Banner Graphic, Volume 18, Number 171, Greencastle, Putnam County, 28 March 1988 — Page 3

The World In Brief

Sandinistas release 100 Contras MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) Sandinista and Contra negotiators are heading back to the bargaining table to determine the areas where rebel fighters will gather during the cease-fire called for in the accord signed last week. • The talks, scheduled for today in the southern outpost of Sapoa, also may consider the issue of when the U.S.-supported Contras lay down their arms. On Sunday, the leftist Sandinista government fulfilled the first .part of the cease-fire accord by freeing 100 political prisoners under .an amnesty program. Most of them are accused Contra rebels. ' Afterward, Interior Minister Tomas Borge called the amnesty “possibly the beginning of the aid of the (6-year-old) war,” and he called for the Contras to release Nicaraguan peasants its troops had kidnapped. Chun family accused in Korea SEOUL, South Korea (AP) A prosecutor today said the brother of former President Chun Doo-hwan embezzled at least $9 million, and opposition leaders charged other members of Chun’s family •were involved in widespread corruption. . Prosecutor Kang Won-il said officials uncovered evidence Chun . Kyung-hwan embezzled $9.3 million as head of the semi-official Saemaul development movement. Kang said altogether up to sl4 - million may have been embezzled. The younger Chun was expected to be summoned for questioning Tuesday and he will probably be detained, Kang said. “Once Chun is summoned, it will be difficult to allow him to return home in view of circumstances,” he said. Pressure mounts on Noriega PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) Opposition leaders stepped up their campaign to oust strongman Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega by calling on Panamanians to stage a protest march in the capital, despite a state of emergency. The march, to be held this afternoon, comes at the start of the second week of a general strike that has shut down an estimated 90 percent of the nation’s industry and commerce, further aggravating a critical cash shortage. As the opposition planned the march Palm Sunday, Catholic ’ church leaders said government authorities “fear this explosion of sentiments” and appealed to both sides to show restraint. The church leaders said in a statement they would send observers to today’s march in Panama City to try to keep the peace. Police and soldiers, under Noriega who heads the 15,000-member Defense Forces, have suppressed recent demonstrations with tear gas and shotguns.

Speaker’s adviser tried to sell arms to Contras through North

WASHINGTON (AP) House Speaker Jim Wright says he had no idea that one of his own advisers had tried to sell weapons to Lt. Col. Oliver North’s secret Contra supply network three months before the Iran-Contra scandal began to unravel. The speaker, who has long opposed military aid to the Nicaraguan rebels and has been a leader in trying to achieve a negotiated peace there, said he knew nothing of the 1986 arms offer by his associate, Richard M. Pena. PENA, A FORMER House Foreign Affairs Committee staff member, contacted North’s associate Richard Miller just three months before disclosures about the Iran-Contra affair shut down North’s operation in November 1986. In an Aug. 15, 1986, letter to a front company set up by Miller, Pena offered grenades, bombs, mines and boots from two South American companies. The letter went to World Affairs Counselors, a Cayman Islands front company formed by Miller and his partner Frank Gomez to handle

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their Contra transactions for North. A copy of the letter was obtained by The Associated Press. PENA HAS BEEN one of Wright’s advisers on Central America over the past several years and as recently as January was the Texas Democrat’s paid emissary to the region as the warring factions wrangled over starting cease-fire talks, said Wright aide Marshall Lynam. He said Pena was on the speaker’s payroll for a few days on each of three occasions. Wright, through Lynam, said he had no knowledge of the arms sale offer by Pena. “Jim Wright was not aware of any of these activities. He knew Richard Pena as a Texan, a man who had extensive connections and acquaintances in Central America, a person who was acquainted with the Contra people in Central America,” Lynam said. He said Wright “had confidence in his advice ... and had no reason to think there was any reason why he should not use him in an eyes-and-ears capacity.” THE SPECIAL congressional committees that investigated the Iran-Contra affair took sworn

