European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday july 10,1987 Black caucus queries recruit policy by William j. Bartman Washington Burnt Washington some key members of the con Gressional Black caucus and a few of i hair while allies want to prevent military recruiters from frowning on would be recruits who have anything less than b tidal tonal High school diploma. The policy change May inadvertently discriminate against minorities rep. Thomas Sawyer a Ohio said in a recent letter to colleagues that sparked a reaction among Black House members. Significant numbers of minorities must pursue alternative educational North from Page 1 it turned out that he had destroyed All memos in hit files relating to the diversion. North began the Day by turning on his pursuers criticizing he Iran Contra hearings As unfair and dam aging to the National interest. He said Congress must shoulder the blame for a fickle vacillating unpredictable policy toward Che nicaraguan rebels. Of one thing i am certain is that you will not investigate yourself in this Mailer he said to More than two dozen members of Congress arrayed before him each one wailing a turn to ask questions. Despite the allegation. Sen. Daniel Inouye the hawaiian Democrat who chairs the Senate investigating committee said the nationally televised hearings Are neither pro Contra nor instead he said they arc focusing on a flawed polio making process. I would Hope that in our questioning and in our responses we would keep that in mind he said. In the crowded Senate caucus room North told his afternoon questioner Senate counsel Arthur Liman that he was fully prepared to be a political Scapegoat if inc coven Iran Contra operation came unravelled but not the fall Guy fora criminal investigation. North said he knew Manucher Ghorbani far a Irani an born arms broker who was a key middleman i secret arms sales to be a duplicitous North said he believed he was an agent of the israeli govern ment who lied both to the americans and to the Irani ans in arms for hostages negotiations. Reading his lengthy prepared opening statement. North port Rayed himself As a simple slant officer Dur ing six years on the National Security Council staff. North is testifying under a congressional Grant of limited immunity. His wife Betsy Sal behind him he read the statement that was written to be delivered before his opening Day of testimony on tuesday. The investigating committees ordered him to wait the 48 hours required under the rules before going ahead. The session was briefly interrupted at mid morning when two in stood up at the rear of the room unfurled a while Banner and began shouting anti Contra slogans. North sitting Wilh his Back to the two initially ducked then turned to watch while uniformed police hustled inc demonstrators from the room. Marcos from Page 1 has both . And philippine current president of the Philippines Corazon Aquino who look office after Marcos was swept aside by a popular revolt in february 1986, would be taken hostage Marcos told told Hirschfeld that he owned 1,000 tons of Gold Worth 114 billion that was hidden perhaps in the revelation of the tapes state department and Justice department officials have restricted Marcos to the hawaiian Island of Oahu forbidding him to rave anywhere else in the United states or outside the coun and Hirschfeld said that before they made the recordings they tried to get . Officials involved they even notified vice president Bush s office they said but were said they alerted the philippine government through its . Attorney on june 4 and gave them the tapes. The Philippines authorities passed them to , they said. For his part in the affair Al Fassi Wai to be made a honorary Consul general of the philippine government Hirschfeld said. Sawyer has proposed legislation to delay the policy change by one year to give Congress time to study the Impact such a practice would have on society and inc military. The plan is to Lake effect oct. 1. Of the 20 representatives who have co sponsored Sawyer s Bill most of them belong to the Black Cau Cus. They include Ron Dellums a Calif. Louis Stokes a Ohio Gus Hawkins a Calif. William Clayd to. Mike Espy John Lewis a a. Dellums and two other supporters of the Bill. Reps. Pat Schroeder d-colo., and Ike Skelton d-mo., Are members of the House armed services committee the Pentagon policy would give greater priority to potential recruits with College credit or a traditional locally Iwucz High school diploma than those who got i hair diplomas through avenues such As night schooler general equivalency tests in addition to being concerned about minority discrimination the freshman congressman is also worried that the policy could damage programs thai help High school dropouts receive diplomas through alternative education an aide to Sawyer said. The policy was recommended by the defense department s joint services educational credential working group. The panel found that More than 30 percent of recruits with non traditional diplomas com pared with 19 percent of those with regular diplomas fail to Complete i Cir first two years of service. Iranian from Page 1 member told the associated press the attack was car ried out by a High Speed launch that caught up with the pc conic and just opened nine rocket propelled grenades were fired then the attackers reloaded and fired another nine igniting a fire that was put out by the Crew he said. In Washington Pentagon spokesman maj. Larry Icnogle said the attack did not require a . Military response because the ship is not a .