European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 29, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 5poindexter�?Ts lawyers keep him off stand Washington a the defense in John poin  Contra coverup trial has rested its Case Sou calling former president Reagan s National Security adviser to testify. Defense lawyer Richard Beckler asked by a reporter Nusic the courthouse on tuesday Why he did t put Poindexter on the stand replied a because i done to believe the government proved its a a 11 Csc 1 his lawyers sought to depict Poindexter a Pivotal figure in the Iran Contra scandal As a dedicated career naval officer who would never lie to Congress. A John Poindexter is and always has been a person of the highest truthfulness honesty and integrity a testified retired adm. James Holloway Iii a former member of the joint chiefs of staff. Holloway was the last of 15 witnesses called by the defense during its 5 a a Day portion of the 13-Day trial. Final arguments Are scheduled for Friday morning. Another character witness sen. John Chafee said tuesday that Poindexter a had the highest reputation for truthfulness and  Poindexter was administrative assistant to Chafee when the Rhode Island Republican was Secretary of the Navy in the Nixon administration. Poindexter is accused of concealing from Congress the administrations Sale of Hawk missiles to Iran in november 1985. In Defiance of a congressional ban on such Aid the profit from the Sale was used to Purchase arms for the nicaraguan contras. Poindexter a former assistant then Marine it. Col. Oliver North was the prosecutions reluctant Star witness against his former Boss. Among the final witnesses for Poindexter was rep. Robert k. Dornan r-calif., who testified about frequent meetings Between North and 25 to 30 members of Congress in 1985 and 1986 during the congressional ban on military Aid to the contras. The members of Congress told North that they did not think he was limited by the ban and that it was permissible for him to help raise Money for the rebels Dornan said. The meetings often were held in a conference room at the Capitol and were so frequent that a i Call it the North room a he said. Earlier tuesday a document was introduced indicating that two congressional staff members were Given details of the Hawk missile shipment to Iran on nov. 20,1986. The document was part of Poindexter a Effort to show that he did not try to conceal the . Role in the missile shipment. Intelligence committee staff members Richard Giza from the House and Edward Levine from the Senate reviewed highly classified intelligence information at the National Security Agency on nov. 20, 1986, the document said. The Day after Giza and Levine visited the Asa Poindexter briefed House intelligence committee members and the chairman and vice chairman of the Senate intelligence panel. A Hiwatig. V. A l t r v of. A just creeping along traffic came to a standstill in Dalton ga., As this area tuesday. The residence had to be relocated to House moving operation crept through the downtown make Way for the City a new fire  should Stop operating at War Tempo Lehman says Washington apr a former Navy Secretary told Congress on tuesday that the Navy should shift a significant portion of its Fleet to Reserve status in response to the lessening soviet threat. A regardless of the size of the soviet Fleet they re not about to attack tomorrow or the next Day or the next year a said John Lehman. A we should Stop operating As if we Are wartime  Lehman who As head of the Navy during the Reagan administration advocated increasing the Fleet to 600 ships said the size of the Navy is not affected by the rapid push toward democracy in Eastern Europe. Determining the number of ships in the Fleet Are the five oceanic regions where the United states has vital concerns and the continued modernization of the soviet Fleet including production of submarines. A for Post cold War naval missions the current planned mix of ships and aircraft requires Little change a Lehman told the House armed services committees defense policy panel. However Lehman said the Navy should shift ships and aircraft to the reserves with Active forces and reserves splitting the ships and squadrons. He suggested shifting half the 20,000 sailors associated with ships near Europe to Reserve status. Pressed by lawmakers about the future . Fleet if it shrinks to 400 ships Lehman said the Pentagon should keep at least 14 carriers Aid four battleships. In the fiscal 1991 budget defense Secretary Dick Cheney has proposed Mot Balling two of the four . Battleships a the Iowa and the new Jersey. Lehman stressed the need for development of the b-2 stealth bomber whose Cost of More than $70 billion for 132 planes has been criticized in Congress. But he questioned continued spending on land based nuclear missiles to make them survivable in the event of a soviet attack. Bush administration plans Calls for moving the multiple warhead my missile from hardened silos to Railroad cars and developing the midget Man missile. A throwing More Money after the land based leg of the icbms is really on the wrong end of the Ledger of business a said Lehman a managing director of Paine Webber inc. A the amount of Money that you have to spend to make icbms survivable in this kind of environment just does no to make any sense to  the stars and stripes of years ago today. March 29, 1950 a the Senate investigating committee subpoenaed the loyalty cords of the state department civil service and the Fri shortly after president Ruman denied them to the  years ago today. 29, 1960 a president Eisenhower and British prime minister Harold a a nubian met at Camp David md., to formulate a reply to the soviet unions ear weapons test ban proposal.-0 years ago today. 29, 9 a striking air traffic controllers ignored a government Ultima-0 a turn to work tightening their squeeze on operations at new York airports ausing flight delays and cancellations from coast to coast. Years ago today. ?1 29�?T 1980 Slot machines will return to army and air Force clubs in Hines Valyear on a baited basis a . Army spokesman announced. The a j?ee3 removed in july 1972 As the result of takeoffs and Cash discrepancies cd during the club scandals of the late 1960s and Early 1970s. 1hill Street blues figure Dies from cancer at 58 los Angeles apr actor Rene Enriquez who portrayed it. Ray Calle Tano on the old emmy award winning a Hill Street blues to series has died of pancreatic cancer. He was 58. Enriquez died Friday at his suburban Tarzana Home and his body was cremated the following Day said his sister Violetta Enriquez. The actor who Wasny to married and had no children did no to want a funeral she said tuesday. His motion picture credits included a co starring role with Gary Busey in a a bulletproof and a prime role As Gen. Anastasio Somoza in a under fire a co starring Nick Nolte and Gene Hackman. He also appeared with Charles Bronson in a the evil that men  Enriquez boasted of his role on a Hill Street blues a viewing his character As Pivotal in the now defunct series. A a in a proud of the show it made a powerful statement on the decay of cities and human isolation a he said. Born in Granada Nicaragua Enriquez Enriquez was being groomed for the Priesthood when he decided As a teen Ager to go to the United states. His Uncle Gen. Emiliano Chamorro was a former president of Nicaragua