European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pagas the stars and stripes saturday. August 8,1987 update first lady intervenes Eugene Ore. Up a to year of girl whose savings account was seized by the internal Revenue service because her parents owed lanes says she will gel her Money Back thanks to Fust lady Nancy Reagan. Summer Grimes wrote to the first tidy last month seeking her b up in retrieving about $300 that the irs seized from her and he brother . S savings accounts to help pay her parentsr$9do tax Bill. Since the Money was taken two Yean ago the children had Given up Ever teeing it again until Cousin in a similar situation car min Fisher of Junction City Ore., attracted National publicity. Theirs admitted in made a mistake. 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Since defense Secretary Caspar Wein Berger completed his testimony on Mon Day and committee leaders summed of the hearings in closing statements the panels have been behind closed doors interviewing George Cia Central Amer ican task Force chief Alan Fiers and Agency county terrorism head Duane Clarridge. Transcripts of those sessions Are to remade Public next week after classified information is expurgated from tic texts by the White House. The House committee s chairman tee Hamilton d-lnd., said the testimony from the of a officials had not clarified the role of former Agency director Wil Liam Casey in the affair. It col. Oliver North portrayed Casey As instrumental in the Iran arms deals and the Contra resupply Effort but Casey himself denied any detailed knowledge before he died May 6. Hamilton said that if he had Bee asked last november or december about he Cia s role in he scandal i would have answered that it probably was not a Central role. Today my sense ii that in very much was a Central  in another  the  ton Post reported that a Federal judge has decided that Independent counsel Law rence Walsh must submit questions to the court for determination on whether iwo israeli figures will be compelled to answer them in the special prosecutor s investigation. Israel objects to subpoenas by Walsh s grand jury which is seeking to question Adolpn Schwimmer an israeli Aims dealer and David Kimche a former israeli foreign ministry official about the arms sales. All told the hearings included 44 Days of testimony from 32 witnesses. There were no plans to Call further witnesses before the full House and sen ate committees. But Hamilton did not Rule out that possibility and he said the panels still have much work to do. Asked whether vice president George Bush was Correct when he asserted that the hearings have placed him beyond criticism in the Iran Centra affair Ham Ilton reiterated that the committees work is not yet Complete. So Long As. That s the status of it i m not going to make any comment with regard to vice president Bush or any other person that has any finality to it Hamilton said. We have very Little evidence of the vice president s involvement. So far As t know that s the status of things. But in is also a tentative judgment on my  it in unlikely that the panels final re port will be finished before october Hamilton said. He said committee staff members Are putting together the report together with recommendations for any legislative changes that respond to problem found in the investigation which Tutt been under Way for the past seven month. But he said or saw no need for i weeping legislative changes Hamilton called the hearings a mar Velous civics lesson thai gave amen cans an intimate glimpse into admin to mice decision making. While the Preh and Public focused much attention on the question of whether Reagan knew about the diversion of arms Sale Money 10 the grains Hamilton said he did not consider that the Central question. I guess the Central concern would be the use of process Hamilton nil eve if Reagan was unaware of the Der Union he still must assume responsibility for the disarray in his policy making apparatus that led Loil he said. In u bmat�77 Ltd n a h u m m 13.7oki in to. Iou. A to frito. A n in a a in h n to h Wax mud Pru correction an article on Page one of tuesday1 stars and stripes incorrectly stated thai the curfew for military members at Kef Lavik Iceland is 10 . The curfew is Midnight signal representatives. It stemmed fro  revelations that revealed a Lack of notification of secret . Arms sales to Iran which was described in a letter from Reagan to the chairman and vice chairman of the Senate intelligence  measure of agreement that s reflected in the letter demonstrates the value of bipartisan cooperation Between the Congress and the executive Branch in the intelligence area Reagan said."1 firmly believe that the new proce dures we re putting into place will strengthen that cooperation  work of your committees he said. The proce dures address legitimate areas of concern of the Congress and the executive and they have my full support ". Reagan was asked if the commitment he made in the letters Given to Sens. David born d-okla., and William Cohen a mame was an outgrowth of failures to notify Congress of secret arms tales to Iran. I Haven t called them mis takes yet he  a nationally broadcast speech on dec. 6, Reagan acknowledged that mis Ings will be in writing Eicel in cases of extreme emergency the president also agreed that no finding should retroactively authorize or Sanction a special  the commitments Reagan made were these with special there should be a regular periodic re View of Alt ongoing special activities both by the intelligence committees and by the Csc National Security Council Reagan said i believe we cannot con duct an effective program of special activities without the cooperation and sup port of  the letter Reagan said he was determined to ensure that these commit tees can discharge their statutory responsibilities in Hii Are of overseeing Covert operations in All but the most exceptional circumstances timely notification to con Gress under Section 501 b of tie National Security act of 1947, u amended will not be delayed beyond two we inf Days of the initiation of a special activity the letter said a key focus of the congressional investigation of the Iran Contra and and Money affair has been the failure of the administration to notify the appropriate congressional committees of the tales . Arms to Iran and the conduct of cries of related Covert action. Funeral rites aug. 14 for wife of teacher Karlsruhe Germany a funeral service will be held aug. M near Pinna Sens for Marika Ridgeway 44, the wife of a Karlsruhe elementary school teacher. Ridgeway a Parma sons Arga native and naturalized . Citizen died Sun Day of lung cancer in a Heidelberg clinic. Her survivors include her husband sixth Grade teacher Don Ridgeway of Karlsruhe and their two daughter i a Etc and Heather Ridgeway. The service will Lake place at 11 . At the Wal Friedhof Chapel on route 10, about iwo Miles East of Pirr Nasons a attention club managers drum up Somm ifcjcmv3�&spfi?s find your Coupon tomorrow on Page in of the Stan and str Pei