European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 4 the stars and stripes wednesday. October 28. 1987 Al 6 defended against suit by Pilot s widow Washington a the air Force and Gencur Al dynamics Are defending the safely record of the f 16 fighter in inc face of charges by the widow of an f 16 Pilot thai her husband was kilted because of inc plane s design Laws. The criticism came monday from Janet Harduvel As she old a congressional committee that general dynamics knew about flaws in he Al 6 but tailed to Correct them or warn the air Force what they did through misrepresentation deceit and malfeasance was tantamount in manslaughter she said referring to general dynamics. The truth is that the f-16 was defective she said i was defectively designed and manufactured and what is even worse general dynamics knew it was defective and it failed to want the air Force or my husband that it could kill  air Force capt. Ted Harduvel was killed on nov. Is 1982, when the f-16 lie was Hying crashed in South Korea. An investigation by the air Force concluded that Pilot error was la by me. But mrs. Harduvel filed suit contending that some of the wiring inside inc aircraft was chafed or broken by Contact with other pans of the plane. Last april a Federal court in Tampa fla., found general dynamics guilty of negligence and awarded her s3.1 million. She contended during the trial that the crash was caused by electrical malfunctions in the Jet not Pilot error. General dynamics is appealing inc court Case and for that reason the company refused to appear Mon Day at a hearing of the joint economic National Security subcommittee according to sen. William Proxmire d-wis., chairman of inc panel. Al Spivak a spokesman for general dynamics said. Obviously we disagree with mrs. Harduvel about inn caused the crash. Mrs Harduvel i Case is based on speculation not fact. General dynamics continues to believe that inc cause of Thi Accident was Pilot Dii orientation and not aircraft systems  air Force a George Monahan jr., appearing before the panel refused to discuss inc Harduvel crash be cause he said it is still in litigation. But he defended i f-l6 As Safe. The f-16, with All its combat capability remains i safest single engine fighter in american history he said. The f-16, designed to be a relatively inexpensive fighter first entered service in i f7s and has now been sold to 10 other nations. The air Force has purchased 1.200 of the jets and plans to buy More said Monahan who is military Deputy for acquisition in the office of the Secretary of the air Force. Merrill Lynch gunman faced deadline for covering his losses the body of brokerage manner Jose f. Arellanos slain i cutout is removed from the Merrill Lynch office in Miami. R by investor Arthur Kane in Miami a an investor who report edly lost millions in the Slock crash was fac ing n deadline for covering his loss when he walked into a Merrill Lynch office shot and wounded his broker killed the broker age s manager and shot himself to death. Arthur Kane s last bloody moments came monday when the 53-year-old Federal bureaucrat pulled a powerful handgun out of h is briefcase and opened fire. He had suffered some very serious losses in the Stock Market. He was distraught said Marvin Hollub father in Law of the old est of Kane s three daughters. Bui. Other than that there was no  people lose Money they arc  Kane amassed a portfolio in the millions the new York times reported tuesday. The new York Post quoting an unidentified Merrill Lynch source said that Kane had As much As $8 million invested in the Stock Market and that he lost millions last  police said Kane a bespectacled social Security administration hearing examiner was a near daily visitor to the two Story Merrill Lynch offices in the Falls a fashion Able shopping Center in Southwest dad county. He was a Nice Man. He would come in nearly every Day said Marie pm a former Junior broker at the office he knew the Market. He liked to Trade. You know people get hooked on  Kane was such a regular that he could come into the office when he pleased and sometimes stayed after hours talking to the employees she said. Merrill Lynch employees said he often spent hours there watching the electronic Market reports chatting with employees and studying Stock listings. Osvaldo Machado 36, a broker Sard Bro kers had been under pressure since the Stock Market made its dramatic 308-Poim de Cline oct. 19, and were Loo Busy to think about a customer exploding. A Merrill Lynch spokesman said i in stain brokerage manager was Jose f. Argilagos 51. The wounded stockbroker was Lloyd Kolokoff 39,of Miami. Roth were local vice presidents. Koloki twas flown by helicopter to Bap list Hospital where he underwent surgery for a Back wound said Hospital spokeswoman Adrianne Silver. His condition improved from critical to serious late monday and he remained in serious condition tuesday. Doctors report edly Are concerned about possible partial paralysis. Homicide investigator Russell Fischer said a .357-caliber magnum handgun was used in the shoot ing. Aaron Perry a profile investments Bro Ker said friends Al Merrill Lynch told him Kane had received a margin Call because of last week s crash monday was inc deadline for meeting the margin Call the times reported. Speculators buying Slock on margin Bor Row Money from a brokerage to cover up to 50 percent of the Cost of securities. If inc Stock s value Falls the margin Call asks the client to Pul up More assets to bring the percentage of the Stock s value covered by the loan within required limits. If the Call is not met the brokerage can sell off the Stock involved to cover the debt from what i be heard the Guy was overextended. We re talking huge tosses Perry said. Meanwhile a 58-year-old retired Busi Nessman who reportedly lost 1500.000 on inc Stock Market in Las week s crash committed suicide Wisconsin authorities said. Mcmon Klamberg former president of Appleton machine co. In Appleton was found dead in a Wautoma Motel authorities said. Lamberg died of asphyxiation after he broke a liquid per old in line leading from the Furnace to his Molt i mom Aid Sausto a county Coroner re and Handel or. Lam big was very despondent Over the Stock Market situation according to an Oulagai Mie county sheriffs department report. I Burger says nation Learned a lesson from boric defeat Des Moines Iowa api americans have Learned from the defeat of judge Robert Bork s nomination to the . Supreme court and will not let such a spectacle happen again former chief jus lice Warren Burger said. Here was a Gros quack on judicial Independence Burger said. It judges can t be Independent if they have to be picked because they re Hacks who find agreement universally with every Shade of Legal thinking we you Len l have any Judi Cial Independence. The people of Iii country have Learned some thing thai they Don i Wim to see again. That i m sure of he said. At a news conference following the dedication monday of the Drake University Law school Legal clinic Burger rejected he notion that Congress has the right to introduce political Points of View into the selection of supreme court justices. No no. Categorically and absolutely no judges should be selected because tint they pass the test on integrity and. Secondly on Legal training and education and temperament ,.their political Points of View should be totally irrelevant he  called nonsense the suggestion that the court could revene landmark decision if an Ultra Contr alive judge were confirmed. There Are nine of  he said. Burger. So. Resigned from the supreme court in september 1986 to become full Lime chairman of the commission on the Bicentennial of the . Constitution