European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday. September 22, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 this is an artist s drawing of the air Force ii Cheed f-ii7a. The simile sent dual control engine aircraft commonly Kummn us the stealth fighter. It first flew in stealth fighter june 1981 and is assigned Lei the 4450th tac group at Nellis fab Nev. The illustration shows the surface angles if the aircraft that help evade radar detection. Prosecution wraps up Case against pal founder Bakker Charlotte. . A prosecutors wrapped up their Case wednesday at the fraud trial of i to founder Jim Hakker saying his ministry had sold$157.9 million Worth of lodging rights to 152,903 be Lievers by the time he quit. The government showed the jury a final piece of video tape showing Bakker urging his followers to Send Money for so called lifetime partnerships in his ministry. Prosecutors con Lent Hakker used the Money raided through partnership a us to finance a lavish lifestyle in Stead of building limping he had promised the partners. The government 1.1. In Bakker s fraud and conspiracy trial started aug. 2s. Before presenting their evidence Bakker s attorneys asked that the charges be dismissed saying Bakker s rights were being violated not those of his followers. What we. Have is a ministry a religious attorney Harold Bender said. Prosecutor Jerry Miller disagreed saying this is not abase about religion Lisa Case about lying to the people on television and cheating them out of their Money. The motion was denied by . District judge Robert Potter and the defense began by showing the jury More tapes of the pal television show. Earlier Fri agent John Pearson recapped testimony showing that As of May 31. 1987 two months after Bakker resigned i f 1. Had 152.903 fully paid partnerships costing $ 157. Million. Ramirez was night stalker jury decides los Angeles a Richard Ramirez was con i Clad of 13 murders and 30 felonies wednesday by jury that decided he was the Devil worshipping night stalker whose nocturnal attacks terrified California ini985. The jury finding Ramirez guilty on All counts against him. Also found he is eligible for the death penalty. The defendant demanded to be absent from court when the 63 separate verdict forms were read by Supe rior court judge Michael Tynan. He left with shackles rattling around his heard the verdicts from loudspeakers in nearby holding cell. As he was taken fro the courthouse Ramirez hashed a two Finger Devil sign to photographers. Asked what he thought about the verdicts the 29-year-old Elpaso. Texas native said Only the jurors found that Ramirez was the demonic killer who committed crimes of rape sodomy Oral copulation burglary and attempted murder in addition to murder. In the packed courtroom relatives of three of the Vic tints sat with their Heads bowed As the verdicts were rend. Tynan said the penalty phase of the trial which will determine whether Ramirez gets the death Penally will begin sept. 27. The trial lasted More than a year and it took More than a month for the jury to reach its verdicts alter i am interruptions including the murder of a juror by Hei Boyfriend and the dismissal of another juror Lor sleeping. My personal feeling is the jury could no longer in objective after the death of the juror defense attorn a Daniel Hernandez said after the verdicts were delivered. And the Media was so overwhelmingly decided of i guilt that no one could give him a fair the verdicts came four years after Southern califor Nia s summer of terror. In 1985. Residents slept behind locked doors and windows fearing a demonic killer Vlic struck in the night often leaving a husband dead did wife raped and beaten. The news Media dubbed the assail ant the Nigil Ramirez Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Sept. 22. 1949 _ military govern ment Rule in West Germany ended being replaced by a High commission of the United states Britain and France. The changeover to civilian Rule took place in a ceremony at the tripartite Allied head quarters in Peters Borg West Germany. 30 years ago . 22. 1959 the United Stales considers communist China an outlaw which by mass murder atrocities and aggression has made itself totally unfit for United nations membership . Delegate Walter s. Robertson Delegate told the . General Assembly. 20 years ago . 22. 1969 military sources said that Gen. Creighton w. Abrams . Commander in Vietnam might be subpoenaed by the defense to testify in the Case of six Green Ile rets charged with murdering a vietnamese double agent. 7 0 years ago today. Sept. 22. 1979 americans who were persuaded not to smoke by health warnings about cigarettes arc gaining an average of two extra years of lift a re port by the Federal Trade Commissio Bureau of economics said. Pan am fined $630,000 for lapses found after flight 103 bombing Washington a the govern men wednesday announced $630,000 in fines against pan american world airways for alleged Security violations found after the bombing of flight 103 Over Lockerbie Scotland that killed 270people. Pan am. Which has 30 Days to Appeal the fines said the violations cited were administrative rather than substantive and did not contribute to the Downing ofus Airliner. The Federal aviation administration in announcing the fines said pan am has since corrected All of the problems which included lapses in passenger and cargo inspections the Faa accused the airline of Security breaches in both London and Frank Furt West Germany before passengers boarded the dec. 21 flight for new York. The fines also involve three other pan am flights at Heathrow in London an two others at Frankfurt. A bomb hidden in a radio cassette player blew the Boeing 747 Airliner apart investigators have said. They Are still trying to determine who planted the bomb. The civil penalties arc divided into$480,000 for violations in London and $ 150,000 for those in Frankfurt. A letter sent to pan am on tuesday bythe Faa contained no allegations that any of the violations contributed to the flight 103 tragedy the Faa said. Faa spokesman John Loyd in said the violations included failure to identify passengers for further screening before allowing them and their baggage aboard the flight improper methods used to Check carry on baggage of passengers and failure to conduct the required search of cargo areas prior to loading the Airliner. The violations were detected during an Faa investigation of pan am Security procedures at the Heathrow and Frank furl airports Between dec. 22, 1988. And Jan. 31, 1989, Leyden said. He said the airline failed to apply proper procedures to identify 31 Passen Gers before allowing them aboard flight 103. In addition Leyden said five Pas sengers a Cre identified at Frankfurt for further screening which was not completed. He said there also was a Case at Heath Row in which a passenger did not Board but his baggage was allowed to remain on the air Raitt in some cases in which passengers were identified for further checks hand held Metal detectors were used on their carried on Luggage rather than having it opened for physical inspection As required Loyd in said. Thomas g. Plaskitt pan am chair Man said the fines were under review and the airline would respond within the 30 Days. The matters raised were generally of an administrative rather than substantive nature said Plaskitt. He said the airline will continue a Strong Security program and comply with All Faa requirements but added it is our strongly held View that aviation Secu Rity is a shared responsibility Between air carriers and their governments and that the governments must place More emphasis on interdicting terrorism As the Best Means of protecting air quake hits Alaska Palmer Alaska a a moderate earthquake occurred in the Western Aleu Tian islands on wednesday but there were no reports of damage the Alaska tsunami warning Center said. The quake measuring 5.9 on the Rich tar scale was entered in the rat islands of the Aleutian Chain and occurred at 5 19 . Adt officials at the Palmer Center said
