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Show ieaean li By W Dale Neman Associated Press Writer W ASHINGTON - President McFarlane's Sur Rea- gan confirmed Thursday night he undertook 18 months of secret diplomaIran and said he sent it small cy amounts ' of weapons to improve relations, not to ransom American hos- tages m sion : V-- 2 the entire initiative is very much at risk today, the president told the nation in an address broadcast from the Oval Office weeK. Lebanon Saying he was being forced to speak out bv widespread rumors about his dealings with Iran, Reagan acknowledged he sent former national security adviser Robert C NlcFar- - He said it was not his intention to nit US policy toward Iran in its moody six year war with Iraq Due to the publicity of the past J v F ir 1? I'-- - I. ' 5 x v- - v ' Welfare Reforms 4 w The president spoke in the midst of clamor from Capitol Hill, and demands from many of his conservativ e political allies, for a detailed defense of the administration s heretofore secret arms dealings with Iran - WASHINGTON (AP) Congressional Democrats, calling for investi- gative hearings into the Reagan administration's contacts with Iran, said Thursday it is clear the White House swapped arms for hostages Democrats said such a swap represents a precedent that must be reversed In advance of President Reagan's nationally broadcast address Thursday night on U S relations with Iran, Sen Daniel Patrick Moymhan, D-Y , said Reagan should ask for the resignation of Vice Adm John M Poindexter, his national security adviser Moymhan cited Poindexter's reported lead role in helping Iran obtain military supplies, a move the senator said gave Iran "the biggest propaganda victory it has enjoyed in war with the course of its Iraq But Poindexter told reporters at the White House, "I have no plans to " resign Demo- Encouraged formation of labor unions, particularly for migrant farr workers Called for "widespread distribution of property to avoid excessive concentration of economic power Proposed more worker-owneindustries, especially in agriculture Labeled the present welfare system inadequate and said it failed to respect the dignity of its clients d Outlined steps to help Third World countries a moratorium on some debt payments. an initiative "a major foreign-relation- s blunder and questioned its impact 'on our own credibility with our friends and within our own country Said Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, said of Reagan's speech "To me it was a very optimistic statement and to some extent a constructive statement He said Iran has "made certain conditions for a continuation of the diplomatic efforts, and said that it these conditions are met, a mutual understanding will develop Rajaie-Khorassan- Arms shipments had been cut otf by Jimmy Carter after radicals seized the U S Embassy in Tehran and took dozens of Americans hostage Reagan said it was "utterly false" that the weapons shipments to Iran, at a time when the United Statps had imposed an embargo on such deliver- See A-- Column 1 N six-ye- House Majority Leader Jim -- ... By Robert Parry Associated Press W riter - The State DeWASHINGTON partment paid for flights this year that penetrated Nicaraguan air space to drop supplies to U S. backed Contra rebels, according to government sources tered to it in the United States and was established only one year ago Robert Duemling, who ran the special State Department office that disbursed $27 million in "humanitarian" aid to the rebels, refused to confirm or deny the overflights, but said the U.S. government only paid for delivery of supplies. State Department-purchasesupplies included uniforms, boots, food and medicine. But the General Accounting Office, Congress's investigative arm, has complained that it non-leth- The sources, insisting on anonymity, said the previously undisclosed flights were made by Vortex Air International, a mysterious Miami-base- d firm that has no planes regis d could not track more than half the $27 million with much of the money disappearing into offshore bank accounts and the Honduran military An administration official said the State Department-sponsoreflights were kept separate from another Contra supply network that dropped weapons and ammunition to the rebels, even though both operations used El Salvador's Ilopango military d airport The weapons supply operation came to light Oct 5 when one c its Execution Set for Tuesday Bundy Loses Two More Rounds in Fight for Life Clemency hearings are discretionary, Jopling ruled The 11th U S Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta also rejected an appeal Thursday for a stay of execution for Bundy One of Bundy's attorneys, Polly Nelson of Washington, DC., said she was considering a number of options in continued efforts to win a stay. It certainly isn't over, Nelson said feder- al appeals court and the trial judge who sentenced Ted Bundy to death for murdering Lake City schoolgirl Kimberly Leach both refused Thursday to stay his execution Bundy is scheduled to die in Florida's electric chair next Tuesday for killing Leach in 1978 He also is under a death sentence for killing two Chi Omega sorority sisters at Florida State University Columbia County Judge Wallace hearing, Jopling, after a rejected defense claims that Bundy nad a constitutional guarantee of a clemency hearing under state law Todays Chuckle d We can survive a few politicians ... but why does the bird always have to be a vulture9 bird-braine- Opening Prayer At Games to Get Court Test Los Angeles Times Service For as DOUGLASVILLE, Ga long as n ost residents of this northwest Georgia community of 7,461 can recall, the home football games at