European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Thursday february 10,1994 North reportedly kept protest secret Washington a Senate hopeful Oliver North tried to Block Public release of the Iran Contra prosecutor s report sources say but the former White House aide s objections have been removed from court files. A Federal appeals court tuesday released hundreds of pages of previously secret court documents detailing the Effort in december by former president Reagan and sex attorney general Edwin Meese Iii to suppress the final report of Independent counsel Lawrence Walsh. Obliterated with Black Ink in the court filings is the name of a third person who like Reagan and Meese said the prosecutor s report should t be released unless highly critical language of their conduct in Iran Contra scandal was deleted the blacked out name is North s and court officers inked it out at the request of North and his attorneys said the sources who have followed the seven year investigation of the scandal and who spoke on condition of anonymity. In addition North s attorneys removed from court files their secret motions seeking to Stop release of the report the sources said. North is seeking the Republican nomination for the Senate seat held by Charles s. Robb a a. We just Don t have any comment North lawyer Nic Ole Seligman said when asked about the former White House aide s decision to keep his court motions off the Public record. The Iran Contra affair involved the Sale of arms to Iran in Exchange for its help in freeing . Hostages held by terrorists in Lebanon. Profits from the Sale were diverted to pay for illegal arms shipments to the contras a group that was fighting to overthrow the leftist government of  s report concludes that Reagan acquiesced in a cover up spearheaded by Meese. It also concludes that North regarded Reagan s comments about secretly assist ing the contras As an invitation to break the  a three judge of the . Court of appeals rejected the objections of Reagan Meese and North and allowed prosecutors to Issue the report Jan. 18. In their bid to Stop the release Reagan s attorneys complained dec. 3 that it contains Page after Page of innuendo that former president Reagan and others might have transgressed criminal Laws say the newly disclosed court documents. Meese s attorneys asked the appeals court judges to de Lete from Walsh s report accusations. Pertaining to any alleged criminal conduct on the part of Edwin Meese Reagan asked that the court refuse to release Walsh s report to the Public or any other entity or person unless it was rewritten to remove opinions conclusions and in  the sources said North made similar objections. In the stars and stripes 10 year Sago feb. 10,1984 a . Destroyer renewed naval gunfire despite a threat of retaliation against american marines in Beirut for a massive bombardment the Day before by the battleship new Jersey of targets in Syri an held Lebanon. 20 years ago feb. 10,1974 president Nixon noting that most truckers stayed on the Job during the Independent truckers strike said it was time to get All trucks Back on the Road to provide food fuel and other essentials for All americans. 30 years ago feb. 10,1964 Princess Irene of the Netherlands voluntarily gave up her rights to the dutch throne in order to marry the Man she loves the government announced. 40 years ago feb 10,1954 soviet zone authorities began arming key factory workers to head off possible Vio Lence resulting from foreign min ister . Molotov s rejection of a Western proposal for free elections in a unified Germany. 50 years ago feb. 10,1944 the House apparently still Adamant in opposing a Federal ballot for servicemen sent the Issue to a House Senate Confer ence after voting Down a Compro Mise passed by the upper chamber. World War ii 50 years ago today feb. 10 american and australian soldiers fighting on new Guinea link up near Saidor. Virtually Clearing the Huon Peninsula of the japanese. In Burma japanese troops capture Ngay Deauk pass cutting off Britain s 7th Indian div at is Neweya in the a akan Region and forcing the allies to use valuable aircraft to Fly in supplies. Source 2194 Days of War. W. H Smith publishers inc. 77w wifi almanac of world  books corp., 1981 prosecution rests in bombing Trio new York a prosecutors in the world Trade Center bombing trial finished presenting their four month Case tuesday. Defense lawyers Are expected to take about two weeks. The trial began sept. 14, and the government presented the first of its 207 wit Nesses in Early october. It is trying to prove that four Muslim fundamentalists conspired in the bombing to protest . Support for Israel. None of the defendants is expected to testify and at least two defense attorneys indicated they May Call no witnesses. The four defendants Are Mahmud Abou Halima Mohammad a. Salameh Nidal a. Ayyad and Ahmad Ajaj. The last government witness Fri agent David r. Williams reiterated the prosecution s belief that the blast was caused by a bomb made chiefly of urea nitrate and driven into the Trade Center s parking garage in a yellow Van. In his third Day on the witness stand in Federal court Williams came under at tack by defense lawyers who said he stretched facts to boost the prosecution s Case. As the Case agent in this particular Case i would assume that part of your role is to come in and tie the Case up in a Nice package for the government. Am i Correct asked Hassen Ibn Abdellah one of the defense attorneys. Yes it is Williams answered after . District judge Kevin Duffy Over ruled the prosecutor s objection. During the Cross examination Wil Liams said Fri agents built a bomb last summer just like the one believed to have been used in the feb. 26 bombing that killed six people and injured 1,000. He said the Fri planned to set it off in a Van like the one destroyed in the Trade Center blast and show jurors. He said the Fri stopped the project being conducted at Eglin fab in Florida after the defense objected. Defense Lawr yers said they had insisted they be Al Lowed to have an expert at the explosion but were refused. \ v4, nyx us _ \ a i s % up in smoke a Oil Slick chasing surfers from beaches san Juan puerto Rico a Anin Slick from last month s major spill has spread to two internationally renowned beaches causing surfers to abandon Waves and hoteliers to lament lost Busi Ness. About 200 cleanup workers headed to the Northwest beaches tuesday to join a 144-member Force that arrived saturday. They Are trying to clean up tar balls and Oil globs soiling a 20-mile stretch of coastline about 65 Miles West of san Juan said coast guard spokesman Chr Shaley. Wind and currents carried the Slick to the Northwest. The Slick originated from about 750,000 Gallons of heavy Oil that spilled from the Morris j. Berman Barge that ran aground Jan. 7 off san Juan. Most tourists have left Jobos surfers and shacks beaches said Geraldo gon Zalez a Marine biologist with the univer sity of puerto Rico s sea Grant program. Hotel owners said the Impact on water sports has Hurt their business and Fisher men complained that their livelihood and ships were damaged