European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes sunday january 4, 1987page 28 of a Walsh focuses on staff probe s scope Washington up the new Independent counsel in the Iran arms Contr Aid affair taking on the enormous task assigned him by a special court could determine this week How Many of a half dozen Federal probes he will Lake Over. Lawrence Walsh 74, named to his Post dec. 19, already is assembling a staff and Many people he has selected Are awaiting Security clearances from he Fri Law enforcement officials said. But the most complicated order of business now gets under Way As Walsh and Justice department officials meet to Divy up several Active investigations and deter mine precisely what the former judge will Lake under his umbrella. The scope of his Job is formidable. In appointing Walsh the three judge panel gave the former Deputy attorney general Broad authority to investigate the . Arms sales to Iran the diversion of up to $30 million in profits to nicaraguan rebels and anyone in or out of government who was involved. Bui the court s broadening of Walsh s jurisdiction beyond what attorney general Edwin Meese had re Quested adding any private . Efforts to Aid the contras since 1984 Means taking on parts or All of several probes now under Way the officials said. It s not simple said one. It will entail reviewing All cases that arc currently Active and agreeing which ones Call under the court s  the officials said that in addition to the full scale criminal probe of the affair focusing on la. Col. Oliver North fired nov. 25 from his National Security Council Job for masterminding the scheme they expect Walsh will take on All or the most crucial parts of at least three related probes. That number could Rise however As . Attorneys continue to report related inquiries. Walsh has asked for and is reviewing Fri evidence from one probe focusing on Southern air transport in Miami officials said where a Federal grand jury is investigating the charter airline s links 10 arms ship ments 10 Iran and to the contras when Congress prohibited . Military Aid. Another inquiry in Washington is probing Money for the nicaraguan rebels Ana a third in Georgia is focusing on a private network allegedly run by former air Force maj. Gen. Richard second. Vicious storms hit Eastern . New Ork a a storm has battered the at lactic pm who heavy Snow and High winds and tides that caused millions of dollars in damage in some areas. Authorities in four northeastern states Maine new Hampshire Massachusetts and new Jersey saturday urged residents to move Inland to escape the blow which caused 14 deaths along the Southeastern coast. Elsewhere storms dumped up to a fool of Snow on parts of Pennsylvania and Ohio. The National weather service called the storm the most vicious since a february 1978 blizzard paralysed Boston with 27 inches of Snow caused 29 deaths destroyed 339 houses and inflicted $300 million in prop erty damage. The weather was blamed for four traffic deaths thursday in North Carolina and two in Virginia which was also hit by coastal flooding rain and up to 5 inches of Snow in some areas. High tides broke through a sea Wall at Marshfield mass., sending water up to 9 feet deep into streets and Homes. Rescuers in boats helped evacuate some of the residents who scrambled onto the roofs of houses cars and businesses to Avail help. High tide was expected to be up to 3 feet above Normal because of a syzygy a rare alignment of the Sun Moon and Earth that has occurred Only three limes since 1912, the weather service said. Two new Jersey residents died when their car col tided with a truck on a Snow covered Road in Vermont and one traffic fatality in Massachusetts was blamed on the storm. Authorities in Western Pennsylvania re ported four cases in which men collapsed and died while shovelling Snow. In Southern Maine where As much As 9 inches of Snow piled up Friday officials closed the stale s major Highway. Flooding was reported on dockside streets of Portland. In new York City High tides delayed commuters on the Staten Island ferry for about an hour. The tide was so High that the statue of Liberty had 10 raise her skirts quipped transportation commissioner Ross Sander. On the Island gambling resort of Atlantic City. N.j., Waves pushed into downtown neighbourhoods at High tide forcing about a dozen people to evacuate. Civil defense officials opened emergency shelters in several Massachusetts communities and activated a Man crosses a hooded Street in Atlantic City n j. Emergency offices in other cities and towns. Gale warnings were raised for coastal Delaware Maryland and Virginia where surfers attracted by 10 fool Waves spent Friday pursuing the perfect wave at Virginia Beach. The storm hit hard