European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday. June 2. 1991 the stars and stripes Page 5walsh says Contra probe nearing end Washington up a Lawrence Wasli. The special prosecutor in the Iran Contra scandal said his investigation has intensified Anil is a nearly Walsh it who has recently been criticized Tor his dogged prosecution of former Marine it. Col. Oliver North said Friday in a statement a your ongoing investigation which has been very Active in recent months is nearly . .during., the past several weeks Walsh has ordered More than a dozen former and officials to appear before a Federal grand jury examining aspects of the Iran Contra affair the worst scandal of Ronald Reagan s presidency. 1 meanwhile Abc news reported Friday that several of Walsh s grand jury witnesses a were questioned about whether North s Contra Supply operation was linked to the office of than Nice president Georgeo Abc also reported that Donald Gregg who was Bush s National Security a a adviser Quot is a target of the continuing Gregg currently is . Ambassador to Korea a Post he won after a bruising Senate confirmation Battle. A Abc said the . Ambassador to i Salvador. Edw in Corr testified last week under a Grant of Imine mtg a about meetings he. Held with North a operatives including one who was a close Friend of Don Gregg.�?�. Asked whether new indictments were expected. Valsh s spokeswoman Mary had no Coton . Robert Dole. R-kan., last week called Tor Walsh to drop the Case against North m the Wake of an Adverse the supreme Couil. W hich refused to. Consider whether to reinstate North Svi animal Emu Ici ions. A a Dole the Senate Republican Leader sent a letter to attorney general Dick Thornburgh asking him to shut Dow n Walsh s investigation which has Cost More Titan $25 million since it began m december i9s a a. In his statement. W also said a a 1 his office is completing its wan k As quickly As possible. 1 lie is being written and will be issued promptly when the Are resolved Quot. V Walsh said a we share the concern expressed by senator Dole and other members of Congress w to w Ould Liko to see of r work concluded. 1 and All Nice bars of my stall look Forward to that Dav so that we can resume More Normal professional a a Iowa pork Queen Dainna Jellings stands with Cream pie on her face after a woman dressed in a pig costume showed the pie at her in tvs Moines on Friday. Pcs Moines Iowa Aan uni Mal rights activist dressed up like a pig shoved a whipped Cream pie in the face of Iowa s pork Queen on Friday to protest the killing of millions of hogs Quot to feed America s meat addiction v. Dainna Jellings 10, was uninjured by the pie and declined to talk about the incident but pork producers called it a a a childish a y _ a flip protest was staged by people Lor the. Ethical treatment of animals a Washington. group that chums More than 550.000 members and originated the meat stinks Campaign that advocates pie attack came during the Slan of the years biggest pork Trade show the world pork expo. Jellings was wearing a Crown and a Sash her Iowa pork Queen title As she handed out coir a my books to children in a tent at the Iowa slate Fairgrounds. I lie woman wearing a rubber pig mask and cloth costume and two other Peta members entered the tent. 1 he costumed woman carried a Box. Save approached Jellings and in a matter of seconds shoved the gooey mess into the right Side of her face. Jellings rushed out of Ajjie ten to clean lip. A i he in Ork Queen represents an Industry that kills 92million pigs a year to feed America s meal addiction. It s time she wakes up 10 the cruelty that she rep resents Quot said Robin Walker a pm 1a spokeswoman who accompanied the Pic thrower. A a. A. _ the woman in costume refused to give her name to a reporter who had been contacted by Peta and alerted about the demonstration y Quot How said in rfcs harness a spokesman for the National pork producers Council which sponsors Quot the show. A a Liat sort of civilized organization is this Quot a asked if police w Ould be asked Lopi Ess charges harness said. A Ems. Jellings would like this incident it was the first time Aii Imal Rigits activists disrupted the pork l expo in its four year history. 