European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday january 14, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 5 no change in Gulf policy Carlucci says Washington and defense Sec Clary Frank Carlucci said tuesday inc United slates would maintain adequate forces in the persian Gulf to protect  vessels in attic Region. We have no intention of changing our policy Carlucci appearing on lbs this  said. Our commitment remains and we will have Ade quate forces in inc Gulf to do inc Job. No More than needed to do the Job but those lha. Arc adequate to do inc Job . Warships began escorting re flagged kuwaiti tankers in july to protect them from attack by Iran which considers Kuwait an ally of Iraq. Reagan administration sources said last week Trie United slates would withdraw the helicopter Carrier Okinawa and the Battle ship Iowa from the Gulf where Iran and Iraq have been Al Warsi Nec september 1930. The defense Secretary said he would not comment on specific ship when asked about the Okinawa and the Iowa. But he said obviously we rotate ships All the time and All of our  he later added we re constantly looking Al the mix of ships depending on the nature of inc threat our capabilities and inc capabilities of our allies. But 1 have not approved any specific ship movements at this Point Carlucci said iranian gunboats pose a greater threat to shipping in the Gulf than mines do we have by and Large in conjunction with our allies swept the mines he said that does t mean that there Aren t floating mines Here and there and it does t mean that the iranians could t Tay new mires should icy choose to do so. Bui the principal i real is coming from the Small  world s oldest person Dies at 114 in Philadelphia Philadelphia a Florence Knapp a schoolteacher who marched for women s suffrage in 1919, retired in 1935 and lived in the same House for 110 years died monday in a suburban nursing Home Al the age of 114 years and 94 Days two weeks after she officially became the world s oldest person her predecessor As the world s oldest authenticated person had been Anna Eliza Williams of Swansea Wales who died dec. 27 at 114 years and 209 Days her successor is Maren Torp Iii of Norway according to inc publishers of the guinness Book of world records although some people claim to be older than 111, guinness restricts recognition to those who can provide birth records and other documentation. I think she could never understand Why she was allowed to live so Long her Niece Ruth Obj Rholly or. Said tuesday. One time she said that she feels like she might have been bad and this was cod s Way of punishing  but then she recalled. Knapp would laugh and with a twinkle in her Eye talk about How she was going to marry a younger Man her 75-year-old physician. Knapp graduated from College More than 90 years ago and was a Democrat who exercised her right to Vole until she was Over 100,  the daughter of Charless and Elizabeth Johnson Knapp Knapp grew up with id Brothers and Sisters in inc store farmhouse where she was born on oct. 10, 1873. Two of her Sisters lived into their 90s and an aunt and another sister lived to be 07. She lived in the House where she was born until Florence Knupp to 1986 photo tour years ago when she moved to the Dock Terrace a nursing Home in Montgomery county after she broke a hip. Knapp s birthday is noted in her family s Bible and her late aunt swore an affidavit in the 1930s to verify its accuracy for social Security records. She lived so Long we never knew when to pct her  Obe Hoilier s husband Ross. Said. It was quite a Shock to us because while she was get Ting weaker bul she was t sick. She just slipped away Knapp became Well known in recent Yean a peo ple Learned of her longevity. What she has said More recently is that she s not a celebrity but she s a curiosity said  lately there were a lot of people who wanted to interview her and she always perked up for them. It made her Day. She was quite a  Knapp graduated from West Chester Normal school and College in 1894. She began u leaching career and was on the faculty of inc Baldwin school in Bryn mawr for More than 30 years. After she retired in 19 Knapp researched and wrote papers for the Montgomery county historical society. She also baby Sal for several generations of families in the area. She was fond of Nursery rhymes and storybook talks and could still recite All of the owl and the pussycat said Paul Bradford her