European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday november 13.19bb first lady says staff members failed Reagan Washington up first lady Nancy Reagan said she fell compelled to exert her influence during her Hus band s eight years in office because he was Peony served by aides who pushed their own agendas Over his it was re Pond saturday. In an interview la appear in the los Angeles times on sunday mrs Reagan said she was Hurt surprised and Dis appointed by her husband s staff i Don t Eccl his staff served him Well in general she said. The first lady readily acknowledged that she wielded influence Over her Hus band s decisions but she said her actions were necessary to counter actions by Reagan s aides. I m More aware if somebody is try ing to end run him and have their own  she said. I m More aware of that than he is it just never occurs to him thai anybody is going to do  she said the Best example of the staffs failure was the Iran Contra scan dal in which arms were sold to Iran in the Hope of freeing american hostages in Lebanon and the profits were diverted to rebels in  did not know what was going on and that s not right she said. During the interview mrs. Reagan painted a portrait of a presidential Cou ple increasingly dependent on each other in the face of betrayal by staff members an unsympathetic press threats to their health and Security the death of her parents and their estrange ment from Paul Davis their first child. The first lady left some things such As her interest in astrology to an Auto biography she is writing. Shaken by the assassination attempt in her husband s first year in office mrs. Reagan not Only turned to astrology in an apparent Effort to protect him from further harm but also began dragging my heels at his running for a second term. She rejected suggestions that Rea Gan s stall problems were a result of his detached management style and she reserved particular ire for former while House chief of staff Donald Regan blaming him Tor not informing Reagan about the Iran Centra affair and Tor not cooperating with her. But she said she did not insist on Regan s being tired As was reported at the Lime. Mrs. Reagan said her influence focused on the staff and had nothing to do Wajih such policy questions As arms control. A president s wife she said will hear things thai he does t hear. And Many times i get phone Calls about one thing or the other and i d say please go Over and Tell my husband Bui something happens to people when they walk into the Oval office and they freeze up and they Don t Tell him. So then 1 end up telling  she made it Clear that she resented a lyrics depicting her As a shallow de Votee to fashion and luxury but she declined to comment on the most re cent controversy Over her practice of borrowing High priced fashion item from designers. There Are a lot of thing i wish had happened differently certainly i never hum understood Why All those Pate of bad stories appeared about me before i Ever got Here she said. I mean they never knew me. And there was All this terrible stuff being written although she said she a grown to love the while House and will mis air Force one the first lady said she a looking Forward to a measure of privacy anticipating its Benc Fidiaj effect on the couple s health. I m looking Forward to not being under the Microscope so much she said. The interview was conducted oct. 18 under the agreement thai in would nol be published until after the presidential election. Sub Miami launched amid anti nuclear protests Groton Conn. A the nuclear powered attack submarine Miami was launched saturday while opponents of nuclear weapons demonstrated outside the electric boat shipyard. The los Angeles class vessel is sym Bolic of the Best America can produce said h. Lawrence Garrett i undersecretary of the Navy. It was the first sub launched at the electric boat shipyard since the end of a bitter three month strike by the ship Yard s 10,000 Blue Collar workers. The walkout ended oct. Ii with it ratification of a new contract about 3s members of an anti nuclear weapons group staged a demonstration outside the shipyard which also makes Trident missile carrying subs. Stephen Kobasa a protest organizer said the demonstration was a Warmup for a major Effort that will Start with the dec. J 7 launch of the Trident submarine Tennessee. The Effort will conclude on Martin Luther King or s birthday in january with a major civil disobedience action at electric boat Kobasa said. The Miami will have in undergo about a year of tests before in is determined to be ready for Active  360-Fbot-Long sub eventually win be equipped with anti submarine Torpe does and Tomahawk cruise missiles. It will carry a Crew of 12 officers and f 15 enlisted men. Tracking ancient Bug with Pointer in Hind pal Zoc Loryst can Rod Laban Dein of Chicago describes 11 drawing of what he say is the world s oldest insect. The fossilized remains of the Bug about 390 million Yean Aid were found near Quebec. Shuttle Crew in Florida for preflight training Cape canaveral Fla. A the five astronauts scheduled to Fly. A classified military space shuttle Mission late this month arrived saturday for training and a countdown test. It s going to be a Busy couple Days commander Robert Gibson told report ers after he and his fellow crewmen flew in from their training base in Houston asked Incasa bad set a launch Date for the secret Mission aboard the shuttle Allan tis Gibson said we re still marching to Ward the 28lh, but there s a possibility of a couple Days the other Side of that actually those couple Days already have been added with the schedule now listing the launch Date As nov. 30. Shuttle managers will set a firm Date wednesday. Gibson said his Crew is very excited about the flight much of which a cloaked in secrecy because of its military nature. The exact launch time and length of the Mission arc classified., after the astronauts arrival. Gibson and Pilot Guy Gardner scheduled prac Tice Landing approaches on a runway at Cape canaveral in a Jet plane equipped to handle like the shuttle. 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