The Michigan Daily Vin Yr Nn A&S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, July 25, 1980 Ten Cents Sixteen Pages Senate to investigate Billy Carter's Libyan ties From AP and UPI WASHINGTON - The Senate created a nine-member panel yester- day to investigate Billy Carter's links with Libya's radical Arab government and to determine whether the White House influenced a Justice Department investigation of the president's younger brother. The chief White House spokesman said President Carter would "respond fully" to the Senate investigators and would not rule out the possibility that the president himself might testify before the panel. WHITE HOUSE counsel Lloyd Cutler told the Public Broadcasting System Funky monkey Not every tot at the art fair views the crowds with such apprehension but this street urchin isn't about to let go of the organ grinder's hand it's holding. Police storm cell blocks; 20 hourlong rioting ends that the president could give evidence to the committee either by testifying, answering written questions or con- vening a meeting at the White House. Meanwhile, the White House acknowledged that Carter met once, and his top security adviser huddled at least three times, with Libya's charge d'affairs after Billy Carter contacted the Libyan government. White House press secretary. Jody Powell confirmed Carter met with Ali Houderi on Dec. 6, following a meeting the Libyan had with Zbigniew Brzezin ski. THE PRESIDENT was "under- scoring the concern he had on the at- tack on the U.S. Embassy" in Tripoli by militants," he said. The committee will "pursue the truth wherever the truth may lead," said Sen. Birch Bayh (D-Ind.), chairman of the new panel. Billy Carter registered as a foreign agent on June 14, under pressure from the Justice Department. He has acknowledged receiving $220,000 from Libya, which he described as an in- stallment on a $500,000 loan. Carter and Libyan officials deny, however, that he acted as an agent of that government. THE CARTER administration has denied influencing the Justice Depar- tment decision not to prosecute President Carter's brother for his initial failure to register as an agent of the Libyan government. Questions persist about the case, however. Numerous Republicans in Congress, GOP presidential candidate Ronald Reagan, and John Anderson, the Illinois congressman seeking the presidency as an independent, have called for further investigations. The agreement creating the Senate panel directs it to look into "activities relating to individuals representing the interests of foreign governments." IT DOES NOT name Billy Carter. The president's outspoken younger brother will be asked to testify before the Senate panel, Bayh said, adding that he hoped it "would not be necessary" to call the president as a witness. Bayh said he hopes to start hearings next week, but did not want "to do something hastily and give the im- pression this is not a serious effort." FromAPandUPI BOISE, Idaho-With the help of five inmates acting in secret to free a hostage, guards and police stormed prisoner- held cell blocks. yesterday and regained possession of riot- ravaged Idaho State Penitentiary. No deaths were reported from the 20-hour-long rioting at the 500-inmate prison eight miles south of here, but 18 inmates were injured and three cell blocks were severely damaged, said state Corrections Director C. W. "Bill" Crowl. THE INMATES WERE armed with clubs, baseball bats, hammers, screwdrivers, crowbars and honed knives and spoons-but apparently no firearms. They had taken over the facility Wednesday in reaction to a shakedown in which authorities seized some possessions from their cells. Before dawn, Crowl, fearing for the life of prison guard Lynart Orr, 26, ordered a special prison tactical squad of about 12 men to storm Cell Block 11 and free Orr. The 5:30 a.m. operation, aided by five inmates inside who were protective of Orr, took about five minutes and no one was injured. A half-hour later, police carrying riot guns and automatic weapons swept through the prison yard and buildings, herding approximately 400 inmates to a nearby athletic field. "MOVE IT! MOVE IT!," the police shouted at inmates, who offered no resistance and kept their hands on their heads. Police kicked and shoved some inmates to speed the movement. Crowl said the rescue was "a calculated gamble" made necessary by reports from inmates inside that the rioters were sniffing glue and lacquer and were brewing a huge batch of homemade whiskey in the prison kitchen. 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