European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july 6, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 7 los Angeles apr a judge sentenced a defense contractor to three years in prison and fined him $750,000 for faking tests on engine bolts used in thousands of military and commercial aircraft. A this is a very egregious Case motivated primarily by greed and avarice a . District court judge a. Wallace Tashima said tuesday in sentencing Norman d. Mchaffie 56, former president of Mchaffie inc. Of Sylmar. A the actions of Mchaffie literally weakened and endangered the National defense a a Tashima said. No accidents were attributed to Mchaffie bolts. The bolts were used in the air Force by b strategic bomber and the Navy Marine corps Fa-18 Hornet the Navy air Force a-7 Corsair ii the Navy f-14 tomcat fighter and the air Force f-16 fighting Falcon All attack fighter Jet aircraft. They also were used in thousands of Boeing co. And Mcdonnell Douglas corp. Commercial jetliners the government said. Jack Gamble of Boeing. Commercial air plane group said executives at the worlds largest manufacturer of jetliners cooperated in a government probe. Tashima also sentenced Mchaffie a Quality control supervisor James Hicks 45, of Sepulveda to 18 months in prison for participating in the scheme. A shop floor manager William Whit Harri 37, of Lancaster was previously sentenced. Mchaffie pleaded guilty in april to conspiracy and two counts of submitting false test certifications to the department of  term prosecutors contended that Mchaffie saved More than $1,5 million by failing to properly test some 9 million bolts Between 1979 and 1v89, assistant . Attorney Stephen a. Mansfield said it was the longest running fraud against the government by a defense contractor uncovered to Date. V. Mchaffie told Hicks and Whitman to create fake test data and fabricate reports to conceal the fraud according to a Federal complaint filed March 29. The government alleged bolts sent to general elec Trie  engine division failed testing by an outside Laboratory. The discovery that Many of the company a bolts failed to meet testing requirements also led to a massive Effort to discard them from parts suppliers prosecutors said. Mart in it Granbury Texas apr Davy Crockett probably Wasny to bom on a Mountaintop in Tennessee. And nobody really thinks he shot a Bear when he was Only 3. But that does no to take anything away from the legend at least for the 180 attending this weeks reunion for Crockett descendants. A those kinds of things Are interesting to read about but they done to necessarily reflect the real David crack Ett Quot said Leonard Stasney one of the Crockett descendants holding their fifth biennial reunion at this town 30 Miles Southwest of fort Worth. Davy a widow settled in Granbury after his death at the Battle of the Alamo at san Antonio in 1836. A the myth was bigger than the Man Quot said descendant Sandra Weaver of Granbury who wore a cloth Crockett doll with a real Coon Tail on the Cap pinned to her shoulder like a huge Corsage. Weaver an Ltd other Crockett Kin traded tales about their famous ancestor at the clan picnic swapped gossip and argued Over the Best place to get a genuine Coonskin Cap. They debated How often a fighter could fire the muskets of Davy a Day and whether Crockett was killed in action or As some historians say executed by the mexicans after the Alamos surrender. A Davy Crockett went Down swinging a Rifie a he Wasny to no Coward a a insisted Charles Edward Crockett or. Of Falls City Ore. It just does no to matter a Weaver said. A fall the men who died at the Alamo were  for the descendants gathered at Cranbury a Plantation inn its the search for a a a real Davy Crockett that matters most. And according to them that a not the Davy Crockett a generation of americans knew from the Disney to series that made the Buckskin Clad actor fuss Parker an instant celebrity. It also prompted millions to buy Coonskin Caps. The show became one of the biggest hits in television history. Ninety million people watched tvs Crockett swing his Rifle As Santa annals troops attacked the Alamo according to Disney productions. A the Ballad of Davy Crockett a the theme song of the series sold 18 million copies in i 955 billboard said. Joy Bland the new president of the descendants group dismisses it As Hollywood Glamour. A they done to stick to the real facts. I never could sit through the whole program. It was awful Quot said Bland of Paris Tenn. A the clothing was too Modem. The Story line was  Only one descendant donned a Coonskin Cap for the reunion he wore it with a period costume to