NEW SET . . . Shaw Coble manager Lynn Greentree fine tunes the new color TV senior citizen home. $700 Panasonic 26-inch ‘console set, a special deal from Pete's TV, was bought for the manor by the tlegar Selkirk Lions Club and installed by Shaw Cable with unlimited free cable service. Pictured are (from teft) Bill Zarikoff, president of the Doukhobor Benevolent Society, Ray Bystrom, of the Lions ylynn manor residents Pete Per- verseff and John Voykin. — Costews Photo by Mike Kolesniko SOUTH AFRICAN UNIONS JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's largest trade union federation called y for 1 international isolation of South Africa, even if it means factories shut down and blacks lose their jobs. “We must employ comprehensive measures to end this regime and then start rebuilding a democratic society," said Frank Mentijies, press officer for the Congress of South African Trade Unions. The federation claims 750,000 members in the. country's crucial economic and industrial sectors. After a four-day national conference — the federation's first — officials said 1,450 delegates unanimously approved “comprehensive and mandatory sanctions as the only sanctions which are likely to bring effective pressure which will assist in bringing about a non-violent, truly democratic and non-racial South Africa.” General secretary Jay Naidoo told reporters the 13 affiliated unions called for complete withdrawal of all foreign companies from South Africa, but demanded that they give notice to the black unions and negotiate “what happens to the assets, the pension funds, the money that has been accumulated.” Many foreign companies have sold their holdings in South Africa in recent months to protest the government's policy of apartheid, under which the 26.5 Complete isolation million blacks have no vote in national affairs. The five million whites control the government and economy and maintain separate residential districts, schools and health facilities. MOVES UNACCEPTABLE Naidoo said current divestment moves, which mostly have involved foreign firms selling their South African assets to local companies, are unacceptable. He said the Alcohol affects on unborn VANCOUVER (CP) — An intensive medical study of the children in an isolated British Columbia Indian vil- lage has produced disturbing new evidence on how alcohol affects the unborn. ‘The study, to be published in the next issue of the Can- adian Medical Journal, found union federation did not want the to continue running under black management. “You can't have a position of being on a board of directors and being black and oppressed in South Africa,” Naidoo said. “We don’t accept questions such as, ‘What are you going to do if your members are not working?’ That is our problem as South Africans and as workers,” said federation vice-president Chris Dlamini. in more than 25 per cent of the chil- dren in the Interior com- munity. It said fetal aleohol syndrome — the abuse of al- cohol by pregnant women — caused the vast majority of those handicaps. Dr. Geoffrey Robinson, of *s Sunny Hill Hos- But intjies said the fe hopes a cutoff by foreign governments, individuals and companies would topple the government quickly and lessen the suffering of black workers. Naidoo said the federation’s call for complete sanctions includes an end to foreign purchases of South African gold, platinum, coal and diamonds. Mineral sales account for 70 per cent of the country’s foreign currency earnings and gold alone earns 60 per cent. Vv pital for Children, said Fri- day his study showed that 20 per cent of the affected children had “severe” handi- caps — well above the provincia] average of just one per cent. “Two-thirds of those chil- dren had mental retardation French diplomats accused NICOSIA, CYPRUS (AP) — Iran accused French diplomats in Tehran on Saturday of spying and helping government opponents escape. It said it would put the French on trial, raising fears in Paris that the diplomats might be taken hostage. The official Islamic Republic news agency said Iranian police surrounded the French embassy in Tehran. It was the first time Iran has acknowledged its blockade, which had continued on and off since French police surrounded the Iranian embassy in Paris on June 30. The latest blockade in Tehran began Thursday. The news agency, monitored in Nicosia, said Interior Minister Ali Akbar Mohtashemi accused French diplomats of acting as a bridge to help counter-revolutionaries escape abroad. Mohtashemi also accused the French of linking anti-government splinter groups inside Iran. He said Iran had documents to prove this, but did not say which anti-government groups the French were alleged to have helped. TOBE ARRESTED The agency reported that Mohtashemi said the diplomats would be arrested and handed over to the judiciary for Islamic justice. The latest Iranian statements raised fears in Paris that French diplomats in Tehran might be taken hostage, as Americans were in November 1979. France broke relations with Iran on Friday after nearly three weeks of tension over Iran’s failure to hand over an employee of the Iranian embassy in Paris. Wahid Gordji, listed as an interpreter, was summoned to