European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january. 17, 1993 . The stars Ano stripes Page 5iran-Contra transcript diaries indicate he feared political backlash by Michael wines. The new York times Washington a in a final Effort to Clear the stain of the Iran Contra scandal from his career president Bush made Public Friday a sheaf of personal ruminations about the affair dictated As the scandal unfolded sit years ago. It suggests that he was indeed unaware of crucial aspects of the arms for hostages episode. The extraordinary Stream of consciousness monologue totalling 31 double spaced pages was excerpted from reels of tape recordings that the president made to document his emerging Campaign for the presidency. The White House which did not release the actual tapes said the excerpts contain All the thoughts on the Iran Contra affair that Bush recorded at the height of the scandal in 1986 and 1987.however Bush a private lawyers said that the judgment of the relevance of the released excerpts was theirs and that More detailed transcripts As Well As later ones also had been Given to Lawrence e. Walsh the Independent counsel investigating the matter. The lawyers said that nothing in the transcripts Given to Walsh alters Bush a Basic account of his role in the affair. The Iran Contra scandal involved the Clandestine Sale of . Arms to Iran in Exchange for . Hostages. Proceeds from the arms sales were secretly diverted tit is like blood in the water and the Sharks Are homing  Vico president Bush nov. 20,1986 nicaraguan rebels despite a congressional ban on . Aid to them. The transcripts released Friday portray a vice president who stayed blindly Loyal to president Reagan even As it became apparent the revelations of secret arms sales to Iran and a secret War in Nicaragua were becoming what he called a a real  in Bush a familiar Choppy Patter the transcripts offer a Fly on the Wall look at the panic and a groping Nef Csc that Bush said permeated the White House As the nation was swept up in the scandal and senior officials began scurrying for cover. Bush also comes across As an ambitious and calculating politician who fretted More and More about the news Media a focus on his conduct the similarity of the Iran Contra affair to the watergate scandal and the Likely effect on his chances for the presidency. A it is not Good a he said nov. 20,1986, near the Peak of Public outrage Over the affair. A it is like blood in the water and the Sharks arc homing  Bush repeatedly expressed his determination to secretly take a Lic act actor test so lie could produce evidence of his honesty should critics question his role in the scandal a a senior White House aide said Friday that Bush eventually decided not to Lake the test although the reasoning behind that decision is not known. Quot i am More than Ever determined to try to take a polygraph to have it in the Bank just so that it will be known that i have gone the extra mile a he is quoted As saying nov. 27,19s6. A Marlin says that is explosive a he added referring to his press Secretary Marlin Fitzwa tar a but i Don t Sec anything wrong with doing that kind of thing. In a confident i have told the  seconds later he expressed an ironic conviction that the Best Way to put the burgeoning scandal to rest is a to the special prosecutor  that occurred weeks Ater when Walsh a former Federal judge was Given Broad leeway to investigate accusations of criminal conduct in the arms sales and the arming of the Contra rebels in Nicaragua against the wishes of Congress. Walsh a inquiry still continuing Long ago became a colossal Burr under the Saddle of Bush a presidency. Indeed it was Walsh a nationally broadcast accusation last month that the president was guilty of Quot misconduct in the Iran Contra affair that prompted Bush a decision to make Public his musings. In the stars Ano stripes 10 years ago Jan. 17,1983 a $169 million bailout plan designed to keep social Security solvent through 1989 won endorsement from president Reagan congressional leaders and a majority of a special bipartisan study commission. 20 years ago Jan. 17,1973 a a bilateral ceasefire will be declared by the United states and South Vietnam on the eve of president Nixon a inauguration to pave the Way toward the signing of a peace agreement sources in Saigon said. 30 year Sago Jan. 17,1963 a Winter tightened its icy fingers Over most of Western Europe bringing Snow cold and Slippery roads with no Relief in sight. 40 years ago Jan 17,1953 a British authorities searched Northern Germany and the Ruhr Region for or. Karl Friedrich Bornemann who slipped through the net that caught seven other High ranking sex nazi plotters. World War m 50 years ago today Jan. 171 a 9 a 4 3 australian troops capture san Ananda on new Guinea but the japanese dig in just outside town and fiercely resist further advances americans attacking at Giru a make Little Progress. On the Southern soviet front the red army reaches Millerov and Zimo Emki. A Day after Berlin is bombed German planes attack London for the first time in 20 months source 2l9it Days of War. W. H. Smith publishers inc world almanac Book of world War ii b son books corp. 1931. Kit s fun time aboard endeavour Cape canaveral Fla. A Friday was show and Tell Day for the space shuttle endeavour. The astronauts dunked a foam rubber basketball into a hoop spun a toy car around a track and floated Bathtub toys for an out of this world classroom lesson. Children from four elementary schools the Alma maters of some of the astronauts offered playtime suggestions via a live television Hookup. A we want to know if you can dribble in space a asked Jessica Byram a fourth grader at Thomas a. Edison elementary school in Willoughby Ohio. Edison is the former school of astronaut Gregory har Baugh. A there i can dribble off of any surface i want a Harbaugh replied bouncing the Small Orange basketball in All four directions. A a it a not easy  Pilot Donald Mcmonagle whirled gyroscopes for pupils at Westwood elementary scoot in Flint mich., and then set Loose a Pink balloon propelled by three plastic wings. The Craft shot up before losing air the flaccid balloon snapped onto his Chest and the wings floated away. Astronaut Susan Helms wound up a toy fish and Frog and sent them flapping through the Cabin for pupils at Shaver elementary school in Portland Ore. Endeavour astronaut Susan in cams releases a toy fish Friday during a demonstration conducted via live television Hookup with elementary school  lyricist Sammy Cahn Dies los Angeles a Sammy Cahn the prolific lyricist who won oscars for the songs Call me irresponsible three coins in the Fountain High Hopes and All the Way died Friday. He was 79, Cahn who lived in Beverly Hills died of congestive heart failure at Cedars Sinai medical Center Hospital spokesman Ron Wise said Cahn had been hospitalized since dec. 30. Cahn collaborated with Saul Chaplin Jimmy Van Heuson and Jule Styne on hundreds of popular songs. Frank Sinatra immortalized Many Cahn tunes including love and marriage now heard on televisions married. With children. The song was awarded a special emmy from a musical version of Thornton Wilder a our town. Sinatra also Sang calms come Fly with me my kind of town tender trap three coins in the Fountain High Hopes time after time and saturday night is the loneliest night of the week. Cahn Sang his own songs too. In a 1963 interview Cahn said he considered himself the most expensive Singer in the w orld. �?o1 sing a song once and if you like what you hear you owe me $12,500,&Quot he said. In 1974, he took the stage in the Broadway show words and music a reminiscence of his musical career. He played on the London stage in a show of the same name in 1987, but illness forced him to Cut Short its run. Cahnt a first International hit came by Accident. He heard a Black duo singing the yiddish song Dei Mir dist do Schon. He translated the song a it Means a to me you Are Beautiful Quot. A reworked the tune and gave it to bandleader Tommy Dorsey Dorsey said no but a few weeks later the Andrew Sisters spotted the song at Cahn s House and made it a 1937 smash. Among his Best known works were rhythm is our business let it Snow let it Snow let it Snow fit walk alone second time around docket fut of miracles and All that love went to waste. As a film composer Cahn is known for anchors aweigh april in Faris meet me in Las vegas the tender trap it happened in Brooklyn Romance on the High seas deter Dan dal Joey High time How the West was won Robin and the seven hoods a touch of class Dapar Tiger the Duchess and the dirt Waler  and thoroughly modern Millie