Show - cmt - - ' - : figairda84kilkiearooliSM - ''" : - - rel' ' '''''' '' ' I1 r" 2A The Salt Lake Tribune Friday February 23 IFit) I 1?411 0 1-- $ t Spotlight k 44 Reagan Denies Link to Secret Aid ever seen a reference that actually specified there was a diversionsaid the of Reagan report -Is this the first time that you came to realize in fact that a diver ( ontinued From a ftiq-- a cargo plane was shot down over Nicaragda durfig a supply flight on Oct 5 19fid In written interrogatories to the grand Jury earlier Rea-asaid Poindexter first told him ihat the sole survivor of the crash Kugene Ifasenfus was not connected with the U S government Ilasenfos who was tried and conld of terrorism by Nicaragua andinista government and later rea ft involved in North s se leased (let resupply effort according to inoperation much-publicize- i fran-Contr- North th WASHINGTON (1Pll — At least 124 times during his testimony in John Poindexter's trial former President Ronald Reagan said he could not recall or remember aspects of the scandal or other matters from his two terms in of- secret opera s fice trill Itrases such as "I have no recollection of that" or "I cannot recall- are spnnkled throughout the 21):1 pages Of testimony released to the media Thursday Trying to explain his lack of memory Reagan said hit recollection was clouded by the numerous meetings he had held during his time in office no Reagan said Thursday that one haS proven to me that profits from secret arms sales to Iran were diverted to the rebels fighting the leftist !Sandinista government in Nic aragiia But later in his testimony Reagan as confronted with details of the di- w 19t7 version from the February Tower Commission report "Ibis is the tint time that 1 :114 " 1I v i ' t :: it ot V f oc:144 'c 4 i' ‘ - l'oe bt 43 1 The 0000 40' ter N144 ' ‘A:-- o 000 c) "": 0 c) : t :: ) A PM WitimcmorKs Protesters In Washington DC gather outside Federal Court Building Thursday to denounce Flag Protection Act of 1989 Poland Gets 1st Millions Of World Bank Billions Green heard arguments from the three charged with violating the Flag Protection Act of 1W and from lawyers for the executive branch and the House and Senate She made no immediate ruling and took the case under advisement Defendants Dread Scott Dave Blalock and Shawn Eichman were arrested Oct 30 by US Capitol Police for burning flags on the steps of the Capitol two days after the law took effect The three claim the law is unconstitutional and they have a right to violate it A federal judge in Seattle Wednesday — in the first challenge to the law — dismissed charges against four people arrested for burning American flags moments after the law took effect Oct 28 US District Judge Barbara J Rothstein in Seattle ruled that protecting the right to political protebt more Important than saving the American flag from desecration That case is likely to be appealed Continued From A training Conable said the bank has ade (mate resources to support the Polish program withoot diminishing support elsewhere but stressed the World bank cannot supply all neces sary support and encouraged Poland a to cooperate closely with the tnon Piths (nub of Western creditors Talks art- - scheduled later this year vith the World Bank on loans for nine more programs A $150 million f r edit to modernize transportation is due to be mitiated later this month and another one to increase energy supplies OM $250 million is to be oncluded in March A $100 million program to develop Poland s poor telecommunications factlities Is scheduled to be initiated iII June The first six enterprises to benefit from the loans include a petrochemical plant in Plock north of Warsaw a fertilizer manufacturing giant in Pulawy southeast of Warsaw and a fur mture plant in Ztelona Gora in west ern Poland The landmark agreements were v signed at the start of a two-daby Deputy Secretary of State Iaw rent Eagleburger to Warsav4 17-n- 1 r MP Eaglburger President Lash's Eic3tern Europe representative met with Deputy Treasury Secretary John Robson and a group of adviser to learn how Poland intends to use American investment credits Poland hopes the United States will support decisions that would reduce its staggering $41 billion international debt burden AND SA‘ fait it Mit 01frt ii'att Lake (Tribunt rittunt r' dn' t 6 t44e r0A OVFI Sor 217 le la 160C 4410 Co too )J Soo Nka' Lr nda :1 i Sr tfiejt 84 flAto rr - evr A' 0"e'l CY'l 1' rrvelt r Anrr 10r414 4 eod A) - 411171P Alt 217 or?ort 7 ) rr ti CA1 '44 t k 2 LAt' ' ': : '': 2 d)'e '7 21 Lif 7 - r1 014 t ' L4N o! A 90 Nev004) A MC 104 SPORTS SCORES $‘05A5t 11Ie LrI I arel Pint si 41 i noplqerr !11) r'AfnA5' t : nt 03V 44 4 ' 14br 5? 