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ARE YOU QUALIFIED TO LEAD TOMORROWS COLLEGE BOWL NOW TAKING APPLICATIONS MSC 216 4^ "ir 845-1515 Page 14 The Battalion Thursday, November^ Secord pleas guilty to avoid trial," agrees to ‘cooperate fully’ in cases. pf EUROPE 1992 and beyond A New Economic Power and its consequences for the United States Featuring Dr. Steve Cooney of the National Association of Manufacturers speaking on the economic unification of Western Europe Thursday, November 9 701 Rudder Tower 7:00 p.m. free admission and refreshments WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Richard V. Secord pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of lying to Congress in the Iran-Contra affair, agreeing to “cooperate fully” with prosecutors in later cases. He thus could become a government witness against John M. Poindexter, national security ad viser in the Reagan administration and Oliver North’s White House boss. Poindexter, whose criminal trial is to begin Jan. 22, is accused of conspiracy, obstructing Congress and three counts of making false statements. Secord, the Iran-Contra middleman enlisted by North, admitted to U.S. District Court Judge Aubrey Robinson that he had made a false statement on June 10, 1987, when he denied to congressional investigators that he gave anything of benefit to North. Secord paid the bill in 1986 for a security sys tem at North’s home, $7,000 in cash and $9,000 drawn on a U.S. bank from profits of “the Enter prise,” the maze of companies and secret Swiss bank accounts Secord and his business partner Albert Hakim used in the Iran-Contra affair. Prosecutors indicated in court papers they had been examining possible criminal tax violations by Secord and had been prepared to present evi dence that he “personally received total profits . . . in excess of $1.5 million” from the sale of weap ons to the Contras and Iran. Secord has over $170,000 in unpaid legal bills, according to a recent fund-raising letter mailed by supporters of a Secord legal defense fund. The fund-raisers estimated a trial would have cost him another $600,000. The government will move to dismiss the 1 1 remaining criminal charges pending against Se cord, who was scheduled to go on trial next Mon day. Eight of the charges relate to allegations of false testimony to Congress in 1987 focusing on his profits in the Iran-Contra affair. He also is charged with three counts involving gratuities for North. “We are satisfied that this is a fair, just and re sponsible solution to a difficult case,” said asso ciate independent counsel Reid Weingarten, the head of the three-member prosecution team in the Secord case. To date, four people including Secord have pleaded guilty to various crimes in the Iran-Con tra affair. North is appealing his jury conviction of three felonies and trials are pending for Poin dexter, Secord’s business partner Hakim and for mer CIA station chief Joseph Fernandez. A pre-trial court hearing for Hakim is>— tiled for Thursday before U.S. Districi 'ol Judge Gerhard Gesell. H| Pleading guilty in the affair in March** mer National Security Adviser Robert \!J lane, who was placed on probation and: $20,000 for withholding information from(| gress. 1 Secord could face up to five years in pnv the false statement plea. The judge, who. both sides for court filings on whethermaxi^p lines applicable under the law are $10,Of(Hp $250,000, set no date for sentencing. Secord told the judge that “I was shield Ixnh of us” when he denied toconptjp nal investigators that he gave anything to Secord also helped set up a $200,0001:|< ance fund for the education of North’schii®® stated a prosecution document outlini! dence in support of his guilty plea. Eas day the Ber In his congressional testimony in 1987,\ said he knew nothing of the $200,000 be:-. aside in the account. But prosecutors & court papers that Secord informed North val ’ fund shortly af ter it was opened. Bei Minorities ent -de. ft Ho Cover Thurs.: Memorandum Fri.: Don Pope & Friends Sat.: Karen Chavis 9:30-12:30 Happy Hour 11 a.m.-7 p.m SEAFOOD & STEAKS 505 E. University 846-5388 (Continued from page 1) but there are improvements which need to be made. “Wilder, who had an excellent re cord as Lt; Governor, should have won hands down according to polls taken earlier in the race, but instead the results were very close,” Hernan dez said. “I believe this happened because many whites chickened out at the voter’s booth and didn’t vote for him like they said they would in polls.” Nika Davis, a political science ma jor from Waco, said he believes the election of Wilder and Dinkins proves that persons will usually vote for the most qualified person run ning for a position no matter what race he may be. “Issues, not race should be consid ered,” Davis said. “Often times peo ple vote for a person based on his color which can be a problem be cause skin color has nothing to do with a person’s political abilities.” Curtis Franks, an executive offi cer in the Black Awareness Commit tee, said he thinks the number of blacks in office will increase if blacks become more involved inpofcjf" Franks, .i freshman jour^ j major from Huntsville said. L.j need to get involved in all elf:” and not just in elections wilt o, candidates. Many blacks voift^p Jessie Jackson in the primarieH txfcause he is black and IdoniillL this is light because thoughkf / good diplomat, he probablvK jL, l>est man for the presidency" L Fans (Continued from page 1) first guy tried to take my flag,” Danke said. avoid a confrontation or block any one’s view, he said. At the end of the second game, which Houston won, Danke again waved the flag. After this, Danke said, a group of M I My perception of A&M now is that there is a narrowmindedness, maybe a blind devotion to your school that overrides important things like the law and the constitution.” Danke and his companion moved to seats in the section by the scoreboard, and sat behind every one, he said. After he waved the Houston flag again, the group of students sat behind him. Danke said he had invitations to “step outside,” taunts “to go home” and obscenities yelled at him. “I’ll respect your traditions if you respect mine. I was just trying to support my team. My perception of A&M now is that there is a narrow mindedness, maybe a blind devotion to your school that overrides impor tant things like the law and the con stitution. My First Amendment rights were violated. Attempted rob bery, assault and battery are crimes.” The guys who go to volleyball By id Michael Danke A&M students surrounded him and his girlfriend. “They were yelling at me and the “I have my own tradition of stand ing up on my team’s last point of the game,” Danke said. “When I stood up I got hard taps on the shoulder.” Danke said he was shaken by the verbal and physical abuse he re ceived. “Who needs that?” he asked. “I thought A&M had a tradition of sportsmanship and patriotism, and I respected that. Never once did I say antning negative about A&M. The only things I said were pro-Univer- sity of Houston. The same patrol officer that warned Danke had to escort him and his girlfriend from the premisis. Danke said some A&M stuaents fol lowed them as they left. The next day Danke wrote a letter to The Battalion saying that he “had been wronged.” Head Yell Leader Waylan Cain said he asked Danke not to run around the home side with his flag. “I didn’t want him behind our fans because I didn’t think it was necessary,” Cain said. “I thought that what did end up happening might, so that’s why I warned him. igr IMPO Sleek dress flats with an ethnic aura. Play the gypsy in a shoe brightly embroidered with red, yellow, magenta, emerald and azure blue on black suede. With flashing mirrors inset on the vamp and at the heel. Micro sole for walking comfort. Women’s sizes, 62.00 Dillard’s jet rowdy and all he (Dank i doing was asking for trouble ] him that if someone goes aftei one else, we can’t do anything R \&! A&M senior Joe Ferguson! :hoi saw the group of A&M student^ A gregating around Danke. HeTioi was pretty obvious the studesv wha trying to intimidate the UHsti; :o b Ferguson, a journalism Jhai from Vidor, said he went over nea group of Aggies and told ttiqmil stop narrassing Danke. eral “I told the guvs. This is bad pnd Ferguson said. “We want then darv They’re just trying to support-’ 1 team and it’s not looking gooegpa. you’re trying to steal their flaEwitr bothering them.’” fBF roo Ferguson said only a few jrnin representing Houston attende coll volleyball match. Most spec dov there were for A&M. 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