European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 05, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday january 5,1990 new air Force one due in september Seattle up the Boeing co. Will deliver a new air Force one presidential plane in september almost two years late and millions of dollars Over Bud get the airline manufacturer said thursday. The delay came after it was determined the wiring on the 747 jumbo Jet had to be modified to withstand a thermonuclear attack Boeing said. We Are sorry the air plane is delayed but we want itto be the Best air plane in the world and when it is finished it Wil be Boeing spokeswoman Carolyn russe l said. Air Force it. Col. Darrell Hayes said the plane will be equipped i h 85 telephones More than a dozen television so 5 and videocassette recorders a Freezer big enough to feed 100 people for a week and a private presidential bedroom suit. Boeing  a fund Cost contract with the air Fores to deliver two air Force one aircraft for $250 million. That Price has been revised to about $260 million but Russell said Boeing docs not intend to seek additional funding to cover its excess costs. A backup air Force one is expected to be delivered in Early 1991 from Boeing facilities in Wichita.  said. The modified 747 has proved to be a presidential size headache for Boeing which initially promised to deliver the plane in late 1988 in time for president Reagan to return to California after leaving office. Congressional critics blamed former first lady Nancy Reagan for contributing to the delivery delay. A senior House armed services committee staff Mem Ber said mrs. Reagan with the help of former White House chief of staff Donald Regan sought to have the plane s Interior done entirely in California  i would t say it is a mahal but it has to be an Imperial Palace the staff member said. But Mark Weinberg a spokesman for Nancy Reagan in los Angeles said mrs. Reagan had nothing to do with the Interior design of the new presidential air  Haes said the Interior decor did not contribute to the late delivery of the plane. The delay began when it was decided the plane s extensive communications system must be shielded from thermonuclear attack. The wiring had to be hard ened to prevent electromagnetic pulses from burning it. A new Federal aviation administration directive also forced Boeing to rewire the fire suppression sys tem in the plane s baggage compartment. Russell said the wiring modifications were made after 70 percent of the plane had been wired. Of that 20 percent had to be changed she said. Boeing previously refused to reveal the revised de livery Date in part because of continuing negotiations with the air Force Over final production modifications. Man who became suspect in death of pregnant wife commits suicide Boston a a Man who told police his pregnant v. Ife was fatally wounded by a robber As they left a Hospi Tal childbirth class k a himself thurs Day morning hours after becoming a suspect in the slaying police said. The body of Charles Stuart of suburban Reading was pulled from Boston Harbor shortly before i . And positively identified said trooper Barbara Bennett a state police spokeswoman. Stuart s wife Carol was fatally wounded oct. 23 and their son Christo Pher delivered prematurely by caesarean Section As his Mother Lay dying sur Vived just 17 Days after the widely publicized shootings. Basically it s fair to say he could not handle the allegations or statements made about him Suffolk county prosecutor Newman Flanagan said describing a Handwritten suicide note found in Stuart s car. Stuart who spent More than a month in the Hospital after being wounded in the shootings died after he jumped off Tobin Bridge into Boston Harbor. It took police divers several hours to find the body after it was originally spotted in the water by a police officer and a worker. Flanagan said Stuart became a suspect wednesday after Boston police and investigators from his office interrogated several people late into the night. The prosecutor said the dramatic Story Stuart initially told about being attacked by an unknown robber while leaving the Hospi Tal is not  he would not elaborate or say whether Stuart was one of those who was interrogated. Stuart the 29-year-old manager of a fur store had told police that he and his wife 30, a lawyer were leaving Brigham and women s Hospital in Boston after attending a birthing class when an assail ant commandeered their car and forced them to drive into an adjacent neighbor Hood where he robbed and shot them. Mrs. Stuart seven months pregnant was shot in the head and Stuart was shot in the Abdomen. Although critically wounded Stuart summoned help on the car  frantic 10-minute Call to police and the dispatcher s efforts to determine where the car was were broadcast nation ally and prompted an outpouring of sym Pathy for Stuart. No arrest warrant had been issued prior to Stuart s disappearance but Fla Nagan said i would assume he could very Well have been aware of having become a suspect. Flanagan would not comment on a re port by Nev to that Stuart became the prime suspect after his brother Matthew went to police and offered information. A Man who answered the Telephone at Matthew Stuart s suburban Home thurs Day morning said the brother was not there and no one in the family would comment. After