European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 27, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 5  Blaze settlement for child survivor reached from wire reports Philadelphia the Only child to survive the Blaze that killed 11 members of the Radical group move will receive $840,000 plus lifetime payments that could total $9 million in a settlement reached with the City. That brings to More than $25 million the amount the City has paid in compensation for the May 13 1985, incident and ends nearly six years of Legal wrangling Between the survivors family and the City. Michael Moses Ward 19, and his father Andi no Ward 36, will receive $840,000 initially under the settlement reached thursday later they each will receive monthly payments starting at $1,000 and increasing steadily for the rest of their lives. Michael Ward was 13 and known As Birdie Africa when police dropped a bomb on the fortified a House occupied by the Radical group move. The ensuing fire destroyed 61 houses. Six adults including Michael wards Mother Rhonda Africa and five children were killed. The Only adult survivor Ramona Africa is serving a prison term of 16 months to seven years for charges stemming from the incident. Michael Ward was disfigured by the second and third degree Burns suffered Over 20 percent of his body. Prostitute quarantined Edwards Ville 111. A a woman charged with trying to transmit the aids virus through prostitution will be quarantined in. A state approved facility and arrested if she tries to leave authorities said  agreement was reached late wednesday by lawyers for Felicia Ann Horton 21, of Alton and Madison county states attorney William Haine who said he believed it marked the first time the states quarantine statute has been used in an acquired immune deficiency syndrome Case. The Law had been used in the 1930s and 1940s to quarantine patients with tuberculosis and other highly infectious diseases. Horton was charged tuesday in Madison county circuit court with attempted criminal transmission of the aids virus. The felony charge carries a sentence of two to five years in prison. A a. / a a a a a. Quot a a a ,. A a. A a a Haine said be still had the right to prosecute Horton who has the aids virus and is two months pregnant. Ski schedule delayed Over design question. Washington apr the Pentagon is delaying its schedule for the strategic.  by at least two years after congressional investigators found that contractors would he paid millions of dollars for unproven designs. It. In a november 1990 study the general accounting. Office concluded that testing at Lawrence Livermore laboratories in California on the Brilliant pebbles Al can Cut of ski would be done while contractor teams Are still working on the concept. Brilliant pebbles involves several thousand interceptors in space seeking and destroying targets by smashing into them at High Speed. In a cover letter to the report the Gao said the Pentagon extended its schedule for ski. Commonly known As Star wars. Under the new schedule one development phase has been extended from 30 to 50 months a decision on full scale development of Brilliant pebbles was delayed from the summer of 1993 until fiscal 1995 and flight experiments were Cut in half. In addition a decision by the president for deploying the ski system has been postponed until the late 1990s. \. The ski organization had no immediate comment on the Gao report or the letter. Overall Bush is calling for $4.6 billion for ski in the defense budget for fiscal 1992, which begins oct. 1 it is $,7 billion More than current spending. The Gao report Conics As the ski organization is forecasting spending on the entire program of around $6 billion to $7 billion annually in the mid-1990s a level under attack in Congress. In its report the Gao said the primary objective of the program is to show the technical feasibility of the Brilliant pebbles concept before a decision is made on Tull scale development and deployment. But the Gao found that the test program was compressed allowing Little time for problems that would Likely arise in the future. In addition the test program had slipped by 10 months and the first flight test did not meet All its objectives. Quot the problems with the first flight test delayed the second and third tests the Gao said. In the report congressional investigator pointed but that officials from the ski organization a agreed that the schedule is ambitious and Suee Ess oriented. They said that the ski organization might be Able to cancel some of the tests since some Are  defends Volunteer military risk not out of line Washington up while Blacks constitute a Large share of the . Military their risk during time  is not greatly out of line with their percentage of the general population House armed services committee chairman Les Aspin said Friday. Black americans of recruitment age comprise about 14 percent of the population As a whole and during the Gull War Black combat deaths were about 15 percent of the total Asp said. Aspin a Oisin a speech prepared for the association of the . Army rebutted suggestions that the Al Volunteer military Force attracts a disproportionate number of Blacks and that a return to the draft would produce greater equity in the risk faced by various  population groups. A it was the notion made urgent by desert storm that Black americans would have to Bear a grossly Dis proportionate share of the fighting and dying in future wars Quot Aspin said. A a it a not True. A Black americans Are Well represented in the ave All Volunteer Force but will not suffer greatly disproportionate risk in Lime of War a he said. Recruitment age Blacks about 14 percent of the general population comprise 26 percent of new army recruits and about 18 percent of new Marine corps recruits Aspin said. Overall Blacks comprise 31 percent of enlisted army personnel and 21 percent of enlisted marines. But the Black percentage of army and Marine combat units is less than their percentage of the Overall military the committee report found. The report based Ori personnel totals just prior to the Gulf War estimated combat risks under various potential War scenarios in the stars and stripes Bush and Ranger Limber up president Bush gets a leg up before going Tor a jog in washing having to loosen up gets a head Start on the Days run around ton on thursday. Ranger one of the first family a dogs not the White House.10 years ago april 27,1981 a the army asked 61 companies for designs for a single vehicle to take the place of the 40-year-old faithful army jeep and several other military vehicles. 20 year Sago april 27,1971 a the Viet Cong delegation attending the Paris peace talks said a a certain number of american deserters Are fighting in communist ranks against . Forces in South Vietnam. 30years ago april 27,1961 a following the collapse of the algerian revolt insurgent Leader Gen. Maurice Chajie voluntarily surrendered to military Justice and French president Degulie began a crackdown including More than 117 arrests in Paris. 40yearsago april 27,1951 a Hamburg West Germany announcement stated that West German gasoline prices have been reduced by two pfennig a liter