European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 19. 1987 the stars and stripes 4 await armed services vote in House Washington a the four democrats who Are competing 10 be come chairman of the House armed services committee nil say they arc Popli mistic or Victory bin agree that the race probably won t be decided until shortly before this week s vote. And two of the aspirants ousted incumbent rep. Les Aspen of Wisconsin and rep. Marvin Cath of Tsitas say they May change their positions and vote against further . Military Aid to the Nicaragua Comras. All four candidates said they arc unsure who will win inc acc Rel vote by the House democratic caucus on Friday. Democrats control 258 seats a majority in the 435-rncmber chamber thus giving them the right to pick committee chair men. Republicans do not vote in the chairmanship elections. Leath is considered Aspin s chief Chal Lenger although conservative  Bennett of Florida who was endorsed by House leaders and Liberal rep. Nicholas Mavroulis of Massachusetts also were upbeat about the vote. With he House out of session last week and members scattered across inc country All four said they have spent much of the week on inc Telephone try ing to line up support. Aspin said he thinks he s matting Prog Ress Little by Little but when asked about Friday s vote said Only Well see How it comes  Leath said i feel pretty Good about it at this Point but i also recognize these things change  Mavroulis spoke in similar terms. I feel pretty Good about things right now i really do he told the a. I won i say i m going to win but i think people Ere listening at least when i can get them on the  Bennett said "1 remain optimistic and Hope i will be elected  Bennett made an unsuccessful run forthe chairmanship two years ago when Aspin rallied liberals and ousted the pre Vious chairman aging rep. Melvin Price d-i11. But democrats said last week that As pin s 130-124 defeat by the House democratic caucus came chiefly because liberals Felt the Wisconsin lawmaker had violated promises in supporting the Rea Gan administration on Aid to the Nicara Guan guerrillas and the my nuclear mis Sile Aspin said he will oppose More Money for the my a position he said is consist ent with his past Public statements that the current limit of 50 of the weapons i enough. As for Contra Aid Aspin said he sup ported it last june As part of a package of things to promote democracy in Cen trial  but now he said i m sceptical of it of whether it would do any Good because the administration has concentrated pretty much on that and military Aid alone does t seem to bedding much  Cath said he has supported the my in the past but i won t support any More. The 50 we be got plus lie test mis Siles Are All we need  Leath has in the. Past supported con tra Aid but said i be always had some degree of doubt in my mind about whether military Aid is the right Way Togo. Now in Light of All that s happened with the Iran connection and questions about where previous Money we be sent has gone i Don t know i m going to wait and Sec about More Contra Aid i m not changing my position but i Don t think the situation is As Cut and dried As it was in the  Mavroulis said he has opposed both the my and Contra Aid and still does while Bennett has voted against the my and for Aid to the con rus. Aspin was voted out Only two years Over he won the office chiefly with sup port from liberals who say they believed he would Back their positions. Logan firefighters leave the air France concorde after it nude an emergency Landing in route to new York. Smoky concorde lands safely Boston a a supersonic concorde jetliner with 75 people aboard made an emergency Landing saturday at Logan International Airport when a Smoky cockpit forced the Pilot to Fly at subsonic speeds Leav ing the plane Short on fuel. Air France flight 001, in route from Paris to new York touched Down safely at 10 15 a.m., refuelled and took off again at noon for new York s John f. Kennedy International Airport. An air France spokeswoman said it arrived in new York at 12 45 . No injuries were reported among 66 passengers and nine Crew members said Nicholas Lamberti a spokes Man for the Massachusetts port authority which oper ates Logan. They had a malfunctioning air conditioning unit which generated smoke in the cockpit lambent said. When that happens the plane has to drop from supersonic to subsonic Speed. And in thai kind of Condi Tion the air plane uses More  the air conditioning unit was turned off during the Short flight from Boston to new York