European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes monday june 20, 1988fbi accused of probing foes of Central american policy Boston a the Fri conducted Ai least four investigations of opponents of the Reagan administration s. Central american policies according to documents disclosed by a newspaper saturday the Fri investigated critics of Reagan administration policies in Nicaragua in one probe the paper said. In a second probe groups planning or staging demonstrations against . Policy in Nicaragua were scrutinized the Boston Globe reported. The Agency also conducted two investigations int opponents of . Policies in Al Salvador the newspaper Laid. The probes were optioned salvadoran leftist activities in the United Stales and International terrorism investigation re leftist guerrilla activities in Al Salvador the newspaper reported. The Globe said it obtained the documents under the Freedom of information act. The Fri also conducted a separate investigation into members of Tec Nica a group that sends engineers to Nicaragua to work on Small scale development projects the newspaper reported. Benjamin Linder a 27-year-old american Engineer who was killed last year by Contra forces was working with a group affiliated with to Conica. A House subcommittee last year looked into the possibility thai the Fri s interviews of Tec Nica volunteers returning from Nicaragua amounted loan unwarranted investigation Orthe group. In addition to the investigations reported by in Globe two congressional committees and Fri director William sessions Are investigating the Bureau s feathered fans a photo some might Call it a Bird brained idea to invite pen Guins to a concert but these Birds from the come Park zoo in Minneapolis seem suitably attired for the occasion at a performance by the Minneapolis chamber symphony. The symphony was celebrating the 10th anniversary of its founding conduct in its probe of the committee in Solidarity with the people of Al Salvador. The Globe asked the Center for constitutional rights a Public interest lawyers group based in new York City to Analyse the documents. David lamer a group lawyer said the document indicate that the Fri s activity has been even More widespread than was previously believed. The Fri s surveillance of opponents of All the Rea Gan Central America policies is pervasive. Anyone Active in opposing . Policy in All of Central americas Ems to have been a target the newspaper quoted la incr As saying. But Fri spokeswoman sue Schoni tier denied that the Bureau s investigations Are politically motivated we Don t go after people because of politics. We go after people we suspect of committing a violation of . Law the paper quoted Schnizer As saying. In 1985, after being questioned by Congress former Fri director William Webster admitted that Fri agents interviewed More than i do . Citizens who had visited Nicaragua As we As their friends land lords and employees in some cases. Webster said Ihnn that some of those interviews May have been requested by the Cia or the National Security Council. The Fri has maintained that its interviews were prompted by concerns such As fears that travellers May have been asked by Nicara Guan officials to obtain information or spy on the United Stales. Hometown recoils record setting flight by Eor Hort Atchison. Kan. A about 350 people gathered outside Amelia ear tart s Hometown sat urday to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the flight that made her the first woman to Fly across the Atlantic. The 99s, an honorary society of female pilots founded by ear Han sponsored the Celebration at the International Forest of Friendship s memory Lane. Earhart s sister Muriel Earhart Morrissey 87, of Boston alter led the ceremonies As did Russ Brink Ley of Harrisburg pa., a journalist who wrote the first Story on Earhart before her trans Atlantic flight june 18,1928. Earhart who was 29 when she made the flight departed from Boston with iwo male co pilots and landed in South Wales making the trip in 22 hours. She disappeared while attempting to Fly around the world with her navigator Fred Noonan on july 2, 1937, in the Pacific. No Trace of the pair or ear Hart s plane was found and the is officially consid ered lost at sea. The 99s on saturday also honoured 45 people who have contributed to aviation development including Micier James Stewart retail magnate Sam Wal ton automaker Henry Ford adm. Wesley Mcdon Ald and women aviators Opal Mcclung Sophia Payton and to Eddleman. Stateside shredded Money pays off by being in the Hole Lebanon Ohio a the stale of Ohio admits to pouring Money Down a Hale about . Slate