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Show Friday. May THE HERALD. Provo, Utah, 16. 1986 - Page Contra Leader to Retire From Fight With Sandinistas SAN JOSE, Costa Rica branch of the Nicaraguan Demo cratic Force known as FDN. Presiden1 Reagan gave the trio Arturo Cruz, Adollo Calero and an unexpected Alfonso Robelo show of support by sending Philip Habib, his special envoy to Central America, to drop in on the delicate talks. UNO called the meeting in part to discuss a new attempt to unite some of the diverse Contra groups, which have been fighting the leftist Nicaraguan government with U.S. backing since 1982. A unity pact, announced Saturday, joins FDN, which is the larg (UPI) -- Eden Pastora, the former Sandinis-t- a hero who turned against the Nicaraguan revolution only to be stripped of his rebel command, pledged he would give up the fight and request asylum in Costa Rica this week, a rebel spokesman said. The announcement Wednesday coincided with a unity meeting in Miami of three Contra ieaders from the United Nicaraguan Opposition, or UNO, the political Villa Theatre f 254 So. Main, Springvilk est Contra force and has bases in southern Honduras, with the Demo- cratic Revolutionary Alliance, or ARDE. It also includes a smaller group, the Nicaraguan Armed Revolutionary Force, headed by Fernando Chamorro. Pastora. who gained fame as a combat leader in the Nicaraguan revolution, became disenchanted with the new regime and left his government post to start ARDE. his own rebel force which operated out of northern Costa Rica. Pastora had repeatedly refused to join forces with the FDN. and the unity declaration excluded Pas- - Valley Center Playhou IIU1SII THEATRE 1 98 ALL SEATS -- ; com mander of the new southern front. Pastora and up to 450 of his fighters will turn their arms over to Costa Rican authorities and request political asylum on Friday, a Pastora aide said. "We are not going to continue using Nicaraguan blood to endorse the war games of the United States," he said. President Oscar Arias Sanchez responded to Pastora's announcement that he would seek asylum by saving he "would consider" it. the Reagan administration has given some $100 million in covert aid to the Contras. almost all of which went to the FDN's estimated 10.000 fighters. tora 780 N. 200 Lindon E THE Now on lag Dffitlyin Call HIGH DAYS AND HOUDAYS DiighrM Mutical Comdy Men. 8 p m. Evry Fri., Sal. k niJ 7 i2" (H) SHOWS TODAY 7:00-9:0- 7:00, 9:00 0 374-552- NIGHT x MANN MOVIE MONEY WU GIFTBOOKS 1230 NO. 233 WEST- PROVO THRU MIW SA1 SUN t m If XCIPt SLEEPING BEAUTY 3 3 & 7:15 p.m. I V jStf' 17S NO. 2ND (dosed V Saturday It 7 fin t iv totiww U ) to m j iMmS .SCcM. Stlfl) shihiSm!w'i,i'i:!m'.mii.v,i) 374-606- 1 v J WEST-PROV- O n II i 'Commander Zero' Helped Sandinstas Then Contras By United Press International Eden Pastora Gomez, as the famed Commander Zero." helped the Sandinistas drive Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza from power in 1979 but then followed the smell of gunpowder" back into the jungle to wage guerrilla war against his former revolutionary allies. Pastora. however, fell victim to the political among the diverse Contra rebel groups particguerrilipating in the la war to overthrow the leftist Sandinista government. When his top aide announced Wednesday that Pastora and his army of 450 men would turn in their weapons and ask for political asylum in Costa Rica, it was a clear admission he had failed in his battle to keep his forces separate rebels fightfrom the ing from Honduras. His group, the Democratic Revolutionary Alliance, or ARDE, announced Saturday they would join the Honduran-base- d Nicaraguan CIA-backe- d (IKY j UP THERE Uffll THE BEST OF THE BEST. Democratic Force, the FDN, P" M-Mt- tration to authorue $70 million in direct military aid and $30 million in humanitarian aid to bolster the sagging Contra effort. U.S.