4 ” ADVLItTISIM DEPARTME TS 4IIf (4 NorICEs v! te'491 ' r L II kJ Ra1144- - 114)-- Se r rs vied ono erred rbL-fierd rry trk tryor Slerkfrg Pweis Memong Ov mi b 00 I southern Washington flow to poison that many animals that fast IS tll a mystery said lark e Drown a state Department of griculture investigator irk estigators are focusing on Iwo farm chemicals but say they don t account for all the probiems In fact they sav the animal deaths which or (sorted in adjacent fields could be unrelated According to the investigators some evidence was initially withheld by witnesses and so much time passed before a veterinarian was cow called after the abortions that any chemical traces had disappeared All I know is a bunch of cattle died and sheep" said Len Mcirvin the rancher who lost 15 cows and about 100 cakes in the spontaneous abortions One possible culprit the Hanford nuclear-weaponplant ha: been ruled out by investigatorThe government plant the most contaminated nuclearaste site in the nation is rev toile: west Of Iturbank in s t ll Ai wids Ab 4 me 011 ft A r rs mim‘ Ir I cx I frt: 7 r 00) be) r' ErAa frfort! mtwo i'ergt 'e OBITUARY e AS PS ri14 JP Cd e bp t A : I want to tell you we ought to lay out one day a year for the Old boy that laid out the location of this country I don t know who he was but boy he wa a sage that bird was — April 6 1930 dunit Y r but j Lit:RBANkl Wash AP( — There arii 270 dead sheep 100 aborted rdit e:s SIX sick people disappearing chemical: and sightings of a mysterious crop duster And while some tantalizing hint: hace been raised no one really knows the solution to this rural who- ' S HERL'S WHERE TO CALL tdd Affet t jf papa mr ii 7 'i rr ('LcO' a (WA Lincoln tt i ' '' fl p - Dolly Parton Kenny Rogers Jaime Estalante the inspirational calculus teacher profiled in the 1988 movie "Stand and Deliver" intends to resign from an East Angeles school over what he views as a lack of support by fellow inatructors and parents for academie achievement Escalante 59 said he may leave Garfield High School as early as June to it ek a teaching job eisewhe7e or perhaps to return to his original profession of computer design Escalante who pushed his inner-citstudents to unexpected achievements has taught in the Los Angeles Unified School District for 16 years but said he is now upset that other teachers and parents do not support his work He said be was unhappy about letters from parents whose children wanted to drop out of advanced mathematics classes in favor of sports and said the parents "don't see education as the way to succeed in this Is y Iran-Contr- country" He also said he has received anonymous phone calls both at school and at home from people threatening to harm him Escalante said he also was upset that the school principal criticized him for using a federally funded teacher's akle to help with his class rather than for a remedial course as the government program required the Los Angeles Times said Thursday quoting teachers' union represen tative Brian Wallace Iran-Contr- Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers say they are putting their individual careers on hold to team up for a concert tour Rogers has played Las Vegas for 25 years Parton for 12 but a concert Thursday night was to be their first together at a Strip resort hotel It also was billed as the opening of a tour although the two singers tuned up for it by playing three engagements in Canada and one in Denver At a news conference Wednesday the pair was asked how the Canadiwent "They threw us out of the country so we walked an home" Parton said laughing 70-cit- Pat Paulsen-- car ih as stolen in Asti Calif last week The list of broken items stolen reads like material for one of his comedy routines a damaged case of Gatorade 50 -- Pat Paulsen on Christmas tree lights Wine- videos and one of his presidential campaign ' jackets 4 The comedian a quadrennial tongue-in-cheeN'4'! ' presidential candidate said the thief is "probably a ' : junk dealer" Paulsen's daughter Terri had been using the car '''''4 '04' l'i when the theft occurred She said she had been ' g fii40-6-keeping the "kind of ripped and torn" Pat Paulsen eP"9:4 presidential campaign jacket for sentimental rea- - i Sons Her father has new ones made each year for f' fr :z his comedy bits z "Someday it might be worth $5" she said of the '71 i :I missmg jacket a when to be for are in they "They surprise going try to open the Gatorade" Ms Paulsen said a a in traffic (410 cause the case had been in car involved accident and some bottles appeared to be cracked They saved us the trouble of figuring what to do Pat Paulsen with it to the Supreme Court which ruled last year in a Texas case that burning the