Jackson takes 2-1 win in Michigan; race tight

By The Associated Press Democratic presidential contender Michael Dukakis is seeking to dig out from under a Jesse Jackson landslide in Michigan with a win on his New England home turf on Tuesday. But another Democrat, Rep. Richard Gephardt, was ready to bury his {residential hopes today. On the eve of Tuesday’s Connecticut primary, Republican George Bush, who grew up in the state and is heavily favored to win, set off today on a three-day Wisconsin campaign swing. THE VICE PRESIDENT wasn’t likely to run into either of his GOP rivals in Wisconsin, which holds its primary a week from Tuesday. Bob Dole, who has all but conceded the nomination, was in Washington today, giving a speech on the future of the Republican Party. And Pat Robertson was taking a week-long vacation. Jackson was euphoric about his weekend win in Michigan, where he racked up a nearly 2-1 victory over Dukakis. “A wave of hope is sweeping across America,” Jackson told supporters at a church in Bridgeport, Conn, on Sunday. Jackson was campaigning in Connecticut again today. But Dukakis, the governor of neighboring Massachusetts, has won every state in New England so far and was expected to do well in the state. WITH RETURNS from 94 percent of the voting sites in Michigan, Jackson had 55 percent to 28 percent for Dukakis. Gephardt had 13 percent; Sen. Paul Simon had 2 percent, as did Sen. Albert Gore Jr. The remaining returns were expected later today. The Michigan victory put Jackson within striking distance of Dukakis in the national delegate

depositions from Pena after finding his letter in Miller’s documents, committee sources said. But one source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the committee staff decided not to pursue the Pena matter because it appeared to be an isolated incident, rather than an integral part of the North network. Miller pleaded guilty in the IranContra case, along with conservative fund-raiser Carl “Spitz” Channell, to conspiring with North to defraud the government by raising money through a tax-exempt foundation to purchase weapons for the Contras. Attorneys said it appeared Pena’s activity was not unlawful. PENA COULD NOT be reached for comment. Lynam said Pena is on vacation in Central America, and he had been unable to reach him to ask about the matter. Pena’s office said he did not check in for messages last week. Miller’s company, International Business Communications, routed close to $3 million through the Caymans, which was disbursed at North’s direction to the Contras and related efforts, the Iran-Contra committees’ repot said.

count, although the Massachusetts governor still clung to a narrow lead. The latest AP delegate count put Dukakis at 603.55 to Jackson’s 597.55. Tennessee Sen. Albert Gore Jr. had 362.8, Sen. Paul Simon 171.5, Gephardt 167 and uncommitted 362.6. Gephardt’s distant third-place finish in Saturday’s caucuses fell far short of the “Michigan miracle” he had said could save his campaign. He spent a secluded Sunday talking with family and aides, then scheduled a Capitol Hill news conference this afternoon. HIS SPOKESMAN, Mark Johnson, wouldn’t say what Gephardt planned to do, but all indications were that the Missouri congressman was ready to bow out Gephardt aides, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there was no way his campaign could survive a loss in Michigan. And Gephardt must meet a filing deadline of Tuesday afternoon if he wants to seek re-election to his House seat.

Dukakis, who before Michigan had been seeking to position himself as the inevitable Democratic nominee, was talking instead about a long fight to the finish. “This race is only half over,” he said Sunday at a Greek festival in New Haven. THAT WAS FINE by Sen. Albert Gore Jr. and Sen. Paul Simon. The Tennessee senator was in Connecticut on Sunday, suggesting Dukakis’ disappointing finish kept the race “wide open” to his benefit. A statewide poll in today’s Milwaukee Sentinel suggested Jackson and Dukakis were in a dead heat in the state. The poll indicated Dukakis had the backing of 28 percent of Democratic respondents, while Jackson had 27 percent, and another 22 percent were undecided.

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