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I A Vcriojy Columnist says parenting isn't a drudge, it's an adventure 1C Next 20 games may be Twins' toughest test of the season10 Pctf Ksda Hi JfJ UlliiWl tl iw.v to Saturday TV10 1A. Metro Thursday July 161987 6 Sections Single copy Minneapolis and "111" Star i i Oily Volume VlNumber 103 Copyright 1987 Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company te I mm Says president didn't know of contra arms White House faces mixed blessing Analysis c. p- -mm ilk: President still popular In Gallup Poll. Page 11 A. was in writing.

Reagan has said repeatedly that he never intended such a swap, which would have run counter to his stated policies, but that a general effort to forge ties with Iranian moderates deteriorated into arms-for-hostages dealing behind his back. Reagan, who also has insisted that he did not know of the diversion to the contras, said yesterday of Poindexter testimony: "What's new about Associated Press Washington, D.C. Former National Security Adviser John Poindexter testified Wednesday that he never told President Reagan about using Iranian arms sales money to aid the contras because "I wanted the president to be protected" from political embarrassment if the plan leaked out While supporting the president on that point, Poindexter contradicted Reagan on a second important issue in the congressional Iran-contra hearings: He said Reagan initially approved selling weapons to Iran in late 1985 as a straight arms-tor-hostages deal. Poindexter said the approval erpich's United Press International Former National Security Adviser John Poindexter testified Wednesday. t-i, Xil Law.

i 4j A MARINE IN TROUBLE led him to assail 'U' Focus plan 1 I 1 1 By Jim Dawson Staff Writer University of Minnesota President Ken Keller paused for a moment Tuesday evening after a reporter read him Gov. Rudy Perpich's highly critical and highly public letter criticizing university leadership for lacking the courage to change. "Why the hell did he write thatf" Keller finally said. Later in the night, Keller received a copy of the letter, and later still, he talked with Perpich. By Wednesday afternoon Keller was feeling better, if not great about the letter.

He even agreed that at least theoretically, the letter could work to his benefit in implementing Commitment to Focus, Keller's plan to improve quality at the university. But for almost everyone else, Keller's initial question about Perpich's letter still was valid: Why did he write it? There are several reasons, according to sources close to the governor, but By R. W.Apple Jr. New York Times Washington, D.C. Rear Adm.

John Poindexter's assertion Wednesday that he never had told President Reagan about the diversion of Iranian arms profits to the rebels in Nicaragua gave the White House what it sought evidence to corroborate Reagan's own declarations. But on a number of levels, Poindexter's testimony before the congressional committees investigating the Iran-contra affair was profoundly damaging. It raised new questions and left the president, with 18 months remaining in his term, in a During that party on the evening of Dec. 14 last year, Lonetree gathered his nerve and approached a Central Intelligence Agency officer who worked out of the embassy. While talk of the holidays swirled around them, the startled man lis- Lonetree continued on page 14A lent crop, about the nicest apples we've seen." Two orchards that run pick-your-own operations, Afton Apple Orchards near Hastings and Eden Apples in Eden Prairie, said their apples will be ready in about two weeks.

1 vulnerable position. Opinion polls have shown that a large majority of Americans did not believe Reagan's statements that he knew nothing of the diversion, and it is far from clear that the doubters will change their minds now that the admiral has corroborated his chiefs contention. If the public remains skeptical, Reagan will have difficulty in finding Hearings continued on page 10A ran Guards hold missile sites in gulf, sources say By William Beecher Washington Bureau Chief Washington, D.C. As the United States prepares to start escorting reflagged Kuwaiti ships through the Persian Gulf next week, it has discovered that three-quarters of the nearly SO Silkworm missiles guarding the entrance to the waterway are believed to be in the hands of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, senior administration officials disclosed Wednesday. The Revolutionary Guards are thought to command three of the four Silkworm sites; the regular Iranian navy the fourth, the officials told the Minneapolis Star and Tribune.

Each site has firing positions for about 12 missiles, although none have been deployed permanently. However, the officials revealed that recently the Iranians moved a battery of Silkworms each with a range of about SO miles and carrying an warhead into firing position, kept them there for a day and pulled them out overnight "Apparently they wanted to see whether we'd react" one source said. "We didn't" Another source said in retrospect that it is thought to have been an operational drill. Sources say the Iranian navy is believed to be in charge of the Silkworm site on the island of Keshm, in the Strait of Hormuz. That was the site of the only test firing of a Silkworm to date, in February.

