European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 b the stars and stripes . Wednesday october 28,1992 Secord tells court Reagan hid out Over Iran Contra Washington up at the Iran Contra retrial of former Cia official Clair e. George retired air Force maj. Gen. Richard Secord testified monday that he Felt a a betrayed by former president Reagan a failure to take responsibility for the attempted arms for hos tages Deal with Iran. During the second Day of the trial in . District court Secord said that when the Iran Contra affair became Public knowledge in 1986, Reagan a hid out and refused to answer questions and left the Guys on the ground to fend for themselves. I consider that a  George is charged with seven counts of perjury obstruction and giving false statements in connection with comments he made to investigators looking into the Iran Contra affair. This is his second trial. A jury was unable to reach a verdict in his first trial which ended in August. George was chief of the Ciao a foreign spy operations at the time of the Iran Contra affair which involved an arms for hostages Deal with Iran. Profits from that Exchange were diverted to pay for illegal arms shipments to anti government rebels in Nicaragua. The office of Independent counsel dropped two of the original nine charges against George before the new trial. Secord testified about a meeting he attended in the White House situation room on Jan. 20, 1986, in which George also was present. During that meeting Secord was introduced to George and identified As the go Between who would ship arms to Iran in Exchange for the release of americans held in Lebanon Secord said. George later told Iran Contra investigators that he had never met Secord and had never been told about Secord a role in the arms transactions. On Cross examination Secord was asked about passages in his recently published autobiography honoured and betrayed in which he described the White House meeting As a routine session a which had nothing to do with the nuts and bolts of the  Secord said his introduction to George and other people in the room occurred immediately before the meeting. Words to the effect that a this is the third party a were used during his introduction he said. A i done to seer any conflict in my statements a he added. Secord testified As part of a plea bargain with the prosecutor. He pleaded guilty in 1989 to one felony count of making false statements to Congress and was Given two years probation. Secord body in Cave no just still life reported Corpse leads team to nude mural Durham a. Up a a search team crawled 200 Yards Down a Slippery Bat infested Cave Early monday looking for the body of a Young woman. After four hours the rescuers found the victim a painted on the Wall of the Cave. A it was a life size painting of a woman with Bare breasts a said state police detective William Laboski. A from a distance in poor Light it looked like a  added state police Cpl. Mike Ryan a she was Stone  the search followed a report from a group of Rock climbers from new Jersey who were exploring the Cave in a Remote Hilly area of Bucks county on sunday afternoon. A they were Cave diving or whatever they Call it in a network of mines that Date Back to the civil War a Laboski said. A they had Small flashlights and observed klan Cache found in Michigan attic Fremont Mich. A r auctioneers searching the boarded up attic of a farmhouse found White Robes photographs and official records from a Kun flux klan chapter that operated in the 1920s. A a in be been in hundreds of attics and done hundreds of auctions in my Day and in be never seen anything like this a said Sherri Beyer of Beyer auction service. A it just sends chills up and Down your  listed among the 679 paid members of the Newaygo county chapter were the sheriff several clergymen judges attorneys Farmers mechanics painters and retailers. Also found was a detailed report of who lived in the county broken Down by race and religion. Prominent residents were listed by religion occupation age and a a friendliness to the klan. The Cache found in trunks last week was traced to Ledford Anderson who died in 1986 and was Secretary treasurer of the Newaygo chapter. The trunks were sealed in the attic 63 years ago when Andersons brother Carl moved in with his wife Jean and remodeler the second Story bedroom. Carl Anderson died in 1982, and the House is being sold. The klan material and other items from the House Are being auctioned saturday. What they thought was the nude body of a girl Between 13 and 15 years old. They panicked and got out of there As fast As they  police said the Rock climbers whose names were not released drove Home to South bound Brook and White House station where they notified authorities. Shortly after Midnight with the temperature near freezing and a cutting wind one climber led Laboski and Volunteer Rescue workers