Banner Graphic, Volume 22, Number 211, Greencastle, Putnam County, 8 May 1992 — Page 2

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‘October Surprise’ investigators to get 1980 FBI wiretaps

WASHINGTON (AP) Congressional investigators will review FBI wiretaps as they probe whether the 1980 Reagan-Bush presidential campaign plotted to delay release of American hostages in Iran, federal law enforcement and congressional sources say. Attorney General William P. Barr has authorized the FBI to allow the investigators to review the classified video and audio tapes of a surveillance in New York City, the sources said late Thursday. THE TAPES will be made available to a House task force headed by Rep. Lee Hamilton, DInd., which is investigating allegations that Ronald Reagan’s 1980 campaign negotiated with Iran to delay release of 52 American hostages until after the election. Under that scenario, Reagan campaign operatives allegedly offered the Iranian regime of the Ayatollah Khomeini the opportunity to buy U.S. arms in return for preventing President Carter

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from negotiating an “October Surprise” release of the hostages. The tapes of FBI wiretaps and closed-circuit television surveillance were made during an investigation of illegal arms trafficking in New York City, said the sources, who spoke only on condition of anonymity. THE MATERIAL has been stored at a government warehouse at a military base in Newburgh, N.Y., sources said. The FBI investigation included surveillance of the late Iranian businessman Cyrus Hashemi, whose links to the alleged plot were detailed in a book, “October Surprise,” by former Carter administration official Gary Sick. The question of whether to give the congressional investigators access to the tapes had been discussed at the highest levels of the Justice Department, another law enforcement source said. SICK, A Columbia University professor, has urged Congress to subpoena the records of the FBI surveillance. Sick said Hashemi became the subject of a national security investigation in November 1980 when the FBI obtained secret warrants to wiretap his office at First Gulf Bank and install a video camera to monitor the entrance. The warrant was extended until Feb. 23, a month after Reagan took office, but the surveillance was abruptly terminated. The U.S. Customs Service continued to investigate, and in 1984 Hashemi was indicted on charges of conspiring to illegally ship arms to Iran. ACCORDING TO Sick, Hashemi’s Washington-based brother, Jamshid Hashemi, was warned by his friends in the CIA to leave the country. Cyrus Hashemi, who was in London at the time, never stood trial. According to Sick, he participated in an undercover Customs Service sting investigation and died of a mysterious illness in 1986. According to Sick’s book, the autopsy found injection marks on Hashemi’s elbows.

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Fidel Castro: His network of tunnels means protection for his people

Cuba digs in for future war

HAVANA, Cuba (AP) The underground tunnels snake endlessly through Havana, one of the government’s most ambitious and least discussed projects and a monument to the revolution’s will to survive. Fidel Castro’s government has been painstakingly constructing an elaborate below-ground system throughout the country for more than 10 years as part of a program to provide shelter for every Cuban in case of war. CARRYING dynamite, pneumatic hammers or simple picks and shovels, military recruits and other workers disappear into the dark tunnel entrances each morning to continue their titanic struggle against Havana’s subterranean rock formations. Still remembering the failed

Inside Indiana education Time on task mandates target of state board hearings

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Eight public hearings are scheduled to help the State Board of Education decide on a proposed rule to allow local schools flexibility in determining how much classroom time should be devoted to specific subjects. The proposed rule would remove current state mandates of minimum weekly classroom time for teaching subjects such as English, math, science, fine arts and physical education, officials said Thursday. UNDER THE new rule, those requirements would become guidelines. Teachers and local school officials could decide how much time should be spent on the

Teachers rank near the top in a new state salary study

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Hoosier teachers ranked high in a new salary study, but a spokeswoman for teachers cautioned that such statistical surveys may not be very significant A study released Thursday by the Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute found that Indiana teachers ranked seventh among the states and the District of Columbia when comparing average teacher salaries with the state’s per-capita personal income. The institute is a non-par-tisan and not-for-profit research group.

