European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday january 19,1987 Nicaragua poses big threat to . Security Shultz says Washington up1 Secretary of state George Shutlz assessing major foreign policy Arenas said sunday the latest round of Geneva arms talks is off to a Good Start and he charged that Nicaragua poses a grave threat to . Security. Despite a declaration that the United slam must support the Contra rebels whom he called our nicaraguan free Dom fighters Shultz did not explicitly endorse the View that if the anti Sandt nista rebels fail american troops will have to go to Battle in Central America. I Don t want to put my foot in the Hole you want me to Shutlz replied on an Abc television program when asked if he agreed with the warnings of an eventual . Combat role sounded by Elion Abrams assistant Secretary of state for latin America and an outspoken advocate of the Contra cause. Shultz peppered with questions about the Iran arms Contra Aid affair repealed that he knew nothing of the diversion of arms sales profits to the rebels and had Only inklings that weapons were being used As the currency to improve relation with Iran and win Freedom far american hostages in Lebanon on the More conventional foreign pol icy question of nuclear arms control Shultz said the .-Sovicl negotiations in Geneva got off to a Good start1 last week. He said the Kremlin delegation appears ready to consolidate the tremendous achievements of the Reykjavik Summit and identify areas of agreement and disagreement for negotiation. During their october Summit in ice land. President Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev came close to an Accord on slashing superpower arsenals and eliminating medium Range nuclear weapons from Europe but the agreement foundered when Reagan rejected Gorba Chev s efforts to limit research on the strategic defense initiative program ski. Shultz dismissed a suggestion that recent Reagan administration comments that the first phase of the anti missile system that May be put in space by 1990 will stiffen soviet resistance to an Overall arms Accord. Saying that no final decision on initial deployment has been made Shultz said the ski has been deployed in a sense. It s really got the soviets  he also noted that proposals covering the program were on the table when the Reykjavik talks collapsed. On the contras. Shultz ducked a ques Tion of whether the Reagan administration seek the overthrow of the Nicara Guan government and. Instead stated the Basic goals of . Policy toward Central american As the establishment of demo cratic governments and economic development. The Rotten Apple in the barrel is Nie Argana Sulu said praising Honduras Al Salvador Guatemala and Costa Ricasa nations where the . Policy is work ing. Lashing the Nicaragua totalitarian form of government Shultz said a lot of people in Nicaragua Don t like it and they re willing to fight. And we re will ing to  pressed on possible direct , intervention Shultz said a spreading insurgency in the Region would pose la very grave Security problem for the United slates and he pointed to the danger of Mexico being drawn into a guerrilla War with rebels. But the . Goal and that of the con tras he said is to reach a cease fire and hold talks on setting up a democratic government. And they can keep the change Columbus. Ohio a Margaret Rhoads is doing tier bit to help the Federal government re Duce it deficit she found a Che kit issued 10 her husband in 1925 but she s not going to Cash it the Treasury can keep the whole 5 cents. Rhoads 77, of Columbia found the Check recently while going through military record of her Lite husband Bernard who died in1968. I had t seen it before and i thought it was outer and Odd that Ithan t been cubed rho adj a re tired practical none told the oot Ambuj dispatch in an interview. The Check we issued by the . Veterans Bureau � a refund on a Premium for a military insurance policy. Although she has no plans to Cash the Check she Don have a question about the government bookkeeping practices with out standing Check a How do they balance Pheirba Nabook she asked. Panel investigating Csc May seek later deadline Washington apr a White House panel examining the National Secu Rity Council s role in the Iran Contra affair has been frustrated in obtaining some of the information it needs and May ask for More time sources said sunday. Herbert e. Hutu a spokesman for the special review Board headed by former Republican sen. John Tower of Texas did not know whether the Board would ask for an Extension of its Jan. 29 deadline which is one week from thursday. But helu conceded thai there Are com Pelling reasons Why we might  the three member panel examining the Csc has been especially frustrated in its work by the refusal to testify of adm. John Poindexter who resigned As National Secu Rity adviser because of the Iran Contra revelations it col. Oliver l North the Csc aide who was fired for his Rote retired air Force Gen. Richard v. Secord who was involved in the arms shipments and Alber Hakim an iranian Bora business associate of Secord. Thai s Tough hem said. They re the big players. Hetu said difficulties have also been caused by the illness of Cia director