European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 2, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday March 2,1989 court told North used ruse to bypass Law Washington api a mired army major general testified wednesday Hal he and Oliver North decided the Best Way to circumvent legislation bar ring military Aid to the a Nairas was to turn the Coffon Over 10 the private sector John Singlaub said that he and North came to that conclusion after meetings in North s old executive office building. Office in late 1984 and. 19s5. Initially. Sgt our wid at the Iran Contra trial. "1 old colonel Nonh Hal in my read ing of the Boland amendment. 1 Felt it apply to the office of the responsible for establishing for eign policy of this  North tended to agree with that but. Since Legal experts differed on the question the two men decided to assume the worst thai in did apply recalled Singlaub. An ardent anti communist who had offered to news briefs help Contra Leader Adolfo Calgro with training weapons and maintenance of Mili Lary vehicles. Clearly. Boland did not apply o a Pri vate citizen said Singlaub. Who said the two men worked out an arrangement under which i would work with Calero but i would keep North "informed.". Singlaub said the plans were for him to to involved As Long As he did t do anything  in the Day North s courier to the contras Robert Owen testified Hal North repeatedly told him he had authorization from his superiors for All his activities on behalf Fth nicaraguan contras. Under Cross examination Owen also said he met with at least half a dozen Cia agents in Central american countries to Dis cuss Supply efforts la the contras at a Lime when Congress had banned military Aid to the guerrillas. The agents were referred to in the courtroom by number. Owen detailed the political sensitivity of handling the Supply operation which involved shipping goods through Honduras and Costa Rica before they got into the contras hands. In connection with efforts to build a clan Destine Airstrip in Costa Rica Owen said that Costa  officials wanted to be helpful while trying to maintain a veneer  Owen agreed with North lawyer Brendan Sullivan during questioning that North had said numerous limes that in assisting he contras to was carrying out the instructions of his superiors including the presi Dent. After a Brief recess however Owen is questioned closely by prosecutors about when her North specifically mentioned any of the superiors he was talking about. Owen replied that North never said anything Indi cat ing that he was acting with the knowledge of president Reagan or Hal the. President told him to lie or conceal what he was doing up in also said that North did not specifically mention the names of fort r National Security advisers Robert Mcfarland or John Poindeter. He always used the word Superior Owen said. . Dis Eric judge Gerhard a. Go sell asked for dates but Owen was unable to provide them. Meanwhile the government filed a memorandum in the latest dispute Over classified information in the Case. Sullivan has renewed a motion to declare that a Federal Law designed to protect state secrets from being spilled in the courtroom is unconstitutional As applied to the North Case. Dc-10 diverted to London after an engine stalls London a a Northwest Orient do Ioen route from fran fun West Germany to Boston diverted to London s Gatwick Airport wednesday after one engine Stalick the airline said. Right 47 touched Down at Gatwick at 2 34 . After a routine. Two engine Landing and the 222 passengers and 10 Crew members disembarked nor Mally an airline statement said. Airline spokesman Andy 1 lews said the no. 2 engine Stalick on Takeoff from Frankfurt and in Tead of Irving to restart the engine in flight the Captain decided to diver to London  mechanics cheeked out the Congi no on the Tarmac running it up to full Power in a test and discovered that there was no problem with it he said. Part of Jet s cargo door believed located by radar Honolulu Al radar has pinpointed an object believed to be the cargo door that Tore  United airlines jumbo Jet but Federal  Saj hey arc l sure whether in can be retrieved from under 16.800 feel of Pacific Ocean water. The National transportation safety Flotard said Laic tuesday thai. Navy. Radar. Tracked a Large object 85 Miles Southwest of Honolulu about 45 seconds after the Pilot of right bit Rop med an in flight emergency. Nine passengers were swept to their deaths when a Io-by-20 foot Section of the fuselage including the cargo door Tore from the right Side of the hoeing 747 at 22.000 feet on Friday. Twenty seven others were treated for injuries. Tower from Page 1 Lin fim Valcor said president Bush was continuing to lobby senators in search of additional votes. Asked what incr he had Ever broken his wedding vows Tower twice divorced and now single said As a Nutter of fact i have broken wedding vows. Think i am probably nol alone in Hal connection Tower s second wife Lilla alleged marital misconduct in court filings in the couple s divorce Case Tower s appearance marked the at i turn in the struggle by the Bush administration As Well As the Farmer Texas senator to Salvage the nomination against solid democratic opposition in the Senate. Tower has been struggling against concerns about his drinking habits allegations of womanizing and questions Over possible conflicts of interest stemming from his employment As a defense Industry consultant. In his remarks. Tower also turned aside a question