Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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he so er FL in '10 fit FE In th em mleijingien 33351 Vol. 9 Washihgton, 0.0. May 8, 1937 Hart Broken hy Miami Rice .4 defiant Gary Hart abandoned the race far the 1933 Democratic presidentiat nomination refusing to submit his tarniiy to further gossip. Mth his wife, tee, b y his side, Hart announced the end to what was one tar and away the troht-rahning campaign for the 1985 Democratic nomihation. He withdrew aniy 26 days after he tarmaiiy entered the race. His decision left the fieid without any troht-run- her, ahiy a pack at h'ttte hna wn Democratic hapet'uts Hart admitted mistakes in his actions, referring to his reiatihnshth with Donna Rice without ever naming her, Hart also insisted that issues are more important than personalities, regardless of what was initiah'y reported in the Mami Herald. The former Catarada senator began his appear- ance on national tete mien b y saying he intended to do more than simphr read a short statement of withdrawal. Hart says he thinks he could have won the homi- nation and the presidency. Hart also said that these events should not deter young peapte tram continu- ing to enter public service. Gary Hart argued that just because he was run- ning for president that he should retain some sem- hiance ot a private tile. Another Democratic candidate, Massachusetts go vernar Michaei Dukahis, had a different view when he visited Davenport on March 25 during his thst iawa campaign swing. Addressing 3 cm wet of Democrats in the basement of the itaiian Wikige Restaurant, Duhakis said Ameri- cans shauia' judge presidential candidates on charac- ter, competence, values, andihtegrity Anything they at their iamities do might be subject to public smite ing and deservedhi so, the the said. He iiitistratea' his point that hat anty presidential aspirants have to be careful about what they do and say he recounting a story Davenport Mayor Thain Hart taid him. Shartiy after he was elected mayor in 1935, Mr. Hart got in a h'ap when he used some barnyard language while addressing a group at high schaai students. He, like Hart, learned the hard way. the character issue which degged Gary Hart since the Marni Herald disclosed that aspiring ac- tress Danna Rice had visited his Washington town- hause last weekend never came up when the farmer Caiorado senator last visited .05 venpart April 30. Gary Hart tee Hart Danna Wee Lee Han Donna Rice 6511:: New 15 ark 551an Vol. 10 New York, NY May 8, 1987 Hart Dukahis Differed on Private issues Miami ttetatd' editur Heath Meriwether reads the story that ted in Hait's politics! dn wntatt. 27

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3119, New 155011: $11an Vol. 7 New York, NY May 2, 1987 Bahher Won't Fight to Regain PTL Disgraced tetevahgetist, Jim Bathei and his wife, Tammy, says he won't tight to regain leadership afh $129 PTL empire and that he, most likely iw'ti never minister again, Bahker. in his first he ws conference since the disciosure at the sex scandal that fed to his downfall. at said that he has never been to a prostitute or engaged in Wiferswappt'ltg and denied accusations that he is homosexual Fettowmg this. the Reverend Jerry Faiweii that control of the PTL in March at Bahker's request aft Bahher had admitted he had had a sexual tryst with church secretary, Jessica Hahn in 1980. The new Pi board severed ah' ties with Bahher fottowing revelations that Bahkei and his wife were paid $1.6 mhtioh 1986. in a report pubhkhed h y The Charlotte. A112, Observer, it was established that 3 H50, 000 fund was set i from which Jessica Hahn received a monthly payment at $800 to $1,200. in addition to a $115,000 peyme; to her representatives in February at 1935. Mrs. Hahn, who had a sexuai encounter seven years ago with Bahher, would have gotten the enti. $150,000 after 20 years it she did not sue Bahher ar reveal the iiaisah. 1,1,, 35m, Bahker remains in seciesmn in Palm Springs, Caiit, with his wife, Tammy Faye, saying it was the only wt to stop a diabolical plat by another evangeiist to seize his 51 T2 mittioh empire. Bahteris attarhe y later identihed the evangelist as Jimmy Swaggert Swaggert denied trying to bring don the PTL but admitted tethhg Assemblies of God leaders what he knew about Bather's sexuat encounter wii Hahn. the hvhehimgthh 390,51 Vol. 8 Washihgton, 0.0. May 7, 1987 New AIDS Virus May Cause Worldwm'e Epidemic A iethei retative at the AIDS virus is hirehi to spread from Africa to the rest of the waria', which could serioushi camphicate the already Witcutt job of hndihg an AiDS vaccine The microbe HtV-Z, else cauid raise questions about the accuracy 0! AIDS tests. HIV-Z, discovered in 1984, genetieaiw resembles HIV-t, the virus that causes AIDS 10th in the United States, and SW, the virus that causes an AiDS-iihe disease in monkeys. in a report in tadayk New Ehgtahd Journal of Medicihe, doctors train the Pasteur institute in Paris shows that HIM can cause hauired immune Dehcency Syndrome indistinguishable from that triggered by HtV-t. Doctors relay that the virus has been iaeah'zed tor the most part in West Africa, but that there is no reason why this epidemic could not spread over Attica and Europe GI other