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N6ws Dieest X ^ w Edited by Eric Pfanner Kidnappers free 77-vear-old British hostage DAMASCUS, Syria — In another break through in the hostage crisis, kidnappers freed 77-year-old Briton Jack Mann on Tuesday af ter holding him for 865 days, and a Shiite Muslim leader said a U.S. hostage might soon follow. Mann was led by officials into a packed news conference at the Syrian Foreign Minis try. “This morning I started another dreadful day... . I wondered how many more months I’ve got to stay.. . . I wondered how much longer, how much longer, how much longer. Wondering how many more months I’ve got to stay here, the white-haired, former World War II pilot said. Prime Minister John Major of Britain said he had heard that Mann was “a little unwell,” and a 10 Downing St. spokesman had said the government was “disturbed” about reports of Mann’s health. U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar has sought a broad exchange involving the Western hostages, an accounting of five missing Israeli servicemen and the release of hundreds of Arabs held by Israel. “I hope it’s not the end of the release pro gram,” President Bush said in New York. “There are many more.... It’s so tragic.” He said the United States could not have normal relations with Iran as long as any hostages are held. Hussein Musawi, a leader of Hezbollah, the umbrella group for most of the factions holding Westerners, told reporters in the Bekaa Valley town of Sohmor: “If things continue to proceed normally an American hostage will be released. Maybe within a week or less than a month.” He said Mann was set free “to facilitate Perez de Cuellar’s mission. The other side is required to facilitate his mission too.” He apparently referred to the kidnappers’ demands that Israel release 20 more Arab pris oners, or possibly Sheik Abdul-Karim Obeid, the Hezbollah leader seized by Israeli com mandos in 1989. Yossi Olmert, an Israeli government spokes man, said Mann’s release was a “a positive and welcome development” He noted that Israel still seeks word on five missing servicemen and added: “If more information comes our way, we will reciprocate.” Mann was freed at 8:40 p.m. at West Beirut’s Beau Rivage hotel and turned over to the Syrian army, Iran’s official Islamic Republic News Agency said. He was then taken to Damascus. At least nine Westerners are still missing in Lebanon — five Americans, a Briton, two Germans and an Italian. The longest-held hos tage in Lebanon is American Terry Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for The Asso ciated Press. 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SHARP Electronics/ Midwest High Tech CAMPUS REPRESENTATIVE: STEVE JORGENSEN CALL 467-2617 % Gates’ Iran-contra role disputed WASHINGTON — Two senior intelligence officials testified Tues day that in 1986 they clearly laid out for CIA director-designate Robert Gates evidence pointing to a White House diversion of money to Nicara guan rebels. The testimony by acting CIA di rector Richard Kerr and senior agency analyst Charles Allen differed from Gales’ assertions that he couldn’t recall being told of a White House role in the possible diversion. The question of what Gates knew aboutthe 1985-86diversionof money to the contras from U.S. arms sales to Iran has been at the heart of the debate by the Senate Intelligence Commit tee on whether to confirm Gates. Officials say he knew of diversion Gates has told the committee in sworn written responses to its ques tions that “to the best of my recollec tion, Mr. Allen never mentioned to me or speculated that anyone in the U.S. government, including the . . . White House” was involved in the diversion, which occurred despite a legal ban on U.S. aid to the rebels. Allen told the panel that he had met with Gates Oct 1, 1986, and again Oct. 7 to express his growing concern at increasing signs that a diversion was occurring. “Mr. Gates appeared startled and disturbed that the White House would involve itself in such dubious activ ity,” he said. Gales specifically expressed con cern at the role played by White House aide Oliver North, Allen said. Allen said Gates told him he had always admired North but that “this was going too far” if indcod a diversion was under way. Allen took his suspicions to Kerr, who was then the CIA’s director of analysis. Kerr testified that he passed Allen’s suspicions to Gates, probably in August, including the role North was believed to be playing. “I clearly mentioned this to Bob Gates, as well,” Kerr said. Netfraskan Editor Jana Padarsan 472- 17*6 Managing Editor Diana Brayton Assoc News Editors Stacey McKenzie Kara Welle Editona! Page Editor & Wire Editor Eric Planner Copy Desk Editor Paul Domeier Sports Editor Nick Hytrek Assistant Sports Editor Chuck Green Arts & Entertain ment Editor John Payne Professional Adviser Don Walton 473- 7301 FAX NUMBER 472-1761 The Dally Nebraskan(USPS 144-060) is published by the UNL Publications Board, Ne braska Union 34, 1400 R St., Lincoln, NE, Monday through Friday during the academic year; weekly during summer sessions Readers are encouraged to submit story ideas and comments to the Daily Nebraskan by phoning 472-1763 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m Monday through Friday. The public