Douglas County High School have been opened with a prayer - Now, however, that ritual is under serious assault It will be tested in a federal court trial opening Friday time-honore- d red-bric- k pre-gam- e "The prayers really irritate me," said the younger Jager, who attends the games as saxophonist in the school s marching band "Im basically an agnostic, a humanist I've got nothing against people who want to pray at the games I just think they should do it on their own, without all that amperage on the P A ssU m " The case, in US District Court in Atlanta, 25 miles due east, if the latest legal skirmish in an on going batLine over tle below the Mason-Dixowhat role prayer should play in public school life The outcome is expected to have reptru.sMons for high Column Wright said hearings would not be aimed at produc ing confrontation nor at embarrassing the administration and that they would not be used to " "point the finger of scorn "But if an error was committed or if a mistake was made," he said, "we American-manneplanes was shot ought to seek ways to correct the erdown over southern Nicaragua, killror and correct the mistake ing two Americans, one Nicaraguan Departing House Speaker Thomas and leaving Eugene Hasenfus of MarP 0 Neill Jr , said it is his inette, Wis, the captive of Nicaracould that understanding hearings gua's leftist Sandinista government begin before the House Intelligence Hasenfus said he was working for Committee as early as Nov. 24 the CIA The Reagan administration He said he had advised Rep. Lee and CIA deny any connection the committee Hamilton, But other government sources said chairman, to "go forward with a comthe Ilopango-baseplete investigation by the Intellioperation was seout of the White gence Committee and use subpoecretly managed nas where there should be House by Lt. Col Oliver L North, a " senior staff aide. subpoenas 1 Defense lawyer James Coleman asked the Atlanta court to require the state to explain why Bundy was scheduled to be executed for the Leach slaying when the court already had issued an indefinite stay in July for the Chi Omega killings "Executing him on one case while he has legal matters pending in another would be a violation of his constitutional rights, Coleman said But Judges John Godbold, Robert Vance and Frank Johnson said the Leach warrant does not violate their court's stay of execution in the Chi Omega killings because it stems from a separate case and a separate crime However, the federal appeals judges denied Bundy s appeal without prejudice, meaning his lawyers can continue their appeal Jopling granted Bundy a change of venue for the 1980 Leach trial and moved the proceedings to Orlando, Fla He presided over the trial and e sentenced Bundy to die for the murder conviction Bundy abducted Leach from the campus at Lake City Junior High School in Feb 1978 Leach's badly decomposed body was found under a dilapidated hog shed in the Suwannee River State Park. Soil samples and leaves found m a van Bundy had stolen from tbU ted investigators to the spot. first-degre- d d Nations Youngest Lawyer Ever Does Ilis Generation Justice MIAMI (UPI) Stephen Bac-cuwho earned his law degree last year at age 16, was sworn in Thursday as a lawyer, and experts said he was the youngest in the nation s history Baccus, now 17, was sworn in by Circuit Judge Gerald W'ethenng-to- n after the Florida Supreme Court approved his request to practice law before age 18, as required by law It was the first such case found in Florida and legal sources said Baccus was the nation's youngest lawyer ever Baccus flew to Miami for the ceremony from New York, where he is studying for a master's degree in computer science at New Y'ork University Baccus received a bachelor's degree from NYU at age 14 and earned his law degree from the University of Miami at 16 He passed the Florida bar exam earlier this year One of the things Im most pleased about is that now when people ask me if Lm a lawyer, I can just say yes, he said James and Florence Baccus recognized their son's promise eai ly Breaks Tax Urges Group Study Satellite Gets New Lease On Life for Chilly Flight To Encourage Child Rearing - VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif (UPI) After more than eight years as a museum relic. an aging satellite named Polar Bear was launched into space atop a Scout rocket Thursday for a new lease on life studying Earth's polar environment solid-fue- l e The Scout, a rocket with a 95 percent success rate, flashed to life at 4 23 p m. PST and quickly roared away from Earth trailing a brilliant stream of incandescent flame The rocket's refurbished satellite payload was bound for a orbit around the planets polar caps Blastoff was delayed twice in October by mechanical problems but it was clear sailing Thursday Originally built for the Navy as a Transit navigation satellite, the probe spent more than eight years hanging in the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington before its orbital debut The name stands for Polar Beacon Experiments and Auroal Research. and scientists hope data beamed down from the 275 pound spacecraft will help them figure out ways to improve radio communications in high latitudes where natural interference sometimes causes problems four-stag- seDouglas Jager. an nior science major at the sprawling high school, has filed a lawsuit along with his father, William, a retired Army sergeant, contending that prayers should be banned becau e they violate the separation between church and state mandated by the U S Constitution See Pnoto said, "I think the Wright, truth is that arms were delivered to Iran and the truth is, ot course, that some hostages have been released " Sources