Altoona Mirror (Newspaper) - December 3, 1986, Altoona, Pennsylvania Pitt wvu women here Altoona Caracciolo testifies VOL 146 of our o Altoona Pa Wednesday Dec 3 COPY Reagan should admit blame Ho 11 ings says WASHINGTON DPI A senator called today on President Reagan to take the blame or the arms deal a day after Attorney Genera Edwin Meese asked a panel of federal judges to appoint an Independent counsel to make a investigation into the unfolding scandal announcement Tuesday came as debate flared over what role Reagan played In the most serious scandal of his six-year ad- ministration Reagan called Republican en to the White House Tuesday and today to assure them h had no knowledge of the secret deal that tunneled money from Iran ian arms sates to the Nicaraguan rebels ing the Sandinista government in Nicaragua But Sen Ernest Rollings charged that Reagan had to know what was going on and should level the American people thing has bogged down into he darndest charade I have ever said Sen Ernest Rollings of South Carolina a member of the intelligence committee on the NBC Today show Nothing could have of this sort without the president knowing It Tlie Senate Intelligence tee resumed hearings on Capitol Hill into the deal The Washington Post reported that former National Security Director John Poindexter who resigned last week told key committee leaders Tuesday he was not prepared to answer questions about the scandal The newspaper said angry panel members decided to subpoena dexter The action came a day after Lt Col Oliver North former aide who was fired in the scandal repeatedly took the Fifth In his appearance before the committee North was sacked after Meese revealed Nov 25 that he was the mastermind behind the Nicaragua deal North told CBS he welcomed an independent Investigation of the matter because I think this needs to get behind us for the good of the nation and if this expedites that process then that's for the good of all Faced with mounting demands for speedy action Reagan endorsed the naming of a special prosecutor and moved to quiet some critics by naming Frank to succeed Poindexter as his top national curity aide Carlucci In the past the top deputy in both the Defense Department and the CIA Is con- one of the nation's leading foreign affairs experts In announcing he would turn the investigation over to an Independent counsel Meese defended his dling of the case but conceded he did not launch a full-scale Inquiry until at least three days after he found some hints of possible doing We have reached a point in this investigation where I have con- See Iran on Page A3 Support for Reagan Congressional leaders talk to reporters in the White House Tuesday President Reagan approved the idea of an independent counsel Investigating the Iranian arms deal Defending the United Press International dent's actions are from Rep Robert Michael Sen Alan Simpson Rep Trent Lott Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole and Rep Dick Cheney Iran cash put in CIA fund Contras shared aid with Afghans By Walter Pincus The Washington Post WASHINGTON Congressional investigators have traced profits from the covert sale of U.S arms to Iran to a Swiss bank account aged by the Central Intelligence Agency into which the U.S and Saudi governments also deposited Mirror photos by Sandy Ivory Tearful students embrace teacher Holland Jr after his firing Teacher loses his job for showing movie By Sandy Ivory Staff Writer CRESSON Sobbing dents pleaded with Penn bria School Board members Tuesday to reinstate a pended 7th grade teacher but the final result was a mous vote to fire the Instructor The dismissed teacher is Holland Poor of Altoona who began teaching in the Penn Cambria district last year Board members said their decision to fire Poor was based on information received from all sources the tration other teachers rents students and Poor ever the directors would not comment on the details of that information Two weeks ago the board suspended Poor with pay for showing the movie Carrie to a 7th grade class at the Lilly Middle School during een The movie based on a phen King novel centers on a teenage girl mocked by her classmates when she doesn't understand what Is happening to her during her first A bucket of pig's blood is thrown on her at the high school prom For revenge she uses her psychokinetic powers to set the gymnasium on fire and er to destroy her home The vote to suspend the teacher in November was Those against the suspension James Rlttner Bruce Bradley and Gerald Buck said they wanted a hearing to discuss the matter with Poor before ing any decisions A closed hearing between the board and Poor along with See Teacher on Page A3 Foor plans to fight board all the Holland E Foor Jr I feel numb By Sandy Ivory StaH Writer CRESSON Holland E Foor Jr the Penn Cambria teacher fired Tuesday for ing an movie to a group of 7th