European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 a a the stars and stripes saturday january 5,1991 Navy gets 1-Day Extension on bomber Washington up Navy Secretary h. Lawrence Garrett Iii received a one Day Extension Friday on his orders to recommend a decision on whether to scrap the troubled a-l2 attack plane program. A a. In a Pentagon source said Garrett was still expected to urge defense Secretary Dick Cheney to proceed with the project. In a report now due saturday he urges absorbing some of the contractors Cost overruns and buying fewer aircraft Over a longer period the source said. But the source said Garrett apparently wants to make one last review of All options before making a recommendation to Cheney a so everyone knows it is his Deci a v. A Cheney on dec. 14 threatened to kill the program unless the Navy could prove that the All weather Long Range Avenger bomber is Worth buying. He ordered Gar Rcpt to present him a recommendation by Friday. Cheney granted Garrett a 24-hour Extension on presenting him with a recommendation after a meeting with the Navy Secretary. If cancelled the program a originally scheduled to produce 620 planes Over a period of about 10 years a would be the Argest weapons system Ever eliminated by the defense department. The $4.8 billion project is already $1.4 billion Over budget Ana 18 months behind schedule. The Navy has spent at least half of the $4.8 billion originally earmarked to develop0 the plane without having one in the air. The a-12, a Carrier based radar evading warplane would replace the a-6 intruder Many of which Are stationed in the persian Gulf As part of operation desert shield. A _. Cheney must make his decision by monday. That a when government agencies have to submit budget proposals to the office of management and budget. Mcdonnell Douglas and general dynamics have threatened to Lay off about 8,000 workers in St. Louis and fort Worth Texas if the program is youth s family says police overreacted by the stars and stripes Stuttgart Germany a the Mother and brother of a mental patient who was shot to death by police on new years Day said authorities overreacted. A they did no to have to kill him a said Aminah har Suddin the Mother of Gamal har Suddin. The 19-year-old was slain after he went on a rampage inside their military housing quarters at Patton Ville housing Complex in ludwigs Burg Korn Westheim. A they could have just shot him in the legs a said his 14-year-old brother Muhammad. A they did no to care whether he died or not. They policy would have done a better Job than what they a spokesman for the criminal investigation come said an investigation into the incident which involved one military policeman and two German officers news Brief should be completed next week. Police said the youth attacked the Cou pie with a sword injuring mrs. Har Suddin and her husband Muhammad. Both parents were reported to be in stable condition Friday a Stuttgart Community spokesman said. The father a staff sergeant in the Hospital being general Hospital in Stuttgart on Friday spokesman George Huettig said. The youths Mother was admitted to 5th general Hospital Huettig said. Gamal had been under psychiatric treatment for some time according to a Community statement. Huettig would not release the name of the military policeman involved in the shooting but did say he was an Active duty non commissioned officer. The military policeman has been reassigned to administrative duties pending the outcome of the investigation by military and German police officials Huettig said. German officials also Arentt providing Many details about the Case. A spokesman for the Public prosecutor in Stuttgart said a just completed autopsy report cannot be released yet. Police will not say How Many times the youth was shot. Neighbors reported hearing from three to five shots fired. A we wont be Able to make the contents of the autopsy Public until other parts of the investigation into the German involvement Are completed next week or the week after a the prosecutors spokesman said. -7 the incident occurred about 5 . New years Day not on new years eve As previously reported. According to a Community statement the teenager injured his parents with a sword before barricading himself in the family a apartment. After police broke Down the front door the Young Man fled to the bathroom taking two knives with him the statement said. Later he rushed out of the bathroom and approached the officers with a knife in each hand it said. When he failed to surrender the policemen fearing for. Their safety shot him to death it said. The youth worked As a Bagger at the Robinson Barracks commissary. A the was real quiet a said Andrea Long a checker at the commissary. A the just did his work and that was said that until the killing she did no to even know his name. A we just called him number 55,�?