European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday april 23. 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5 Man by w. Dale Nelson the associated press Washington As former president Reagan prepared to testify before a Board investigating the Iran Contra affair White House counsel Peter Wal Lison wrote him a note to help refresh his memory. Wallison reminded Reagan that he had told White House aides he was surprised when he Learned Israel had shipped Tow missiles to Iran a key element in what was seen As an arms for hostages Deal. When the question did come up Reagan dumbfounded his aides and members of the Board by Reading directly from that note instead of answering the question. A if the question comes up at the Tower Board meeting you might want to say that you were surprised the president read aloud. The jaw of former sen. John Tower a Texas dropped. Wallison recalls that he was a horrified just the incident in the Oval office on feb. 11, 1987, is described in a a Forth. Coming Book a president Reagan the role of a lifetime a by Lou Cannon a journalist who has covered Reagan for a Quarter of a Century. A the Tower Board had been exposed to the real Reagan As he was seen at close Range every Day by the handful of aides with personal Access to him Quot Cannon writes. Quot on balance Reagan was a Strong Man but an extraordinarily weak manager a the author said. Cannon now Western correspondent at the Washington Post first encountered Reagan in 1965 when the actor visited Sacramento to make soundings for his first Campaign for governor. California democrats regarded the. Neophyte politician As a washed up movie Star who would be an easy Mark. Cannon then with the san Jose Mercury thought differently. A the answered questions sensibly and without a hint of guile a he writes. A the was As pleasant in response to sceptical questions As he was to Friendly ones. He fascinated the fascination deepened As Cannon covered Reagan As governor of California and president and wrote two books about him. His third Book to be published on monday by s Imon amp schuster port Ray s a president brighter in Many ways than his critics would acknowledge and with failings far greater than commonly sus Pec cd. V a a the extent of his disassociation was greater than i thought a Cannon said in an interview. A a a a a a a a. A he said he was also a surprised at the influence that Richard Nixon the Book discloses that the former president advised Reagan on a number of occasions supporting his visit to a German cemetery in Pitburg and pushing for the selection of Alexander Haig Over George Shultz As Secretary of state. / Quot a a a. A the Book is meticulously documented with 144 source notes just for the one chapter dealing with Lebanon. Cannon describes that episode As a Case study of a the naivete ignorance and undisciplined internal conflict characteristic of the Reagan As Cannon recounts it Reagan ratified the decision to Send troops to Lebanon in a Brief Telephone conversation and then was a confronted with Cabinet conflicts he could not resolve by Reliance on his Basic script a a More than any other policy Reagan s course of action in Lebanon displays his proclivity for splitting the difference Between irreconcilable positions at the sacrifice of clarity a and in this Case of american lives a he writes. / a / a \ v a a. On oct. 25, 1983, 241 . Servicemen were killed in a terrorist attack on a Marine Barracks i Beirut Reagan defended the deployment by saying it was vital to . . Less than four months later lie acquiesced in deciding to end it. A Beirut was t sensible and never did serve a said Gen Colin l. Powell now chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and then an aide to Sec rotary of defense Caspar Weinberger. Cannon concludes that the improvement in .-soviet relations a May Well have been Reagan a most int portent contribution of his a Reagan for All his managerial limit at ions was a visionary preside n to he writes. A while he needed More assistance than any other modern president in the Day to Day operations of the presidency Reagan held firm to a Core of unshakable advocates optional longer class Days Washington a education Secretary Lamar Alexander favors extending the school Day and school year by making it optional and charging parents for the extra instruction. That s How it works in Murfreesboro tenn., where seven Public elementary schools offer extra classes in the afternoons and the summer he said sunday. A about half the parents pay for their children to go a the former Tennessee governor said on Abc tvs a this week with David Brinkley a a american students attend classes Only 180 Days a year fewer than most other industrialized countries. Alexander offered his 1 it the parents pay idea As a solution of How to pay for a longer school year. A i would like to see school districts open their schools in the afternoon open them in the summer and invite parents to Send their children there a he said. A let people get accustomed to defended the emphasis on parental Choice in president Bush a new education strategy Bush on thursday unveiled his strategy for a a a revolution in american schooling including giving parents More Choice