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WASHINGTON — The Reagan Administration expects to take advantage of a minor change in the new humanitarian aid package for the Nicaraguan Contras to institute a series of non-military
training programs designed to make the insurgents more self-sufficient. The aid program that expired Friday permitted the Administration to use the $17.7-million package only for food,
clothing, medical services and shelter. The new $27-million, six-month package signed into law by President Reagan on Saturday calls for assistance in the same four areas, but the word _
only _ has been deleted, permitting the Administration greater flexibility in how the money is spent. U.S. officials, insisting on anonymity, said they envision U.S.-sponsored “skills
training” in areas ranging from radio maintenance to record keeping, human rights and health care. MORE TO READ