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

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$112 New 13ml: Eimes Vol h, 1987 May 6, 1987 Casey Ex-CM Chieh Dies Wham 1. Cesey, the former wartime spymaster who as CIA dhectar restored the agency's vhror tattewihga gem! of eroding mutate and sharp criticism at its activities worldwide, died at the age at 74'. rushed to the hospital. he mah'gnaht, North. rampage: for president. World Tragedies hm mhhhihgmh 110051 Vol. h, 1987 May 10, 1987 Jethher Crash Kih's 183 A Pahsh jetltner hound for New York with 183 peopte aboard caught the and plunged into a forest outside Warsaw after the phat tried thtiteh to return to the airport, The plan, carrying 17Americahs, tore through a fine of trees and expteded into a hat! of tire three miles southeast of Okeete International Atrpqrt Other victims among the passengers were 134 Poles and 21 Fetish citizens permanently resimhg abroad four wbtims which were children aged twe ta h've years. This is considered the world's worst air accident in ciwt aviation history this year an accth'eht in which the exact cause of the crash was not determined Most h'hety, it was due to an engine malfunction. The plane was a modification at the tt-EZ, widehr used hy statea wheat airhnes. The phat, Capt. Zygmuht Pawtaezyh, reported engine trauhte 25 minutes into the thght. The immediate cause at death was asphatiahat pneumam'a as a result at a central nervous system lymphoma. Casejfis cancerous brain tumor, discovered late last year, was a cahtrthuhtw tartar. Casey had resumed as ch'rectar at the cm on Feb, 2, seven weeks after he was struck by brain seizures and He underwent surgenw Dec. 13 at Georgetown Univemihr Hospital for rema vat of the tamer that proved to Sen. Patrick Leahy, farmer vice-ehairmah of the Senate thteth'gehce Committee, said Casey probably hhew more than ahyahe about the hah-Cahtra affair' with the possible exception of hred White hhhse aid, attver ht Caseyis test phhh'e appearance, he testih'eh' at length on Capital thtt ahaut the Cth's rate in arms shtbmehts to Iran. He conceded that the ihtethgehce agency became involved in the secret deah'ngs with Iran in the summer and fall of 1.935, before Reagan issued format authertzatfen. Reagan named Casey. a successful tax attorhex to head the 014 in 1981 after Casey helped manage his - Air And Sea SA TODAY V01 h, 1987 May 1.9, 1987 37 oh: tin Shh? Attack the death toll rose to 37 in the mismte attach an the USS Starh after a tn'gger-happy Iraqi pilot launched a death misshe into the Stem CIEW charters. Defense Secretary, Caspar Weinberger said the United States had listened in an radh: communications from the Iraqi Mrage tighter that tauhehed the missile against the 11.3. frigate in the Persian Gull, hut cautdh't etaharate on what was heard. the shh: was carrying a total efZZZ athbers and sattars when it was attached Gregory Tweedy of Champaign, a the centre! technician, was one What: resident that was hrttett The Stark. a 4534001 ghided-mmhe hhgate, was being towed hy the HSS Cenyngham. as hrehkhters continued to hattte tires around the 1040-15 haat hate in Its port side. E a 29

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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.

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30 .LIGHTS! RIVER! ACTION! . Local News 50h Burns. a striher at John Deere Hall'ejler Wants, mm, peers out the Window of a strikers hut. Strikers he we tried to express their feelings with signs amt pictures which point out union members' hustlatr'nn. John Deere Works Local 434 members shew dissatisfaction with UAW Wcz-Ptexin'ent Bih' Casste wen: after they rejected the Deere Pact et UFHS Campus. THE Rock Island ARGUS Vol 1 February 1, 1987 Rock Island It. Breakthrough Seen in DtSpute Deere factories around the Quad Cities stirred with life today after a the month hibernation that ended on Feb. 1. More than .1700 local United Auta Workers began returning to their jobs after over- whelminghr approving a 20-month pact with Deere h 80. Workers at M UAW locals in six states rating 9,150 to U48 to end the fohgest work stoppage tn the company's 150-year histw. The strike tach-eut tar surpassed the 110-day strike in 1950, previoush the longest in Deere histo- ry. The previous three-year agreement was extended twice after it expired in June. talks brake aft on Aug. 23 and the UAW cattea' a sefectjve strike at Deere plants in Man. and Duhuque and Watertao, Iowa. Deere respendea' by ctasr'hg its 10 remaining plants in thjncis and Iowa. The HAWlater expanded the strike to five company facilities, including John Deere Parts 00., East Molina. In all, the strike toch-out had tdted about 12. 000 workers with 3,200 of that h'gure in the Quad cities alone, The new pact. met shit with much apposition, contains a sweeping iah-security program similar to one in a contract negotiated by the M W tar Caterptt- tar the. It also sports the Protected Emptayee Group program eratecting 90$ at workers at each focal froth tayott due to economic conditions, marketptace changes, consolidation of operations, tmpm red pra- ductr'vity, and introduction of a new technology.