of schools. A Bush and Alexander want to allow Federal dollars to follow poor children to whatever school they choose a Public parochial or private. They urged state and local authorities to allow the same flexibility with their school dollars. That show Federal Aid for College is handled Alexander said denying it would impede racial i Etc Gration. Private schools that accept students getting Public Money will however have to a be publicly accountable to civil rights and other Laws he said. Alexander r in the stars and stripes10 years ago / april 23,1981 a mobs of roman Catholic youngsters hurled acid bombs at police in Londonderry in the eighth consecutive Day of rioting in Northern Ireland As the papal Nuncio in Ireland announced possible intervention by Pope John Paul ii to end the hunger strike of jailed guerrilla Leader Bobby Sands. -20 years ago april 23,1971 a Francois a papa Doc Quot Duvalier dictator of Haiti for the last 14 years died at the age of 64. His son Jean Claude 20, announced As his successor said he would continue his father s programs. 30years ago april 23,1961 a a military coup by embittered French generals and elite foreign legion paratroops wrested control of Algiers from France. French president Charles de Gaulle responded by centralizing Security Powers in his own hands 40years ago april 23, 1951 a the Rochester royals won the Aba championship with a 79-77 Victory Over new York before a crowd of 4,206, after the knickerbockers had rallied from a 30 deficit to tie the series at 3-3. Former rep. Bolling Dies at 74 Washington a Richard Walker Bolling a Missouri Democrat who served 17 terms in Congress and retired in 1982, died sunday at age 74. Bolling was found in his Home in Washington on sunday by his wife said rep. Alan wheat d-mo., who sue needed Bolling in the Kansas City District. Wheat said Bolling apparently died of a heart attack. A erected to Congress initially in 1948 Bolling was. Re elected 16 times. He served As chairman of the House rules committee from 1978 to 1982. After retiring from Congress Bolling was a visiting professor of political science at the University of Missouri in Kansas City and a professor of politics at Boston College. Bolling was born in new York City and grew up in Huntsville Ala. A the was the most Brit giant legislator in this Century who never became speaker Quot rep David obey drwis., once said of Bolling who was twice rebuffed in attempts to become majority Leader often a stepping Stone to House speaker. Bolling was acknowledged As a supreme tactician and parliamentarian. He often pointed with Pride to his key role in winning passage in 1957, for the first civil rights legislation since reconstruction. But he was known for an often acerbic style and a reluctance to suffer the foibles of colleagues that did not make him the most popular Man in Congress. A Dick treated on a lot of toes he could have avoided if he wanted to a then House speaker Thomas p. Of Neill d-muss., a longtime Friend said at a 1982 dinner honouring Bollings retirement. He wrote three books while in Congress a House out of order in 1965 and a Power in the House Quot in 1968. The third Edge How to get our country moving again a was written with investment banker John Bowles in 1982. A he was one of the last survivors of the inner Circle of legendary House speaker Sam Rayburn recalled Rayburn telling him a Dick you be got to be popular in this but he was never a Blac Slapper. Bolling acknowledged that he would have liked to have been speaker himself but told an interviewer during the final months of his term a i have absolutely no regrets. I have been conscious of what i was doing and 1 have never been willing to give up that particular Freedom a 2 boys shot to death in Boston suburb Boston a the shooting deaths of two boys aged 11 and 15, As they played near their Homes in Bostons Tough Roxbury Section provoked an outcry in the Community sunday. Three teen agers two aged 16 and a third 15, were arrested in connection with the saturday night killings. The victims a were just being kids when they were gunned Down police superintendent Joseph Saia said. Police were investigating the motive for the shootings which Saia called a a real tragedy and a real the killings were reminiscent of the 1988 death of Tiffany Moore an 11-year-old girl shot to death As she sat on a Corner Mailbox in Roxbury. Her death became a rallying Point for residents concerned about violence. Roxbury residents met sunday to express grief and anger Over the latest shootings. Some accused Public officials of being indifferent to the violence. A if they had been doing their Job there be gangs in this Community. There be drugs in this Community a said . Crayton editor of the Roxbury Community news. Boston mayor Raymond Flynn a is going to be put against the Wall by this Community a Crayton said. A when you look at where dollars flow they done to go to the families who need Charles Copney who turned 11 on tuesday and Korey Grant who would have been 16 next month each sustained single gunshot wounds saturday night and died later at a Hospital. After interviewing witnesses police sunday arrested the three. Suspects at various Roxbury residences Saia said
