The Olathe Daily News from Olathe, Kansas • 1

The Olathe Daily News Reagan approved deal to sell arms about the covert action On the third page of the memo Poindexter scribbled the time and date 17 Jan and wrote: was briefed verbally from this paper VP Don Regan and Don Fortier were present" meaning Vice President George Bush White House chief of staff Donald Regan and a key aide on the National Security Council who has since died Poindexter then initialed the memo for Reagan who apparently did not read it In addition the memo paints Israel interested in heretofore unobtainable penetration of the Iranian governing as the instigator and prime facilitator of the arms sales Israeli officials have said repeatedly the idea of selling arms to Iran was first proposed by the United States The memo outlines Israel's arrangement to sell 4000 TOW missiles to Iran through a complicated series of transactions involving the CIA and the Defense Department A caveat was added: all of the hostages are not released after the first shipment of 1000 weapons further transfers would cease" The United States sold at least WASHINGTON (UPI) The White House released Friday the secret order that President Reagan signed to allow the covert sale of arms to Iran and an accompanying memo said the deal be our only way to achieve" the release of American hostages in Lebanon The order formally called a lists three US goals for initiating the clandestine overture to in Tehran's radical Islamic government It expressly designates "third parties" as intermediaries in the dealings and orders the CIA to withhold data about the operation from Congress The finding was signed by Reagan Jan 17 1986 The order was attached to a three-page memorandum presented by national security adviser Vice Adm John Poindexter and written by his aide Marine Lt Col Oliver North The memo says the approach to Iran be our only way to achieve the release of the Americans held in Beirut" Once signed by the president the finding permitted the United States to skirt its own arms embargo against Iran cited repeatedly by the administration as a terrorist nation and allow- Photo by Daw Kup A hors frolics in the freshly-fallen snow along Problems few in ed the CIA to not tell Congress (Continued to page 2A) Police seek woman for fatal fire clues Jan Gibbons and her eon Marc 2 build one of tho smallest snowmen in Olathe aa tho enow continuee to fall early Friday Clair Road southwest of Olathe first big been cleared of snow and slush and driving had returned to normal according to police of center when Marlene Natoli director of parks and recreation and Rick Slifer recreation manager answered questions Slifer said a task force made up of Olatheans has met for the past 10 months reviewing ideas Ideas for the center include a weight room ex cercise room multi-purpose rooms and a basketball gymnasium An increasing student population in the local school district and its involvment in school functions morning ci dents but said they presented no problems through the day By Friday night most streets had Friday afternoon snowfall ficials About 5 inches of pnow fell on Olathe in the storm said Paul Schlagel weather observer fa the National Weather Service That snow contained about Clinch of water The normal amount of percipitation for the month of January is I1 inches of moisture Although the area received its first significant snowfall Friday the precipitation received for the season is above normal he said In December Schlagel recorded 169 inches of precipitation 34 inches above normal For 1986 Olathe received about 11 inches of moisture more than normal Road crews from the state and county were kept busy throughout Thursday night and Friday morning (Continued to page 2A) has reduced the amount of time buildings are available for parks and recreation activities Slifer said In late February Natoli will present a final report to commissioners concerning the center In other action commissioners hedged on making any formal decisions concerning projects Thursday night was set to discuss the projects However commissioners openly stated their reluc-( Continued to page 2A Pruett said Hubbs was staying at a friend's house According to Pruett the woman let By The Pally News Staff Johnson County awoke to the season's first heavy snowfall Friday and all day battled slick streets that made driving har-zardous and may have contributed to a fatality accident in Overland Park Friday afternoon The most serious accident was in the 5100 block of Metcalf where a Prairie Village woman was killed when she lost control of her car and drove through a guardrail and down an embankment in the median Killed was Mrs Sheryl Irons 61 who was driving south mi Metcalf at 2:22 pm in the one-car accident according to Overland Park police Overland Park and other law enforcement agencies in the area reported several minor ac- Decision By SEAN REILLY Drily Niwt Rapartir City workers wanting to receive a list of priorities on capital improvements projects from the city commission will have to wait until after the general election Four of the five city commissioners met Thursday night to discuss projects slated from now until 1989 