William j. Casey who is recovering from an operation Lor a malignant brai tumor. The Board to not yet been Able to interview president Reagan although it has asked for an interview and the while House says it will be granted. The president is recuperating Froais prostate operation performed Jan. 5. Hetu Taid the Board expects to inter View the three living former presidents Richard Nixon Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter within the next week. The panel has a staff of 1 a including three investigators and two lawyers. Hetu said the panel had also been unable to obtain records of Swiss Bank accounts through which funds from secret arms sales to Iran Are said to have been diverted to Aid rebels fighting the marxist led government of Nicaragua. There were certain things that were not thought of when the Board was appointed dec. 1 and certain things that could not be predicted Hetu said. " think we did t think much about the holidays for one thing. In Washington on the holidays there in t anybody  All those things make it difficult for us to do the Job and also leave some pretty big gaps in the information that we Are Able to co Heck he said. The members of the panel in addition to Tower who was chairman of toe Senate aimed services committee before retiring from Congress Are Edmund Muskie who served As Secretary of slate in the Carter administration and Brinl scowcroft who was foul s National Security adviser the panel has talked to More than a score of officials including current National Secu Rity adviser Frank c. Cartucci vice presi Dent George Bush and Robert Gates Deputy director of the  creating the Board the president directed it to study and make recommendations concerning the manner in which foreign and National Security policies established by the president have been implemented by the Csc  american dashes into soviet Union Anchorage Alaska up the mysterious american who suddenly left his alaskan Eskimo tee fishing companions and dashed across the .-soviet Border remained in russian custody his weekend tale and Federal officials said saturday. No one was doing anything to secure the Man s re lease because he made his dash into soviet hands on thursday voluntarily and broke no american Laws according to Alaska state troopers in Nome and stale department officials in Washington. Americans Are free to travel As they wish stale department spokeswoman Anita Stockman said. She declined to say How the state department Learned of the incident or whether soviet officials had contacted the american government Lazaro Castro a Man in his mid-20 who is believed to be from Santa Monica calif., bought a one Way $70 ticket tuesday from Nome a Northwest Alaska Bering sea coastal town to Lillie Diomede. Little Diomede. A speck of american land in the Middle o the Bering Simit where Iso eskimos live is a Mere 2 a mites from the russian Island of big Diomede where the soviet maintain a military installation. There is nothing to prevent anyone walking across the Border when Winter freezes the sea and nothing topped the California visitor although his crab fish ing companions and the tone Little Diomede part time stale trooper Riding a snowmobile tried. Deputy gets change of Pace As Volunteer infant cuddler1 Eugene Ore. A a sheriffs Deputy who got sick of the death and violence be faced on duly has gained a new grasp on life two nights a week he cuddles babies. Bill Kennedy a Lane county Deputy is one of 14volunteers who spend spare Lime in sacred heart general Hospital s neonatal intensive care unit for premature or seriously ill infants. As a cuddle Kennedy gives babies the Atten Tion they otherwise might not gel in their sterile Hospital environment. Cud Diers Are there to hold Rock Comfort and talk to the tiny patients Kennedy who has been a Deputy since 1966, is the first male cuddle at sacred heart and he May be the Only Cuddyer anywhere who also works on a police Force. To s the opposite of what i used to see so much of the death and dying Kennedy said. It s the beginning where people Are starting out before cuddling a patient be scrubs then dons a Hospital gown. Greeting the nurses he moves Down the rows of incubators where tiny bodies lie attached to cords and tubes of electronic Monitor and respirators. It s been Yean since Kennedy 41, who s married and the Jather of two teen age Girts has done hit with one of his own children. But can you Ever be too old to do this he asked with a Grin. Nurse Debbie Wilcox says Kennedy is a natural he s real gentle with the babies and the kids really Stem to like his voice she Aid. He s got one of these soothing smooth sounding  just to have him even talk Toa baby or Moke ii seems to really help soothe it the said. We can Tell by our equipment just watching the heart rate slow Down on the monitor.11 in nursing we re discovering that the Loving giving part that the cuddle can provide it really important for a baby s development she said Kennedy said be look up cuddling while on leave for a stress related illness caused in part by the death of i detective partner. He leaves Oil cuddling duties to work the graveyard shift at the Jall you go to work feeling very Mellow very Laid Back very Good feeling he said. It s