European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 9, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 of conducting inspections of by b ejection systems b-1b bomber b Richard Halloran Washington not the strategic air come announced wednesday thai Crew ejection system in Alt b-1b Bombon will be inspected before each plane is allowed to Fly again suggesting that a flaw was found after a crash in which three aviators died a spokesman at the command s Headquarters in Omaha neb., said the inspection Are an outgrowth of an Accident on sept. 28 in which a bomber crashed in Colorado while on a Low level training flight after striking a flock of Birds. The spokesman declined o give details of what had caused the air Force to order the inspections saying the Accident is under investigation. But the announce ment is the first hint that the air Force had found another problem in the troubled new bomber. The spokesman said the command is performing a precautionary one time inspection of each by b air Craft s emergency escape system prior to the aircraft s next  each inspection will Lake about two hours. He said. A spokesman far Weber aircraft the subcontractor thai makes the ejection system said that it is a mature system having Long been installed in Al 5 and f-16 fighters and a-10 ground attack planes. The Weber spokesman said the ejection seats had been designed by Mcdonnell Douglas builder of the is and Nad been modified by Weber for installation in the Emu. He said the changes were minor such As the position of a Bolt the spokesman said however that the air Force had not Given his company any information about possible problems with he system. On wednesday a spokesman for the command said the first inspection had been completed and thai the plane was in the air again. Before this development of the Bibhas been hampered by troubles with a navigation system designed to permit the air plane to Fly Low m any weather and o follow the terrain in an attempt to evade radar. The plane also has had teams in Wing fuel tanks a tendency to stall and failures in electronic devices intended to Jam radar. Air Force officials have said thai All but the electronic Jammer had been fixed or that solutions Are in sight. The crash in Colorado they indicated was due to the hazards of flying Low where Birds could be ingested into Jet engines and not to structural problems. In the Accident last month three aviators managed to eject from the stricken plane through emergency escape systems. Bui three other aviators failed to get out of the bomber either because the escape devices failed to work or because they could not jump through a Hatch inthe Bottom of the  bodies were found in the plane s wreckage air Force official said. Two of the survivors were student flying the bomber for the first time. One who died also was a student. One instructor got out but two were killed. Air Force officials said. The spokesman in Omaha said bibs bad continued to Fly from Dyess fab Texas where bib air Crews Type Long Range Matt Fps ice Bomer Lam Exilona wingspan 136 1r in. My expanded. 76 it 2 -4 to swept Back length Overall 147 h Chighi Devi att 34 ii. Weights 477.000 ibs maximum Talcom we Kohl. 192.000 ibs empty performance. Cruising Speed 510 m p n Law level penetration Speed 600 in p n maximum Range with one re Lueling 7.015 rules armament. Can carry internally up la 75,000 ibs. Of cruise Missios Short Rango attack misses or nuclear bombs engines four general exec Eric Fiqi-qe-102 Turbofan engines mounted in pairs under the Siatte Center Section of the wings Cost �205 Mitten each in 19b1 dollars Chicago to buried graphic Saj Rcv Jine i Allim world Ait Refl Are being trained and from other bases after the crash which was the first for the new bomber. The air Force has revised its figures to say that 67 a lib including the plane that crashed have been delivered by Rock Well International the prime contractor. Robertsons admit 1 St child bom 10 weeks offer their marriage Washington not the chief spokeswoman for Pat Robertson acknowledged wednesday night that Robertson a Republican presidential Candi Date and his wife were married More than five months after the Date that they publicly celebrate As their wedding Day and that their first child was born 10 weeks after they were  spokeswoman Constance Snapp maintained the disclosure would have no Impact on the candidacy of the former Tele vision minister. Robertson resigned his ministry before formally announcing his candidacy oct. 1. Snapp said lop aides to Robertson had discussed the wedding Date discrepancy Over the Laa few weeks even before it was made Public by the Wall Street journal on tuesday. They agreed with Robertson that it was no big deat she said. We Don t think it will have any Impact one Way or another Snapp said. What concerns the american voters is what is the current lifestyle of the Man they Are about to vote  was campaigning in Iowa and could not be reached wednesday for comment. Snapp said that Robertson s wife of 33 Yean Adelia had taken part in discussions of the marriage Date. Her attitude we mostly just make sure that the tamil is not Hurt Snapp said. She had no problem with Selling the record  the Wall Street journal noted briefly in a Long piece about the candidate that the robertsons1 tint son was bom 10 weeks after what it called b secret marriage aug. 27. 