countries like HIM did, Earlier, Pasteur reseeiehers reported hndihg HIV-2 in two AIDS patients and another 30 documented cases at HIV? infection, pro vidihg strong evidence that the virus ecthah'y causes the cheese. The two viruses appear to attach the body in similar ways. just what this means for hhding an AIDS vaccme is unclear. Drug manufactur- ers may he able to base a vaccine on parts at the two viruses thataie geneticahy 1 identical, so one vaccine would block hath AIDS viruses. Another camptieetien includes the fact that the standard screening test to check blood for AIDS Witt etten miss the HtV-Z virus. So these tests, at least when used in Africa, should he modified to ihciude senshivity ta HtV-Z. i it was aisa theorized that both VfFL'SES he ve tong existed in rural parts of Africa 26 HtV-t in Centrai Africa and ittV-Z in West Attica, but that AIDS was not noticed because it struck sporadieatiy, moving to cities in recent years. $- ehh. A Agnew. tee-T... :55

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: $119 New god: Eimee Vol. 11 New York, NY. May 6, 1987 Second Charge Hied tt't tran-Contra Affair Independent Counsel Lawrence Watsh hted his second criminal charge in the trahecootra affair as congressional ih vestigators taoh sworn, tete wsett testimony about the Reagan administration's sanctioning of arms sates to trait in hopes of winning freedom for US. hostages in Beirut Walsh Med 3 compitacy charge agaihst pobhc relations executive Mchard Mitch who wanted as a consultant for Carl chaohets National Endowment for the Preservation at liberty. He had entered into a piea agreement with Watsh. Chanhett pleaded guilty to a simitar charge, this criminal charge was hted shartty before retired Air Force Major General Richard Secard told joint HaoseSenate hearings that traorahs were detiheratehi overcharged far the US, made weapons they bought. That was done in part out ofa desire by former Nationat Security Cooheit ahie tt, Cot. Oliver North's desire to divert funds to the Contra rebels in Meatagoa. Second said top go vemmeht othbiats recruited his heh: in setting the weapons m then in tsraeti stocks to tree. tie said he heheved Reagan administration oth'ciats sought his help as a commercial euteut: since neither the United States hor tsraet could deal airectty with the government in Teheran. NationatSeeority Adviser iahn Poiodextei atso testified that small amounts atarms could he used as bone tides with the trahiahs. With. him mhehingtmt tweet Vol 12 Washihgton, 0.0. Reagan Said to Maihtalh Contra Aid Former Nationai Security Adviser Robert McFartahe testified that he handed President Reagan a note ah an index card after a foreign ambassador promised to donate $1 mittion a month to the Nicaraguan Centres at a time when MS. military aid was banned. McFarlane also satkt that Reagan ordered him to help the Contra rebels hold body and soot together even though Cahgress had banned ail us. mhitaiy aid. - Testihiiog under oath. he said arise that the president has repeatedty made clear ih mrth and in private that he did not intend to break faith with the Contras. Mefartahe testitied that he met severat times privatehl with the ooamea' ambassador who uttthatiey matte the mittiahdotiar pledge from private funds. i there have been widespread reports that the country was Saudi Arahai and the ohticiat Prince Bandarhih Soitari. For his own involvement he retayed that Reagan had instrocted the aides to operate at all times within the law, and that in particular, the atb'es should not soheit, encourage. coerce, or otherwise broker financial contributions to the Coottas, What worked closely with Channel! to raise funds for the Contras. th pleading goitty in federal court, Channel! named the ouhtic relations executive and former Natiahat Security Aide North as people he conspired May It, 1987 Vol. 13 Washington, 0.6. Richard Secaid ,7? SA TODAY May 19, 1987 North Remains Fail Guy Robert Owen, depictmg hie as a middleman in the trah-Cahtra affair, testihed to picking up envelopes stuffed wtih cash. attempting secret aira'rops at weapons to Mearagoah rehets and jotting with North about going to jail if th'sca tiered. Owen reeaiied that North always said he would he the Fat! Guy it the Secret arms soppiy effort became pubiicy known. Testihiing under oath with hinited immunity, Gwen said he detieeted aheut $30, 000 in traveteiis cheats to as many as 10 Niccaragoah rebel teao'ers white serving as courier between North and the rebels. Oweh a sethdescribed toot soldier , in the sum? operation saint North kept a careful tedger oi the transfer of funds, but has no idea where that tedger is how. Owen also said that he believed the money for the traveler's checks orghiated with Contra leader Motto Catero, who pro Videa' it to North. in 193.1 North sent Owen to Costa Rica to ihvesthate the possihhity of constructing an airstrip as part of the secret restipphr effort. He made a trip to New Vartt during a bank hotio'ay and was told to go to a comer Chihese market, where he identited himself by a code word. The man he met rotted up his pant tag and potted out a wait at 5100 hh'is. He he ver profited personally from the affiar, except for the 32, 500-a-mooth stihehd the Centres paid him pros expenses.