European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday september 3,1983 lifeboats flunk Navy safety test Pittsburgh up spot testing of the Navy s mk-6 inflatable lifeboats resulted in a "100 percent failure rate the Pittsburgh press reported Friday the unsatisfactory test results raised new con Cerns about the dependability of the rubberized life boats which arc used on virtually every Navy ship the newspaper  Navy planned to communicate with All Fleet units and the coast guard to advise them if the prob lems with the lifeboats and ask Ihm to relay information relating to i hair safely an unnamed Navy spokes Man in Washington told the press. The possibility that an unknown number of the Navy s 25-Man inflatable lifeboats May be defective was raised after agents from the defense criminal investigative service the Federal Bureau of investigation and the naval investigative service raided lie offices and factory of rubber Craft cars inc. In Grants Villa w.va., on aug. 8. The newspaper said. No arrests were made and the investigation War continuing the press  obtained by the press under the Freedom of information act revealed problems with the mk-6 Craft that surfaced Lale last year such As leakage in life boats that already had been inspected for shipment. Documents ado indicated valves supplied by a sub contractor had ruptured the press said. Rubber crofters received $17,155,000 in Navy con tracts to produce the lifeboats Between 1984 and 1987, company officials declined to comment. Actor ends fast film actor Martin Sheen left wednesday embraces actor Edward James Olmos after ending a three Day fast. Olmos of television s Miami vice begins his fast 09 the next link in the Chain or suffering organized to show support for United farm workers president Cesar Chavez. Chavez fasted for 30 Days As part of a protest to create Public awareness of the use of pesticides on table grapes. Amputee asks to say enrolled at of Academy Colorado Springs Colo. A an air Force Academy Cadet who lost part of a Teg in an Auto Accident faces dismissal from the Academy because of a Rule prohibiting amputees in the service officials said. Cadet 2nd class Dan Korslund 20, of Tacoma Wash has asked that he be allowed to continue his studies and graduate with the class of 1991 with a Bachelor of science degree even though he can t receive an air Force commission a medical review Board is studying the Case and an official recommendation has not yet been made to air Force Secretary Edward Aldridge said Academy spokesman will act Turson. But air Force regulations prohibit anyone who has lost a limb including a fool leg or thigh from Mili tary service and therefore from Academy enrolment Keith son said i t is very unlikely Cadet Korslund  air Force Academy Keith son said. Korslund was injured in an Accident june 21, and his right leg was amputated eight inches below the knee. He was a promising defensive tackle on the acad Emy s football team. His possible dismissal Drew criticism from a Handi capped rights group which staged a protest thursday outside the Academy s Chapel. Members of american disabled for accessible Public Many in wheelchairs handed out leaflets protesting the hypocrisy of the . Government and the air Force. They cited the 1973 rehabilitation act that prohibits any discrimination against the disabled by any Agency receiving Federal funds. They carried signs Reading Usan Academy discriminates disabled and ready to serve and be All you can except  sen. William l. Armstrong r-Colo., also has asked the air Force to let Korslund stay. Korslund is a patient at University Hospital in Dan. Var and is expected to be transferred to a veterans administration Hospital. Quayle passes physical exam with flying colors Washington a Republican vice presiden tial nominee Dan Quayle is in excellent health and has Only a few minor problems including a slightly High cholesterol level a report released by the candidate s office said Friday. In summary you Are a 41-year-old White male in excellent health without any Active problems or. Robert Krasnor of the . Capitol s office of attend ing physician wrote to the Indiana senator in a letter dated aug. 29. Krasnor examined Quayle aug. 1 and studied the candidate s medical and family histories. Quayle s of fice released Kroner s letter and a summary of his findings and the Laboratory results. Quayle s cholesterol level of 228 is marginally elevated and can be reduced by proper diet and exer Cise the doctor wrote. The senator rides a stationary bicycle one to Turco limes weekly and docs not smoke the report said. The doctor reported that Quayle surfers from a minor nose bleeding problem and an unspecified sea Sonal allergy that cause nasal swelling for which he uses a nasal Spray. The senator also has a slight skin condition on his face caused by exposure to the Sun. He treats the skin condition called clinic keratosis with liquid Nitro Gen. The doctor recommended thai Quayle have the condition examined periodically and that he use Sun screen. The candidate had a Small rectal tear in the past but the August examination found no evidence of the problem persisting. Krasnor suggested that Quayle have a rectal examination within the next year. Yellowstone to shirts Selling Tike hot cakes West Yellowstone Mont. A a Moose Bear and Ranger dash around the flumes in Yellowstone National Park. Would the last one out of the Park please put the fire fall so says one of the to shirts Sheila i Anna Sells to tourists looking in inc wild West mercantile for a memento of Yellowstone National Park s unprecedented 1988 fire season the fire shirts As Henna Calls them Are among the few Good things to come out of Vollom tone wildfires which Bare blackened More than 450,000 of lie Park s 1,2 million acres during the past two months. One to shirt s design carries map of the Park with the various fires pinpointed in fire engine red. Polygamist sentenced in bombing Salt Lake City a the Leader of a polygamist clan was sentenced to is years in prison Friday for bombing a mormon Chapel and firing at Federal agents during a 13-Day standoff that ended with the slaying of a corrections officer. Addam Swapp 27, the first of four clan members to be sentenced Friday by . District judge Bruce Jen Kins could have received 75 years in prison but in Stead was Given the minimum allowed by Law his Law yer said Swapp s Molher in Law clan matriarch Vickie Singer sobbed throughout the bearing As she was sentenced to five Yean in prison. Jenkins told Swapp he was being sent to prison not for what you say not for what you believe for what you did Swapp Singer s son John Timothy Singer and Swapp s brother Jonathan were convicted in May in the Jan. 16 bombing and the subsequent standoff with 100 Federal and state Law officers. The stalemate at the clan s Marion farm ended in a shoot out that killed stale corrections i. Fred House and injured Addam Swapp. The Swapp Brothers and the wheelchair bound John Timothy Singer were found guilty of attempted murder of Fri agents forcibly resisting and assaulting Federal agents and two firearms counts. Addam Swapp also was found guilty of explosives offences and maliciously damaging the Church. Assistant attorney general Creighton Horton said murder charges in the death of the corrections officer probably will be filed tuesday