he said. Lamberti said the Pilot did not declare a smoke or fire emergency. The fuel problem was classified a phase two emergency on a scale of one to five with live being the most dangerous. Fire trucks and other emergency vehicles were on the Tarmac to meet the sleek White Jet when it landed at Logan but their help was not needed. The transatlantic flight which normally takes three hours and 4 minutes had been scheduled to land in new York at 8 45 a.m., said Jackie slovak a Reser vation agent for air France. The Jet normally flies at about 80,000 feet but the emergency forced the Pilot to cruise at about 35,000feet, Lamberti said. The last Lime a concorde landed at Logan was i february 1986. When the same flight was diverted from new York because of heavy Snow he said. Gop seeks purge of Chicago poll list Chicago a More than 44,000 names arc duplicated on the City s voter Rolls which also include the names of dead jailed and non existent people. Republicans contended in a Federal lawsuit Friday. The suit asks that the Chicago Board of election commissioners develop a plan to purge voter Rolls of illegal registrations. Quick action is sought because Chicago s primary election is feb. 24 and the general elect Ion for mayor and City Council scats is apri i 7. The lawsuit was filed by former . Attorney Dank Webb on behalf of Donald Totten the Cook county Republican party chairman and Louis Kasper who Heads the gop in Chicago. Illegal registrations constitute a Pool of absent Vot ers whose votes can be illegally cast by dishonest precinct captains on election Day the lawsuit said. Abuse of that poo of absent voters constitutes a fraud on the Chicago election  among names on registration lists is i t fun the Leader of the Al run gang who has been in prison since 19b3, according to the lawsuit the lawsuit contends that democratic precinct Cap Lains in the City where All 50 City Council sems Archeld by democrats round up transients on Flection Days and have them vote under fictitious names. It also alleges that thousands of duplicate names Dis covered in december have not been deleted from the municipal Rolls. Smoker is fined sentenced after airborne scuffle Jackson miss. Up _ a Cigar smoker who scuffled with attendants on an airline when asked to put out his Cigar was fined is t,000 and sentenced to three months confinement at a Federal psychiatric Hospital. . District judge William h. Barbour or. Friday ordered Stephen Varvaris 56, to pay si0,000 to trans world airlines for starting a fight on nov. 8, 1985,that forced an Athens to new York flight to make an emergency Landing in London. Barbour ruled Varvaris was a danger to the Community because of his emotional instability and ordered him to pay an additional s 1,000 Fine and spend 90 Days at a Federal psychiatric Hospital in Springfield to he was immediately taken into custody and was being held saturday in the Jackson City jail awaiting Transfer to the Federal facility. Barbour also placed Varvaris on three years probation. He said if Varvaris examination in the Hospital showed he needed further treatment Varvaris would have to continue therapy As a condition of his probation. Varvaris became involved in a shouting match an scuffles with flight attendants after another passenger asked that he put out Bis Cigar. Cigar smoking is banned on All airline flights. When the flight landed in London Varvaris was removed by British authorities and was held for six Days without Bond on a charge of assaulting another passenger. The British then released him saying they had no jurisdiction. Varvaris was arrested when he arrived in the United Stales. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Jan. 19, 1947 Ellis Arnall resigned As governor of Georgia when it. Gov. . Thompson was sworn in. Thompson said he would prosecute in his name Asuit filed earlier to oust Herman Talmadge the legis lature s governor designate. 30 years ago today. Jan. 19, 1957 three b-s2 bombers landed at March fab calif., completing the first non Slop flight around the world. The planes were refuelled three Lime sin the air during the a 5-hour flight. 20 years ago today. Jan. 19, 1967 president Johnson told reporters the 1968 defense budget would top $73 billion an increase of about $5 billion Over the current level. 70 years ago today ,. Jan. 19, 1977 in his final economic report to Congress president Ford warned that unemployment might Sull be More than 7 percent at the end of 1977 and said president Fleet Carter s proposed jobs pro Grams and tax rebates could Worsen matters