European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes february controller orders Jet almost hits Trade Center Tower new York a an Argentine airlines Jet that strayed top Low Over Man Hattan during a nighttime descent was on a collision course with the to Tower atop the world Trade Center before it was ordered to an air traffic controller Argen Tine climb climb and the Airliner carrying 58 people avoiding an almost certain the 707 jetliner was descending in heavy fog last Friday night at an automatic alarm buzzed at the tracking Center in according to Irving Federal aviation administration the lowest Altitude permitted Complete with a 16page Phot history an ominous and chilling dramatized gamelan of possible global from tank assaults to air clashes to icbms launching based on a former nato generals inside knowledge of stat of theart weaponry and strategy 0 4b 04477 7 v a i Ahkii y Hook third the illustrated edition War August 1985 general sir John Hackett other to ranking nato meals advisors now at most bookstores Over Manhattan is at the same a controller saw on his radar screen that the Jet was flying too the Faa a tape recording of the Inci Dent revealed the following Exchange Argentine whats your Altitude asked the air traffic whose name was not fifteen Hundred the Pilot turn right the controller immediate right turn and climb climb immediately the plane was three to four Miles South of the Trade less than minutes the Faa said the controller Proba Bly did not notice immediately when the Jet strayed below feet because he was responsible for seven other planes at the the twin North and South towers of the Trade Center Are each 110 stories and 1 350 feet the North Tower has a steel television Mast on top that rises to More than the carrying 49 passengers and nine Crew members from dec was descending to Kennedy International Airport at when the Exchange Moss said the who was not Ridenti could be barred from flying in the United states if an Faa investigation proves he was responsible for the mass transit systems told to set More realistic Tares Washington a congressional investigators said thursday that mass Tran sit systems must adopt More realistic fares and raise them if necessary because the amount of Money they receive from the government to operate is approaching crisis the general accounting office said to state and Federal governments will be paying More than billion a year in operating subsidies by 1985 if current trends continue billion having been spent last president Reagan wants to phase out fed eral operating subsidies for bus and transit rail systems after next ending them by Industry leaders say state and local governments As Well As transit riders would have to make up the some members of Congress and mass transit supporters argue that government subsidies always will be needed to run mass transit fares now account for about 45 percent of transit operating expenses the Federal government adds another 15 percent and local and state governments the the american Public transportation association the Gao concluded in its report to be presented to Congress that local transit offi partially because of the availability of government have not made an Ade quate Effort to control one reason for the growing demand for operating subsidies is that transit systems have adopted and maintained unrealistically Low fares even though operating costs Are the Gao report it the availability of government subsidies has encouraged Many transit sys tems to reemphasize fares As a Revenue the who Analysed transit systems in new new York and noted that labor contracts often prevent transit officials from operating their bus and rail lines in Many labor contracts prevent the hiring of Par time although the largest number of employees Are needed Only during the morning and evening com muting poor maintenance which keep Large numbers of buses and rail cars out of also were cited As a major Many transit systems Are not properly training and promoting their me do not have adequate preventive maintenance programs and Are not properly controlling spare parts the investigators the Gao also criticized the transportation department for not taking sufficient measures to encourage Cost savings by Tran sit the report said the Urban mass transportation administration should establish guidelines that encourage increased productivity while reducing mauled males May get revenge on Cranky Koala san Diego a the fur May Fly when an uncooperative female spots her officials at the san Diego zoo for five Matilda has been the Lone female in the Only Koala Colony outside and most of the matildas mates rough gum drop and Waltzing have been climbing the their romantic advances usually rebuffed by bared claws and shrill zoo officials Hope that will change Early next when six other Koala females arrive from its going to be Shes been the Queen Bee around Here for a Long said Koala keeper Jane at age Matilda still has several Breed ing years left and were hoping for another healthy said but there Hast been much Hanky Panky since a romantic interlude Between Waltz ing and Matilda three years that produced Kolbor an aborigine word mean ing Koala Kolbor also gives his temperamental mom a wide she prefers being said Shes tended to be the Ner Vous she tends to take the males As a for some time males have Only been placed in her cubicle during her Fertile by but that had unfortunate the males get swatted and they eat matildas she gets Stop eat ing and her weight drops several suitors got the message even More painfully when Matilda bit their the Gray marsupials with Button eyes Are considered More rare in Captivity than Panda Australia Only recently relaxed a strict Hal Century ban against the exportation of the which feed on eucalyptus approached extinction in the the san Diego zoo received the first shipment because of its successful Koala col Ideal climate and plentiful Supply of eucalyptus says zoo publicist Jeff