1 lie show is. Expected to attract up to 75,01 0 people. It includes seminars on Swine Cate and hoopla including pig races a a up Iguassu Quot a Art show Mil a Barbecue served i rum a i ill nearly Clyo length a football held. Iva accounts Lor one out of every Lour hogs raised Lor Market m the United Stales. In the stars and stripes10 years ago june 2,1981 a the government in Dhaka Bangladesh claimed it had crushed the 48-hour rebellion by army officers who assassinated president Ziaur Rahman and took Over the Garrison City of chittagong.20 years ago june 2, 1971 a rejecting a company offer of a 20 percent pay increase Over two years two unions a representing 20,000 employees struck Western Union halting the acceptance and delivery of Domestic telegrams overseas cables and Money orders across the country. A�?�30 years ago june 2, 1961 a assassins ambushed the limousine of dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo and machine gunned him to death. His beaten body was later found in the trunk of the assassins abandoned car. 40 years ago. June 2, 1951 a a night clerk at a Plush hotel in Vancouver British co Lumbia admitted he did no to recognize Bing Crosby and refused him a room when Crosby entered the hotel wearing a leather jacket dungarees Cowboy boots and a no Covert operations against Cuba began Early documents reveal washing i on up a 1 lie us government began Early in 1.%u a earn Paige of Covert activities against the Rev a a Luti onary regime in Cuba according to a new compiled by editors at the state department. The 1,191 Page Book a foreign. Relations of the United states l95s-19hvolume i Cuba Quot contains documents most of which previously were classified including policy papers intelligence assessments and diplomatic reporting the Covert . Effort began with Iii one month after. Fidel Astro seized Power and was aimed at economic targets headed by Cuba s sugar exports according to a summary prepared by the editors at the state department office of the historian. The documents show that . Ambassador to Havana Philip borr Sal a a a was recalled to Washington temporarily a on january 21, l%0, As a sign of displeasure. With Quot Castro a revolutionary policies the summary said. Quot by the end of the month the . Govern m e n t took s the p s to i n i t i a t e a e a m pain if Covert activities against the cuban government and instituted a program to counter anti-. Propaganda in Cuba Quot it said. A a a throughout the late Winter in l9b0, More ambitious Covert operations were considered a in the adoption on March. 17 by the National Security. Council of a a program of Covert action against the Castro regime a document prepared by the special group Ilie Covert operations to Mattlee of the Csc it said. Alter one year of growing Friet Loiis with Cuba s revolutionary regime the key objective of the . Covert operation plan was a at this time to weaken the cuban it said. Roy r. Rubo Toni at the tune a . Assistant Secretary of state said such a Campaign would a a require that the United states use judiciously selected economic pressures at those Points where Casim s Domestic and International policies have weakened Flonoi Iii san Leture 1 the summary said. The main thrust of the . Covert Campaign was aimed at reducing quota in the . Sugar Market the editors said. -. A Quot. Quot Quot the volume also describes . assessment of the crumbling regime headed by dictator l Ulgen Eio Batista Washington s pressure on Batista to hold free elections late in pus As the insurrection Sprail across the country and contacts in Nuil dece Riiber to set up a provisional gov or n me tit to replace Batista and pre empt Cairo s Victory. A a _ Washington a 1 he health and human services department has Cut about 100 people from nearly 400 govern ment employees scheduled to go to this year s International aids conference in Florence. Italy an official said Friday. The move cutting $150,000 from the trip s estimated Cost of $1.5 million followed criticism by aids activists that the department was being extravagant and wasteful. But a spokesman said the department s action was not prompted by the criticism. Ill is Secretary sul Vai i a gave it another look and he loll them to Cui it to the Hare Bones Quot said spokesman John Gibbons. Quot he s sensitive to budget constraints and the budget the department last Vear sent More than 700 . To Llie which was held in san Francisco. This car nearly 400 were scheduled to attend by that list been pared Down to 29n, Gibbons said. Quot those taken Oil the list Are Liliose whose contribution at the Eon Ferenee hopefully can be he others who Are winking in similar Fields Quot he said. A