geologists recently fwd 200 pounds fold shredded Bills from the Federal Reserve Bank to till in crevices in a 3-Inch-Diamer,4,000-foot Hole. The Hale geological Survey began drilling the Hole in a Wayne township Quarry in october As of an Effort to map the state s underground strata. Water it pumped into the Hole a a lubricant and coolant for the Diamond studded Drill bit then pumped Back up said geologist Mike Han sen. At 1.800 feel geologists found that the water was disappearing seeping into crevices. We tried some Standard products and just weren t betting any results Doug Crowell supervisor of the program said. We tried the Money and i worked. Became of the High Linen Content h. Does t dissolve easily and works wed As a 3 fingers of soviet Seaman reattached in Seattle Seattle up surgeons at Seattle swedish Hospital reattached three fingers of a soviet Seaman and he was in stable condition saturday officials said. The Flingen were severed in a shipboard Acci Dent in the Bering sea. A mining supervisor said knit Anline Tol min 22, was doing very Well after surgery late Friday bight. It looks like the condition of the fingers i thai they Are doing Well said the swedish supervisor. Sokmin lost four fingers and the tip of i belittle Finger on his left hand in an Accident aboard a soviet vessel thursday. After arriving Early Friday in Anchorage Alaska the decision was made to transport Tok min to Seattle where reall Achmel surgery could be performed. The swedish nursing supervisor said doctor were unable to re attach the Seaman s thumb. Cut the Corn s not As High As an elephant s Eye Dubuque Iowa a the drought has halted shooting of scenes for a movie filled shoeless lot because the com in t High enough. If it s not hitting a Man in the face As he walks through the Field it s not com said executive producer Brian Frankish. My Corn is only2 feel tall i need it to be 4 fee Tali or America won t believe it is Frankish said he s postponed Cornfield shot until at least june 27. But Dubuque county Farmers who Are lending their land for the filming say the com might not grow enough by then. Landowner Al Ameskamp said the has not received rain since Early May. Even the movie company s attempts to irrigate the Fields have been Given up As futile. The movie starring Kevin Costner Burl Lancas Ter James Earl Jones and Amy Madiean is base Don a . Kinsella novel about an Iowa Farmer who hears a voice telling him thai his baseball idol shoeless Joe Jackson will come Back to life if a baseball Field is built in an Iowa Cornfield. Milwaukee rally goes whole hog for harleys Milwaukee a i was a Home coming for Harley Davidsons saturday and thousands of bikers came to party Swap stories and share what they say is special Bond among hog owners. This is going to sound crazy but i just kept patting my Bike at the Way Here say ing. You re coming Home said Chuc Dungan a Mechanic from Kansas City to. Milwaukee based Harley Davidson inc., the country s Only motorcycle maker called on bikers from across the United stairs and Canada to come Cele brate its ssh anniversary and raise Money to fight muscular dystrophy. By late saturday afternoon officials estimated 11, bikers had arrived for the weekend event which is expected to attract at least 20,000 riders. Dungan said owners of hogs As har icy David on arc Cal de share a Bond with each other and the company. It just kind of gives you Goose bumps he said of the gathering. If you ride a Harley you be got an infinite Home in Milwaukee said Bob Bunton from Lakeland Fla. At Waukesha county technical College bikers turned a parking lol into a sea of Black and red Metal with glistening Chrome. The riders included Middle aged me with scruffy beards and leather jackets and couples toting 35 millimetre cameras. The vast majority wore Blackt shirts bearing the Harley Davidson name. Dennis Hamon of Lake Tahoe Calif,said1 his Bike i transmission once Brake in Iowa and another Harley Davidson owner Lent hint new equipment. Man there s something about har Icys he said they re More than a machine. Anytime you pull into a town an you see harleys you. Know you have something in one rider who sat quietly among the crowd was Harley whose Grandfather Williams Harley was one of the company s founders. I Vas Riding before i could walk Harley said. Harley Sal on his Bike which had Sidecar that carried a wheelchair. He said he was paralysed in an Accident Over two decades ago but that did t Dent hit enthusiasm. Bikers gave a $10 donation to muscular dystrophy to get into the weekend festival which features music and Carni Val games and others were admitted for a donation of 114
