European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday. March 8.1987 Reagan saving up for his third act republicans work to free Confra Aid Washington a president Reagan says he Wilt not let the Iran Cen tra affair paralyse the remainder of his presidency while republicans on Capi lol Hill worked to retain funding Tor the rebels in Nicaragua. Re Igan speaking from the Steps of his Hulk Opler As he prepared to leave the while House Friday for inc presidential Retreat Ai Camp David md., said he was saving something for the third act of his administration. I anyone tells you we arc just Mark ing Lime for the next 22 months the business i used to be in said save some thing for the third act,1 and we will the former movie actor said. Me ankh me vice president George Bush said in Iowa he thinks the fire storm Over the Safe of arms to Iran and the alleged diversion of profits to the contras is receding. Bui Bush said the United states must still push its policy of not making deals with terrorists. On Capitol Hill republicans denounced a plan by the democratic majority to hold up release of the remaining $40 million of $100 million in approved Aid to the contras until the administration accounts for past Aid to the Nicara Guari rebels. If the democratic leadership wants to kill off the contras by denying the funds then i say do so in the full Light of Day and Slop this political partisan avoidance of the main Isicc mid House Republican Leader Robert Michel,r-ii1. Senate democratic Leader Robert Byrd d-w.va., however said outstand ing questions remain on Contra Aid say ing if we Don t know How much Thev got from the sales of weapons to Iran if we Don t know How much they got from extorting the coffers of our friends and Al lies across the world if we Don t know How much private individuals were contributing. Then How in the world can the president ask for Morer and sen. Warren Rudman . Vice chairman of the Senate panel investigating the Iran Contra affair told the los Angeles times on Friday that the committee has proof that the contras received millions of dollars in profits diverted from the us arms sales to Iran. He indicated that documents his staff obtained in Miami and Honduras will show the figure could be in the $6 Mil lion to $10 million Range. Contra leaders have denied receiving any Money from the Iran arms Deal but said Friday they received nearly$200,000 in october 1985 from a com Pany believed to have received iranian payments for the weapons. The rebels say the Money was not from the arms Deal and noted the earliest known Date that arms Sale Money went into the account was february 1986. They said it was spent on non military supplies. The head of the presidential commis Sion thai investigated the Iran Centra connection former sen. John Tower of Texas said he has seen no evidence of a diversion from the Iran sales profits to the rebels in 1985. His commission s big problem he said was that we knew there was an intention to divert Money and we knew it was diverted but we did t know who got it Contra official Bosco Matamoros said the 1200,000 in 1985 came from an account named Lake the Tower commission says Lake resources was a Swiss account controlled by retired air Force Mai Gen. Richard v. Record a close associate of fired while House aide i. Col. Oliver North. Matamoros said the $200,000 was part of about $1 million in private Ai received by the largest rebel army from the end of 1983 through 1986. He Spidall of the is million was humanitarian Aid from conservative Washington fund Raiser Carl Spitz Channell. Id Tarod mushers hit Alaska s icy Trail Anchorage Alaska a Susa Butcher Winner of the 1986 Idi Zarod Trail sled dog race led 63 roots hrs Oul of the starting Chute saturday in the ,l00-mile mushing Marathon from an chorale id Nome. Butcher who shaved More than 17hours from the course record last year Drew the first Slot Iri a lottery at a Mush in banquet thursday giving her a 9 02 . Starting Lime. Others followed Ai two minute intervals. Libby riddles who in 1985 became the first woman to win the race started 12th. Riddles and Butcher Are among six former to Ditardo champions competing and organizers predict this will be one of the most contested runnings in the race Sis year history. Other top contenders include four time Winner Rick Swenson of Manley 1978 Champion Dick Mackay of cold foot his son. Rick Mackey the 1983 Winner and Jerry Riley of Mcnana. The1976 Winner Al least two others Are seen As having a Good Chance of winning Riddle s partner a photo lobby riddles. First woman Winner Joe Gornie who has placed second in Heidi Zarod twice and Joe Runyan Winner of Thi 1985 Yukon quests 1.000-mile sled dog race Between Fairbanks and White horse Yukon territory. After a ceremonial Start in Anchor Ageon trucked in Snow the mushers were to restart 60 Miles Down the Road and con tend with a hard icy Trail during their climb into the Alaska Range said race manager Jack Niggemyer racers will Cross Over a snowy pass and descend through a Steep Canyon where the Trail has been cleared to Bare ground in places by the wind Nigger Versai. Niggemylr said he would t be sur prised if Butcher s 1986 record of ii Days t s hours is broken. The lop 20 finishers will Divide $250,000. The Winner will take