flag as a political protest is a constitutionally protect form of free speech -- k -- r- Charles Tiefer deputy counsel to the House argued the government has a right to make laws to protect its interests and "legitimate government has a sovereign interest in the '' ) ' flag But Kunst ler said the law violates freedom of expression The law singles out only certain -- forms of activity" he said Words language anything that is indicative of protest activities The statute is not '0 Stevie Wonder won as a fede:al jury Thursday rejected a $25 1984 song 1 Just Called million claim that the pop stars to Say I Love You was stolen from another songwriter The jury found that "1 Just Called to Say 1 Love You- part of the of a song that plaintiff "Woman in Red'' soundtrack was not a rip-of- f titled "1 Just Called To Say" Lloyd Chiate Chiate 40 sued Wonder in 1985 under the superstars real name Steveland Morris for copyright infringement claiming that Wonder pilfered "1 Just Called To Say by Lee Garrett after Wonder heard the song in 1977 Wonder 39 denied stealing the song saying that he wrote I Just Called to Say I Love You" long before hearing the Chiate-Garret- t composition and without any influence from the song Chiate contended that Wonder first had access to Chia te and Garrett's music during the summer of 1977 when Garrett played Wonder a tape recording of his music after the latter had talked Garrett out of committing suicide one night Garrett and Wonder are boyhood friends Garrett originally was named as a plaintiff in the suit but he dropped out and testified for Wonder Oscar-winnin- neutral" Kunstier said he expects Green to follow the ruling in the Seattle case Senate conservatives led by Republican leader Robert Dole of Kansas said the Seattle decision reinforced the need for Congress to approve a constitutional amendment which President Bush supported last year "Yesterdays ruling confirms that these - arguments were right all Dole said alongBut !louse Speaker Thomas Foley 1)- - Wash said he is confident the law will be upheld by the Supreme Court and he continued to oppose a constitutional amendment g e - Continued From says its armed forces have shrunk from 170000 men to 100000 in recent months Until a new European system supplants NATO and the Warsaw Pact Hoffman said US and Soviet soldiers sheuld remain on German territory even if this becomes symbolic at a certain time' The United States and Soviet Union have agreed to reduce their troop strength in central Europe to 195000 each Most of the reductions will be made in Germany keeping some U S and Soviet troops until unification under a new security system would preserve stability in Europe Hoffmann said and described fears of a hasty union as justified "Although unification is unstoppa and legal systems the four powers are to join them for discussions of the international ramifications Some Europeans worry about the formula called "two plus four" and Poland wants a peace treaty guaranteeing its borders On Thursday Britain expressed support for the Polish demand Poland also has demanded a role in the "two plus four" talks of what is now Poland belonged to Germany before World War II and the Poles are concerned about possible Ge- nan territorial claims In West Germany ZDF television quoted government spokesman Dieter Vogel as saying Only the government of a united Germany could give Poland a guarantee of its borders ble it is going faster than the process of uniting all of Europe" aid Euro- peans have "legitimate security conit the defense minister cerns' about said "Our neighbors have had bitter ex-periences with a united Germanyhe added recalling the two world wars of this century Talks with the West German military on merging forces could begin soon after East Germany's first free elections are held March 18 and a new government is formed Hoffmann said The victorious World War 11 Allies the United States Soviet Union Britain and France — have agreed on a plan for reunification After talks between the Germanys on merging their political economic -- One-thir- - two-stag- e Ranch Animals Die But Mystery Lives On ty4 e r opr f: t n Clues Puzzle Probers in Northwest egw4 eV' 4bifis 11 '-- - 44 ilti-tapr- TELEPHONE NUMBERS t) Jaime Escalante responsive He said he "assured everybody that we would have to abide by the law" during the ban on Contra military aid Reagan also testified that he never authorized Poindexter to obstruct a congressional inquiries into the affair or to destroy documents He said he was never told that a North had destroyed documents an act for which thetormer aide was convicted of a felony last year A-- 1 11"Mbt Washington and 4 Military Might of Reunited Germany