of whether his appointment was a political payoff for having headed a commission that gave Bush a clean Bill of health in the i ran Contra scandal of the Reagan administration. He said congressional investigators Alto found nothing to implicate Bush adding i won Der what kind of payoff they re going to girl asked whether he Woulff ask that his name be with drawn from nomination he replied by quoting from the last letter written by la. Col. William Barrett tra vis whom he identified As the Leader Follic texans who fought and died at the Alamo i shall never sur Render or  Tower paused briefly and said a am a Little sorry i brought up the Alamo analogy 1 just occurred to. Me what happened at the Alamo just 10 Days after Travis wrote that  Texas defenders were wiped out by mexican Gen. Santa Anna s forces. Asked what had angered him most about his confirmation Fil he said there were no clearly defined standards against which he was being judged. Key republicans said they would meet later in the Day to decide whether to seek a delay in die beginning of the debate on the nomination which has drawn widespread opposition from democrats. Tower has been battling questions about his drink ing habits allegations of womanizing and concerns about his acceptance of thousands of dollars in defense consultants fees. Daley from Page i enlivened by Edward Vrdolyak the form county demo cratic chairman who launched a write in candidacy last week and claimed Victory tuesday night Over the Republican party s endorsed candidate. Or. Herbert Sohn. We think we have a sufficient number of votes if people count them properly to win this election Vrdolyak said. We re in this thing Al he w a with 2,689 of 2,911 precincts reporting Vrdolyak had 10,711 votes or 46  to soon s 10.23.3 Voles or 44 percent. Businessman William Grutzmacher had 1.112. Or 5 percent and Kenneth Hurst had 1,448, or 6 percent. Sohn refused to concede however and Cook county gop chairman Jim Dvorak said the race was still too close to Call. Because of the difficulty of counting write in votes the outcome of the race might nol be known before thursday he said. Already awaiting Daley and the cop Winner in the general election was Alderman Timothy Evans Sawyer s chief Black rival and he Man Many contended had sabotaged Sawyer s chances in the primary by refusing Jesse Jackson s pleas for Black Unity against Daley. Defect from Page 1 fare and Well being he said. We reall can t Saj with any degree of certainty what Hupf Lenl Dlo him " the. Army also believes Liat Peri took a Zenith Lap lop computer which was missing from his office two sources said. The computer is no sprig one source said. We re nol exactly sure what the circumstances were. But we re pretty sure it s linked to his disappearance Loans Jurgin grosser a spokesman for cast Germany s permanent representative in Bonn West Germany said wednesday that his government had no information on the Soldier . In addition to performing routine administrative duties. Peri was responsible for of rating equipment Hal identifies and locales electronic signals such As  radar. Part of the investigation will focus on inc extent of Hen s exposure 10 classified information. Dye said. According to army procedures regardless of a Soldier s authority to spec Michael a Peri review classified information in a cavity you Only Haie Access 10 that information that you have to have to do Jour Job the Arm investigation has not turned up any. Missing documents at inc unit. Eve cry Hing that they re responsible for they be got Dye said the army is trying to determine whether any information might have been stored in the missing computer. As a Rule military regulations prohibit the storing of classified information in the hard disk of Lap top computers. Pen s disappearance has bad Ltd those who knew and worked with him Dye said. He had quickly established a reputation As a Good and conscientious Young Soldier. Dye said Peri had been promoted to pc Ciao so during his tenure at the unit and had twice been nominated for Soldier of the month. That s the strange thing about All this. He s a Good Soldier he said. He was professional courteous respected All Indi cations arc he was just a Good  the investigation also has revealed Noth ing unusual about Peri s personal life Dye said. He was a Normal kid. Normal social life. No deep romantic involvement with anybody thai we know of. Friends arc just As surprised As his parents and the unit com  the investigation is being handled by pen s unit commander capt. Mark Mairs. Vilh assistance from several outside Agen cies including inc German Border patrol Dyc said. The search for Peri began after he failed to show up for a routine Wor Mccail feb. 21 he was officially reported absent without leave feb,21. The vehicle checked out by Peri was a Hummer a nickname for inc army s hmm we. The replacement for inc world War 11-Cra jeep the vehicle was found feb. 23, said u , hmm we was found the log Book indicated that he had filled out the dispatch himself. So we re pretty sure that he look the vehicle and drove it to the  the Hummer was Aboul 14 Miles from the nearest official Border crossing site where authorized persons Are per mixed to travel 10 and from East Germany Dye said. Investigators apparently have found few clues at Peri s apartment. Indications arc that he left just about Etc thing behind Dye said. New car computer All his clothes camera stereo. It really looks like he was planning on coming Back m a couple of  ,