European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes monday March 23.1987 Garter Assad Confer in Damascus Damascus. Syria a former president Carter Mcl twice with presi Dent Haft Assad on sunday a Day after he urged inc syrian Leader to use his in fluence to free the eight americans held hostage in Lebanon. Carter described i Jirol three hour meeting Wilh Assad As very interesting Broad ranging and pleasant. Asked if the hostages were discussed he said such in formation should come from  spokesman Jabrane Yourich said the talks focused on International relations inc situation in the Middle East and its developments As Well As the lebanese question. He gave no details. The second session lasted 45 minutes followed by it banquet Assad hosted for Carter and his wife Rosalynn at the Suhaj Crinch presidential  the dinner Carter again refused to talk about what he and Assad Dis cussed. Ill have something to say at the Airport before i leave for Jordan on monday he said Carter who is on a five nation tour of North Africa and the Middle East has emphasized that he is not travelling in unofficial capacity. Earlier sunday Carter took his Syria Security guards by Surprise when he showed up at the Sheraton hotel lobby just before 6 . In a track suit and a pair of running  former president an american Security escort and . Charge d affair Sdavid Ransom ran out of the hotel to jog for i it hours along the Mezzo Boulevard As syrian Security men followed them in  and his wife then drove to the nearby St. John greek orthodox Church Tor mass. When they returned to the hotel they were served traditional spicy bitter conc by a woman in bedouin  saturday after arriving in Damas Cus from Egypt Carter told reporter Syria has shared information with the United states on the american  also said he would urge Syria to act if there s information or influence than can be exerted to obtain the re lease of the  eight americans and 16 other for Eigners Are believed held by at least four separate Radical groups mostly shiite moslem Loyal to Iran. Most of the abductions look place i moslem w esl Beirut Between february 1984 and last january. Syria the manpower broker in Lebanon dispatched 7,500 troops to West Beirut on feb. 22lo Stop fighting Between rival uni Titian. Carters visit to Syria was the most controversial Stop of his Lour. He already has visited Algeria and Egypt and is to Stop in Jordan and Israel before return ing Home april 3.on oct. 24, Washington recalled ambassador William Eagleton from Damas Cus charging Syria was involved in inter National  his presidency. Carter angered the syrians when he engineered the 1979camp David Pence Accord Between Israel and Egypt. Preston from Page 1 several Long lasting song favourites including "76trombones, gory Indiana and Marian the i  Preston used Marian to woo the bespectacled spinster played in the movie by Shirley Jones. Regularly on  1982, Preston won renewed acclaim As the Homo sexual confidant of Julie Andrews in Victor Victo Ria the Story of a Singer who finds Success by masquerading As a Man who masquerades As a  s a great Shock and we arc certainly grieved to hear this. President and mrs. Reagan said in statement issued by the White House saturday night. We have known him for a great Many years. He was Friend who will be missed and we extend our deepest sympathy to his family Preston was born Robert Preston my Survey in new ton Highlands mass., on june 8, 1918. The family moved to California when he was still a child because of is Mother s poor  was while working As a parking lot attendant after High school that pics Jon joined the Pasadena play House and appeared in 42 productions before Par amount pictures signed him at the age of 19.Preston s first him was King of Alcatraz in i93s. Among his Many films were Union Pacific Northwest mounted pol ice Beau Mesic reap the wild wind mame and How the West was  s last regular movie Rale was As a son of Ime galactic Taloni scout in the last  heals made three television movies in recent years Finnegan begin again co starring Mary Tyler Moore the Story of an aging newspaper Man and his late Blooming love rehearsal for murder with Robert Preston As professor Harold Hal an Jones to the movie version of the music  Lynn Redgrave in which he played a playwright and outrage about a father whose daughter is raped. In the 1950s i Felt i d gone As far As 1 could in this town he said in an interview two years ago in Holly Wood. "1 could play the Lead in Small pictures the villain or the second Lead in big ones. 1 was shooting Cloud burst in London and i noticed that almost without exception All the English actor left the set and went to their plays in the West end. On my payback i slopped in new York and Jose Ferrer