European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes monday september 2, 1991defects Riddle b-2 stealth bombers by the Baltimore Sun Washington the first six b-2 stealth bombers ordered by the air Force have been so plagued by manufacturing defects last minute design changes and other Assembly delays that contractors May be unable to build the planes As fast and efficiently As desired by the Bush administration a congressional investigation shows. Although the b-2 contracting team led by Northrop corp. Has improved Tolje manufacturing process with each new plane in the Assembly line the results continued Faff far Short of goals be by company and air Force officials to reduce the number of defects and delays investigators said. The first of the revolutionary new Assembly delays slow production to crawl radar evading bombers which rolled out in 1988, had 141,000 defects during its final Assembly the investigators said after examining Northrop a records. The second b-2, expected to incur no More than 80,000 defects at the same stage of production had 131,000 flaws while the third Model completed in june had 117,600 a Many More than the 101,000 defects anticipated by the company. Current plans for production of a seventh plane include a Northrop estimate the request of rep. Les Aspin d-wis., chairman of the House armed services committee. Despite the Gao findings there Are Strong indications that the stealth bomber will survive House and Senate negotiations Over differences in the 1992 defense budget. The talks Are expected to begin sept. 11. For its part the air Force issued a statement Friday that acknowledged a High number of defects in the bombers tic with the Senate and White House. The Senate voted aug. I to spend $3.2 billion to build four More planes approving a Bush administration strategy to improve efficiency and help trim Overall costs by increasing the annual rate of production from two to seven planes per year by 1993. President Bush has called for a Fleet of 75 planes with a Peak production rate of 16 aircraft per year by 1998. Although the House tried to cancel the program last year House and Senate negotiators worked out a one year Comorn. A or  but called them a a inevitable in a Matur ,2 0 defects will he.  ing Desi Erland manufacturing process. 1  for the so cd and straight year the Aspin Mise to keep the a fair vet now b2 Crit the review of the $65 billion program committee and the House have decided is believe the bomber program Mav flee accounting of to Stop b-2 production at the 15 aircraft survive yet again this time with a com Tice the investigative  of Congress at already ordered setting up another Bat Promise to build Only two More planes. J a a Ltd a s. N 1 cubans deported a a Federal official escorts a cuban Detainee onto an air plane at the Birmingham Ala Airport on saturday after the 10-Day hostage crisis at the Talladega Federal i non ended. About 30 cubans were deported. No one was seriously injured Friday when prison and Federal officials stormed the building that had been seized by the cuban detainees. All nine hostages were rescued safely. Fugitive sought in 3 states arrested washing Ion him a a fugitive wanted in three states in connection with the attempted murder of a police officer and other crimes was arrested saturday in California alter a policeman saw a television program profile of the suspect Federal officials said. An Al Cajon calif., policeman recognized a ear parked on a local Street As that of the suspect Walter Ludy Anderson 30, said William Dempsey a spokesman for the . Marshal s service in Washington. The officer had seen a description of the ear during the previous night s edition of the Fox television prot Gram America s most wanted which featured Ander son for the third time this year. The program also detailed 29 aliases used by Anderson and his alleged crime sprees in new York City Atlanta and Indianapolis Dempsey said. During the show Anderson was described As a armed and  Al Cajon police and a Deputy . Marshal waited near the parked car for several hours before apprehending him at 11 15 . Local time. Anderson was carrying a gun at the time of his arrest hut did not resist. He was taken to the metropolitan correction Center in san Diego where he was being held Dempsey said. I 5 charged in heist from Philadelphia zoo . Marrow Toun Iii m i him a. Egg Harbor township . Up a Young Man and four juveniles have been charged with stealing a miniature Penguin and two rare geese from the Philadelphia zoo. Tom Caucci 21, of Hamilton township and four friends apparently stole the Birds on impulse during a visit to the zoo on aug. 22, said police sgt. Hugh Oil. The 15-Inch-Tail Humboldt Penguin and two White fronted goslings were found unharmed aug. 25 at an exotic aviary at Toms Garden world in Mckee City which is owned by cause in a parents. C Harlys c Gucci co owner of the Garden Market told police a Nephew claimed to have found the Birds wander no around Fairmount Park in Philadelphia and decided to put them in the markets aviary. Ponce charged the juveniles who Range in age from .hcrunhdrpamr"6 a Quot in rr0pmy 1 i Arrari has. N issued for Caucci a arrest. Philadelphia police said they also plan to charge Caucci the Birds meanwhile have been returned to the hundreds demand . S recognize slav republics from wire reports Chicago a hundreds of demonstrators marched through downtown saturday demanding the United states recognize the breakaway yugoslav republics of Croatia and Slovenia. American and croatian flags filled Daley Plaza where after the March about 400 people gathered for a rally. The speeches were in croatian and English. Protest signs read a Croatia is already Home of the Brave help make it Home of the free a and a Stop the butchers of  this cow has a Friend Harvard Iii. A Armilda a life size fibreglass Holstein has a powerful Friend in the Illinois governor. Illinois department of transportation officials said fhe 25-year-old statue on an Island along Harvard a main drag is a Hazard and must be moved to make Way for Road improvements. That angered some of Harvard a 6,000 residents who said the cow associated with the annual Harvard milk Days festival represents All that a Good about their Northern Illinois town. Now gov. Jim Edgar agrees with townspeople and has decided the cow will stay even though it might have to be moved a bit. Cheerleader mourned Beverly mass. A mourners packed a Church saturday for the funeral of a 14-year-old cheerleader allegedly killed by her teen age Boyfriend whose jealous rages reportedly were inflamed by steroid use. Grieving friends and relatives who attended the service at St. John the evangelist Church said they were still stunned by the stabbing death of Amy Carnevale and the arrest of her Boyfriend Jamie Fuller 16. Prosecutors allege Fuller stabbed his Young Girlfriend then weighted her body with Cement blocks and dumped it in shoe Pond in Beverly. The Boston Herald on saturday quoted several sources As saying Fuller used steroids which can produce aggressive behaviour. Nurse charged in death Denver a a nurse accused of shutting Oft oxygen to a terminal cancer patient will be tried Tor attempted murder in the Many a death a judge ruled. Patricia Reilly 44, of Aurora allegedly Cut oxygen to Ronald Evans a 62-year-old lung cancer patient on May 22. Though other nurses restored the oxygen Evans died soon afterwards. At a hearing Friday Denver county judge Irving Ettenberg found enough evidence to try Reilly. Reilly who is free on Bond was scheduled for a hearing sept. 11