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2The Daily Tar HeelWednesday, January 31, 1990 r , ! World and Nation Reagan most release diary entries From Associated Press reports WASHINGTON A federal judge Tuesday ordered former President Reagan to provide excerpts from his personal diaries to John Poindexter for the" former national security adviser's upcoming Iran-Contra trial. U.S. District Court Judge Harold Greene said a 1985 entry includes a "somewhat ambiguous comment" indicating that Reagan knew of Pomdexter's work for the Nicaraguan Cojitras. Greene said Reagan had to surrender the- material by Monday, a move that could trigger a claim of executive privi lege by the former president and might delay the Feb. 20 starting date of the Poindexter trial. Reagan submitted more than 100 entries last Thursday. Greene said entries covering more than 29 differ ent dates in 1985 and 1986 contained "information of significance." Theodore Olson, one of Reagan's lawyers, declined to comment. If Reagan balks at turning over the material, Greene said he would provide the former president and the Justice Department with a secret document Poindexter submitted to the court out lining why he needs the diaries. After court filings by all sides, in cluding Iran-Contra prosecutors, the court will "make a final decision with respect to enforcement of the sub poena" for the diaries, Greene said. Reagan was ordered to give Poin dexter a diary entry relating to a "suc cessful" trip Poindexter took in De cember 1985 to Central America. "The entry includes a somewhat ambiguous comment arguably indicat ing that the former president knew" of Poindexter's "activities on behalf of the Contras," Greene said. The judge said Poindexter was en titled to diary entries in which Reagan described an effort to persuade the government of Honduras to release a seized arms shipment that had been destined for the Contras. Greene also said Poindexter must receive diary entries focusing on U.S. military assistance to an unidentified Central American country. Poindexter also is entitled to Re agan's diary entries concerning meet ings with Poindexter and others in December 1985 "to discuss the sales of arms to Iran," Green said, adding that one entry "addresses briefly the issue of the proceeds from these sales." Greene said that none of the diary entries shed "any light on the question of what President Reagan may have known about the diversion" of pro ceeds to the Contras from the admini stration's secret sale of arms to Iran. , ' V - -s v Ronald Reagan Budg et director backs Bush spending plan From Associated Press reports WASHINGTON White House Budget Director Richard Darman Tues day defended President Bush's $1.23 trillion budget against Democratic criti cism of gimmickry and rosy predic tions and tried to snuff out a movement to cut Social Security taxes. There are far fewer "gimmicks," such as shifting payments from one year to another to make the deficit look smaller, than in past budgets, Darman told the House Budget Committee. "I think every one of them (in the new budget) is defensible," he said. As for projections of greater eco nomic growth and less inflation than private economists are forecasting, Darman pointed to the administration's figures from July as "amazingly accu rate." "You are not dealing with people who are totally out of bounds,' ' he said. Darman spent most of the day before the committee listening to Democratic members complain that the budget, which Bush sent to Congress on Mon day, does not reflect a changing world because it proposes $292. 1 billion for the military in the fiscal year that be gins Oct. 1. "You've blown the opportunity for economic growth by spending more on military," Rep. Barbara Boxer, D- Calif., said. She said the administration proposal to save money starting in 1 994 by elimi nating several military bases was an effort to intimidate lawmakers who might prefer less spending for defense. "Why are some kinds of cuts good but other kinds are not? ' ' Darman asked. Darman was peppered with ques tions about Social Security, specifi cally a bill by Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y. That bill, which has drawn the interest of several lawmak ers but opposition from the administra tion, would cut payroll taxes as a way to keep the government from using sur plus Social Security taxes to finance other federal programs. "It is my personal opinion that he (Moynihan) never intended the plan to be taken as seriously as the press has taken it," Darman said, implying that Moynihan was simply trying to draw attention to the practice of using Social Security taxes for purposes other than providing benefits to retirees. Rep. Leon Panetta, D-Calif., chair man of the committee, interjected: "I get the impression that he is quite seri ous about the proposal." At the White House, Treasury Sec retary Nicholas Brady told reporters Moynihan's proposal was "the height of folly" and "goofy." Anti-nuclear protesters celebrate after 9-year vigil From Associated Press reports GREENHAM COMMON, Eng land Pam Jones huddled under a tattered umbrella on a muddy patch outside this U.S. air base, where women have kept up an anti-nuclear vigil for nearly nine years. The base is to be closed in 1 99 1 , a symbol of the changing face of Eu rope, but Ms. Jones isn't leaving yet. "We'll see it through to the end. No one will ever forget Greenham Common," she said Tuesday. Surrounded by a dismal clutter of broken chairs, plastic sheeting and the dying embers of a fire, she said, "It's a time of celebration." Greenham Common has been a U.S. base for nearly 50 years. It's where Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower saw off his D-Day invasion troops, and it has been a rallying point for the anti-nuclear movement since it be came a base for cruise missiles. Bulgarian leader fends off split SOFIA, Bulgaria Communist Party chief Petar Mladenov fiercely attacked the ousted leadership Tues day but offered few ideas for change as he tried to please reformers and conservatives and avoid a party split. As the party began a three-day congress, Mladenov proposed split ting the post of party chief and state president, which he assumed when Todor Zhivkov was removed Nov. 10 after 35 years in power. "It's my suggestion that the com rades adopt a decision that the same person should not be leading the party and the state at the same time," Mladenov told the 2,752 delegates. News in Brief Romanian minister sways army BUCHAREST, Romania Ni colae Ceausescu's defense minister shot himself in the heart because he could not bring himself to obey the dictator and fire on demonstrators during last month's revolt, accord ing to testimony Tuesday at a mili tary tribunal. The death of the former defense chief, Vasie Milea, helped turn army units against Ceausescu in the up rising that ended his 24-year rule. At the trial of four top Ceausescu associates. Col. Corneliu Pircala bescu testified that Milea asked him to tell his wife and children that he couldn't order defenseless demon strators killed. Minutes later, he shot himself, said Pircalabescu. Iraqi army accused of brutality NICOSIA, Cyprus Amnesty International said Tuesday that the Iraqi army attacked dozens of vil lages in southern Iraq this month and killed many civilians in an apparent attempt to capture army deserters. Also Tuesday, an Iraqi Kurdish groupclaimed the Iraqi military killed more than 60 fishermen this month. Iraq denied both reports. The London-based human rights monitoring group said it received reports that "large numbers of people, including unarmed civil ians and army deserters, were killed or wounded" in southern Iraq. GRADUATE PROGRAM IN PHYSIOLOGY University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill newophys iology molecular endocrinology cardiovascular and renal physiology cellular physiology molecular biology and biotechnology U7, to ,m,w.L the Carolina union gallery committee presents the 1990 JUMEB UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ART SHOW calendar slide entries due notification of acceptance accepted works due at Carolina union EXHIBITION RUNS APRIL 21 No Entry Fee awards march 1 march 10 march 19-28 m k i l :scac iW, k J vs. WAME IFOMIET 7:301PM (Dan5efliisiefl AuaaH. n p IS r -m - We don't J tho - 1 tot11 ac ar s w 0f v-' Cilic. 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