European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes monday february 1.19b8 freed Pilot Back Home in Illinois Carlinville i. A Farmer James deny reunited with his family sunday after seven weeks in a Nicara Guan prison said his captors repeatedly urged him to speak out against the Rea Gan administration s plan to Aid Llic con tra rebels. " told them t was a lifelong Republican and Hal was the wrong thing to Tell said Denny who denied charges that he helped the Contra rebels. Thai was like saying to guilty i m your enemy " Denby said he believes his release was intended by the nicaraguan government to influence this week s House vote on Aid to Llie contras trying to topple the leftist sandinista regime. He said lie was asked repeatedly Over the last two weeks to speak publicly against Contra Aid but declined. In Nicaragua they feel they re at War genuine lire threatening War with Rea Gan and the republicans in the United states. He said. They honestly believe that All Republican Are against them and All democrats Are Tor them his eyes bloodshot and his face Cov ered Wilh stubble Denny 58, arrived at his Central Illinois Home Early sunday a Day Afler he was freed in the nicaraguan capital of Managua. He was wearing the same brightly patterned shirt he wore when his single engine Cessna was forced Down by Small arms fire dec. 6 on a Caribbean Beach near Nicaragua s Border with Costa Rica where he has another farm. Derby s wife Marie his son James and a reporter were the Only people on hand to Greet him when his brother Wil Liam drove him Home from the Airport at St. Louis about 60 Miles away. A red White and Blue Welcome Home sift Hung from a second floor Balcony of the family s farmhouse. I be got so much to Tell you Dan by s son said embracing his father. "1 feel very Well but just a wee dab tired Denby said adding thai he had not slept in 23 hours. He said he Hopes eventually u retrieve his plane and return to his Costa Riean farm but added when i Fly Over the boys with the guns i la Fly a Little High Denby said his Only plans far sunday were to sleep and make arrangements for a trip to Washington on monday to meet Nicaragua s ambassador and discuss the status of he charge against him. I m afraid that i m just out on Bond he said. I still have an air plane Down there and i still face chaises which if they re substantiated by my not showing up m court could perhaps keep me from going Back even to Costa he pleaded innocent lust week to charges of anti government activities saying he was forced into Nicaragua airspace by a storm at sea. Nicaragua officials said the charges against Denby had been dropped. They shot me Down by mistake he said sunday. I have no real value to an interview with the associated press last year Denby said he had ferried wounded contras in his plane for free to Costa rican hospitals. He also said he gave the contras a few cows but no weapons and violated no Laws. Denby declined sunday to discuss those activities his feelings about the sandinista or the Contra Aid vote be cause of his uncertainty about his Legal situation in Nicaragua. If i come out and blast them or say something derogatory who knows what will happen he said. He said he lost 30 pounds in prison but was generally Well treated. He added that he was grateful to Bill press a democratic . Senate Candi Date from California who accompanied him on part of the flight Home and others who worked Tor his release. If it was t for them i think i would still be in the cell and maybe next week and maybe two months from now and maybe five years from now he said in an interview at los Angeles inter National Airport Denby praised Porcu As the nicest Guy in the world. He brought me Home in time for the super a press spokesman said negotiations for Denby s release began about two weeks ago White press was in Nicaragua As an official observer of the Central american peace talks. In an interview before leaving Man Agua Denby said that when he was re leased the sandinista told him to go Home and see the super Bush says he did t oppose Iran arms Sale new Vork up1 vice president George Bush did nut oppose the Sale of american weapons to Iran but does not remember when he Learned of the transaction the new York times reported Sun Day. Bush responding to written questions from the times said he was Given information on the arms Sale during morning briefings on National Security he attended with president Reagan. The briefings took place Between August 19bs and october 1986, when he Sale was made Public the paper wid. He told the newspaper he was never Given a Pri vate briefing on the matter. The questions were submitted by the times to Craig Fuller Bush s chief of stall three weeks ago. The newspaper said. The vice president responded in writing saturday while campaigning in Iowa. Bush said he received information on the arms Sale in a july 1986 meeting with Amiram Nir. An israeli anti terrorism expert but never tried to independently evaluate in the paper reported. The meeting was requested by israeli prime min ister Shi Man Peres. Bush said he became concerned about the Sale when he Learned that a third country later identified As Israel would be involved in the transaction the newspaper reported. Bush continued to refuse to detail his role in the Iran policy and to disclose what advice he gave Rea Gan concerning the Sale of farts. He also declined to disclose his sworn testimony 10 special prosecutor Lawrence Walsh who is investigating the Iran Contra scandal the times said. Reagan has