European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes tuesday february 3.1987 Dod reportedly allowed Iran deals Washington up the Pentagon condoned private rms sales to Iran for at least a year after learn ing of them including efforts to ship 39 . Jet tighten to Iran in Hopes of an intelligence Bonanza the new York times reported monday. The newspaper said the Pentagon acknowledged being told As Early is december 1985 about the private arms deals code named Pem Avand project for Iran s highest Mountain and involving weapons with an estimated value exceeding is billion. Arms dealers however said some High . Officials knew of the project which began in 1983, As Early As 1984. The defense department permitted the private and illegal arms deals to go Forward in Hopes of acquiring intelligence information and technical data on the soviet Union s most advanced tanks captured by Iran from Iraq in their 6-year-old War the times said. The newspaper said it confirmed Pentagon knowl Edge of the private a deals in addition to those approved by president Reagan through interviews with i so sources some involved in the deals and from More than 4,000 pages of confidential documents in the last eight weeks. The newspaper said its sources included government officials arms dealers intelligence sources Molt unidentified and Tel exes contracts correspondence and other documents. None of the sources knowledgeable about the Pri vate arms deals could say for certain if any of the fighter planes actually reached Iran. But the times noted iraqi military sources have said Iran has been lying a greater number of ,-made f-4 phantom jets against Iraq since last fall. One source who provided the times with substantial information about the dem Avand operation was Richar Brenneke an Oswego ore., real estate executive who showed the newspaper evidence he worked for the Cia for 13 years and declared that Over 15 years he had been a consultant to Israel s Mossad Secu Rity Agency and French intelligence. In november Brenneke made headlines by claiming he told vice president George Bush s office in february 1986 about the Demirand project and other arms sales to Iran and about he diversion of Sale proceeds to the Nica Nguan Contra rebels. The sources and document showed that while the administration has admitted Between 112 million and 142 million in arms were sold to Iran through Reagan s own Clandestine arms deals . Officials were aware of wider private efforts to Chip . Weapons to inn the newspaper further said it has evidence that the dem Avand arms sales and those conducted by the Rea Gan administration overlapped blurring the Tine be tween what was official and what was unofficial. Cia chief in Costa Rico forced to retire Early Washington a the Cia acknowledging that one of its officers helped Tunnel weapons to the Nicara plan rebels despite a congressional ban is forcing the station chief in Costa Rica to accept Early retirement intelligence sources said sunday. The sources also said the station chief sent secret messages to then White House aide it. Col. Oliver l. North and to the Aid network Over sophisticated encoding devices that North obtained from the National Security Agency the . Government s top secret communications Arm. Use of the devices by principals in the private Aid network appears to be a Clear instance of . Government assistance to the network despite longstanding administration claims that it did not As Sist in those operations. One source said the Costa rican Sta Tio it chief who is said to have used the pseudonym Tomas Castillo assisted North after receiving authorization from two senior Cia officials the task Force chief on Nicaragua and Clair George Deputy director for Clandestine operations one of the Cia s top posts. The source said the removal of Castillo postponed until he reaches Early retirement age this Spring was a Cia attempt to save his two superiors. The source said the two senior officers a proved Castillo s activities at a Miami meeting of station chiefs in Central America about a year ago the Cia s running very very scared said the source. In a statement sunday Cia spokes Man George Lauder denied High level Agency officials approved support for the so called private Aid network but he re fused comment on the decision to oust Castillo. The Central intelligence Agency had a longstanding policy which was reiterated to employees twice of avoiding Agency involvement with the contras private benefactors Lauder said. There s no basis for stating thai either of the individuals mentioned in the Story authorized any activities contrary to that  before sunday Cia spokesmen routinely denied the spy Agency had violated congressional prohibitions against Send ing military Aid to the contras a ban that existed from october 1984 to octo several sources said the Cia was upset about the possibility that investigations by an Independent counsel and two con Gressional committees wit discover additional Cia participation in tunnelling weapons to the contras during the ban. One source used the term near panic to describe the atmosphere at the Cia. Other sources in the administration and the Aid network have identified the Nicaragua task Force chief As one of three . Officials who controlled the flow of military supplies to the contras last year. The others were North and Elliott Abrams assistant Secretary of state for inter american affairs the sources said. North was fired nov. 25 for his role in diverting iranian arms profits to the contras. Castillo the Cia s