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THE BATTALION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1980 Page 7 '-Nation/World illy cleared of criminal violation United Press International WASHINGTON (UPI) — A Sen te panel Thursday charged top ^ministration officials used poor pment in dealing with Billy Car- ^ $220,000 Libyan affair — but id no evidence of criminal viola- s or deliberate wrongdoing. But one Republican senator said investigation shows “a clear pat- em of misconduct” by the adminis- ilntion, and a second senator sug- jestcd President Carter brought Bil- y into the Iranian hostage situation ast November to help his brother nancially. , |The special Senate Judiciary Sub- xmimittee ended a two-month in stigation by issuing a 249-page in terim report with a score of pages of inclusions. ijThc report said Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti, national security wviser Zbigniew Brzezinski and njhers did not give President Carter iHlcient warning of the danger of Jiii brother’s Libyan dealings, ffhe subcommittee concluded lyaexerted great effort to gain Bil- lyfcarter’s friendship to use him in ^pmpting to influence U.S. policy to gain a means of embarrassing B president. j|he president was “ill advised” to on his brother in November to persuade Libya to intercede with Hr on behalf of U.S. hostages held irilran because this enhanced Billy Carter s image with the Libyans. 7l lowirdI , {Billy Carter capitalized on this by obtaining a promised $500,000 per- tdrewot Wnal loan from Libya, collected a experiei ^0,000 c l own payment last Decem- Id ( 0 am [aer and $200,000 in April, and also md *d to negotiate an oil deal that 1 would net him a fortune. e subcommittee said Billy Car- merits severe criticism” for capi- ilizing on his White House connec- tions despite repeated warnings of pts it posed for the president and the nation. The report said the Justice De- Brtment did not show the presi- ts. dent’s brother favoritism in permit ting him to register late as a Libyan agent July 14 without penalty, and said the White House did not try to influence the decision. However, individual members differed widely in their personal views and some Republicans said the subcommittee should have rebuked administration officials involved in much stronger terms. Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., said the investigation shows “a clear pattern of misconduct” by the admi nistration in the Billy affair. Thurmond said in his view the re port, following a two-month investi gation, represents a non-partisan judgment that official conduct “falls far short of the standards the Amer ican people have a right to expect from their government.” “The facts in the report unmistak ably demonstrate that these officials — the director of central intelli gence, the national security adviser, the attorney general and the White House — followed a clear pattern of misconduct throughout this entire episode,” he said. Thurmond said the misconduct consisted of efforts to soften and de lay the impact on the American pub lic of Billy Carter’s connection with Libya’s radical, terrorist-supporting regime. Thurmond charged that Billy Car ter’s using the fact he was the presi dent’s brother and his White House entree to obtain a $220,000 Libyan loan and to attempt to make a lucra tive oil deal with Libya has an appearance of influence peddling which the administration “did little or nothing to prevent.” “When hard evidence began to come in, it (the administration) duck ed and dodged until its hand was forced by the operation of the Fore ign Agents Act and the spotlight of public opinion, ” Thurmond said. UPI learned the panel deleted a condemnation of the president’s brother from its report during an in- araguay breaks with Nicaragua he non-i depleted ring of 1.5 increased f| percent, lay-offs cai imployrnfr'l United Press International ice, insurf;;. ASUNCION, Paraguay — The lefiffftt. i»eign Ministry said Thursday Pa ul 3.9 pereaguay has broken relations with jeline. 'Jicaragua because it has evidence FEC offictBat country was involved in the renewal assassination of former Nicaraguan ace, andl/resident Anastasio Somoza. >bs. Accor®. A Foreign Ministry statement said labor rev ?araguay has “irrefutable evidence” in shortsuflf the Sandinista regime’s involve- iting clerl nent in the Sept. 17 attack, c, automof,President Alfredo Stroessner’s cker and (overnment communicated the de- lision to break relations Wednesday , „ :o Mexican Ambassador in Asuncion, food s^illermo Alberto Robles. ipers, lice The Mexican Embassy in Asun- e clerb i on h as been representing Nicara- sales dr ; uan interests in Paraguay since < drivers itroessner’s government expelled ploymenl^f on ly two Nicaraguan diplomats Percent n Asuncion Aug. 20. N '"j g* 3 ' fri Pastor Cronel, the chief of police 0 r|i(| i nvestigations, said shortly after I ' iomoza’s assassination that he be- n ,u ,ieved the two diplomats “were link- reas in /d to the plot and the people in- rcent;Evolved in it.” -Tempi 1, A guerrilla commando group, us- 4 percent n g a mo( l eni grenade launcher and lutomatic weapons on Sept. 17 4-2 P erC1 mbushed Somoza’s white imousine, killing Somoza, a busi- iess adviser and Somoza’s chauffeur. Somoza, 54 at the time of his death, fled to Paraguay about a month after resigning as president of Nicaragua as guerrilla forces were defeating his national guard in a bloody civil war. Gunfire rang out early Thursday near the house Somoza occupied in Asuncion in a fight between uniden tified people and police guards, neighborhood residents reported. The witnesses said at least two policemen were injured in the shoot ing at Somoza’s house where Somo za’s long-time friend Denorah Samp son continues to live. Official sources and spokesmen, however, had no comment on the incident. a d Waco, tfovvarj >ts iu a , in bef° re ' asA^‘ bib; | and* 0 ' eeri 11 # COME GROW WITH US ALDERSGATE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH "The Church With A Heart-Warming Touch' TEMPORARILY MEETING AT A&M CONSOLIDATED MIDDLE SCHOOL AUDITORIUM JERSEY ST. AT HOLIK ST., COLLEGE STATION SUNDAY SERVICES: SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:45 A.M. MORNING WORSHIP 11:00 A.M. EVENING WORSHIP 6:30 P.M. CHURCH OFFICE 2114 SOUTHWOOD 696-1376 PASTOR: TERRY TEYKL 9 OUT OF 10 PUPPIES PREFER THE BATTALION ternal tug-of-war over words. Re publicans urged stronger criticisms than did the Democratic members, sources said. Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., har shly criticized President Carter’s role, suggesting he brought Billy Carter into the hostage crisis in November to help him financially. “The president most probably had no idea of precisely how Billy would benefit, but he concluded that in volvement of Billy was a relatively harmless brotherly gesture,” Lugar said. “The White House was de meaned in the process.” Lugar said the White House has failed to understand fully Libya’s hatred of America. He said the radic al regime has sought through “ter rorist activity and assassination attempts to unravel the Camp David accords between Egypt and Israel. Most of the nine members of the special Senate Judiciary subcommit tee attached statements of their own divergent views to the report. An earlier draft of the report noted the action apparently boosted Billy Carter’s prestige with the radical Li byan regime and also gave a nation that opposes most U.S. Mideast poli cies a means to embarrass the presi dent. 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