up a Rocky Hill to the Mouth of the Cave. The Rescue team equipped with powerful lights and climbing gear descended on rope into the opening. It was 4 30 . When the search team reached the a body a a Black and White painting on the Cave Wall. Laboski said the Young Man who had reported the body was embarrassed but relieved. Shuttle Pilot Marks a Stellar birthday space Center Houston apr shuttle Pilot Michael Baker received a birthday Salute in space tuesday As Columbia sailed into the second half of its 10-Day Mission. He and his Crew mates woke up to the rousing beatles song birthday. A Good morning. On behalf of the entire ground control team wed like to wish a bakes a Happy 39th birthday. Hope its a Good Day for you up there a Mission control said. On monday the Crew of five americans and one Canadian photographed the glow from the upper atmosphere and beamed Down videotaped images of a Clear Texas coastline and sparkling Aqua pools in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida. Baker said there seemed to be less smoke and Haze Over South americans Amazon Basin than during his first spaceflight a year ago. Earlier in the Day the astronauts fired up a pair of Metal melting furnaces and baked tiny wire specimens of Gold Silver and Lead after finding a Way to bypass a malfunctioning fan needed to Cool the specimens. The astronauts melted at least 10 of the la Inch wires in two Small furnaces capable of reaching 1,380 degrees. The specimens were then cooled so they could solidify As quickly As possible. Canadian researchers want to see How various metals diffuse in weightlessness. Such knowledge could help metallurgists create better . Mayor s appointee Steps Down after accusation from wire reports new York a a recently appointed Deputy to mayor David n. Dinkins has stepped Down after a former aide accused him of sexual harassment five years ago the mayor said monday. Randy Daniels 41, a former lbs television news correspondent was to have assumed his $112,500-a-year Post next monday As the mayors Media and political adviser. Last week a woman who worked for him in 1987 alleged that he had made unwelcome advances and threatened her Job if she did not have sex with him. The mayor said he reluctantly granted a request by Daniels to withdraw his appointment announced oct. 15. Daniels denounced the allegations As lies spread by political  terrorizes school Tulsa okla. A a gunman roamed an elementary school with his former Girlfriend in a Headlock firing several rounds before apparently feigning a shot to the head and collapsing to the ground police say. No one was injured monday in the standoff at Academy Central elementary school. A we were All crying a said 7-year-old Tanasha Hill. A we thought he was going to come in and shoot  Ronald Parker 29, exchanged shots with police before turning the gun toward his head and pulling the trigger Cpl. Julie Harris said. He was arrested on suspicion of shooting with intent to kill and attempted kidnapping. Kennel drug ring suspected los Angeles a cocaine smuggling May have reached new Levels of imagination. Two men were arrested monday in los Angeles for allegedly trying to smuggle the drug in dog kennels. Two colombians were arrested after authorities detected the drug a not inside the kennels but in the cages fibreglass molding. Fri agent John Hoos said neither Field testing or drug sniffing dogs could detect the drugged  officers face suit Dallas a two police officers have been accused of staying in their patrol car during a heavy rain rather than investigate screams from an apartment where a woman was later found raped and strangled. A jury selection began monday in a lawsuit against the police and the City. The proceeding is being televised by the court to Cable network. Two Sisters Are seeking at least $4 million claiming the officers were negligent in not knocking on the apartment door of their Mother Shirley Gremminger 52, on oct. 29,1985. Gremminger a body was found that Day. She had been bound raped and  gets barbies Back san Diego a a san Diego Many a collection of Barbie dolls which he values at $1 million turned up monday in a rental storage locker All 5,000 of them jammed into 37 boxes and crammed into a tiny room from floor to ceiling san Diego police said. Detectives turned up the dolls two weeks after they disappeared in what was perhaps the largest Barbie doll heist in the nations history. The dolls were stolen from a Home that was then torched twice in attempts to cover up the theft. A when i saw this. In a like in a numb a collector Glen Offield 42, said monday afternoon displaying a 1961 Pony tailed Barbie amid the Glare of television lights. A a in be got them Back a police were led to the dolls after the apparent suicide saturday of a Man that Offield once worked for. The county medical examiners office identified the dead Man As Scott Sloggett 41