Lap officer in Cost Rica Over the past two years also at tended a while House meeting last april 23 cited in the Senate intelligence com Mittee s report released last thursday on the diversion of iranian arms profits to the contras sources said. The report says the meeting for which no topic is listed included presi Dent Reagan North while House chief of staff Donald Regan then National Security adviser John Poindexter a Cen trial american Security official and his wife and the senior Cia officer in that country who later came under internal Cia investigation. The two internal Cia investigations of Castillo initially concluded that he had violated no Laws in passing along seven messages to the private Aid network. However sources said Castillo was sus Pended last month when Cia officials were notified apparently by the Fri thai documents belonging to North showed Castillo was More deeply involved than he had admitted. Study finds More Young adults living at Home Washington a the High Cost of living and delayed marriage arc keeping More and More Young people at Home with mom and dad a new study shows. Living with mom and dad does not fit the image people have of Young adults nor docs it match with How Young adults think they will live Martha Farnsworth Riche reports in the february edition of Ameri can demographics Magazine. But while the trend does t Square with Young people s image or expectations. Census Bureau studies arc finding More and More Young folks still living at Home said Riche who is senior editor of the Magazine which specializes in population issues. Among the 18-10-24-year-old crowd 60 percent of men and 48 percent of women lived at Home or in College dorms in 1985. That s up from 54 percent of men and 43 percent of women in 1980 and 52 percent and 41 percent in 1970, according to census Bureau studies. Of course most folks do finally leave Home Riche said with Only 9 percent of men and 5 percent of women age 30 to 34 still living with a Parent in 1985. Young workers 16-to-24 year Olds male " female in percent of total work Force 15% 12 9 6 3�1975 80 64 90 95 estimate Chi card Tribune a opt source Bureau Clabor a ausetts As in the past the major Factor in Young people leaving their parents is marriage Riche said. Thus she concluded one reason that a larger proportion of Young adults live with mom and dad today is that they Are wailing longer to  pursuing an education provides a Sec Ond reason that Young people arc staying Home Riche explained. Men in their Early 20s who were at tending school were eight limes As Likely to be living with their parents than men not attending school she said and women Loo were much More Likely to be living at Home if they were students. While education and delayed marriage have kept Many Young folks at Home the rising divorce tide also has sent some Back there. Among people age 30 to 34, nearly 25 percent of those living with their parents were divorced compared with Only 14 percent in the same age group among people living on their own. And finally simple economics is an important consideration Riche said in hers Ludy. In the past Many youngsters left Home at about age 1s to make Rifici r own Way in the world but it is taking longer today for parents to empty their nest. Children can t leave Home until they Are self supporting and in is not until age 20 that most Young adults report work As their primary activity Riche whole income is a crucial Factor in Young people s decision to go off on their own she said. Of the men aged 22 to 24 in 1985, Over 70 percent of those living in their parents Home had a personal in come below $10,000 compared to just Over 40 percent of those who had left  parental income also is a Factor she said adding Young adults from affluent families take longer to leave their parents Home because it will take them longer to replicate their parents living standards. If anyone deserves pity it s the affluent Parent who has feathered such a Nice nest that the fledglings won t leave Riche said. Bui whether this is a sorry or Happy stale will vary from family to family. Single family Home building led 86 cons Ruff on Rise Washington up a Resur gence in single family Home building was at the forefront of a 6 percent increase in the value of construction put in place during 1986, the census Bureau said monday. An estimated $376.86 billion Worth of construction projects were under Way in 1986, compared with $355.57 billion in 1985. After inflation thai 6 percent in crease works out to 4 percent real growth. The annual increase got no help in december when the Pace of construction fell about  percent from the pre Vious month. The census Bureau said construction last month stood at an an Nual Rale of $376 billion. That figure is seasonally adjusted meaning it reflects what a year s showing would be if every month were like de Cember. December s annual rate was 2.8 per cent ahead of the standing at the end of 1485. It was the smallest such 12-month increase since 1982, when the value of construction dropped 5.2 percent. Single family Home building sparked by a continual fall in mortgage rates powered the year s growth. Some $ 102.1 billion won of single family Homes were built in 1986, 19 percent More than the previous year. Public construction Law played a part growing 13 percent. Most of the increase was in highways streets and sewer sys tems the census Bureau reported. In contrast the Valur of Industrial buildings constructed in 1986 fell 14 per cent while office building construction was off 9 percent