appear before a magistrate for questioning related to bomb attacks that killed 11 people and wounded more than 150 in Paris last September. Iran has subsequently accused Paul Torri, the French consul in Tehran, of i and drug ling and that was by very sensitive and sophisticated testing,” he said in an inter- view. “That's an appalling number.” Fetal alcohol syndrome af- fects all racial groups and has been reported from all parts of the world. It leads to growth retardation, intellec- tual and central-nervous- system dysfunction, facial abnormalities and abnormal demanded that he appear before a revolutionary tribunal. France refused. The Iranian embassy in Paris remained surrounded by French police. Last year, France forced the leaders of the Iranian rebel People’s Mujahedeen to leave the country in an effort to improve relations with Iran. ENDS BID Friday's decision to break ties with Tehran ended a long-standing bid by Premier Jacques Chirac to improve relations, partly in the belief that Tehran could help win freedom for Frenchmen held hostage in Lebanon by pro-Iranian groups. There was no further word Saturday on the fate of two French diplomats held hostage in Lebanon since March 1985. Telephone calls claiming to speak for the pro-Iranian Islamic djhad, or Islamic Holy Wage said Friday that Marcel Fontaine and Marcel Carton would be killed i iately e signs, among other things. It isn't known what per- centage of children in the general population suffers from fetal alcohol syndrome. To determine such a figure for a given region, research- ers would have to study every child and family living in the region. Such studies are rarely done because they are time consuming and costly. The B.C. study presented just such an opportunity: the community is isolated and only 350 people live there. GENERAL MEESE REASSURED POINDEXTER WASHINGTON (AP) — Admiral John Poindexter says that when he was asked to resign last November, Attorney General Edwin Meese indicated to him there weré no “criminal problems” resulting from the Iran-Contra affair. But when pressure soon mounted for a criminal probe by an independent counsel, Poindexter said he decided not to discuss his role even with President Ronald Reagan, thus keeping the general public waiting until this week to learn the extent of the president's ledge of the Poindexter appeared before congressional committees investigating the Iran-Contra affair for a third day on Friday for testimony described by Senate committee chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) as “incredible, mindboggling, chilling.” Reagan's former national security adviser returns to the witness table on Monday. Poindexter steadfastly insisted that Reagan would have approved the diversion of Iran arms sales profits to the Nicaraguan Contra rebels if he had been asked. But the White House stood by chief spokesman Marlin Fitzwater’s statement this week that Reagan “has said on t occasions that had he been told, he would not have allowed, and he should have been told.” Poit ified: “I would have that. That's the whole idea of deniability.” The admiral was questioned by Senator Warren Rudman (R-N.H.) about the events of Nov. 25, 1966, the day Poind "s i jon was d by Reagan, and Meese went on television to announce the discovery that Iran arms sales profits were diverted to the Contras. FIND MEMO Three days earlier, Meese’s investigators had discover- ed a memo in the office of Poindexter aide Oliver North which mentioned the diversion and led to the unravelling of the secret Contra operation run out of the National Security Robinson said he thinks Council offices. The Iranian arms sales had been exposed on there are “very many more” Nov. 4 in an article in a Middle Wast publication. such communities, “on Van- Poindexter said he met with Meese about 7:30 a.m. on couver Island, and through- the 25th, and “he indicated to me that he didn’t think that out the north.” there were any criminal problems. He asked that the com- “He did say that his people were still looking into it, but d him to say munity that was the subject of his study not be identified, saying it would be unfair to those who live there. He said he also hopes to shield the community's iden- tity because he hopes to re- turn with a program dealing with prevention. Plans to im- mediately follow up on the findings were shelved when the community cancelled the project after phase one. “There's a lot of hostility in the band because of the ster- eotyping of Indians as alcohol abusers,” said Robinson. “The report said some- thing they didn't want to hear.” Robinson said he is still in contact with the community and wants to return to finish his work. at that point he didn’t see any problem, and we really didn’t have any other discussion,” Poindexter said. Justice Department sources, speaking only on condition of anonymity, have in the past confirmed that Meese had not decided on the morning of Nov. 25 on a criminal investigation because the criminal division had not yet produced the necessary memo with suggested avenues of criminal prosecution. The memo was completed that evening, hours after Meese had gone on television, and a criminal investigation