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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 18, 19b7 the stars and stripes Page 7 a b-17 flying fortress accompanied by Fourt-5 Trainer planet passes the Slat headed for final hangar be or Liberty in new York on its Way to Houston from England. The b-17, one of the last of some 12,000 that were built daring world War ii is to be added to the Jint Star flight museum s collection in Texas. Faa to get tougher about airline Security Washington a transportation Secretary Elizabcth Dole ordered the Federal aviation administration on thursday to get tougher with airlines including imposing fines when lax Security is found at Airport passenger checkpoints. Airport Security checks have been the object or in creased criticism in recent months. A congressional report Las to Only concluded thai one in five mock weapons carried through checkpoints during Faa tests were never detected. Dole in releasing a task Force report on Airport Secu Rity told the Faa to take More aggressive enforce ment actions to get airlines to tighten procedures for screening passengers and carry on baggage at the nation s airports. The task Force concluded that while some airlines have successful screening programs Withers have an interest in minimizing the costs of providing Security resulting in poor Security practices. Airline Industry spokesmen had no immediate com ment on Dole s directive. William Whittington acting Faa administrator said the Faa wants to draw the Security net As tight As needed and. These new aggressive enforcement actions will help get the Job  the task Force found that while no major overhaul of the 14-year-old Airport Security screen ing program is needed the system Musl be strengthened by the air carriers Dole said. Passenger and baggage screening at airports is nor Mally conducted by Pavale Security firms under con tract to airlines that use an Airport. But Dole sent a Clear message to the nation s air carriers that if inc airlines do not undertake a greater role in Security screening mailers they will face the possibility of civil tines. Dole told the Faa to increase its spot checks and jests of Security screening personnel and target specific airlines or Security contractors whose performance is consistently  the Faa was told to clarify its Security standards to assure that the Agency May impose civil penalties against air carriers if Security screening is found to be lax. Dele said airlines should face civil penalties when Ever screener fail to detect mock guns or weapons during Faa sponsored tests. Last month the general accounting office an in. Vesliga Tive Arm of Congress issued a report thai said about 20 percent of inc mock weapons carried through Security checkpoints by Faa personnel were not Dis covered by the screener. Faa inspectors tried to carry 2,410 guns and other weapons onto aircraft at 28 major airports and 496 of them were never detected by the Security checkpoint scr Eners the Gao said. Since the Airport Security program went into effect in 1973, passenger checkpoint scr Eners have uncovered 37,000 firearms leading to 16,000 arrests and prevented 117 hijackings according id the Faa. 2 convicted in murder of French tourist in . New York a two teen agers were convicted on thursday of murder ing a French tourist Jean Casse during a Street mugging on new year s Day.  smokes 19, and David Warren 16, could receive sentences of 25 years to life in prison when new York supreme court Justice Clifford Scott sentences them aug. 20, a Manhattan jury of six men and six women convicted the youths of second de Gree murder and first and second degree robbery in the death of Casse 71, a retired insurance Salesman from Toulouse. Smokes seated at the defense table began screaming and routing when the verdict were read i did t do this he yelled. I did t kill nobody. Why Don l you just kill me right Here Cassa and his 71-year-old wife Crnec. A retired physician were attacked while walking on 52nd Street Between sixth and seventh avenues just off times Square shortly after Midnight. Assistant District attorney Michael Goldstein said smokes walked up and punched the Man in the head with such Force thai he flipped Over backward and Hil his head on inc  then three to five muggers including Warren jumped on Casse and grabbed his Wallet and fled the prosecutor said. Casse who suffered a broken neck and fractured Skull died about to i hours later Ai Roosevelt Hospital. Mrs. Casse who testified at inc trial said she was uninjured in inc attack. Goldstein said the Cassis came to the United Stales for the first Lime on dec. 28 and planned to stay a week. Pamela Jordan Warren s Alloney said her client had not participated in the robbery and the verdict against him was completely  instead of lotto winnings he got Lotta headaches Detroit a a Man who thought he had become a millionaire from a lottery game was left with nothing bul a frown after learning he had inadvertently pocketed a Sample winning ticket Al a convenience store. The Lollo Givel and the lotto to kith away said William Curie sr., 63, of Detroit. Maybe it la give one Lime for  Cupric bought five super lotto tick ets for saturday s drawing and resumed after the drawing to buy cigarettes. Upon leaving Cupric picked up a look alike but worthless ticket stub that lists the six winning numbers after the drawing is Over he said. On sunday he looked a i he tide i and jumped for Joy thinking to had won a share of the j7.5 million Jack pol. His 18-year-old son William jr., quit his s2jo-pcr-Wcck Job As a restaurant manager. On monday Cupric his family and a group of friends drove 10 Lansing to claim his winnings and were told the bad news by slate Motley spokeswoman Laurie Kipp Klucha. About 10 minutes after inc num Bers Are chosen lotto machines across inc slate will list those num Bers on special pieces of paper Kipp Klecha said. It s so stare own ers can Ell their customers what the winning numbers were. The numbers Are on paper similar 10 Louo tickets but in says Lolly winning numbers nil for Sale in Large letters. Peo Pluf mistake them for winners two or three limes a Jear  
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