European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes n actress Elsa Lanchester Dies at 84 Page 5 d the Way television portrays women daily Magazine d nil playoff matchup chiefs is. Jets rams is. Redskins Page 21 Auto sized unofficial vol. -35, no. 253 sunday. December 28. 19g6 Inorg Job a d 8693 a Shire Reagan names special arms Deal aide Washington a president Reagan turning outside the while House for help in a Lime  named nato ambassador David Abshiro on Friday to coordinate responses to questions concerning he Iran Contr affair. In giving a Cabinet level Post to Abshiro Reagan bypassed White House chief of staff Donald t. Regan who has been interviewed by congressional commit tees exploring arms sales to Iran and the Transfer of proceeds to Nicaragua rebels. And on the eve of Reagan s departure for a week Long vacation in California a spokeswoman at George town University Hospital said Cia director William  is fully conscious and Able to sit up in a bedside chair after surgery to remove a cancerous brain tumor. At the while House spokesman Mark Weinberg said Abshire 60, will report directly to the president not to Regan. The spokesman said the new Counselor would coordinate with senior members of the White House staff including the chief of staff. Abshiro interviewed on Abc to said he had Good conversations with Don Regan and he told me when we first talked How anxious he was to see this separation " speaking locks to Abshire called creation of the new Post a common sense solution to the manage ment of a very difficult situation so that there is no distraction at the while House from its major Busi Ness whether it is foreign policy defense policy or Domestic policy at a very important  some members of Congress have suggested that David Abshire Regan should step Down or be dismissed in the Wake of disclosures of the Clandestine arms sales and diversion of Money to the Contra  Republican Leader Bob Dole of Kansas re acted quickly to the announcement of Abshire s appointment hailing it As yet another signal to Congress and to the american people that president Reagan is determined to stay on top of this controversy until it has been fully  sen. Patrick Leahy d-vt., vice chairman of the intelligence committee said it s Good that they re going to have one person coordinating things because virtually everything they need to know can be found out now at the White House. This appointment will save them from asking committees in Congress for a report which will Tell them what they have in the while  Hope they will use or. Abshiro s appointment to make As Complete and As Public a report As soon a possible Leahy said in a Telephone interview from his Home in Middlesex it sen. Warren Kudman r-n.h., vice chairman of the Senate committee established to investigate the Contro Versy praised the appointment As an excellent move by the president because Many of us Felt that it was important to have someone who was not involved with the policy making at the beginning of that policy Dole and others had suggested he appointment of a special Counselor to Deal with the Iran matter Leavi Gregan to oversee other White House activities. Regan who knew about the arms sales but says he was not aware of i he diversion of funds to Nicaragua see a Shifle on Page 28 French rail workers vote to remain off the Job Paris a the management of France s National rail system has offered to negotiate with striking workers if they go Back on duty but the employees voted to continue their walkout. The in Day old strike has Cut train service to 25 percent of Normal across France and management is using buses to replace trains on Many routes. Jean Dupuy director of the Railroad known As the in of said he was ready to negotiate on the two main Points of con Tention in the strike working condition Sand a new pay scale that emphasizes Merit Over seniority. Management Origi Nally had refused to discuss those issues until next year. As soon As the trains Are rolling the overtures that i just made which a every Large ones can be made Concrete Dupuy said at a news conference. But unionized rail workers voted late Friday against lining the strike. Andre Bergeron head of the workers Force Union insisted on negotiations first return to work  the French democratic federation of workers said it was disappointed by the Railroad s refusal to negotiate now. It s High time and it s possible to put an end to a strike that has lasted too Long because of the closed minded Atti tude of the management democratic federation head Edmond Maire said be fore the in of made its position Public. On monday three Small unions signed an agreement providing for slight wage increases next year. But most Railroad workers voted to continue the strike after negotiations broke Down tuesday Union officials said. The conservative government of pre Mier Jacques Chirac maintains that pay increases must be strictly limited for government employees to control intuition and increase employment Railroad Drivers earn $1,230 to $1,845 monthly. Subway Drivers who temporarily suspended their strike for the Holiday Cam about $ 1,530 a month meanwhile dockworkers and Mer chant seamen decided Friday to continue their strike which has closed most French ports since dec 10, and Mer chant Marine officers in Marseille voted to join the action. The officers were responding to a nationwide Appeal by the communist run general confederation of labor France s largest Union confederation. Ship traffic was trickling in and out of a few French ports but most were blocked by cables like Marseille or by ships with striking Crews the maritime workers Are protesting plans to let foreign sailors Man certain French ships. On monday the govern ment agreed to restrict the number of ships that could do that but the Union wants the proposal abandoned entirely. Service on Paris subway lines was Normal after Drivers suspended their strike Christmas eve representatives of the Drivers s Union Are to meet monday to discuss further action. Jordan an describes raging gun Battle aboard Jet Amman Jordan a the Cabin Crew on iraqi airways flight 163 had just cleared away the lunch trays when a Man holding two grenades charged into the first class compartment. Bullets flew two explosions were heard and the plane eventually crashed killing at least 62 people. It was a Battle Salim Abdul Dado a jordanian passenger told the associated press in an interview Friday. You can t imagine. Nine pistols shooting in a aircraft at 28,000 feel two grenades and fire he said at his Home in Amman the Day after the plane crashed in Northern saudi Arabia. God gave me two new lives he said referring to his survival of the gun Battle and the crash near the Remote desert Airstrip at Arar. Saudi Arabia said 107 people were aboard the Boeing 737 and 62 were killed. Jordan said there were 95 people aboard and 30 survived. According to a saudi official in Riyadh either the Pilot or co Pilot died shortly before the crash. But the official who spoke on condition of anonymity said he did not know How the death occurred. Five terrorist factions contacted news organizations Friday in Beirut Lebanon to claim responsibility for the action the bloodiest hijacking or attempted hijacking in the annals of air piracy. Abdel Dado said he was searched three limes be fore boarding the plane in Baghdad for Whai is nor Mally about a two hour night to Amman. He said the Pilot announced the Airliner would be cruising at28,000 feet. Both Abdel Dado and former jordanian Interior minister Sulaiman Arar said the night s first half see Hijack on Page 28