European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a the stars and stripes monday october 1,1990 7 perish when air plane crashes doing acrobatics Lakeport Calif. Up a divers recovered three More bodies and searched sunday for the last of seven victims believed to have died in the crash of a world War ii air plane into a shallow Northern California Lake authorities said. A i understand they have body parts for four people a said Federal aviation administration duty officer ail Morriston. A a it a a real mess out  on saturday Rescue workers pulled the first three bodies from the frigid Waters of Clear Lake located about 100 Miles North of san Francisco. Despite the shallow water it was difficult for divers to recover the bodies because the nose dive lodged the aircraft deep in the Silt a Lake county sheriffs spokeswoman said. The search was suspended late saturday and resumed at Dawn sunday. A a we be got massive quantities of people out there searching a said a Lake county sheriffs Deputy. The twin engine pm 4 air plane crashed into 7-foot water about 50 Yards from the Shore of Clear Lake about a mile North of Lakeport in Lake county. Los Angeles apr the government is suing Lockheed corp. Over its mandatory retirement policy for test pilots. The lawsuit filed Friday by the equal employment Opportunity commission seeks to allow Kenneth Wier 50, to keep his Job As a chief test Pilot past his 60th birthday on oct. 20. Lockheed requires mandatory retirement at age 60 for test pilots. The company told Wier he would have to retire if he did not give up his pilots Job and accept a ground position by monday. The suit filed in . District court seeks to overturn the age limit and asks Back pay and possible reinstatement for test pilots forced to retire under the policy. . District judge Terry Hatter or. Denied an Leoc motion to temporarily Block the retirement policy while the suit is pending. Lockheed officials expressed Surprise at the Federal Agency a action. A we done to know Why they decided to do the air plane made about 10 Low passes Over a couple of water parked aircraft at the Lake for the 11th annual a seaplane Fly in a a gathering of seaplanes and pilots at the Skylark Motel seaplane base. A the plane would go through Low pull up then it got too slow stalled and went nose Down in the Lake in shallow water a said a Pilot who witnessed the crash. A you could hear the Impact. It sounded like a car  a it was just incredible a said Debbie Fields owner of a local Jet ski shop who saw the Accident. A i  believe it was  it was particularly Seiy she said because an observer standing next to her kept repeating a you can to Fly a plane like that or it will  a we were just watching and Down it went nose first a she said. A there just Wasny to any Hope for  identities of the dead were not immediately released. Seven people were aboard the plane when it took off from Sonoma county Airport in Santa Rosa an Faa investigator said. The Pilot was believed to be a Santa Rosa resident. This now with this Pilot a company spokesman Jim Ragsdale said. Lockheed says its retirement policy is based on that of commercial airlines which also mandate retirement at age 60. A the physical and psychological demands on Lockheed pilots Are significantly greater than those placed on pilots in commercial aviation a Lockheed lawyers argued in court documents. A certainly no lesser Standard can be  Wier of Santa Ana is chief test Pilot for the u-2 and tr-1 reconnaissance planes program a Job he has held for 18 years Ragsdale said. He said Wierus record is excellent and his performance has shown no deterioration in the past few years. Court documents say Wier has flown More than 235 types of planes in his 35 years As a Pilot. He has flown for Lockheed for 24  Over their Heads on natatorium proposal Romulus Mich. Up a residents who will vote nov. 6 on whether to Buila a new natatorium for the school District have one question what a a natatorium in random interviews by the Detroit free press in downtown Romulus residents defined a natatorium As Home to everything from animals to insects. A none of the 20 residents queried correctly identified a natatorium As an indoor swimming Pool facility with lockers Spectator areas and other . Trooper gets life term for sexual assault murder Vero Beach Fla. Up a a former Florida Highway patrol officer who sexually assaulted and killed a woman while on duty has been sentenced to life in prison. Timothy Scott Harris 32, pleaded no contest to first degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison without parole for at least 25 years by circuit judge la. Vocelle. As part of his plea Harris waived his right to Appeal. A there is nothing i can say to make things change a Harris said before he was sentenced. A again i am Sony for the family and i wish that they will forgive me  Harris a Highway patrol officer for 11 i years before he was fired after his arrest said he stopped Lorraine Hendricks 42, a Public relations agent on a Remote stretch of interstate 95 North of Vero Beach last March 4 and took her to a heavily overgrown Woods in a median strip. He said he then sexually assaulted and strangled her.8 tobacco firms admit to fraud in foreign sales Fayetteville . Up a eight tobacco dealers pleaded guilty to defrauding the Federal government to obtain Loans for Iraq and Egypt to Purchase More than $1 million Worth of tobacco. The tobacco companies a six of them in North Carolina a could be ordered to repay the Federal government More than $1 million. The companies were charged with arranging for Iraq and Egypt to get Loans backed by the Federal commodity credit corp. By falsely claiming those nations were buying pure . Tobacco from them. But the companies really sold those countries a blend of american Leaf and cheaper foreign tobacco. The companies in the hearing also admitted that they did not deduct rebates they gave to foreign buyers from the amount of Loans provided by the acc which should have backed Only the amount the foreign nations paid for the tobacco. . District judge Earl Britt fined the tobacco companies a total of $300,000 and ordered them to pay $1.1 million to the acc if the Loans Are not  that triggers cancer spread identified Washington not a a substance that a turns on cells of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer causing them to proliferate and spread has been identified scientists have announced. The researchers said they believe they soon will be Able to interfere with the Way the substance works and therefore halt the deadly spread of the disease in the bodies of its victims. Animal studies aimed at testing the effect of antibodies on the substance described As a growth promoting protein would begin within a month they said. Scientists with other institutions said the discovery was an exciting piece of a Large Puzzle but they warned that translating it into a Way to treat cancer could be years away. In addition to breast cancers the newly discovered material which was being called �?ogp30,�?� appears to be Active in the development of some ovarian and gastric tutors said researchers from Georgetown  system of electing judges by voting upheld new Orleans apr the Texas system of electing District judges try countywide voting has been upheld by a Federal appeals court that said questions about possibly diluted minority voting strength do not apply. Protections against diluting the voting Power of minorities have no bearing on the election of judges because they Are not Public servants the 5th . Circuit court of appeals ruled 12-1. Judge Sam d. Johnson of Austin Texas in a scathing 47-Page dissent wrote a the majority opinion is not simply wrong it is  closing time twins Hassid rear and Lassie Disney give customer Clinton Tenn. The 89-year-old women who have a Fred Travis a double helping of their humor during Pear cd on a Good morning american and Johnny one of their last Days in business at the twins cafe in Carsons talk show plan to close the cafe saturday. Lockheed sued Over retirement