European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday june 16. 1990af report touts services a unique role by Chuck much Washington Bureau w Ashington a looking to grab the High ground As the services begin jockeying for position in the coming defense draw Down the air Force released a glowing report Friday touting its a unique characteristics7 for handling Likely future military missions. The report titled a global reach a global Power Quot says the service s a Speed Range flexibility precision and lethality Quot can serve As the foundations for just about ail future , National Security needs. The document makes it Clear that the air Force leadership is seeking to shift the services traditional focus from Long Range nuclear missions and conventional a in Europe to More of a Quick reaction Force for third world conflicts. The report probably will escalate the rhetoric Between the air Force and Navy Over which service can Best project . Military Power abroad without the need for Large ground forces. I also serves As the air Force s rebuttal to a growing number of critics who have suggested that the United states could get by with a revamped army and Navy and do quite Well without any air Force at All. As an example of the usefulness of air Power the air Force pointed to its f-4 aircraft which were used in the Philippines in december. The report said the planes a assisted in preventing the overthrow Quot a of president Cora zoo Aquino. A they did so by providing a deterring presence thereby maintaining strategic . Interests without firing a shot Quot the report said. The air Force report also tries to bolster flagging support for its b-2 bomber which is coming under increasingly Sharp attack on Capitol Hill. The b-2 s original Mission was to penetrate soviet airspace but the air Force report says the aircraft can a autonomously deliver massive ordnance payloads with High precision and Low risk of loss Quot anywhere in the world in a matter of hours. A six b-2s, operating from the support of six tankers could conduct an operation like the 19s6 Libya raid Quot which involved 119 aircraft and 20 ships the report said. Many lawmakers have scoffed at the idea of u5,n0 such an expensive aircraft which would com than ssi5 million per copy for 75 planes it Sions like the Libya bombing. A a the air Force also can serve As a Militar. Ambassador the report said. By transferring older aircraft to Friendly nations As tokens of Good will the United states could a influence events and Protea Vional interests in areas where More visible Means of Matei mention Are not  a one example is the air forces efforts to assist the colombian air Force with counter narcotics operations a relatively modern air Force aircraft a Fth we will be retiring in Light of our own Force red u a Lions will be in heavy demand Quot the report said. Quot these aircraft Are sought after Security assistance Loros that give the United states some measure of influence with other nations. Quot a we see a window of Opportunity to become even More useful to the nation a the report concluded a with the air forces Range and rapid reaction we Are prepared to meet the challenges of the future a to provide global reach and global  Quot Barry lawyer discounts likelihood of last minute Deal Washington apr Marion barrys la Wyer on Friday scoffed at any possibility of a last minute plea agreement that would Stop the mayors cocaine and perjury trial. A fall next week the trial will proceed a predicted defense attorney r. Kenneth Mundy. Quot bet on it believe it and done to question  a panel of 12 jurors and six alternates Are to be seated monday and opening statements Are scheduled for tuesday.  two weeks of questioning prospective jurors Drew to a dose Mundy discouraged the idea that a plea bargain with prosecutors might be worked out anytime soon. Talks that might Lead to such an agreement have been pushed by Barry supporters. A there is nothing going on. There is nothing planned to go on them is nothing being considered there is nothing being talked about Quot Mundy told reporters during a midday break outside the . Courthouse. A nobody is sitting by the phone waiting for a Call a he said. A nobody is waiting to make a Call to somebody else. All that is going to happen is the  he said the jury would be seated and a there is nothing absolutely nothing that indicates  a total of 82 people were sent into the jury Pool in the first nine Days of jury selection. Four additional jurors were questioned Friday. They included Aurelia Corbett King. Who belongs to the local democratic committee and whose husband is a chauffeur to Walter Fauntroy the nonvoting District of Columbia Delegate to Congress who is one of the candidates to succeed Barry As mayor. Bam announced wednesday night he would not seek re election. Corbett King also belongs to the Catholic Church of the Rev. George Stallings the excommunicated priest who spoke out on barrys behalf by criticizing the government tactics used against Barry. The mayor was the target of an Fri sting operation which led to his arrest Jan. 18 while allegedly Sokira crack cocaine in a hotel room. The v videotape from the sting is the Centrepiece of the prosecutions Case. Barry has pleaded innocent to three felony counts of perjury 10 Misdemeanour counts of drug Possession and one Misdemeanour count of conspiracy. Preliminary plea bargain talks broke Down Over prosecutors insistence that Barry plead guilty to a felony according to sources dose to the situation. Marines discharge deserter who surrendered Washington a a Ron Jacko the deserter who surrendered to the Marine corps after two decades in Canada  discharged Friday a Marine spokesman said. Jacko was Given an a other than honorable discharge and $61.50 before being released outside the Gates of the Marine base in nearby Quantico. Va., said it. Col. Robert Mclean. He also was Given physical and dental exams. Regulations required the marines to provide the exams plus Money equal to three fourths of a one Way bus ticket to the town from which he entered the service a in this Case Cleveland. Jacko 42, deserted the marines after completing Basic training in 1969. He said he opposed the Vietnam War and feared he would be sent there. He has spent the last 21 years in Toronto where he married and managed health food stores. He decided to turn himself in because he wanted to be near his Mother who is in poor health in Cleveland. A she just went through three operations in about the last six months a he said in a tuesday interview. �?o1 want to be Able to be  Jacko presented himself at Quantico on wednesday. After determining there were no Othet outstanding charges the base commander granted the discharge request the spokesman said. Jackobs attorney said a Young Marine gave Jacko a ride to National Airport. A the knew who he was. Too. Ron was sort of bowled Over a said attorney Tod Ensign of the new York based citizen Soldie r. That group had helped arrange Jacko s return and pre surrender publicity. New Day employees sue Over alleged Job injuries by new Day Melville . A four new Day reporters and editors who say they were injured while working at computer terminals have filed a $40 million negligence and product liability lawsuit against Latex inc., the Bedford  manufacturer of the computer system they used on the Job. The lawsuit filed june 4 in state supreme court in Manhattan alleges the injuries a were caused by the negligence of Latex in the design testing and manufacture of its computerized systems including a text a text input terminal keyboards and in failing to instruct and warn. Computer users regarding the dangers related to the use of these computer systems. New Day is not a party to the lawsuit officials of Latex owned by Rochester based Eastman Kodak co., did not return repeated phone Calls thursday. The lawsuit was filed by three new Day and new York new Day reporters a Rebecca Aikman Rebecca Morris and Lisa Redd a and a copy editor Mary Mash bum. All four employees have been out of work for Long periods a some As Long As two years a with an occupational illness known As repetitive Strain injuries or sri which they say resulted from repeated motions on the Job. All Are now receiving workers compensation. Husbands of three of the plaintiffs also Are suing Latex for $ 1 million each saying they Nave been a deprived of the support society care consortium companionship and services of their spouses As a result of the injuries. The lawsuit appears to be the first product liability Case specifically blaming computer keyboards As part of the cause of sri. Last week a team of government and University researchers that conducted a study of the sri problem at new Day and new York new Day concluded that there is a a significant association Between typing at computer keyboards at the two papers and the incidence of sri. The study conducted by the National Institute for occupational safety and health and the University of Michigan found that More than 40 percent of the 800 new Day employees surveyed reported sri symptoms including chronic pain in wrists hands elbows shoulders or neck. 40 years of fun the Pentagon sainted cartoonist Mort thursday. The famous work shirking Walker who was joined by his pals army private and his comic strip Bud pvt Beetle Bailey from left Sarge Dies created by Walker have Delight and his dog Otto is Washington on de readers for 40 years