European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 26, 1986 the stars and stripes the family of Nancy Ellen Jobes appears relieved after a new Jersey judge ruled that a feeding tube May be welcoming death removed from the woman above left who was hopelessly brain damaged in a 1980 anaesthesia Accident. Her a photos Mother Eleanor Laird hugs husband Robert. Jobes brother James and sister Jean sit beside them. Contractors allegedly spill secrets Bill Dod Washington up military contractors Compromise National Security by discussing secret weapons in restaurants Heaters and on Golf courses and then charge the outings to the department of defense rep. John Dingell d-mich., said thursday. In a letter to defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger Dingell said contractors Dis cussing the nation s secrets in Public Are daily  Cost information and other details on secret Pentagon weapons programs such As the air Force s stealth bomber and advanced cruise missiles Are closely held Pentagon secrets even from Congress. Some of the secret programs called Black in Pentagon jargon Are suspected of accumulating huge Cost overruns but defense department officials say the programs Are reviewed continuously. With the letter the chairman of a House subcommittee on investigations and Over sight released entertainment claims billed to the air Force by an unidentified general dynamics corp. Official. The claims covered business conferences on secret weapons programs held at such places As the Kennedy Center for the performing arts in Washington and for dues at the Crystal City country club in Virginia. Investigators from Dingels panel have been looking into alleged fraudulent Billing by contractors on secret weapons programs but have run into repeated roadblocks be cause of secrecy requirements. Dingell said in his letter to Weinberger while we can both feel secure about the staff of this subcommittee in handling this information neither of us can have similar Faith in the various waiters bartenders caddies and Ushers who May overhear these  spokesmen for the air Force and Gener Al dynamics said they had not seen the letter and could not comment. A Pentagon spokesman said he could not respond in detail to Dingell s claims but added it must be understood that Classi fied programs do not escape internal Over  he said Dingell s allegations would be studied. Subcommittee investigators said that beyond the question of the discussions being overheard by bystanders the Billings raise Legal questions because of the extremely limited Access to the weapon programs. Federal Law prohibits officials from the executive Branch and military services from accepting gratuities from military contractors. And it could be worse one investigator said. If they Aren t talking to these people government official who Are they talking to Dingell said the claims which he says Are not isolated incidents mean the contractors Are either violating National Security Laws by discussing the programs in Public places or falsifying vouchers in violation of tax and Federal securities Law. 2 make Parachute leap from Empire Safe building new York a two men parachuted thursday from the 86th floor of the Empire state building and floated gently onto fifth Avenue where one hailed a cab and Rode away while the other was snared in a traffic Light pole. It was quite frightening said Michael Mccarthy 25, of London who was arrested after he disentangled himself. I mean it s not a Normal thing to  the stunt had never before been pulled at the 102-Story, 1,472-foot building according to Security chief Sal Rinaldi. Parachutists have leaped from the 110 Story world Trade Center whose towers have smooth sides. The Empire state build ing has setbacks at several Levels. If you re going to jump in America the single most significant historical building. Must be the Empire state building said Mccarthy s partner Alastair Boyd 27, also of London. Today was a really really Beautiful  the View from the flight was super added Mccarthy. I mean the buildings Are incredible from that  tourists and a concessionaire saw the men dive from the South Side of the 86th floor Observatory at 11 10 . They just watched. They did t move. They hardly even said anything said Boyd. The Observatory is 1,050 feet from the ground. Mccarthy landed at 31st Street Boyd about six blocks farther South. Mccarthy said the two used special chutes that gave them the Forward motion they needed 10 avoid the setbacks. Asked Why he had jumped Mccarthy said it s never been done before and peo ple had sort of said it was impossible to do because of the shape of it. But you can in fact jump off two sides either the North Side or the South Side. The idea was that we would land and then get away but i did t land in the Way i intended to. So i was sort of caught red handed he added. Mccarthy spoke to reporters at the mid town South police precinct where he was booked on charges of reckless endanger ment putting on an exhibition without a permit and unlawful parachuting. He was issued a summons returnable May 15. Boyd who did not receive a ticket said later that he had paused at the Bottom to help untangle his Friend. But when the police showed up he said he jumped into a cab a Friend had waiting. Mccarthy said he parachuted from the Eiffel Tower two years ago. Mccarthy jumped from the Tower in Paris on april 18, 1984, with a woman Amanda Tucker. They shared a single Steerable Parachute and landed safely on the grass 905 feet below. Mccarthy said he and Boyd wore their parachutes under raincoats when they went up to the Empire state building s Obser vation deck. He said they quickly slipped the Coats off scaled a 10-foot-High, spiked Fence surrounding the building ledge and made the leap. Bauer inventor of Down jackets bags Dies at 86 Bellevue Wash. A Eddie Bauer who invented quilted Down jackets and Goose Down sleeping bags in the 1930s and built a retail and mail order clothing company that bore his name has died at the age of 86. Bauer who died april 18, retired in 1968 when he sold the Eddie Bauer co. To Minne Apolis based general Mills. The company has 41 retail outlets in the United states and can Ada and 2 million mail order customers. Eddie Bauer was a Pioneer in retailing said Michael Rayden president of the Eddie Bauer co., based in Redmond. Bauer who was born on Orcas Island opened his first store in Seattle in 1920, stringing Tennis rackets. An avid Fisherman and camper Bauer was issued a Patent in 1936 for quilted Down jackets and Goose Down sleeping bags and supplied Goose Down flight suits to . Pilots during world War ii. In 1963, he supplied Goose Down equipment to the american expedition to mount Everest. Bauer died 15 Days after his wife of 57 years Christine 82, died of cancer. No one is sure what dad died of said his son Eddie c. Bauer of Redmond. I think he died because of deep depression Over mom s  Bauer concentrated on fishing since sell ing his interest in his company to general Mills his son said. Bauer also was survived by three grand children. No funeral services were planned at Bauer s request his son said