European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 21, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 3waite assisted North in Lebanon briton s knowledge of arms Deal is unclear from wire reports when Terry Waite was in Beirut Lebanon on his risky missions to Rescue hostages he used to leave a phone number for friends to Call in Case something happened to him sources said. The number belonged to then White House aide it. Col. Oliver l. North. Waive an anglican Church envoy who was kidnapped Jan. 20, 1987, was released monday by his shiite Muslim abductors. Before his kidnapping he worked closely with North and his network of operatives in attempts to secure the release of american hostages held in Lebanon. According to documents made Public during various investigations of the Iran Contra affair North met with Waite in London As Early As nov. 12,1985, and arranged for the British troubleshooter to be in Beirut to receive any american hostages released As a result of an impending shipment of Hawk missiles to Iran. What remains unclear is How much Waite knew of the . Activities and whether Waite was an informed front Man or an unwitting participant in the secret arms for hostages dealings with Iran that the Reagan White House initiated in the summer of 1985. In remarks to the British broadcasting corp. On monday North said Waite had never known about the . Arms deals with Iran. He said Waite had been valuable to him because the briton was Able to make direct Contact with the kidnappers. North also voiced regret that following his dismissal from the National Security Council staff in november 1986, he had been unable to warn Waite against returning to Beirut for what proved to be the Churchman a final Mission. Lord Robert Runcie the former archbishop of Canterbury who sent Waite to Beirut said the envoy assured him before the last trip that a your integrity. Was  however Runcie added tuesday night in a bbl interview a it  be the first time the Church has been used if the Church was used. A but it is still possible for somebody to operate according to his own principles and also to have some Contact with people while being unaware of the other fish they have to  the bbl in a television documentary Panorama broadcast tuesday night after waiters return to Britain said the Reagan administration planned to use Waite unwittingly As a cover for the trading of arms for hostages. A the provided cover for North a operation a Michael Ledeen a former consultant to the . National Security Council said on the program. According to Panorama Waite and North met nearly 20 times and North and the Cia offered Waite a tracking device to Monitor his movements possibly leading to the hostages. Bbl spokesman Phil Johnstone said the program had been prepared Over the past three years. Bbl sources speaking on condition of anonymity said the corporation held Back the program to avoid jeopardizing waiters  Illinois town ripped again by twister Marion 111. Apr at least one Tornado touched Down in this Southern Illinois Community tuesday ripping the roof off a High school gym damaging houses and injuring two dozen people authorities and witnesses said. John Borgia of the National weather service said More than one Tornado May have struck the town. Scattered Power outages were also reported in the area. A Tornado stuck Marion a City of about 13,000, in 1982, killing 10 people and causing about $81 million in damage. Storms dumped More than 8 inches of rain on the area tuesday the weather service said and Stormy conditions were reported throughout the state. A gust of wind blew the roof off an Auto Dealership in a Chicago suburb student Noah Bethel was at Marion senior High school when the gyms roof was torn away. A fall the lights went off then you heard a sound like a sonic Boom like a train going by a Bethel said. A when we went out parts of the ceiling were ripped off the hallways and the roof of the old gym was  there were no reports of injuries at the High school although some students were still there when the Tornado struck at about 4 45 . Once he got outside Bethel said he could see the after Waite was freed North repeated denials that the anglican Layman was involved in the arms for hostages Deal. He told the bbl on monday that news reports that he gave Waite a transmitter were a absolutely  North was fired nov. 25, 1986, after news leaked of the arms for hostages plan. A i can say categorically that i told Terry Waite absolutely nothing about the fact that we were exchanging weapons with the iranian government a North told the bbl. A Terry did not know from me the  since waiters release he has not been available for questions on any connection to North. Runcie and the foreign office both urged Waite not to go to Lebanon in january 1987 to try to free educator Thomas Sutherland released monday with Waite and associated press correspondent Teny Anderson. Anderson remains a captive. North said he too tried to warn Waite not to go but could not reach him. Motorist Lori Mccraw of Marion iii., is trapped in her Van during Flash floods and a Tornado tuesday night. Tornadoes path through a group of nearby Homes. A there were houses All Over the place All smashed in a Bethel said. A was we pulled out of the parking lot cars were crushed together some of them on top of each other from the  the injured arrived at Marion memorial Hospital in a steady Stream supervisor Curt Morris said. Between 20 and 25 people were treated but there were no re ports of deaths or major injuries he said. Officials evacuated the Friendship nursing Home because of flooding associated with the storm sheriffs dispatcher George Reed said. No nursing Home residents were injured. Police in Marion said they were too Busy to to Wjk. And officials at the state emergency services and disaster Agency in Springfield did no to immediately have details. Independent network airs first . And for condoms los Angeles a Fox broadcasting co. Made to history in airing network televisions first condom commercial. The 15-second spot for Carter Wallace  Trojan Brand condoms aired on sunday during the situation comedy a Sherman s  the commercial while never specifically mentioning aids advocates using a prophylactic Quot to help reduce the  for the last decade the networks have banned condom commercials As part of their prohibition against birth control advertising. But after magic Johnson announced nov. 7 he was infected with the aids virus Fox said it had agreed weeks earlier to accept commercials that promote condoms solely As a Means of preventing disease not As a method of birth control. Abc and lbs later said they were reconsidering their policies. Abc said it wont re evaluate its ban. Sundays commercial broadcast was aired sooner than expected and came from an unexpected source. Schmid laboratories which makes Ramses and Yourex condoms had originally approached Fox six months ago and persuaded network executives to accept prophylactic commercials dealing with aids  set to Compromise on talks site paper says Boston up israeli prime minister Yitzhak Shamir said he a willing to Compromise on a negotiation site in order to get the Middle East peace talks Back on track the Boston Herald reported wednesday. Shamir called the peace talks a a historic beginning during a private luncheon sponsored by the Herald. He said he will suggest that the talks resume in Cyprus when he meets with president Bush on Friday. Israel had been pushing for the next round of talks to be held in the Middle East but Shamir said he would Compromise. A we Are ready to propose. That we make it near there the Middle East. Places like Cyprus or similar places Are better for us a said Shamir who wound up a two Day visit to the Boston area wednesday. The syrian jordanian palestinian and lebanese delegations had wanted the peace talks to be held outside the Middle East to avoid the appearance that they accept israelis legitimacy As a nation. Shamir said Washington would be too far away to be considered As a site for the talks which began at the end of october in Madrid. Shamir the first israeli prime minister to visit Boston in 31 years was scheduled to talk wednesday at hebrew College in Brookline and Boston University before heading to Baltimore and then on to Washington. The prime minister arrived in Boston on tuesday As part of a 10-Day . Visit to attract . Investments in Israel and reassure americans that Israel is determined to make peace with its Arab neighbors