European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes thursday september 26, 1991 axing the a a could save $75 billion study shows Washington apr congressional analysts say As much As $75 billion could be saved Over 25 years it the Pentagon scraps plans for the Navy s experimental a a attack plane to replace the aging a-6 attack bomber. The finding in a congressional budget office report was disclosed tuesday by rep. John p. Murtha d-pa., who chairs the House defense appropriations subcommittee. He has suggested the defense department consider abandoning the Carrier based a a and shifting its combat duties to the air forces land based b-2 stealth bomber. The Pentagon has opposed any change in the a a program. The Navy has promoted the a a which would use radar evading technology As the Only answer to replacing the a-6, which entered service in the Early 1960s. Another proposed successor a the a-12 a was cancelled this year because of chronic Cost overruns and schedule delays. Navy officials said in april it would Cost at least $10 billion to develop the a a but did not predict what the Price tag would be on construction. The Navy has proposed using $137 million from the defunct a-12 program for the a a next year. Murtha citing the unreleased report said $75 billion could be saved Over 25 years if the a a is Given up an school District asks judge to dismiss suit Over Ponytail Bastrop Texas apr a schools right to discipline its students and a boys right to grow a Ponytail have collided in court for another round. The Bastrop school District requested monday that a judge dismiss a lawsuit by 9-year-old Zachariah Toung ate who gained headlines last year when he refused to Cut his Ponytail and was segregated from other third graders by school officials. Zach is currently attending fourth Grade at a private school in Austin a nearly 100-mile round trip from his Home in Bastrop. Attorney Paul Hunn argued before state District judge h r. Towslee that a District Rule that prohibits boys from wearing hair below the shirt Collar instills discipline and helps students become productive citizens. A if you want to pitch for the Texas rangers you have to have a haircut a he said. Attorney Charles Beall who represents Zach and his Mother september Toungate said the hair Rule is sex discrimination and violates the state Constitution. A a i he school should prove they have some compelling reason to separate boys from girls on the basis of hair length a he said. Lows Lee who ruled previously against Zach said he Pilot finds out he downed fourth iraqi Jet a not first Hampton a. Apr an air Force Pilot believed to have shot Down the first iraqi warplane in the persian Gulf War has lost the distinction following a review of records. The air Force said capt. Steve Tate an f-15 Pilot at Langley fab recorded the fourth Downing of an iraqi Jet after the air War began Jan. 17. The change was made within the past three weeks alter a review Board examined warning and control recordings that revealed late was preceded by two other f-15 pilots who shot Down three planes 45 minutes earlier. Capt. Jon . Kelk with the 33rd tac l fighter Wing at Eglin fab fla., shot Down a Mig-29 Over Iraq about 70 Miles North of the saudi Border. Less than a half hour later capt. Robert e. Graeter nearby in a second four plane formation from the Eglin Wing shot Down two iraqi f-1 Mirage jets. Its combat Mission assumed by 50 to 75 b-2 bombers. The House and Senate have not agreed on How much to spend on the b-2 program next year which also has been a target for lawmakers looking to trim the defense budget in the Post cold War Era. A if we re going to fund the b-2, then we should look at if there is a Mission for the b-2that can eliminate the a a. We re going to have to be innovative and imaginative if we re going to fund these defense programs a said Murtha. He noted that the report did not assess the military implications of using the b-2 to displace the a a Only potential budget savings. He said he had asked the Pentagon for a study on whether the b-2 could be used in place of the experimental plane. A maybe Well want to go with the a a. Lets give it a legitimate comparison which they Haven to been willing to do up to this Point a Murtha said. The report a shows there can be  in a letter to Murtha earlier this year the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Gen. Colin l. Powell said the a a and the b-2 Are a a unique aircraft whose characteristics Are a decidedly  a i remain convinced we should proceed with both the b-2 and the a a a Powell wrote. Navy officials