European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. August 6.1987 the stars and stripes q moslem prays leaps to death in London London Dpi a moslem Wilh a ceremonial Dagger tuesday climbed a 160-Lbot Crane prayed from inc Koran facing Mecca and then leaped to his death in from of stores of horrified worshippers leaving a nearby mosque police said. What a terrible sight said a saudi businessman who watched the Man Swan dive off the Crane platform As scores of onlookers screamed. Thousands of moslem had gathered for prayer Al the is John s Wood Gold domed mosque in a chiral London to Honor those who have made the Pilgrim age to Mecca when the Man made his suicide leap Al a nearby construction site refusing to heed police who tried to talk to him for nearly 1 it  had also brought up an inter Preter but the Man refused to talk authorities  he turned eastward toward Mecca Knell on a prayer Mai read fro the Koran and took Oft his Coal before he made a Swan dive from the Crane police and witnesses  said he left notes in English and arabic but they refused to release the contents and authorities arc seeking to identify inc , however said the notes indicated that the ritual suicide was earned out for personal reasons and was not linked to the turmoil in islam s holiest shrine in the saudi City of Mecca where hundreds of pilgrims most of them iranian died in violence intensifying the persian Gulf crisis. He just stood up stood to attention and stepped off the end of the Arm of he  said police sol. Edward w Ardic who climbed to the lop of the Crane seeking to talk he Man  said inc Man was brandishing a ceremonial Dagger and pretended to Cut his Throat before he made the leap Cap Tui cd in dramatic photos on the front pages of London s afternoon newspapers. Police fearing attacks linked to the upheaval in the Gulf had maintained a heavy presence outside the mosque where thousands of worshippers had come to Honor the Mecca pilgrims Ond Murk the holy festival of Al aha the begin Ning of islam s new year. In the past three weeks in London there have been two attacks against critics of the iranian government in London. We used a moslem translator from the mosque to went up in a nearby roof Wilh a Loudspeaker to try and coax the Man  said Scotland Yard chief inspector Peter Titan. But i was no use the Man obviously made up his mind what he milled to  was a prayer int found on the end of the Jib i franc platform after he  bean said. There was also a note in English and arabic but i cannot la a inc  Grumman shows new version of a-6f bomber Beth Pace . A Grumman corp. On monday displayed its Lastell version of the a-6f bomber series As sen. Alfonso d Amato urged support for inc plane. The a-6f was built with j497.8 million appropriated by Congress in 1984 and 1986. Said company spokesman Michael Drake. Five of the aircraft Are scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in 1990. D Amato a new York Republican called the a-6f the most advanced tactical fighter also attending the ceremony were Grumman chair Man John c by cry with and vice adm. Joseph Wilkin son commander of the naval air systems come. D Amato predicted there would be a spirited de Bate among those who want Many of the planes produced and those who want to concentrate spending on a More advanced  Are some in the Senate who believe we should move to inc new technology d Amato said. I share that but the Gap in the production of the ship of the future is such that it May be sin years or even More. We contend we must continue the modernization of the a-6f and see America is first and Foremost in this important  successful in test flights the plane would eventually replace the a-6e, an All weather plane also built by Grumman Drake said. The new version of inc a-6 will have improved radar electronic two More powerful engines and inc ability to defend itself Wilh weapons against other air Craft he s  will give you defensive Cap Abiley so you re not Hung out to dry Drake  first a-6a wus put into service in l%3. Since Ihen Grumman has delivered More than 650 of the planes to the , which has 33,000 employees worldwide and 25,000 at its Long Island Headquarters also produces the fi4 fighter the e-2c Early warn ing plane inc ea-6b four Seal electronic warfare plane capable of jamming enemy radar and the c-2a cargo plane.  a s Gao criticizes meth a used to deter i military  by William j. Bartma Washington Bureau Washington problems wit the criteria used to determine Milij housing needs As Well As inc of commanders to follow have led to mistakes investigators say. Jail the culprit accor Delpo the Gener Al  Pentagon s family Housie purvey designed to identify Curf and projected family Dollar yen machine up Phario a Tokyo housewife lakes Dollar Bills from newly developed automatic cur Rency exchanger Al Bank of Tokyo location. Gnu Chine automatically . Dollars at the f Exchange. Marine Box in bout 8, badly Hurt fellow recruit san Diego a Warine corps recruit was in  monday Filer being injured Bini a boxing or disc. Military a Druies did. Pvt. Pauj Sec. 18. Of Romeoville. 111., it Jpn sunday during a three round jinxing match Wilh another re Jen Broca Ken spoils Man for it Marine corps re cruel depot. Both recruits were Novice boxers an had volunteered Broockert said adding that hence collapsed into the referee s arms during the third round. Resce was taken to Balboa naval hos Pital where he underwent surgery for a Bead injury. Bolh recruits arc wearing the required safely equipment Rocc Kurt said. Found Wilh the Survey inc Gao to Call for an inv ale change in the by slim even Ough the defense housing service is already at work on a new by slim. Gao investigators visited 13 army Ellavy and air Force installations in inc fitted slates and overseas. If bin Waters in the United the Gao found thai . Office aimed inflated the need for housing Bow jul 200 percent by fail ing to pro pct follow government instructions. Al fort . The investigators found Hal if Fol to officials had used the prescribed notary criteria icy would have Cal Klaffl i housing deficit of 86 houses Raiher plus of 76j houses. The Gao said annual housing _ Vacys in the far East May be in neck sary because nil off base housing a been declared unsuitable. Defense official disagreed with a Gao recommendation to include Homes for Sale in inc count of available housing. The Gao recommended counting Homes for Sale based on the Ralio of military homeowners to total homeowners in the  the defense Dupar Lenl said Fri Ului it Moes and inc mandatory in lure f military i Mimm its nuke Ying unreasonable. Us the Gao said a significant _,u,.ion of military people living off base do buy Homes. Therefore we be Lieve these assets should be considered in meeting housing  among inc locations the Gao visited were the naval air station in Sigo Nella Sicily the naval Complex Al Subic Bay in the Philippines Yon san Garrison and Osan a in South Korea and Raf bin Walers. The army is testing a simplified method of determining housing needs at some installations. But even if the new by slim is adopted it will Lake Sev eral years. And the Gao already has problems Wilh the new procedure. The new system would determine inc suitability of Community housing by studying the record of persons assisted by the military s housing referral office during the previous year. The number of families who said their housing was unsuitable would be divided by the total number of families assisted by the referral office. Suil Abil ily of All Community housing occupied by the military would be determined by apply ing this percentage to the total number of families living in the conv Unity. But the Gao warned Hal such a sys n could prove faulty because not All by assigned personnel use the hous referral office. 3ao cautioned that inc current this procedure should be  by inc defense housing a. Because of the Poten tial   the Cost of my cry family homing incr card from Alt Jim billion in fiscal i 84l overs3%jlion in fiscal 196. Almost half f ,tca5c a Kir rum housing cons Rui lib