demonstrate the rifles and muskets of Crockett a Era. About 200 people belong to the non profit corporation descendants of David Crockett based in Tennessee and members must be blood relatives. Associate memberships Are extended to cousins Histo a map Sandra Weaver a third generation daughter shares a laugh with other Kin at the Crocket reunion. Rians and others who Revere the Pioneer. A it s kind of exciting to talk to All the people that you Are related to that you done to really know Quot Stas Ney said a a it a just exciting to know that we can share the Little bits and pieces of information and learn a Little More about who we  Pilot skipper Marion Rice Hart Dies at 98 by the los Angeles times Marion lace Hart who sailed a 72-foot Ketch around the world and flew Solo across the Atlantic seven times Between the Ages of 74 and 83, has died. She was 98. Hart spent most of her life in Washington and new York City. She died of pneumonia at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley Calif one of six children Hart was bom in London while her american parents were travelling. Her father was Isaac Leopold Rice financier musician lawyer inventor and president of several companies one of which built the . Navy a first submarine. In 1913, Hart became the first woman to graduate Clu fights exclusion of Blacks in Barry trial by the Washington Post Washington a the american   Union argued wednesday that the judge s exclusion of nation of islam Leader Louis Farrakhan and Bishop George Augustus Stallings or. From mayor Marion barrys trial was based solely on the controversial views the two men hold reasons that should not Bear on a citizens right to attend a Public trial. Other cases in which spectators have been barred involved a Good cause a and a stand in Stark contrast to the arbitrary and unfounded exclusions of Farrakhan and Stallings the Acle argued in Legal papers filed with the . Court of appeals Here. Lawyers for . District court judge Thomas pen Field Jackson had argued that he rightfully excluded the two men. From the Massachusetts Institute of technology in chemical engineering. She later obtained a masters degree in geology from Columbia University. She began her around the world sailing adventure in 1936 when she was working As a sculptor in Avignon France. When the wanderlust struck she bought a 72-foot Ketch and spent three years circumnavigating the Globe. After firing a succession of Skippers she took Over completing most of the trip alone. A Ham radio operator Hart served in the army signal corps during world War ii. She began flying in 1946 at the age of 54, first in gliders and then in powered aircraft. She made Herman robs store commits suicide Tacoma Wash. Apr a Man robbed a convenience store then shot himself to death in front of horrified onlookers after asking sheriffs deputies to shoot him authorities said. The Man was identified wednesday As Darcy Willey 24, of Tacoma. After the Man robbed the suburban Lakewood store tuesday he was cornered in a parking lot. A we asked him to put the weapon Down. He refused Quot said Cufr Benson of the Pierce county sheriffs office. A the kept putting it in his Mouth and at his Temple. We tried to encourage him to surrender. At one Point he said a will you shoot me a a a when deputies refused the Man pulled the trigger first Atlantic crossing with a co Pilot in 1953, and her first Solo trip in 1966 at the age of 74. Quot i did no to Tell my family before Takeoff a a she told reporters on arrival in London. A i did no to want any arguments about whether i should  in addition to her seven Solo Atlantic Crossings Hart flew All Over the United states Europe asja Africa and South America she logged More than 5,000 hours and flew alone until she was 87, Hart chronicled her adventures in several articles for sports magazines and three books a who called that lady a skipper in 1938, a How to navigate today Quot in 1940, and a i Fly As 1 please Quot in 1953.possible flood victim found in Ohio River Shadyside Ohio apr a body pulled from the Ohio River on wednesday could be the 25th victim of Flash floods that ravaged the area last month according to officials. The body was spotted by a pleasure Craft about 200 Yards South of the Mouth of we gee Creek and about five Miles South of Shadyside said Chuck Vogt Belmont county coroners investigator. West Virginia authorities recovered the body which remained unidentified about 9 . About 5vi inches of rain fell near this Eastern Ohio Village in three hours on june 14, sending Walls of water Down two creeks. The bodies of 24 people have been recovered while nine officially remain missing