European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday August 31, 1986 the stars and stripes Page company seeks trial costs from widows fort Worth Texas a Bell helicopter text Ron is seeking almost $50,000 in trial costs from two women who lost a lawsuit Over the deaths of their servicemen husbands in a helicopter Accident. The expenses the company wants to recover from Catherine Ellis an Donna Dowd include the costs of first class airline tickets and luxury hotel Bills for expert witnesses in the two week Federal trial in Baltimore last year the fort Worth Star Telegram re ported Friday. Army maj. Douglas d9wd and Navy it. Robert Ellis were killed during a training flight in Maryland on May 26. 1981. The Accident was blamed on flaw in the free floating Mast system supporting the Rotor Blades on the Bellah is helicopter. A jury ruled in favor of the widows in january i98s, and awarded them s3.65 million after finding that the Rotor system was unreasonably dangerous and led to a deadly phenomenon known As Mast bumping. But the 4th . Circuit court of appeals in Richmond va., overturned the award ruling that defense contractors arc not liable for defects in aircraft built for the military. The attorney for the widows John Green of Odessa Texas said he Wil a peal that decision to the supreme court. Federal Law allows the winners of civil suits to seek certain trial expenses such As the costs of depositions witness fees and some travel expenses in Addi Tori to attorneys fees. Bell s reimbursement request filed in Baltimore totalled $46,879, most of it for accommodations travel and fees paid to expert witnesses who testified for the  of the witnesses flew first class from fort Worth to Baltimore an stayed in expensive hotels racking up airline and hotel Bills of $17,145, according to court documents. Green said lodging and food for his witnesses was less than $5.000. I think it s an  by a huge corporation to punish two widows and four Small children for rightfully trying to seek Justice within our system for the death of the two husbands in a defective product while they were off serving their country Green said. Bell attorney r. David broils of fort Worth defended the request. We re just preserving our rights he said. The rules apply to both  can the ads or. Campbell Jack Campbell s Campaign for the Florida House of representatives got him into the soup thursday when the Campbell soup co. Filed suit in Federal court in Miami for mimicking it s 81-year-old trademark on his Campaign signs and brochures. The candidate agreed Friday to destroy All copycat items. Do fighting Omraam missile intercepts drone despite chaff Washington a the air Force s new am Raam air to air do fighting missile was successfully fired off a Navy Jet against a Jet drone that was flying Low Over water and attempting to hide behind chaff the Pentagon said Friday. The test thursday was described by the Pentagon As the 12th successful trial out of 14 attempted and the second successful shot in eight Days time. It occurred at the Navy s Pacific missile test Center at Point Mug Califa Navy f-a-18 Jet fighter launched the 12-foot am Raam. The missile intercepted its mane vering tar get passing within the lethal Range of the warhead the Pentagon said. This shot is an important step in the missile s development. The missile was to overcome the effects of chaff being dispensed by the target drone. After the launch the missile immediately acquired the target with its own on Board Active radar and guided to a successful target  chaff is a Cloud of tiny Metal strips designed to confuse  Omraam missile was successfully tested aug. 20 against a mane vering target for the first time. That test occurred at the White Sands missile rang and involved an air Force f-15. The Pentagon said last week s test also marked the first successful use of an ejection launch sequence in which the missile is dropped from act s Wing and then activates instead of being fired directly along a plane s Wing  earlier test of an ejection launch was unsuccessful. The ejection launch capability is crucial to the Navy s use of the missile because the air Force version could be accidentally triggered by the stress of aircraft catapult launches off earners. The Omraam advanced medium Range air to air missile has been under development since 1981. Although it is an air Force program the Navy Hopes to acquire the smart missiles for its fighters. As envisioned a fighter Pilot equipped with the mis Sile would use the radar on his plane to detect enemy aircraft at Long distances. He could then fire and for get the Omraam with the missile using its own Small radar to Home in on the enemy plane instead of having to be guided by the Pilot. Proponents say the missile will allow fighter pilots to fire from longer and thus safer distances and make it possible to quickly attack multiple targets. Although recent tests have proven successful the program has been plagued by technical problems and Cost overruns. Production of the missile was originally scheduled to begin last year. The program remains alive Only because defense Secretary Caspar w. Wein Berger certified to Congress that the air Force could lower and control the missile s Cost. Weinberger told Congress on feb. 28 the air Force would hold the Price tag for 17,000 of the missiles to$5.2 billion and the Omraam will perform in accordance with development  according to the general accounting office the missile s estimated Cost climbed from $428,000 per missile in 1982 to $490,000 per missile in late 1984.the Cap certified by Weinberger amounts to $435,000 per missile. Judge rejects Leo to dismiss Zuccoro charges Rutland it. Dpi a Vermont District court judge has rejected motions to dismiss charges of Selling cocaine filed against John Zaccaro jr., the son of for Mer vice presidential candidate Gerald inc Ferraro. Judge Francis Mccaffrey denied a defense motion for dismissal Friday that had been based on claims Zaccaro 22, was singled out for prosecution because of his Mother s celebrity status. The court does not View Middlebury College Stu dents As deserving of any special status for the Pur poses of drug enforcement Mccaffrey wrote. The defense failed to demonstrate that he was singled out by police and the  Mccaffrey did Rule that two pieces of evidence found in a police search eight Grams of cocaine found in Zaccaro s car and a tape recording made secretly of the alleged Sale could not be used As Evi Dence. The defense had argued the police search of the car was not done properly and the Quality of the tape was not Good enough to hold up As evidence in court. In february Zaccaro pleaded innocent to a charge of Possession of cocaine with intent to sell. In May he pleaded innocent to a charge of Selling cocaine. If convicted the Middlebury College senior could get five years in prison on each charge. No trial Date has been set. He was arrested on feb. 20 outside a Middlebury bar after allegedly Selling a Quarter Gram of cocaine to undercover police officer Laura Manning. Middlebury police said a subsequent search of his car turned up eight Grams of cocaine and records de tailing drug dealing activities. A search of his apart ment turned up cocaine residue police said. Mccaffrey ruled the evidence seized in the car was inadmissible in court. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Aug. 31, 1946 despite bitter opposition in which Russia charged the United states and England with interference in the coming greek elections the Paris peace conference voted to discuss an albanian greek Border dispute at the next meeting 30 years ago today. Aug. 31, 1956 Chicago s chief medical officer said the City s polio outbreak has not struck anyone who had the three recommended Salk shots. 20 years ago today. Aug. 31, 1966 Jonathan Daniels a former White House aide who wrote in two books of a 31-year secret Romance Between president Franklin  and Lucy Mercer Rutherford said he did t learn of the great affection until after Roosevelt s death in 1945. 10 years ago today. Aug. 31, 1976 Federal election officials agreed to permit the league of women voters to finance a series of presidential Campaign debates