Daily News Record (Newspaper) - November 10, 1986, Harrisonburg, Virginia Clearing early today with Increasing clouds in the Highs in the low lows in low Chilly tonight with 80 percent chance of light Man Held A Franklin man was being held in Pendleton County jail for bail Sunday night on charges of shooting his wife in the See story on Page 35 32 Pages November 1986 4332702 20 Cents Contra Aid Faces Hard House Fight WASHINGTON AP The Dem Senate victory has undercut President Reagans congressional support for aiding Nicaraguan Con tra but the party realign ment does not necessarily mean future assistance is accor ding to analysts on both sides of the The analysts also agree that Reagans weakened position could make Contra aid one of the most closely fought issues in the 100th Congress and potentially an impor tant battleground in the 1988 presidential Last Tuesdays elections ushered in a 10vote Democratic majority in the but that shift does not translate into as big a change on the Contra aid Thats because some defeated Republicans opposed Reagans million aid package for the rebels fighting Nicaraguas leftist Sandinista and some victorious Democrats are for This Reagan lobbied Con gress intensively to win resumption of military aid to the He prevailed 5347 in the Republican controlled Senate and 220209 in the According to tallies by both Republicans and the new Senate breakdown on Contra aid is virtually assuming senators continue to vote as they did earlier or follow positions they took during their Despite last weeks Senate Democratic Leader Robert Byrd of West in line to be the new majority did not predict an end to Contra but rather said Democrats will seek to redirect the administrations policies toward a greater emphasis on a diplomatic solution to the Nicaraguan Democrats will insist upon using all the tools at our diplo economic as well as but not focus on the military as this administration Byrd Peter chairman of Citizens for a leading lobby ing group for Contra edged slippage of the presidents position but argued the shift in Senate control might actually put the Democrats at a bit of a If the Democrats cut the aid before the Contras are given a theyll be blamed for losing Flaherty This could be the biggest issue heading into The first major battle over Contra aid in the new Congress is likely to come in the spring or summer when the million runs To win ad Reagan must win majorities in both chambers and possibly overcome a filibuster in the But the president faces new Loss of the Senate strips the Republicans of control of the legislative making defeat of a filibuster potentially more dif In a threatened Dem filibuster was averted when Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole of Kansas tied Contra aid to sanc tions against South a pro posal Democrats See Page 7 Pedestrians trudge through knee deep snow in Winter Wallops West Snow Blankets Large Part Of Midwest BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Road crews worked to clear highways and searchers rescued missing deer hunters Sunday after the northern Plains first major snow storm of the season stranded hundreds of travelers and killed at least five The storm had moved into Canada on after spreading windblown snow and low temperatures from the nor thern Rockies to the Great A stretch of Interstate 29 south of remained closed and a state highway near Eagle was still block ed by Traveling ijs probably the worst hazard weve The roads are really solid deer hunter Marvin Boss of said Sunday at a cafe in in northwestern South he added If youre going to hunt you got to be where theyre deer at Were used to that type of Winter is The heaviest snow was in North with 25 inches at Devils Bismarck got 18 a record for any November storm and just short of the 22inch record set in March Red got 21 November snowstorms are not unusual in North Dakota but this is a bit said National Weather Service meteorologist Rich Van Wind gusted to 65 mph at Grand and police in Minot reported snowdrifts up to 5 feet A gust to 66 mph was recorded at the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and and trees and utility poles blacking out more than customers around the About remained without power said Nor thern States Power spokesman It was the first weekend of deer hunting season in Minnesota and the On rescuers set out after four hunters reported miss ing during the storm in nor Minnesota and found them said Tom Pearson of the Louis County sheriffs of Five others were found The last one found was a 15 yearold boy reported missing 15 miles north of he Once he knew he was he apparently gathered up some pine boughs and covered up and waited for the Pearson The boy was unhurt except for cold Three hunters were rescued Saturday night and Sunday in northwest the Mar shall County sheriffs office Temperatures dropped to 14 degrees overnight in the Duluth with a wind chill of 25 to 35 degrees below Hundreds of people got stranded in cars on Interstates 94 and 29 in North Dakota but most got rides to said Lyle director of state Radio Com Two hunters were still stranded Sunday in their vehicle 13 miles north of Towner but a snowplow was sent to rescue Gallagher As far as we See Page 7 Arms Deal Lambasted By Congress WASHINGTON AP Congres leaders accused the Reagan administration Sunday of keeping them in the dark about reported White House deals to send arms to Iran and some