-flagged vessel. The mid on the pc conic was apparently in Retalia Tion for at least two iraqi attacks this week on tankers near Harg Island terminal in the gulfs Northern Waters. Iran and Iraq at or for nearly 7 years have attacked More than 200 ships in their attempts to inflict damage on each other s economies. The . Navy has eight warships in or around the Gulf. The Reagan administration says those ships will protect the re flagged kuwaiti tankers to protect the West s Oil Supply and Freedom of navigation in the , which accuses Kuwait of aiding Iraq has warned it will not be deterred from attacking Kuwait s tankers even if they Fly the . Flag. Rioters from Paga 1 rights of 2,335 anti government activists including Kim who has been banned from political activities sign a Chun look Power in a 1980 military coup. Like decision forced by three weeks of violent pro democracy protests last month did not still the voices of hundreds of thousands of people in dozens of Fune ral rallies. They chanted keep fighting for democracy and Down Wilh inc More than 200,000 people marched peacefully through the streets of Seoul following the Flower be decked casket of Monsei University student Lee Han yol 21, who died sunday. It was the largest mass rally 2 soldiers injured in tractor trailer mishap Heilbronn Germany up two soldiers were Hurt and two tractor Lra leis carrying Pershing 2 missile stages Wen damaged thursday in a collision during a Supply Convoy movement an army spokesman said maj. Michael Griffon spokesman for the 56th Field arty come said the missiles on the trailers of the transporters were packaged by stages in shipping containers and there were no nuclear warheads with them. He said the Accident happened Aboul 10 55 . On a Road about two Miles North of Unter Kruppenbach North of Stuttgart and did not pose a danger to the Public. Griffon said the two soldiers who were Hurt in the Accident were treated and released at a Hospital in the Heilbronn said the tractor portion of the iwo transporters was heavily damaged in the Accident but the trailers with the missile stage containers were nearly unscathed. The Convoy had been dispatched by the 59lh Ord brigade and was delivering a assembled missile stages to the nuclear capable 56ili Field arty come which ii equipped Wilh Pershing 2 Accident came a Day after a truck with four non nuclear Patriot air defense missiles overturned in a ditch Southeast of Frankfurt. Allowed in the capital in Chun s seven year Rule. Lee was taken for burial to his Birthplace in the Southern City of Kwangju an anti government Strong hold. Witnesses said More than 150,000 persons crammed the streets to Greet the slow moving bus carrying the mass Funera began Early thursday morning Al the University where acc was struck in the head june 9by shrapnel from a police fired tear Gas bomb. He Lay in a coma for 27 Days while pro democracy protests raged in the streets. Kim declaring i have never committal a come said the korean people forced the government into the amnesty. I am grateful to our people beyond in an interview with reporters Kim gave his Strong est indication to Date thai he will Challenge chum hand picked successor Roh Tae woo in a direct presidential election late this year. Free elections were a key demand of demonstrators last month. The dissidents covered by the amnesty included politicians students and activists banned since 1972, Only dissident convicted of pro communist activities and extreme violence that caused injury or death were excluded acc amnesty announcement followed the release of 534 political prisoners earlier in the week and Wei included in the Reform package announced july 1 by Chun on the advice of ruling party chairman Ron Tae woo. Soldier sentenced to 9 months in confinement for mail theft Mannheim Germany is a Soldier convicted of stealing . Mail from Heidelberg s Pallon Barracks Post office was sentenced to nine months confinement a 21st support come spokesman said thursday spec. 4 Anthony a. Taylor 25, of the 147th postal Del. Was found guilty july i of stealing a television set during july 1986, it. Col. Larry d. Furrow said. Taylor also was reduced in Grade to e-1, ordered to forfeit All pay and Dis honorable discharged. Taylor is the last of 19 soldiers from the same unit accused of stealing mail. All have been either court Martiale or received administrative punishment. Fur Row said. Waldheim Bonn invitation denied Bonns a the press spokesman for German president Richard von Wei Sacker on thursday de Nied reports that the president invited controversial austrian president Kurt Waldheim to Bonn. Press spokesman Friedbert Pflum Ger travelling Wilh von Weizsaecker in the soviet Union issued inc that Mcm through an aide in Bonn to counter news re porn. A spokesman in Bonn said that while a meeting is not Odihe Agenda it is customary that the German and austrian Heads of state would meet informally. Weizsaecker intends to keep to this custom respecting the elected president of the Republic of Austria he said. Waldheim recently visited the Vatican and ended a stale visit to Jordan on saturday bul so far has not received any invitations from Western governments. Wei Sacker issued a statement a month ago saying that the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Austria were on Friendly terms and he did not intend to break the tradition of meeting informally with the newly elected formal head of that state
