European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 24.1989page 4 the stars and stripes thursday t 24. Imbs police have no suspects in Newton slaying Oakland. Calif. A Hucy p. Newton the charismatic co founder of the Black Panther party was adrift with out a Battle to tight in his final Days a close Friend said. Newton s Bullet riddled body was found before Dawn tuesday in a neigh boyhood known for drug violence. Police had no suspects and no motive for the slaying police it. Mike Sims said. Newton. 47, was killed in the neigh boyhood where he began organizing lacks More than 20 years ago several Miles from his present Home. About 200 mourners marched on tuesday night at the scene of the shooting some chanting cheering carrying candles and holding their fists in the Black Power Salute. There arc Thosz who Are going to try and make him look like gangster but we know he was a brother we know he was a fighter said the Rev. Cecil Williams of san Francisco one of the participants. Fred hic stand a Sacramento lawyer who was Newton s attorney and close Friend said Newton was struggling to find a Niche for himself after earning a doctorate overcoming alcohol and drug abuse problems and facing life with no criminal charges Over his head for the first time in 15 years. He was just trying to figure out where he fit what he was going to do. Trying to shake some alcohol and chemical de Pendency that he acquired but he was doing it All on his own without anyone s help hic stand said. Hic stand said he saw Newton on Fri Day and the former Panther Leader seemed to be of. There was nothing bothering him that he talked about hic stand said he believed Newton had been drug free for at least six months. Newton was arrested earlier this year for Possession of drug paraphernalia but police said they had no indication the slaying was drug related. He did t seem to be Able to find a role for himself said hic stand. I think he was like a lot of people who went West Oakland calif., residents on wednesday hold a candlelight Vigil on the site where Huey Newton was gunned Down and killed tuesday. Through that period. He lived it in tensely and it left its  with Bobby scale Newton founded the Black Panther party. Armed Panther members followed police cars to Monitor their activities in the Black Community. Under the slogan All Power to in people the panthers also operated a school a health clinic and programs for ghetto youngsters. The party drifted into violence and gradually disintegrated As members wer Eillce and the Fri infiltrated and disrupted the organization. Tuesday s shooting occurred in a neighbourhood of run Down victorian style Homes and abandoned buildings. To us Hucy Newton was a hero said resident Fred Depalm. The Black panthers were a thing to identify Tveith along with Malcolm x and Martin la  Over the years however Newton was accused of two slayings and stood trial five times. His conviction in the i967 killing of an Oakland police officer was overturned and two trials in the 1974 death of a Young prostitute resulted in deadlocked juries. Newton went into self exile in Cuba shortly thereafter returning to the United states in 1977. This year he served a 90-Day sentence in san Quentin prison for a parole Viola lion and a concurrent term for his plea of no contest to misappropriating $15,000 in Public funds earmarked for a Community school the party ran. He was a person who contributed a. Awful lot to the consciousness of this country in the Early years of his participation in the Black Panther party said former Panther Johnny Spain. In thelast few years of his life unfortunately he was t Able to  Charles Garry who was Newton s Law yer for Many years said he never saw a violent Side to Newton. I saw a very Sweet Side a humane Side a dignified Side a Man who was theoretically in favor of a better  but Garry said Newton became paranoid and his personality changed years ago when he was targeted by the Fri. They destroyed him Over 10 years ago Garry said. To me Hucy died 10 years  Newton earned a doctorate in philosophy at age 38 from the University of California at Santa Cruz where he wrote a dissertation titled War against the panthers a study of repression in  Law enforcement authorities had a different View. Tom Orloff who prosecuted Newton in an assault Case called him a Man who lived by violence and outside the  Orloff said when i dealt with him in the late 70s for the crimes he committed in 1974, he certainly was nothing but a  As Newton was recalled alternately As a hero and a scoundrel hic stand said there was hidden significance to the contrary descriptions. I Tell you Hucy said that contradiction was the ruling philosophy of the uni verse he said. Pioneers