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World and Nation
lacocca: Liberty project
hurt because of his firing
Associated Press
HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. — Lee
lacocca said Thursday his ouster as
head of the government advisory
commission on the Statue of Liberty
“borders on being un-American,”
and said he was fired because he
fought commercialization of the
project.
“In the end, a beautiful project
gets hurt; I don’t get hurt,” lacocca,
chairman of Chrysler Corp., said at a
news conference at company head
quarters.
lacocca said he was not certain
why Interior Secretary Donald Mo
del fired him Wednesday night from
the job he has held for four years.
But he said he believed it was related
to a National Park Service endorse
ment of a luxury hotel and confer
ence center for Ellis Island, which
also is being restored.
Model’s action “borders on being
un-American,” lacocca said. “A lot
of people have worked hard for four
years on behalf of this project and so
have I, and I don’t appreciate being
disenfranchised on somebody’s
whim.”
lacocca remains head of the pri
vate foundation that has raised $233
million for the project.
Model held an impromptu side
walk news conference to respond to
lacocca’s remarks.
“If you watched Lee today, it’s ap
parent he’s very headstrong, and it
may be he’s made up his mind what
he wants to happen on Ellis Island,”
Model said, “but the American peo
ple deserve ... an unfettered look.”
lacocca was replaced by Armen
Avedisian, a 59-year-old retired con
struction executive from Hinsdale,
Ill.
The Washington Post in Thurs
day’s editions quoted two unidenti
fied former administration officials
as saying White House Chief of Staff
Donald Regan made the decision to
fire lacocca several months ago be
cause of “extremely bad blood” be
tween Reagan and lacocca over the
Chrysler bailout, in which the auto
maker received $1.2 billion in fed
eral loan guarantees.
Reagan spokesman Larry Speakes
said, “That’s bad reporting on the
part of the Post, I’m sorry.”
Cuba sends
conciliatory
signal to church
Associated Press
HAVANA — In a fresh signal
of Cuba’s newly conciliatory atti
tude toward the Roman Catholic
Church, a draft of the Commu
nist Party program for the next
five years encourages Cubans to
respect the beliefs of church
goers.
The draft calls on Cubans to
honor “the moral integrity of be
lievers” and to avoid any practice
that could “wound religious senti
ments.”
The proposed policy is consis
tent with what appears to be a
studied effort by the government
to improve relations with the
long-suffering Catholic commu
nity.
There are now' an estimated
210 priests in Cuba • compared
with a pre-revolutionary total of
more thatj 800. Church activities
have been severely limited.
Bureau chief reportedly
revealed too much to press
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Justice De
partment officials were aghast
Thursday over statements by the
head of the Drug Enforcement Ad
ministration, which led to exposure
of an undercover investigation into
alleged cocaine smuggling by East
ern Airline baggage handlers in Mi
ami, sources said.
A federal grand jury in Miami is
receiving evidence in the case, and
the investigation, which has involved
the use of undercover operatives, is
continuing, said several law enforce
ment sources here, who spoke on
condition they not be identified.
DEA Administrator John C. Lawn
disclosed the existence of the probe
Tuesday following a speech in San
Jose, Calif., after answering a ques
tion from the audience concerning
cooperation with major airlines in
fighting drug smuggling.
When an Associated Press re
porter later asked for further details
of the case, Lawn said the Justice De-
partrnent is preparing indictments
against about 50 employees of a ma
jor airline, for smuggling cocaine
from South America.
Lawn did not name the airline,
but he did say charges would be filed
on the East Coast. The DEA chief
also said “the indictments will go
within the next several weeks.” The
next day in San Francisco, Lawn
again discussed the investigation
with reporters.
Several Justice Department offi
cials, insisting they not be named
publicly, said they were dismayed
that Lawn would have revealed so
much about an ongoing and sensi
tive undercover operation.
Publicly, Justice Department offi
cials had no comment about Lawn’s
statements, which were made during
appearances Tuesday and Wednes
day in California.
The DEA chief was continuing a
round of speeches in San Francisco
Thursday, and could not immedi
ately be reached for comment.
Law enforcement sources subse
quently described the trafficking op
eration as a cocaine pipeline from
Bogota, Colombia which allegedly
was run through Eastern baggage
handlers at Miami.
Shuttle panel shown videotape of liftoff
Associated Press
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The
presidential commission investigat
ing the Challenger explosion was
shown videotape and still pictures
Thursday of a black puff of smoke
between the right rocket booster and
fuel tank as the space shuttle left the
pad, a government official said.
The official, who asked not to be
identified, said he did not know the
significance of the smoke, but it
could indicate Challenger was in
trouble from the moment of liftoff.
NASA spokesman Hugh Harris
said the panel, which flew to the
scene of the shuttle disaster for two
days of closed-door sessions, was
shown the videotape and photos for
the first time Thursday. He called
the smoke unusual but refused to
elaborate further.
A space agency official who re
quested anonymity said the puff of
smoke was between the right booster
and the external tank when it left the
pad. Members of the commission
thought it was interesting enough to
study further, he said.
Previous videotapes and still pho
tographs show a plume of fire and
smoke coming out of the bottom sec
tion of the right booster 58 seconds
after liftoff. The speculation is that
this caused the external tank to ex
plode, destroying Challenger and its
seven-member crew 73 seconds after
launch.
Commission Chairman William P.
Rogers said the panel was looking
forward to its on-site inspections on
Friday and to continuing a detailed
investigation.
One objective of the visit here was
to explore the effect of the tempera
tures — 27 degrees several hours
prior to the Challenger launch and
38 degrees at liftoff — on the so-
called O ring seals, Rogers said.
Lawrence B. Mulloy, project man
ager for the boosters, testified be
fore the commission in Washington
on Tuesday that cold weather might
make the seals stiffen and, at lest
theoretically, fail to seat properly in
the gap they seal.
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