European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 kit the stars and stripes monday. November 3d, 1987 news updates Alaska crash probe Homer Alaska a investigators tanking Imo the crash of a heavily loaded com mulch plane that killed is people have turned their Allan lion to the critical ques Tion of How the plane s weight was distributed a Federal official said. The plane currying its full capacity of 19 passengers and two Crew members had an estimated 16,100 pounds of cargo its Maxi mum allowable weight said Barry Troiter head or the National transportation safety Board team investigating inc crash. The aircraft was designed 10 Fly with thai much weight. It s where it s loaded in the aircraft that makes in critical he said. Ship sunk off Florida key 1argo, Fla. A Navy divert scuttled a second i930s-Cra coast guard Cutler at dusk saturday seven Miles off Shore where it will become an artificial reef. 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Bui Reagan Ashi has in the past said Selling arms to Iran was never intended to Ransom american hostages being held in Lebanon. He also repeated his claim that he did not know who got the profits from the arms Deal. Reagan and his two predecessors talked about the presidency and the Iran Contra affair in interviews with David Frost for a television series called the next president a joint project with Frost and . News and world report which published a scripts of the inter views last week. The interview with Reagan was con ducted nov. 2, 16 Days before the final congressional Iran Contra report that Zaidne bears ultimate responsibility for the secret sate of . Arms to Iran and diversion of profits to the Contra rebels fighting the nicaraguan government. When asked whether Iran Gale was a mistake Reagan said i did not see this As trading arms for hostages in the Way in which it was done. I was not doing anything for the kid nappers. 1 figured that if these people had any influence in their positions in Iran Welt they did he said. They got two hostages freed and we were told that two More were coming out within 4ft hours at inc time that the whole Story broke open thai til is opera Tion was going on the president said but Carter and Ford Thad harsher statement about the affair which engulfed the Reagan presidency in scandal when in was first revealed on nov. 25, 1986. Carter interviewed sept. 14, said the affair was much More serious than watergate which began As a third rate burglary and ended with the resignation of president Nixon. What we did in Iran in the most recent scandal has not Only encouraged additional taking of hostages but it re warded those who did Kidnap americans and who still hold them now almost three years at a Carter said. Ford while saying that the Iran con int affair was not As serious As water Gate said he would not have swapped arms for hostages particularly if his de sense Secretary and Secretary of stale opposed in. Although Reagan s Secretary of stale George Schuliz and defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger advised against it other in the administration supported the Aims Deal and Reagan ultimately approved in. I would have listened 10 the arguments of others but 1 can t imagine Over ruling the two top Cabinet officers and taking he judgment of some individuals of lesser Rispon Sibily Ford said in an interview aug. 6. Reagan has Cyl to respond to the final report of the congressional Iran Contra committees issued nov. 1 g that accused the administration of disdain Tor the Law and assigned ultimate Ripon Zibili to for the affair to Reagan. In inc interview with Frost Reagan said now we be had months and months of investigations about this inc extra Money and where did in go. I am still wailing he said am the one who told the Public and the press that we once this thing we revealed had discovered Llam their had been extra Money for the shipment of the arms to this Day. Apr All the investigations i m still waiting for an answer the president said. The congressional report said Middle men in the scandal paid themselves Mil Lions of dollars while the Contra received Only s3.8 million of the $16 million in profits generated by the arms sales. The report uncovered no evidence that Reagan knew about the diversion. He repeatedly has denied knowing any thing about it but the report faulted him for never condemning the lies destruction of evidence and breach of Trust in the crisis. The interviews arc the first conducted by Frost in a 13-part series. Upcoming programs will feature interviews with the six democratic and six Republican candidates running far the presidency in 1988, bodies of 5 Token from Indian Ocean near site of South african Jet s crash Johannesburg South Africa a searchers pulled five bodies from the Indian Ocean on sunday near the site where a South african airways jumbo Jet carrying 159 people crashed be airline reported. The crash the worst Ever for the stale run airline occurred saturday in Early morning darkness moments before the Boeing 77 As 10 an rep. Tony Coelho d-calif., on saturday said the White House instead of promoting peace in Central America is seeking new Money for the nicaraguan Contra so Urey can accelerate the conflict in Nicaragua. Coelho delivering the democratic response to president Reagan s weekly radio address said Colin Powell the president s new National Security adviser has Pat cd a role in inc efforts to Aid the contras. This thanksgiving week the presi Dent s new National Security adviser went to Congress demanding new Money for air planes helicopters and supplies so that the contras can step up the War Coelho said. That s not the Road to peace in Cen trial America he said. Instead the president should join House speaker Jim Wright and put the Power and prestige of the Oval office behind the drive for peace in Central  in an interview saturday rep. Dave Bonior d-mich., an opponent of Aid to the contras said administration officials have come up and they have talked about a $30 million package which he said would be used to strengthen the Contra air Force. It almost doubles the is of the con tra air Force he said. Planes and helicopters can be used to increase deliveries of lethal and non lethal goods Bonior said. But a Republican congressional aide who spoke on condition of anonymity said aircraft used to drop food and Otter life supposing items Are viewed Don military equipment. Secretary of stale George Bolte Lias publicly backed the peace plan which Calls fur the coning to put Down their inn by Jan. 5. Schuliz said on nov. 11 that the administration would not seek additional Aid for the contras until next year 10 give Thep Cace process every  the Republican source on Capitol Hill said Powell apparently was summoned to appear before the Democrat controlled House intelligence committee recently to talk about Contra Aid. Intelligence committee matters Are secret. In Sama Barbara calif., Martin Fitz Waier reap s spokesman said he was unaware of any such requests for Aid by Powell or by anybody else