Mark 50th anniversary of Jet flight Dayton Ohio a scientist Hans von Chain who designed the first Jet engine to be tested in flight says on the event s 50th anniversary that it was a smooth Experiment. Von Chain and sir Frank whittle who shares the Honor with von Chain for inventing the first Jet engine were taking part in a symposium wednesday to Mark the 50lh anniversary of the first Jet flight. Whittle a Royal air Force officer received a Patent on a Jet engine design in 1930, but the engine was not tested until 1941. So the world s first Jet powered flight was with von Chain s engine in Germany. Von Chain said tuesday that he remembers the Day of the flight on the coast of Germany on aug. 27, 1939 As a Crystal Clear August morning. The air plane fitted with his new engine streaked into the sky and was quickly gone from View. It was a totally Normal Start recalled von Chain now a researcher at the University of Dayton research Institute. Then he disappeared. In no time he was out of  the Pilot later said the flight was exceptionally smooth the scientist recalled. He heard Only the humming of the Gas Turbine von Chain said. It was so quiet inside. No vibrations. He said it gives you the feeling of unbelievable  von Chain 77. Said he began thinking about air plane engines As a Young physics student in Germany. Flying Piston driven planes was uncomfortable he said. It was so shaky he said. There was not the elegance and smoothness you would think when you Fly through the  von Chain then a 21-year-old graduate student at the University of got Tingin said his idea was to use Gas Turbine engines to develop a smoother and faster Feighl. Ernest he incl a German air plane manufacturer became intrigued at the potential speeds Jet powered planes could achieve and provided the financial Back ing for von Chain. Von Chain described he incl As an unc9nventional thinker who was crazy about High Speed  after world War ii von Chain came to the United states and went to work for the . Army doing re search at Dayton s Wright Field. The army air corps later became the . Air Force and the Field became Wright Patterson fab. During his career von Chain did important work on Jet propulsion conducting research into Short and Var Lical Takeoff aircraft. He retired from government serv ice in 1979 and is now a senior research Engineer at the Institute. Von Chain said he believes that faster quieter safer and less expensive Jet engines arc in the future. And he envisions much Shorter takeoffs and landings for air planes negating the need for Long runways at airports. We will have a higher Altitude and higher night speeds he said. Conn still first miss last in average incomes Washington a Connecticut continued to Lead the states in average incomes last year while Mississippi remained at the Bottom of the per capita in come list the government said wednesday. The Commerce department said residents of Connecticut on average earned $23,059 for every adult and child in 1988, an increase of 8.5 percent Over 1987, for the nation As a whole incomes Rose 6.6 percent to an average of $ 16,489. Mississippi ranked last with a per capita income of 11,116, a 7.9 percent increase Over the previous year. The revised figures show that income growth in the United states was a bit stronger than originally reported four months ago. The original report put National per capita incomes at $16,444, a 6.2 percent increase from the previous year. Ranking with Connecticut in the top 10 were new Jersey up 8.5 percent to $21,994 Massachusetts up 8.8 percent to $20,816 Maryland up 7.0 percent to$19,487 new Hampshire up 7.5 percent to $19,434 new York up 7.6 percent to $19,305 Alaska up 3.3percent to $19,079 California up 5.5 percent to $18,753 Virginia up 6.9 percent to $17,695 and Del aware up 8.3 percent to $ 17,661. At the Bottom with Mississippi were West Virginia up 6.6 percent to $11,735 Utah up 5.8 percent to $12,193 Arkansas up 7.0 percent to $12,219 Louisi Ana up 6.8 percent to $12,292 new Mexico up 5.0percent to $12,488 Idaho up 7.4 percent to $12,665 South Dakota up 2.7 percent to $12,755 Kentucky up 6.9 percent to $12,822 North Dakota up 0.1 per cent to $12,833, and Alabama up 6.7 percent to $12,851. ,. The report showed that regional income differences continue with residents of the East and West coasts outpacing those of the Inland states. However the report also said per capita incomes grew substantially faster in the Southwest Rocky Mountain and great lakes regions in 1988 than they did in 1987. It said the Oil Patch Southwest and Rocky Moun Tain areas benefited from rebounds in industries hard hit by the 1986 decline in Oil prices and the great lakes Region benefited from a surge in manufacturing