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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday september 9,1987 Topsy Turvy tactic you could almost say his slant by two air Force Thunder bards was done with minors. The upside Down Jet on lop stems to be practically touching the identical plane below daring a Calypso nun Etner performed at Burke lakefront Airport in Cleveland Ohio by am practising for an air show memo links Bush Excia agent who aided contras Washington a a memorandum prepare for vice president George Bush seven months before the Iran Centra affair became Public last year says former Cia agent wanted la meet with the vice presi Dent to discuss resupply of the contras according to testimony released tuesday. Bush the front runner for the Republican 1988 presidential nomination has acknowledged his relationship with the agent Felix Rodriguez but has steadfastly held thai he knew nothing about private efforts to provide arms to the nicaraguan rebels at a time when such Aid was banned by Congress. The memo dated april 30, 1986, notes that Rodriguez was coming to Washington from Central America and was to meet briefly with Bush on May i. The document states Felix Rodriguez a coun Crin a urgency expert who is visiting from �1 Salvador will provide a briefing on the status of the War in Al Salvador and  the document was released tuesday by the congressional Iran Contra investigating committees along with transcripts of depositions taken from three members of Bush s staff. Phyllis m. Byrne a Secretary in the vice president office said the language was Given to her by col Samuel j. Watson a National Security aide to Bush. It was not known whether Bush Ever saw the document and members of the Iran Centra committees have not interviewed the vice president. In their depositions both Watson and Donald Gregg a former Cia agent and Bush s National Security adviser said they could not recall the language in the memo. Much of the testimony released tuesday focused on contacts Between the two Bush aides and Rodriguez who was sent to Central America and who was heavily involved in the resupply Effort for the contras. Bush and Gregg have said the purpose in sending Rodriguez to �1 Salvador was o help that country counter a leftist insurgency there using helicopter tactics he devel oped while working in  it was reported last month Ihal Rodriguez had said in Early 1985 that his primary commitment in Central America was helping the contras from the Supply Centeral Llop Ango air base in Al Salvador. The vice president has said he never had any knowl Edge about the Contra military Aid operation much of which was conducted during a period when Congress had banned . Military help for the rebels. All of his meet Ings with Rodriguez dealt with the Al Salvador counterinsurgency work Bush says. Gregg has said he did t learn about Rodriguez s involvement with the centres until last August when Rodriguez told him about it during a meeting. He said he passed along the concerns to the appropriate officials 1 but that Bush was never told about it. Judge rules new Georgia abortion Law illegal Atlanta a a Federal judge tuesday enjoined the slate of Georgia from enforcing a new Law requiring minors to notify their parents before having an abortion ruling that two key provi Sions of the Law Are unconstitutional. Bui . District judge Robert Hall left the door open for Georgia officials to Amend those two provisions and he stayed further proceedings in the Case until the supreme court rules in a Simi Lar Case from Illinois. Hall ruled that one portion of the Georgia Law which requires a Parent or adult to accompany a woman 17 or younger to an abortion clinic to verify parental consent was unconstitutional because it unduly burdens the minor s  he said the Georgia general assemblyman solve that problem by amending the Law to allow verification by Telephone or mail As allowed in other Stales. He also found an unconstitutional Vio lation of a juvenile s right to anonymity. The Taw allows a judge to approve a minor s abortion As an alternative to Paren Tal notification in some cases but Hall noted that Georgia supreme court Rule do not provide for the scaling of juvenile court documents. The judge said this omission in the rules was probably inadvertent and can be easily remedied by the state court. The Georgia Law passed during the i9b7 general Assembly session was challenged in court by planned parenthood organizations from Atlanta and Augusta. It was to go into effect july 1,but Hall granted a temporary restraining order delaying its enforcement. Planned parenthood officials said the would not comment on Hall s ruling until they had a Chance to study it. Georgia attorney general Michael Bowers did not immediately return Telephone Call to his office. State sen. Joseph Kennedy one of the authors of the Law said he had not teen the ruling but was certain the legislature would be willing to make the changes suggested by Hall. I m cure if there anything thai is unconstitutional about in certainly. We will try to address i next session he said. The legislature be gins its 1988 session in  planned parenthood lawsuit argued that the Law would restrict a Wom an s right to privacy and due process by placing undue burdens on Leen age seeking abortions. Non candidate Cuomo amused9 by Nixon note Albany . A former president Richard Nurjan s prediction that gov. Mario Cuomo will be the 1988 democratic presidential nominee is amusing but comes too late for it to happen Cuomo said tues Day. Cuomo during a weekly radio interview theorized that Nixon uni Gnu be saying such hings to Renste life More difficult for democrats seeking the nomination. Maybe Richard Nixon is a Republican and whal he s saying is Good for republicans said Cuomo. On sunday it was reported that Nixon had sent a confidential memorandum in june to associates in which he predicted that Cuomo would be the demo cratic nominee and vice president George Bush the gop Standard Blairr Najil year. Cuomo announced feb. 19 that he would not seek the 198 presidential nomination. I m not running for president insisted Cuomo again tuesday during an interview with wac radio to run for president you have to have committees401 up you have to have people he said. Even if you wanted to do in mysteriously from a High Tower Send ing out emanations without Ever campaigning you would still have to have people in Iowa new Hamp Shire the Southern states Al least the big Stales and there is no such  if were to change my mind and suddenly receive an inspiration from somewhere that said you must run Mario 1 could to Cuomo added. "1 Don l have he wherewithal. I Don l have the people in   
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