European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pegs 6 the stabs and stripes Gao says of understated costs on weapons systems by the or York times Washington a a congressional audit charges that inc air Force has understated by tens of billions of dollars the costs or its weapons systems m a draft report sent to inc government s executive and legislative branches. A summary of the draft report by the general accounting a flu Sass that the $23 billion Cost of the fi-1 born her program had been under cloned by a least 17.5 Hilton. A similar  exist Tor the Al 5 aircraft 14s.3 Billon and the f-16 aircraft s9n billion according to Dala from the report by the Gao. An incs if Gal i in Arm of Congress. Quot the gaps Are even wider if related research and development and other costs arc  the summary. Which was addressed to defense Secretary pick Cheney was designated for official use Only. The report was first made Public in thursday Washington Post. A a the Ait Force financial systems do not provide its managers with Complete and reliable information on either inc a Quismon or operating costs of its aircraft and missile systems. The report said a it is evident that Cost effectiveness and efficiency need to become an air Force priority and an import Newark. . Apr for the second time. A crazy Eddie Quot Eddie Antar is wanted by Federal marshals in connection with an order to turn Over s52 million in overseas funds officials said wednesday. The arrest warrant was issued by . Magistrate Ronald j. Hedges after the reclusive founder of the consumer electronics stores failed to appear at a court Heaning tuesday. A a he a a wanted fugitive. We have a lot of addresses but we Don t know where he is Quot said . Marshal Arthur Borinsky. Antar. Who is under investigation by the securities and Exchange commission had been ordered by . District judge Nicholas Politan to turn Over j5z million the Sec alleges was obtained in insider trading. The Sec has been pursuing a civil securities fraud Tant pan of the organization s culture. The auditing problems examined in the report tilled a Bill ice Dollar decisions made using inaccurate and unreliable air Force  included these observations a air Force accounting and financial management procedures give a inaccurate and unreliable Quot information to the office of management and budget and the Treasury department. A i he air Force suffers a significant Quot auditing weaknesses in which a unsupported and arbitrary adjustments totalling billions of dollars were made Quot no the fiscal year Impi. A air Force financial reports to the Treasury department did not include More than $25 billion of air Force assets and an additional $10 billion in transactions got counted twice. The air Force which has an annual budget of about s90 billion manages $25fj billion in assets including inventories and w weapons systems. The air Force was sharply critical of the report in a Sui Ciprut issued wednesday. A the Gao report creates a faulty impression of waste and mismanagement Quot the statement said. A the perception is simply not True. The air Force w Ould Hope to work w Ith the Gao in the spirit of open  Case against Antar and three other former officers or the 43-store Empire. Which collapsed last year. On feb. 9, Politan issued an arrest warrant on civil contempt charges after Aniak failed to show up at a hearing to explain Why he did not obey the order to return the Money. Antar appealed Politan a order to the 3rd . Circuit court of appeals and surrendered voluntarily on feb. 13 to the . Marshal in Newark. His attorney Jack Arseneault has argued that to return the Money would be self incriminating because it would be tantamount to an admission that the Money is there. Politan has rejected that argument. Last Friday the appellate court in Philadelphia also struck Down the argument Clearing the Way for civil contempt proceedings if Antar fails to cum Over the Money. Stateside Bush hails Rostropovich As a National treasure Washington apr president Bush hailed exiled soviet conductor Mstislav Rostropovich As a a National treasure Quot on wednesday As he welcomed the National symphony Home from its tour of the soviet Union. A your orchestra s inn awas cd trip to the soviet 1 Nion Refl Cix the drama of our changing world Bush told Rostropovich at a White mixe reception. 1 he president noted that fits Kropov Ith had received a ova ruin after Marion Quot on his just comple cd tour of the Homeland he had been forced 1� leave in disgrace in i�?~>74. Rostropovich was stripped of his soviet citizenship in 11>7x. He got in trouble with the communist authorities id the time for his vigorous defense of out of favor author Alexand Ersul hem syn. Iii soviet citizenship was restored last month and he was Given an official  Airliner being pushed on ground bumps 2nd plane Atlanta api a a Kim Airliner being pushed from a terminal at Atlanta Loarts Field  Airport bumped into the Tail of a Delia air lines plane wednesday night. Airport spokesman John Braden said there were no injuries and slight Metal damage to the planes. When the mishap occurred shortly before 7 30 ., passengers for Delta flight 405 to Dallas were gelling on Board for an h 30  Departure said Della spokesman Bill Berry. The Kim plane. Flight 622 for Amsterdam. Netherlands was rescheduled for ii 0  Departure according to a Kim reservations supers isor. Braden said the Kim Boeing 747 was being pushed Back from the Gate when it bumped into the Tail of the Delta , Man charged in Force feeding death Baton Rouge la. Al la a Man and woman have been charged with murder for allegedly Force feeding chocolate cake to the woman a 3-year-old daughter until she suffocated. Marjorie Griffin 24, and Frank Johnson or. 46. Were indicted tuesday in the dec. 2t death of Myra Griffin. Fer stomach and Ithmal were stuffed with cake which blocked her Windpipe and nose. Deputy Coroner Chuck Smith said police said the Mother became angry when the child did nut finish Herczku and forced the girl to eat it. Johnson was charged because he did nothing to Stop it police said. Griffin and Johnson face life in prison if convicted. They were held without bail  crushed to death when Crane spills Cement Chicago a several thousand pounds of Wel Concrete fell from a construction site onto a downtown Street wednesday crushing a cabdriver to death authorities said. The cabdriver. 55-year-old Choong Soo in of Chicago was pronounced dead on arrival at Northwestern memorial Hospital at 1 26 ., said Chicago police sgt Norton Holzinger. Hulz Ingvi said a Crane operator working at a hotel construction site had trouble while hoisting a bucket with about 6,000 pounds of wet Concrete to the rooftop of the building. As the Crane operator tried to lower the bucket to the floor where it was to be poured the bucket started going Loo fast. A the tried to Stop it and reverse it Quot Hodinger said. A the bucket hit the Edge of the lower roof and  the cab. Which was crushed by the wet Concrete sides wiped three other vehicles before coming to a Stop. Holzinger said. The wet Concrete covered several vehicles. Ufi Munchkin mansions despite inc High my of my estate these Dan. You can which Ore copies of i houses. For e Price a his buy Jour own Block of brownstones a in miniature of masterpieces rating from $250 to $15,000 a hell  course. Stuart Gootnick display some of his creations copy the wallpaper and Diphl Fth lures. Warrant issued for a crazy Eddie a after he fails to deliver $52 million