European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday. March 14,1989 North did t report fully sex Boss says Washington a former National Security adviser Robert Mcfarland testified monday North did not Tell him of All his Contra fund raising activities when Mcfarlane questioned him on the matter. Mcfarland on at North trial for a second Day. Testified that he questioned North about his involvement in private fund raising activities amid congressional inquiries about news re ports Hal North was helping the con iras the inquiries came in late summer 1985 during a two year congressional ban on military Aid to the guerrillas. This was a very thorough kind of Dis Cussion the two of us had on More than one. Mcfarland testified. Believe 1 had a Clear understanding and he was very emphatic in saying at notice did i break the Law on fund Rais ing " prosecutor John Keker asked Mcfear Lanc whether North told him about his involvement with the National endow ment for inc preservation of Liberty Alax exempt organization that raised Money Tor the con iras. No responded Mcfarlane. Mcfarlane also said North did t Tel him that he was controlling the flow of donations sent through the foundation tothe contras. The former National Security adviser also said North told him nothing of his tics to Richard Miller a Public relation consultant who tunnelled Money for the contras out of inc United states to a Cayman islands Bank account. Mcfarlane said he also questioned North about whether a signal had been Given to Taiwan that the , govern ment supported a contribution for the contras from Taiwan. Mcfarlane said North told him in Chelate summer of 1985 that nothing had been done. Mcfarland then testified under questioning from pc scr. That North did t Lell him thai on aug. 19, 1985. North had Given his courier. Robert Owen a Bank account number to which the Tai wanese government could make a contribution to the corns. On Friday Mcfarlane said he told North to do everything you can to keep the nicaraguan contras intact Dur ing a congressional ban on Aid to the guerrillas. Mcfarlane said he gave to North because president Reagan had directed that the contras be maintained As a fighting Force despite inc Aid ban. North interpreted the policy to mean Many Many things including weapons and i am responsible for that Mcfarland testified in North s Iran con tra coverup trial. Carrying out Reagan s policy Mcfear Lanc said he told North and another then National Security Council aide Donald Fortier to do everything Youcan to keep the contras functioning. Mushing under the Yukon Sun Rick Swenson of two Rivers Alaska runs his team toward Kalat pc the Las Yukon River checkpoint in the id Tarod Trail sled Dor race us the final phase of the 1,1 ish Muf Competition unfolds. Joe Runyan of Nenana Alaska look the Lead monday from three time Champion Susan Bulcher in the sprint toward alas a not coast. Senson to four time Winner of the race. . Areas treated to heavenly display of lights by the associated press residents of the Northern third of disunited states were treated to a rare display of Inq Northern lights monday coming and a scientist said there is a Good Light shows All week Clouds blocked the show for Many Bur people in several Stales including Colorado new Vork and Delaware saw the night sky glow in various colors froma whitish Green to a Brilliant red late sunday and Early monday the National weather service reported Ron King of radio station isl in Salt Lake City described the lights which appeared Over the great Salt Lake about 4a.m. Monday As a shimmering Cloud in the sky of vivid reds and purples thai lasted for about a half hour. The Northern lights or Aurora Bornalis Are usually visible Only near the Arctic Circle. The phenomenon is believed to result from the interaction of tiny charged particles from the Sun with gases in the Earth s upper atmosphere. A solar flare reported thursday de scribed by experts As the largest in five years apparently triggered the unusually widespread Northern lights. Joe Allen Sotar Lorre serial expert at inc National oceanic and atmospheric administration in Boulder colo., said observatories from san Juan puerto Rico to Honolulu detected the Shower of tiny charged particles sunday of them have a Beautiful record of the event. It started about 6 30 . Sun Day and Kepi increasing Over a period of. At least nine hours he said monday. Allen said there was a Good Chance Al week of displays of Northern lights across the Northern third of the United Stales. In Delaware on sunday state reports from residents about strangely lit Clouds. Police concluded thai it was the Aurora Bornalis after checking for. Reports of military rocket. Tests or Power Plant problems in the reported that thursday s huge eruption of Gas from the surface of Chesun was followed by another Large explosion Friday Rooming and three More on saturday All in the some Are of Chesun. It s a very disturbed area probably two to three earths in diameter said Tom Folkers a technical specialist an Telescope operator at kill Peak National Observatory near Tucson causing the Aurora Bornalis solar flares can disrupt radio communications. Gumbel zapped by Scott s quip new York a in his first on air meeting with Bryant Gumbel since the release of Gumbel s memo Catt Cong his today Snow colleagues Weatherman Willard Scott on monday kissed Gumbel on the Check then got off a Zinger. Scott plugging Punna pet foods told Gumbel that Punna makes All kinds of food for Ani Mals. They make Goat food they make horse food they make it for the Complete horse so of umbel looked slightly chagrined and Scot said laughing "1 had to do something Scott was the recipient of the strongest criticism from Gumbel in inc the by show s executive producer of Jumble complained about Scott s bad taste and the amount of time he spends sending birthday greetings to elderly viewers the memo was written in inc fall and was i caked to weeks ago. Scott was on vacation last week though hand Gumbel talked by Telephone with Scon making Gumbel take an on Aii pledge against computer Nemo . Gumbel was on vacation the week inc memo was leaked 3 come up with game idea for making Cash off to evangelists shenanigans Weston Conn. A the shenanigans of Tele vision evangelists have spawned another player in american multimillion Dollar Board game Industry this one irreverently named fleece Hie flock. The game developed by a writer an inventor andean Illustrator is based loosely on monopoly Bill in Stead of real estate tycoons players assume the roles of greedy evangelists. "1 came up with the idea when Jimmy Swaggart was caught in the Motel said Elizabeth Fuller author of my search for the ghost of flight 401" and other books. I thought these go s belong on a Board game " equipped with collection plates players loss thedice and pursue ownership of them Parks television stations and record companies while trying 10 bankrupt their unholy competitors and keep their own sex Ual escapades secret. Fuller collaborated on the game Wilh inventor Stan Ley Mason whose 3d patents include Mason ate microwave cookware and Roy Doty an Illustrator. The three formed Tongue in Check productions an sold the rights to Market the game to Regent Continental a Philadelphia based company thai produces Boardgames for some of the nation s largest toy makers the company plans to have a Pilot run of 10,000 games Selling at $25 retail available mostly in the Northeast by april .1, said Cindy Lewinson an account executive for Regent. Recce the flock is Only the latest Board game to capitalize on people in inc news. Milion Bradley maker of the some of the country s Moil popular games last month unveiled Trump the Gams based on the Wheeling and dealing of billionaire real estate Mogul Donald Trump analysts say any new entry into the $760 million a year Board same Industry faces an Uphill Bailie. More than half inc new toys introduced in an Given year do not make it pan that year s said David s. Sci Bowie a toy Industry analyst with american securities corp. In new York. The successor any new toy item is pretty Bui Fuller and her collaborators say they Are confident that americans seemingly endless fascination with the foibles of television evangelists will create a Niche for their game. " during five months of testing the inventors were dumbfounded to discover one common trait among Tesi players Jiey All were cheating by the end of he game that prompted the inclusion of one Rule assumed in most games thou shall not cheat unless thou canst Sci away with
