European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6the-stars and stripes saturday june 29, 1991northrop memos cite b-2 problems los Angeles computerized flight controls aboard the b-2 stealth bomber have suffered serious problems according to internal Northrop corp. Documents prompting the air Force to Cut Short several test flights. A separate problem with the advanced bombers equipment designed to Beaud die enemy. Radar systems was a severe a enough that a former Northrop analyst said lie was ordered to destroy a report about it. A a a because of its tailless a flying Wing design the b-2 relies on computers to guarantee the stability of its flight surfaces and controls. F a report thursday on abcs primetime a pc news Magazine show said the flight Cor Tirol computers Are still experiencing problems and that recent test flights had to be Cut Short. The estimated Cost of each aircraft is More than $500 million with some congressional critics saying the planes could Cost up to $1 billion each. It is the most expensive aircraft Ever developed. A 1988 Northrop corp. Internal company memo cited in the report said the flight control computer problems were severe enough that a potential multiple system failure  to total vehicle loss.�?�. Tony can Lazio a Northrop spokesman said the air plane Flics Well. A the Day the primetime broadcast aired the b-2 flew Over six hours with no problems a he said. Air a orc Gen. Stephen , director of the b-2 acquisition program also downplayed the significance of the Northrop corp. Documents. A a if we thought the air plane Wasny to Safe to Fly we would not be risking our test pilots lives today. And we re not a he. Said. A a a a a -. But the primetime report said the air Force confirmed that problems with the Fligh control. Computers caused three test flights to be Cut Short two of those flights occurring within the past three months. Regarding the planets anti radar device identified As a zsr-62, company analyst Richard Sylvester said that in Early 1988 he gave a classified 84-Page report to top Northrop management on major problems with the equipment. After he submitted the report he said he received a Call from one of his Bosses who was not identified in the primetime report. A the ordered me to destroy the report a Sylvester said. A. In a series i s new York at a police have arrested a teem Ager who was the subject of a new York Post series in which he bragged that he has mugged shot or stabbed As Many As 30 people a week. And new York City a police commissioner mean while has gone on National television to charge the pos with being irresponsible for running the stories. A does no tone living in a civilized society have the responsibility to look after ones fellow Man a cominis Quot Liotier Lee p. Brown said this morning o, Good morning am Crim a a a Brown said the Post should have protected potential victims by turning in Benjamin Rodriguez 18, rather than spending six months following him around an taking pictures for this week s four part series on his criminal exploits. A a ?. A where were the cops a Post editor Jerry Nachman responded. A Why was he Waltzing in and out of the criminal Justice system a a a a a Post columnist Pete Hamill demanded thursday that Brown resign saying a the has disgraced himself with his ignorance and blindness about the real life of this injured  a. A. A. V a Rodriguez was. Arrested wednesday night at his Home in Brooklyn after a grand jury indicted him on charges of assault and attempted robbery of a taxi drive. Or in . A a. A. A a a he also was arrested on a a warrant that includes charges of attempted rape attempted sodomy sexual abuse attempted robbery and illegal weapons posses is on., in. A March 10 attack said sgt. Mary Wrensen a police spokeswoman a 1. A. A a a a Benji busted a the Post front Page blared thursday. A a a a Rodriguez who was Oil probation on  charge laughed and joked with reporters As he was being led out of the police station Early thursday asked if he had anything to say to the Post he said a Tell them a thanks a lot for the  looked  a a. Before the arrest. Brown had lambasted the Post for identifying the. Mugger Only As a Benji Quot a until thurs a Day s Story about his arrest a and failing to provide details to help the police locate him. A the new York Post adopted a mugger and told the rest of the City to drop dead a Brown told Community leaders in a speech tuesday night. New a a a a5 police detective Nicholas Cifuni walks suspect and news paper series Star Benjamin Rodriguez out of the 83rd precinct in Brooklyn following his arrest. A i think the Story of Benji is a More a Story of Lee Browne a failings than the new York posts character a retorted Nachman. In a statement after the arrest Nachman said that a there would have been no manhunt there would have been no arrest if it had not been for the posts coverage.�?�.