� she said. Cut phone Cable in . Disrupts air traffic markets new York a at amp to a Long distance phone service into and out of new York was crippled Friday when a phone Cable was severed halting trading at several financial markets and disrupting traffic at East coast airports. Beginning at 9 30 ., Many Calls into and out of the metropolitan area were met with a recorded message saying that All circuits were Busy said Jim messenger a spokesman for the american Telephone and Telegraph co. Spokesman Mike Tarpey said the problem was traced to an underground fiber optic phone Cable that was Cut somewhere Between new York City and Newark . He said he did not know How the line was severed. Friday mornings at amp to breakdown crippled voice and radar data communications at Federal aviation administration facilities in the new York Washington and Boston areas for nearly two hours said Duncan Pardue an Faa spokesman. A he said the communication lines went Down at 9 30 . And some service resumed about 11 20 . All air traffic was diverted to other airports and air planes on the ground were not allowed to take off he said. Air traffic resumed with substantial delays after 11 20 ., he from Page 1 Petely from Kuwait by Jan. 15. Baker and Aziz will meet less than a week before the . Deadline for a Complete iraqi withdrawal. The talks will be the highest level of Contact Between the two nations since Iraq invaded Kuwait last August triggering an International crisis that has led the world to the Edge of War in the Middle East. A Secretary bakery a Mission to Geneva is to convey to Iraq the Gravity of the situation and the determination of the International Community to overcome iraqis aggression against Kuwait a Bush said. The president repeated that there would be a no linkage Between the crisis and iraqis demand for a solution to the plight of palestinians. Bush plans a radio address to the nation saturday on the Gulf situation. The White House also announced that Bush will meet saturday with United nations Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar on the crisis. Meanwhile Congress on Friday resumed debate on the crisis with some lawmakers favouring a proposed Resolution stating that congressional approval is needed for any military action against Iraq. Others urged delaying a vote until the Bush administration ends its latest diplomatic efforts. Related Story photo Page 5. In Britain an iraqi Diplomat being expelled Friday from that country warned that arabs living in Western countries will mount widespread sabotage attacks if War Breaks out in the Gulf. A if Iraq is going to be attacked All Western countries will have targets to be hit a and Britain has Allied herself with the americans in this warfare a press Counselor Naiel Abdul Jabbar Hassan told reporters at London a Heathrow Airport Britain on thursday ordered the expulsion of eight iraqi embassy staff members and 67 other iraqis citing past iraqi threats to attack Western targets if War Breaks out.,. A. A 7 d1. Quot 7 a in unveiling the French peace proposal foreign minister Roland Dumas told his dec colleagues that in View of the stalemate in the Gulf a Europe could not remain with its folded a a French source said. V the official quoted Dumas As saying european iraqi talks would constitute a no contradiction nor interference with the . Position. Under plan Aziz will meet with Luxembourg foreign minister Jacques. Poos whose country holds the eco a rotating presidency or with the foreign ministers of Italy Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The plan Calls for Iraq to leave Kuwait in accordance with . Security Council resolutions. If Iraq agreed to leave Kuwait the multinational Force will pledge not to attack it. A / once Iraq pulls out of Kuwait All Middle East regional issues a including the israeli palestinian conflict a will be open to discussion in one or More International conferences the source said. Saddam has repeatedly tried to link talks on the Gulf crisis with talks on the palestinian Page 1. Rates Are offered for mail that is brought to the Agency already sorted according to zip rates Are offered for mail that is code. Some mailers even sort mail broken Down by the order in which a letter Carrier visits the Homes on his or her route and Triay even bring the packages of mail to the letter carriers office. While such arrangements save the Post office work and Money the discounts often Are the subject of complaints by other advertisers. From Page 17. David h. Pickett 40, of Cavendish vt., the Pilot chief warrant officer Daniel s. Scott 39, of san Diego the Copilot and sgt. 1st class Earnest g. Dawson 20, of Bolingbrook 111., the Mechanic. Rep. Bud Shuster r-pa., a member of the House intelligence committee said the helicopter was flying an administrative support Mission for the american ambassador and Crew members had no links to the salvadoran military. 7. Shuster speaking in Washington on thursday said the Craft was clearly marked As an helicopter. State department Deputy spokesman Richard Boucher said the site of the incident is not considered a combat zone. The helicopter was downed at san Francisco a Community about 75 Miles East of san Salvador near the City of san Miguel. Eyewitness Silvio Mendez who lives about 200. Yarc from the site said the victims were in the downed Craft pc about half an hour before the rebels arrived and got Hii to help move the bodies.7 he said one of the Crew was dead when he got to the scene and the others were gravely wounded. Boucher said All three men were shot in the he a after making a Safe Landing. Col. Miguel Borja Gomez director of san Salvador military Hospital said the bodies in the morgue there is numerous Bullet wounds. Boucher said final determination of the cause of Deal would be left to the autopsy team. _ but he added the incident a certainly would be take into consideration Quot when the administration decide whether to release $42.5 million in military Aid to to salvadoran government. President Bush is expected to announce a decision be week on the funds Congress authorized for release Only the rebels stage an offensive threatening to topple to salvadoran government or take action to prolong the a
