European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes saturday april 14,1990 neither Man nor fowl what an ugly Swan Ling this very strange Bird Clad in sneakers is actually a worker carrying a Swan boat decoration thursday to the Lagoon at bos tones Public Garden. The boats were being assembled for the launching of the 114th Swan boat season at the City a popular Park. 3 japanese firms sign pact to build Jet with Boeing co. Renton Washington apr the Boeing co. Has reached a tentative agreement with three japanese manufacturers to jointly produce a new commercial Jet to fill the size Gap Between the 767 and the 747 jumbo Jet with the first Model to be delivered around 199s, company officials said Friday. Lawrence w. Clarkson senior vice president for government and International affairs at Boeing commercial air plane group said the japanese would make about a 15 percent to 25 percent investment in the new plane but would not hold an equity position in the 767-x. He and Alan r. Mulally vice president for engineering of Boeing a new air plane division said they expected to receive orders sometime this year. He did not say How Many orders it would take to proceed with construction. The new plane would actually be the Start of a a new family of air plane to satisfy Many of their airline marketing needs a Mulally said. The initial Model will be 206 feet Long with a 197-foot wingspan and will carry 353 passengers in two classes. It will have a Range of4,600 nautical Miles he said. Mulally said that the plane is designed to replace the 687 do ios and l-101 is which will be approaching 25 years of age in the mid-1990s. It will have wings that would be Able to fold upward about 23 to 25 feet from the tips. Folding wings would enable the new plane to use existing Gates that were built for older models with Shorter wingspan he said. Bennett blames a spotty Progress in . Drug War on unused funds Washington apr the drug War in the District of Columbia has made some a a spotty Progress but City officials Are not using All the available Federal Money National drug chief William j. Bennett said Friday. A the situation remains far from acceptable to be sure. But at the same time some things Are moving in the right direction a the National drug control policy director said at a news conference. A i think its fair to say the record is mixed spotty incomplete a not nearly As Good As anyone would like but also not so bad As Many people might imagine a Bennett said in his review of Progress in a year old Federal local anti drug Effort in the nations capital. Bennett said the City a record murder rate in 1989 was a a bitter disappointment to All concerned a but he said his assessment of the City a Overall situation was not As negative As some had expected. A a in a not Here to declare failure a Bennett said. A by a sober assessment of the merits i done to think that a  although Mcdonnell Douglas and Airbus industries Are about three years ahead of Boeing in developing planes in the same size Range Mulally said potential customers told Boeing they would be most ready to order new planes in the mid-1990s. The 767-x was designed to have a More flexible Interior and for Shorter routes than the md-11, and would be More comfortable than the a-330. Clarkson said a memorandum of understanding was signed thursday with Mitsubishi Kawasaki and Fuji with a More definitive agreement to follow. Clarkson said the japanese would produce about the same number of components for the new plane As they now do for the 767. They might possibly add some other parts later. Production of the wings and other key technologically advanced parts however will remain with Boeing he said. He said estimates that the initial investment to develop the plane would be about $3 billion were a probably close within a billion or  asked whether the japanese were expected to contribute $80q million Clarkson said a that sounds High to  he emphasized that the tentative agreement would not give the japanese knowledge that could be used to develop a competing aerospace Industry. An equity position for the japanese would have required Boeing to share All details of construction with the japanese. Clarkson said such an arrangement was possible in the future. William Bennett at Friday news conference in 1989,438 persons were killed in the nations capital and police blamed the City a flourishing drug Trade for More than 60 percent of the slayings. Bennett said encouraging signs for the districts drug War include declines in the number of people arrested who test positive for drugs and of Hospital emergency room patients who mention drug use. But the drug policy coordinator said More Progress might have been made if the City had taken better advantage of available Federal funding. In particular Bennett said the City failed to spend 85 percent of $2.3 million in funding for special National guard anti crime assistance. In All Federal funding to City anti drug efforts has increased by 40 percent since last september and now is at a level two and one half times the National average Bennett said. A we chose . For this Effort because . Was on fire a Bennett said. A Washington remains a Federal priority in the War on drugs.�?�1906 survivor becomes victim of last quake Monterey Calif. Apr a 90-year-old Man who was left an orphan in the 1906 san Francisco earthquake became unofficially the 68th victim of last october a quake. John James Mcdonald died april 6 at Monterey convalescent Hospital where he was moved after being treated for head injuries at Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City. Mcdonald was found injured in his apartment in Belmont 25 Miles South of san Francisco two Days after the oct. 17 earthquake. Friends who had been unable to reach him by Telephone alerted the manager of the building where he lived. Mcdonald worked As a machinist and later As a Security guard. He left no  robbery victim kills one assailant flees new York apr a Man shot and killed one of a group of Young men who robbed him on a subway car then he fled at the next Stop police said Friday. The thiefs companions also fled when the train reached the next subway station in the Borough of Brooklyn. The robbery was committed late thursday by a group of three Young men in their teens or Early 20s who were among a group of about 18 people travelling together transit authority police spokesman Al of Leary said. The shooting recalled the 1984 Case of Bernhard Goetz the subway gunman who shot four teen agers he said were about to Rob him. Goetz was cleared of attempted murder charges but served a jail term for illegal gun Possession. Of Leary said the robbery victim was described As being in his late 40s or Early 50s. He said the robbers a grabbed him lifted him up went through his pockets took his Wallet and threw him Back on the seat. He said the group had a gun but it was not used by the robbers. A they apparently were passing it around examining it a said of Leary. A the assailants had a retractable razor knife he a. The accosted Man fired three shots one of we not a a robber in the Chest. The robbers and the Sho bolted at the next Stop. A a. Rah Hon police were questioning companions of the Roo As Well As Independent witnesses to the shooting. The dead Many a identity was not released pending notification of family. And Jas in the Goetz Case the robbed Man was we the a costers were Black but police Are not As racial motives to the incident of Leary said