European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday july 19,1988 Gao finds limitations in weapons system tests stateside Washington up some weapons tests bythe Pentagon Are far too easy and have misrepresented negative results making it impossible to determine whether weapons should be sent into the Field Accord ing to a government study reported by the Washington Post monday. According to the general accounting office report a copy of which was obtained by the newspaper the Navy bought the highly touted Aegis Battle system despite tests that raised serious questions about its performance. The guided missile Cruiser Vincennes was using a Aegis system july 3 when it misidentified an iranian civilian jetliner for a Jet fighter Over the persian Gulf and shot Down the aircraft killing 290 people. Reports have indicated that the Crew of the Vin Cennes received information about the plane s Altitude and climb that was inconsistent with data from other sources including nearby . Warships. It has not been determined whether the Aegis highly computerized system or its operators could have made errors in the plane s Downing. An official Navy investigation is under Way. According to the Gao report Field tests for the Aegis were so easy they were inadequate to indicate How the system would perform on duty the Post said. The Pentagon would not comment on the Gao re port which was requested by rep. Denny Smith r ore., and other members of Congress the Post said. Other tests reviewed in the Gao report involved the Navy s Tomahawk missile the air forces s air to sur face Maverick missile and lantern night navigation scope and the army s Aquila Remote control recon Naissance drone and upgraded Apache helicopter the newspaper said. The Gao said it found significant problems an limitations in the planning execution realism Analy Sis and reporting. For the six systems we  my. Couple arrested for trying to sell daughter for $30,000 Doylestown a. A greed motivated couple to try to sell their Newborn daughter for $30,000 to an undercover Maryland state trooper pos ing As a wealthy Divorcee desperate for a child a prosecutor says. Doris Gargone 22, and her husband Gino 24, we rearrested saturday at their Home in Springtown after they turned their daughter Over to the officer Friday Ata Motel in the Philadelphia suburb of Quakertown Bucks county District attorney Alan m. Rubenstei said. The baby was born wednesday in Allentown he said. Steven Schwartz 40, an Auto body shop worker who acted As a go Between in the Deal remained at Large sunday and was believed to be in California. Schwartz of Edgewood md., had told one of two undercover troopers in the Case Angelique Rutledge to wire the Money to a Bank account in Hollywood,calif., officials said. Rutledge refused. The Law does not require that the Money Chang hands Rubenstein told the Baltimore Sun. This is a simple motive  the child was turned Over to Bucks county child welfare officials. The baby s maternal grandmother was caring for the couple s other two children. The Gargone face charges of dealing in infant Chil Dren reckless endangerment endangering the welfare of children and conspiracy. If convicted they could be sentenced to 15 years in prison and fined a total of $50,000, Rubenstein said. They were being held in lieu of $500,000 Bond each. Rubenstein said an undercover Maryland trooper detective sgt. Linda j. Bentley answered an advertise ment in the jewish times of Baltimore offering a child for Sale. The Sun reported several people who answered Thead alerted police after being told the baby would Cost More than the Mother s Legal and medical  adoptions Are Legal in Maryland and Pennsyl Vania but the birth Mother May Only receive expenses. Rubenstein said Maryland police alerted Buck county authorities after Schwartz told the undercover officer the child was to be born in Bucks county. He said Schwartz told Bentley to Contact an attorney to make the Deal look legitimate. A former Bucks county assistant District attorney played the role of lawyer. According to Rubenstein and a police affidavit Gargone called Rutledge Bentley s colleague thurs Day and arranged a rendezvous the next Day at a Quakertown Motel. At the Motel Gargone gave the baby to Bentley officials said. She and Rutledge then followed the Gar Gones to their Home in Northampton county where they were instructed to place the Money in a Mailbox officials said. Gargone noticed an unmarked police car following them. When it passed he told the undercover officers Don t Trust this. Take the Money and go. Increase in diving spinal injuries blamed on shallow swim areas Madison wis. A rehabilitation specialist say that because of the drought they Are seeing More cases of Young people diving into shallow water strik ing Bottom and becoming paralysed with spinal injuries. These