European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Jury indicts North and Poindexter Washington map a fed eral grand jury wednesday indicted former Security adviser John Poindexter. It. Col. Oliver North and two arms dealers on conspiracy charges in the diver Sion of iranian arms sales profits to the nicaraguan Contra rebels. The Long awaited 23-Counl indictment which also named re tired air Force maj. Gen. Richard. Accord and his business part Ner Albert Hakim culminated a 14-month grand jury investigation into the arms for hostages deals with Iran and the diversion of profits to the nicaraguan rebels at a time when Congress banned direct . Military Aid to the con iras. The indictment variously charged the defendants with conspiracy theft of government prop erty obstruction of Justice false statements falsification distr us see jury on Back Page authorized unofficial publication Pom Thi . Amid to Fecit vol. 46. No. 332 thursday March 17, 1988 seed morning d 8693 a sandinista forces Cross Border into Honduras Washington a the while House said wednesday that Nicaragua had sent invasion forces into Honduras to defeat the Contra rebels and called the move a very serious breach of regional president Reagan s spokesman mar Lin Fitzwater said a series of National Security meetings had been held in the past 24 hours and that All options arc under at this moment everything is being considered Short of . Invasion Fitzwater told a White House briefing. Fitzwater said that 1,500 nicaraguan troops were already inside Honduras and that an additional 4,500 appeared to Bein a staging area to Cross the Border. The White House spokesman Mcl with reporters one Day after Reagan met with congressional leaders to discuss a new humanitarian Aid package for the Contra rebels. But the spokesman indicated the administration no longer was thinking in terms of working with Congress on an Aid package that would simply provide the resistance forces with food Medicine and other supplies. More than 1,500 sandinista troops arc now inside Honduras attacking free Dom fighter Camps in an Effort to destroy see Honduras on Back Page Simon Bush rack up wins in Illinois Chicago a the democrats arc searching anew for a presidential front runner after the Home state revival of sen. Paul Simon who declare wednesday he has As Good a shot As anybody after his Victory Over Jesse Jackson in the Illinois primary. George Bush won easily in the Republican con test although he still had to contend with a battered but dogged Bob Dole. The candidates went on Spring break wednesday after a grueling month that featured 20-Odd primaries and caucuses in both parties this is the state it will be remembered which locked it up for George Bush gov. James Thompson said after Illinois shattered Dole s comeback bid and brought hush two thirds of the Way to a gop nominating majority. The democrats didst have the luxury of Locking up anything. The race for a see Illinois on Back Page sen. Paul Simon and wife Jeanne celebrate after his win while vice president George Bush with Illinois gov. James Thompson greets supporters after his Victor. Carlucci Yazoo hold Multi Issue discussion b David Tarran staff writer Bern Switzerland the first of two Days of talks Between Secretary of defense Frank Carlucci and soviet defense minister Dmitri Yazoo wednes Day ranged from peacetime testing of nuclear weapons to the problems of . Budget deficits. The tone has been very positive cooperative and candid throughout said Pentagon spokesman Dan Howard. Carlucci and Yazoo met for breakfast at the . Embassy before beginning a 2w-hour closed door meeting that lasted until noon. During the morning talks a of was interested in discussing the . Budget deficit particularly on How the soviet Union can avoid similar problems Howard said. Other issues discussed during the Day included verification of the superpower Accord eliminating intermediate Range nuclear missiles in Europe and the negotiations on strategic arms nuclear testing and chemical weapons. Carlucci and Yazoo also discussed alleged Viola Lions of the 1972 anti ballistic missile treaty i particular the phased array radar at Krasnoyarsk in the Central siberian Region of the soviet Union Howard said. The United Stales has maintained that the radar violates the abm treaty requiring such devices to be near a Border. The two also went Over inc superpowers military doctrines at considerable length Howard said. Carlucci said last week that the soviets arc talking about a new military doctrine of reasonable sufficiency and we re not sure what that Yarov also raised the question of imbalances i current Force Levels. Howard quoted Yazoo As saying. It is most use Ful to have these discussions without the press of negotiation and the press of making an it was the first meeting of defense ministers of inc two countries since the end of world War ii. For lunch the pair went to the residence of the . Ambassador. Afternoon meetings took place inthe soviet talks were to be wrapped up thursday morn ing with press conferences by both participants
