade claims on offensive Page 28 the Sim 1u1hohized unofficial i i the of armed foacc1 vol.45. No 253 sunday december 28. 1986 0 8693 a Reagan gives Abshire free hand Brussels Lic Gium a l my m Abshire. Lilt . Envoy 1o nato said Saluda preside no Kea gain has Tivon him a total la free hand n coordinate White House responses 10 congressional ant other probes Inlo the Iran Tonra Al air. He indicated he planned in be special Counselor to the president for several  Ahshire who was appointed Friday. Siirid before accepting the Job he had a couple of conversations with White House thief of staff Donald Regan and i told Bon that i wanted a Charier. M spell nut my Man Dale asked in an interview with the Ali baled press Ai his residence if this guaranteed him Freedom of action he said totally. I report in the president Imd i be got All the Freedom of action i  Ahshire 60, said he Lold huh Regan and the presi Dent he opposes a sped ill while Hume probe into the Sale of . Arms to Iran and the alleged diversion of income of these sales to the Contra rebels fighting the marxist regime in Nicaragua. There was in rationale. To Siart i whole new investigation on a separate  he said the nato allies had rallied around the United slates in its time of political turmoil and i am sure that sent a message to the  but he added i think the concern is Hal the iranian Issue might Well become a distraction interfering with effective  Tor that reason he said he welcomed the presi Dent s decision to seek a special Counselor from out Side the White House. This very decisive decision the president has taken is is the interests of the untied slates domestically and did Abshire is in the incr cams of the United Stales and its Ellics internationally. It separates out these two functions so that they do not gel scrambled  he described his new Job As a Short term assign Mcnol and indicated he would not Likely Sta on for More than a few months. I won t put a number of Days on  Ahshire said. But 1 do have Oiler commitments logo Back to. Those things Are Mill on my Agenda. Bul. I think we Tan do a lot in the next several months. Thai does not mean hat every t will he dotted and t crossed hut we will be Over in my judgment the situation that we Are in  he said he planned to do policy studies for the Cen Ter for strategic and International studies which he helped found in 1%, and to write a Book. He said his mandate As special Counselor with cab inet rank included the coordination the pulling to Gether the analysis the effective communication of White House responses to congressional and other investigations of the Iran Centra controversy. He starts his new Job Jan. 5. Ill keep some nato duties during that Nam month while my successor is being confirmed by the Senate said Ahshire. Alton keel currently the acting National Security adviser has been nominated to succeed Ahshire As ambassador Lonato meanwhile a spokeswoman at Georgetown univer sity Hospital. Robin pays said Cia director William j. Casey is fully conscious and Able to sit up in a bedside chair following surgery to remove a Eancer Ous brain  statement marked the first Lime the Hospital see Abshire on Page 28 at least 6 die in Garmisch hotel blast Garmisch  Germany a a Gas explosion Tore through part of a resort hotel in the bavarian Alps on saturday killing Sis people und injuring More than 20, police said. The Northern Wing of the Riess Ersee hotel was literally blown Imo the air by the Force of the blast said a bavarian slate police spokesman police spokesman a Koegl said a faulty natural Gas pipeline in inc hotel exploded at 4 07 . And touched off a Blaze that firefighters brought under control after Nightfall. In a Telephone interview with the associated press. Kougl said Rescue workers had found the bodies of four guests in the rubble by 8 . He said workers continued to search for More victims into the Laic evening. Another police spokesman Gcorge Wolf said 16 seriously injured hotel guests were admitted to local Hospi tals. In addition Many people with moderate and Light injuries have been taken to hospitals hut it s not Clear yet How Many he said. The names of the dead and injured were nol immediately released bul police said at least four of the dead were germans. The Ries scree was fully booked with 300 guests mostly people on Christmas ski vacations at inc Lime of the blast German television reported saturday night. The Blasl devastated the Kies scree s Pool area and Tuncsi Center hut the rest of the hotel largely escaped damage and remained inhabitable local firefighters said. Garmisch Parie Skirchen a town of 27.51111 people is located 5 Miles Southwest of Munich and is close to the 9,777-foot Zug Spil a. The highest Mountain in Ger Many. The town has a major . Military1 skiing and recreation fun Cililo. He s at the Peak of eccentricity Raleigh. . Dpi professor Edwin Page is nol satisfied with his record of 985 climbs to the top of Pike s Peak or his title of the world s greatest brain he wants to be remembered As history s most significant Man i have no rivals Pacl said. Nobody else has had effrontery enough to accept a title like  Page 85, professor emeritus of speech at North Carolina state University told the news and observer of Raleigh he is known As the great rejuvenator by a South american group and As the world s greatest brain by an organization called inc society for intellectual stimulation. To Date 78 groups have obliged the eccentric s request and Hung the title of history s most significant Man on him. They include the seventh Day adventists the Northwestern University alumni association and the North Caro Lina department of archives the news and of see eccentric on Page 28 Reagan hails very Good year before departing on vacation Washington a president Reagan heading for a new year s vacation far from Washington and the Iran Centra controversy All bul ignored his biggest problem saturday saying 1986 was a very Good  in a separate written statement issued by the White House Reagan marked what he called the Joyless anniversary of the soviet occupation of Afghanistan seven years ago. See related Story photo pane 8. Renewing his Appeal for International support of afghan guerrillas battling soviet forces Reagan said the soviets must be made to understand that they will continue to pay a higher and higher Price until they accept inc necessity fora political solution involving the prompt withdrawal of their forces from Afghanistan and self determination for the afghan peo  in his weekly radio address recorded in Advance to be broadcast while he was Hying to California for a Holiday week in los Angeles and Palm Springs. Rea Gan made Only Brief mention of the crisis that has enveloped his presidency. The Iran controversy has certainly been a disappointment for All of us he said reiterating his commitment to getting All the facts and fixing whatever went  taking a slap at the news Media which have focused attention in recent weeks on the secret arms sales to Iran and diversion of profits to nicaraguan rebels Reagan referred to a Book by conservative commentator Ben Wallenberg entitled the Good news is the bad news is  the president praised Wallenberg for pointing out that while daily news reports in recent Vears have focused on negative events and pc Dillions of gloom and doom our country and our people actually have been moving Forward problems solved Opportunity  year 1986, Reagan Lold his audience will be. Remembered by you for some important and Long last ing Etc nos that the political pundits Don t remember or May nol have  stressed continued economic grow overhaul of the income lax Law. Some impressive victories in the War against drug abuse and noted that this was the year thai americans brought some of the top leaders of see Reagan on Page 28