European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page s the stars and stripes monday. April 4,1988 Carter contemplated arms for hostages Swap Miami a the Carter administration consid ered on Arras for to slags Swap in 19 to but scuttled the plan acc Auric of double about the iranian go be tween newly declassified documents show. President Carter considered offering to million in military spare parts for 52 americans held hostage at inc . Embassy in Tehran the Miami Herald reported in sunday editions. However the administration backed away from the plan after deciding arms dealer Houshang Lavi did not have the backing of Abolhassan Bani Sadr. Then presi Dent of Iran the newspaper reported. Under the Reagan administration the . Sold arms to Iran in Exchange for inc release of some Amer ican hostages held in Lebanon. Funds from the Sale were diverted la Contra rebels at a time when such Aid was banned by Congress. The declassified documents mostly Carter Era Cia and state department memos provide the tint de tailed account of Carter efforts to extricate the hos tages before the 19bo election that Reagan won by a landslide. Lavi an iranian born resident of new York s Long Island became involved with the Carter administration after first contacting the Campaign of Independent presidential candidate John Anderson. The documents gave no indication whether the Reagan Campaign wit approached. The documents were turned Over to rep. John con yrs d-mich., chairman of the House judiciary Crimi Nal Justice subcommittee As part of his investigation into whether Reagan s 19110 Campaign made a secret arms for hostages Deal with Iran. One of the Cia memos. Dalid oct. 3, 19so, mentioned a conversation Between an unidentified Agency officer and Lavi in which he offered to make the hos Tage Exchange and handed Over a a seven Page list of f 14 parts. Lavi wished to arrange the delivery o Iran of is million to so million of f-4 spare parts the memo said adding that he would arrange inc Swap of Alt the hostages upon the delivery of the spare parts and . Agreement to unfreeze iranian assets forgive claim against Iran and stay out of internal iranian affaire. The Cia officer recommended against pursuing the offer. The memos indicate Carter officials ended contacts with Lavi on oct. 19,1980, after a foreign ambassador in Tehran reported that Bani Sadr had not been aware Flavi Soffer. Was to in Chicago reported oct. 15, 1980, that Amu for hostages talks were under Way and a 184 congressional investigation concluded the leak came from a highly placed member of the . Intelligence Community associated with the Reagan Campaign. Densa s candidate is Dull but profs like his message West Lafayette. Ind. A . Dull Stewart self proclaimed Leader of International Dull folks unlimited crashed inc seventh annual National humor conference saturday to Panhandle for his mythical presidential candidacy. Siewart a statist real analyst from Rochester n.y., became the Champion of dullard everywhere with the creation of Densa an Urgani Ixion whose name stands for nothing except As a Send up of the High la society mensa. Talking to a roomful of professors gathered at Pur due University for a serious study of humor in Ameri can society. Stewart made his Money pitch "1 said i min room 228 in the Union club. You can just leave your s250 checks outside the door. I Haven t seen any yet Stewart is actually a registered participant and u Welcome said Don Nilsen an Arizona stale univer sity professor. Stewart s kind of self deprecating humor won a nod of appreciation from the professor. It s funny be cause it s a reversal said Nilsen. It s an opposite of expectations. Whatever our frustrations Are we have ways of dealing with those frustrations by using this kind of humor. It s More sophisticated than one liner humor that commonly targets ethnic groups politicians or sex he said. It s a coping device he said. You have to develop coping devices for the real problems of the another researcher Rhoda Lee Fisher of the stale University of new York Sai the animal Liber front claimed responsibility saturday for am a Large hatchery in what in called an Gilroy liberation Fronda raid an Tan. Easter liberation for life for Al least 28 hens. Members of the underground group broke into the Davis poultry co. & its ranch in Rura Gilroy late Friday Stylc in hens and Spray painted the Walls and pounds said Santa clan county Deputy sheriff Roland underground group said it raided the farm because of alleged atrocious condition such us overcrowding and disease according to Margo Tannenbaum. President of action for an Mali in san Bernardino Koch predicts bankruptcy of . If Jackson elected new York a Irease Jackson is ejected president and did everything he said he wanted 10 do the nation would be bankrupt in three Vutla based on All the social programs we would be putting into effect mayor Edward i. Koch said however because of party loyalty and be cause he d be better than Lite Likely gop Nom Inee George Bush the democratic mayor said he would vote for Jackson if the democrats Nomi Nate him at their convention id Atlanta. I have said 1 would be stuck with whoever comes out of that convention Koch said. Horseradish can present health risk doctor claims los Angeles a horseradish which is eaten during traditional passover dinners can pose a health Hazard says a jewish doctor whose father collapsed after consuming an Olive sized serving of me Hitler Root. Or. Haya r. Rubin said that her father Cleve land stale University sociologist Israel Rubin quickly recovered after he fainted suffering a Small seizure during a seder or traditional pass Over meal several Yean ago. She said the incident shows that people prone to High blood pressure heart or artery disease or stroke might be belter off if they let horseradish fumes evaporate by keeping it uncovered for Thalf hour before the seder or use a substitute such As chopped Romaine lettuce stalks methodists won t publish living in sin Book Newark . A the United method isl Church s publishing House will not publish a Book by a Newark Bishop who called for greater understanding of homosexual relationships and the sexual relationships of unmarried k. Fca tier president of Abrudon press in Nashville tenn., Laid in a news release thai publishing episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong j Book living in sin a Bishop re think sexuality might he misinterpreted by support for Spong s views while the publishing House planned to pub Lish living in sin to encourage vigorous de Bate in has determined thai the Church i pub Lisher could appear to be aggravating fierce controversy rather than helping to find Sotu Tiiu Feaster said in the release. Fri Fra probe incident of blinding by Eye drops san Rafael Calif. A the Fri an the Federal food and drug administration Are probing an incident in which a nurse was blinded by Eye drops contaminated with a Caus tic led Eye looks like it melted and her right Eye looks like it s covered with while glue hid Richard Critchlow. An attorney for Aerial Van Zee Miller. 34, of Fairfax in Marin the Clear Eye drops were found to contain a caustic Alkali solution an Fra spokes Man said no recall will be ordered unless it is found thai the incident was not an isolated was taken to Marin general Hospital moments after she pal some of the solution int each Eye. Critchlow said 80 percent of Miller s left Cornea and 60 percent of her right Cornea were destroyed
