European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 25, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7nasa s Jet flight safety record criticized Washington apr Nasa astronauts have flown jets dangerously close to other air planes at least three times since May last year the National transportation safety Board said tuesday. The Nosb in a report to Nasa administrator Richard truly said that nasal a Jet Fleet suffers from Wear and substandard communications equipment. It advised the space Agency to Correct problems a before other dangerous situations Are  the Board said the three near collisions were among seven incidents since 1986 in which astronauts flew jets below assigned altitudes. In the closest encounter Veteran Navy capt. David m. Walker flew his t-38 Jet within 100 feet vertically and 700 feet horizontally of a pan am jetliner with 176 people on Board. The incident occurred on May 15,1989. The Walker incident happened near Dulles International Airport As the shuttle commander arrived in the Washington area to be congratulated the next Day by president Bush for completing a successful Mission walkers second. The pan am Crew a could make out the Tail number on the air plane a Tim Bor son an Nosb investigator told the Board members at a hearing tuesday. None of the Nasa pilots was identified in the Nosb report to truly. Walkers involvement was known at the time. He was suspended in july along with Navy cmdr. Robert l. Gibson who was being disciplined in an unrelated matter. Walker was also replaced As commander of a space shuttle Mission set for next year. Borson said during the third Quarter of 1990, astronauts flew nasal a 28 t-38s an average of 843 times a month and that the planes were used for 697 Cross country flights. The t-38 is a High performance Jet capable of flying 1.6 times the Speed of sound. The safety Board was Eritrea a of the t-38s, and said nasal a communications equipment was a outdated and far from  it recommended that astronauts Fly with an additional Crew member when Landing or rants try Wien Landing it taking off at Busy airports and urged that Nasa instruct its pilots to write Down flight controllers instructions. All three incidents discussed at the Nosb meeting could have been averted if a second Crew member had been flying in the t-38, the Nosb  Reagan supported by scholar s Book Washington apr presidential scholar Richard Neustadt no fan of former president Reagan emerges As a defender of Reagan a wife Nancy in a new edition of his study a presidential  a never let your Nancy be immobilized could be a Rule of thumb for future presidents a Neustadt writes. The Harvard professor emeritus argues that Reagan could have saved himself a lot of trouble if the first lady had been Able to advise him on the Iran Contra affair. She could not he says because Reagan relied on the late William j. Casey the secretive director of the Central intelligence Agency a in such a Way As to Cut Nancy off from knowledge of the arms for hostages Deal. Neustadtl a description of mrs. Reagan a role As an adviser contrasts with that of fired White House chief of staff Donald t. Regan who claimed in his memoirs that some of her advice depended on astrology. This Neustadt concedes was a silly to be sure though possibly no More so than the whims of staff or press or partisans 99 a a a a a but when it came to people her reported targets seem Well chosen aim unerring and timing right for someone who must wait for someone else to pull the trigger a he writes. Mrs. Reagan was widely reported to have pressed for the removal of Regan who was dismissed in 1987 after criticism of his handling of the Iran Contra affair and attorney general Edwin Meese Iii who resigned in 1988 after a special prosecutor completed an investigation of him without seeking an indictment. A Nancy Reagan was perhaps that rarity a disinterested adviser a Neustadt says. A alternatively perhaps she was neurotically obsessed As her detractors hint. Either Way her husbands close associates however valuable or liked or even loved were to be sacrificed in her View from the moment their continuation on the scene could Compromise the presidents Public  the author portrays Reagan As inexperienced in foreign affairs and lacking in intellectual curiosity. A personally i prefer presidents of the other sort More sceptical than trustful More curious than committed More nearly Roosevelt than reagans a he says. A still it May be that his greatest Lack was not experience direct or indirect. But rather anything to activate the aide in charge of warning him when threats appeared against his Public standing or historical Appeal. A that special staff role of immense importance to someone habitually injurious about detail had been assigned his wife. More precisely she had made it hers since  Reagan began his political career As governor of California. T a presidential Power was first published in 1960 and has been updated several times. The new edition entitled a presidential Power and the modern presidents a is scheduled for publication monday by the free press a division of Macmillan inc. Neustadt is a professor emeritus at the John f. Kennedy school of government Harvard University. Nancy Reagan its a dirty Job but somebody a. A work Crews using tractors near san Juan puerto Rico begin the task of removing mud from a major Highway. The ooze seeped from a Hillside As a result of heavy Rains that washed away a Barrier holding the mud that had formed into a Crater. No one was injured when the mud broke Loose but the 10-Lane toll Road below the Hill was closed As a result of the seepage. Cleanup efforts Are to be completed in three Days. Suit nets sex Penthouse pet $4 million new York up a a former Penthouse pet of the year who sued publisher Bob Guccione for forcing her to sleep with his business clients was awarded More than $4 million by a judge who declared a sexual slavery was not a part of her Job  the award was believed to be the largest in state history for a sexual harassment suit. Declaring Guccione a liar acting Justice Elliott Wilk said tuesday the Case came Down to his word against the word of Marjorie Lee Thoreson 37, also known As Anneka Dilorenzo. At the trial at state supreme court in Manhattan in March 1989, Guccione offered a a Blanket denial that the events took place. I do not believe him a Wilk wrote in his 20-Page decision. Instead the judge believed Thoreson who was under contract with Penthouse International limited and was once Guccione a live in Lover. After Thoreson became 1975 pet of the year and appeared in the porno film a Caligula a Guccione began complaining about problems with two of his business associates and insisted she sleep with them she said. Thoreson testified that she reluctantly agreed to have an affair with his London based financial advisor but demanded it come to an end 18 months later when it appeared he planned to leave his wife and four children. In the Secona Case she said she initially refused to sleep with a furniture manufacturer from Milan but Guccione insisted she owed it to him and she yielded. She was eventually fired in 1980 when she refused to accompany Guccione to Japan on a promotion tour. Wilk awarded Thoreson $4 million in punitive damages and $60,000 in compensatory damages noting Guccione a net Worth is $150 million and penthouses assets Are Worth $200 million. Arrest made in pm photo theft Detroit apr a photo technician who had Access to confidential photographs of future general motors corp. Car models was arrested for trying to sell them Back to pm for $75,000, the Fri said wednesday. Gregory c. Hooper 36, of Royal Oak was charged with mail fraud at his arraignment in . District court and released on a $10,000 personal Bond. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 Fine. Pm offered a $30,000 Reward last november for the arrest of whoever was responsible for leaking pictures slides and drawings of several future pm products to Auto enthusiast magazines. Among them were photos of what was described As the 1991 Saturn Model. Hooper allegedly collected $40,000 by Selling the material to Auto week automobile and car and Driver magazines. A the stole the photos in 1988 and into last year a Fri agent John Anthony said. A after that he started Selling them to  he said Hooper contacted pm after a Magazine Jan a Story on the Reward. A a that a when we got  the Fri seized the stolen material after identifying Hooper through Telephone Calls made to pm last week. . Attorney Stephen Markmann said the publication of some of the stolen material including pictures of Clay models has Cost pm millions of dollars. He said monday the $30,000 Reward Money had not been paid