European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday june 20,1987 talks on North testimony inconclusive Washington Likely to be reached in the next Day or so because the House is out of session and members of the House panel Are not available for consultations. One Day earlier the ranting Republican on the House Iran Contra committee said that if North refuses 1o cooperate with Congress even his supporters would recognize him As a Man in Legal rouble instead of a pillar of  Republican rep. Dick Cheney of Wyoming joined House panel chairman Lee Hamilton d-ind., on thursday in a Strong denunciation of North s refusal to testify privately Iii week prior to appearing publicly in mid july. Hamilton said be hoped there would be an agreement by Early next week when the panels resume Public hearings after a two week break. Hamilton made it dear thai the con Gressional position had toughened on the matter of North s private testimony Tell ing reporter that if Congress gave m on the tue. North would be dictating he procedures for toe hearings. Hamilton said he had spoken about the matter to sen. Daniel Inouye Dha Waii and Warren Rudman r-n.h., chairman and vice chairman respectively of the Senate panel. In other Iran Centra developments the Washington Post reported Fri Day that former National Security adviser Robert c. Mcfarland was recalled this Welc by the comm tees to clarify some conflicts of his testimony with that of other witnesses. The testimony had to do with an unspecified 1985 document the Posi said and the committees appear satisfied thai the conflict has been re solved. Former air Force i. Col. Richar Gadd an associate of retired air Force maj. Gen. Richard v. Record said so Corot told him he was going to the Whitehouse in Tau 19bs for approval of a plan to Airlift military supplies to the rebels lighting Nicaragua s sandinista govern ment. Secord ran the Contra resupply operations at North s request during a time when official . Government Mili tary assistance was banned. Gadd s Weili Mony Given to the committees in closed session was released thursday. Gadd also testified that North had told him about an Effort in the fall of 1985 to buy used transport aircraft for the contras from the venezuelan air Force. The congressional panels announced a list of witnesses for next week that will include Stanley Sporkin a former Cha general counsel Michael Ledeen a for Mer National Security Council Consul Tant Charles Cooper an assistant to at Torney general Edwin Meese Iii Glenn Robinella a former Cia employee involved in construction of a Security sys tem Al North s Home and several former military officials. Other witnesses announced by the committees were Noel Koch former Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for International Security affairs or. Henryh Gaffney director of plans for the de sense Security assistance Agency and it Gen. Colin Powell former military assistant to defense Secretary Caspa Weinberger. Safety plans for Gulf Fleet to be reviewed Washington a the Pentagon will review ill fenian out plans to make hire . Servicemen end ships we me from terrorist attacks in the face of Cia warning that such strike Are Likely congressional sources say. The Itasca Estment was promised during an informal meeting thursday Between top administration nation Al Security officials and a group of senators worried about president Reagan s plan to protect 11 kuwaiti tankers Starling next month the sources said speaking on condition of anonymity. It is Dew that the risks Are larger than the administration it willing to concede at this Point said sen. James Sasser ixtenn., one of the participants in the Doad door two hour session. Sen. William Cohen it Maine vice chairman of the Senate intelligence committee said we need to get All the intelligence together. 1 want to see an integrated analyst of the threat one that includes not Only Mili tary risks but also the capabilities and intentions of carrying out the  3rd army div Soldier in recent Days differences have developed betwee the Cia and the Pentagon Over the threat from Iran. The Pentagon says the risk is Low to. Moderate from direct military Type attacks. But the Cia says the risk is higher because Iran May use terrorist style attack such As an explosives Laden speedboat either against . Ships or against Oil Lank in that won t be protected by the United states. The controversy surrounds Reagan s plan to . Captains and flags aboard the kuwaiti ships and have them escorted by Navy ships. Kuwait is an ally of Iraq leading to congressional fears that he untied states May be drawn into the Fivi Yew old Iran Iraq War particularly since Iran has threatened to stuck the tankers. Trie worries were heightened by the attack May 17 by Iraq on the Navy guided missile frigate Start in which 37 . Seamen were killed. Iraq said the Inci Dent was a mistake and . Officials agree. One of the prime topics discussed thursday was the threat from mines the sources said. At the Pentagon administration sources who declined to be identified said a team of Navy expert has been sent to the Region to determine the threat from iranian mines placed near the kuwaiti coast. The evaluation in t finished