European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 01, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 1, 1993 . The stars and stripes b Page 7 Shultz claims Bush knew of arms for hostages Deal from wire reports ,-r-.new York Stormer president Bush misrepresented his role in the arms for hostage deals with Iran while he was vice president former Secretary of state George p. Shultz says in Memoir excerpts published Sun Day. A in the excerpts which appear in this week s Tirri Magazine Shultz said he was astonished to read a 1987 interview in the Washington Post in which Bush said no one strongly opposed the arms deals during 1985 and 1986 White House meetings. Shultz. Remembers those meetings differently. He said that on nov. 9, 1986, he had a heated talk with Bush. My wife and i went Over for a drink with him and Barbara Bush. I put my views to him i did t know much about what Shultz had actually transpired but i. Knew that an Exchange of arms for hostages had been tried on at least one occasion. Bush admonished me asking emphatically whether i realized that there were major strategic objectives being pursued with  " you can t be technically right you have to be right i responded i reminded him that he had been present at a meet ing where arms for Iran and hostage releases had been proposed and that he had made no objection despite the objection of both former defense Secretary Cas Par w. Weinberger and me. There was consider Able tension Between us when we parted.". Shultz recalls being surprised after Reading the aug. 6, 1987, Post article in which Bush said if i had sat there and heard George Shultz and Weinberger express it strongly maybe i would have a stronger View. But when you Don t know something it s hard to react. We were not in the  Shultz said Weinberger called him after seeing the interview he was astonished too. That s terrible. He was on the other Side. It s on the record. Why did he say that " the Reagan administration s Sale of arms to Ira caused a political firestorm in Congress. As president Ronald Reagan had condemned Iran As a terrorist nation but secretly sold arms to Tehran despite an .-led International arms embargo. Intelli gence oversight committees were not notified of the Sale until after the news leaked in Lebanon. Reagan said he was Only trying to improve relations with the Pivotal persian Gulf nation but ultimately acknowledged that his opening to Iran was in fact paying Ransom for hostages. Shultz also described angry confrontations with Rea Gan who pursued the arms for hostages deals despite protests from Shultz and Weinberger. Shultz said that when he objected about the arms deals during a nov. 24,1986, National Security Council meeting Reagan was angry in a Way i had never seen him  pounded the table. We arc right he said. We had to take the Opportunity and we were successful history will never forgive us if we Don t do this " to him reality was different Shultz said of Reagan. Shultz said Reagan would go Over the script of an event past or present in his mind and once that script was mastered that was the truth no fact no argument no Pica for reconsideration could change his  the gang s All Here president Clinton look his entire Cabinet and senior administration officials to Camp David my on sat urday for a strategy planning session. Sitting in front of Clinton Are from left Secretary of transportation Federico Pena chairman of the Council of economic advisors Laura d Andrca Tyson and Secretary of labor Robert Reich. The meeting was to break up Sun Day in time for officials to see the super bowl. . Mulls lifting Kangaroo Protection Washington a the australian Kangaroo once threatened with extinction has bounced Back so successfully that the Federal government wants to kick it off the list of protected species. Red Western Gray and Eastern Gray kangaroos prize for their skin which is processed into a supple leather were placed on the list in 1974 when their numbers were on the decline. The action was accompanied by a total import ban that remained until the Early 1980s, when . Officials were convinced Kangaroo management practices had improved in Australia. The animals Are raised co or daily  tie Agency believes australian Kangaroo management practices have improved to the Post that the animals can be removed from the threatened species list which it moved to do last month. Commercial harvesting is far from the Only Factor that depletes the number of kangaroos wildlife experts say. Henry Short of the fish and wildlife service s of fice of scientific authority says natural factors such As drought contribute to dramatic population swings. Short said the fish and wildlife service has sought Public comment on the Issue and Hopes to have the kangaroos taken off the list shortly after the March 22 comment deadline. Public interest in the kangaroos welfare could slow the process. The last time the Agency sought Public comment on the subject in 1990, it received some 32,000 letters from More than 40 countries. Baptist minister praying fast Church will catch on from wire reports Pensacola Fla. A Baptist minister is trying to do for Church what Mcdonald s did for food. Fast Church debuted at first american Baptist Church on sunday. The Rev. Thaing e. Ford says his compact mini 22-minute worship service challenges an outdated tradition. Why docs a Church service have to Start at 11. . And last for an hour or More he asked recently in 22 minutes starting at 8 . On sunday Ford was to deliver a Sermon Lead hymn singing read scriptures say prayers and have his congregation out the door. To squeeze it All in Only two hymns were to be Sung and Ford was to limit his Sermon to eight minutes. There s no room in this service for a Long winded preacher Ford said. But plenty of time will be allotted for passing the collection plate. Boys Mug woman 82 san Francisco an 82-year-old woman was in critical condition saturday after she was mugged and knocked to the ground by Young boys police said. Ellen Monzoni remained unconscious saturday following brain surgery. The assailant who pushed her was described by witnesses As 10 to 13 years old. She Only had $20 in her purse said Monzoni s daughter who did t want her name  said they have no suspects. Monzoni was walking Home thursday when one of seven or eight boys tried to grab her purse said Alberto Cullar who saw the attack. One mugger slapped her and spun her around said police inspector Gary Jimenez. Monzoni fell tothe sidewalk striking her head. 2 Settle de icer lawsuits Burlington it. A Utility and a plumbing company will pay $3.2 million to Settle lawsuits in the deaths of three family members who were killed from poisonous fumes from a driveway de icer. John Cifarelli 34, his pregnant wife Linda 26, and their 2-year-old daughter Nina were found dead in their bedrooms on dec. 10,1988. Investigators said the vent to the Gas powered driveway neater did not open properly and released Carbon monoxide fumes into the House. A 4-Ycar-old daughter Anabelle and a House guest survived because they were near an open. Window. Vermont Gas systems inc., which designed and installed the driveway Heater in 1972, agreed last month to pay $2.8 million said Alan Sylvester who represented Cifarelli s estate. Cd plumbing and heating which inspected the Heater after i malfunctioned in november 1987, agreed to pay $400,000, he  Man who sold the House to the Cifarelli Stephen Converse Brooks was convicted of involuntary manslaughter last october for failing to Tell the family that there had been problems with the driveway Heater he was sentenced to a four year prison term. Lawsuits Are pending against Brooks and against . Smith the manufacturer of the Heater s boiler criminals to remove paint Philadelphia people convicted of nonviolent drug crimes will remove Lead paint from Homes of Small children under a program aimed at reducing jail overcrowding and a Public health threat at the same time. As Many As 100 offenders will be trained for the work this year using $110,000 from an escrow account containing fines imposed on Philadelphia for prison overcrowding state sen. Vincent Fumo a Philadelphia said Friday. An estimated 60,000 children in Philadelphia have elevated Lead Levels in their blood 10,000 of them severe enough to cause physical or mental problems Fumo said. A similar program put 173 nonviolent drug offenders to work last year picking up litter