along the Carolina coast Wash ing away decks and sidewalks causing Beach erosion and dumping up to 10 inches of Snow Inland. Damage was estimated at $6 million at Long Beach n.c., where surging Waves damaged at least 50 Homes. Into reports missile deploy agent Belgium a nato said Friday it has deploye3tfciw72u.s. Cruise and Pershing ii nuclear missiles m the North Atlantic  id the deployment of the single warhead missile ule. In december 1979, nato Al ties Krio deploy 464 cruise and 108 Pershing i bees to counter the deployment of soviet med a Wange ss-20 missiles. Nato did not a Low Many ss-20i have been deployed. Bui in Khasi officials have said there were at least 4rfnssiles, each carrying three warheads e soviet  said its 316 missiles consisted of All 108 of the Pershing ii missiles on launchers and 208 ground launched cruise i How Many missiles have been Nar in each of the five countries Britain Jet Germany the Netherlands and Belgium. Under the 1979 decision All 108 Pershing ii mis 1 to be deployed in Germany along with 96 yes. Britain and Italy wit deploy 160 and 112 cruise Wiki spec Lively and the Netherlands and Belgium wiirabbjtoy48 such missiles. The Pershing ii and Ruff a Hes can reach soviet territory but not the Soviel capt. Nato has said it is ready to halt Orevba Kersic the deployment of cruise and Pershing 11 i isl arms control agreement covering those weapons c reached in .-Sovicl negotiations in Geneva. The officials said Walsh and the department also will discuss several other investigations thai May be related. In addition to assembling a staff Walsh s probe has begun pm panelling a grand jury in Washington and has asked for assistance from Justice department officials who were conducting the investigations until his appoint ment. Walsh who spent the holidays in Oklahoma City where he has been practising Law was not available for comment. But officials said he has talked with a Csc and Fri director William Webster. In an Exchange of letters Walsh asked that the jus Tice department on his behalf continue efforts to Gam Access to Bank records in Switzerland Panama and the Cayman islands the officials said. He also asked that the Fri continue its various probes under his umbrella including one for the jus Tice department s internal inspector who is reviewing Meuse s decision to Hall the Miami investigation at the request of the former National Security adviser. Vice adm. John Poindexter who resigned nov. 2s when the diversion scheme was revealed. News briefs fire closes nuclear Plant san Luis Obispo Calif. A Oil leaked onto insulation at the Diablo Canyon nuclear Power Plant s unit one Turbine Friday night causing a soldering fire that lasted about an hour a spokesman said. The 5 40 . Fire caused the Plant to be closed but there were no injuries or evacuation said Jim Kilpatrick a spokesman for Pacific Gas & electric co., which runs the Plant on the coast about 130 Miles Northwest of los Angeles. There was no release of radiation or venting of radioactive steam As a result of the fire he said. Wild boar damages Jet Islamabad Pakistan up a Pakistan air Force Al 6 fighter Jet burst into flame after a charging wild boar ran into its front wheel Dur ing Takce to the nation newspaper reported. The speeding boar knocked the wheel off the aircraft and the plane scraped along the runway before bursting into flames. Two pilots ejected to safely from the $30 Mil lion american made Jet during the dec. 17 mis Hap at Sar Godha air base about 120 mites South of the capital the newspaper said. The aircraft was the first Jet of the 40-plane air Force Fleet to be destroyed. A plane a dam aged last May when it collided with a fuel Tanker the newspaper said. 1 there was no report on he condition of the boar. Plane crash kills 18 Madrid Spain up a Spanish air Force passenger plane crashed off the coast of the West african nation of equatorial Guinea killing All 18 people aboard Spanish authorities said. The plane Sank in about 12 feet of water off Bata alter crashing Friday and Rescue teams Are working to recover the bodies. Among the victims were four Spanish roman Catholic missionaries and the four children of equatorial Guinea s Industry minister Fortuna to Niambi machine. The twin engine Spanish built Avi Ocar plane plunged into the sea at 4 30 ., seconds after taking off from the coastal City of Bata on a flight to the capital of Malabo a Spanish air Force statement said. Thirteen of the victims were spaniards including the three Man air Force Crew. The victims included at least seven missionaries five Spanish nuns a Spanish priest and an equatorial guinean nun. All were teachers in the former Spanish Colony. The four Oiher victims have no been identified. 2,500 left homeless new Delhi India