Say U.S. Had Aid Flown to Contras n A Untied Pfess international While confirming shipments of U.S. arms to Iran, President for hostages. Reagan insists he did not trade weapons 9 LAKE CITY. Fla iL'PI) Congressmen Crv Oul For Hearings . cratic leader Robert C Bvrd of West Virginia called the presidents Irani- U.S. Bishops Want - 'V step-bv-ste- p After Reagan spoke, Senate Jobs, Food for All By Adon Taft Knight Ridder Newspapers WASHINGTON The nation s Roman Catholic bishops Thursday called for dramatic changes in America's economic system and urged the government to guarantee jobs, food, homes medical care and a baic edu- caMon to all residents The controversial proposal is at the heart of a pastoral letter entuled "Economic Justice for All," which charges that American poverty is "a social and moral scandal that we cannot ignore " The letter, approved 225-in its third draft after live years of preparation, was immediately criticized by some prominent lay members as too harsh on the capitalist system "I m saddened by the whole affair, because this document will be used to influence and guide the kind of Catholic education my children will get about the American economy, said former Treasury Secretary William Simons "Its unbalanced and doesn't tell the whole story." The letter was the final major action in a heated four-da- y meeting of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops In it, the prelates Decried racial and sexual discrimination in the job market and endorsed affirmative-actioprograms lane on a four day mission to Tehran Iasi spring to raise the d.ploiriatic levei ot contacts with moderates in Iran "Since then," Reagan said in his hastily arranged address, "the dialogue has continued, and progress continues to be made Three experiments were provided by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, the Air Force and the Defense Nuclear Agency By learning how to predict the occurrence of natural interference from solar flares and other phenomena, scientists may be able to devise ways to use changes in frequency to improve communications The Air Force, in overall charge of the launch, saved $2 million by revamping the former Navy satellite and another $6 million was saved by using spare parts to build the Scout rocket Overall, the project cost about $12 million, a bargain in the world of space technology Helen Worth, a spokeswoman for Johns Hopkins, said when the Air Force approached the labora- tory about the Polar Bear project, scientists realized they could save time and money bv using the museum piece "It put us ahead a couple of years because we didn't have to start from scratch," Worth said "It's a kind of unique thing " The Polar Bear satellite was built by Johns Hopkins engineers It was never used as a navigation satellite and in 1976 it became a display. A Reagan WASHINGTON (AP) administration study group, charging that the "fabric of family life has been frayed by the abrasive experiments of two liberal decades," on Thursday called for tax breaks and government policies to encourage child rearing Intact families are good Families who choose to have children are making a desirable decision." said the report entitled "The Family Preserving America's Future Mothers and fathers who then decide to spend a good deal of time raising those children themselves rather than leaving it to others are demonstrably doing a good thing for those children." the report said family authority, it recommended that welfare benefits be given to teen-ag- e mothers only if they live at home with their parents "Government should not provide or more make things incentives s for easier tempted to promiscuity." the report said teen-ager- e motherhood, the report said single mothers under age 21 should not be allowed to collect benefits under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program or live in subsidized housing unless they "These steps would go a long way toward making illegitimate motherhood less attractive in the poverty culture," the report said Inside The Tribune Tribune Telephone Numbers on 3 A-- , Rep Augustus Hawkins, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, said, "It's pretty obvious that welfare benefits have not provided any incentive to having children, that's been documented " The task force's conclusion that they do "shows the weakness of the report, Hawkins said "The report itself has no research findings to back up what they are saying lt is simply an endorsement of the conservative agenda of the Heritage Foundation "All this report does is praise families who decide to have children " But he said child tearing should be encouraged to reverse population trends that will eventually result in a shortage of young people "The document is less a policy paper than a tantrum. Worse, it is an embarrassment," said Sen Daniel P. Y who will chair the Moymhan, D-Senate's Social Security subcommittee in the new Congress , The Accusing courts, schools and government programs of undermining teen-ag- reside with their parents. Education Undersecretary Gary Bauer, who headed the task force, denied that the report implied any criticism of couples who decided not to have children or who put their youngsters in day care jport charged that the fabric of family life has been fraved bv the abrasive experiments of two liberal decades " While acknowledging that there was no statistical evidence to support the view that welfare encourages ToilaGs Fortna'-- l PartSalt Lake City ami vicinity ly cloudy, warm and breezy Highs 55 to 60, lows near freezing Details, B-2 Moynihan said that despite the report s assertion to the contrary. AFDC benefits have declined 30 percent. in real terms, since 1970 |
