Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC June 1987 Daily Egyptian 1987 6-18-1987 The aiD ly Egyptian, June 18, 1987 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_June1987 Volume 73, Issue 156 Recommended Citation , . "The aiD ly Egyptian, June 18, 1987." (Jun 1987). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 1987 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in June 1987 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Daily Egyptian Southe rn Illino i, U nive rsity at Carbondale Thursday, June 18,1987, Vol. 73, No. 156 16 Pages North spurns investigators' questioning WASH[NGTON (UP}) - Lt. Col. Oliver North, the eye of the lra·).(:ontra storm, refuse<i Wednesday to bo::: q:..:~tion~ in secret by congressional in vestigators, substantially complicatiJlg the House-Senate probe of the worst scandal of the Reagan presidency. North's lawyers told the select congressional com mittees that the fi red White House aide wou ld break a Th1!rsday date with panel interrogators, enn though the committees believe they could force North to testify because a federal judge granU:d him lIm ited immunity fro m prosecution on Monday. The latest wrinkle in thP saga of the former Natior.a ! Secuntv Council aide could mean he might never sit at the congressional witness table. S pecig l prosec ut or Lawrence Walsh. wh o is pu rsuing criminal charges in the Ir a n·Contr a scandal. conceivably could bring in· dictments against North oefore his scheduled mid-July lJiiblic appearance.