The other sites are one at Kuhestak, another Persian Gulf continued on page 9A Almanac Thursday, July 16, 1987 1 97th day; 1 68 to go this year Sunrise: 5:41. Sunset 8:58 Today's weather A bit sticky It's likely to be warmer and more humid but breezy. Look for a high in the mid to upper 80s, partly to mostly sunny skies, and south winds of 1 5 to 25 miles per hour. Index BuiIiwm 1-8M MoW 3M Comics 4-5C Qbrtuarfra 10B Corrections 3A TV, Radio 6C Crossword 7C Vartety 1-flC Editorial 18-1 9 A Weather 23 Want Ads 's-. Poindexter continued on page 10A vision Analysis The words in the letter didn't sound like Rudy Perpich's.

Doug Grow's column. Page 1B. underlying all of them is Perpich's oft-repeated goal of making Minnesota the "Brainpower State." The phrase has become a cliche, and as a result has lost much of its meaning. But the governor is dead serious about it And recently he's been raising the stakes. In a written version of a speech he delivered last week to the Education Commission of the States in Colorado, Perpich included this bold statement about the university: "We intend to make it one of the top five universities, period." University continued on page 6A Cocaine use leveling off, police say.

Page SA. risk entry team, trained to move in quickly during raids and hostage situations, then stormed the three upstairs apartments at 2901 3rd Av. arresting 13 people. Shots were exchanged during the raid, but no other injuries were reported. The shooting occurred as Thunder approached the house to take lookouts into custody before the raid.

Police informants had made several purchases of cocaine and crack, a powerful cocaine derivative, at the house and investigators were confi- Drugs continued on page 8A brings state apples this afternoon," said Carol Dragg, who operates Lakeshore Fruit Farm in Big Stone County in west central Minnesota. "It's unreal. Usually our beginning date is Aug. 10." Workers at Aamodt's Apple Farm, a third-generation family operation near Stillwater, will start picking today. The farm will start selling apples to the public Friday.

Espionage tale began to unfold at a party Editor's note: Next week, Marine Sgt Clayton Lonetree of St Paul is scheduled to go on trial in Quanti-co, on charges of espionage and fraternization. Today, in the first of a three-part series, the Minneapolis Star and Tribune examines Lonetree's life and the case against him. By Paul McEnroe and Bob Ehlert StaffWriters 1 layton Lonetree thought he could run with the front-. line spies from Moscow who had stalked him to Vienna. He had watched them slowly encircle him for a year.

He had met them at mid-day in the marbled subway stops of Moscow and outside the old churches in Vienna. He had played their games and had taken their money. He'd gone to bed with one of them. And he had given them things they wanted. Now, he thought it was time to come forward and tell all.

Ronald Lauder, U.S. ambassador to Austria, was having a punch-and-cookies Christmas party for the staff and embassy guards in Vienna to thank them for a job well done over the past year. This was where the lowliest telephone operator as well as the highest po- Lookout at drug house is killed in police raid Associated Press Clayton Lonetree's troubles began with what seemed a chance meeting with a Soviet woman, Violetta Seina, on a Moscow subway. By Mark Brunswick Staff Writer When an undercover Minneapolis police officer pretending to deliver pizza approached a suspected drug house in the early morning darkness Wednesday, a man described as a lookout warned him not to come closer. The masquerade was over.

Eleven-year policeman Robert Thunder identified himself as a police officer and pulled his weapon. The man in the house, whom police knew to be armed, also drew a gun. Thunder fired, hitting Gerald Whitten, 31, in the face, killing him. About a dozen officers from the high- Early spring By Susan E. Peterson Staff Writer Thanks to an early spring and continued warm weather, Minnesota's apple growers already are starting to harvest their crops in some cases nearly a month ahead of schedule.

Growers are predicting excellent crops of high-quality fruit "We intend to start harvesting early litical operative would be recognized. Here, all the guests could let down their guard and be themselves, if only for a few hours. It was the one place where Marine Sgt Lonetree would have the chance to cut through the protocol and diplomatic niceties to share his secret used within two or three weeks, unlike fall varieties, which have a storage life of four to six weeks, and winter apples, which can be kept up to eight months. "The apples are remarkably early," said Jerry McGough, who has been operating Frontenac Hills Apple Farm near Red Wing, for about 1 1 years. "We're just picking our first varieties It's an excel good apple crops and early harvest "It's not only the earliest we have ever started picking," said Chris Aa-modt "but this also is one of the very best crops we have seen for a long time.

At least for apples, the weather this year has been perfect." The initial harvest is of summer apples, including the Mantet which is easy to peel and good for cooking, and the Dutchess, a hard, tart green apple. Summer apples should be.