physician for 30 years. She had been weakened by pneumonia and she had trouble hearing bul was in Good shape for her age Bradford said. She is survived by several nieces and nephews. Test tube quintuplets reported doing well1 Royal Oak. Mich. A a woman gave Hinh 10 quintuplets conceived through in Vitro fertilization apparently inc nation s first set 9f test tube quintuplets and All were doing Well a Hospital spokeswoman said. They re Beautiful Mich la l Espir Ance 34, said at a news conference. Her husband Raymond said he was relieved the delivery was Over. The babies four girls and a boy were born late monday by caesarean Section said Deb Micro a spokeswoman far Wil Liam Beaumont Hospital. A London woman gave birth to five test tube babies in March 1986. They Ore doing Well Micro said. We Don t have an official condition on them but none of them is on a respire  two of the babies however Ucic hav ing respiratory distress and were receiving oxygen she said. No further details were available immediately. Conditions arc not assigned to Newborn infants because they change hourly and arc inaccurate said in line two air Force captains killed in training flight Mah Ezek another Hospital spokeswoman. The babies bom two months Prema Ture Hove a 90 percent to 95 percent Chance of survival said or. Daniel Bat Ion a neonatologist. Before the delivery the parents instructed doctors not to consider aborting any of the fetuses to improve the chances of the others Mahacsek said. Mrs. L Esperance of Carlston might be released from inc Hospital this week end Mah Ezek said. She declined to by when the babies could be Rev used. The couple decided to try in Viltro fertilization which is used when Normal Conception attempts fail because mrs. L Esperance s fallopian lubes had been Sands or time removed. Her eggs were Funi lived in a culture dish with the father s sperm and implanted in her womb. Mrs. L esp ranch has two children from a previous marriage and l Espir acc has one. Also from a previous mar  quintuplets weighed 3 pounds 2. Ounces 1 pounds 11,9 ounces i Pound i4.5 ounces 3 pounds 1.4 ounces and 2 pounds 11 ounces. The parents Kavc chosen inc names Veronica. Erica Alex Andria and Danielle for inc girls and named the boy Raymond for his father. L esp ranch is a corrections officer with the Macomb county sheriff s department and mrs l Esperance is a for Mer Counselor for the Macomb county shelter for abused women. Mountain Home Idaho a an air Force fight or Jet crashed after takeout during a training flight tuesday killing an instructor and a student Pilot authorities said. La. Steve Solomonson. Information officer said the dead were capt. Frederick a. Gerhard Al of Lolo mont., an instructor Pilot with the 389th tac fighter train ing so and capt Robert a. A chef jr., 27, a student Pilot. Meyer was born in Ohio bul no information on his Hometown was available tuesday night authorities said. Both were pronounced dead Al in scene by an air Force doctor Solomon son said. Solomonson said the f-1iia fighter Jet crashed about 2 20 . Tuesday in a desert area about three Miles West of the air base near Here. Skies in Southern Idaho at the Lime of the crash were generally Clear with Light winds. He described the Mission As a routine sonic in which a student Pilot becomes acquainted with the of Leta. Solomon son said a Board of officers will be appointed to investigate the incident. There was no immediate indication what caused inc crash he said. It was the first crash of a Justh so air plane in 53 months Solomonson said. Both pilots were experienced with More than  hours at night time but Meyer had logged Only about 19 hours of Light time in the Al 11 a the spokesman said. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Jan. 14, 194s agriculture Secretary Clinton p. Anderson told the Senate foreign relations committee that proposed food Cip Orts under the Marshall plan for the next iwo years would be smaller than in the past 30 years ago Roday. Jan. 14, 1958 president Eisenhower submitted a j73.9 billion budget to con Gress a new peacetime High. 20 years ago Fodoly. Jan. 14,1968 six students at a Western Pennsylvania College suffered total and permanent blindness by staring at the Sun while under the influence of the drug Ltd. 10 years ago today. Jan. 14,1978 South korean millionaire ton Sun Park gave . Investigators a lot of names of congressmen and senators linked to the korean payoff scandal