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Rather's behavior as an anchorman too has sometimes seemed inexplicable. In an interview during last summer's Iran-contra hearings, he peppered former CIA Chief William Colby with questions about the rumor -- taken seriously by almost no one else -- that the late CIA director William Casey was not really dead. In August, when former ABC Newsman Charles Glass escaped from terrorists holding him hostage in Lebanon, Rather sounded a jarring note of skepticism, referring to Glass as a "young American who says he was a hostage." ABC Nightline Anchor Ted Koppel called the characterization "beneath contempt...
...Sandinistas offered a plan much like the one rejected by the rebels last December. It calls for a month-long cease-fire, confines armed contras to three zones, prohibits delivery of military aid and requires the rebels to lay down their arms at the end of the month. The contra plan was far more audacious. It demands that the Sandinistas share power with the contras and Nicaragua's internal opposition. The contras said they were not even willing ! to consider a cease-fire until the Sandinistas make extensive changes in the constitution. Though the two sides agreed to meet again...
...Washington, all eyes were on the 30 or so Congressmen who still have not decided how they will cast their vote in this week's critical showdown over contra aid. With the outcome impossible to call, the Reagan Administration scurried to design a package palatable enough to squeak through. The President requested $36.2 million, of which 10% would be for military assistance. To appease Congressmen who feel uncomfortable replenishing the weapons pipeline while peace talks are under way, the Administration plans to hold that $3.6 million in escrow until March 31. Reagan pledged he would "personally consult the Presidents...
...communicated to Congress. Moreover, the aid request resembles one put forward by the Administration last fall when it asked for $270 million to be spread over 18 months, averaging $15 million a month. This package, which covers only four months and includes an additional $20 million to insure contra aircraft, averages $14 million a month...
...sitters, the Democrats plan to offer an alternative, non-lethal aid package, dismissed as "beans and blankets" by the White House, that will be voted on if the Reagan plan is defeated. Grass- roots groups bombarded Congressmen with letters and calls, and one group previewed television spots that link contra aid to potential U.S. troop involvement in the region. Last week's disclosures by a civil rights group that the FBI has been tracking citizens opposed to U.S. policy in Central America also seemed timed to embarrass the Administration...