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News Digest— By The Associated Press CIA cables subject of probe WASHINGTON — The chief of the CIA’s clandestine service told Con gress that Iran-contra independent counsel Law rence Walsh is probing the mystery of missing CL\ cables alerting the spy agency ia late 1985 that U.S. made missiles were being shipped tc Iran, according to testimony released Wednesday. Clair George, (he CIA’s deputy direc tor for operations, raised t he possibiltj the cables could have been destroyed in a cover-up, but he discounted the Nebraskan Editor Managing Editor Assoc NewsEditors Editorial Page Editor Wire Editor Copy Desk Chief Sports Editor Arts & Entertain ment Editor Asst Arts & Entertainment Editor Graphics Editor Asst Graphics Editor Photo Chief Night News Editors Art Director General Manager Production Manager Advertising Manager Advertisi ce m Creative or Publications Board Chairman Professional Adviser Mike Reilley 472-1766 Jen Oeselms Jann Nyffeler Mike Hooper Jeanne Bourne Linda Hartmann Joan Rezac Jell Apel Bill Allen Charles Lieurance Mark Davis Tom Lauder Paul Vonderlage Curt Wagner Scott Harrah Brian Barber Daniel Shattil Katherine Policky Marcia Miller Cindy Iske Mike Losee Don Johnson. 472-3611 Don Walton. 473-7301 me Daily NeDraskan (UbKb 144-ubui is published 6y the UNL Publications Board Monday through Friday in the fall and spring semesters and Tuesdays and Fridays in the summei sessions, except during vacations Subscription price is S35 tor one year Postmaster Send address changes to the Daily Nebraskan. Nebraska Union 34. 1400 R St Lincoln. Neb 68588-0448 Second-class I postage paid at Lincoln NE ALL MATERIAL COPYRIGHT 1987 DAILY NEBRASKAN — likelihood. George’s private testimony on Aug. 5 and 6 before the congressional Iran contra committees was distributed Wednesday although some sensitive portions remain classified and were blacked out. In addition to his comments on the missing cables, George also: • Tesitified that the White House and the late CIA Director William J. Casey ignored his strong complaints that unsavory and untrustworthy peo ple were helping run what George viewed as a total “arms for hostages deal" with Iran. • Suggested that Lt. Col. Oliver North's engaging personality won him friends at the CIA but a tendency toward exaggeration and melodrama kept even those who like him skeptical about things he told them. Still, he said, North had endeared himself to Casey, in part because he was “action oriented” and reminded Casey of his own exploits during World War II with the Office of Strategic Services, the military precursor to the CIA. • Declared that the North directed diversion of arms-sales profits to aid the contras was something the CIA could not properly be involved in. “You cannot take United States wea pons and just go out and sell them for a profit and use the profits as you see fit,” he said. “That’s the gospel." Iran refuses bargain in 7-year-old Iraq war NICOSIA, Cyprus — Iran accused the United States and Arab nations Wednesday of trying to impose an “ignominious peace,” and rejected any compromise in its 7-year-old war with Iraq. Sandstorms swept the Persian Gulf, drastically reducing visibility. Shipping executives puzzled over the wherea bouts of another convoy of Kuwaiti tankers and U.S. Navy escorts, or whether it was underway at all. The comments by Prime Minister Hussein Musavi of Iran appeared to be a reaction to an Arab League ultima turn Tuesday that Iran accept a July 20 cease-fire resolution by the U.N. Secur ity Council by Sept. 20 or risk a mass break in relations by Arab nations. His remarks, reported by Iran’s offi cial Islamic Republic News Agency, made no direct reference to the demand. In the United States, deputy State Department spokeswoman Phyllis Oak ley said Wednesday: “Unless the Iran ians officially indicate their accep tance very soon, we believe the U.N. Security Council must move ahead to consider enforcement measures.” U.S. delegates are consulting with other members of the 15-nation council about imposing sanctions on Iran for failing to comply with the resolution, which the Reagan administration shep herded through the council. Iraq has not attacked shipping in the gulf since the resolution was passed. Its news agency praised the Arab League action and called Wednesday for a boy cott of Iran that would force it “to accept a comprehensive and lasting peace" in line with the U.N. resolution. President Saddam Hussein started the war with an invasion of Iran in Sep tember 1980, but has been seeking a negotiated settlement for several years. In Brief_ Reagan urges open military policy debate LOS ANGELES — President Reagan on Wednesday challenged the Soviet Union to openly debate its military' policies and said that while Soviets have shown “movement toward more openness," their actions still are cause of "fears and deep concerns.” Reagan spoke to the Town Hall of California, a civic organization celebrating its 50th anniversary, in a ballroom of the hotel where he is staying during a five day Los Angeles visit. A senior administration official said the president’s speech showed “that we are at a point where we can have some new hope in our relationship" with the Soviets. Lottery may select radioactive dump site A lottery is one option the Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Compact Commission has in selecting a host state for a five-state regional waste disposal site. The lottery:and four other options are described in a discussion paper submitted to the compact commission this week by US Ecology Nuclear’ of Lousiville, Ky. Federal appeals court reverses textoooK Dan ATLANTA — A federal appeals court on Wednesday reversed an Alabama judge’s order that had banned 44 textbooks from state public school on the grounds that the books improperly excluded references to religion or promoted the belief in “secular humanism. Army grounds fleet of helicopter gunships WASHlNGTnM — The Army on Wednesday grounded its entire fleet of new AH-64 Apache helicopter gunships, describing the action as a precautiolfiflf IftftflBure in the wake of a fatal crash last week. The service said the directive applied to all 264 Apaches now in the inventory and would remain in effect until an investigation was com pleted of the Aug. 21 crash at Fort Rucker, Ala., that killed Ronald, Rivera, chief warrant officer 4th Class, of Brentwood, N.Y. Army officials said in a statement that they were still investigating the cause of the helicopter’s mechanical failure and would issue instructions when the investigation is complete on what would be needed to bring the AH-64 back into service. Magazine awards journalism college NEW YORK — The Reader^ Digest Foundation has awarded $41 million to 16 graduate journalism schools. Each school will receive $412,500 a year for five academic years beginning in September. The University of Nebraska-LJncoln College of Journalism was; selected as one of the recipients for its overall excellence, said George V. Grune, chairman and chief executive officer of Reader’s Digest. 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