European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes August 1985 air Force carefully testing disputed general says Eglin a the air Force is cautiously testing a controversial Airt air missile in an Effort to avoid giving new ammunition to congressional critics who Are trying to scrap the a general tests arc being scrubbed if everything Doest look Robert eaglet we arc so conscious of the political Impact of failures that we Are trying to optimize our chances of minimizing said Deputy commander for development and acquisition in the air Force armament headquartered Here in the Florida the missile is designed to even the Odds for pilots out numbered by eaglet the radar guided missiles can be fired simultaneously at multiple launching planes would be Able to leave the scene while the missiles do their existing missiles can be fired Only one at a time and pilots must keep their radar locked onto each target until missiles the first three test launches of the advanced medium Range Airt air or have been Success in the latest on an Omraam fired from an Egli based f15 tracked and knocked Down a Floo a pilotless version of the f100 super Sabre Over the army White Sands missile Range in new the Omraam is two years behind and its expected production Cost of about each is nearly twice initial the House voted to kill the pro Gram it was restored in budget negotiations with the sen ate last but with several performance standards cannot be a fixed Cost development contract cannot exceed and total production costs for missiles cannot exceed if the air Force fails to meet these criteria by March the program would be eaglet said he is confident All criteria would be met by the the missile should be ready for production next he the development Hughes aircraft of Al stands to lose about million on the fixed Price eaglet he Doest expect Hughes to try to pass those losses on to the government by raising production prices because production contracts will be bid competitively with other he also said it would be unthinkable for recently purchased by general motors to default on the development contract because too much of its reputation is Riding on the the to be used by the and by Germany and As Well As the air is also being tested at the navys Pacific missile test Center at Point withdrawals halted Tor 20 Days after run on n Maryland a a 20day freeze on withdrawals from Community savings and loan took effect tuesday following a today run on the suburban Washington Thrift by anxious the freeze was put in place to halt the run and give Community time to sell its real estate Charles of a depositor who stood in line to withdraw some Money said tuesday that he was not concerned about the i think the Money is perfectly Meehan he said that he withdrew Money without disclosing How Only because his wife was concerned that there might be an emergency or a and we  get at the freeze was imposed by Harry Hughes on monday at the request of the Bank Clayton who said that Long lines of customers had developed at All branches and that there have been disturbances in these concern began to develop last week when Community announced that it must sell the operating As equity programs investment before it can obtain Federal Deposit anxious customers began to form lines at Community branches saturday following reports that epic is Delin quent on payments due on some of the billion of mortgage backed securities it has Maryland officials have been struggling since May to Cope with a saving Sandlian crisis that at one time threat ened to bankrupt 102 privately insured in his request for the temporary freeze on withdrawals at Community savings and said the institution is talking with a number of interested parties about Selling the epic Community was already operating under a monthly limit on withdrawals from each account that limit has been in effect since May at some of the states larger Hughes order of monday shuts off All withdrawals for 20 with assets of about Community is one of the four or five largest thrifts where restrictions still Are in place on withdrawal of Faa official pleads guilty to charges in million scam new York a a former Federal aviation administration official pleaded guilty monday to charges stemming from a phony Billing scheme that bilked the government out of Pompeo Delia a former construction supervisor and 27year Veteran of the pleaded guilty before District judge Eugene Nickerson to counts of crib income tax evasion and filing false Delia of East was one of four senior officials at the Faas Eastern regional Headquarters at Kennedy International Airport indicted on Federal charges last one has pleaded guilty to bribery and tax an other was convicted of conspiracy and filing false at the time of their attorney Ray mond Dearie said the four misused their initially in collusion with several area businessmen and then later on their to Bill the Faa for nonexistent construction and maintenance work for control runways and other Airport Dearie said no work was done and no goods or services were Federal officials said there was no danger to air Passen Gers or Nickerson said Delia Rocca faces up to 265 years in prison and in fines when he is sentenced but assistant attorney Lawrence Zweifach said the sentence probably would be around 15 the Maxi mum penalty for the top count of Zweifach said Delia Rocca was not cooperating with the government As a witness against the remaining Donald of a construction and maintenance chief with 24 years service with the is to go on trial Allen former chief of the Faas radar data unit at pleaded guilty to one count of bribery and two counts of tax evasion in he faces up to 15 years in prison and million in fines at his sentencing said Moserowitz testified at the trial of the fourth Eugene chief of the electronics Section for the Faas Eastern of new who was employed by the Faa for 27 was convicted july 3 of conspiracy and filing false he faces up to 10 years and in fines at his sentencing the four Faa officials were accused of submitting More than fraudulent claims amounting to More than million Between 1973 and the scheme extended to several installations in the Faas seven state Eastern Region including Laguardia and Mac Arthur airports in new York Newark and Teterboro air ports in new Jersey and Dulles and National airports in said a photo Ira Shprintzen shows off his new Waistline loss 55 pounds now he finds his fats in the fire new a a Man who weighed into a health club at 500 pounds has dropped 155 pounds and the membership manage ment complained that other members were upset about the Way he Ira who had lost 135 pounds by the time he joined the Jack Lalanne health spa in Tuckahoe last said he was handed the bad news the Day after he signed they didst complain about something i could unlike body but they said i want pret Shprintzen they said other people had threatened to cancel their membership if i the manager said better to lose one than so now 345 with about 100 left to has taken the spa to the state division of human rights in White charging a violation of his civil rights for discriminating against him because his morbid obesity classified him As Seymour a lawyer for the said a an apology and an offer allowing Shprintzen to return to the spa was offered but he turned it Miller declined to discuss the Case the 6foot3 insurance Counselor said he weighed about 250 pounds until a few years ago when a dysfunction of his Lymphatic system caused his weight to shoot up to 635 an operation last year corrected the but he experienced weight loss of up to 50 pounds a because he was bedridden for two months and losing weight so doctors were concerned his Muscles would so they told him to do weightless exer such As in order that the second operation could be performed in january Jav Canoe spa accepted a credit card for the lifetime in the Day he went to the he weighed 500 he said he swam and used the the next he was called to the manager s office and was told other members had complained about his his second surgery was delayed and took place in r Don director of Public information for the division of human said his departments main Job is to make sure the Law is properly if the department finds probable cause of the matter will go to a Public hearing before an administrative Law fined and compensatory damages Zirkel