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The A congressional sour,w des administration has pledged to use some C-130 transport aircraft, needed to airlift a full brigade and The plan does not include Jor States has developed a secret plan light helicopters and bridging its equipment, diplomatic sources danian purchases of advanced U.S. to equip a Jordanian brigade as a cribed the overall intention of the military force, if necessary, to equipment. 'The bridges would be said. U.S. transport planes woufn F-16 filte rs and improved mobile mobile strike force that could plan as a means of getting around keep the straits open. Israeli, and congressional opposi A Jordanian brigade equipped to used to ford the dry river beds, undertake much of the airlift. Hawk antiaircraft missile batter intervene in internal crises in called wadis, that are common to "Some transports would be ies, Pentagon officials said. But Persian Gulf states, Pentagon tion to 'moitemizing the Jordanian rapidly deploy to the gulf would not armed forces, a goal long sought be sufficient to deter an outright desert areas. supplied, but not enough to be congressional and diplomatic officials, congressional and diplo "Basically, it would be used to self-sufficient." one source said. sources said any rearmament of matic sources said Friday. by Jordan's King Hussein. invasion of the region and its 5 prevent a takeover of a regime by "Jordan will have to request U.S. Jordan would "open the door" to The administration refused to Disclosure of the U.S. plan purpose would be geared instead extremist elements," a diplomatic logistical support to fly to the purchases of more advanced confirm or deny the existence of comes against a backdrop of toward thwarting attempts at source said. theater of operations. Th is way. weaponry. the proposal but the officials and renewed concern that Iran may try subverting the regimes of the gulf White House Jail term defends Clark 120 years W ASHINGTON (U P I) - The White House defended for arson nominee William Clark Friday, saying he has a "lifetime history of interest" in Interior Department matters, as President Reagan weighed a replacem ept~v^-«' for Clark as national security adviser. WATERBURY (UPI) - Israel Reagan flew to Camp David, Md., for the weekend Madera-FIores, M, of Waterbury, was without announcing his choice to replace Clark, his sentenced FridaK.to 120 years in prison surprise choice for interior secretary. without parole for setting a July 1982 Speculation on a new White House national security tenement fire that killed 14 people, adviser centered on Robert McFarlane, Clark's including seven children. deputy who has been acting as special Middle East Madera-FIores, charged with 14 envoy. counts of arson murder, allegedly told Reagan met with McFarlane for what the White police he set the fire in ang^r at his House said was a review of the Middle East situation, 15-year-old niece for throwing him out and then with Secretary of State George Shultz. of her apartment because he was Deputy press secretary Larry Speakes said the drunk. subject of Clark's successor might have come up at The early morning fire July 5, the lunch with Shultz, but told reporters no decision described as the worst in the city’s had been made. history, destroyed two five-story apart- - mearMisek on P i uspect Street and left nearly 100 people homeless.'It took ' investigators nearly two weeks to finu Clark nomination before the end of November. and identify the 14 victims. Reagan stunned political Washington Thursday when he scrapped a list of 28 candidates and chose Among the dead were eight members C Clark, a longtime confidant, to replace James Watt u of a single family. interior secretary. \ Waterbury Superior Court Judge „ The environmental groups that villified Wan Robert D. Glass ordered Madera- immediate pounced in the appointment, saying Ciark UPI photo FIores to serve two consecuHye life has little experience for the $80,000-a-year post thaf sentences without parole. Bladera- includes overseeing all federal lands and natural Flores pleaded no contest to the resoures. / Sand castles charges Sept. 8, changing his plea from Speakes was pressed as to Clark's qualifications for not guilty on the recommendation qf his 3he job and explained that every time Reagan (lad a lawyer, John F. Murphy J r . of 4 T Architect Joyce Bertone of the Stephen Atlantic City, N.J. She's in town for the 83rd tough job to fill, "He called on Bill Clark." ' y Hartford. "Bill Clark has a personal rapport with the Schwartz firm in West Orange, N.J., puts the annual convetnion of the New Jersey Society of president that makes him a strong advocate of finishing touches on the second-plaofuwinner Architects-. Murphy said Friday he would chal Interior Department policies ... on the key issues. lenge Connecticut’s arson murder law "Bill Clark has a lifetime history of interest in the of a sand-sculpting contest held Friday in to the state Supreme Court. He said the areas of concern that the Department of Interior is law's mandatory penalty of life impri- involved in. His father and his grandfather were sonment without parole is forest rangers at times in their careers. He is a Tourists threaten birds? unconstitutional. rancher and an outdoorsman who has spent much The challenge was the latest Murphy time in the wilderness," Speakes said. has made in the controversial case. He Clark, 51, was Reagan's chief of staff in the tried unsuccessfully to get Madera- California govemship, twice named by Reagan to Flore^ confession to Waterbury police state courts, a cIo m friend for 16 years, GOP Skipper starts border dispute suppnessed as evidence and later to get chairman of Ventur^ County, deputy secretary of the arson murder charges dismissed state and national security adviser. because both were unconstitutional. Sen. Howard Metzenbaum, D-Ohio, said the JONESPORT, Maine (U P I) - A said Norton, whose only business is birds more than anyone. I'd be very homination will "unquestionably require a lengthy He has asked the Connecticut Su Maine charter boat captain has created hiring out his 36-foot cabin cruiser for foolish to hurt the bird population and exhaustive hearing" by McClure's committee. preme Court to review the lower an international bolder dispute be charter. "We won it by treaty and they're my only source of income." "It's hard to believe," he said. "M r. Clark is court’s ruling on the two motions. tween the Canadian and United States they're trying to steal it." Norton said he takes bird lovers from eminently unqualified to be secretary of interior." governments by ferrying bird Norton is referring to the Treaty of as far away as Florida and Texas to see Madera-FIores is an epileptic with a McClure said he is "inclined" to vote to confirm watchers to a tiny island in the North Paris in 1783, which established the the birds. The Canadians want to turn history of mental illness and alcoho Clark, but he will not make a final decision until he Atlantic. Canadian-American border after the visitors away whenever there are too lism, according to doctors and psychia reviews Clark's experience and checks confidential Capt. Bama Norton has been taking American Revolution. Canadian au many people on the island, but he said trists who have examined him and F B I and financial reports. vtaitors to see exotic birds such as thorities said the treaty is irrelevant. he can’t turn around once someone has testified in pre-trial hearings. Arctic terns and puffins on Machias Canada's claim to ownership is based come 3,000 miles to see the birds. A native of Puerto Rico, Madera- Seal Island for the last 40 years. But it on the doctrine of "effective territorial "The problem is coming from the FIores speaks little English, cannot wasn't until this summer that a occupation." A manned Canadian bigger Canadian boats and birding read or write and has only a third-grade Marine’s death Canadian game warden tried to keep lighthouse has been maintained on groups that want to bring big groups to education. Norton from landing his boat on the Machias Seal Island since 1832, and in the island. I've never brought a lot of island. recent years a student has been placed people onto the island," he said. "When Murphy drew the profile of his client Canadian authorities say Norton is there by the Canadian Wildlife ^ rv ic e ' I get a big group, I let them watch from to challenge Madera-FIores’ confes triggers battie flooding Machias Seal Island with to act as a warden. the boat but I never land." sion. He claimed his client was tourists to the detriment of the birds The Canadian Wildlife Service Whenever Canadian authorities chal emotionally, physically and mentally that migrate halfway around the world created a quota allowing only 25 lenge Norton's right to land on the incapable of "intelligently and volun B E IR U T, Lebanon (UPI) — Snipers killed a to breed on its barren shores.