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 ncD Ffcusonthe/residency Pad Parriah OKs pactwith Phillies..... Page 21TRIPESMJTHO*IIID UNOFFICIAL PUILICATION fOt 1 J.I. AKNLIB FOUCEID 8693 AVol. 45, NO. 328 Saturday, March 14, 1987North's suitsWalsh to continue probeWASHINGTON (AP) — A Federaljudge, declaring Thursday that ihe na-tion needs "expeditious and completedisclosure" of the Iran-Contra affair, dis-missed lawsuits by Lt. Col. Oliver Norththat sought to stop an independent coun-sel's investigation,U.S. District Judge Barringlon D. Par-ker said North was premature in seekinga ruling thai Ihe office of independentcounscm unconstitutional."Courts have almost never found thatan ongoing criminal investigation im-poses a sufficient hardship to the personinvestigated to warrant judicial reviewprior to his or her indictment," Parkersaid. "The plaintiff has not suffered aninjury of sufficient keenneu to warrantthe court's intercession. For that reason,the court finds that plaintiffs challengeto the constitutionality of the indepen-dent counsel machinery is not ripe foradjudication and (hat his complaintsshould be dismissed."Parker said the nation needs "an expe-ditious and complete disclosure of ourgovernment's involvement in the Iran-Contra affair," He also said that inde-pendent counsel Lawrence E. Walsh "ispursuing the investigation energeticallyand responsibly."The Tower Commission, appointed byPresident Reagan, said in its recent re-port that North was heavily involved inboth the secret arms sales to Iran and inContinued on Page 283-phase monitoring planoutlined at Geneva talksWASHINGTON (AP) — The United States pre-sented Thursday its plan to monitor a proposed treatywith the Soviet Union to eliminate medium-range nu-clear missiles in Europe.Among Ihe key provisions is the stationing of Sovietobservers at American missile factories and U.S, in-spectors at Soviet plants."I wouldn't want to make a prediction," saidCharles E Redman, the State Department spokesman.The treaty, which Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorba-chev said on Feb. 28 should be worked out "withoutdelay," would require (he scrapping of 268 Americanmissiles now deployed in West Germany, Britain, Bel-gium and Italy, and of 243 Soviet missiles aimed atWestern Europe.The phase-out would take five years.First, Redmansaid, inspectors from the two sides would go to themissile sites. Second, inspectors would be present tomake sure the missiles are eliminated.Third, U.S, monitors would be stationed in Asiawhere the Soviets could keep 100 warheads, with theSoviets having a matching right to check on the storageof 100 U.S. warheads, possibly in Alaska.Death toll at 58 in Turkish stormBy Tlie Associated PressNew snowstorms swept western Turkey on Thurs-day, the ninth day of a cold snap that has caused 58death] and has brought hungry wolves into villages toscavenge for food.The latest victims included three villagers in theeastern province qf Bingol and a shepherd in the cen-tral province of Eskischir who froze to death, Turkishnews agencies reported.Heavy snowfall and winds gust ing up to 32 miles anhour resumed Thursday in Istanbul, a city of 6 millionpeople. Authorities closed the city's schools until Mon-day.(The storm closed Istanbul's international airport,and The Stars and Stripes could not be deliveredThursday. The severe weather has caused newspaperdelivery problems for more than a week.(Greece also is in the grip of more than a week ofcold and snow. On Wednesday, more than six feet ofsnow buried parts of central and northern Greece,Athens, the Greek capital, has had snow seven timesin nine days. Temperatures have dipped to minus 28degrees Fahrenheit.ritness badpetajahjuk cl
                    
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