European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 18, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7 House panel starts probe of patriots performance Washington apr a House subcommittee has begun an investigation into whether the performance of the Patriot missile in the persian Gulf War was As Good As portrayed and whether its manufacturer and the government have covered up negative information. A scientific analysis of videotapes made in the War raises a serious questions about just How wonderful this a wonder weapons really is Quot rep. John Conyers jr., d-mich., and chairman of the government operations committee said thursday. Conyers said his National Security subcommittee began looking into the patriots performance in december after a Massachusetts Institute of technology professor Ted postal raised questions about the antimissile weapons accuracy. Conyers said he had reached no conclusions. A however the american people May have been misled by the dramatic images on our television screens and the carefully controlled information fed to us during those harrowing Days a he said in a statement. The panel he said is looking into How Well the mis Sile performed its Mission of shooting iraqi scud missiles from the sky and whether Raythelon which makes the missiles or the army a intentionally misrepresented the Patriot s Success in order to promote their program or increase  a Raythelon spokesman Pat Coulter denied that the company has overstated the Patriot s abilities. A fall we did was report the numbers provided by the . Army and the government of Israel Quot showing that 50 percent of incoming scuds were intercepted in Israel and 80 percent in saudi Arabia. That Means cases where one of the two or three patriots fired at each scud a exploded in close proximity to it a Coulter said. He said films reviewed by postal May in some cases be of a second or third missile that missed any target because it was intended Only As a a backup  Coulter noted that some critics of the missile Are attacking it because they oppose . Spending on the strategic defense initiative and see the Patriot As a test of whether anti ballistic missile systems can be made to work. Ray denies wife s claim that they had sex countless times in prison White House Tenn. A the wife of James Earl Ray said thursday that they routinely had sex in prison for years but the convicted killer of civil rights crusader Martin Luther King or. Denied her claim. The Warden where Ray is serving a 99-year sentence said he disbelieves the woman a Story. Anna Sandhu Ray said the unauthorized visits stopped in 1987, when she was angered to learn that Ray had Given an unlisted Telephone number where she could be reached to rays brother who then passed it on to a Man who had been harassing her. Anna Ray 45, has since sued Ray for divorce. Asked if they had sex during the visits she said a ooh yes countless  Ray told the tennessean in an interview for fridays editions that he has never had sex with his wife. A a in a 63 years old not 17,�?� he said. State correction commissioner Jeff Reynolds said inmates caught having sex with visitors Are disciplined. He said Warden Mike Dutton did no to believe Anna rays allegations. She and Ray who admitted killing King in Memphis in 1968, were married in 1978 while he was in prison. The couple first had sex in 1981 in a prison Hospital room after Ray was stabbed 22 times by other inmates she said. Ray denied it. A i was All bandaged up when i was in the Hospital a he told the tennessean. A i was not in any condition to be having  their conjugal visits resumed when Ray was transferred to the old state prison in Nashville she said. She even attempted in Vitro fertilization in an Effort to become pregnant by Ray fearing she  conceive normally she said. Ray passed sperm samples to her and she smuggled them out of the prison in her Bra. Ray is now under close custody at the states new Riverbend correctional institution in Nashville. Anna Sandhu Ray said she and her husband James Earl Ray routinely had sex in prison for years. Barry sues for $5.5 million by the Washington Post Washington a attorneys for former District of Columbia mayor Marion Barry filed a suit thursday seeking $5.5 million in damages from six prison officials they accuse of violating his rights while the Bureau of prisons investigated and disciplined Barry for alleged sexual misconduct. The lawyers salad Al Amin and Beverly Crawford appeared at a news conference in Washington saying they also hoped to overturn the prisons finding that Barry received Oral sex from a woman visitor on dec. 29. Al Amin said Barry had been a assassinated and torpedoed by prison officials who violated his rights by commenting