European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the 13tar9 and stripes thursday. March 5.1987 Germany s Catholic areas end carnival season Bonn Dpi the pre Lent carnival sea Ion concluded in Catholic Region of Germany tuesday with around -100,000 people turning out in fold sunny weather for parades in the southwestern  and  southwestern Region celebrated Shehigh Point of the pro Lent festivities on tuesday rather than monday in keeping with its own local tradition even larger Parad Sand celebrations were held on monday in Munich where the pc Lenl Celebration it called Patching and in the Fth Neland Karnoval bastions of Cologne Mainland Dusseldorf. About 200,000 people watched a Parade insult Garl staged by 72 regions carnival societies including a 3,000-Slrong contingent from Stras Bourg which shares the same regional tradition although it Isa crass the Rhine in French  200,000 people in Karlsruhe watched a regional fastnet Parade with 41 floats 13marching bands and 16 costumed dancing troupes. New Orleans begins Mardi gras cleanup new Orleans a police cruisers an sanitation trucks swept narrow French Quarter streets of stragglers and Heap of trash Earl wednesday As another Mardi gras stubbornly gave Way to hangovers and the solemnity of  la party until i fait Over and my wife drags me Back to the hotel if i Don t make it to mass today i Lamake it sunday said in Zan Copenhagen 31, of Australia wearing a fury brawn Kangaroo Sui police estimated 1,3 million people wearing everything to nothing clogged new Orleans streets under a sunny Iky for Mardi oras or fat tuesday a pc unt last fling estimated to pumpj250 million into the local Economy. Lent began wednesday with Ash  Early wednesday said they had no immediate estimate of the amount of trash Orthe number of injuries and arrests but police spokesman John Marie said arrests appeared Tobe Down from last year. This is the safest most orderly Mardi Grasi be Ever seen Marie said. Forty six stale troopers had backed up the 1,000-plus police Force. 2 companies charged in Pentagon fraud Case Philadelphia up1 two new Jersey trash disposal firms and four officers of the firms were charged tuesday with defrauding the defense department by rigging contract bids and overcharging two new Jersey military base for services. The iwo firms cheated the government out of about 1500,000 for trash hauling work per formed at Mcguire fab and fort Dix a Justice department spokesman said. Indictments against Atlantic disposal serviceinc., Delorenzo twin county disposal inc. And officers of the two firms were returned by Federal grand jury in Trenton . They were announced in Philadelphia by Roger Andewelt a Deputy assistant attorney general in the depart ment s antitrust division Atlantic disposal service of mount Laurel no and three of its officers cooperated with other unidentified trash hauling firms to Rig bids and win inflated contracts Andewelt said. 2 czech army officers seek Asylum in Germany Regensburg Germany Impi two czechoslovak army officers flew a helicopter to Germany wednesday to ask for political Asylum police announced. The refugees 23 and 28-year-old army lieu tenants landed on a Hill in a suburb of Regens Burg about go Miles East of the czech Germa Border a police spokesman said. They told Regensburg police they want to apply for Asylum in Germany. Details of the flight were not  landed their military helicopter at 3 10 . When they saw a German military vehicle on the Hill. Liar rating arms sales to Turkey hurts sixth Fleet officials say Washington a Reagan administration  told Congress on tuesday thai curbing arms Tali to Turkey could result in the lots of Fth , sixth Leet in the Mediterranean sea in the event of War. Assistant defense Secretary Richard Perl citing the obsolete equipment of the turkish military said it is essential for the United states to assist in the badly needed modernization of the turkish armed forces. Without the ability on the part four turkish allies to perform their vital military Mission we face the toss of the , sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Perle Lold the House foreign  Europe so if you punish the sixth Fleet by diminishing assistance that is vital to Turkey carrying out its nato Mission that is the inevitable result he said. Rep. William s. Broomfield r-mlch., sponsor of a amendment prohibiting he use of  Mili tary equipment by turkish forces occupying the North Ern Section of Cyprus questioned Perie As to Why tur key is using that modernization for about 30,000 or40,000 troops on  i obviously Don t agree that the assistance to tur key has any fundamental bearing on the situation in spokes Washington a former Whita House spokesman Larry speaker wednesday acknowledged he and president Reagan misled the american people last november about . Arms sales to Iran. He blamed three former administration aides to providing incorrect information Speakes now working for the Wall Street firm of Merrill Lynch and co. Inc., said two former National Security advisers vice adm. John Poindexter an Robert Mcfarian As Well As former National Security Council staffer it col Oliver North Drew up a false chronology of events. When we went into those press conferences and that nationwide address in november right after the Story broke the president did not have the proper information  said Perle adding that the Cyprus contingents men a Small Factor in the turkish armed forces which have More than 600,000 . Claiborne Pell d-r.l., chairman of the foreign relations committee introduced a measure Simitar to Broomfield s amendment tuesday the possibility of a .-Sovfei agreement to reduce nuclear weapons in Europe along the lines of the latest proposal by soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev adds sense of urgency id the . Attempt to modernize turkish conventional forces Perle  and assistant Secretary of stale Rozanic ring Way told the committee that they oppose Congress practice of providing Turkey with less Aid than the administration is  administration sought $620 million in arms Aid last year. The reduction to $493 million will result inthe weakening of nato and our own National Security Ridgway said Ridgway and Perle noted that Turkey and the United Stales recently reached a new agreement to permit ,troops to remain in Turkey. They also said is. Negotiators had promised they would try to persuade Congress to meet administration proposals for assistance it misled on Iran and that s Why we were misled,11 Speakes said in an inter View on Abc television s today program. Consequently speaker said the president and 1misled the Public to a certain client in that period. We were badly served by the very people that were involved in the iranian crisis and running the  asked who misled him Speakes replied Poindexter and North and Mcfarian who were working on that chronology that misled us into thinking we had Al the facts at that  the Tower commission said ii found indications North was involved in an Effort to conceal or withhold important information. And it said the National Security Council assisted by Mcfarian put together a chronology of the event san away thai was inaccurate and misleading. Reagan praises North s military career Washington up1 president Reagan Praise Dot. Col. Oliver North wednesday As a military Man who received numerous rewards for his courage Buthe declined to comment on North s key R.L. in the Iran arms Centra Aid scandal. The president also declined to say whether he planned in his speech to the nation at 9 . Wednes Day night to acknowledge any personal mistakes of judgment in the secret dealings with inn. North was ousted As a National Security Council Deputy director following revelations that profits from the arms sales profits to Iran May have been diverted to the nicaraguan rebels. After firing him last november Reagan called North a National  since then North has refused to talk invoking his fifth amendment rights. Asked if North was still a National hero Reagan told reporters his military record was one of numerous rewards for his courage what about Bis record in the Contra operation the president was asked i m not going to comment on that Reagan said. At a picture taking session with newly nominated Cia director William Webster the president fended off All questions concerning his scheduled nationally televised address to the nation from the Oval office order from Paga 1 cat analysis a Sample of his or her blood breath urine or other body substance this evidence also could be in connection with another charge on which the results of the chemical anal Ysis would have been  in a report last aug