don't mind telling you brothers that geography has been I mighty good to us It's wonderful to pay honor to - E German Defense Chief Says Trim Will Rogers Says You know ti '- I - ' US District June Barbara Rothstein Judge 1 1 - - -- 4 one-side- Asof judge in Seattle dismissed a similar case NI 000c) Oc 0 o request af- federal a - - --- '' - devii fense attorney William Kunst ler argued before Green "The First Amendment requires strict neutrality but this law singles out the American flag Its impermissibly 00"- - t--- - r 4 rtipt4 My contention is that the statute is unconstitutional on its face" de- came one day ?rfir 00000 0000 00000 0000 00 Three judge flag desecration (i 100000 ' et Jt 6 4! ti Ao — Thursday to due miss charges of '''-- P"70 1 A '' UPD defendants who burned American flags on the steps of the US Capitol in defiance of a new law asked a federal le t) xr And not because they weren't portant and I am sure that I dealt with things at the time but I don't — I just don't recall such a meeting and certainly not by being able to say on what day it occurred im- WASHINGTON IIL e le il rki dt meetings" Reagan said the kk t- - fx Dropped In 2nd Test of Flag Law fir 9 f)f 'I 1 Unless 3 Ask Charges Be 14 l 17 it 2161k To try to recall my memory now is like asking what did I do on the third of October two years ago" he said have to point out that this continued baying of I don t re call' that so many meetings— and I have been told by b tatitjrians that my average of meeting with people was about 80 a day for eight years — that I don't recall -- maybe he thought be was protecting me from something" At that point Reagan 5eemed to iose his train of thought saying But no 1 don't understand This is very confusing to me about this" Poindexter told Congress in 1987 that he purposely didn't tell the president about the diversion in order to -provide him with deniability" Reagan grew testy with Webb who told U S District Court Judge Harold Greene that the former president had not answered his question Reagan retorted that he was trying to be I' 44 ' 4 a Yes" replied Reagan Fr' rop- r Day After Seattle Ruling It 0 e4:)' r!' fl : ' :' ' t IL i 17 1 ' ex- have I r" 4 '17 'T" I Webb asked whether Reagan to report suf-pected Poindi-octe- r diversion to his boss Iran-Contr- vestigators During his videotaped testimony Peagan said he couldn t recall which Adviser told him about the cra3n and was 'aid he did not know if !laser-JoVo "Yes" replied Reagan Reagan Forgets 124 Tin'tes a In Testimony -- finner tee' occurred' asked mon had actually Webb - J I Its proximity seems to have made residents of the Snake River town of 700 immune to sudden panic -Weve lived around a nuclear plant all our lives John flash of Burbank said 'Why vorry abcut a few sheep t '''" ifwtilrtirf!?'" 4""?4 4 ' ' °MeV "w - 6 "?f4 4''4' ly i A 1 t ' '4'Z it 12 ' ' - - t w ' -' f '' ' '-''-' 4 ' 4 r 4' ' ' r' : r :l' I - re- e ri L tit 094' ttomors 164 4 :4 0 lit?"):::: 4ft''i r'W ' ":'' ': i '4t-- 4 4 1 " s 54 4 ' i 1j ' ' e - tifr i Ii ?AT ie ! k : 7-- 5 '' 0-4 (2 is ':4 '' t : it':42-1- 0 0 1 ' ' ''4 ' 40t''JY - )1 ' ' '' ' i fq r A ''' t"C'''4? e 74tti:: f I' t tt V skokmilizL wf e A 4 (1 Ili t' 0i ovioorw:0 04 6 41t‘ ' ':' Atjt-- mwta ' Ii:' V 4" - ''''ftl tr: g 1 ko i:z4:': 4!7 t: 4:'” ti':41 ii1 0 ti rA t‘ !': 5 44r S''rs1L 4 '' rd"r " '!':: tteta)!'14!t :?:!1:ej:-f 1::ril ')4 ILA:: f"ri!:l' ' I e - JP ) ' dying? Investigators admit they may never know the full story ve been involved in looking at rases fur 15 years and I've never seen anything like it" said Lynden Baum an investigator for the state Department of Health This much is known — About 270 sheep were found dead in a field near Burbank on Nov 21 Investigators have ruled out overeating bad water weeds or diseases Tests of the animals' stomach fluids found traces of the pesticide' aldicarbi used to kill insects in potatoes Insestigators don't know how the chemical got there but there is some suspicion that the sheep may have eaten from hags of aldicarb that had not yet been used Brovvn said — A ranch einployee who became ill waited several months before reporting the sighting of a propeller-driveairplane dropping a white powder near the cows on Nov 21 (nhers nearby saw no airplane Officials aren't sure why the plane WaS nut (Tutted bet uut o - ' - ! Pr Se 7 irr-- a V 1 J-4- "Pgowiitc4xsetsirm7011:? r ir A - - P0 ' 04 4- - - A' r5: oe :' 4 - ' ez 44 t'74‘ 4'4'":"-- Z:7' d Arteti'm :: tP 5:iirizirr:11: 1:tt !” '1" P4'1'''A 4: '4:''''"4:'u4''f''''''''''''''''''4 ''''' t i Abk :' A4MK)100 Pess Lostopt)04 1)ead sheep litter fields near Burbank Wash in November of 1989 Officials suspect chemical poisoning is to blame 8 P |