European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28the stars and stripes Friday july 10,1987 of caucus queries recruit policy by William Washington Bureau Washington some key members of the con Gressional Black caucus and a few or their while allies want to prevent military recruiters from frowning on would be recruits who have anything less than a traditional High school diploma. The policy change May inadvertently Dis against minorities Hep. Thomas saw to in a recent letter to a reaction among Black House to lumbers of minorities must pursue alternative educational North from Page 1 limited immunity. His wife Betsy sat behind him Ashe 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 he rules before going a moment of drama shortly before the commit tees look their customary two hour lunch break. North swore he was telling the truth even when he was con fronted with a compendium of his previously acknowledged lies and deceptions. He was asked by House Republican counsel George Van Cleve How investigators could know he was not now lying to protect your commander in chief president Reagan."1 am not lying to protect anybody counsel. I came Here to Tell the truth. Some of it has been ugly forme came Back the reply. The session was briefly interrupted at Widmon Tingshen two men stood up at the rear of the room unfurled a while Banner and began shouting Anli Contr slogans North silting with Bis Back to the two initially ducked then turned to watch while uniformed police hustled he demonstrators from the room. North answered questions for the third Day. Vancleve led him initially through a description of his experience in Vietnam and asked him to compare that War with the struggle in Nicaragua. The sandinista government in Nicaragua is a Surro Gate soviet military operation North said. It was our assessment the soviets were willing Logie them anything necessary to win Short of Provok ing an american military response he other testimony delivered under a Grant of limited immunity that prevents prosecutors from using his words a Amsl him. North said he has great admiration for am ram Nir an Israel official who accompanied him to Iran in a secret 1986 negotiating session. If he was fired because of my Testi Mony i regret it North said of Nir who reportedly has been stripped of his authority As terrorism adviser. He knew Manucher Ghorbani far an iranian bom arms broker who was a key middleman in secret arms tales to be a duplicitous North said be believed he was an agent or the israeli government who lied both to the americans and to the iranians in arms for hostages negotiations. He does not know whether Michael Ledeen a former government consultant profited from his Rolein arranging the secret arms sales to Iran. But North said that printed reports saying he accused Ledeen of making Money Are untrue. That As he testified on wednesday he stonewalled earlier congressional investigators seeking details of the Iran Contra affair because Many Many lives were he had a Rale in helping to apprehend some of the terrorists who seized the italian luxury liner the Achille Lauro in the summer of 1985. Marcos from Page 1 Nade launchers rifles and enough ammunition for three months of lighting. Acting on the conversations. President Reagan s administration earlier this week told Marcos who has lived in Hawaii since he was driven from Power i february 1986, Noi to try to return Lothe Philippines. Stale department spokesman Charles e. Red anon wednesday would not disclose contents of a letter Reagan sent Marcos but he said it repealed the presi Dent s admonition that while or. Marcos is in the United slates he i subject look r letter also restricted Marcos to the Island of Oahu. Sawyer has proposed legislation to delay the policy tone year to give Congress Lime to study the have on j military. The i of the 20sawyer s Bil or icon belong to i Man Traude Ron Dellums a Calif. Loud Hotoi Gus Hawkins emt Alif. William Day do Mike Espy a miss. And John Lewis a a. Dellums and two other supporters of the Bill. Schroeder d-colo., and Ike Skellon d-mo., Are members of the House armed services Pentagon policy would give greater priority to potential recruits with College credit or a traditional locally issued High school Jalam Jan those who got in As night school or a equivalency tests. In addition to being concerned about minority discrimination the freshman congressman is also worried that the policy could damage programs that help High dropouts receive diplomas through alternative magma Ideth Sawyer said. The policy by the defense department s joint credential working group. The panel Loucht Haare than 30percent of recruits with non-tradilionata1mlam pared with 19 percent of Hose with regular dip fail to Complete their first two years of service. Iian from Page 1 member told the associated press ried out by a High Speed launch that caught up pc conic and just opened nine rocket propelled grenadeu0mffla7then the attackers reloaded and Fra he mar nine igniting a ire that was put of or Rcv he said. In spokesman maj. Larry id the attack did not require a . Military response because the ship is not a .-Fbggcd raid on the Peconic was apparently in Retalia Tion for at least two iraqi attacks this week on tankers near Harg Island terminal in he gulfs ters. Iran and Iraq . Navy has eight warships in or around Lite Reagan administration says those ships will kuwaiti tankers to protect he West s Reedom of navigation in the Gulf Iran which accuses Iraq has warned it will not be deterred tankers even if they Fly the . Flag. Rioters from Page 1 rights of 2,335 anti government activists including Kim who has been banned from political activities since Chun took Power in a 1980 military coup. The decision forced by three weeks of violent pro democracy protests last month did not still j 0ammmleep tinting for democracy and Down with the than 200,000 people marched peacefully through the streets of Seoul following the Flower be decked casket of Yons i University student Lee Han yol 21, who died sunday. It was the largest mass rally 2 soldiers injured tractor trailer Mii Lap Labronn Germany up to soldiers were Hurt of two tractor trailers carrying King 2 missile stages a fire damaged thursday in Flo vision during Supply Conoy movement an Arma Ocsman said. Maj. Michael Griffon spoke Fen for the 56th Fie Darty the Missi Laflin the trailers of the transporters we in shipping con ear warheads with diem. Ned about 10 55 . On of Unter Kruppenbach North a danger to the Public i Diers who were Hurt in the leased at a Hospital in the tamers and thei he said the Road about two Mil of Stuttgart and did Griffon said the Accident were to Heilbronn he said the floor port heavily damped in the acc ii missile were the Cal toy had been dispatch Rule by the 59th Ord brigade Jed was delivering in assented missile stages to the Clear capable a file Field Art Pond which is cd urged with pending 1 missiles. In be Accident came a Day after a truck with four non Niyear Patriot air defense missiles overturned in Editth Southeast of Frankfurt. The two transporters was us the trailers with the allowed in the capital Inchon s seven year Rule. Lee was taken for Al heft his Birthplace in the Southern City of Kwaku Amli government Strong hold. Witnesses a Inore in 150,000 person crammed the so acct of Greet the mow moving bus carrying the casket f ithe mass morning at the University when la mruck in the head june 9by ear Gas bomb. He Lay of Burnott Patton Barracks Post a of was sea paced to nine months confinement a 2rmbig0fncomd spokesman said thursday. It spec. 4 of the 147th postal Del was found Jiffy july 1 of Ewing a television Milt. Col. Larry a to said. Taylor Jowas reduced in Grade in rec ordered a forfeit away and Dis honorable Dischia r is the last of 19 soldiers from the Iraq used of stealing mail. All have been either i. Titled or received administrative punishment fit Row said. Isheim Bonn invitation denied Bonns a then a Manjor German president Richard von weizsaeck7mmhifi&y de Nied reports that the president invited Cettl austrian president Kurt Waldheim to Bonn. Press spokesman Friedbert pm Luger travel Inion Weizsaecker in the soviet Onil statement through an aide new reports. A Spok Mani plaid that while a meeting is not on to Fps it is customary that the German of state would met informally. intends to keep to this custom respecting the elected president of the Republic of a " Landen Dewaan on saturday but so far has not received any a few Ujj rim Western governments. Weizsacker Issue to Chhel a month ago saying that the Federal Republic dra stand the Republic or Austria were on Friendly to cram Muc did no intend to break the tradition of i with the newly fleeced formal head of that slate