was launched. KEPT SILENT Those events had an effect on Poindexter's decision to hire counsel and keep silent on whether Reagan knew of the diversion plan, which occurred while the government was prohibited by law to aid Nicaraguan Contras. “What I don't understand is why it took us so long to get to where we got,” in learning of Reagan's knowledge, Rudman said. “As one who did not feel he was acting as a criminal, as one who was carrying out the policies that he believed his commander-in-chief wanted, why, before you left yhour assignment, you did not say to the president ... I want you to know ... that what I did, you did not authorize me to do, and I take responsibility for it?" Rudman asked. TV. One. the Castlegar News. The video tape, which is 36 minutes long and titled AIDS — The New Epidemic, is being sent around to different video deadlerships. Pete's TV received the tape last week from the dealership Video “The first thing I did was give it to one of the local doctors and he said it was very informative,” Pete's TV employee Shirley Gorkoff told The doctor was viewed the tape AIDS video tape free of charge By CasNews Staff A video tape about AIDS issued by the Ministry of Health has ar- rived in Castlegar and may be borrowed free of charge from Pete's was Roy Ward and he labelled it “a super production.” “It’s all talking, there are no graphics. It’s given almost in a lec- ture form. I think the information is just exactly right,” said Ward. “The statistics are horrifying. They say there are 20,000 people in British Columbia carrying the AIDS virus which is horrifying. I highly recom- mend the tape.” Gorkoff said she has viewed the tape and found it very “informa- tive.” She added that not many people have taken advantage of the free offer to view the video tape but added that “it's just beginning to catch on.” because France broke relations with Iran. TRANSIT continued from front page The Service Review report was prepared after a two week study of the transit system was undertaken in March to compile service and ridership information for basing future decisions. The report adds that “a slight increase” in ridership is expected during July and August because school students are on summer vacation “and have more opportunity to use the service.” In September the ridership is expected to increase even further as Selkirk College begins its full session. The report adds that the transit system carries four groups of passengers; adults, students, seniors and those who use Ministry of Social Services and Housing passes Daily ridership ranges from a high of 161 on Fridays to a low of 120 on Saturdays According to the report, the largest group of passengers are students at 53.1 per cent, followed by adults at 31.6 per cent, seniors at 9.2 per cent and those holding MSSH passes at seven per cent Two requests by residents to transit officials have been rejected. They were for an earlier bus trip to Blueberry and bus service to accommodate international students who will be attending Selkirk College this fall. Under the existing schedule, there are four trips to Blueberry Monday through Saturday. The first morning trip is at 9:40 a.m. “Since November there have been requests for an earlier trip to meet the 8:30 a.m. class start time at Selkirk College,” the report says. The present trip that services the 8:30 a.m. start time begins downtown at 7:31 a.m. This trip routes from downtown to the Plaza, loops the south end of Castlegar then travels to Selkirk College. According to the report about 50 per cent of the passengers board the bus north of the Plaza. “If this trip were to divert further and route south to Blueberry an additional 10 minutes would be added to an already long trip. Some additional riders would be gained from a Blueberry extension, however the added time on an already long trip would result in more rides lost through students choosing a faster or more convenient form of trahspor- tation,” the report says. In February, Gwen Armstrong, co-ordinator of international education at Selkirk College, asked transit officials for expanded service to Ootischenia at the weigh scales corner on Highway 3, to the Fairview residential area and a schedule adjustment from Robson. The request was to accommodate international students who live in private homes in the area and attend Selkirk College. Presently there are 16 international students in the area and between 20 and 30 more are expected to register by September and all of them rely on the bus to get to the college. “Unfortunately because of time constraints with the existing schedule none of these requests can be met at this time,” the report concludes. CLOSE LOOK . . . The three members of the Special Waste Advisory Committee discuss a fact sheet at the Open House at the Sandman Inn Castl rr Wed- nesday. Pictured are (from left) M. Lael Hamilton, Dr. David Boyes, committee chairman and E. 4 .E. (Ted) Jef- ferys; president of Cascade Chemical Commedtica.. CosNews Photo Painting shot at LONDON (AP) — A man fired :a shotgun at a popular Leonardo da Vinci drawing in the National Gallery on Friday night, police said, The man was immediately arrested. The drawing is called The