Commissioner Herman Cline did not attend the meeting Among the projects discussed included a community center jailed for By ANDY HOFFMAN Drily NnnRapertir Olathe police are investigating last month's deaths of an Olathe woman and her daughter as murders Capt John Bunker chief of investigations for Olathe said detectives have conducted more than 40 interviews in connection with the killing of Vicki Park 32 and her 2-year-old daughter Eliza They died in a house fire at 517 East 126th about noon Dec 23 Michael Park 34 the husband and father of the victims escaped the fire He suffered only minor injuries are working the deaths as Bunker said got a set fire an arson and we have two people dead as a result of the fire We are talking about felony He said authorities are interviewing people in an attempt to eliminate suspects in the double murder He said no one has been eliminated nor has a motive been established Bunker said detectives need the help in finding a possible witness to the fire Bunker said they are looking for a woman in her mid-40s who was driving a small red car the day of the fire had a woman go to the Olathe (Sty Service Center stick her hold in the door and tell workers there she thought a house on 126th Street was on fire" Bunker said was the first one to report the fire We haven't been able to identify her Nobody knows her and nobody got a license tag" Bunker said investigators hope the woman may have seen sane-one in the area that was involved in setting the fire He said the woman is not considered a suspect in the case He asked the woman to call investigators at 782-4500 or 474-TIPS Last week authorities ruled the fire was arson after fire investigators determined a flammable liquid had been poured on the first floor of the residence Bunker said Friday authorities still haven't determined what liquid was used to start the fire have looked at the issue of the baby accidentally starting the Bunker said I don't think that is a Park told investigators he and his wife were asleep in an upstairs area of the house when the fire started Park escaped by breaking a second-story window His body was found near a window on the second floor The baby was found downstairs have covered a lot of ground so far but we still have a Continued to page 2A) Man on city improvements delayed construction of roadways to reduce traffic congestion in the city purchase of land for two fire stations renovation at city hall downtown improvements storm drainage and repair of sidewalks Bill Zelazny assistant city manager said city personnel plan to present a schedule of repairs for sidewalks to commissioners Tuesday night during a study session Commissioners expressed the most interest in a community kidnaping rape of ex-wife that bond Johnson County District Judge Earle Jones ordered Hubbs not to contact the woman Saturday News The forecast Cold and windy today with a high of about 30 and a low tonight of 10 to 15 More weather information page 3A By ANDY HOFFMAN Drily Ntws Reporter A 25-year-old man is being held in the Johnson County Jail in lieu of a 6200000 bond on charges he kidnapped raped sodomized and threatened to kill his ex-wife Thursday in Olathe Ronald Hubbs 25 Kansas City Mo was charged Friday with two counts of rape and one count each of aggravated kidnapping and aggravated sodomy Hubbs is accused of attacking the 21-year-old woman in her Olathe residence Thursday morning He was arrested in Clay County Mo Thursday night Det Joe Pruett Olathe police said Hubbs beat and raped the woman dur ing a 3-hour ordeal at her apartment in the 400 block of West Elm The woman who lived at the apartment with her 2-year-old son was taken to Olathe Community Hospital where she was treated for her injuries and released The couple were divorced in April 1966 authorities said In addition to the charges filed Friday Hubbs was charged last month in Johnson County District Court with aggravated assault for threatening to kill the woman According to court files Hubbs used a gun to threaten her during an argument Dec 1 He was charged with that crime Dec 31 but was released from custody after pasting a bond As a condition of Hubbs into the house about 6 am Thursday Hubbs then raped the woman twice often brandishing a knife during the attack Pruett said At one point during the incident the woman ran bom the apartment Pruett said However Hubbs caught the woman and forced her back inside the residence Authorities said a woman saw the struggle between the couple but later told detectives she didn't call the police because she didn't think she should get involved After Hubbs left the residence about 9 am the woman called a friend who then called police When authorities were notified of the assault Thursday Jones issued a bench warrant because Hubbs violated the nocontact order Jones increased the bond from $3500 to $100000 At a hearing on the charges filed Friday Johnson County District Judge Gerald Hougland set an additional $100000 bond on the rape kidnapping and sodomy charges Hubbs told Hougland he afford to hire his own attorney and asked Hougland to appoint a lawyer to represent him Pruett arrested Hubbs in Clay County Mo about 6:30 pm Thursday.