European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 15, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5panel to review stealth bomber tests Washington up the air Force is recruiting experts to look at the radar visibility problem that has shaken the $60 billion b-2 stealth bomber program. On Friday air Force Secretary Donald Rice who said the panel is expected to report Back in late october told reporters hastily summoned for a damage control interview �?o1 would not characterize it As a major  without revealing the precise nature of the problem Rice said the air Force had two Steps it was testing to see How each step a the second one building upon the first a reduced the planets visibility to radar. With the second test he said a your prediction was the signature would get  but it was a the same As before we tried  a citing air Force sources aerospace daily a Trade publication said in an article prepared for its monday edition that a change made Between the first and second tests involved a surface  that is the smoothing out of any radar telltale bumps on the surface As Well As the application of radar absorbent material paint and other items. The air Force said in follow up answers to questions left from a previous Days briefing on the troubles that it a has initiated a Blue ribbon panel to review the b-2 signature  the panel is being drawn from Academia Industry and from within the government. The size of the panel and the technical expertise of its members were not immediately available. On Capitol Hill Senate armed services committee member James Exon d-neb., announced that he has postponed a planned conference committee session with his House counterparts on the b-2 Section of the 1992 defense Bill. And Exon who has been a staunch supporter of the plane said the problem caused a great concern unless it can be corrected in regard to the planets ability to penetrate future and anticipated defences in the soviet Union and other  the $60 billion program for 75 planes which already has Cost More than $30 billion has encountered trouble on Capitol Hill. The House wants to Stop the pro Gram at the 15 planes now ordered a three Are flying and the fourth is due off the line next february a while the Senate defense Bill proposes buying All four additional planes that the administration has requested be approved in the fiscal 1992 budget. The plane s stealth Ness a it is not invisible to radar just hard to find and track a comes from a variety of factors. Its curved surfaces help deflect radar rather than returning it to a receiving dish. The engines Are buried inside the fuselage with ducted air intakes so radar beams can to hit the Jet engine Blades and Bounce Back. It also has radar absorbent materials on its outside skin and is painted Black to hide it even More in night flights. Quot candidate Wilder gambles on balancing roles by the Washington Post Richmond a. A the presidential Campaign that Virginia Democrat l. Douglas Wilder announced Friday rests on a bold Gamble that he can simultaneously play the roles of dynamic National candidate and on the Job governor. Immediately there was some scepticism among virginians about whether he can pull it off. Just 20 months after becoming the nations first elected Black governor Wilder promised at his announcement speech that the business of seeking the White House wont detract him from the state affairs. But there Are doubters. A i done to think he a been running the state anyway a said Woodbridge resident Mary Pulisi. A a he a been playing in Europe and the rest of the  her View that Wilder should have skipped the presidential race is shared by Many virginians. Last Spring the Mason Dixon polling firm asked a Sample of residents whether he should run and 63 percent said no. Even his supporters agree that the balancing act is filled with risks both for Wilder the candidate and Wilder the governor. An unexpected controversy in Virginia of the sort All governors face occasionally could explode into a Campaign debacle if the governor is caught Flat footed while hustling votes in new Hampshire. Virginia Commonwealth University political analyst Robert Holsworth said he sees a danger for Wilder the governor As Well a the risk is that he does no to do Well nationally and hell have to stumble Back Home and ask the people of Virginia for  the comparison Wilder does not want people to make is to sex gov. Michael s. Dukakis of Massachusetts who saw his popularity at Home plummet after his unsuccessful presidential Campaign in 1988. Peter Lucas an aide to Massachusetts House speaker Charles Flaherty said Dukakis problems sprang from his decision not to resign As governor while seeking the presidency. Quot he thought he could do both and he  a Lucas said. A there was no one in charge when he was  but there also were plenty of people Friday who were encouraging the governor to run saying the potential rewards were Worth the risks. Virginia gov. L. Douglas Wilder announces his candidacy for the democratic presidential nomination. In he stars and stripes10 years ago sept. 15,1981 a John Mcenroe Defeated Sweden a Bjorn Borg capturing his third consecutive . Open Tennis championship 4-6,6-2, 6-4,6-3. It was Borg s 10th exit from the . Open without winning the championship.20 year Sago sept. 15,1971 a in a statement released by the Pentagon Secretary of defense Melvin r. Laird said that readiness of the armed forces will a decline to Levels totally unacceptable to the american people if Congress fails to renew the draft.30 years ago sept. 15,1961 a As the United states Britain and France met to discuss the Berlin crisis the soviet government announced that foreign minister Andrei Gromyko was ready to talk with . Secretary of state Dean Rusk about Germany and Quot any other problems."40 years ago sept. 15,1951 a ., British and French foreign ministers agreed to restore wide sovereignty to Western Germany in return for West German participation in the defense of Western Europe but reserved the right to station and protect their armed forces in Germany. Cia seeks clues for future role now that evil Empire is gone Cox news service Washington Robert Gates nomination to head the Central intelligence Agency comes at a time when the spy Agency is struggling to define a role for itself in the Post cold War Era. The chief problem As career Diplomat Paul Nitze put it recently is for the Cia to figure out a who the enemy is now that the soviet Union a the evil Empire a has become an a extinct  created in 1947, the Cia has been preoccupied with the soviet threat. But with the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe director William h. Webster created a new directorate of planning and coordination to plot a future course for the Cia. Webster s speeches in the final year of his tenure provide a clue to the work of the planning directorate. He spoke frequently about the importance of economic intelligence in the years ahead. A economic strength is key to global influence and Power a Webster said in a speech to the National press club. A in the years ahead International friction is Likely to be increasingly expressed in economic terms a he added in another speech at american University. But turning the Cia into an Agency for a commercial espionage strikes some members of Congress As a bad idea. They believe the Cia would be better used to thwart a less traditional threats a such As weapons proliferation International terrorism and drug trafficking. The most Radical proposal on Capitol Hill is to do away with the Cia altogether. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan d-n.y., wants to Transfer All Cia functions to the state department and define the Agency As an a information gathering unit a with no authority to conduct Covert actions. Few on Capitol Hill take Moynihan a proposal seriously but the Cia does lace stiff Competition for future pre Eminence in the . Intelligence Community. Persian Gulf commander h. Norman Schwarzkopf in a postwar appearance be la re Congress helped Lay the groundwork for the Pentagon to take Over intelligence. He complained loudly about the Quality of intelligence provided by the Cia during the War. The . Intelligence Community currently consists of a dozen or so intelligence agencies the most prominent being the Cia and the defense intelligence Agency. Last March the Senate intelligence committee began reviewing the Way in which the . Intelligence Community has evolved since i947. But it has made no recommendations on reorganization. Lawmakers trips legalized bribery group says Washington up a citizens group says members of the 101st Congress took More than 4,000 trips in 198990, with More than two thirds paid by lobbying groups engaging in a form of a legalized  Public citizen a government watch group founded by Ralph Nader said the practice of congressmen and women travelling at the expense of corporations represents a conflict of interest. A we believe that congressional travel funded privately is a stain on the reputation of members of Congress and undermines the credibility of All of the Good works that those members do a said Joan Claybrook of Public citizen. The report said 56 members took no private travel funds. Claybrook proposed that the Federal government pay Lor any trips required to be made by the member for official Rea sons. Public citizen said finance and real estate industries led All groups financing 446 trips. Communications interests paid Lor 402 trips and agricultural interests subsidized 390 trips rep. Pat Schroeder d-colo., was the top corporate financed traveler with 98 trips including 39 to colleges and universities and 28 paid by ideological and single Issue groups