Virgin and Child with St. Anne and St. John the Baptist, and police said it is worth as much as $10.5 million Cdn. It was protected by reinforced glass, and the damage was confined to an area of the virgin's clothing, the gallery said. Nullify election SASKATOON (CP) — Six former directors of the Metis Society of Saskatoon are trying to have the courts nullify the outeome of an April election of new directors. In a notice of motion filed in Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench, petitioners Ron Camponi, Carol Camponi, Faye Bicknell, Dorothy Asquith, Richard Halcro and Stewart Trottier applied to have the court issue an order restraining the new board from acting as directors of the non-profit corporation and to make the organization stage new i Specific concerns about the disputed election are not. known. The application also seeks to have the court direct the petitioners to manage the corporation until a new election si called. Revamped party TORONTO (CP) — Controversial New Democra tie Party ic policies such as nationalization may be “out of date” and revamped before the next election, NDP Leader Ed Broadbent told the Toronto Star on Friday. With the party leading the polls in voter support, the time has come for a major review of economic planks that once were the cornerstone of NDP policy, Broadbent told The Star in St. John's, Nfld. He said more than 80 per cent of party policy is broadly supported by Canadians. But he said the NDP also is weighed down by controversial planks — such as nationalization of major corporations —that could be electorial liabilities. Surprise attack BAGHDAD (REUTER) — Iraq said today it captured a series of mountain peaks and a strip of strategic high ground on the central warfront in a surprise attack that killed many Iranian troops. A military communique said Iraq used’ planes, tanks and artillery in the attack Friday night. It coincided with news from the United Nations that the Security Council had agreed to meet Monday to adopt a resolution demanding an end to the Iran-Iraq war, which has dragged on since September 1980. Depraved indifference SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (AP) — A woman whose nine children all died over 14 years and who confessed to three of the deaths was found guilty Friday of smothering her 3'/-month-old daughter with a pillow. But she was found not guilty of intending to kill the baby. Mary Beth Tinning, 44, was charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the December 1985 death of Tami Lynne Tinning The Schenectedy county court jury found her not guilty of one count, charging her with acting with the intent to cause death. But it convicted her of the second count, acting recklessly with a depraved indifference to human life. Ehtiopian doctors ADDIS ABABA (REUTER) — A panel of doctors from Ethiopia has announced for the first time the existence of AIDS among its 46 million population. Getachew ‘ladesse, the deputy minister, said that five people are known to have contracted the disease and that three have died. Until now, the Ethiopian government had denied the existence of acquired immune deficiency syndrome in the country, despite its prevalence in neighboring Kenya and other countries to the south 257 missing SEOUL (AP) — South Korean navy and coast guard ships called off searches today for missing fishermen and the government said 111 people were killed and 257 missing during the onslaught of Typhoon Thelma. Weather forecasters acknowledged that they failed to chart the storm's path, but told critics it changed course unpredictably. The story hit the southern tip of South Korean with 130-kilometre-per-hour winds around midnight Wednesday night. It brought heavy rain over the region, capsizing boats and causing rivers to burst their banks and flood villages. Tonnes of mud struck people in their homes. Car explodes LONDON (AP) — A car exploded today and injured its driver on a busy street near the driveway to Kensington Palace, the residence of Prince Charles and his wife Diana and other members of the Royal family, Scotland Yard said Anti-terroist squad officers and firefighters were called to the scene, but the cause of the blast was not immediately known, Scotland Yard said Police sealed off the area in west London's fashionable Kensington district, a busy shopping area packed with tourists. SEARCH CONTINUES FOR KIDS COMFORT, TEX. (AP) — Searchers hold out little hope Saturday of finding alive eight youngsters who were swept away by floodwaters that surged around a bus and van, leading to the deaths of two teenaged girls. The vehicles, filled with church campers, had stalled in the rising Guadalupe River. The search, suspended by darkness Friday, was to resume at daybreak, said Sgt. Charles Seale of the Department of Public Safety. “I don’t believe there's any survivors,” he said. Rescue workers plucked several screaming, horror- stricken youngsters Friday from the raging, muddy waters that swamped the bus and van from Seagoville Road Baptish Church in Balch Springs near Dallas. Youngsters clung to branches, praying and singing, and formed a human chain in the churning water. One girl plunged 30 metres