was looking for someone to replace him in twentieth Cen Tury got Good reviews from the critics. Back in California i was working on a picture when got a Call from Michael Sordon to do a revival of Trie male animal Ai the Ity Center it was such a Hithe moved on to Broadway and did better than the original. Suddenly i was a new York actor and had anew career. The scripts started pouring in he followed up with roles in Janus and the tender trap and then won his Tony for the music  returning to Broadway after pulling professor Hillon film Preston appeared in i do1, i do which earned him another Tony in 1967, and the lion  Preston s Only television series was the Chisolms which ran on lbs in 1979 As a ministries and continued the next year As a regular , Preston was a gregarious but self deprecating Man when he returned to films he and his wife of45 years former actress Catherine Craig chose to live in Montecino outside this coastal resort rather than near Hollywood. During his Broadway career they lived in  wife used to be an actress and a Good  Preston told an interviewer in 1965. She submerge her career to her marriage. In marriage someone has to be a giver and someone a taker. I am a Laker who married a  he is survived by his wife and his father. Frankie Survey. Springer said no Public service is planned. Gulf from Page 1 Baker from Page 1 Carrier Kitty Hawk according to .officials who have asked not to be identified. Weinberger also said the United state would consider requests from other countries 10 protect their ships. But he said that in a recent message sent to Tehran through the Swiss govern ment we warned them that the area was International Waters and any at tempt to interfere with the shipping i that area would be viewed very seriously by All concerned and certainly by  on another matter Weinberger de Nied reported com mems by Republican sen. David Durnberger of Minnesota former Senate intelligence committee chairman thai the Cia recruited an israeli to spy on Israel in 1982. No i know that s not the Case Weinberger said. And those Are the most damaging kind of statements be cause they re immediately picked up and used As justification for further espionage against the United slates. I think it s a very damaging and very wrong statement. Contra rebels. Interviewed on the syndicated television show John Mclaughlin one on  born d-okla., said "1 think the thins that surprised me the most was the intensity with which he said no one Ever told me about the diversion vet the president was so emphatic on that Point. He gave himself very Little wiggle  at his news conference thursday night Reagan said without qualification that he had not been informed of the Contra connection holding to his Oft stated Contention that he first Learned of the arms and Money link when informed of it on nov. 24,1986, by attorney Gen eral Edwin Melesc. Asked about possible testimony by Poindexter and North Baker noted that Reagan in december had asked Congress to Grant limited immunity to gel testimony from his two former aides and bake said thai s nol the action of a Man who is greatly concerned with what they begot to  the other Side of that Coin is what will North and Poindexter say some fear to save heir own skin Baker said adding but i Don t believe that. I think that both Admiral Poindexter and colonel North Are patriotic americans and 1don t believe for one moment that they re going to fabricate or fudge an the facts in order to save their own skin at the expense of the president. I thin they re too Loyal for that and too patriotic Lor  both  and North have taken the fifth amendment so far citing their constitutional right against self incrimination. Retired air Force maj. Gen Richard v. Accord reportedly close North associate also has refused to testify. Pilot Safe As f-l6 crashes off Japan Tokyo a a . Air Force f-16 Jet fighter crashed into the Pacific on sunday but its Pilot ejected and was res cued a . Military official said i was the first crash of a . Al 6 in Japan. Capt Edrienne camped cell Al Misawa air base said the Pilot capt. Larry Oso Wilz 30, of Tuscon ariz., was on a train ing Mission when the plane crashed about 40 Miles Southeast of Misawa. Owsowitz was rescued by a helicopter of Japan s maritime self defense Force she added. The cause of the crash was not immediately known. The military spokeswoman said the United Stales first deployed f-l6s in Japan in 19bs, when it sent a Squadron of 21 of the Fig Liim to Misawa about 360 Miles North of Tokyo Kanji Shingo a maritime self defens official said the defense Force sent a Heli copter to the scene shortly after radio monitors heard the Pilot say he was eject ing. He said Ibi helicopter rescued Oso win about 35 minutes after the plane trained