The Galveston Daily News from Galveston, Texas • Page 7

MONDAY MORNING, MAY 18,1992 THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS 7-A Reagan Continued from 1-A scope of a grand jury probe. Reagan's lawyer, Theodore Olson, said late last week that he has cooperated with various document requests from Walsh's office, but has not heard from Walsh's office recently. The focus of the prosecutors' attention, according to the sources: who knew, and how much did they know, about the most legally troublesome of all the Iran arms shipments, a CIA-assisted delivery of 18 Hawk an ti-aircraft missiles from Israel to Iran in November 1985. Reagan has given several different accounts of how much he knew about the November 1985 Hawks shipment. The sources say prosecutors have examined notes from key White House meetings attended by Reagan, then-Vice President Bush, Weinberger, Shultz and White House chief of staff Don Regan in late November 1986 when the lie furor erupted over the secret Iran arms sales.

Prosecutors retrieved some of Weinberger's notes from the Library of Congress late last year and are using those in their investigation, the sources added. "The prosecutors' theory is that in the midst of this political crisis, the Historic Reagan White House decided to limit the political damage and conceal the most troubling aspects of the Iran arms deals," said one of the sources, who is outside the government. The 1985 delivery of Hawk missiles was a huge problem for the Reagan administration because the shipment went forward without formal presidential authorization as called for under the HughesRyan Amendment of the Foreign Assistance Act. A document signed by Reagan that retroactively approved the shipment was destroyed by national security adviser John Poindexter in November 1986. It depicted the Iran initiative as a swap of arms for American hostages held in Lebanon, something Reagan had declared on national television that he would never do.

Investigators later recovered drafts of the document. One White House meeting that Iran-Contra prosecutors are focusing on, according to the sources is a meeting of the National Security Planning Group on Nov. 24,1986. The participants were Reagan, Bush, Weinberger, Shultz, Regan, Attorney General Edwin Meese, CIA Director William Casey, Poindexter and retired CIA employee George Cave. Half-billion more humans suffering, report shows Continued from 1-A houses.

There is great potential for the San Jacinto neighborhood. "There's a lot of help if you really want to do the house right. There's no reason to let a neighborhood go." Several of the abandoned historic houses were auctioned Friday by the city. The homes had been seized for back property taxes and are considered eyesores in their neighborhoods. Pace is hoping some of the homes could become as successful as the GHF's Rainbow Row.

Those homes, which were slated for demolition, were rescued by the foundation and restored into housing for low- income families. "Rainbow Row is the best success story we've had in Galveston," he said. "At one time, even many of the beauties in the east end of: the island were ready for demolition. They restored them and are on the Homes Tour now." Buildings on the auction list included: 1325 24th a large two-story Queen Anne style home built in 1906 by Fred Hartel, who owned a roofing and contracting business in Galveston. 1628 Ave an old comer grocery store built in 1905.

1405 Postoffice, a two-story home built in 1874 for Jacob Wink, the owner of a boot and shoe establishment. 2626 Sealy an early Greek revival style house built in 1882 for Mrs. ErnestinaSchulte. Also on the list were a Queen Anne cottage at 3520 Broadway; a two-story Queen Anne house built circa 1890 at 1806 Market; 2715 and 2718 Church; 1324 Ave. 1011 15th 4412 Church; 2403 Ave.

and 1519 18th St. "A lot of these houses can have the same success story," Pace said. "The answer is to stabilize it and secure it and work with the property owners to rehab it or sell it We try to work all avenues." The house at 1122 Sealy which was built in 1874, was slated for demolition 15 years ago when a couple stepped in bought it. They are still in the process of restoring the house. "The whole fabric of the block would have been lost," he said.

Homes such as the Letitia Rosenberg Home for Women at 1804 25th St. and the Henry Beissner Home at 2818 Ball St. were not on the city's auction list. But both homes are delipadated and boarded up. The Rosenberg Home is owned by the Resolution Trust the agency charged with overseeing failed savings and loans, which is trying to find a buyer.

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