European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 14, 1987 the stars and stripes Pate 9 Cia chief reportedly orders shake up scandal figures being asked to retire Washington i i Cia  chief Duane Clarridge a figure in the Iran con Ira affair is among a handful of Agency officials being forced into retirement As part of a House cleaning by new spy chief William Webster according to . Intelligence sources the sources old United press International that Webster and other senior Cia officials Wen dissatisfied with Clarridge s Lack of Candor in his 1984 and 986 testimony before inc House and Senate Intelli gence committees about the Agency role in Central America. One source said that parts of car Ridge s testimony on subjects including the Agency s mining of Nicara Gua s harbours and a Cia manual encouraging the assassination of sandinista Village officials were found in House not 10 be  the sources described lie shake up As both a typical shuffle by a new Agency director and a House cleaning following a scandal in which employees who had been deceitful or misleading in congressional testimony will be asked to leave. While Webster was Fri director last year Bureau officials also found Clarridge to be less than forthright during a criminal investigation into an alleged Prest Dan Ifill assassination threat by a former Cia employee Jack Terrell the sources told up1, Fri officials suspected Clarridge was seeking to protect former Cia employees including some who had worked for him and who were associated with Terrell in one of several private efforts to assist the Nicara Gua Contra rebels the sources said. It could not be Learned precisely when Clarridge who appeared before the congressional Iran con Ira committees in Early August was asked to take Early retirement but sources said several other Cia employees Are expected to be pressed to step Down. Clarridge could not be reached Tor comment. A Cia spokesperson declined to acknowledge he Ever worked for the Agency although transcript of his recent closed door testimony have been made Public. 11 was during the investigation of Terrell sour aft said thai Webster and other Fri officials beg if to focus on Garridge s Central american role. Terrell a disaffected member of the Pravaj civilian military assistance group was one of Ihen Tresl to publicly accuse former National Security air it. Col. Oliver North of managing a private Coo Fra Aid network. The pm a was a spinoff of the primary network Over seen by North an operation run by retired air Force maj. Gen. Richard Secord. Some intelligence sources alleged As had Terrell William Absler thai the joint 1986 Fri secret service inquiry initiated to discredit win and thai the Only Evide Neitli trigger the investigation was a second hand remark a. An  Lephane Call. A Justi 96epartmeni source said that although the Assassin flon investigation did t pan out during the Yinqu Ufa Webster first Learned of North. Clarridge tic Gray area in the . Government thai was supporting the contras and the pm a group. At the Lime Congress had banned . Officials from providing military Aid to the contras. One source said that at the Fri s request Clarridge gave investigators a heavily deleted Fife on Terrell s former associates saying that he had provided All available materials. But other Cia employees tipped the Justice Deport ment that another file existed which was the real thing a knowledgeable source said. Armed with the file number Fri agents returned to the Cia asking to see the material the source said. The Cia refused according to the source replying Well set you in  sources said Fri officials fell Clarridge was acting under orders from Cia director William Casey in withholding inc files. The Fri dropped its Pursuit of the matter because its real Mission was to neutralize Terrell not uncover what the Agency was  once it had been deter mined Terrell was not a threat to the president the inquiry wus dropped. Reports conflict on How the Terrell investigation was triggered. An intelligence source said the Fri intercepted a phone Call from Central America to the honduran embassy in Washington in which one of those on the line described him Ai dangerous. The Basic air Tittl was he s coming to Washington and he s such a crazy Guy he could probably shoot inc president " the source said when the Bureau alerted the secret service the source said the presidential Security Force really wanted to jump on the  Bui National Security Council documents released by the Iran Centra committees last week suggested thai North May have asked inc Fri to investigate Ter Rell after receiving reports that he was dangerous from members of a pro Centra group. The memos showed that North was kept apprised of the inquiry. In one memo then National Security adviser John poin Dexler even informed president Reagan about Ter Rell s offer to assassinate the president Robert White former . Ambassador to Al Salva Dor and Paraguay who now employs Terrell at a Liberal non profit think tank based in Washington has charged the investigation was started solely to Blacken Terrell s name because they were extremely worried " Oul his  l twist of Fate Webster became Cia director two Mont sier came in and started to clean House there was no Choice but to say. Take Early retire ment " a  Justice department said. In Poindexter s Pfau congressional testimony re teased thursday he Alicd that Clarridge knew of North s pro con Ira Active Bynorth has testified that Clarridge occasionally n. Clarridge has de Nied any awareness of detail or North s pro con Ira activities. In 1978, when members of the Cia tuition in tur key were expelled because of frictions Clarridge was sent in to pick up the pieces and succeeded one colleague said. One Justice department source identified Clarridge As the Mastermind behind the mining of Nicaragua s harbours in 1984. Pilot killed when plane Breaks up in midair firefighter san re wreckage after i cargo plane cd bad and bunt into foam. Rayleigh. England a a twin engine cargo plane broke apart in the sky minutes after Takeoff saturday and plunged 2,000 feet into a car showroom killing the Pilot and setting off a series of fires officials said. No one on the ground was hurl. It is a Miracle we Are alive said Victor Riseborough 45, whose House was clipped by the plane. I was in bed when i heard a bang. I did t know what it was at first All i concentrated on was gelling my family  police and fire brigade spokesmen said it appeared the plane lost Power from one engine and broke up in flight. It was carrying More than a ton of fuel. The Beech Craft super King air 200, loaded with newspapers clipped the rear of one House and narrowly missed scores of others before blowing into Mac s garage Rayleigh ltd., about 30 Miles East of London. The plane exploded in flames on Impact rupturing a Gas main and sending people in in Fth clothes running from their houses in predawn darkness. Police evacuated about 200 people from 60 Homes for fear of Gas i Plo Sions and moved them into a school. They were allowed to return about three hours later after firefighters brought the fires under control. Walter Maynird general manager of Mae s garage said the showroom and 15 to 10 new and used car were destroyed. He estimated losses from damaged cars alone at 1163,000. We heard an enormous explosion which woke us up said Pat Hail who fled from her House with her husband. Dennis and daughter Jane. Flames were shooting hundreds of feet into the air. People were running from their Home in their night  the door of Riseborough s House was burned but there was no other damage to houses said superintendent Tom Rodgers Deputy divisional commander of the Southend police Force. The crash occurred at 3 30 a.m., about two minutes after the plane took off from som Hend Airport to Fly a consignment of newspapers to Bergamo Italy. Gareth Evans sales and marketing director of Southend Airport said the  was about two Miles from the Airport and flying Ai 2,000 feet when it plummeted to Earth. Police said the Pilot was a 35-year-old new zealand born Man. His name was withheld As authorities tried to Contact rela Tives. He was the Only one aboard. Clues to the cause of the crash May be gained from an Airport recording of Takeoff procedures usually planet flying from Southend maintain radio ton Lack with thai upon for a Short distance before being turned Over to London air traffic control for a routing. The plane was owned by National air Wajs. Which operates newspaper flights from Southend Airport in Days 1 week