European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday March 9,1987 May be soon outcome of Senate balloting called Uncertain Washington api a Senate com Mittee investigating inc i run Contra affair could vote within to acc Reckson immunity for former while House aide John poin Dexter who according to a published report maintains he twice told he pred. Dent thai iranian Ami sales generate Money Forth nicaraguan rebels. Some members of the Senate select  Are pushing for a speedy vote on immunity Lor key figures in the investigation but other senators say that would be too  congressional source mid the sen ate panel u moving toward a decision one Way or the other on whether to give immunity to Poindexter the former National Security adviser fired White House aide to col. Oliver North and perhaps North associate retired air Force maj Gen. Richard  the source who spoke on condition of anonymity said it was Loo soon to say whether the necessary two thirds majority of committee members would Vole for immunity. Meanwhile the Washington Post citing a Well placed legs source said Poindexter contends that on two occasions in 1986,he told president Reagan that the arms tales to Iran were generating Money for the Contra. This source according to the newspaper s sunday editions said Poindexter did not ten the president or illegal diversion of the Money but did say that the fluids contributed by the iranians or israeli were aside Benefit of the Armi sales. A close Navy associate of Poindexte whom the newspaper did not identity said  Dexler in december told him his act tons followed the Chain of command White House officials according to a source close to the president quoted by temperatures it Drewi t88s2ss? european weather 4m 4pm31 30 us45 � 9 � Tinaa by do a 7b a Lute in to bin tank lion to War a How a Wiir. Pianti two. The Post anticipate that Poindexter William he had direction and authority directly or indirectly from Reagan and that the former Security adviser s testimony could damage the president s claim that he did not know of any diversion of funds from the Carrel Sale no the  by cycler Poindexter s attorney declined to comment on the report late sat urday As did White House spokesman  Tower commission appointed by the president to investigate the ban Contr affair said it found no evidence to dispute Reagan s Contention that he had no knowl Edge of the diversion. Senate select committee chairman  Inouye a Hawaii is known to favor immunity for key figures in the affair but wants to avoid contentiousness Over the Issue and would like to have any Deci Sion be unanimous or near unanimous. Committee attorneys Are drawing up Aplan for How Public hearing will be con ducted and part of that plan involves Deal ing with the immunity question the source , the committee s ranking re publican. Sen. Warren Rudman of new Hampshire said through a spokesman sat urday that financial records the committee staff obtained in Honduras and Miami will help the panel in what has become ill Pri Mary task tracing the Money bail in the Iran Centra  Leader Adolfo Calero conceded last week that the rebels had received1200,000 from an account called Lake re sources presumed to be the same Swiss account used for payments from Iran for .  think we have a sense that that is not the extent of it Rudman said. But Wedon t have a sense of How much it  he said he believes funds Funa eled to the con tras from the arms sales and from other sources will turn out to be a lot of  said evidence was growing that the National Security Council operation i support of the president s anti communist doctrine was widespread there is substantial evidence of a much larger activity than would simply have evolved from the diversion of up to $15 million dollars from the Iran arms Rud Man said. I think what will develop is that therein quite a bit going on and it was Well financed How much i Don t  in related news rep. David Bonier of Michigan who delivered the democratic radio address saturday said the Reagan administration needs to do More to answer questions on what happened to proceeds from the arms Sale to Iran Bonlore Al called on the president to id More about his role or. President toe american people de serve to know what your role was in  Bonlore said. The Post quoting unidentified informed source reported that this new White House chief of staff. Howard h. Baker jr.,was appalled by the absence of serious Legal efforts inside the White House to protect Reagan and prepare for the Iran con Ira  least six lawyers involved in the investigations have been amazed that while House officials Nave been providing inter Nal documents to investigators often with out Reading them or making copies the Post  has assigned incoming White House counsel Arthur b. Culvyhouse or. Together All the available facts on the White House role in the affair the newspaper said. Calls to the Homes of Culvahouse an another Baker aide were not answered sat urday nigh the newspaper quoted sources As saying some Handwritten presidential notes that May relate to the Case have not been exam ined or provided to investigator. It also said More computer memos written by North in addition to those turned Over tothe Tower commission have been disco. Ered Senate select committee member Wil Liam Cohen a Mainc said Friday he expected the committee to