also has access to the Publications Board For information, contact Bill Vobejda, 436-9993 Subscription price is $50 for one year. Postmaster: Send address changes to the Daily Nebraskan, Nebraska Union 34.1400 R St.,Lincoln, NE 68586 0448 Second class postage paid at Lincoln, NE. ALL MATERIAL COPYRIGHT 1991 DAILY NEBRASKAN Official says missiles, troops are headed for Saudi Arabia WASHINGTON — The United States will send nearly 100 Patriot missiles and about 1,300 troops to Saudi Arabia today, a senior Penta gon official said Tuesday. The missiles will depart this morn ing from Germany, said the official who spoke on condition of anonym ity. “They’re getting ready to go now,” said the official. President Bush said last week that he would provide the missiles to the Saudis for defensive purposes. The Saudis requested the weapons as tensions healed in the Persian Gulf region in the wake of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s refusal to cooper ate with U.N. weapons inspectors. While House spokesman Marlin Fitz water said Iraq still possessed several hundred bcud missiles of the type used against Saudi Arabia dur ing the Gulf War.” Bush also made clear that he was willing to send warplanes back into the Persian Gulf area if necessary to allow the U.N. inspectors to go about their business. The official said that the U.S. contingent would be composed of two Patriot missile battalions. Each battalion will have 48 mis siles and will be accompanied by 690 soldiers, the official said. A formal announcement may be made “once the deployment starts,” the official said. The Pentagon announced last week that it intended to make the weapons available from its stocks. The number and the liming of the deployment remained uncertain. KT Crime Continued from Page 1 dent of reported motor vehicle thefts with 27. “This is not unusual for Norman compared to the ratio of cars on campus,” Slone said. UNL had one of the smallest numbers of mojor vehicle thefts with two reported. Cauble attributed the low figure to parking lots “better designed to patrol” and to the amount of time officers spend patrolling these lots. Charles Beckom, Kansas State University police chief, said officers at KSU deserved credit for the low number of crimes reported. Located in Manhattan, Kan., a city with a population of 37,712, KSU ranked seventh in the FBI report. KSU officers have “encouraged and established a large number of programs to educate (students) and protect property,” Beckom said. KU and KSU reported the most burglaries because of the state defini tion of burglary, Beckom and Welsh said. In Kansas, a burglary is the “entry into a building, vehicle, plane. .. for purpose of taking property.” In Nebraska, entrance into a car is con sidered larceny. Auto burglaries have decreased from past years because of the instal lation of closed-circuit television cameras in each parking lot on the KSU campus, with the main monitor located in the police department, Bcckom said. This installation helped reduce auto burglaries in 1990 by 50 percent, he said. If someone docs burglarize a car, the police department can prose cute individuals using the videotapes. Most crimes reported at each uni versity for 1990 fell into the category of larceny. “It is not unusual for theft to be No. 1 — always has,” said John Kish, a sergeant at the University of Colo rado at Boulder. CU’s location near Denver doesn’t help its larceny crime rates, Kish said. CU ranked third in crimes reported with 868; Boulder has a city popula tion of 83,312. Cauble said one reason UNL has a high incident of reported larcenies in residence halls is because students often leave their doors unlocked. And, he said, buildings at UNL have long hours of accessibility for students, which contributes to larce nies. Jack Watring, an officer at the University of Missouri at Columbia, said statistics for all crimes have risen in the past few years. That increase in reports may be because students are now more likely to report crimes, he said. MU ranked fifth in the FBI rating. Columbia has a population of 69,101. The Iowa State University direc tor of public safety, Loras Jaeger, said, “The chief of police shouldn’t take the blame for the crime rate. ISU in Ames, Iowa, ranked fifth in reported crime incidents. Ames has a population of 47,198. Jaeger said police chiefs arc criti cized for increases in crime statistics, which he said were often simply because of better education about reporting crimes. At ISU, a large number of students live on campus, which could explain the number of crimes, Jaeger said. Ames also is the site of many con certs, which affects the number ol crimes committed in parking lots, he said. Steve Gahagans, a sergeant at Oklahoma State University, said the low number of crimes at OSU is a result of education and enforcement. OSU had the lowest number of re ported crimes of all the Big Eight schools, with a total of 312. OSU, in Stillwater, Okla., is not located near a large metropolitan area; the population of the city is 36,676. UNL’s goal would be “to have zeros in all categories,” but that isn’t I possible, Cauble said. “We would like to do the best we I can do as far as property crimes go,’ I he said. “If we can stay low in violent I crimes, then human protection is being 1 done.” 1