graders said today he plans to fight the dismissal I'll carry It all the the Altoona resident said this morning when asked If he planned to file a grievance against the board Foor an teacher was to the school board meeting Tuesday by members of the district's education sociation and its attorney I feel numb Just Foor said of his firing That decision the wasn't made last night It was made three days ago Nearly 75 parents and dents attended the board ing Tuesday and many spoke on behalf appealing to the Sae Foor on Page A3 million each to underwrite re- bels fighting Soviet troops In Money from the account also was used to buy arms for contra rebels fighting the ment of Nicaragua informed sources said Tuesday at a time when Congress had forbidden any military support for the contras Money from the account in erland was used to buy Soviet nese and other arms from dealers in countries such as Israel which were then shipped clandestinely to rillas In Afghanistan and more re- cently to contras in Nicaragua according to one congressional source This version ol how Iranian profits were handled appears to contradict statements made Nov 25 by Attorney General Edwin Meese III Meese said those profits were deposited in bank accounts which were under the control of of the forces of Central America Asked about the apparent con- between statement and the findings of the congressional investigators one source said the attorney general may not have been fully informed at me time The secret numbered Swiss See Funds on Page A3 Attorney General Meese Backs separate probe Administration considers 88 budget of trillion By John M Berry The Washington Post WASHINGTON The Reagan administration is considering a cal 1988 budget with spending of trillion that still meets the deficit target set by the law The broad outlines the new budget began to emerge Tuesday after two days of meetings between President Reagan with his senior aides to decide how to cut spending some revenue and sell ment assets to meet the deficit target James C Miller III director of the Office of Management and Budget said the combination of deficit reducing measures will have to add up to about billion The spending cuts decided upon at the White House meetings are scheduled to be presented to the Cabinet Wednesday Administration sources said the budget is likely to Include proposals to sell enough government loans to investors to produce up to billion in revenue Altogether the administration sources said spending in 1988 will be about trillion and receipts boosted to more than 915 billion to achieve the deficit target even on paper OMB has proposed actual ing cuts as opposed to merely letting outlays rise in line with inflation lor most major federal agencies and departments The three areas allowed substantially higher spending for 1988 would be defense International affairs and several programs administered un- der the Department of Health and Human Services The latter include Social Security which has been labeled an untouchable in recent OMB documents Hitting the deficit target is being made more difficult by an economy that administration economists now believe will not perform as well as they predicted earlier The mists are completing a new forecast that shows the economy growing at about a percent rate during 1987 administration officials said fudge lays down law to lawyers By Phil Ray StaH Writer The yers don't run the courts That's the conclusion of Judge D Brooks Smith who blew his stack Monday when he found himself sitting in a courtroom waiting for the lawyers to show up so a trial could begin Smith took immediate steps to correct what he considers a chronic problem in Blair County He convened a noon meeting with District Attorney William J Haberstroh and his first assistant Ellen Cohen Assistant Public De- fender Norman Callan and Court Administrator Michael Reighard After the meeting both the DA and assistant public defender went back to their respective offices with a message for their Be pre- pared Smith was in his courtroom at about Monday ly to begin selection of a jury In a drunken driving case The problem was that the lawyers were not there and when the Judge had someone call the office to find out where they were the yers indicated they would respond when they were ready to begin the trial According to Callan the two at- who were to try the case an assistant district attorney and an assistant public defender were viewing a videotape that was to be used in the trial As Smith waited he began to get angry My initial concern was the lack of respect and consideration for the court by failing to have someone present when we were ready to the judge explained ing the meeting But there is a more fundamental See Judge on Page A3 Judge D Brooks Smith Why weren't they In the Mirror Dr Weather Cooler low 32 Breezy cold snow flurries high 39 Extended forecast Page A6
