European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday March 8,1990 stateside Baker Calls for Trade support for soviets but no direct Aid rat i at to p a Nikk t n oldest identical twin Dies Washington apr the United Stales should support Reform Cetoris in the soviet Union through liberalized Trade agreements credit guarantees and continued Gram sales Secretary of stale James a. Baker Iii said wednesday. But Baker testifying before a House subcommittee said there is no need for direct financial Aid to Moscow and a they Haven t asked for  Baker said the United states should rather share its business and economic expertise lift restrictions on credit and credit guarantees and Quot enhance discussions aimed at concluding a new Long term Grain sales agreement. Asked whether communism a jts ceased to be a threat to the United states he said a we ought not to Gephardt gloat too much Over our Success. It is not Overly productive to stick a stick in their Eye. Just for the hell  the Secretary a comments came a Day after House majority Leader Richard Gephardt proposed offering not Only Trade and investment incentives for the soviets but also direct food Aid As ways of keeping president Mikhail Gorbachev a Reform Campaign alive. The Missouri Democrat s proposal brought reactions from colleagues ranging from wary approval to outright Buckey declares a i am innocent los Angeles apr Raymond Buckey pleaded innocent tuesday to eight revived charges involving three girls in the Mcmartin pre school molestation Case after his attorney requested that a sex charge scheduled for dismissal be retained. Quot i am innocent your Honor. I plead not guilty a Buckey told Superior court judge Stanley m. Weis Berg. The judge formally dismissed four unresolved charges against Buckey and held in abeyance one contested charge. The Case now has been reduced from hundreds of counts that once involved 41 alleged abuse victims from the now defunct Manhattan Beach preschool. There were 13 counts unresolved by jurors in the trial which lasted nearly three years and Cost taxpayers More than s 10 million. Jurors in the first trial were leaning toward acquittal of the charges involving the three youngsters in the new trial. Buckey predicted the trial would take a year. Quot another year of Mcmartin mini Mcmartin chiselled Down As this Case goes into overtime falling apart until finally the second jury kicks it  a defense lawyer said two of the three children testified at the first trial and included fantastic accounts of molestation. He also said that at other stages of the Case they recanted and then restated the allegations. When Buckey and his Mother Peggy Mcmartin Buckey finally came to trial in 1987, what had originally been hundreds of counts of child molestation was pruned to 64 counts and a shared count of conspiracy and five other defendants were dropped. The figure of 41 children once said to have been abused was reduced to 11. Condemnation. A we  be writing checks to Gorbachev while he a propping up Castro in Cuba and supporting other communist regimes and insurgencies around the world said Senate minority Leader Bob Dole a Kan. Dole said it is time for the United states to Aid Eastern european countries emerging from decades of soviet domination but that direct Aid to Moscow of the sort proposed tuesday by Gephardt would at Best be premature. A we ought to exact a fair Price for those benefits a including a cessation of support for Cuba Syria Afghanistan and Angola Dole said. Sen. Bill Bradley d-n.j., noted that the soviets Haven to requested . Help and that if they did it would be wasted without economic Reform. A unless they Reform the Economy its going Down a rat Hole a Bradley said. Others on Capitol Hill said that while they thought Gephardt a proposal would spark a useful debate the idea would fall on disapproving Public ears. A if you re going to Start giving foreign Aid to the hated commies. You be got a real sales Job to do in the United states a said sen. Alan Simpson a Wyo. Gephardt said when he offered the idea in a speech that he knew there would be political risks involved and that americans might react negatively. But he told reporters Quot when i was in Europe two months ago i was embarrassed that we Are not being As Strong and As courageous As they Are a weathering dramatic Price increases and other dislocations in the name of economic Reform. A a can to we do something to help a he  work Dan Casey inspects a miniature headlight bulb tuesday at a facility in Montgomery . The bulb produces two to three times the Light of a Standard headlight bulb and it is also made to provide automakers with flexibility in design. Denton . Apr Maggie Grubb Lambeth who with her sister gained recognition As the worlds oldest identical twins has died at a nursing Home. She was 106. Her sister Allie Grubb Hill died Jan. 10, three Days before