European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes june 1985 air Force blames Brake malfunction for Sabre liner crash a a malfunction in the braking system caused an air Force Sabre liner Jet to crash in killing a fourstar general and four other people the air Force said a statement by air Force Secretary Verne Orr said the malfunction occurred after the plane landed at the Wilkes Barre Scranton International resulting in the loss of the Hydraulic pressure that operates the killed in the april 20 crash was Jerome commander of the tactical air which oversees fighter plane operations in the United also killed were his and three the Crew applied the emergency Brake system effective emergency Brak ing was not obtained in time to bring the aircraft to a Safe Stop before it departed the end of the said orrs the navigational aids and other Airport facilities were in Good working order at the time of the and the airports fire and Rescue personnel responded a native of nearby Carbon and his wife were flying Here to attend a banquet honouring Joseph in Omalley was in the cockpit of the it 39 twin engine but the investigation  determine whether he was piloting the plane when it went off the plunged Down a 125foot embankment and burst into the plane can be flown from either seat in the the air Force emphasized that the general was a qualified ct39 Pilot and was authorized to Fly the he had flown the it 39 20 times for a total of hours in the 90 Days immediately preceding the the statement besides the the other victims were Lester of Harry of and Robert of autopsies showed Omalley died of head and Chest while the others died of various combinations of head injuries and smoke the air Force statement said the safety record of the also known As a a is we have a Fleet of 42 of these twine Gine Jet used primarily for official cargo and passenger the statement Over the past 25 the ct39 has proven to be one of the safest aircraft in our the last major Sabre liner Accident occurred More than six years the conducted by Richard vice commander of the military Airlift comes 23rd air Force at Scott included a Thor Ough examination of the aircraft and the procedures and training associated with ct39 flying operations and the statement need for insulin reduced a photo diabetic Ann tells a news conference in Miami that surgery she underwent has dramatically reduced her need for doctors Are hopeful that the which involves trans planting insulin producing cells from dead people into the spleens of will eventually be a cure for the court Shields Mitchell from suit Over wiretap Washington a the supreme court wednesday shielded former attorney general John Mitchell from a lawsuit involving an unlawful 1970 Feder Al in a 5to2 the court said the former Nixon administration official is entitled to immunity from the suit in when the wiretap took it was not clearly established that the wiretap was Union Stith Justice Byron writing for the said that a Short time after the wiretap was ended Federal judges rejected the Justice departments claim that the attorney general was authorized to order wiretaps without court warrants in National Security it by no Means that Mitchells actions in authorizing the wiretap violated Law that was clearly established at the time of the White he noted by six straight including had considered such warrant less wire taps lawful in Domestic Security in the supreme court left open the possibility that such wiretaps were White but the court ruled that Mitchell and other High rank ing government officials do not have absolute immunity from suits arising out of allegedly unconstitutional con duct while in the court in 1982 granted such total immunity to presi dents in a Case involving Richard the attorney generals status As a Cabinet officer is not in itself sufficient to invest him with absolute immune White he said that National Security investigations generally Are not the threat of supreme court Roundup damage suits is not Likely to have As great an influence on an attorney general As other Public actions by High rank ing government the danger that High Federal officials will disregard constitutional rights in their Zeal to protect the National Security is sufficiently real to counsel against affording such officials an absolute White in other the court ruled that a states anti obscenity Laws cannot ban something simply because it incites by a 62 the justices said a Federal appeals court went too far in striking Down a Washington state moral nuisance Law in its entirety rather than just invalidating the Section mentioning the Washington Law labelled As obscene and there fore not constitutionally protected any material that incites lasciviousness or White in writing for the unless there Are countervailing the Washington Law should have been invalidated Only insofar As the word lust is to be understood As reaching protected ruled 80 that people May be sued Over allegedly libellous statements made in letters and petitions to govern ment officials gave sweeping Powers to pension fund trustees to examine the records of companies contributing to Multi employer Benefit in a 63 overturned a decision that sharply limited the Power of teamsters Union pension fund trus tees to audit the books of 16 interstate trucking Compa High Quality copiers May be counterfeiters7 dream Washington a a secret service official warned tuesday with technological advances in High Quality color counterfeiting will no longer be a crime of but will instead become a crime of testifying before a House banking Joseph assistant director of these Cret said these advances reduce the skills required to reproduce he said further advances in the near future will completely eliminate any required a government task Force headed by treasurer Katherine Ortega has been re searching various options to head off a wave of counterfeit currency produced with the High Quality the including officials from the Treasury the Bureau of print ing and engraving and the secret has spent some million looking into detection officials described various options to the subcommittee on consumer affairs and including the implantation of a Chin readable magnetic threads and the use of optically variable the latter Are covered with a thin film which would change color As the viewing Angle the advanced copiers could theoretically Only reproduce one of the col another technique uses multiple defray Tion grating which would conceivably interfere with the scanning systems of color but subcommittee chairman Frank an called some of the task Force ideas i am concerned that the Federal re serve and the Bureau of engraving and printing Are spending millions of dollars for High tech devices that will never be practical or Annunzio Annunzio has introduced the currency design which Calls for the Senate and House to approve any proposed changes in the but Ortega testified tuesday against the saying it would undercut the authority of the Treasury Secretary and create a burdensome process for currency Treasury must retain the authority to act in the event of a sudden problem before it reaches such a proportion that Public Confidence in currency becomes she task Force members generally agreed while counterfeiting is a relatively Small problem at this the advancing technology of color copiers poses a serious threat to the integrity of the Dollar and Public Confidence in Carlon said secret service efforts to Date have resulted in the seizure of Over 90 per cent of fake Bills before they Are current counterfeiting using offset require the acquisition of specialized Ink and other he adding that in and of makes Early detection and suppress Ion possible through the use of traditional enforcement Annunzio said less than million in counterfeit Money was circulated last