Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 10, 1986 Ex-aides refuse to testify WASHINGTON (AP) - Two of President Reagan's recently departed national security aides - both still active-duty military officers - refused to publicly answer questions yesterday from a House committee trying to explore the Iranian-Contra arms-and-money connection. The dramatic invocations of Fifth Amendment rights by Vice Adm. John Poindexter and Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North brought an increasing aura of mystery to the burgeoning foreign policy scandal. The twin refusals to testify came as the Reagan administration appeared, still, to be at odds with itself over exactly what happened and how officials should respond to congressional demands for answers. Retired Maj. Gen. Richard Secord, another principal figure in the controversy, took the Fifth Amendment before the Senate Intelligence Committee. IN CITING their con - stitutional right against self- incrimination, Poindexter, Reagan's former national security adviser, and North, fired as a key National Security Council aide, declined in separate, nationally broadcast, appearances before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to discuss any aspect of U.S. arms sales to Iran or the transfer of profits to Nicraguan Contra rebels. "I must decline to answer that question at this time because of my constitutional rights under the Fifth Amendment," Poindexter, who resigned Nov. 25, told the committee. "On the advice of the counsel, I respectfully and regretfully decline to answer the quesiton based on my constitutional rights," responded North, who worked for Poindexter at the NSC. AT THE White House, President Reagan, in an exchange with news reporters during a picture-taking session, said he has caught glimpses of the nationally televised House hearings, but also said, "If I were taking questions, I would remind you that I am the one that told you all that we know. about what happened." ~ras in Ve et-AW ' IAma fsor$n$4Iy5.4ft"5tn mnd$4en$" e-r Sit"c es4s . " travel. Kerrytown Shops 407 N. Fitth Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (313) 662-4221 'U' Hospital marrow transplants approved r I I I I I. I I I I I I I 1 I I Boost Your Brain Power (The healthy way.) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 By REBECCA COX University Hospitals will spend $315,920 to install facilities and increase specialized services for bone marrow and liver transplants, having received approval from the Michigan Department of Public Health. The MDPH recently ratified the certificate of need required for the hospital to implement the new programs. 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The last-minute negotiations over the cease-fire stemmed from a military threat to seize illegal weapons, including those in "security, operations" during the truce. Agreement came several hours after the military said rebels killed five people, including a woman and child, in an attack on the southern island of Mindanao. Ford tests gas alternative DETROIT - Ford Motor Co., seeing less-polluting methanol as the fuel most likely to replace gasoline, is conducting the first long- term durability tests for cars which can use either or both, the- company said yesterday. "Ford Motor Co. has been working on alcohol fuels for a couple of4j decades. The great difficulty everyone has bumped into in this arena is the fact that alcohol fuels are not readily available to the public. Our solution is the flexible-fueled vehicle," Ford spokesman William, Peacock said. Canadian government agencies in various locations two months, ago began driving a 20-car fleet of modified 1986 and 1987 Ford LTD Crown Victoria six-passenger sedans, called flexible-fuel vehicles, Peacock said. - The cars are being tested in Canada because methanol-powered a vehicles in the past have had problems starting in cold weather. The,; alcohol-based fuel ignites less easily than gasoline. Ford believes it has solved that problem by using a 15 percent gasoline, 85 percent methanol mixture. Israeli troops injure students: BIR ZEIT, Occupied West Bank - Israeli troops shot and seriously wounded a Palestinian youth yesterday and clubbed other.. protesters as hundreds of Arab students marched to protest six days of violence in the occupied territories. Four Palestinians have been killed and 26 wounded since Thursday in clashes with Israeli soldiers. In New York, the U.N. 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An expert panel assembled by the National Research Council, following a two-year study of teen-age pregnancy, said "the highest priority" must be given to pregnancy prevention - including widespread distribution of birth control devices to youths. There is little evidence that existing efforts to discourage teen-agers from engaging in sex are effective and no convincing data that the availability of contraceptive services encourages early, sex, the panel said. "The panel believes that the major strategy for reducing early unintended pregnancy must be the encouragement of diligent contraceptive use by all sexually active teen-agers," concluded the 337- page report from the research council. Soviet dissident dies in prison MOSCOW - A Moscow friend said the wife of Soviet dissident Anatoly Marchenko received a telegram yesterday saying her husband had died in prison. Larisa Bogoraz, the dissident's wife, immediately left for Chistopol Prison with the couple's 13-year-old son, Pavel, her friend told The. Associated Press by telephone. The friend spoke on condition of anonymity. Marchenko was a prominent dissident and a member fo the disbanded Helsinki Watch Group that attempted to monitor Soviet compliance with the 1975 accord on human rights. Ms. Bogoraz's friend said the telegram did not say when Marchenko died or give the cause of his death. Marchenko had spent more than 20 years in prison for dissident activities and was in the middle of a 10-year sentence on charges of anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda. Vol. XCVII-- Nq# 8 The Michigan .Daily (ISSN 0745-967 X) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms. Subscription rates: September through April-$18 in Ann Arbor; $35 outside the .city. One term-$10 in town; $20 outside the city. 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