The World - News from Oct. 15, 1986

Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) said that allegations from more than 50 people raise “serious questions about whether the United States has abided by the law” in its relations with Nicaraguan rebels, known as contras , over the last three years. Kerry’s report said the 50 sources told of “an interlocking web of bank accounts, air strips, planes, pilots and contra bases which have been used in common by weapons smugglers, narcotics smugglers, the contras and organizations assisting the contras.” The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, of which Kerry is a member, will decide early next year on whether it will conduct a probe.