European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. April 8.19b9 the stars and stripes Page 5 a lbs to Fly despite Hatch problems More frequent inspections a Annecy of says by Norman Black a p military writer Washington the air Force said thursday inc in flight loss of escape hatches on two bib bomb. Cars would Lead to More frequent inspections of the equipment in inc future but the problem had not stalled inc return of the bombers to the air. Col. Larry Grcar. An air Force spokesman said 60 of inc 97 bibs in the Fleet had been cleared for air operations by late thursday and thai All of the a is scheduled for training flights thursday or thursday night would be permitted to Fly. The bib Liyi has been slowly resuming to the air this Rcch after being grounded in the Wake of a March 27 incident Al , Texas. That incident involved the failure of gears thai move the wings on the swing Wing bomber. As Hal grounding order was being lifted this week web ibs experienced unusual problems with the same escape Hatch suddenly blowing off during train ing flights. The first Hatch blowing incident occurred about 11 . Tuesday As inc Jet was climbing from a Low Atti tude exercise near the Texas new Mexico Border. The 3.by-4-fool Hatch blew off at about 12,500 feel. Then at about 11 j5 . Wednesday a Hatch in the same place on another b-1b blew off at about 19,000 feet As the Jet flew Over la Junta training Range near Pueblo Colo. No one was injured and both air planes made Rou Tine landings tout the incidents caused the air Force to order another inspection of each plane before they look off on training flights. Grcar said thursday the air Force had not recovered either of the two hatches but that inspections of inc other planes in the Fleet suggested routine opening and closing of the hatches during maintenance can gradually throw the Locking latches beyond Normal tolerance  we re going to perform inc inspection on these hatches More often Greer said it s part of the grow ing process with a new plane. As equipment matures. You have to adjust your maintenance and inspection  spokesman added technicians also had discovered that by painting a Small Stripe across the Natch inside the plane it was possible to provide an easy visual Cue to the Crew to malic sure a Hatch is shul Light. /. As for inc problem Thill prompted inc grounding Grcar said that 87 b-1 Els had undergone the required inspection by thursday and 60 had been cleared for flight. ,. Ten Are awaiting inspection. In the Case of he other 27, he continued a gear Box that handles drive shafts that help to move the wings has been  shipped to the Sundstrand corp., the Maken for inspection. The spokesman declined to predict when the entire Fleet would be Back in the air. California cooler technician Bill Walton winners Over his task n adjust tug a Fountain at the los Angeles music Center on thursdays enit ratio res in much of Alhem California climbed As High As 103 degrees during the third Day of h Mccurd arc silting heat wave. Executive denies Pentagon bribes Alexandria a. A p the suspended pres ident of telc sync electronics testified thursday he saw nothing inappropriate about information his com Pany received luring us hid for a $24 million electronics contract and said his aides never mentioned bribes to a Navy Engineer. There was a company policy that nothing of value should change hands Between company employees and government officials Robert Hougardy told a jury. Adding Ihal it was enforced to the Best of my knowl Edge Hougardy testified As the defense opened its Case in the conspiracy arid bribery trial of three executives of the Newbury a irk Calif firm a division Oft Ledanc industries inc. The. Executives arc accused of joining a conspiracy in which company consultant William Par Kin Fisit need bribes o help the firm win the contract. Under Cross examination Hougardy repeatedly said no or i Don t recall when asked whether his aides relayed  remarks made by Parkin during Tele phone Calls secretly taped by Federal agents. Parkin and Stuart Berlin a Navy Engineer and fired talc sync marketing representative and the recipient of the bribes to. Have pleaded guilty and testified about their scheme As prosecution witnesses they said Berlin leaked confidential data thai was passed to talc sync to help secure the con Iraci for radar test equipment. Hougardy however said company marketing re ports that were passed to him about inc pending con tract included information typically available on government contract Sand lie believed there was no prohibition on talc sync seeing it. More storms Milder hurricanes expected in Atlantic this year Miami al1 the coming Atlantic Hurricane sea son probably won t be As blustery As last year s but May produce More St cons Jitian Normal says a Veteran Hurricane forecaster who issues annual predictions. Colorado sidle University professor Dill Grimy expects this season which begins june i  runs through nov.  be moderate. He considered last year Intens with 11 named storms. Hurricane Gilbert caused heavy damage in septem Ber when it pummelled Jamaica Mexico s Yucatan Peninsula and Southern Texas,1 at one Point becoming  intense storm recorded in the Western Hemi sphere with a record Low barometer read ing. Gray has predicted Hurricane activity for the past five years fairly accurately. He s not ready yet to say too much about Trie coming one though. Taxpayers cling to past deductions Washington a Many taxpayers Are hav ing trouble giving up lucrative deductions that were repealed or curtailed by tote 1986 tax overhaul a spot Cheek by the internal Revenue service of returns filed last year and Early this car shows Evi Dence of widespread non compliance with parts of the new Law. These include limitations on writing off in vestment and personal interest on miscellaneous deductions such As Union Ducs and on the treatment of1 re Neal losses the irs made the disclosure in announcing thurs Day that it has broadened efforts to gauge How Well taxpayers understand and comply with the new Law. Recognising that the 1986 act represents the most comprehensive change to the Federal lax system in a Quarter Century and contained changes affecting Al most every taxpayer the irs will use the studies to assist taxpayers 10 better understand the new Laws and help determine to what extent taxpayers Are trying to circumvent various provisions of the new Law the Agency said., the irs is so concerned about Public reaction to the new Law that it has set up teams in each of its 10 regional service centers to spot Check returns As they arc filed without such checks the Agency would have to wait until 1991 for comprehensive inform Patton from a sizable number of returns. A Check of several thousand  1988 the first year affected significant by the new Law disclosed thai Many taxpayers did not follow tougher rules on treatment of losses from Passi pc investments re Neal losses,.irivestrnom interest expenses  Laneous itemized deductions Rick Wajcs head of iks audit planning said those issues were chosen As targets of the new Effort because they involve Large amounts of Revenue show up on Many returns and were All changed significantly by the 1.986 Law., the first of about 150,000 returns filed this year that Are expected to undergo spot checks show those same errors Are being repeated. In addition Hayes said in an interview Many returns being filed this year attempted to avoid the reduction in inc write off of consumer interest in the deduction for business related meals and entertainment and in depreciation of automobiles. Ill be coming out with a More detailed report on june 1, and then again refine in aug. 1 when the most Active part of inc season begins he said wednesday a tropical storm is named by the National Hurri Cane Center when  winds reach-39.miles per hour. H becomes a Hurricane when its winds blow at 74 Miles per hour the professor bases his predictions on factors such As global wind patterns surface water temperatures and rainfall in West Africa. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today ,. April 8, 1949 a Paris judge granted a divorce to Indian Prince Aly Khan and his wife inc former mrs. Loci guinness Clearing inc Way for Khan in marry Hollywood movie Star Rita Haywond 30 years ago today. ,. April 8, 1959 Konrad Adenauer 82, announced plans to retire a a Chancellor of Germany and seek inc mainly symbolic office of Federal president during the next election in july. 20 years ago today. April 8, 1969 South vietnamese president Nguyen Van thick presented a six Point peace pack age to a joint session of inc National Assembly which called for a withdrawal of All communist forces from South Vietnam to years ago today a pril 8," 1979 the iranian state owned radio station announced former prime minister Amir Abbas Hoveida had been executed by an islamic firing squad after being found guilty of spreading corruption and treason to Iran