European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside Stripe q . Team in Hanoi for tasks on Las Page 2 d ., French satellites lofted by ariane Page 3 d Niernberg shows Way in Energy saving race Page 9 d College basketball tournaments heat up Page 21 the  vol. 46, no. 328 sunday March 13, 1988 d 8693 a Mcfarlane pleads guilty to Contra Aid cover up  Washington former National Security adviser Robert c. Mcfarlane pleaded guilty Friday to criminal charges arising from tie Iran Contra affair and agreed to cooperate with a specs it investigation of inc scandal. Standing before . District judge Aubrey Robinson. Mcfarlane acknowledged he deliberately withheld information from Congress about the administration s scheme to funnel private funds to the nicaraguan Contra after con Gress placed restrictions on Public financing for the Cia trained guerrillas. But. Emerging from Federal court after his pleas to four Misdemeanour charges were accepted by Robinson. Mcfarland defended the actions he took Assi top foreign policy adviser to president Rea Gan. I believe strongly thai throughout my actions were motivated by what 1 believed was in the Best foreign policy interest of the United states Mcfear Lanc told reporters. Me also noted that lie had testified fully and voluntarily in every investigation since november 986. When it was first disclosed that the administration had sold arms to Iran in an Effort to free american hostages in Lebanon and that profits from those sales had been diverted to the contras. Independent counsel Lawrence watch who was appointed in december 1986 to investigate the affair admitted to report ers that he could have sought More serious charges of perjury Aga Tut Mcfarlane bul Felt that the lesser charges Panama protest a demonstrator gives the Victory sign during a protest Friday in pan Ama City Panama. Civilian to Ike headband signifies that he h 4 member of the civil crusade a movement dedicated in the ouster of strongman Gen. Manuel Noriega. President Reagan imposed new sanctions on Panama Friday in an Effort to oust Noriega. Robert Acfarlane right and attorney Leonard garment after court appearance. App Lulo would encourage him 10 cooperate. This will facilitate the rest of our investigation Walsh said. It also takes into account his demonstration of re Morse after false testimony was Given which tie tried to  the main targets of Walsh s investigation arc Marine la. Col. Oliver North and former National Security adviser John Poinc Tler who were fired from the National Security Council on nov. 25, 1986, after the disclosure of the Iran Contra connection. The White House had no immediate reaction to Mcfarland s guilty pleas. Each of the four charges against Mcfarlane carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a 1100,000 Tine with a minimum of one month in prison Robinson did not immediately impose a sentence. Three of the charges Stem from tellers written by Mcfarlane to members of Congress in 1985 denying that Csc staff members and other countries were involved in private donations to the con tras after Congress enacted the Boland amendment which Cut off . Military Aid to the Contra. The fourth charge arises from testimony Mcfarlane gave the House foreign affairs committee on dec. 8,1986, after Mcfarlane had left his White House position. When asked about press reports that another country had been indirectly involved in financing the Contra. Mcfarlane said the Concrete character of thai is beyond my  Mcfarlane in fact had provided the see Mcfarlane on Back Page slow moving blizzard blows through Northern Plains states by the associated press a major blizzard continued its Stow March cast across the Northern Plains saturday stranding travellers and school children forcing authorities to close interstate Highway and causing scores of minor incidents. Snow combined with winds of 30 to 50 Mph produced limited visibility and drifts up to 10 feet deep from Northeast Colorado and Southeast Wyoming into Northern and Western Minnesota there s Zero visibility. We re just advising people not to travel right now said Polk county Minn., sheriffs Dis Patcher Bob Janorschke. Conditions were so Bud by 9 . Fri Day that even Snow lows were pulled off roads in pans of the state Minnesota transportation officials said. Wyoming stale offices were closed Fri Day although the legislature met. North Dakota Capitol workers were sent Home about an hour after they arrived. Blizzard warnings remained in effect saturday for much of the Eastern Dakota and Western Minnesota and Winter storm warnings or Winter storm watches were issued for sections of Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa and Michigan in Chadron neb., 31 inches of Snow fell with snowdrifts s feet deep. Up to 40 inches of Snow fell in two Days in the mountains of Utah at the Alia ski resort with 37 inches at Snowbird. Three to 4 feet fell around Lead and Deadwood on the edges of South Dakota s Black Hills. Visibility in Many areas was Down to Zero. In the Nebraska Panhandle the Kim Ball civil defense director Dan Jonson estimated 600 stranded travellers spent Friday night in the town of 3,800 Resi dents. Many stayed with townspeople Jensen said. Winds Gustin Glo 69 Mph were reported Friday at Akron. Colo., and to 67 Mph at fort Morgan Colo while gusts Over 50 Mph were clocked at rapid City . Scottsbluff neb and Duluth Minn. The wind blew off a 20-by-30-foot Sec Tion of roof at a rapid City hotel and it landed on three cars. No one was Hurt. The weather threatened thousands of Newborn calves and ranchers in the Nebraska san Hills Region worked around the clock to get animals to shelter. We had 300 calves bom yesterday. We re dragging them in separating them from their mothers said Marianne Beel. The storm could cause severe losses to South Dakota s cattle Industry. Dick Kierstad chairman of the state beef checkoff Campaign committee said Fri Day. Interstate so was closed for More than 300 mile from Walcott wyo., to big Springs neb., because of snowdrifts and Low visibility. Almost 140 Miles of inter state 25 were closed in Wyoming More than 200 Miles of interstate 90 in South Dakota and pans of interstate 25 and 70 in Colorado. A 200-mile Section of 1 94 in North Dakota closed Friday afternoon was reopened saturday Mam ing