European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d Thatcher ends talks in u.s., praises Reagan  2 o general defends my As Superb Page 5 d Mattingly sets Homer record As Yankees top Texas Page 21 the St ars and vol. 46, no. 92 a photo an army helicopter rescues people from Trees in the raging Guadalupe hirer. At least 2 die 8 missing in swollen Texas River Comfort actas not a racing River in the Hill country of Central Texas swollen by torrential Rains swept away a bus and a Van full of teen agers leaving a Church Camp Friday. Two of the 43 peo ple aboard died and eight were missing Friday night and feared dead. The youths tried to form a human Chain to reach higher ground but it broke apart. Some were Able to hold on to the branches of Cypress and Pecan Trees singing and praying until helicopters could Pluck them off. One of Fiose who died was a 14-year old girl who grabbed a rope from a Ucli Soe flood on Page 26 no Falleo Isakof fical fuiljcat1o f0� to sunday july 19, 1987 ripes d 6693 a White House Story disputed by Poindexter Washington a former National Security adviser John Poindexter testified Friday Ilia no Mailer wha he White House says he still believes that president Reagan would have approved diverting iranian arms Sale profits to the nicaraguan contras. His comments Drew Quick new denials from Reagan officials. In the face of Sharp congressional questions about his own credibility As Well As while House denials  stood by his earlier testimony thai he approved inc diversion on his own to proc cd Percsi Donl Reagan that he never told inc president about it and that he believed he was t doing anything that Reagan would t have approved. Confronted with a statement on thursday by Cajan s chief spokesman Martin futz Waitr thai the president would not have allowed inc diversion to proceed Poindexter told the Iran Centra committees on Friday i would have expected him of say that. Trial s inc whole idea of deniability Cagan declined to respond to poin Duxler s latest remarks saying to report ers no comments unti the investigation is Over and then i will be eagerly  however. While House chief of staff Howard Baker challenged poin Deiter s testimony and said of Reagan and the diversion had he known Aboul it he simply would have slopped  Baker contended that Poindester s statements were merely the Admiral s opinion based on no facts evidence or conversation with the president. Poindexter told inc commit pcs Lylial he had based his View on 5 i years of working for Reagan on the National Secu Rity Slaff including the final year during which he had nearly daily meetings with inc president. His insistence thai he did not Tell the president about the diversion prompted sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., to say Friday on chs evening news "1 think inc Hunt for the smoking gun is  in a lbs news new York times poll released Friday 53 percent of those questioned said they think Reagan is lying when he says he did t know about the diversion while 34 percent said he is telling the truth. Forty seven percent said t oin Duxler is lying when he save he see Poindexter on Page 28 Vermont fan pipes up in support of Poindexter new York a some viewers of inc Iran Contra hearings Call the while House to show support for the witnesses. Some Send telegrams. But a Vermont woman has gone them one better in an Effort to let former National Security adviser John Poindexter know she cares. The woman called Alfred Dunhill of London inc s fifth Avenue store wednesday ordered a $305 pipe and asked Hal in be blessed by a roman Catholic priest and sent to inc pipe puffing rear Admiral. This was the most unusual ripest i be Ever  said Dunhill Salesman Joh Dejohn. De John said the Montpelier vt., woman who  anonymity was very pleasant very serious and really meant  she had asked to speak 10 a Catholic Salesman and wanted the pipe blessed Al is Patrick s Cathedral across the Street from the fashionable tobacco and men s clothing store. He said he had a link bit of trouble at first talking officials at is. Patrick s into agreeing to the woman s request. But they finally did allow a priest to bless the pipe although they asked to be left out of any publicity. The pipe was then sent to the Washington office of Richard Buckler. Poin a Ejler s Alloney a spokeswoman in his office said Friday she could not say whether in had been received. France severs ties with Iran Over bombing suspect Paris up France cd Diplo malic lies with Iran on Friday snark my fears that the French embassy in Tehran might be ransacked and its occupants held hostage As happened at inc Ameri can embassy in 1979. The decision was an noun d following an emergency meeting by Tuven 1 runic minister Jacques Chirac and president Francois Mitt Errario after weeks of ten Sion Over French demands to interview an iranian who is holed up a his embassy in Paris in connection with a wave of bombings Las year. In Beirut the islamic jihad Irani a lion threatened to immediately Cir Cuit " two of in frisk h hopi age a Kidnap Ped by pro Leaninn groups in Lebanon. An arabic speaking Man made the claim in Lete Ponc co mails Luis to Western news agencies and a radio nation in moslem West Cirul. He said islamic jihad has decided to immediately exec if Marcel Fontaine and Marcel  we inform Jou that lie French government s decision to Cut diplomatic rt1 la tons with Iran Wilt increase he Jiler Minai Ion of the oppressed moslem o continue their struggle against the Amer ican imperialism and its european Surro gales especially the French the caller said. Trance Tus decided to break As of now. Dish music relations with Iran see France on Page 28