European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside striped g More of personnel extend vacant slots drop Page 2 o 6 dead 19 injured in Texas collision Page 5 d flyers tip canadians in nil semifinal sports Page 21 the a and a filpes authorized Runoff Licul Hedli cation or Thyl . Armid Force vol.46, no. 19 wednesday May 6, 1987 d 8693 a Hart denounces false Story with inaccurate conclusions Gary Hart a photo new York a Gary Hart in Bis first Public appearance since reports thai be spent part of the weekend with a Young woman denounced the Story tuesday As misleading and false and said in had Hurt him and his family. Hart told the nation s newspaper publishers that the Story Tirol published in the Miami Herald presented in accurate conclusions based on spetly  did i make a mistake by putting myself in Circum stances that could be misconstrued of course i  goes without saying Han said. Did i do any thing immoral i absolutely did  the Herald reported sunday that Han and Donna Rice spent Friday night and most of saturday together at his Washington townhouse while Hart s wife Lee was in Denver. The newspaper had assigned reporters to stake out Hart s Home following an Anonymous lip. I suspect that few of you Here would Waul to put up with that kind of scrutiny Hart told a meeting of the american newspaper publishers association. He said the Herald reporters refused to interview the very people who could have Given them the facts before printing the Story. He added "1 Hope you la ask yourselves some searching questions about what is right and what is  he then went on to discuss the economic themes of Bis  Campaign has just begun. The cause is More important than the candidate Hart said. In a 17-Page text of his remarks released by his staff sea Hart on Page 28 doom hire a photo Secord says Reagan approved of his action Washington a former maj. Gen. Richard Secord the first witness in the Iran Centra hearings testified tues Day that approximately $3.5 million i iranian arms tales proceeds was diverted to Aid the Contra rebels and said he believed the Reagan administration knew of my conduct and approved it Secord breaking months of silence told a nationally televised hearing that Iran paid $30 million for american nude weapons. About 12 million re main unaccounted for he said under Soord detailed names places and dates involved in establishment of a secret con tra Supply Effort at a Lime when Congress hid banned direct . Government assist Ance. He said leaders of the Effort stayed in touch through encryption devices that per Nti Tod secure communications. In addition to the encoding devices used by Bis associates Secord said one was located in the White House office of it. Col. Oliver North one in the posses Sion of a senior Cia official in Costa Rica and another in the hands of an Active duty . Army officer in Al Salva  also described a meeting with then Cia director William Casey in1985 when . Government Aid was banned. Casey knew of the Contra sup ply Effort was in favor of it knew of us importance Secord said although he added that he complained at a later meeting with the Cia director that he was not receiving the intelligence information from the Agency he had hoped , who resigned from the Cia to recover from surgery he underwent last year for removal of a Braia tumor is in ill health and is not expected to testify at the hearing  investigative sessions began As a continued on Page 28 efforts to strengthen Dollar fail As it dives to 7-year Low Frankfurt a the . Dollar tumbled to a seven year of at the Frankfurt foreign Exchange s daily filing tuesday despite Central Bank efforts to bolster the Bele Agurci cur Rency. The Dollar was set at the Low rate although both the Swiss and German Central Banks purchased the currency in moderate amounts at the afternoon fixing according to currency traders sales of German Marks to is. Personnel for personal use Wilt be it Ibe rate of 1.75 wednesday. See other con version rates Page 27. The Dollar was priced at 1.764 Marks Down from monday s fixing of 1.778. It was the lowest fixing since july 30, 19so, when the . Currency was set at 1.762. The fixing is the daily official Price set for the Dollar in Frankfurt mar Ket. The Dollar Rose in nervous trading later in the Day. By late in the afternoon it had climbed to 1.77 Marks but Frankfurt currency dealer said the upward move was not a sign of new strength for the Dollar. Frankfurt currency traders speak ing on condition of anonymity note that last weekend s meeting Between japanese prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and president Reagan had failed to buoy the . Currency. Earlier tuesday Karl Otto Poehl the president of the Bundesbank Ger Many s Central Bank said govern ments should not rely too much on Central Banks to try to overcome Trade imbalances. Currency dealers said Poehl s com ments and the Dollar s continued downward trend led most traders to conclude thai the Bundesbank will not Cut key interest Rales soon. Emergency prompts army to ground Block Hooks from staff and wire reports the army has a rounded its Fleet of uh-60a Black Hawk helicopters for precautionary inspections follow ing the emergency Landing of a 1st army div helicopter near Hellstein Germany. The helicopter landed safely in an open Field about 12 Miles Northeast of Hanau Friday morning Afier experiencing a Tail Rotor malfunction said maj. John l. Shea division spokesman. There were no injuries to the 14 soldiers on Board the helicopter which sustained structural damage to the Tail Section and Landing gear. It remained at the Landing sit tuesday. The Pilot. Warrant officer Thomas e. Ahl of the 220th combat aviation co 4th brigade handled the emergency in a very professional manner said chief warrant officer Stephen v. Rauch brigade safety offi cer. Tail Rotor malfunctions Are unpredictable and very hard to  the army in a statement released in Washington said the inspections for most of its 820 Black Hawks would take Only about two hours per helicopter and thus Many of them would return to service shortly the associated press reported. The inspections will focus on the Oil cooler in the Tail Rotor drive Shaft of All Black Hawk series aircraft the statement said. The army said the or Agency Landing occurred after the Oil cooler spline in the Tail Rotor Assembly see Black Hawks on Page 28