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For tiie second time in 17 days, Reagan met in (he Oval Office witli members of the review hoard headed by former Sen. John Tower; R-Texas. He appointed the panel Nov. 2(> to investigate the activities of (he National Security Council stall, including the secret sale of arms to Iran and diversion of profits to Contra rebels in Nicaragua. At (he request of the hoard, Rea gan granted a one-week extension, until Feb. 2(i, for the panel to submit its final report. T he report originally was due Jan. 29, hut the hoard was granted a delay until Feb. 19. Reporting on Reagan’s 70-minute session with the board, presidential spokesman Marlin fit/.water said: “Today’s meeting reviewed (he Na tional Security Council process and the development and execution of the Iran policy and the president’s role. T he president answered all of the hoard’s questions.” Fit/.water said the hoard asked for more time to submit its findings in order “to comprehensively deal with all the information it has obtained.” Herbert Hetu, the hoard’s spokes man, said more time was sought be cause of “a recent acquisition of new material.” He would not elaborate, except to say the request was not the result of the meeting with Reagan, the hoard’s review of Reagan’s notes or the hospitalization of former na tional security adviser Robert Mc- Farlane, who took an overdose ol the tranquilizer Valium on Monday. The meeting came one day after the While House revealed that Rea gan had turned down a request from Tower that he order former aides John Poindexter and Oliver North to appear before the hoard and an swer questions. Tower had asked Reagan to issue the order in his role as commander- in-chief of the armed forces. Poin dexter, who quit as Reagan’s national security adviser because of the Iran- Contra affair, is a Navy vice admiral on active duty; North, who was fired in (he affair, is a lieutenant colonel in the Marines. fit/.water said that ordering the men to testify would violate their constitutional rights against self-in crimination, and a similar guarantee provided by the Uniform Code ol Military Justice, which rovers serv icemen. North and Poindexter Iwith have invoked the fifth Amendment and refused to answer questions Irom congressional committees. In other developments Wednes day: The speaker ol Iran’s parlia ment, Hashemi Rafsanjani, said the United States had made a new at tempt "a few days ago" to contact Iranian leaders and even provided a direct telephone mutiher lot Rea gan, according to I ehran radio. The report did not idenlily the in- tei mediary who contacted Inm officials and gave no indbtin 11 an’s rcponse. fit/.water said Reagan was concerned” ahout loimei nain security aide McFarlane wlm,p sources said, was trying to nn suic ide when he took the Vai overdose. White House telephones computer equipment in dick < .1 \1< l- .n l.mr and I’omdexln ■- disconnected last Nov. 25,they] day that it was disclosed dialn was skimmed from (he Iranm deals for the (anitras, FiUwater* Lawyer says McFarlane harassed over cooperation with Iran probe L t ic roi pr in} int tin hit St< 17 16 K a ha lio hi ye; ip nit we Ka WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert C. McFarlane, the former presi dential aide who is recovering from a drug overdose, has been picked on Unfairly because he’s the only key figure cooperating in the investiga tions of the sale of U.S. weapons to Iran, his lawyer said Wednesday. “lie’s the only game in town for (he press to write about and some inembers of Congress to complain (about,” attorney Leonard Garment said, noting that his client — unlike pther important players — volun teered to testify on Capitol I (ill and (elsewhere. President Reagan, meantime, is “very concerned and upset for hud,” While House spokesman Marlin fit/.water said, using the nickname of the former national security ad viser who, police sources said, tried to commit suic ide Monday. Reagan telephoned McFarlane’s wife, Jonda, on Tuesday, hut has not spoken to McFarlane, While* House officials said. McFarlane, 49, remained hospi talized at belhesda Naval Hospital in suburban Maryland on Wednesday, two days after he swallowed between 25 and .TO tablets ol the iranquili/ci Valium. McFarlane was listed in good con dition, said Lt. Russ Sanford, a hos pital spokesman. Sanford re!used to say what type of treatment doctors were giving McFarlane. “He’s feeling OK,” Garment said, who did not know how long the re tired Marine lieutenant colonel would remain in the hospital. “I just hope he gets well as soon as possi ble.” Garment said he* was angry Ih*- cause McFarlane’s testimony before several congressional panels investi gating the sale of U.S. arms to Iran and the possible diversion ol profits to Nicaraguan Contra rebels has been scrulini/ed intensely lot holes and disc repancies. “F.veryone is pic king on what he said,” Garment said in an interview. “1 think it’s unfair liecause the dis crepancies are not really disc repan cies," hut simply one* side* ol the* story because most of the central partici pants have relusccl lo aiiswei lions. I wo ol the |K*o|)k* iqxiitolT principals in the c!e;il to sdl arms to Iran — Ll. (lol.