but military officials believe Iran s use of mines is a manageable threat the sources said. At the while House presidential spokesman Marli Fitzwater said the administration stands behind the Pentagon assessment of Low to moderate As the Mili tary risks faced by . Servicemen. Asked if that risk was acceptably he answered yes that s assumed in the  if mines Are discovered near Kuwait toe Katimi. Traction sources said kuwaiti ships or even those from France and great Britain could be used to Groove Ine floating explosives. Earlier in the week. Pentagon sources and maritime Salvage executives in the Gulf said Iran appear to be laying mines in the narrow approaches to Al Armadi the main kuwaiti Oil terminal. Dies of smoke inhalation classified Frankfurt Sas a 20-year-old 3rd army div Soldier i Ted of smoke inhalation in a High Rise apartment building elevator a division spokesman said Friday. Spec. 4 Darrell l. Wilmott was Riding Down in the elevator when it filled with smoke from a fire on the second door wednesday night said master sgt. Mercer Bullock. Bullock said the Soldier apparently did not know of the fire when he entered the elevator. Me was dead when firefighters opened the elevator. Wilmott was aligned to he troop 3rd in 12th Cav in Buedingen. He is survived by his parents Garry and Linda Wilmott of Stevensville Mont. Service will be Al 9 30 am. Monday in the Chapel on Coffman Cavern gel nausea. 15 killed 39 injured in car bomb blast in Spain Barcelona Spain a a car bomb exploded in the garage of a department store Friday killing 15 people and injuring 39 others the Barcelona civil governor s office said. The blast claimed by the Basque separatist organization Eta produced the most deaths of an single Eta attack in Spain since the group began its violent can pain for in be a once in 1968. The explosion earned the collapse of a ceiling Ina shopping area the hip econ department store in Central Barcelo,.j and set off a fire that filled the garage with a huge Cloud of i Nolte police said. The civil governor s office said seven men five women and three children were killed. From Page 1 looked at the Issue they realized it was a relatively easy decision to make a committee staffer said. He said sen. Wendell Ford d-ky., committee vice chair nun Wai particularly Adamant about letting the stars and stripes run the ads. Ford was unavailable for comment Friday but Dur ing the wednesday committee meeting he said on one hand we have private sector publishing corporations which do not pay any taxes to the . Govern ment concerned thai limited advertising in the Stan and stripes newspapers will Cut into their revenues. On the other hand we have . Service members and their families who do pay . Taxes asking for a break to make their live a Little easier. It they can save a few Bucks by knowing when a product they need is on Sale or if they can make a few Bucks by Selling some appliances through classified ads when they get sent Back to the Stales then i m All for it Ford said. They re not asking us for any Money Only for a Little consideration. I am prepared to give it to  in the end the staffer said the committee saw no reason to bold jus up any further. He Laid the committee was never against classified ads in the Stan and Stripe. But they put it on hold because it was new and because there was a complaint about it be said. The newspaper s european and Pacific edition shave had the authority to run classified us since 1984, but neither had tried to use it until this Spring when Cook decided the european edition would begin taking orders for the ads. Quagliaroli immediately complained claiming thai he and other publishers in Europe with magazines that targeted the . Military audience would be irreparably Hurt financially because much of their Liveli Hood is derived from classified ads. Quagliaroli was on vacation Friday and unavailable for comment according to his office. Cook in an interview april 23, acknowledged that the stars and stripes would be in Competition with other publishers if the paper printed classified  we have a larger obligation to our readers,11 he said. The newspaper had received orders for 308 ads Worth $4 11j by May a. It had planned to begin run Ning ads May 7. All of the Money was returned to those who placed orders a porn a Lawn. Outrun  to Ihbe non go athlete injured in Accident Baum older Germany Sas Usa eur Power lifting Champion Brenton Sewell was in serious condition Friday in a California Hospital after suffer. Ing injuries in a stateside diving Accident the Accident left Sewell partially paralysed in his upper extremities said Baum older Public affairs spokeswoman Madeliene Dworakoski. Doctors cannot Lell if the Panusis is permanent. Family members were with Sewell in California. He is coherent and Alert and shows no signs of paralysis in i legs Dwoira Koski said. Specific details on the Accident were not available. Sew Efi. 24, a specialist 4 with the 3rd in 16th Field arty at Baum older had travelled to Kansas City to. As the Only Usa eur participant on the armed forces team in the National Junior Power living championships held in Early june. He won a Gold medal in the 198-Pound division at the Power lifting meet