European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 04, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday May 4,1989 Wright defends plugging videotapes by new Day Washington House speaker Jim Wright declared tuesday that he in t about to apologize for plugging videotapes sold by his wife s former employer. It was t a promotion Wright said of his com ments inserted into the congressional record. It was a compliment congratulations. We do that a very great Deal of the time. I Don t think there s anything improper about it. I think it was a positive thing and i surely Don t apologize for  the motivational videos were being sold by the Pacific Institute which was paying Wright s wife Betty an annual salary of $36,000 at the time. The speaker escorted by six Burly men earlier had pushed through a television camera blockade on the third floor of the Capitol on his Way to address ing a group of Vietnam veterans. He almost always walks the Halls of the Capitol without such Protection. But tuesday he went through the Phalanx of cameras and reporters and did t Stop until a television newsman asked Why do you need an escort Wright fighting for his political life against 69charges of House rules violations by the House ethics committee whirled at the threshold of the room and walked Back out into the corridor. I be never needed an escort he said to the to reporter. And then the speaker who dislikes appearing on television said he would answer questions after his speech. When he walked out of the room a few minutes later he smiled As he faced the cameras. Immediately he asserted that he had done nothing wrong when on dec. 9, 1985, he inserted a statement Prais ing the motivational videotapes into the congressional record the official account of the daily proceedings of Cong Russ. Then he said that the ethics committee should let him appear at a hearing right away to answer the 69 ethics charges. I was Given the Opportunity last sep tember to respond to five specific allegations he said and All of those were dropped. I did t have any idea that new charges would be filed. I never dreamed for a moment that they were concerned about whether my wife had truly earned her pay or whether his Friend and business partner George Mallick was some kind of a lobbyist Wright said. They did t ask me any questions about them. And i blissfully left believing i had answered everything on their  the committee accuses Wright of skirting the limits on Honor aria by Selling to groups he spoke to copies of a Book he had written collecting royalties instead of speaking fees. And the committee questioned his financial arrange ments with George Mallick a Friend and business partner. After Wright announced that he would t take any More questions the six escorts reappeared. Later Mark Johnson Wright s spokesman identified the men As leaders of the Vietnam veterans group and said they were not supposed to have acted As an escort. Genera offers details of stealth bomber capab/7/f/es by Norman Black a military writer Washington a top air Force general has offered a surprising amount of detail about the new 11-2 stealth bomber disclosing that it has great Range an ability to land almost anywhere and a payload of 25 tons of bombs. The plane s capabilities will be such that had the b-2 been available in 1986, when american bombers attacked Tripoli Libya just three to four b-2s could have done the Job direct from stateside bases said Gen. Bernard p. Randolph the Leader of the air Force systems come. More than 100 com Hal and support aircraft from the air Force and Navy were used for that bombing Mission. The b-2 would have required at most two tankers to fuel it during the Mission Randolph said. Randolph in making his revelations said Little about the Cost of the b-2 or of defense Secretary Dick Cheney s recent budget decision to postpone the Start of production by a full year. But he told a meeting of aviation re porters in Phoenix ariz., that the b-2 is a quantum leap into the 2lsl Century and essential to America s future strength thanks to its ability to slip be Hind enemy lines without being detected on radar. A text of Randolph s remarks was re leased at the Pentagon. Not Only is the b-2 destined to be come a key part of America s nuclear Arsenal but it offers a capability to deliver conventional weapons that is unmatched among manned bombers ran Dolph said. The libyan bombing raid could have been conducted with greater tactical sur prise and vastly less risk of life he said. Among Randolph s disclosures an artist s rendition of the stealth bomber shows the futuristic swept win style of the radar evading b-2, the b-2 will be capable of flying More than 6,000 nautical Miles or 6,900 statute Miles without refuelling. With one midair refuelling it will be Able to Fly More than 10,000 nautical Miles or 11,500 statute Miles. The plane will have a maximum Takeoff weight of More than 350.000 pounds and will be Able to carry up to 50,000 pounds of either nuclear or conventional bombs. Specifically it will be Able to carry 16 Large nuclear weapons 20 smaller nuclear bombs or up to 80 conventional 500-Pound bombs. The plane is designed to operate with minimal support equipment and can land on any runway that s just 40 feet wide. This Means it can operate from any Airfield that can handle a 727 commercial Airliner Randolph said. With one air refuelling operating from just four bases two stateside and two overseas the b-2 could cover any Point on the world s land mass on a non Stop radius Mission carrying a full conventional payload he said. Those possibilities could deter a great Deal of  Randolph also announced that the first flight of the b-2 will probably occur in about two months but Only when the air Force is convinced the plane is ready. The b-2, built primarily by Northrop corp., is a futuristic looking Gray and operate Black flying Wing designed to evade enemy radar and deliver nuclear weapons. It resembles a huge tailless mania Ray with wide sweeping wings blending smoothly into n rounded cockpit and engine housings on he top Side. The stealth gets its name from the claim that it will be extremely difficult to detect by enemy radar because of the extensive use of exotic composite Materi als its Lack of Sharp surface angles and a Cross Section that offers a very Small pro file to  Cheney s decision to slow production the air Force had estimated 132 of the planes would Cost $68.1  if Money spent on research and development is set aside that amounts to production costs of $305 million per plane. . Rape victim pulls out of 2-week coma new York a a Jogger who was beaten on the head and raped in Central Park has emerged from her two week coma spoken to relatives and she has expressed a desire to resume running doctors said wednesday. I think we have some pretty Good news said Rob Ert s. Kunz assistant chief of surgery at metropolitan Hospital. Kurtz and Kent Duffy chief of neurosurgery said the 28-year-old woman began responding tuesday and had spoken in a whisper to relatives and staff Mem Bers raised two fingers when asked to do so and was Able to read Large signs printed with yes no and her name. When a nurse told the patient tuesday that she would like to resume jogging the patient replied me too Kurtz said at a news conference. On tuesday Kurtz said the woman s brother walked into her room and said. Can you say hello and she said hello. There s definite recognition of her relatives. Members of the woman s family have maintained a vigilant the Hospital since the attack two weeks ago. The woman an investment banker and a native of a Pittsburgh suburb was on her regular jog through Cen trial Park the night of april 19 when a gang of youths pounced on her. They raped her and beat her on the head with a Rock and a pipe. By the time she was found hours later she had lost three fourths of her blood and her temperature had fallen to 80 degrees officials said. She has been emerging gradually Over the last Cou ple of Days or three Days Kurtz said. We would still say. She is in a delirium. People in this stage will  when the Hospital staff flashed the signs and she responded three or four people started clapping. I was one of them Kurtz said. Duffy said the patient in All medical certainly will not remember the events of her Accident and Proba Bly will not remember things that happened to her for a Short period of the time before the attack. Kurtz has said it is unlikely she will fully recover. Kurtz said she lacks facial expression but manages what appears to be a smile from time to  six teen agers have been indicted on charges of at tempted murder rape sodomy and assault in the Case. On wednesday a woman jogging during the Day in Central Park was assaulted by three youths. She told police that one of the youths grabbed her breasts an buttocks police detective Vincent Jones said