to her death after losing her grip on a rope dangled from a helicopter, authorities said. “We had come up here to learn about God, and we sure did,” said Melissa Henderson, 17. “I have never been so scared in my life. The worst thing was hearing your friends screaming for help and not being able to do anything about it.” The vehicles were carrying 43 people from Camp Pot 0° Gold, a children's camp, to a rafting expedition, said Richard Koons, 26, the church’s youth minister. He was driving the bus. CAUSES FLOODING About 30 centimetres of rain had fallen early Friday, causing the worst flooding of the Guadalupe at nearby Hunt since 1932, the National Weather Service said. The river had risen to 4.8 metres above flood stage by early Friday, prompting deputies to evacuate hundreds of residents along the river. Sheriff's officers said they had called camp supervisors before 4 a.m. Friday to warn against crossing the swollen river. “Everybody down the river was notified that the river was on the rise,” said Lee D'Spain, the Kendall County sheriff. “I couldn't say for certain, but I think that would be right that it could have been avoided if they would have taken notice of the warning.” Seale, from the Department of Public Safety, said the bus, with 32 passengers, stalled in about 30 centimetres of water on a Guadalupe River ford. Two other buses had successfully crossed, but the third was caught in its predecessor's wake and stalled momentarily, he said. Koons said that he could not back up the bus because the van, which also stalled, was close behind. Panic mounted as a flash flood sent water rushing at the vehicles. The water rose as high as the bus’s steering wheel, and Koons told the teenagers to get out and hold hands in an effort to bring everyone to land. SCATTERS KIDS The ‘swift current, laden with tree limbs and other debfis, pushed the bus and van downstream and scattered the ‘youths. Some frantically grasped at trees. State and National Guard helicopters began rescues, darting between trees to.drop ropes to stranded youngsters. Melanie Finley, 24, “apparently was too weak to hold on” and fell to her death, Seale said. “She had the rope around her properly, but she couldn't hold on.” Tonya Smith, 13, was found dead five kilometres downtstrea, her body tangled in a wire-mesh fence. Many of the children suffered bruises and cuts on their arms and legs from clinging to trees, said Betsy Cox, a nurse at Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital in nearby Kerrville. Two were still in hospital late Friday, but were not seriously injured. A state trooper said investigators will determine next week whether any charges should be filed against the bus CONCERT IN THE PARK . . . lan Hartline and Friends drum up some lunch hour music. See story below. CosNews Photo Band pleases fans By CARMEN GUIDO Blue skies, sun hiding shyly behind the clouds, a cool breeze and the soft loving sound of Ian Hartline and rriends, made the third concert in the park a pleasant experience. The most fantastic and unique part in this series of free concerts in the park is that it is a family affair where the little ones as well as the adults have a chance to listen to beautiful music without the rigid norms of a concert hall. Eveyrone can relax in any fashion, have their lunch, sit down, stand up, come early or late and move around. This time, I sat in the grass looking at the birds flying close to the clouds while listening to the notes of a soft Brasilian Bossa Nova. T remember that in the 60s this beautiful music was in the top charts and involved the South American public. Sergio Mendez succeed in bringing it to the rest of the world. I heard those same notes at the park played with a nostalgic mood. The Brazilian call this bitter-sweet feeling Sandade that moves so deep in the heart. For us it is the blues, that Ian Hartline, Rick Fry, Glen Mitchell and Lou Meinekic played so well. The band vocalist, Jennifer Ryan, knows how to sing those blues. One wonders how a 17-year-old girl can have such an educated voice. The answer seems to come easily for her. “T have been singing for 17 years,” she laughed. “But I have also trained for the last five years in classical voice.” Jennifer is looking forward to begin her studies in music and opera at the McGill University. Next week's Concert in the Park features Clan MacDougall, a group of artists from Harrop, Castlegar and Nelson. driver. Cheques cause stir MONTREAL (CP) — Nearly 8,000 Quebecers will be cut off welfare unless they appear at provincial man. power centres to explain why they did not pick up their July cheques, an official says. Sylvie Marier, an aide to Manpower Minister Pierre Paradis, said, “We will cer- tainly be looking into some of these cases to find out why they no longer want their welfare cheques.” The province distributes $200 million each month in welfare payments to 343,323 Quebecers The cheques range from $170 a month for people under 30 to $848 for families. Usually, the cheq ues are mailed but, because of last month's rotating pos- tal strike, recipients were asked to pick up their July cheques in person, starting June 29. Marier said in an interview Friday that