European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday february 11.1988 news updates karate kick death new York a tic stage hand who allegedly killed a my with a Hying karate kick has waived extradition during a hear ing in California and will return to face charges Here. Robert Wallace. 20, was arrested saturday As he stepped off plane at san Francisco International Airport and was being held in the san Malco Calif county Jait. During a hearing monday in Redwood City calif., municipal judge Walter Harrington said new York authorities would decide when Wallace would be flown fatal kick allegedly delivered by Wallace struck 24-year-old Daniel Klagsbrun in the neck. Knocking him unconscious Early an Jan. 2. The Young business Man died two Day later when hews taken off a Respirator. Calls flooded a police hot line Afier Klag sanm s death and three of inc callers identified Wallace according to Manhattan chief of detectives Aaron Rosenthal. If Wallace is convicted the Call ers my be eligible for part of a s25.nf� Reward offered by Klags Hon s family chinese reaction Beijing up China called wednesday on the soviet Union to Lake Concrete actions to with draw its occupation troops from Afghanistan in its first reaction to a proposed pullout by soviet Leader m ill Hail Gorbachev. Beijing has taken note of the talk men made Currier this week by Gorbachev on the withdrawal of soviet troops from Afghanistan a foreign ministry spokeswoman said. The statement was China s first reaction to Gorbachev s proposal to Start pulling soviet troops out of Afghanistan on May 19. Support for Fonda Springfield mass. Up a majority of Western Massachusetts residents Side Wilh Jane Fonda in her dispute with Veter ans groups Over her plans to shoot part of a movie in the area a poll commissioned by the actress shows. The Telephone Survey of 602 residents was released monday. There s absolutely no support for the demonstrators said Ste phen Rivers a spokesman for the controversial Academy award winning actress. The actress commissioned inc los Angeles re search firm of Fairbank Bregman and Maullin to Sample opinion Fol lowing protests Over plans to shoot scenes from her upcoming film Union Street in Western Massachusetts. Shortage of spare copter parts costly for army Gao says _. ,. I j j a i vol j Jib if Bvki-mpai4 Effim by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a critical Short age of spare parts has forced the army to spend millions of dollars to overhaul old parts in older to keep it helicopters tying the general accounting office. Charged in a report released this week. The shortage has been caused mainly by lengthy procurement delays and ship ments of defective parts from contractors stated the report which was re Quested by sen. William Roth a Del. Army officials in a response contained in the Gao report said they agree with most of the report s findings and arc taking corrective action. The study was done at the Corpus Christ army depot Tenas the largest of eight army depots where the army re pairs about 20 percent of its 8,400 Lickli copters the report said. But army officials told Gao investigators that parts shortages Are a problem at the other depots Welt. Increasing labor costs by 175 million to is 12 Mil lion in fiscal 198 5 alone. The repair parts shortage has been growing in recent years the report said. In fiscal 1984, 86 shortages affected one of every 16 overhaul programs at Corpus Christi. In fiscal i98s, the figure Rose to 195 shortages affecting one of every five programs. By january 1987, As Many Asio percent to 85 percent of the depots overhauls were affected the shortages drastically have added to the army s labor Cost by forcing de pots to find other ways to keep helicopters ready to Fly the report said. For Fis Cal i98s, the report p
