European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 gop claims Victory in 4state voter switch Blit Washington a with changes in voter the Republican party claimed a Quali fied Victory thursday in its operation open a fou state Blitz to get registered democrats to switch to the chortled Over the results of the Pilot drive in North Carolina and saying the open door was slammed in their at a news Republican National committee chairman Frank Fahrenkopf hailed the results of the drive announced May 7 More than democrats have declared their desire to be enrolled As the self imposed 100day deadline for the Campaign was last As with most political there Are different ways of looking at the Fahrenkopf said democrats had switched their figures supplied by the Republican National commit tee showed that of that came from the four target the remaining were from 14 counties in but the gop figures showed that from the four target states there were people who had actually done the paper work to change their the changes were North another people from Florida and 349 from Penn Sylvania were listed As having paper work still there were people from the four states counted in a changes in Progress category that Fahrenkopf de scribed As individuals who our phone Banks have identified and indicated to us they Are prepared to sign the registration switch they have not yet signed the Fahrenkopf said we weve met our goals in three of the four the fact is we didst reach our goal in the state of he attributed that to a vigorous voter registration Campaign the gop mounted there last he added that the gop was beginning a phase two of operation open beginning with new Mexico and to try to get democrats to switch their voter registration in other during questioning by Fahrenkopf acknowledged the project fell Short of its goal of switches in voter youre 100 percent he it Hast been what were looking at is democrats who have the democratic party no longer represents what i 1 am calling myself a Republic democratic National committee chairman Paul Kirk issued a statement the republicans used the same arithmetic to calculate open door results As they used to predict a balanced budget four years Pentagon Scales Back Osfar wars program by Norman Black Washington a the Penta confronted with a Likely million overrun on a has scaled Back a research program that had been called a key element of president reagans Star wars the disclosed thursday in a involves a project known As the airborne optical adjunct in which several firms have been working to develop special infrared sensors that could be deployed on planes to track and pick out nuclear War Heads from it was believed to be the first such Deci Sion involving an existing Star wars the Pentagon said the optical program will be Cut Back by directing the prime the Boeing aerospace to rely on one subcontractor instead of two to develop sophisticated infrared Boeing had signed up Aero Jet electro systems of and Hughes aircraft in Al to Pur sue Independent designs for the the reduction will largely eliminate Aero Jet electro systems from the the Pentagon said the cutback was prompted by a recent discovery that Boe ing and its subcontractors would Likely overrun their million contract by the five year airborne optical adjunct awarded in August was a cos plus meaning the Pentagon would have been responsible for prompt action to reduce the scope of the research Effort was necessary to re main within funding the Pentagon the majority of Aoa program activities will efforts which directly or indirectly relate to Aero jets efforts at will be reduced or the Pentagon declined to detail Why work by Hughes was selected Over that of saying Only that the technology appeared More easily attainable with Hughes and that the firm had done a better Job of managing its fans pen scroll to ailing Hudson los Angeles up More than fans of actor Rock Hudson penned Good wishes and than yous on segments of a 600footlong scroll that was delivered thursday the aids stricken who was admitted to Urcla medical Center july 30 after experimental treatment in a Paris remained in fair and stable Hospital spokeswoman Karen Schonbrun Schonbrun said she could not confirm or deny reports that doctors planned to release Hudson in two Hudson Dale said he knew of no plans to release the film and television who was diag nosed As having acquired immune deficiency syndrome nearly a year that a Day today decision and nothing has been Olson he said a Floral bouquet containing scrolls of messages from fans was delivered to Hudson bedside thursday afternoon by a whose name Olson would not the bouquet was the Effort of Rose of los who conceived of the idea two weeks when Rock Hudson came out with i thought any human being could get said explaining her daughter recently required a blood transfusion at a noting that Hudson used his influence to help get Feder Al funding for research into the incurable Decas Tro said the bouquet is a Way of just saying thank car of the future up photo Ford introduces probe the fifth in a series of advanced aerodynamic concept at the company design executives claim it has the lowest coefficient of drag of any car in the Gas Mother but charges Are dropped Texas a authorities have dropped a murder charge against an air Force staff sergeant whose ailing Mother was found starved to death in his apart he violated a lot of moral Laws and he violated several of the but he did not violate Texas police homicide Dusty Hesskew he announced the dismissal of charges against staff Joe Victor at a news under Texas Law parents have an Obliga Tion to care for there is no Law that says a child must care for his Hesskew after a careful review of the Case by our office and the office of the District we find we that had to dismiss the charges according to the state there was not a violation he its very frustrating to because this makes you feel like you didst do your Hesskew i just Hope our legislators do something to change Stephen executive assistant Travis county District the Law says that you cannot prosecute someone for failing to perform an act unless there is a statute that imposes a duty on them to do that particular theres not even a general Good Samari Tan statute that requires you to come to the Aid of Mccleery its an oversight of the and were stuck with Mccleery said the Case will be presented to a grand but declined to elaborate about what indictment could be Dixon had been jailed tuesday in lieu of bail after the body of his Vera Inez was found lying in human waste in his Hesskew who is assigned to Bergstrom called for an ambulance for his Mother about 11 tuesday because she want moving or Hesskew an autopsy determined that she had been dead about 12 the living room and Kitchen were strewn with a sofa in the living Cov ered with fees and had been Over turned before police he police said there was no food in the apartment except two containers of ice Cream and a Jar of Peanut Dixon told police he returned Home about 11 monday and saw her lying there on the floor and he went to Hesskew Robert Travis county med ical said the woman died of dehydration and she was 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighed 93