their birthday. Lambeth who had been in declining health for several months died tuesday at mount Vista health Park nursing director Vvonne Leach said. Lambeth was never told of her sister allies death Leach said. The women were listed in the guinness Book of world records As the oldest living set of identical twins. Lambeth is survived by nine  to be returned to . Subway stations new York apr the transit authority is restoring the benches it began removing from subway stations to get the homeless to leave. Advocacy groups for riders and the homeless had complained about the removal which began with 10 benches from grand Central terminal and two other stations. A perhaps the to moved too quickly a president Alan f. Kiepper said tuesday. A we were trying to do the right thing for our passengers but obviously the riders want them  the transit Agency estimates 2,500 homeless people seek shelter in the subways advocates for the homeless say the number is 4,000 to 5,000. Panhandling men and women Are a fixture at Many subway entrances. A spokesman for the transit authority said last week that the benches had a been taken Over by the homeless.�?�4 japanese climbers seen after Long Lack of Contact Anchorage Alaska apr a Bush Pilot spotted four japanese Mountain climbers attempting a Winter ascent of mount Mckinley a West buttress who had not been heard from in nearly two weeks. Pilot Cliff Hudson of Talkeetna reported that he flew Over the four climbers tuesday afternoon at the 14,000-foot level of the United states highest Mountain said Bob Seibert a mountaineering Ranger for the National Park service. No distress signal was Given and the group apparently was waiting for weather conditions to improve Seibert said. The climbers and their equipment including a 35-Day Supply of food were flown to a Camp on the Southeast Fork of the a Hilna Glacier on feb. 11, Seibert said. Last March three japanese climbers were lost in a storm on their Way up the Mountain during a storm with a wind of More than 200 Miles per  learning plan proposed for children new York apr the City a schools Chancellor wants to set up elementary schools inside office buildings so youngsters can learn with their parents nearby. Joseph a. Fernandez touts the plan As a Way to improve employee performance and attendance while easing schoo overcrowding and integrating classes in the nations biggest school District with about 1 million students. A a. Fernandez set up similar a satellite learning centers in 1988 while he ran the Miami school system. The school system would Supply teachers while the company would provide the space for classes of at least d children from pre kindergarten through second Grade at each workplace. Fernandez said he Hopes to have a Pilot program going by  imposing Airliner parts replacement rules Washington apr nearly two years after the roof ripped off an aging Boeing 737 jetliner Over Hawaii the government is imposing the first set of parts replace Mcnol rules for older planes. At the same Lime the Federal aviation administration announced plans worked out with the aviation Industry to require a detailed Cycle of inspections for corrosion in Boeing airliners. The final rules announced tuesday arc aimed at correcting Metal Fai Nguc problems in airliners that have gone through thousands of takeoffs and landings. They require replacements of parts and will Cost airlines an estimated $142 million Over the next four years. The anti corrosion measures Are estimated to Cost Between $38,720 for each Boeing 737 Over the six year inspection Cycle $80,000 for each Boeing 727, $80,640 for each Boeing 707 and $ 188,800 for each Boeing 747. Foreign regulatory agencies generally follow Faa requirements for .-built planes. The aging Airliner Effort was started after the roof of an Aloha airlines 737 ripped off at 24,000 feet Over Maui Hawaii in april 1988. A flight attendant was swept to her death and 64 passengers were injured. The plane was 19 years old and had made nearly 90,000 flights. The Accident was caused primarily by Metal fatigue but corrosion also was found the Faa said. The new fatigue rules which take effect in 30 Days give airlines four years to comply with All the requirements and will immediately affect 115 older .-registered Boeing aircraft. Tony Broderick Faa regulations chief said the Agency believes that if the regulations Are followed there will be no need to retire airliners at a Given age. Final fatigue rules for Mcdonn a Douglas airliners Are to be issued in couple of months with rules for of airliners to be issued before the end the year Broderick  rules also will be pr0.p�she for other jetliners he said and we come final after airlines have an Opp Unity to  said that although most Ai a lines have programs to detect and rep corrosion the proposed rules would pose detailed Faa requirements sections of 19 specific areas of a liner