European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. March 24 1s89 the stars and stripes Page 5 Hall describes shredding of documents Washington a Fawn Hall. Oliver North s former Secretary testified at his trial wednesday thai she had few qualms about altering and shredding top secret documents the Day before investigators were due because other Complete Trust in her Boss. I worked for colonel North closely Tor four years she said. He was a Man whose character knew Well. I knew there was a reason Why he was doing  an intense but composed witness. Hall recounted the frenzied activity in Northy White House office nov. 21, 1986, after the administration became aware thai Money from arms sales to Iran had been used to Aid the guerrillas fight ing in Nicaragua. She said North a top aide on the National Security Council asked her to make changes in some documents brought out Tram the a pcs top secret system four files. The changes which he marked for her All involved retyping the documents with sometimes Subtle and sometimes wholesale Alle rations. "1 made the changes arid assembled the packages and began to Zero them she said. What did you do Wilh the originals asked prosecutor John Keker. I shredded those and destroyed them Why did you do that1" it was the logical thing to do she said. Asked by the prosecutor whether she had any Don t look up kid i Jura Marie of i lot Hood sporting one of the More Coli Tutu versions of the still popular Mohawk hair do entertains her Nerc Emily Wells on Hollywood Boule Tittl in lot Angeles recently. Qualms about her actions she said there was 3 moment when i  questioned by the judge she said that neither North nor anyone else instructed her to destroy the papers. The documents that North was having redone were six so called 1985 problem memos that indicated North s deep involvement in the Contra Aid efforts and knowledge of Ihm by then National Security adviser Robert Mcfear Lanca a Lime when such Aid was barred by Congress. Hall said she recognized that these were the documents from identifying numbers. She said that so Hon Hsy were prepared a year before North made jokes that because of them he might have to go to jail for them. The Day after the shredding investigators for then attorney general Edwin Mcnese ill cams to the office. She testified thai she had not known thai the investigators were coming. Hall s testimony went directly to three of inc 12 criminal charges on which North is being tried obstruction of Congress by the creation of false and misleading chronologies and altering and destroy ing documents obstruction of a presidential inquiry altering and concealing documents. On nov. 25, 1986. Four Days after Llie shredding incident. North was fired front the National Security Council and Hall said that two Csc aides came in to Seal up the office. Hall said that As she went through documents in the office for North s successors she found minutes of Mcfarlane s meeting with officials in Tehran. She also found notes and copies of Fth documents she had altered. She said before she left she put the Tehran minutes in one of the boots she was wearing and Pill inc altered documents i n the other Boot. It was a very stupid thing that t did that Day she said. -.-. Earlier a soil Zorland based lawyer who set up Dummy companies for the Iran Contra operation in lifted thai s2s.6 million flowed into inc companies Bank accounts Between february and late october of 1986. Willard Zuckor born in Brooklyn but living in Geneva for 20 years testified a he was approached in 1984 by Albert Hakim a longtime diem who wanted to establish a company. There was a project to Purchase arms and munitions or both Zuckor Aid. We were requested to facilitate payments open Bank accounts on instructions by Hakim and  his reference was to Richard see Oril a retired air Force major general and ,1 North co defendant who sold arms to the contras. Investigations concluded that Money from sales of . Arms to Iran went through those companies to Purchase Covert military Aid for the contras. . Drought crisis declared water Levels Low for 6 states by he associated press a mild Winter is beginning to talc its Mil on the Northeast As new Yolk City s mayor declared a water emergency this week and officials in six slates nervously Eye Tow water Levels. Homeowners can keep the hoses and sprinklers inthe basement. You can t use them mayor Edward i. Koch said wednesday As he declared a drought Emer gency and imposed strict water use limits. Boston and its immediate suburbs arc under a water emergency warning. The water level at the Western Reservoir that supplies the area is Well below Normal and it appears restrictions will be on the Way Accord ing to inc Massachusetts water resources authority. In Pennsylvania the Delaware River Basin commis Sion stopped Short of declaring a drought emergency for parts of your states after rain and Snow fell tuesday