-financ- Mfhth J 1 SATURDAY HOI IDArSI IS1 SHOW HQllOAV.S 745 South Stat Stmt $ 7:15 BARGAIN PRICE The Perfect Glf- t- 5 four-natio- n FRIDAY For Information Call 1 or 225 5253 DOLLAR TUESDAY mmrm Conta-dor- a main topics. The Panathe for named group manian island on which it was has been working for formed three years on a Central American peace treaty. Contadora has made June 6 the deadline for signing the treaty, but Nicaragua maintains it cannot do so until U.S. support for the Contras ends. In March, the U.S. Congress defeated an atterr.pt by the adminis- - Spanish Fork 0 anytime PG-1- Tickets available at the Doer CHILDREN $1 ADULTS & STUDENTS $2 SAT. said Habib and Contra leaders U.S. policy concerning the Conta-dor- a peace efforts was one of their 798-935- THE COLOR PURPLE PG-1- 3 SHOWTIMES: UNO leaders concerning U S policy in Central America. MAIN ST. MOVIE May 1 - June 2 CRAZY with discussions" "widespread ha moved la WEST UTAH AVE., PAYSON GODS MUST BE Habib said he had In Miami It named Chamorro 15 JMM Js,i5 f IHt IJCIIf- - yr ) which is the military wing of the UNO. the Nicaraguan Opposition Unity. a UNO leaders Alfonso Robelo Arturo Cruz former Pastora ally and Adolfo Calero met in Miami Wednesday to discuss the fusion of the two rebel armies in order to wage a strategic battle on Nicaragua's northern and southern borders. Pastora and his loyal ranks have staged few attacks in recent months, in part because of lack of supplies. Contra sources in San Jose, Costa Rica, said recently U.S. businessmen had offered to send aid to but only if Pastora was ARDE stripped of his command, a move that came with the union of ARDE and FDN. Pastora, 49. a charismatic rebel commander who gave up posts as assistant Sandinista interior minister and assistant defense minister to return to the jungle a year ago, gained attention in the early months of his fight. On May 30. 1984. a bomb exploded at a news conference at his jungle headquarters just inside Nicaragua. Three reporters and at lll I ll1'l''l'''lri J "' ft' i-- t"' 5v least one guerrilla were killed, but Pastora, standing a foot away from the bomb, escaped with minor injuries. He went to Venezuela for treatment and later toured the United States in search of support. While he was away his fighters almost halted action against the Sandinistas and insiders said he lost support in the ranks. Pastora born Jan. 22, 1937, was raised by a devout Roman Catholic family, attended a Jesuit high school and later studied medicine in Guadalajara. Mexico, before becoming a prosperous fisherman in southern Nicaragua. He has been married four times, with three marriages ending in divorce because of his revolutionary activity. Pastora, using the nom de guerre "Commander Zero," first mobilized his revolutionary Sandinista ?,p 'iflWHiillll'lllSillllWlllllllll'l forces in southern Nicaragua's mountains in the 1970s against tator Anastasio Somoza. PARAMOUNT PICTURES PHESEMTSKFIIY UcElllK-VA- TOP RUM l KHMER WRITTEN BY JIM CASH & JACK EPPSJR. mm mm SIMPSONXJERRY A DON - rant woira mm mm n BRUCKHEIMER PRODUCTION BY PRODUCED BY DON SIMPSON AND JERRY BRUCKHEIMER m Kin mm m TOM CRUISE ATONY SCOTT FILM EDWARDS TOM SKERRITT MUSIC SCORE ANTHONY dic- RAR010 FALTERMEYER BY TONY SCOTT CIRECTED (TheB mm m mm mwu m nam m fr'dlf NO PASSES TODAY AT 4:30 7:00 9:45; SAT. & SUN. 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