(HmtI North, a Inrmer NationalV Council aide, and Vice Adiu.Jit M. Poindexter, the ex-NSC(W invoked their constitutionalhH remain silent when called In ini <m (’.apitol Hill. Moreover, Reagan relused h- del Poindexter, who suumld 1 fat lane at the NSC, or Northi»i peai helore a I li lee-nitiil presidential commission imrsu ing (he Iran-Contra ease,Fil/n said. I he Ixiard, c haired In fin Sen. John G. Towel, R-Texas, asked Reagan as rommaiKlt c hiel to ordei both men loaf} Ik - fore the panel, which isexpc to Finish its report by Feb. III. M< Fai lane was to makehbsti appearance behne the loweri mission the day he wasrnsliedl hospital suffering Irom the c iverclc >se. ;;N. an s in J'Cal h., c iin sai tai Su loi It as pa r s i> lie Vietnam film once ignored by studios ‘Platoon’ leads Oscar nominations 8 i a m ■ a ■ ffTWt jVail (Shoppe Valentine’s Special Sculptured nails $35. 00 BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — “Platoon,” a searing Vietnam drama that no studio would touch, and “A Room with a View,” a period ro mance regarded as a longshot, scored eight nom inations apiece Wednesday to lead the 59th an nual Oscar race. Woody Allen’s “Hannah and Her Sisters” and two surprises, the outer-space sequel “Aliens” and “T he Mission,” a church-vs.-state story of co lonial Brazil, were runners-up with seven apiece. T he Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sci ences’ 4,()()0-plus voters made these nominations for best picture of 198(>: “Children of a Lesser Cod,” “Hannah and Her Sisters,” “T he Mission,” “Platoon” and “A Room with a View,” a gentle story of Britons at leisure in Florence, Italy and the English countryside. Besides best picture, “Platoon” garnered nom inations for director, editing, sound, cinemato graphy and screenplay, and two nominations lot best supporting actor. It represented sweet vindication lor writer-di rector Oliver Stone, who spent 10 I rustrating years trying to Find hacking for the Film ot his memories as an infantryman in Vietnam. Stone also was nominated for the .screenplay for “Salvador,” a Film about a journalist in war- torn El Salvador, co-written with Richard Boyle, which hasn’t seen wide distribution yet. “It would he very hard to have another year as good as this one has been,” Stone said Wednes day in New York. “1 am thrilled by both honors, especially that ‘Salvador’ has been retrieved from obscurity.” T he nominations also featured Paul Newman, who has qualiFied six times before with nary a win; longtime jazz great Dexter Cordon in his acting debut; and hearing-impaired Marlee Mat- lin in a nearly mute performance. Newman was nominated for best actor for his repeat as East Eddie Felson in “T he C’.oloi ol Money,” a sequel to “The Hustler” of 25 years ago. Also named were last year’s winner, William Hurt, as Matlin’s teacher in “Children of a Eessei Cod,” Cordon for “Round Midnight,” James Woods for “Salvador” and Boh Hoskins lor “Mona Lisa.” Hoskins said by telephone from London, where he is making a Film: “I didn’t really expect anything like that, hut I was very, very hopelul " am tai. ptk lies Sio the Nominated loi playing a role he describedl peily crook, a very ordinary man,” the 4 added,“I am deeply honored.” Previous Oscar winners Jane Fonda in j Morning After” and Sissy Spacek in “(liiwl the lleaii” were nominees for I lest actress, 4 with Matlin fen “( hildrcn ol a l.esst'M't ^> ( | Kathleen T’urnc i loi “Peggy Sue Got and Sigoui ney Weaver for “Aliens.” Besides Stone and Boyle, nomineesinlM ^ iual s< reenplay c ategory were Raul Him ten Shaclie and John Cornell for “‘Crocodilt'HI dee,” Allen for “Hannah and llei Sisters ||| I lanil Kureishi for “My BeautifulLaundreM II the 198<» nominations carry anymes® may he that money doesn’t matter. Excefl “Platoon,” none of the nominees lor best pj was a box-office smash. Of the yearsbUy ters, “T op Cun” managed lorn lesser nations, the same for “Star T rek IVT’heV | Home.” “Crocodile’ Dundee” and “The Karait] Part 11” had one apiece. The 59th awards will Ixe presented at tin Angeles Music Center on March SO. COMMON LINK BETWEEN MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS STEVEJOHNSON MIKE GRAHAM Dir. of The Islamic Teaching Center PROF. DAVENPORT TAMU PHIL & HUMA DEPT. Dir. of The Baptist Student Union Friday, February 13, 1987 at 7:00 p.m. MSC Room 201 FREE ADMISSION Sponsored by The Saudi Student Club BY STEVE A. JOHNSON Saturday, February 14, 1987at? 0011 1 MSC Room 201 FRFP AnMI^ |ON ■Mi