vote on the immunity question Lor the key players in the Iran Centra affair within the next two but it is unclear How widespread support will be for granting immunity sen David Boren a Oka. Last week said he thinks eventually it will be Nec Essary to Grant immunity to Poindexter but he mentioned no  committee Democrat sen. Howell Heflin of Alabama said he could not go along with an immunity vote until the panel has been Able to hear and evaluate testimony from the three witnesses it at ready has agreed to  need to know can you get the same or practically the same information that they the key figures might have by a num Ber of Steps including the granting of immunity to lesser figures who know a lot about their activities Heflin said the committee has agreed to Grant immunity to North s former Secretary Fawn Hall to Robert Dutton a sword Bissin associate and to Edward de Ouray who managed a Pennsylvania air transport  involved in the  net  attorneys and some key sen atom believe that granting immunity to Poindexter North and Secord would not Leopard the criminal investigation of in dependent counsel Lawrence Safah the congressional source said saturday amort those sharing that belief Are Rudman and  have to know will the ends of jus Tice be satisfied by a Grant of  he won t go Scot free but that you might not set him on As egregious a crime Heflin said of possible immunity for North Heflin emphasized he was not  had done anything wrong. Heflin said the formal court Papen to Grant immunity to Hall and the other two had not yet been filed. Once they Are investigators would have to wait at least 10 Days before interviewing the witnesses the Taw says to the pedal counsel has time to As semble evidence to be used in a possible prosecution. Part of the push for immunity no comes because the select committees Hope to begin Public hearing in april and win to interview witnesses prior to that Tine f f the immunity process consumes the full 30days the Law allows it the process would have to be set in motion soon to enable the panel to stick to that timetable. In another development a Telephone poll conducted by the Gallup organization Tor Newsweek Magazine indicates presi Dent Reagan s televised speech on the Iran Contra affair on wednesday apparently has not turned Public opinion around. Twenty five percent of the 759 people surveyed March 5 and 6 said the speech made them feel More confident in Raganas a Leader while 25 percent said it made them feel less confident. Forty nine percent said it had no effect. Fifty nine percent of those questioned said when the investigations Are concluded they believe the president will turn out Mohave been More involved in the affair than he has said. Thirty percent said the investigations would not reveal he was More involved. . Military gets custody of no Naples Italy a 27-year-old army sergeant charged with the murder and sexual assault of a co worker has been Tai be scouts Mannheim two boy scouts received the Eagle scout rank for their work in the Cobham England an Darmstadt Germany communities. Kenneth b. Baker 18, of troop 184,organized the preparation and painting of a three room Sacristy in the sacred heart Church in Cobham. He spent 100 hours on the  majors in general studies at Texas am in College station he is the son of John and Linda Baker of waking  a. Delaar 13, in August organized and ran the Darmstadt special olympics for exceptional family Mem  belongs to the Junior National Honor society and is the 7ih Grade Stu Dent Council class senator. He is the son of it col. Robert an Pauline Delaar turned Over to . Military custody spokesman said saturday. Sgt. Walter coir tank assigned to . Amy element of nato s Allied forces Southern Europe command i Naples has been in italian custody since feb. 19. He is charged with sodomy an murder in the feb. 8 death of spec. 4 Constance Lavonne Painter 25, of . Constant Painter s military sponsor when she arrived at the command in de Cember of Tan year was initially de 2nd army div go Dies As vehicle overturns Grafe Woehr Germany a2nd army div fwd Soldier was killed at approximately 6 15 . Friday when the vehicle he was driving overturned a division spokesman said  passengers in the vehicle were not  Soldier s name is being withheld until his family has been  cause of the Accident is being investigated. Gained by the Carabiniero according Tou col Frank Field spokesman for Southern european task Force head quartered in Vicenza Italy Field said the military asserted the right to jurisdiction which led italian authorities to relinquish custody offous taut on saturday. The accused is being held at a military prison at Camp Darby near Pisa while the military conducts its own investigation Field said. He described constant As an administrative specialist married and a native of new Orleans la Field would not comment on the circumstances surrounding the death of Painter nor on the investigation leading to constant s arrest. Italian newspapers have reported that Painter and constant attended a party together on the night of the murder an that Painter the single Mother of an 18 month old Jurl later accepted a Ridehome from Coustant Painter s gagged body was discover Din her bedroom the next morning. An autopsy revealed she had been raped an strangled and had loss a Large amount of blood from a head wound