Are usually Young people who dive in a particular spot for years with no problem. But they hit Bottom this year said or. Dennis Maiman chief of the spinal Cord injury Center at the veterans administration Hospital in Milwaukee. Maiman said colleagues in California Illinois and Minnesota have noted similar increases in diving Acci dents. It s amazing How far reaching the effects of the drought Are Maiman said. Dave Kunelius a department of natural resource spokesman said Low water Levels Are creating new Ripples and currents that Are disguising River Bottoms and obstacles. Or. Donald Kelman a Marshfield clinic neurosurgeon said diving accidents often paralyse More severely than Auto accidents the leading cause of such injuries. That is because they often injure vertebrae in the neck causing quadriplegia or Lack of movement or sensation from the neck Down rather than just the lower body. Dan Eckert a rehabilitation Counselor at University Hospital in Madison who uses a wheelchair because of injuries suffered in a Lake diving Accident at age 14,said there were three 15-year-Olds in rehabilitation there who suffered permanent injuries from diving into shallow water. I m hearing a lot of conversations from patient who say they Dove in a particular area 10,000 times and never had a problem but this Spring they were hitting Bottom Eckert said. Most people who Hurt their spine in a diving Acci Dent suffer permanent  Eckert said the victims have ranged from 15 to 31years old. People in that age group Are More willing to take risks he said. Former ambassador Dies Washington a David Mckendree keysr., a career foreign service officer who served As ambassador to Burma in 1950-1952, died Friday of cancer at age 88. Owner of . Arms firm jailed for illegal exports Trenton . A a mechanical Engi Neer has been sentenced to a year in prison for illegally exporting Jet fighter and missile parts. Jacobo Farber 51, of Cherry Hill also was fined $30,000 and placed on three years Proba Tion Friday by . District judge Anne . Farber had pleaded guilty to failing to Register his arms company with the state department and obtain a License to sell sophisticated but unclassified parts abroad while president of for Way industries of Woodbury. Assistant . Attorney Jeremy Frey said the shipments included parts for the f-4 and f-5 fighters and blast deflectors for the Nike her Cules missile. The items were shipped to England Thailand Japan and possibly elsewhere but were Untra Ceable because they were not registered Frey said. Dominicans pick bad spot to sneak into Florida Miami Beach Fla. A a group of dominicans apparently trying to sneak into the United states picked the wrong place to jump ship splashing into the water in front of a coast guard station an official said. The Barge was inbound to Miami when 12people jumped overboard and swam for Shore opposite the coast guard base not the Best fall possible places said coast guard chief Lou Parris. Two off duty guardsmen were fishing on the docks opposite the base and spotted the  five of the men were captured still swim Ming and were turned Over to the immigration and naturalization service. The seven others from the dominican registered Barge and tugboat scrambled ashore in an area lined with freight docks and were still a Large. Burger boy restaurants to be opened in Warsaw Indianapolis a cheeseburgers witha Side of Fries May be on their Way to Warsaw to put american style fast food on the polish menu. Two Indianapolis companies san serv an Curtis International plan to open Burger boy restaurants in Warsaw within the year said Busi Nessman Gabriel e. Aguirre. There s nothing there to compare with the fast food As you know it said Aguirre presi Dent of san serv a maker of food service equip ment. There s different types of Finger foods but nothing in the magnitude of what we  Burger boy s menu will be almost completely american with double and single burgers cheeseburgers fish sandwiches French Fries shakes Sou drinks and dessert turnovers. The restaurants will sell food and buy supplies using the local currency the zloty which will make its menu affordable to the average pole. Wii Era Metal scrap ruins Beach for bathers Edgartown mass. A a popular each on Martha s Vineyard is closed indefinitely because relics of world War ii Navy tar get practice Are turning up in the Sand. Officials Are concerned that people could be injured by the rusted Metal scraps of ammunition being exposed by erosion on South  officials estimate that on Peak summer Days 8,000 people normally visit the Beach. Investigators found five shells Over the week end bringing the number of pieces found since last sunday to 21, master sgt. Ralph o. Turne Rof the air National guard said sunday. Turner said All the rounds recovered so far have been non explosive dummies used for tar get practice