European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday october 14,1987 Crowe says Reagan kept military in dark on weapons sales to Iran Washington a the Reagan administration bypassed Normal Pentagon channels when it decided to sell weapons to Iran and failed to get the military s assessment on the Impact of those sales on the Iran Iraq War the nation s top uniformed office has told Congress. Adm. William j. Crowe jr., chairman of he join chief of staff said he did not learn about the arms sales until at least five months after president Reagan approved them in january 1986. When he eventually asked defense Secretary Caspa Weinberger about the sales Crowe said Weinberger replied that it was his understanding that a conscious decision had been made that it was not a military matter so it was not necessary to bring in the  the weapons were transferred from defense depart ment stocks to the Cia which helped get them to Iran. The Admiral made the statements to congressional Iran Contra investigators in a deposition last june. It was made Public tuesday by the Iran Contra commit tees now preparing to Issue their report on the affair later this  said he and Weinberger both agreed that the commander in chief of the United states can do what he wants to do. Whether it is Wise or not is separate  Crowe said too that no Active duty military office should Lead the National Security Council. He did not refer by name to newly retired rear adm. John , who As Reagan s National Security adviser headed the Council during much of the Iran Contr affair in which profits from the Iran arms sales were diverted to support nicaraguan  think that the question of military officers serving on the Csc should be examined. With a vie toward putting some kind of fixed limit on the term of service Over there for a military officer Crowe  Crowe added there was no Way to write rules that could offer an ironclad guarantee against future problems. I Don t have any Fla proof advice for you he said. The Best advice is to get Good people that have some allegiance to doing Well and staying within their authority. Crowe said he had concerns about military person Nel willing to provide advice in order to keep a Covert action restricted to a closed Circle of people. He said those officials represented themselves As defense experts but did t have the Means to give solid or Complete  is a very prejudiced View Crowe conceded because As the chairman i think if you want a Mili tary Bias in the sense of the chiefs you should go to the chairman not to the Csc  . Sales of Tow anti tank missiles and Hawk anti aircraft missiles to Iran no analysis was made of the Impact of the Sale on . Weapons stocks or on their possible Impact on the Iran Iraq War i which the United states is officially Neutral Crowe  those weapons in the Long run May have proven not to have profoundly influenced the military bal Ance in the War the . Judgment prior to making the Sale was an intuitive one not an analytical one he said. Crowe added that he did not believe the decision to avoid using the Normal system of military notification for Covert actions was made by Reagan himself but was made by subordinates to keep dissent out of the decision making  investigators said the sales totally depleted . Inventories of is kinds of replacement parts for Hawk missiles and 31 other parts were significantly depicted. Getting in record books is As easy As a pizza pie the red Cross got the dough and Lorenzo Amato got into the record books again with a 100-foot pizza. A photo Havana Fla. A a restaurateur held up the first of 94,000 slices from his 100-foot Pepperoni pizza and declared himself for the third time maker of the world s largest pizza. Sicilian born Lorenzo Amato with the help of sever Al Hundred volunteers from his Tallahassee restaurant and the american red Cross began spreading Doug before Dawn and the giant Pic was done just after i . , 41, first earned his title in the guinness Book of world records in 1977 when he baked a 40-foot pizza near his Glens Falls n.y., restaurant. He topped that in 1978 by baking an 80-foot pie i Saratoga Springs n.y., and raising $40,000 to help fight muscular dystrophy. Last year however a competitor in South Africa baked an 85-foot pizza and seized the record. Between 5,000 and 10,000 people turned out Sun Day. Slices were free but donations were requested for the american red Cross. Officials from the record Book planned to attend but were stranded in Atlanta. My urologists from the state Bureau of weights and measures however certified the pizza s diameter at 100 feet i Inch. That certification along with a videotape made by Crew preparing a documentary on the pizza would be enough to secure the guinness record Amato said. The recipe called for 15,624 pounds of Lour 494gallons of sauce 2,062 pounds of cheese and 1,875 pounds of Pepperoni. Amato also hoped to capture the record for building the world s largest pizza oven a 72-ton cooker. Court to Rule on making jail inmates pay for keep Washington a the supreme court conducting business As usual while hundreds of homosexual rights activists were being arrested out Side its heavily guarded building said tuesday it will decide How far states Cango in making prison inmates pay for their keep. As the justices spent a full Day in pub Lic sessions inside their hushed court supreme court Roundup room hundreds of chanting protester were arrested outside the court building on Capitol Hill for demonstrating on court property. The court said it will use an Arkans Scase to decide whether states May seize the Money prison inmates receive in fed eral benefits to help a for the Cost of incarceration. Reagan administration lawyers say Thea Kansas Law similar to legislation in four other states conflicts with Federal Law and should be struck  Issue before the justices is no whether those inmates with available Money can be charged for their imprisonment a growing trend among the Stales but whether authorities May get at Money inmates receive from some fed eral Benefit  other matters the court allowed states to set limits on what doctors May be paid for treating patients covered by the federally funded medi care  court refused to hear a Challenge to a Massachusetts Law barring doctors from Billing medicare patients in excess of what arc determined to be reasonable fees. Agreed to decide whether its famous Miranda decision Dot s not go far enough in protecting the rights of criminal sus  justices will decide in the Case of a Street gang member convicted of murdering Illinois whether warnings police have been required to give suspects since the 1966 ruling adequately protect their right to Legal help after indictment. Agreed to resolve a dispute Over the definition of slavery in a Case in which a Michigan family is accused of subjecting two retarded farm workers to involuntary  court s review of a ruling that psychological coercion alone cannot amount to enslavement could have considerable Impact for some religious Cults. Left intact a key provision of the economic sanctions Congress impose against South Africa to Force the coun try s while minority government to aban Don apartheid. The court refused to disturb a ban on . Landing rights Forsooth african airways. Agreed to decide in a Detroit Cas whether police officers May Chase some one for the sole reason that the person starts running at the sight of them. Refused to revive a lawsuit charging the Federal government with con Ribling to the deaths and illnesses of Utah uranium miners who were not told about inc risks of radiation poisoning. In the prison Case the Arkansas legis lature in 1981 passed the state s inmate care and custody reimbursement  it state officials May seek court approval to seize an inmate s income from any source. Similar Laws have been enacted i Michigan Ohio Oklahoma and Tennes  Federal Laws creating the social Security and veterans administration Benefit programs specifically bar any Legal action aimed at diverting benefits away from the designated recipients. The Arkansas Law was challenged by two inmates after state officials sought to seize their estates in 1983.the Arkansas supreme court upheld the Law after finding no conflict betwee nit and the relevant Federal Laws. The slate court said there exists an implicit exception to the exemption from Legal pro Cess when the slate provides for the car and maintenance of a beneficiary of so Cial Security or veterans