have said the first a a could be ready to operate in 13 years. Zachariah Toungate and his controversial Ponytail. Needed one or two weeks to study the issues before acting. Last year school officials gave Zach an a in school suspension because he refused to Cut the Wispy . Population Center is near Steelville to. From wire reports Steelville to. A the nations Center of population is near the Small Southeastern Missouri Community of Steelville the census Bureau confirmed tuesday. The Bureau calculates the country Scenter of population once a decade following the census. Rep. Bill Emerson r-mo., said the new Center has been pinpointed on a wooded plot 9.7 Miles Southeast of Steelville a Community of nearly 1,500. A census Bureau spokesman confirmed the Missouri site and said it would be officially announced later. In 1980, the population Center was near Desoto a Missouri Community about 50 Miles Northeast of  robbed in Church new Haven Conn. A two men praying together at a Church were robbed by a Man who pulled out a gun and demanded their Money after asking if he could join them. Before sitting Down beside them the Man had told the two he wanted to Pray for his father who had just died police said. The robber fled monday with $28. No shots were fired and no one was Hurt. Police said tuesday they had no suspects. The two victims were the Only ones in St. Peters Church at the time. The Church is located in a High crime Section of the  Pompon trial sought Houston a lawyers for the woman convicted of hiring a hit Man to kill the Mother of her daughters Choc Reading rival asked for a new trial tuesday partly because one of the jurors had been indicted on drug charges. State District judge George Godwin scheduled a hearing for nov. 7 on the motion for a new trial for Wanda Holloway of Channelview. Holloway was convicted sept. 3 of trying to hire a hit Man to kill Verna Heath whose daughter was competing with Holloway a daughter for a spot on the High school Check leading squad. She was sentenced to 15 years in prison but is free pending  indicts Dahmer Akron Ohio a a grand jury on tuesday indicted Jeffrey l. Dahmer in the 1978 death of an 18-year-old Man whom Dahmer identified As the first of his 17 slaying victims. Dahmer 31, was indicted on charges of aggravated murder and kidnapping in the death of Steve Hicks of suburban Coventry township Summit county prosecutor Lynn Slaby said. Dahmer has pleaded innocent by reason of insanity to murder charges in Milwaukee. He was arrested there in july when police found body parts in his apartment. Mother shoots kills 3 children Columbus Ohio apr a woman shot and killed her three Young children tuesday then wounded a boy playing outside her apartment police said. One of the children a a 7-month-old girl a was slain while secured in a child a scat. Kimberly Chandler 25, was arrested and charged in the slayings. As she was taken in police Headquarters she repeatedly cried Quot please kill me Quot radio station a ten am reported. Chandlery a sister said Chandler called moments before the shooting. A she told me she was going to kill everybody a Tammy Chandler told wins to. Tammy Chandler who lives nearby said she heard shots after she Hung up the Telephone. �?�1 just screamed and hollered and cried a she said. A and then she called me Back and said she had killed them and she was going to kill  Kimberly Chandler was charged with three counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of her three children 7-month-old Erica archly 4-Ycar-old Quincy Chandler and 7-year-old Quiana Chandler. She was also charged with one count of felonious assault in the shooting of 5-year-old David Warren police said in a news release tuesday night. David is not related to the other victims police said. He was in fair condition at children a Hospital with an Arm wound. The shootings occurred at an apartment Complex on the City a near East Side sgt. Bob Douglas said. Police said the shooting of the three children in the apartment a appears to be very purposeful and directed a while the shooting of David appeared to be random. The Crews release said police Hadnot established a motive. Garrett Futch a maintenance Man. Said the boy was playing with about three other children in a Yard at the apartment Complex. A she opened her door and took careful aim. She did t just shoot. She took her time just like she was Hunting a Futch said. Kathryn Posey who said she was the grandmother of the slain infant said Chandler had indicated she was under stress and had called welfare authorities about three months ago to take the children