European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes o spare parts shortage still plaguing military Page 3 o judge delays Deaver s trial Over jury Issue Page 5 q Cleveland indians fire Pat Corrales sports Page 21 the St is am of clues Tuth Riiho a Neffic. Of 0 6693 a Poindexter admits Goa was to dupe Congress Washington a former National Security adviser John  testified thursday thai he sent Oliver North a note saying Well done Afler North misled Congress about the secret Contra Supply program and he said president Reagan made a mistake in firing North when the affair became Public. Our objective Here All along was to withhold information from Congress the Navy rear Admiral said in a second Day of testimony before the congressional Iron Contra committees. There Sno question about  poin Dexler dressed in civilian  spin his tearing up of a signed presidential order known As o find ing that authorized sending arms to Iran in the expectation that if would re Sull in the release of american hostages held in Lebanon. Relate i Story Page 4. "1 simply did t a i this document to see the Light  Iid porn Rcitter. Admiral Poindexter what made you believe that the president of the United states would want you to destroy a find ing in order to save him from political embarrassment asked House commit tee counsel John nicolds. I recognized that in was politically embarrassing said Poindexter. I thought one of my jobs was to protect tic  asked whether the purpose of destroy ing the finding was also to protect him self Poindexter said in no  Reagan queried by reporters at he beginning of 3 Cabinet session on the budget repeatedly refused to comment on  s testimony saying i m going to be making a statement when All these hearings ate Over and then i will be ready to talk spokesman Marl in Fitzwater said preparations were under Way for a Rea Gan speech after the end of the hearings. Poindexter said wednesday he believed Reagan would have thought the diversion a Good idea if he had been told. But Filowat Craid thursday that Reagan has said on past occasions hat had shebeen told he would not have allowed it and he should have been  an Abc news Washington Post Tele phone poll of 767 americans wednesday night found that 48 percent believed see Congress on Page 28 a Phulo rear adm John Point enter stands with his wife Linda an episcopal priest Dur ing m recess in the Iran Contra hearings thursday on Capitol Hill. Dod warns Media to keep distance in Gulf a Appolo a members of the Dock  Spiegel Grove relax on deck wednesday Asil uses through the Suez canal i Lime other is. Nary ships. The foot vessels were gleaming South in the red sen thursday. By Norman Blackcap military writer Washington the warned news organizations the  their Dis Tance from . Navy Fulfand planes operating in the persian " Pentagon s chief spokesman look oni a briefing to fall reporters attention to a notice to airmen that has been in effect for the Gulf since 1984. The notice warns aircraft to stay at least five nautical Miles away from american ships and at an Altitude of at least 2,000 feet. I m getting reports from various countries around the Middle East that there Are Large numbers of news men and women who Are gathering in the expectation that something might happen Sims said. Some of the news organizations appear to be chartering planes and boats.,. In is nol in i hair Best inter ests to be operating in the Vicinity of our naval  said. We arc on the record with that in this notice airmen and i want to be on the record with news Lions represented Here As having emphasized Une More  .  to the Mideast task Force have been operating Tik her readiness since an iraqi War plane attacked Lac a missile frigate Stark on May 17, killing 37 Sailor set Krizhe new rules of engagement ship captains Aren sized to open fire on any aircraft or vessel that appear hic. Mane vering for an attack. While Sims agreed that private planes or rated by television networks and other news organic sons see Gulf on Page 28 former White House aide reportedly indicted Washington a former White House political director Lyn Nof Ziger now a lobbyist one of the Man Public figures pulled into the we tech scandal was indicted by a Federal grand jury thursday on charges of violating conflict of interest Laws said a govern ment source close to the probe. The indictment was obtained by inde pendent counsel James Mckay who also is investigating attorney general Edwin Mectch mrs involvement with inc Bronx defense contractor. Nofziger who received 22,500 shares of Stock in wed tech corp., a firm that was awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in no bid Pentagon contracts began lobbying for we Lech shortly after leaving the White House in january 1982. The sealed indictment which was to be announced Friday concerns cd tech s efforts to obtain a 132 million con tract to build Small engines for the  news and Abc news also reported thursday that an indictment against Nofziger would be announced Friday. Four months after leaving the White House Nofziger wrote a Teller to Deputy while House Counselor James Jenkins to ask for his Hatpin obtaining the army contract the Justice department said in coun documents filed Early this year. Seeking an Independent counsel. Federal ethics Law prohibits High pub Lic officials from lobbying their former agencies for one year after leaving the Federal government. The 1978 it fuck in government act provides for a Maxi mum penalty of up to two years in prison and a j 10,000 Fine. The Independent counsel s criminal investigation of Mccase is continuing and the Nofziger indictment does nol involve him. The indictment against Nofziger makes him the latest of 1-4 current m former pub Lic officials and businessmen charged in  scandal. Four executives of the Awe thriving minority owned firm which now is in receivership pleaded guilty earlier this year lop aying off Public officials in Exchange for assistance in obtaining hundreds of Mil Lions of dollars in no bid Pentagon con tracts. Among the others who have bin ii indicted in connection with we Lech is rep. Mano Biaggi. D-n.y., accused by a Federal grand jury in Manhattan Juriw 3 of extort ing j3.6 million Worth of lock from the company by threatening to withdraw his support for the firm s efforts to win govern ment contracts lie has denied in wrong doing