European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday april 8, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 . Stay in Honduras called temporary Washington a Reagan administration officials said monday thai while the . Military presence in Honduras is temporary troops will re main indefinitely because they symbolize american determination to support the Region s democracies in the face of a growing military threat from Nicaragua. Sen. James a Sassard Tran chairman of the Senate appropriations subcommittee on military construction said it is Clear to him that the Pentagon is intent on making its Honduras facilities Perma nent. And he said he believes that will Only cause fur ther escalation by Nicaragua s leftist sandinista government and Lead to a destabilizing militarization of Central America Sasser told reporters his panel will carefully scrutinize administration requests for new military facilities in Honduras. I think Many of these requests will be disallowed he added. But Richard l. Armi Iago assistant defense Secre tary for International Security affairs inst Ifird in Spile of what some people erroneously term a Perma nent and overbearing military presence our activities in Honduras Are appropriate and of a temporary Bill indefinite  responding to questions Gen John a Galvin. Commander of the Panama based . Southern come old the subcommittee indefinite to me Means that by its nature it can t be defined we Don t want others to know How Long we May stay  Calvin said the . Presence in Panama is important to demonstrate that the United slates is a dependable ally which will stand by the countries of the Region and help them resist pressure from soviet supported Nicaragua. The military construction program is a viable sign of  Galvin said. The Pentagon is seek ing �4.5 million for the 1988 fiscal year which begins oct. Tas the first install ment of a three year program to upgrade facilities used by an 1,100-Membcr . Support farce at Trie honduran air Force base Al Palmerola about 100 Miles Northwest of Tegucigalpa he capital. These include new Barracks a dining Hall recreational facilities a medical clinic a sewage system and sup porting roads. Galvin said the facilities arc needed to provide acceptable amenities for the americans stationed at Palmerola to provide support services for . Mili tary exercises inside the country. Jury being selected for Amy Carter Hoffman trial Northampton mass. Up jury selection has begun in the trial of Amy Carter and Abbic Hoffman on charges stemming from an anti Cia pro test but the selection process was delayed by a bomb threat that forced officials to Clear the courtroom. Carter Hoffman and other defendants milled around the Hampshire county courthouse for about 20 minutes monday White authorities searched the building for explosives. Jury selection began after defendants potential jurors and reporters were allowed to return to the courtroom. The threat came at mid morning moments after the Pool of potential jurors filed into the courtroom court officers first ordered them to leave the building then told reporters to gel out. At a pretrial news conference near the courthouse monday morning Hoffman predicted he and fledgling activist Carter a 19-year-old Sophomore at Brown University will be acquitted by showing the Cia is out of control. Carter Hoffman and 13 others Are charged with tres passing and disorderly conduct stemming from a noisy demonstration last fall against Cia recruiting at the University of Massachusetts main Campus in Amherst. Regrettably but definitively we feel this Agency is out of control Hoffman said. What we arc showing with this cose is that people arc free to act. We Issue a Challenge to he Cia because we sup port free speech for the Cia. We Are convinced that we Are going la win our Case said Hoffman 50, a Leader of the anti Vietnam War movement in the 1960s. Carter said her knowledge of the Cia was enhanced by her Contact with her father former president Carter. I be certainly Learned a lot from living in the same House with him she said but drier stressed that she has done research on her own and considers the trial to be probably the most important thing i have done a dozen pro Cia students held a counter Demon Amy Carter runs her fingers through her hair As Abate Hoffman answers questions about their upcoming trial. Holg stration monday morning waving an american Flag and chanting fund the contras not the  defense attorneys have promised to defend their clients by putting the Cia on trial i think there arc people in this country that arc offended that the Cia is ignoring the will of Congress said defense attorney Thomas lesser of Northampton some 60 people were arrested after they occupied a University building nov. 24. All but is had their cases disposed of in Northampton District court mostly by Acle raps Good Friday Holiday Honolulu a the american civil liberties Union of Hawaii went to court monday to Challenge the constitutionality of the stale and county Good Fri Day Holiday. The Federal court suit contends the Holiday violates the establishment of religion clause of the first amendment to the . Constitution. The stale Senate this year passed a Bill that would have repealed he Holiday but the Bill died in the House. The Senate committee report on the Bill said the a vocal has the support of the Hawaii Council of churches and other religious leaders. Good Friday he Friday before easter sunday has been a Holiday in Hawaii since 1942 and costs the state $3.4 million and the City county of Honolulu �830,000 every year the suit said. Plaintiffs Are Nell Cammack a slate department of transportation employee Genie Lucas who chairs the Maryknoll High school theology department Doug Las Root a University of Hawaii chemistry professor and Mich la Wallace and Carolyn Stapleton univer sity of Hawaii Law students. Defend deals Are Goy. John Wutti acc and Honolulu mayor Frank Fasi their personnel directors and pub Lic employee unions. Ronnie doing better with 2nd liver Pittsburgh a Ronnie do silly the 7 year old liver transplant patient whose plight attracted president Reagan s attention made steady Progress monday As his second implanted Organ began to work a Hospital official Sal a Ronnie who received a $1,000 Check from Reagan to help pay for u new liver was in critical condition and on a Respirator in the intensive care unit of Chil Dren s Hospital of Pittsburgh said Hospital spokeswoman Lynn Mcmanon. He s awake and Alert Mcmahon said his new liver is beginning to  the Miami boy who received his second new liver during 14 hours of surgery ending Early saturday was making steady Progress said Mcmahon. Ronnie received his first liver Iran plan in a 12 hour operation feb. 2s. He suffered a viral infection that destroyed his first transplanted liver and spread to his lungs. The boy gained National attention in february As thousands sent him contributions after 14,00 1 was stolen from his medical fund ill his school in fort Lauderdale Fla. No contest pleas. Among the witnesses expected to testify on behalf of the protesters arc former . Attorney general ram sey Clark Daniel Ellsburg the Man who leaked the Pentagon papers to the Media in 1969 and former Cia agent John Stockwell who has openly criticized his one time employer. I m not using my status As the daughter of a for Mer president Carter said. It s just me doing what i think i should be  Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. April 8, 1947 John l. Lewis United mine workers began a safely strike in government held soft Coal mines and officials gloomily forecaster an indefinite interruption of bituminous production. The walkout tied to demands for a strictly enforced mine safely code was me Clad Lola St six Days. 30 years ago today. April 8, 1957 Waller Raul her president of the United automobile workers revealed his Union plans to ask for a four Day work week As Well As higher pay in its next contract. 20 years ago today. April b. 1967 president Johnson proposed a 5.6 percent military pay increase and a 4.5 portent raise for Federal civilian employees. 7 0 years ago today. April 8, 1977 a motorcyclist believed to be a Young woman shot and killed West Kiennan prosecutor general Siegfried Huback and his Driver and seriously wounded his bodyguard. A Ici Wing k or Oriel group claimed responsibility