European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 13, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 5 cow boy a calf peaks around 3-year-old Abe Cobb i in Stillwater okla., As the two anxiously await the finish of the pee wee showmanship contest at the sooner state Dairy show. Each contestant was a Winner of a ribbon and $3. Of defends b-1b Aspin s comments labelled inaccurate Washington up the air Force said thursday the electronic Jam mers of the new nuclear by b bomber Donot meet expect ions but branded As in accurate charges the intercontinental aircraft May be unable to do its Job. Pentagon spokesman Dan Howard also labelled the criticism of the b-1b Byre Les Aspin d-wis., armed services committee chairman As election Yea politics. As election Day approaches i m sure that this Story is going to be bounced again and again and  he added i find it curious that the chairman has chosen this Point in time to once again raise exactly the same question that has been raised in the past and which has been answered in the  in a Pentagon statement addressing congressional criticism the air Force acknowledged that an additional two years of work costing $146 million would not give the electronic countermeasures sys tem the capability planned. The air Force has already spent $2.9 billion on the eco system. There has been Progress on the ecosystem and it adds significantly to the aircraft s capability. However that Prog Ress has not been satisfactory and the management of the eco system development has not met our expectations. We Are currently working out the most appropriate action in the face of these facts the air Force said. The hammers Are used to Blind enemy radars which Are constantly improving and changing frequencies and allow the a b to penetrate air defences. On wednesday Aspin warned the air Force to come up with answers about b 1b performance or face the Prospect of parking the plane in favor of More effective weapons. The Bottom line is is it really Worth it to spend any More Money on the b-1b?" Aspin asked in a letter to defense Secretary Frank Carlucci. Aspin said his committee needs to knowhow what the bomber can do now and what its capability is Likely to be after More Money is spent to fix its shortcomings. Without these answers we May Well be faced with the Prospect of parking the bib Aspin said. Judge rejects Audi settlement offer Chicago a a proposed settlement in a class action lawsuit that contended Audi 5000 sedans were defective and subject to sudden acceleration was thrown out thursday by a judge. The proposed settlement offered re Bates of $300 to $2,000 to 390,000 cur rent or former owners who buy another Audi. Under the settlement Audi would acknowledge no liability. It puts people in a position where they have to buy an Audi to reap any Benefit said Cook county circuit judge Thomas Rakowski. Clearly it s a settlement that i could t live  Rakowski recommended that both sides try to negotiate another settlement and he set another hearing for aug. 31, officials said. The Case stems from a 1987 class action lawsuit filed by a group of Audi owners alleging the Audi 5000s with automatic transmissions were defective be cause of sudden acceleration problems. The settlement would have applied to owners of Audi 5000s built Between 1978 and 1986. Thursday s ruling was praised by at Torney Stephen Nassau who represents the Washington based Audi victim network a group of Audi owners who contend their cars had sudden acceleration problems. The group opposed the settlement. Joseph Bennett National spokesman for Audi of America based in Troy,mich., said the automaker was disappointed by Rakowski s decision. Child prostitution ring broken in Florida Tampa Fla. A police say they be cracked a Tampa based child prostitution ring that sold the services of hundreds of boys As Young As 11, some times flying the children to meet clients in Distant cities. The network operated in several Flor Ida counties and also sent boys to Atlanta Boston Chicago Denver and Indi Anapolis investigators said. Three Florida men were arrested in june police disclosed wednesday. Arrests were also expected in other Cit ies. The Man accused of being the ring Leader Wesley David Gonzalez 26, of Daytona Beach told authorities the operation used hundreds of boys As sex slaves for scores of customers said detective Robert Sheehan. Gonzalez also known As Michael David Gonzalez was arrested in june on charges of capital sexual Battery procuring children under 16 for prostitution and deriving financial support from prostitution Sheehan , an unemployed avionics technician was being held without Bondad the Hillsborough county jail. The other two men arrested in june were identified As Larry Gorman 38, and Michael Leroy Johnson 30, both of Tampa. Les Aspin up the air Force said the Dis agreement is Over the Impact on the cur rent and future capability of the b-1b system. The air Force will continue to respond to inaccurate statements regard ing the current capability of the b-1b to carry out its  it said a thorough objective review will confirm the capabilities of the b-1  the eco contractor is Eaton corp sail division. In april the air Force awarded ail two contracts totalling $146 million to fix the hammers but tests in june showed the eco would never reach the capability originally planned for 1986. The division was suspended in no vember from receiving any new govern ment contracts because of false  also agreed to pay the air Force $9.5 million in february in settlement of a claim that it had falsely billed the air Force for work not done. The Fleet of 100 a lbs built by Rock Well International corp., has Cost the air Force an estimated $28 billion. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Aug. 13, 1948 government officials said radio teletype facilities in Ber Lin would be expanded to handle West Ern Allied communications in Case the soviets Cut off land lines to the West. 30 years ago today. Aug. 13, 1958 the soviet Union and red China signed an agreement aimed at building up Industry in China. 20 years ago foe a. Aug. 13, 1968 sporadic gun Bat Les Between police and Blacks broke Outin the riot scarred Watts District of los Angeles leaving three people dead and44 injured. The violence came on the anniversary of the 1965 Watts rioting which took 34 lives and caused $40 Mil lion damage. 10 years ago today. Aug. 13, 1978 five female office Sand airmen took positions for the first time at underground missile silos in Kansas Arkansas and Arizona