the news of Stuart s death came out mrs. Stuart s father Giusto Dimaiti was rushed to Massachusetts general hos Pital with an undisclosed ailment. The hos Pital would not discuss his condition. Edward Marchand chief of police Icharles Stuart s Hometown of Reading said Stuart s House had been watched by police overnight after Boston police in formed the suburban police that Stuart was a suspect. But Stuart never returned Home. Marchand said he believed Stuart was aware his House was being watched. The shootings shocked the City and caused some racial tension Stuart had described the attacker As a Black Man. In a note read at mrs. Stuart s funeral that Stuart had written in his Hospital bed he said my life will be empty without you. Now you re taken away from me. 1 will never know the feeling of your hand in  among the mourn ers were nov. Michael Dukakis and mayor Raymond Flynn. Marchand would not say Why Stuart had become a suspect but he said there s a lot More to the  Steve Aitkins of the coast guard said a Wallet and a note were found in Charles Stuart Stuart s car which was discovered parked on a lower level of the 300-foot High double decked Bridge Over Bosto Harbor. Shortly before Christmas Stuart viewed a lineup containing an alleged suspect but officials and lawyers refused to say whether an identification was made. Asked if a Man named in news reports As the alleged suspect William Bennett could still be suspected of being involved in the shootings Flanagan said he was no longer a suspect. General Mills stopping sales of Benefit breakfast Cereal Minneapolis us general Mills said it is dropping its Benefit break fast Cereal because of disappointing sales during eight mor is of test marketing. The food , which mad the announcement , had introduced  in Hopes of increasing its share of  a a h food Maiett. But general 3 a, Trou ble with it Cla m t at its   Cere Al can Rcd a Tho to of we the help of a Grain called a Lim. The use of p i cum raised concerns that the Cereal should be regulated As a drug not As a food. We in ironed that with All the inter est in cholesterol a product like Benefit would Appeal to a Broad Range of con Sumers general Mills spokesman Craig Shulstad said. What we found was that it appealed to a much narrower Range than we had  the discontinuation of Benefit which general Mills indicated was available in 28 percent of the country is not expected to affect the company significantly. The com Pany declined to reveal How much it spent on developing and marketing the Cereal. Procter & Gamble of Cincinnati started the controversy Over Benefit last summer when it asked the food and drug administration to prevent general Mills Tram Mak ing its cholesterol reducing claims. Procter & Gamble makes metamucil a laxative that also contains is allium but the company is restrained from marketing it As a cholesterol reducing product. Because metamucil is labelled a drug it is More strictly regulated than foods. But publicity Over the debate contributed to Consumers unwillingness to try the Cereal. I think Consumers did t want to feel like they were going to the Medicine shelf when they ate their Cereal said John Mcmillen a food Industry analyst with Prudential Bache securities in new York. Is allium is a Grain grown in India. Its cholesterol reducing properties Are due to the soluble fiber it contains Pat bran also contains soluble fiber which also has been shown to reduce cholesterol. Kellogg s heart Wise also contains Phylli us. Kellogg said wednesday that  reached store shelves Only last fall it is too soon to estimate sales. Dog allegedly shot by mailman Given funeral by postal service los Angeles a a dog allegedly shot to death by a mailman As its owner headed outside to give the Carrier a Christmas bottle of liquor was Laid to rest in a White silk lined casket at a funeral paid for by the postal service. Skippy gunned Down the Day after Christmas was buried by his grieving owners at los Angeles pet memorial Park in Calabasas on wednesday. This leaves us with a Happy Mem Ory of the dog rather than an unhappy one As of last tuesday said Tarn Mie Brody 27, of Arleta. The funeral Cost $773.50, said John Conte a postal service  Price included the casket Headstone and Flowers said cemetery spokeswoman Laura Ortega. Brody and her son Brian 10, witnessed the shooting of the 2-Ycar-Oldgerman Shepherd mix As the woman opened the door to give mailman Floyd Bertran Sterling a gift wrapped bottle of Vodka. Sterling told police the dog had bit ten him earlier and that he was Only trying to frighten it. But an autopsy indicated the dog May have been shot while fleeing authorities said wednesday. After firing the weapon Sterling said i Hope not when a witness asked whether the dog was All right said Deputy District attorney Myron Jenkins. Sterling 34, was freed on $5,000bail and faces arraignment Jan. 23 on charges of animal cruelty carrying a concealed weapon and discharging a firearm with Gross negligence. Neighbors described the dog As sometimes Rowdy and a frequent car Chaser but he was not known to bite. Before the burial eight members of the Brody family gathered in a shed to View the body of the stray they had adopted. About 40,000 animals Are buried in the cemetery including pets belong ing to Rudolph Valentino William Shatner Gloria Swansea and Sally Struthers