�?T. A. A. By the Washington Post Washington v the nations next generation of billion Dollar weather satellites designed by the space Agency and built by aerospace contractors arc so riddled with defects that they May never be launched according to Federal weather officials. Loss of coverage by these satellites could precipitate a National emergency depriving forecasters of crucial information needed to track hurricanes floods and tornadoes the officials said. V Only one . Weather satellite the goes-7, is positioned in geostationary orbit directly above the country and its five year lifespan normally would end Early next year. With fuel conservation the satellite might last until 1993, officials said. The National aeronautics and space administration had planned to launch new weather satellites in 1989. The $1,1 billion geostationary operational Environ mental satellites known As the goes next program is $500 million Over budget and More than two years behind schedule. A a goes next is so flawed that it May not be  time to replace the aging goes-7, National weather service officials said ,. A a we re wondering whether Well Ever get this beast up a said John Knauss head of the National oceanic and atmospheric administration which includes the. National weather service. A we can no longer assume that a Nasa built satellite will serve our needs a a Quot. \ National weather service officials said thursday that Nasa tests revealed tuesday indicated that the two main instruments aboard goes next Are defective. This perturbed rep. Howard Wolpe  who recalled. Nasal a problems a year ago with the Hubble space Telescope whose main Mirror was found to be flawed but not until it was in orbit. A Hubble was a fiasco a Wolpe said a this is fiasco but this is fiasco that puts people lives at  Wolpe is chairman of the investigative panel of the science space and technology committee which is probing the goes next program. Knauss said he is so concerned that he has ordered plans to investigate building a simple satellite quickly or buying one from japanese or european  life the dust in clean sweep mail sting by the  Angeles times w Ashington a the express mail package sent from South Pasadena Calif contained what looked like hid sugar cookies. But sugar was t what quickly Drew the attention of the police dog. Tiie a cookies Quot in fact were patties of crack cocaine $30 1,0 h Worth. So when the were delivered to an apartment in Omaha. Neb., the Quot mailman Quot had a Surprise for the woman who signed for them a a warrant. A we were shocked when we found out How much we had the largest seizure of crack cocaine in the history of Nebraska Quot said Omaha based postal inspector Jerald Vajgert who had posed As the mailman. On i thursday the us postal inspection service announced the results of its recent a monthlong Quot operation clean sweep a a nationwide Effort to ferret out drugs Send by mail from 25 cities often destined for americans heartland. A. Seized in the Jelly Campaign were 33. Kilograms of Frari Jijuana 5 kilograms of cocaine pci1 valued at $2 million and 130 bottles of St roofs. In the past is  base confiscated 132 vehicles,-t3 Homes and one farm. Overall in 1991, 1,046 people have been arrested nationwide for shipping drugs through the mails a 2v times More than in All of 1988, authorities said. Much of the Effort had been concentrated in los Angeles where the City s Street gangs often use the mail to deliver crack and other drugs Federal agents said. A they ship to their operators in a pick any medium size City in the lks.,&Quot said Paul m. Griffo spokesman for postal inspection service. As part of operation clean sweep a task Force of postal inspectors and los Angeles police assisted by drug sniffing dogs spent 24 Days in May monitoring express mail parcels sent through los Angeles International Airport. That group. Discovered 17 drug shipments a including powder cocaine and marijuana going to St. Louis powder cocaine destined for Swansea 111., Rock and powder cocaine headed for St. Rose la., and marijuana being shipped to Warren Mich. In All the los Angeles investigation resulted in seizure of about 10 pounds each of cocaine and marijuana along with steroids going to Dolton iii., tar heroin and even prescription cough syrup destined for Dallas. A Light people were arrested for sending or receiving the drugs including a civilian air Force employee at Warner Robins Aib ga., who had a top secret clearance and was discovered with $50,000 in Cash and stolen military equipment. While declining to detail their Lech piques postal inspectors said they generally concentrated on overnight express mail. They sorted through it for suspicious envelopes and packages that then were passed under the nose of a drug detecting dog. If the dog grew agitated inspectors got a search warrant allowing them to open it. If substances suspected of being drugs were found inside they were immediately sent to a Laboratory for analysis. If the tests were positive the package was resealed and delivered right on schedule