19s4, in Elkton my described by the journal As a venue for Quick  Marion Gordon Pat Robertson Birthplace Lexington. A birth Dale March 22.1930. Residence Virginia Beach. A family wife. Adelia Dede children Tim. 32 Enz both. 31 Gordon. 29 Arm. 24. Education Bachelor s degree Washington and Lee University 1950 Law degree. Yale University Law school. 1955 Muster or divinity. New York theological Seminary 1959. Ordained minister. Southern Baptist convention 1361. Military . Marina corps Reserve 194b-52 head firs lieutenant s rank when discharged. Jab experience chairman and cruel executive officer at the Christian broadcasting network which he founded in 1959. Chancellor of can University in rounded in 1977, Host of Trie 700 club i9h-b8. Political or Engthi Strong grass roots organization and ability to Bong new people into Republican parly. Widely recognized name. Intel genl Well educated. Exe Elent speaker. Has raised and spent More than $10 million. Political weaknesses has never held political office. Suffers from lha poor Public perception of to evangelists and Public concerns about separation of Church and stale. Has Little traditional Republican party support. Tribune graphic sour Chicago the Diu news is Pond Snapp acknowledged however that the Robertsons who have four children have celebrated their anniversary on March 22, which is Robertson s birthday. Robertson has acknowledged that he was a party  in drinking and women but said he gave up such conduct when he underwent a . In an interview with the Washington Post last july. Robertson was asked when he was married. The reply according to the Post was we were married we began i m trying to think it was 33 years ago March the 22, we celebrate my  lure of lockup is driving Force for thief Honolulu up fresh out of prison. Jame Mickey stole a car drove la a police station and asked to be taken Back to the lockup in Lime for dinner authorities said. Hickey a four time inmate was released tuesday from Oahu Community correctional Center. Police said he Slose a car from a Dealership about a 40-Minutcwalk from the prison and drove straight to police head quarters. There he identified himself As a thief and asked to be arrested and returned to prison police said. They said he specifically asked to be Back before dinner. Hickey who was charged with Auto theft was not resumed to the prison in Lime for dinner. Bui he did catch wednesday night s meal said detective Wendell Konn. He does t seem to be afraid of prison routine Konn said he s used to the  Hickey could gel up to five years in prison if convicted of the car theft. Devotees Honor 138th anniversary of Poe s death Philadelphia a devotee of Edgar Allan foe gathered to the a dlr lighted cellar of 1 Jan ctn Huy Row hous where be once a Fri to Honor the 138th anniversary or the Pott s death. Toe tour wednesday night was conducted by Jeff Collu National Park service Ranger who read aloud the gruesome Cunix of pot1  the Black cat we ill picture him u a Moody dark nun Cofflin uld carrying a candelabrum through the unfurnished three Story Brick Home where Poe lived with hit tubercular wife my Mother in Lawin 1843 and 1844, the to onus image is not Whit Edgar Allan foe we boat he said. Foe who battled Hugh and Jet try id Cam urine a i writer my editor lived in what was then suburban Philadelphia with i wife whom be Calvd Sissy and i Mother in Law wham he ailed Muddy. It i the Only boast kill standing thit fee la Rodin during Bis Wren year in Polh Uleleh t it we declared historical site in the 1930f, us the National Park service he open Lei the foe Home at acc 1980. When you picture ibis Home picture a very poor Bora mid Coll int. The White picket fenced Boon we Contd Trad expensive when it a built in 1840 and beyond Poe i Mani. His rent is Ank Jwta but legend has it hut he had to inv the far Hurt behind to pay of the landlord. The mystique attracted 25-you-old Rob French of Manchester Conn. Who knew hit wednes Day was the anniversary of Poe i death in 1849 and it other sultor fur the Lour. He was the Farsi author i we familiar with the Tell Tilc heart1 my All that French said. Poe Hora in Button Obj a. 19, 1809, was deserted by he father and Hli Mother died before he we 3. He a raised by Virginia tobacco inner John Allan Wobu never Leauv adopted him. He mended prime school in England. Poe entered the University of Virginia but had o drop out became of gambling debts. After being dismissed from West Point Addis honorable discharged from the army Poe moved to Baltimore in ism and began is ult Rary career to a poet and editor Wilb a Magazine the Southern literary messenger