the cheques will be returned to the govern ment next week and the names of the recipients will be stricken from welfare rolls. Those who did not pick up their July cheques can still correct the situation by going to any of 115 Quebec manpower centres and show ing their medicare cards. Harvey passes away Cissie Maude Harvey of Castlegar passed away on Wednesday, July 15 at the age of 89 years. Funeral service for the late Mrs. Harvey was held at the Castlegar Funeral Chapel on Saturday, July 18, with Rev. . Ted Bristow officiating. Bur. ial was in Mountainview Cemetery. Mrs. Harvey was born April 30, 1898 at Longwhit tnam, England and came to Trail in 1923 and married Charles Diamond Harvey that same year. She lived in Trail until moving to Castle- gar in 1943 and has lived here since. She was a member of the Hospital Auxillary, and Trail Elks Lodge. Mrs. Har. vey enjoyed her garden and walking. She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Jim and Gladys Leckie of Castlegar and Gordon and Joan Rutley of Naramata; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and brother Lance Didcock of Tilehurst, England. She was predeceased by her husband, four sisters and four brothers. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel Skytrain bridge work VANCOUVER (CP) — The provincial government has called in divers to inspect the SkyTrain bridge being built across the Fraser River to Surrey from New Westmin ster. Municipal Affairs Minister Rita Johnston said she is confident about the safety of the $25-million structure but “I'm not about to gamble. The bridge is being build by non-union labor. JOB BOARD... Castlegar residents can now come to the Castlegar and District Development Board to scan a board for work. CosNews Photo Job board in Castlegar By (asNews Staff An Employment and Immigration job board has been set up in Castlegar to assist people looking for work. The job board, which advertises the same jobs listed at the Employment and Immigration office in Trail, is updated every day and is situated on the first floor of the Castlegar and District Development Board office located at 601 Columbia Avenue. “We're trying to make people aware that it’s here,” Castlegar and District Development Board economic officer Richard Maddocks told the Castlegar News. The job board was brought to Castlegar in the beginning of July and Maddocks said he “hopes we can get some representation of the Manpower service back into Castlegar.” “The fact that we have no Manpower service at all in Castlegar is of concern to us,” added Maddocks. Information on the job board can be obtained by calling Canada Employment and Immigration in Trail. BUDE SIEGE RMB FLY FLAG ee U.S. to escort ships WASHINGTON (AP) — The U-S. navy will start escorting Kuwaiti tankers that fly the U.S. flag through the war-torn Persian Gulf on July 22, say legislators who met with top Reagan administration officials. Tankers will be escorted up the gulf, 500 nautical miles long, to be loaded with oil and then back through the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the gulf, the legislators said Tuesday. The first convoy will include only one or two Kuwaiti tankers while later groups will probably be larger, said Representative Les Aspin (D-Wis.), chairman of the House of Representatives armed services committee Aspin said a second escort mission will begin Aug. 6 and will be the first of three convoys during the month. Eventually, the navy plans to run as many as five convoys a month, Aspin said Aspin, Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole (R Kan.) and Senator James Sasser (D-Tenn.) said they were told that the first navy mission would be July 22. Sasser is leader of congressional attempts to block President Ronald Reagan's plan. Administration officials have refused to announce an exact start-up date for the escorts and Pentagon officials declined to comment on the July 22 date. At the White House, presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater would say only that the navy's escort mission “could come as early as next week.” Later, an administration official who demanded anonymity said it was “unfortunate that congressmen have released details from a classified briefing.” But Warren Nelson, a spokesman for Aspin, said Aspin told him that no one in the meeting said the information being discussed was classified. Dole, Sasser and Aspin were among a bipartisan group of about 20 House and Senate leaders who met behind closed doors for more than an hour with National Security Adviser Frank Carlucci, State Secretary George Shultz, Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger and Admiral William Crowe, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Reagan's plan to put U.S. captains and flags aboard 11 Kuwaiti tankers and have the navy escort the ships has raised congressional fears that the United States might be drawn into the Iran-Iraq war. Kuwait has adied Iraq in the conflict Iraw attacked offshore Iranian oilfields Tues: including those at Iran's main oil export terminal on Kharg Island. The raids followed air strikes Monday on Iranian oil targets, during which Iraq said its planes hit a tanker. 8 ae