European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 4 the stars and stripes monday april 27,1987 going bananas and nuts in new Jersey it s a real Sim Dae in Lac Park sent As a 4.39-mlle banana split on Poe Field at the saturday event is sponsored by the Princeton Kami services Agency crowd gathers id scoop up sections of a Princeton University in new Jersey Campus organizations to raise Money lot and set a sundae record. North recruited Excia aide paper says Washington up it. Col Oliver North recruited a former Cia operative Felix Rodriguez in september 1985 to help coordinate Aerial resupply Plo Sions to nicaraguan rebels the Wash in 4lon Posl reported sunday. I no Posl said North the National Security Council aide fired for his involve men i in the Iran arms Centra Aid scan dal recruited Rodriguez about the same Lime his Boss Robert Mcfarlane was telling Congress his Agency was not Vio lating the letter or spirit of the Law prohibiting assistance to the rebels. Spokesman Dan Howard said the while House would not comment on the report because these things arc under investigation and we want to let the investigations go  Rodriguez was working at the to tango air base in Al Salvador As an adviser to the salvadoran air Force lie had come to the Post with Strong recommendations from Donald Gregg National Security adviser to vice president George Bush and a former Cia official. Gregg told the Post in an interview that although he and Rodriguez were close friends Rodriguez never mentioned his work with the Contra resupply missions until August j9s6, about a year after North recruited him. Bush spokesman Stephen Han con finned sunday that Gregg twice offered to resign out of concern mat the Contro Versy would Hurt Bush politically. The Posl said he said North explicitly or dered Rodriguez not to Tell Gregg about the operation. Felix is a trained intelligence officer so am i the Posl quoted Gregg As say ing. We believe in the a cd of know principle i had no need to know. It was not a subject we had Ever talked about. And i suspect thai it smelled bad to him and that he probably did t want me Roget involved in  citing informed sources and a letter attributed to North the newspaper said a chronology released earlier by Bush s of fice showed Rodriguez went to Gregg last aug. 8 with concerns about the re Supply organization and the poor Quality of the air planes being used. The Post included a copy of portions of a letter addressed dear Felix and dated sept. 20,1985. It begins after Reading this letter please destroy it. You May keep the photographs the letter continues within the next is Days the unified nicaraguan opposition Uno nicaraguan democratic Force fun air Arm will commence operations with two new types of aircraft the c-7 Caribou and the m-740 Maul slow Sec enclosures. These aircraft will be used for air drops Aerial resupply id units inside  the letter concluded please advise soonest Aslo deleted acceptance of this proposal. If deleted and deleted agree a representative of the maintenance con tractor will arrive and seek you out. He will identify himself As coming from  Green the letter is signed with an unidentifiable scrawl. The Post said that according to the chronology Rodriguez has met Bush three times but Bush has said he and Rodriguez never discussed the contras. Gregg said he did not Tell Bush of the August meetings because Rodriguez was complaining about corruption in the operation which Gregg said he thought was not vice presidential  indicted term Congress Nan proclaims innocence Memphis Tenn. Dpi rep. Harold Ford d term. Returned to a tit no s Welcome in his Hometown saturday and said his criminal indictment was racially and politically motivated by an enemy prosecutor. We will All Sec that the truth will win said Ford 41, who proclaimed his innocence in a news conference at the Memphis International Airport. More than Iuo friends and supporters crammed an Airport Contr Cut room chanting our con Gressman and cheering As Ford described his in i cml no As a personal vendetta by assistant . Attorney general Dan Clancy of Memphis. It s a Fig Lii Between Dan Clancy and Harold Ford. Clancy is a racist. He is a liar and i is a  Ford said. I m Gonna put u whipping on Dan  the 11-count indictment Friday by a Federal Pound jury in kno Vilu Charm s Ifird used his Polit ical influence As u congressman to Lur Ltd r the Politi Cal and business goals of Brothers Jake Butcher and , Butcher or. In return for Loans that helped Ford Lead a lavish lil a Stylc Well a Cound Hii person Al  in an interview with the commercial Appeal of Hup. La Urald Ford Memphis Clancy denied any vendetta. I have nothing personal against Harold Ford he said. He disputed Ford s charge thai he threat ened to resign if the Justice department tried to Block the indictment. It s not True it should be obvious it s not True Clancy said. I m an assistant . Attorney. I Don t run the Justice department the indictment charged Ford . Butcher jr., former Butcher accountant David crab acc and Law yers Douglas r. Healy and Karl Schledwitz with misusing Bank Loans. Clancy wants to destroy the Black political Power in Tennessee Ford told a crowd that applauded and cheered throughout the congressman s Ait. It s a Good Veling to know there has been no wrongdoing l Druid. Elf said he was 3 personal Friend of Jake Butch or s. Neither Jake nor . Liu chit Ever asked "1c 10 do anything for them at any time right or  i Low my Job. I love the people that i represent und Only god will Slop  Ford said