European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes monday August 10,1987walsh to probe vigorously but fairly san Francisco a Independent counsel Lawrence �. Walsh vowing to investigate the Iran Centra affair vigorously but fairly said sunday he will not be deterred by the popularity of any targets of the probe. The popularity of persons involved is no More appropriate As a consideration than would be their unpopularity Walsh void. In an apparent reference to Tenner National Security Council aide Oliver North. High office Well intended policies or popular policies do not place anyone above the Law Walsh added in remarks prepared for a breakfast meeting at an american bar association conference in san Francisco. He said that if his investigation establishes probable cause to believe that crimes have been committed he will seek indictments of those believed to be  Only in this Way can the Rule of Law be upheld. Otherwise it is frustrated Walsh said. I can assure you that the investigation will be pursued vigorously but  Walsh also said he is confident that those granted limited immunity to testify before Congress will not be Able to use that Protection to escape criminal prosecution. He disclosed thai his investigators have interviewed More than 1,000 wit Nesses and have reviewed hundreds of thousands of documents while he grand jury handling the Case has met two or three Days a week since Jan. 28. Public opinion polls show that North a leading target of the Iran Contra probe won widespread Public support during his testimony before the congressional committees investigating the affair. A los Angeles times Survey indicated that nearly one half of 2,100 people questioned nationwide believe North a Marine lieutenant colonel is innocent of any crime. Television network polls showed thai most americans believe North told the Rulh in his congressional testimony. But Walsh in Stern remarks that quoted from the Bible the Constitution and . Historical figures suggested that truth was the primary victim in the Iran con Ira affair. To the extent that the facts Are with held or distorted our system of democracy cannot work Walsh said. To the extent that concealment and deception play any part in the relationship Between the three branches of government the tule of Law and our constitutional Struc Ture of government Are alike subverted. Democracy is premised upon the be signing up for a Safe trip Courtesy Tabanda Rene Day on Southern California highways i re Talon to freeway tool Lungi error icing the urn. Michael Anglo of Hiuming Lon Beach upon Oglie even before he ventures out onto the Highway. Bullet proof windows and increased use of left and right hand turn signals Are in convertible tops and vulgar hand Ges Tures Are seen 1m frequently. Lief thai i i people As a whole can make Wiser and belter decisions than any aristocracy or  Walsh reportedly is considering seek ing indictments on charges the United Siales was defrauded by the misappropriation of profits from the iranian arms sales to support the nicaraguan contras. Other possible charges include lying to Congress obstructing Justice and destroying government property. North was assigned to the Csc staff under Robert Mcfarlane and John poin Dexler. Poindexter has said he is a target of Walsh s investigation. Walsh said thai the congressional Iran Centra hearings posed the most serious external threat to the outcome of our investigation because key figures were granted limited immunity from prosecution. Testimony from the hearings or leads developed from the testimony May not be used to prosecute those granted such immunity. Walsh and his staff have taken extraordinary precautions to assure that they do not Leam of the testimony and to show that their evidence was acquired independently. Walsh said he is confident the rigor Ous insulation procedure employed in this Case will be upheld by the courts Lawrence e. Walsh Pampa to . Should cancel hikes in social Security faxes conservative study says Washington a a conserva Tive expert on social Security says he government should cancel the twin pay Roll Tan increases scheduled in 1988 and 1990, or run the risk of jeopardizing the . Economy. Peter j. Ferrara a one Lime while House policy aide to president Reagan said the current 7.1s percent social Secu Rity la already is far too High and raising it to 7.65 percent by 1990 could Boomerang and damage the old age retirement fund. Ferrara a lawyer who favors letting younger workers opt out of social Security writes in a study prepared for tic heritage foundation that skipping the increases would no cause any disruption in retirement checks since the old age program is Likely to build up big sur pluses for the next 20 years. Bui Ferrara said that even with the higher payroll lax scheduled to climb to 7.51 percent on Jan. I. 1988, and 7.65 percent on Jan. I 1990 the old age program will eventually be struck by a demographic wind Shear in the next Century that will Drain its reserves and possibly require crushing tax increases. The us Economy cannot afford to suffer new blows As it attempts to be come More competitive internationally snid Ferrara. Nor can it afford Job losses and reduced economic growth yet these would be the results of Trie social Security payroll tax hikes scheduled for 198b and 1990." the increases amount to a 125 Bil lion per year tax hike by t990," he charged. This lax Burden would reduce the creation of new jobs particularly for Low skilled americans and could tip lie whole Economy into  but Zenara s plea is almost certain to so unheeded this year in Congress where lawmakers Are preoccupied with the search for new revenues not looking for ways to Cut Back or even freeze taxes. Nobody s even talking about that said a House ways and Means commit tee staff member who insisted on anonymity. Ever heard of Gramm Rudman deficit targets if we freeze the payroll tax it increases the deficit that much  Ferrara in an interview agreed that Lucre is Little likelihood of congressional action this year to freeze the payroll lax Bui he predicted this whole thing could be a Campaign Issue next  former Delaware Coy Pele do font a Republican presidential hopeful has called for Radical changes in social Secu Rity along the lines of Ferrara s expanded Ira proposal. Expert in t sold on beads to indians Story Lake Placid . Ill l the widely acc Psid Story thai the indians sold Manhattan to the dutch for $24 Worth of beads has never been proved and probably was concocted by an imaginative historian a researcher said Sun Jil there is no documentary evidence thai even Sugonis Ihui european Riding beads were used to buy Manhattan is  said Peter Francis jr., director of the Center for Bead research m Lake Placid. Francis a Tii Stormn and spent Jears researching new York stale s must famous real estate Deal because the transaction intuited beads. The widely held Story repeated in his tory tools describes How Peter mini it the dutch director general of new Netherlands gave a Chest containing j24 in sparkling beads and trinkets to the Man Hattan indians in \b16. Legend has it that the indians snatched up the baubles and signed away the 22,000 acres thai comprise he mom valuable Island in the world. Francis said the transaction did not Siuw up m Imhuf books until 1346, when the history of new Netherlands by of. O Callaghan reports that the is land was purchased fur 60 dutch Guild ers which the author calculated via1, Worth s24. The source for Ilie o Callaghan Spry i Sadi discovered Vas a newly discovered ice tar from the Duich archives Tiit said the Island was obtained from Ilie indians for the value of 60  no mention of beads or a formal transaction was made in either the Duich letter or o Call Ayjian s Book but France blames historian Martha Lamb for Chis Eling he k grand might inverary version. Of Concrete. In Lamb s is77 wort history of the i a of new  i Job said the Dulch offi Ted Heads he Toms and other inn Els and the i Ruhm accepted with unfeigned Delight because Here was no prior mention of beads Francis is Lenain Lamb made in up. We can Only Cun Dudi that in was a product of lamp s imagination said Rrana whose research Mudy won the 11,000 Kerr history Pine from the new York Siau historical society for the Best Arik i published in 4hh