publicly on the investigation of Barry. Barry was transferred last week from a prison Camp in Petersburg va., to a More secure prison in Loretto a. Barrys attorneys said a prison hearing examiner ordered the former mayor transferred As punishment. Barry was also Given a suspended punishment of 15 Days in isolation they said. Barry is serving a six month sentence for cocaine Possession. Al Amin said Barry was a victim of Quot government sponsored terrorism. A brother has been tarred and feathered and this is old time Southern Justice going on at the hands of or. Bush and  Bureau of prisons spokesman Daniel Dunne declined to comment about the lawsuit filed in Federal court in Richmond a. Among the allegations in the suit was a claim that a prison hearing officer improperly ruled that Barry could not introduce testimony from the visitor about what occurred while she was at the prison. The hearing officer said such testimony would be Quot irrelevant Quot barrys suit said. In a recent interview Crawford said the visitor was Patricia Holbrook a new York resident. Al Amin said testimony from Holbrook would have been especially relevant and credible because unlike two inmates who said they saw the sexual encounter Holbrook has no criminal record. Crawford said that Holbrook a court stenographer is a political and social Friend of barrys someone the former mayor has known a for Many  .reduced design of d for korean War memorial from wire reports Washington a the commission of Fine arts on thursday approved a sealed Down design for a korean War veterans memorial across the reflecting Pool from the Vietnam veterans memorial. The design will feature a column of 19 troops in an open Field. The original design called for 38 soldiers. Quot we were told it was too big so we reduced it Quot said Bob Hansen a spokesman for the korean veterans memorial advisory Board. The design must also be approved by the National capital planning  guidelines protested washing i on the food and drug administrations guidelines for supermarket posting of nutrition information on fresh fish and produce a violate the Law. Two consumer groups charged in a lawsuit thursday. Public citizen and the Center for science in the Public interest said the Fra regulation a makes a mockery of Congress intent to make sure Consumers Are  the of Day a Rule says that if 60 percent of the grocery stores in the country voluntarily display the nutrition information for produce and seafood that portion of the Law would be met. The statute itself does t give a percentage saying Only that a mandatory program must be enforced if a a significant number Quot of retailers done to do it voluntarily. A clearly 40 percent non compliance greatly exceeds the Laws significant number Standard Quot said Public citizen attorney Brian wolfman.13,000 Subaru recalled Cherry Hill . Subaru of America voluntarily recalled 13,000 cars thursday for the Model years 1988-91 because of a malfunction in the xt6 Model s electronic steering system. The defective Power steering motor has caused eight accidents none of them serious Subaru spokesman Richard Marshall said. The malfunction leads to an intermittent loss of Power steering. The affected models were made in Japan Between june 1987 and september 1990 for the Model years 1988 through 1991. The japanese automaker is notifying owners of the vehicles by mail and dealers will repair the cars for free Marshall  accused of stalking Beverly Hills Calif. A 19-year-old transient has been ordered to stand trial on charges that he stalked and terrorized the son of late actor Michael Landon. Beverly Hills municipal court judge Charles g. Rubin on thursday ordered Christopher James Taylor to stand trial on one felony count each of making a terrorist threat and stalking. T Aylor who had worked As a Model began stalking Christopher Landon 16, last summer when he found his file at a Hollywood modelling Agency Deputy District attorney Brenda English said. Taylor allegedly harassed Landon with phone Calls including one on oct. 28 when he threatened to kill the teen. He was arrested nov. 13 and remains  seen As threatened port land Ore. A t he Pacific coast population of the Western snowy Plover Bird has been proposed for listing As a threatened species. The . Fish and wildlife service estimates that fewer than 1,500 of the Small Birds survive. T Wenty eight Breeding areas have been identified by the Agency which published its proposal to list the Bird in the Federal Register on tuesday. The population that nests along beaches in Oregon Washington California and Mexico is threatened primarily by humans the loss of habitat to development and encroachment by european Beac grass on nesting grounds the Agency said