borne $50,000. The race is named after the old Gold Rush town of id Tarod Midway along the route. It has been run since 197 to commemorate a dogsled relay in 1925 that rushed diphtheria serum to Nome during an outbreak of the disease. Secret briefing makes Magazine cover Washington a a High rank ing stale department official acknowledged saturday he was i careful enough and allowed part of a secret document on his desk to be photo graphed by a Magazine journalist the department said it was investigating the matter. The partially visible document two arcs of a top secret daily intelligence Riding for the highest . Security officials appear Din a photograph with Ronald i. Spiers undersecretary of state for management on the cover of the february Issue of foreign service Jour Nal a Magazine with a circulation of 10.000. The picture shows Spiers seated Al his dust with his hands folded Over two pages of a Booklet. On one Page is a map of Lebanon. Except for four fines Al the Bottom and a Large number 121, the rest of the other Page is obscured by a piece of paper which also has writing on it. Only the number is legible even when a magnifying Glass is placed Over the Pic Ture. Spiers said in a Telephone interview thai the photo session look less than three minutes. They were taking some head and shoulders shots close and i had number of classified documents on my desk which 1 covered up so they could 1 read them he said. Obviously there was some careless Ness because they did gel into the Pic Ture but they re not legible and these purity people Are seeing whether they can Lake the cover and blow it up and read inc part thai was i covered up he said. Asked How he Felt about the situation Spiers concluded Vou always have Tobe careful obviously i was t careful enough Anima Stockman a stale department press officer said inc matter is being the foreign service journal is published by the american foreign service association which is the Trade Union and professional association of foreign service officers. The association announced that under orders from its governing Board it had voluntarily turned Over All the slide shots for the cover to the slate depart ment s Bureau of diplomatic Security which is conducting the investigation. The Board feels this was in the National interest at the slides May have inadvertently contained classified information the announcement said. The Board most of whose members work for the state department said it did not feel the Issue of free speech was involved in giving up the photographs As the slides were not used As source material for the article but were merely illustrations and there had been no Effort by the government to prevent publication or distribution of the the Washington Post reported sat urday that a report prepared for Chan Nell last month by a firm that handled the Money for him shows thai More than $1.7 million went to Lake resource from Channel s tax exempt Organ ii Tion National endowment for the preservation of Liberty during 1985 and 1986, the report dated feb. 16, 1987, was prepared at Channel s request by the president of International business communications Richard Miller. He said inc sent the Money to Lake resources at the request of was unable to determine How the Money was spent the newspaper said. In other developments in the Iran Contra matter assistant Secretary of state Elliott Abrams accused his opponents in con Gress of trying to Sculle . Policy to Ward Central America. Abrams staunch Contra supporter said he in tends to remain head of the lat m Ameri can affairs Bureau for the rest of the Reagan presidency. White House spokesman Martin fit Twaler on Friday denied a Story in the progressive Magazine reporting that the government secretly monitored the Home telephones of Robert c. Mcfarlane after he quit at Reagan s National Security adviser in talc 985. Ads cause hair raising controversy Washington up a consumer group is calling a drug company s informational program about hair a Sleazy shameless pre promotional Campaign to mate Bald people feel As bad As n the March Issue of health let Ter or. Sidney Wolfe designated the Upjohn pharmaceutical company the recipient of his outrage of the month award for its program called hair hair awareness information and the health letter is published by the Public citizen health re search croup a consumer activist organization directed by Wolfe and founded by Ralph Nader. An Upjohn spokeswoman said the hair program is designed to provide information 10 the pub Lic about hair growth. To make them belter but Wolfe said the firm had an other objective to raise interest in an anti baldness drug the company has developed. On March 16. A panel of the food and drug administration will hear evidence on the safety and effectiveness of an Upjohn hair growth product called to Gaine a diluted topical solution of minoxidil a drug originally Cre ated to treat High blood pressure. An undated copy of the hair publication described the Symbol ism of hair and the psychological role hair plays in How people feet about themselves. But what happens when our hair begins to fall uni and even that area of control is shaken Ihei Lucr asked. For some among the 30 million american men with visible hair loss that can be calamity in its own rigid 1,"
