European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday february 25, 1989north urged rebels on suicide attack witness testifies Washington a Olive North suggested that the nicaraguan re Bels stage a suicide Mission to destroy soviet made helicopters before the sandinista government could decimate the contras a witness said Friday at the Iran Contra trial. Robert w. Owen testified that in no vember 1984 he delivered from North to Contra Leader Adolfo Calero maps an photographs of the Airport in Managua Nicaragua where the helicopters were being assembled. Before leaving Washington for Cen trial America Owen said North out lined his proposal for attacking the soviet helicopters which had been delivered to the Airport outside Nicara Gua s capital. Owen described the Armor Clad Hind helicopter As the most danger Ous helicopter in the  North was concerned if these weapons these platforms were targeted against the nicaraguan resistance it would decimate it Owen said. The helicopter used by the soviet sin Afghanistan could put a Bullet in every Square Inch of a football Field in10 seconds Owen said. North Felt it would be in the bes interests of the resistance if they could stage an attack on the Airport and de stroy the helicopters before they be came operational said Owen the third prosecution witness in the trial against North. North envisioned it would be suicide Mission undertaken by the pilots who would not have enough Fuelto return to their base Owen said. Owen who is testifying under a immunity agreement with Independent counsel Lawrence e. Walsh said he delivered the maps and photo graphs to Calero during a trip remade to Honduras later that month. North is accused of among other things lying to Congress when he de Nied giving the rebels tactical military advice while Congress banned any . Military assistance to the con tras. The ban took effect about a Mont before Owen said he delivered the maps and phot9graphs to Calero an outlined the Mission As proposed by North. 3 Calero said he would discuss the proposal with rebel pilots but he did t make a commitment one mayor another Owen recalled. Several months earlier Owen a for Mer aide to then sen. Dan Quayle r ind., now the vice president said he former National Security Council aide Oliver North leaves court with his wife Betsy. And North discussed a proposal to setup a nonprofit tax exempt foundation to raise humanitarian assistance for the contras after Congress shut off . Aid. Owen said he and North discussed the fact that  an organization could t be used to raise Money for military  North is also accused of conspiring to violate tax Laws by setting up a tax exempt foundation to raise Money to help Arm the rebels. North a retired Marine lieutenant colonel and former National Security Council aide is charged with 12 felony counts arising from his involve ment in the Iran Contra affair. Couple May end fight for swapped girl t a a to a to f \ t \ a 1 i i i _. Tampa Fla. A a couple who have claimed in lawsuits that a 10-year-old girl is the daughter they Lostin a baby Swap in a Hospital Nursery now say they have decided not to seek custody of her a newspaper reported Friday. Ernest and Regina Twigg say they would Settle for a Hance to visit with the Sarasota girl. They said they Hope to incorporate her into some sort of extended family so they could spend time with her while she is growing up the Tampa Tribune reported. We feel that we should not be denied the right to know that girl As a child mrs. Twigg said. The Twiggs of Langhorne pa., said statements by lawyer in their longstanding court Battle that suggested they would seek custody of Kimberly Mays were Parton his strategy. They once considered it but later ruled it out they said. You take a step Back and say what is in the bes interest of everybody involved " mrs. Twigg told the Tribune. The Twiggs maintain they brought the wrong child Home from Hardee memorial Hospital in Wauchula in 1978 and that Robert and Barbara Mays took their child. The girls were the Only White female infants inthe Hospital at the time. The child the Twiggs raised named Arlena died of a congenital heart defect last August. They Learned from blood tests that she was not their real daughter. Mays is fighting to Block a genetic test the Twiggs want performed to determine Kimberly s parentage. Mrs. Twigg told the Tribune on thursday that she decided to talk in part because of the growing Public perception that she and her husband Are being unfair to Kimberly. The Twiggs say they have received hat email comparing them to terrorists. Their eldest daughter Irisa 20, was sneered at by a fellow member of a health club who Learned her Las name and said of i know who you  Irisa said she wants to know if she and Kimberly Are cleanup of nuclear Sites May exceed estimate related. Maybe we could be friends one Day and Sis ters after that she said. Mays a Sarasota roofing Supply Salesman said i december that Kimberly fears the Twiggs will remove her from the Only Home she knows. He said she in scribed a drawing she gave him for Christmas i hate the Twiggs. I want them to go  mrs. Twigg says the ill will since the Case has been in the limelight is undeserved. She said she and her Hus band first considered seeking custody because they suspected Mays participated in the alleged baby Swap making him an unfit Parent. They said they change their minds in part because there was no evidence to support that. Mays first wife Barbara died of cancer in 1981. He remained but was divorced. The Twiggs sued the Hospital for $ 100 million. They dropped the lawsuit late in 1988 on a technicality saying they planned to refile. They Are seeking genetic testing of Kimberly in a separate lawsuit. Washington a the Cost of cleaning up radioactive and toxic wastes at the government s 12-state nuclear weapons Complex is Likely to exceed the official $63 billion estimate a senior Energy department official told Congress on Friday. Raymond p. Berube Deputy assistant Secretary for environment said a firm estimate was not yet possible because the department is Uncertain How badly the environment has been damaged at Man of the weapons plants. There s a Strong Chance that these costs will go higher than $63 billion he said adding that projected costs Are Likely to escalate As More detailed information is Learned about the extent of the soil and groundwater contamination. There s a lot of uncertainty at this Point he told a House armed services subcommittee. Berube said that while contamination a some Sites could be cleaned up in two or three years work at the most polluted plants will require decades to  he cited the Pinellas Plant near Largo,Fla., which makes electronic components for nuclear weapons As a Likely candidate for speedy cleanup in part because the Vinyl Chloride contamination there is less far Flung and is not radioactive. Among the most difficult cleanup jobs will be at the Hanford reservation near Richland wash., which Berube said Isth most polluted site in the entire com plex and the Savannah River Plant Nea Raiken s.c., which produces a highly radioactive Gas. There has been extensive contamination of soil and groundwater at these Sites dating to the Early years of operation in the 1950s. Duty driven policeman steers self into trouble Providence . A a police officer commandeered a civilian car to join his partner in a Chase the found himself being pursued by other officers because he was driving a Sto Len car. Patrolman Gregory Bolden has been transferred out of the neigh boyhood response team while the internal affairs division sorts through the wednesday night Inci Dent cmdr. Richard Tamburini said thursday. Bolden and his partner patrol Man David Lussier had stopped to Check a car that was reported Sto Len and were joined by another officer the Providence journal Bulle tin reported Friday. Bolden got out of his patrol Carto Check the vehicle when a sports car sped past and Lussier and theother officer took off in Pursuit. Bolden who did t have his police radio with him got into the stolen car Tamburini said. I guess the keys were in the car or the car was running at the time so he drove Down Broad Street looking for his partner the com Mander said. Another police officer the spotted the stolen car Bolden was driving and chased it through Sev eral Side streets Tamburini said. Bolden said in his report that he stopped As soon As he saw the flashing red lights of the other police car