into half empty reservoirs in upper new York state. We arc 1.4 billion Gallons from entering the drought zone said a pessimistic David Ever Eli the commission s chief Engineer. Storms last weekend also helped raise Reservoir lev Els. But the commission said it would declare a drought emergency if significant precipitation does t fall in the next few Days Over the four state Region. At the Start of Spring the fours late area s cals Kilt reservoirs should have 2jo billion Gallons or 92 per cent of their 271 billion gallon capacity and by april i they should hold even More water. Instead they currently hold about 129 billion Gallons an emergency declaration would restrict non Essen tial water use in new Jersey and Delaware and in Large. Portions of Pennsylvania and new York. Koch forbade a Long list of water discs in new York City including swimming pools Lawn sprinklers and hydrants with Spray Caps Tor Street play. Asked How new yorkers can Cope with he usual hoi and Sticky Days of summer Koch said i s going to be Lough but we  reservoirs that serve the City were 55 percent full wednesday Down from the 91 percent Normal at this time of year. To the North we Sichester county which gets 85 percent of its Walcer from the new York City system already has imposed restrictions. Lawns and gardens can Only be watered every other Day for iwo hours in the Early morning and two hours in night. Swimming pools can Only be filled once for the summer. Connecticut Wilder supplies arc 20 percent below Normal in the. Stamford Norwalk and new London areas said Gary Johnson who monitors Reservoir lev Els for the slate department of health services. No restrictions have been imposed but Llic slumlords water co. Has suggested that the City use disinfected waste water from its sewage treatment plan 10 Scilini Huish garbage at the trash incinerator. Such it move could save 500,000 Gallons of drinkable water per Day. Water at the Scituate Reservoir which serves160 percent of Rhode Island including most of metropol Itan Providence is about so feel below Normal Levels officials there say they re concerned but will Wail until mid april to decide if icy have an emergency. The main reason for the drought is a lower than Normal rainfall and  of the Normal Snow Cap to develop in upstate mountains fora Spring Runoff. 4 bases considered for infantry Range b Norm an Black a military writer Washington the army said wednesday it had narrowed to four the number of bases under consideration to become the Home to an a Parr d infantry training Range. The service in a Brief statement said the four finalists included fort Siewart a. Fort Chaffer Ark. Fort Mccoy wis. And fort Lewis. Wash. The army disclosed the four in announcing it would soon launch an environmental Impact study Lor expansion of what it Calls the joint readiness training can Ler. The army currently operates the a Etc at fort chalice. But considers hat facility too Small for Modem infantry training. Fort Chat acc is a finalist because the army wants to explore the possibility of expanding the Chis Lilg Range there an army spokesman said no Mailer which of the four is ultimately selected land use would include at a minimum about 46,000 acres administered by the department of defense the army said. The proposal will involve approximately 2,000 permanently assigned personnel and training support to about 35,000 rotating unit personnel the service continued. The a Etc will provide an area suitable for joint training exercises during which Light infantry air As Sault airborne Ranger special operations forces air Force military Airlift and air Force tactical air train to fight against an opposing  the Mojave desert is used by the army to train its heavy tank and Armor forces. The a Etc in contrast is used to train Light infant iry forc Csc the current a Etc at fort Chaffee can Han dle Only about one battalion at a time. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. March 24, 1949 in a continuation of he Diplo Matic struggle Between Hungary and the United states Over the life imprisonment of Cardinal Joseph minds Runty Hungary asked inc . Legation in Buda pest to remove from its posts two assistant military attaches 30 years ago today ,. March 24, 1959 cuban i Remir fide Castro urged Complete mobilization in Cuba including women and children to tight off what he feared might be a pending invasion from Florida and the Domin ican Republic. 20 years ago today. March 24, 1969 As Sharp fighting and rising communist losses were reported in action near. Saigon , command announced a new Allied Toniu Crof pc naive through the a Shau Valley inc communists main infiltration route into South Vietnam. 10years ago today ,. March 24, 1979 president Carter participated in financial discussions and correspondence in 1976 thai involved aspects of his family s Peanut business being probed by the depart men of Justice the new York times reported. ,