supported Bush s position and has said conversations Between the two should remain confidential. The vice president said he would try to make and maintain Contact with moderate factions in Iran if possible. Questions about the vice president s role in the arms Sale to Iran have dogged Bush s Campaign for president. Many of the questions have focused on Bush failure to realize that the Sale of arms to Iran was in essence a Trade of weapons for hostages. An anti terrorism group created by Reagan and headed by Bush determined no Concession should be made to terrorists a presidential commission headed by former sen. John Tower a Texas Republican and the joint con Gressional Iran Contra committees concluded the arms Sale was a weapons for hostages Deal. Meese from Page 1 proach by a competent member of the United slates government is understood to be an approach by the government the source who was not identified was quoted As has said Melesc did not approach any israeli official with respect to the pipeline matter1 the paper also quoted officials identified As being familiar Wilh the memo sent to Meese As saying it clearly describes a payoff plan the los Angeles times has reported that some sources said israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres was targeted to be Jerusalem pens said he was not offered a bribe by a close Friend of Heese and would have thrown him out the window if such an offer had been made a newspaper reported sunday. The daily Maaris quoted Peres a also saying m an interview that it was just Nail incas to say a bribe was behind Israel s decision not to attack a proposed iraqi pipeline. Collapse from Page 1 to not pay an en1 Ellement Graham said. We re going to pay Hal but there have to be Trade offs made what Are you not going to do in order to pay that Bill civilian pay Comei from operating and maintenance funds Graham said. Funds Are distributed to the major army commands based on the authorized num Ber of employees. Graham said the resource management Section Fig urea out what every command should get in terms of an average salary which covers All pay and benefits. Most civilian employees in Usa eur did not receive Post allowance until the last Quarter of last fiscal year Graham said and such excessive costs were not budgeted for this year. Since funds will not be allocated for the extra cents of Post allowance Graham said that commands will be authorized to spend More Money on civilian pay. However the Money will have to come out of the command s existing operations and maintenance funds. The funding crunch should not Force layoffs or Hir ing freezes Graham said. That s one of a Hundred options he said. We Don t put fences around Money except what a department of the army tells us to put a Fence around and what the Law puts a Fence around. They the commands will go wherever they have to go or wherever they have the flexibility to generate the funds within operations and maintenance funds.". Safe official said that Over budget Post allow Ance estimates were not available for civilian employees of the air Force. We have no problem Wilh Post allowance accounts said col Samuel d. Porterfield director of , the military has begun a second Quarter of the fiscal year without firm budget guidance. We have preliminary numbers that we Are working with Graham said. They Are not probably any worse or any belter than those in the final analysis. Probably better but we Don t know that it s fairly common knowledge that there will be t 13 to 15 percent reduction. In real Leims 1640 million in buying Power Down from by 87. That Means that whatever we did in 1987, to pay for that in 1938, we would need to have approximately $640 million More than i Bave in my hand right now. In real terms it could be about a 14 percent but while budget cuts affect the command the fall ing Dollar has a minimal effect on the budget Graham said. We budget at a set rate and when we pay our Bills we pay at that budgeted rate and the difference be tween the budgeted rate and the daily rate is picked up by a currency fluctuation account that the army Man the defense department fluctuation accounts Are like a form of revolving credit that Lake Etc i when the Dollar drops below the government s budgeted Exchange rate. Surplus Money generated when the Dollar rises above that budgeted rate is returned to the account. The army is currently using an Exchange rate of 2.06 Marks to the Dollar for the fiscal 1988 budget Graham said two areas repairs and maintenance and supplies Are the major areas where most expenses Are paid in foreign currency. Quit from Paga 1 worked diligently to fulfil his Promise to the voters. The first term governor indicted on fraud and per jury charges for allegedly trying to conceal a Campaign loan also faces possible impeachment and was scheduled to testify monday before & special House impeachment did not mention the letter s contents in an address earlier saturday to a statewide Republican meeting although he did refer to his scheduled appear Ance before a House committee studying whether he should be impeached. The impeachment probe focuses on allegations Mcchamp hid a 1350,000 Campaign loan that he loaned 180,000 from his protocol fund to his car Dealership and that he tried to obstruct an investigation into an alleged threat by one of his aides against � former starter. Mcchamp also faces trial in March on felony charges of perjury and fraud for allegedly concealing the Campaign loan on financial disclosure statements filed with the state
