European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pflpo4 the stars and stripes sunday january 4, 1987 senator pledges fair arms Sale probe Washington up sen. George Mitchell d Mainc. Said saturday thai Trie Iran arms Sale proves again thai policies hatched secretly Cor not com Mand National support and arc almost always doomed to failure. Bui Mitchell a member of the select committee that will investigate the arms Sale and the diversion or prof its to he rebels in Nicaragua said the scandal will Nai permanently damage the  the senator in the democratic response to presi Dent Cagan s weekly radio message said we resolve to conduct a prompt full and fair inquiry into the Iran Contra  he said i know that All members of the committee democrats and republicans arc United in wanting to quickly bring out the facts and Lay them before the american people. This controversy reaffirms the in. During truth that openness is one of the greatest strength of our democratic system. Mitchell said Public policy should be made in Public debated openly and vigorously. Policies hatched secretly by a few people cannot command Public support. As a result secret policies rarely sur Vive in our open  the congressional panels which Are to be empowered with the convening of the 100th Congress tues Day need not and win not paralyse government or permanently damage the presidency Mitchell said. Instead it can demonstrate anew the strength of democratic government conducted openly it can Reaf firm the important principle that in America no one is above he Constitution and everyone must obey the  Mitchell said the investigation will not delay other congressional business Ana added that the United must face the Challenge of budget deficits the need to restrain the nuclear arms race and a reversal of Trade do facts. Me urged an end to Finger pointing in he debate Over deficits saying that the american people want the nation s Leaden not to use their Economy As the basis for a partisan fight Bui rather in i urn heir Atten Tion to solving our economic  calling nuclear arms control essential to a secure future Mitchell said democrats do not encourage the soviet leadership to wait for the a Cal president Ian election. The Issue is too important. The need is Loo urgent. The time to act is  Mitchell said the nation docs not have an effective Trade policy and he added so we must resolve to develop an effective and workable Trade Bill. We invite the president s cooperation but with or without it we arc determined to  aids killed 729 in . During 86 san Francisc up deaths from aids climbed to a record total of 729 people in san Francisco in 1986, health officials reported. The total revealed Friday is 58 percent higher than the 467 deaths from acquired immune deficiency syndrome reported for 1985. The report issued by the City s department of Public health listed 91 aids deaths in december alone an Alt time monthly High. That the december total is pretty much in line with what we predicted said or. George Lemp epidemiologist for the depart ment s aids office. These rises will continue for the foreseeable future. We Don t see the Peak  Lemp said that although most of the cases still involve homosexuals and bisexuals one of the most dramatic increases is among heterosexuals who use intravenous drugs. Lemp noted that recent studies 01 san Francisco methadone clinics showed that the aids virus was present in about 20 percent of the intravenous drug users in 1986, double that of the previous year. Nationally there have been 29.003 aids cases and 16,301 aids deaths according to the most recent figures from the National centers for disease control in Atlanta. Cardinal Parente Dies Vatican City up Cardinal Pilro parcel a one of the roman Catho Lic Church s leading theologians and the oldest member of the sacred College of cardinals has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced. 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In his weekly radio address the presi Dent said some members of Congress which convenes in the coming week with democrats in control of both houses would rather raise your lacs than Cut their  not if 1 have anything to say about it he added. The president look particular aim at proposals to push through Congress again a Ethan Wulc Bill that he vetoed last year on grounds that it would be too costly and includes government pro Grams that Are not needed. Now i m in a Jar of clean water he said. But the Only thing clean in this Bill is its  if the democratic leadership decides to push this Bill they la be sending a Clear signal that they be sided with those who want to raise your taxes and take the lid Oil  the president said. The president and first lady Nancy Reagan were Back at the while House after a new year s vacation at the estate of publisher Walter h. Annenberg in Palm Springs Calif. 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