suggested its power to conduct such operations should be The criticism came amid specula tion that Secretary of State George who also apparently knew lit tle about the contacts that reported ly produced arms deliveries in return for hostage could resign over the Shultz called an unusual meeting of State Department experts Sunday at his suburban Washington but officials said the session on terrorism was unrelated to questions about A New York Times report quoting Shultz aides raising the possibility of a Shultz resignation is pure as the story itself spokeswoman Sondra Shultz asked as he left his house whether he planned to replied NBC Nightly News reported Sunday Richard chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations said he had spoken to Shultz on In my he will not Lugar told interviewers on ABCs This Week with David News reports last week said former National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane traveled to Tehran earlier this year and arrang ed to ship arms to Iran in exchange for the release of hostages kid napped in An embargo on arms shipments to which is at war with has been in effect since The official position on the war is neutrali If the press reports are said Senate Democratic Leader Robert the arms trade was a major blunder that guarantees hostage taking will continue and could tip the balance of power in the Middle Senate Republican leader Robert told a conference in Atlanta Sunday that it would be a terrible mistake to cut an arms deal with We all want the hostages he but I dont think we want to deal with Ayatollah Khomeini in an effort to do But other Republicans defended the reported administration activi saying it is desirable to improve relations with Iran and attempt to moderate its The wider goal here is to try to bring about a more moderate group of leadership in Iran Weve made some strides in that said Orrin a member of the Senate Intelligence appearing on CBS Face the Former Secretary of State Henry appearing with said improving relations with Iran in general is But he added When it degenerated or when it de into an arms trade for I have the gravest doubt See Page 5 Khomeini Says No To Changes Cyprus AP Ayatollah Irans 86yearold spiritual said Sunday his death would not end the Islamic He apparently was trying to defuse a power struggle within the Our enemies must understand that the Islamic been stabilized and is not dependent on any but on the people and the armed Khomeini said in a speech to military men at his resi dence in north of The speech was carried by Tehran radio and was monitored in Widespread reports said Kho who had a heart attack in recently suffered one or two more Rumors that he is in declining health are but this time people in power seem to be taking the reports They come at a time when aca diplomatic and business sources say a struggle for survival is under way in Irans nearly eight years after uprisings inspired by Khomeini ended the reign of the late Shah Mohammad Every day there are rumors that this and that has that so has had a heart that is on his death So let it Khomeini Of death comes to and to me he They Irans enemies should not This is something that hap pens and you will see God will the Islamic Republic will re whether or not I The struggle for power in Iran is not a simple affair between right and left or moderates and hard Numerous groups are and some switch sides frequent ly They say one thing in the morn ing and another thing in the even said Ahmad who was See Page Former hostage David Jacobsen center embraces his Story on Page Israel Holds Missing Technician For Spying JERUSALEM AP Israel revealed Sunday that Mordechai a former nuclear technician who allegedly leaked state atomic is in detention and will be But it denied that secret agents kidnapped in England to bring him to The brief government ended weeks of speculation about He disap in London nearly six weeks after the Sunday Times of Lon don published photographs and in formation he reportedly supplied about an Israeli nuclear weapons A senior government official said the 32yearold Israeli could be tried for a crime punishable by The official spoke on condi tion of The read to reporters by Cabinet secretary appeared designed to prevent damage to Israels ties with Britain and ease pressure on the government from the news media and It left ma ny que stio ns including how or when got from London to All rumors as if he was kidnap ped on British soil are the statement In the Observer per reported Sunday that then Prime Minister Shimon Peres called Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of Britain on 23 to warn her that Israels intelligence planned to kidnap and request that British security agents not These reports are completely un Sundays communique Thatcher told Parliament on Friday that neither she nor any members of her staff had been in contact with Israeli officials about A spokesman for her office repeated the denial Sunday when asked about the Observer A spokesman for Israels Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir insisted that was arrested accor ding to law and will be tried ac cording to See Page Todays Index Classified Dear Jeane Local Valley Valley Deaths James Leroy of John Joseph of Kathleen Louise of Mount Alfred Claude of Daphna of Singers Salome of Erin a Lillian ol Details on Page 18 HARRISONBURG ELECTRIC COMMISSION Closed Veterans November 1
