European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 27, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7 plan for 75 b-2s losing key support by Robert Burns the associated press Washington a chances appear All but lost that the Pentagon will win congressional approval to fill its proposed Fleet of 75 b-2 stealth bombers and it seems it May have to Settle for about half that number. Key b-2 supporters in the House and the Senate Are proposing to scale Back the bomber production program and comments about the b-2 by president Bush on Friday added to speculation that he May be ready to abandon the 75-plane goal. Bush was asked to comment on a report that Gen. Colin Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff had told members of Congress that he would reluctantly accept a b-2 Fleet of As few As 30 planes. A i done to want to take a position on Powell a alleged position a Bush said. A i will have something to say As we go along each step of the Way As to the administration  referring to his 1992 defense budget proposal that asks Congress to approve spending $3.2 billion on four of the Bat winged b-2s, Bush said a a we be got a proposal up there and lets see where we go with  there is some doubt whether Congress will approve Money for any additional planes beyond the 15 already authorized although a total Purchase of Between 20 and 40 aircraft still seems More Likely. Last year the Pentagon Cut its planned Purchase from 132 planes to 75, which the air Force has consistently termed a minimum Fleet size. So far Only three have been built and Are being used for flight tests. The Pentagon insists that it has not abandoned its goal of building 75 b-2s, but even some key supporters on Capitol Hill Are calling for a further reduction. The b-2, in development since 1981, is designed As a Long Range heavy bomber capable of penetrating sophisticated air defences to drop either nuclear or conventional bombs. In the House Senate negotiations the House last week offered to drop its attempts to kill the b-2 program. House negotiators offered $1.4 billion to keep Northrop  production line a a warm until a final decision on the b-2�?Ts future could be made next year said several sources. The Senate had not responded by Friday. It has backed the Bush plan for four new b-2s in 1992. Sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., a key supporter of the b-2 and chairman of the Senate armed services committee said recently that he thought the 75-plane goal could be Cut in half. In the House another key supporter rep. Ike Skelton d-mo., in whose District b-2s would be based proposed last week to limit production to 37 planes. Sister issues apology for gunman s rampage Dallas apr the sister of the gunman who fatally shot 23 people in a Killeen Texas cafeteria before killing himself apologized for his rampage. But she denied that her brother was driven by a hatred of women. Desiree Hennard said her family had no idea what drove her brother George Hennard to kill. A the was depressed sometimes but i done to want to take that out of perspective a she told the Dallas morning news in an interview published Friday. A everyone gets depressed sometimes. I never thought he would do that and i never could have imagined him taking anyone with him a she said. Hennard 35, drove his pickup truck through a window of the Lubye a cafeteria on oct. 16, then methodically shot patrons in the worst mass shooting in . History. Hennard 28, a cosmetologist rejected reports that her brother hated women in general and his Mother in particular. Hennard shouted obscene phrases about women during the rampage leading police to suspect he was driven by a hatred of women. A i want to say in a sorry to All those people who lost family and friends a we lost someone too a she said. A my parents Are really broken up. They can hardly take  she said her brother had been distraught at the loss of his merchant Seaman a papers for smoking marijuana. Soraia Salem Isa Righta daughter of Zein and Maria Isa leaves a St. Louis courtroom Friday with two unidentified family members. Parents convicted in daughter s death St. Louis apr the parents of a 16-year-old girl were convicted of first degree murder Friday by a jury that heard gruesome secretly recorded tapes of the daughter s killing. The jury deliberated nearly four hours before reaching the verdicts. Zein Isa and his wife Maria showed no emotion As translators relayed the jury a verdict to them in their native languages. Isa 61, a palestinian is a naturalized . Citizen his wife 48, is brazilian. Prosecutors have said they plan to seek the death penalty against both when the penalty phase gets under Way. It was not immediately Clear when that phase would begin. The seven minute tape of Tina Isar a death which occurred nov. 6, 1989, was a vital part of the trial and attorneys on both sides discussed it in their closing arguments earlier in the Day. The tape was made by the Fri which hid electronic bugging devices in the family a Home As part of an investigation reportedly into whether Zein Isa was involved with the Palestine liberation organization. A the gasps and moans of a Lovely 16-year-old girl is frightening to All of us Quot Zein Isar a attorney Dan Reardon said in closing arguments. Quot but the question becomes. Whether or not the horror of this recording can Blind  Reardon insisted that his client had killed his daughter in self defense when she came at him with a knife. He said the recordings did no to reveal the times she had attacked him with a meat Cleaver or kicked his bad leg. But prosecutor Dee Joyce Hays said the tapes not Only recorded the killing but also proved that Zein Isa talked about killing his daughter and How he would do it. On the tape which reduced several jurors to tears Tina Isa can be heard moaning and screaming. Zein Isa can be heard shouting in arabic a die die quickly die my daughter die a the attorney for Maria Isa said she had tried to protect her  official defends use of Decoy reporter Helena Mont. Apr a state official defended the decision to use a state employee posing As a reporter to distract rioting inmates last month. Creating a diversion by having the corrections department worker pretend to be a reporter was necessary to allow an assault team to storm the maximum Security Cellblock and end the uprising Curt Chisholm department director said Friday. A the Clear intent and goal of the plan was to prevent any loss of life or injury to both the employees who were still held captive in the building As Well As inmates who might become victims of the disturbance Quot he wrote in a letter to John Kuglin Montana Bureau chief for the associated press. Kuglin had written gov. Stan Stephens protesting the use of a a Decoy reporter during the sept. 22 riot that left five inmates dead at the state prison in Deer Lodge. Stephens referred the letter to Chisholm. Shortly after the riot officials said a department employee carrying a camera walked toward the front door of the Cellblock while the assault team approached the rear and entered through roof hatches. A the news Media had no part in this but the inmates at Deer Lodge and in prisons in other states May not understand this a Kuglin wrote lie said a Long term consequences of this action will he to endanger the lives of the news Media and not Only in  Chisholm replied that it was a a unique situation Quot and it probably would t happen  rules filipino nurse wrongfully demoted los Angeles a a Federal judge ruled that a Hospital did not act illegally by barring filipino nurses from speaking their native tagalog but said a supervising nurse was wrongfully demoted for protesting the policy. . District judge Edward Rafeedie found that Pomona Valley Hospital medical Center did not impose a racially motivated English Only Rule As filipino nurse Aida Dimaranan claimed in a lawsuit. Hospital officials said in a statement Friday that they were pleased by the ruling. They said they hoped it would serve As a precedent against a unfounded allegations of English Only policies. The Pomona Hospital said it planned to Appeal the finding that Dimaranan a civil rights were violated by her demotion. It also will Appeal the order that restitution including Back pay be made. Rafeedie ordered the Hospital to offer Dimaranan a staff position in Pedi atries and Grant her Back pay and to Clear her personnel file of negative evaluations. The american civil liberties Union which helped represent Dimaranan said it disagreed with the judges analysis that barring tagalog was not discriminatory. An Appeal is being considered said Acle staff attorney Robin Toma. But Toma and Dimaranan said the ruling also carried an important message of Hope for those facing discrimination on the basis of language or ethnic origin. A i Hope this will be encouragement for the others who will be in the same position to stand up for what they believe in and fight because they will be protected a said Dimaranan