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1961 Bay of Pigs attempt by ClAbacked anti-Castro Cubans, many Cubans continue to fear an American invasion despite repeated assurances by the Bush administration that it has no such intention. But if that day comes, Cubans will be ready or so the Communist government hopes. THE TUNNEL program is part of an elaborate defense plan Cuban authorities have worked out with the help of advisers from Communist Vietnam, which made extensive use of tunnels to fight U.S. forces during the Vietnam War. Some Cubans privately are scornful of the project, seeing it as a huge waste of resources and manpower. President Castro, leader of die revolution that toppled dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959, views it as a prudent investment.

subjects. “The education community is divided on this issue,” said Superintendent of Public Instruction H. Dean Evans. “Some teachers want it, and some don’t, and many of those who don’t have made their opposition known to the state board. “The board has a tough decision to make and, hopefully, through these hearings we can get a better idea of what is best for our boys and girls.” THE 11-MEMBER state board, which Evans chairs, proposed the rule change last year after concluding teachers might be hindered by the time requirements. Evans said a

IN ADDITION, the survey found that when compared with national averages, the average salary for teachers in Indiana is rising faster than per-capita personal income in the state. “I certainly do know that teachers in Indiana are not highly paid professionals” compared to other professionals with similar education, said Gail Pluta, lobbyist for the Indiana Federation of Teachers. Pluta’s group represents about 20 percent of the state’s teachers. The study, using figures from the National Education Association and the U.S. Department of Commerce,

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Castro said recently, “We haven’t let a minute slip by without making fortifications, preparing the ground for defense, making tunnels and preparing the people for the struggle.” MATANZAS province, the one nearest Florida, is said to have completed its tunnel network. Cubans living in the coastal area to the east and west of Havana report intense tunnel construction there. In the event of war, both Cuba’s military forces and non-combatants will seek refuge in tunnels. They will find awaiting them stored food, beds, classrooms, medical clinics and post offices. If it’s possible for an entire country to have a finished basement, Cuba is approaching that point.

time clock shouldn’t be the sole determinant of when students are ready to move on from one subject to another. However, since the rule was proposed, opposition to the change has grown. Evans said opponents fear that doing away with the time requirements would jeopardize art, music and physical education classes. Many opponents contend that if time requirements for those courses aren’t spelled out, school officials looking to save money might cut back on the programs. “Changing these time requirements to guidelines certainly will have an impact in the

found that the average teacher salary in Indiana for the 1991-92 school year was $33,755. Percapita personal income in the state for calendar year 1991 was $17,217. FIRST ON THE list is Michigan, where the average teacher salary of $40,251 is more than twice the per-capita personal income of $18,679. Kentucky ranks fifth on the scale, even though its average teacher salary of $30,880 is lower than Indiana’s. South Dakota is last in the rankings, with an average teacher salary of $23,300 and a per-capita personal income of $16,392.

Vitamin C may help prolong life LOS ANGELES (AP) A new study shows that vitamin C may help people live longer. But it’s better to get your dose from five daily servings of fresh fruits and vegetables instead of vitamin pills, researchers reported today. Researchers found that taking 300 to 400 milligrams of vitamin C daily may help men live about six years longer than men who don’t. For women, the benefits are about one year. THE U.S. government’s recommended daily allowance of vitamin C is 60 milligrams for most adults, and less for children. The study, written by James E. En strom, an epidemiologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, was published in today’s issue of the journal Epidemiology. Gladys Block, a professor of public health nutrition at the University of California, Berkeley, said the study suggests moderate increases in vitamin C consumption might help reduce the risk of heart disease, premature death and cancer. She was not associated with the study. BUT THE research won’t settle debate over the use of multivitamins or vitamin C supplement pills. Medical groups have criticized supplements as expensive aid lacking proven benefits. It also is uncertain whether the body absorbs vitamin C from pills as well as from food. For those reasons, Enstrom, Block and other scientists believe it is better to consume the higher amount of vitamin C by eating five daily servings of fresh fruits and vegetables than by taking vitamin pills.

classroom itself,” Evans said. “Our charge, at this point, is to decide if that change will be positive for boys and girls.” AT THE HEARINGS, the board will accept oral and written testimony about the proposed rule; When the hearings are completed, the board will decide whether to adopt, amend or reject the rule. If adopted, it would go into effect July 1,1993. The hearings will be held May 26 in Columbus, Lowell and New Albany; May 27 in Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, and May 28 in Plymouth and Evansville.

The study also found that percapita personal income in Indiana was 90.2 percent of the national average, down slightly from 1990. Average teacher salaries in the state were, however, 98.1 percent of the national average. PLUTA SAID THE numbers for Indiana may be skewed somewhat because the state has an older teacher force than other states. Often, teachers are paid based on the number of years they have taught and their level of education. Pluta did concede that in the tight economy in Indiana and nationwide teachers have fared better than some. “We certainly have had some minimal increases, and we realize that not everybody has had that opportunity,” she said.

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