European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 19, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 5 Reagan Walsh report also blames Meese Bush Washington a president Reagan knowingly participated or at least acquiesced in a cover up of the Iran Contra scandal spearheaded by attorney general Edwin Meese an inde pendent prosecutor says in his final re port. ". A. Reagan Meese former president Bush and other Iran Contra figures condemned the report s conclusions Asun fair and unsupported by the facts. Independent counsel Lawrence e. Walsh issued the 566-Page report tues Day after a seven year investigation. The scandal involved the Sale of arms to Iran in Exchange for its help in freeing . Hostages held by terrorists in Lebanon. Profits from the sales were diverted to pay for illegal arms shipments to the contras a group that was fighting to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua. The report said that there was no credible evidence that president Reagan violated any criminal  nevertheless he set the stage for the illegal activities of others by encouraging and in general terms ordering military Aid to the contras at a time when con Gress banned such Aid the report said. Reagan also authorized the arms Sale to Iran despite warnings that such trans actions might be illegal the report said. And when the operation became pub Lic in 1986, Reagan knowingly participated or at least acquiesced in the efforts of his top aides to cover up Reagan s role in one of the arms for hos tages deals with Iran a november 1985 delivery of Hawk missiles that Reagan Saides feared had been illegal the report said. Walsh said he discovered the cover up skater probe said to focus on payment Portland Ore. A investigators Are looking into whether Money Given Tonya Harding by . Figure skat ing s governing body and other backers was used to pay for the attack on Nancy Kerrigan. Harding planned to face her first questioning by the District attorney tuesday. She says she is innocent. Abc reported that authorities have Bank records that could tie Harding s for Mer husband Jeff Gillooly to the three men suspected in the attack. Abc also said the records May confirm bodyguard Shawn Eckardt s claim that Gillooly paid for the assault that nearly knocked Harding s rival out of the olym pics. In the Jan. 6 incident a Man slammed a bar into Kerrigan s right knee in  and the oregonian newspaper said investigators suspect Gillooly paid for the hit with Money that Harding supporters donated to finance her skat ing. His lawyer Ron Hoevet said Gillooly paid Eckardt $3,500 a few hours after the attack on Kerrigan to guard Harding because Harding was very freaked out by the attack. Hoevet said $3,000 of the payment came out of her skating association funds. The other $500 was in Cash. Harding and Gillooly who divorced to i ran Contra cover up former president Reagan set the stage when he got the notes of sex White House chief of staff Don Regan and former de sense Secretary Caspar Weinberger. Meese appeared to have spearheaded an Effort among top officials to falsely deny presidential awareness of the Hawk transaction Walsh s report said. Meese s november 1986 investigation launched after the scandal became pub Lic was More of a damage control exer Cise than an Effort to find the  the report reveals that Walsh consid ered prosecuting Meese for falsely stating that Reagan did not know about the 1985 missile shipment but the prosecutor concluded that the passage of time would have made it difficult to prove a Case. And the report said Reagan s order to Aid the contras despite the congressional ban was viewed by then White House aide Oliver North As an invitation to. Break the  Walsh said the president s disregard for Laws created a climate in which some of the government officers assigned to Edwin  deception implement his policies Felt emboldened to circumvent such  in response Meese said Walsh s re port is patterned after the old soviet Model of Justice. You re guilty because i say you re guilty and Damn the  Reagan said in a statement that Walsh s report is Little More than an expensive. Vehicle for baseless accusations that he could never have proven in  it is disappointing that or. Walsh consumed Over seven years and More than $40 million of taxpayers Money to produce an encyclopedia of old information unwarranted conclusions and irresponsible speculation Reagan added. Meese called Walsh s conclusions outrageous and said he plans to con front Walsh s false statements  Walsh told a news conference the office of Independent counsel did every thing it could to see that the Rule of Law was  he said the probe lasted so Long because Reagan s aides engaged George Bush was fully aware in a cover up. Among its other conclusions Large numbers of. Highly relevant documents were systematically and will fully withheld from investigators by sever Al Reagan administration  there was no evidence that Bush then vice president violated any Laws but Walsh concluded that contrary to his Public pronouncements Bush was fully aware of the Iran arms  Bush failed to produce a diary of notes he took Dur ing the Iran Contra affair despite repeat eare quests for such documents. Bush responded that the Walsh report offers nothing  he said that at the heart of this investigation was a political dispute Between the executive an legislative branches Over foreign policy. Weinberger Secretary of state George Shult and Regan withheld information from Congress that would have helped lawmakers get a much clearer View of the scope of the Iran Contra mat ter."-. " Lorena Bobbitt described threats psychiatrist says . Figure skating Champion Tonya har Ding laces up her skates before practice in Portland Ore., on tuesday. Last year but have reconciled maintain their innocence in the Kerrigan attack. Assistant District attorney Norm Frink was not available to comment on the reports of Bank records. Harding has earned about $200,000 since 1991, including $150,000 from ice skating Tours the new York times said tuesday. The three suspected in the at tack Eckardt 26 Shane Minaka slant 22 and Derrick Brian Smith 29 Are free on bail on charges of conspiracy to commit assault. Manassas a. A a Psychia Trist testified tuesday that Lorena Bob Bitt told her that her husband threatened Only Days before she Cut off his Penis to track her Down and rape her if she divorced  Bobbitt showed symptoms of battered woman syndrome As she was subjected to increasing physical and ver bal abuse from her husband John in the months before she Cut off his Penis said or. Susan Fiester testifying for the de sense. She continued to state that she love her husband Fiester said tuesday. She continued to Hope that despite the Vio Lence she endured they would be Able to get Back  Bobbin s defense team says she is inno cent of malicious wounding in the june 23 attack because she was temporarily insane. Bobbin s husband took the stand last week and denied he Ever beat or raped his wife during their four years of mar  couple separated twice. For six weeks in the Spring of 1991 and for nearly a year starting in the fall of 1991. They Are seeking a  said both separations occurred when Lorena Bobbitt Learned her Hus band was seeing other women. When the couple reconciled in the fall of 1992, Lorena Bobbitt told Fiester her husband promised to treat her  the violence soon started again and Lorena Bobbitt decided last May that she would file for divorce Fiester  Bobbitt was acquitted in novem Ber of charges of marital sexual assault. Lorena Bobbitt faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. 3 killed in fiery Texas crash Corrigan Texas a a trac Tor trailer hit a car and pushed it into gasoline pumps at a convenience store tuesday setting off an explosion that killed three people authorities said. Three bodies two men in the Rig and a woman in the car were being re moved from the scene of the crash which occurred in front of stubby s food Mart said Mike Cox a spokesman with the department of Public safety in Austin. Department trooper Greg Sanchez said no other injuries were reported. Ini tial reports said four people had died. A nearby school was evacuated As a precaution. The store is near the intersection of . Routes 59 and 287, where the East Ern Texas town s Only signal Light stands. Corrigan a town of about 1,700 peo ple is 100 Miles North of Houston