The World : Contra Aid Renewal Seen

The new Honduran government, which takes office this week, has agreed to allow shipments of U.S. non-lethal aid to Nicaraguan rebels, ending a bottleneck that has hampered the guerrilla war, Washington officials said. Insisting on anonymity, the officials said incoming President Jose Azcona Hoyo will permit the aid--mostly clothing and boots--to be funneled to the insurgents, known as contras, who are battling the leftist Nicaraguan government from base camps along the Honduran border. The supplies have been piling up in New Orleans since the outgoing Honduran government turned back an aid flight last October.