European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday march5, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 5money constraints May delay ski Washington a financial problems will prevent the United states from meeting the 1996 target Date set by Congress for deploying its first non nuclear defense against Long Range ballistic missiles a senior defense department official said. Maj. Gen. Malcolm r. Of Neill Deputy director of the Pentagon office that runs the strategic defense initiative said the system could not be ready for use before 1997 at the earliest a strictly because of Money constraints. A it appears that window has passed and it probably will be pushed into 1997,�?� of Neill said tuesday. The Date could slip even beyond 1997 unless Congress Grants the full amount of funds requested by the Bush administration in each of the coming four years he said. The administration is asking for $5.4 billion for ski for the 1993 budget year in the stars and stripes that begins oct. 1. This year ski gets $4.1 billion its biggest budget Ever. Of Neill said that even if Congress appropriated every Dollar of the Pentagon s projected ski budgets Between now and 1996, the initial system would have a $200 million to $300 million shortfall. The 1992 defense budget passed by Congress last november included a provision called the missile defense act of 1991. It set As a goal a nationwide system of non nuclear defences against Long and Short Range ballistic missiles. The missile act said the defense department should develop for deployment a system of 100 ground based anti missile interceptors and a ground based radar system for guiding the interceptors to their targets outside the Earth a atmosphere. The system is to be based at grand Forks fab n.d., near the Canadian Border. The legislation said the system should be ready by 1996 a for the earliest Date allowed by the availability of appropriate  a critics of the program say the benefits would not be Worth the programs Cost. Of Neill said 100 interceptors based at grand Forks relying on existing satellites to provide warning of ballistic missile launches around the world would provide Protection for Only about one Quarter of the Continental United states. The defense departments plan he said is to deploy eventually a Constellation of new satellites a called Brilliant eyes a to provide improved warning of missile launches and Early cuing of the interceptors. That combined with antimissile interceptors deployed in each geographic Corner of the Continental United states and in Alaska and Hawaii would protect the whole country he said. Maj. Gen. Malcolm r. O�?Tneill10 year Sago March 5,1982 a Sandi Patti was named gospel music s artist of the year and top female vocalist at the 13th annual Dove awards. Dottie rambo and the imperials also won multiple awards at the show which is gospel music a equivalent to the grammy awards. 20years ago March 5,1972 a John Lennon and wife Yoko Ono won custody of Ono s 8-year-old daughter by a previous marriage but the girl Kyoko had disappeared with her father Anthony d. Fox an Independent filmmaker. 30years ago March 5,1962 a the French government seeded preparations for resumption of algerian peace. Meanwhile French troops in Algeria continued to patrol streets with tanks and armoured cars. 40years ago March 5,1952 a in a radio transmission from the voice of americans powerful new floating transmitter president Truman reminded the people of China and the soviet Union How the United states came to their Aid in world War ii to save them from nazi Germany and Japan. World War ii 50 years ago today 5 mar.1 a 9 2 a japanese invasion Force sails from Rabaul new Britain heading for new Guinea. In Burma japanese troops fight their Way into pegu from the West Gen Alexander arrives to take command of British forces and orders counterattacks to Blunt Japan s offensive soviet troops recapture yuck nov. An important rail Center Northwest of Kaluga on the Central front $1 billion in food Stamps buys fraud and abuse investigators say Washington a food Stamps which Are used by almost 25 million americans have become a form of underground currency traded for Cash crack cocaine appliances guns and cars officials said. Agriculture department investigators said they have uncovered instances in which a new Jersey real estate agent sold a House for $30,000 in food Stamps and an Ohio grocer redeemed $7.2 million in food Stamps a purportedly $3 million More than his total sales. The Cost of the program is expected to top $22 billion this year and the Cost of fraud and waste is Likely to reach More than the $1 billion estimated loss in 1990. A the pressure to violate the food stamp program increases when you have More people on the program and More Money involved in the program a said Andrew p. Hornsby jr., the programs Deputy administrator. The associated press recently obtained an agriculture department report that found Security breaches and accounting problems at the american Bank note co. Printing Plant in Horsham a. The auditors said they also found entrances left open for prolonged periods at the Plant which prints 70 percent of All food Stamps. The audit found that the food and nutrition service the agriculture department Agency that manages the program did not have effective follow up procedures to ensure that Security and accounting problems were quickly corrected. Investigators said $2 billion in food stamp coupons at the Printer and distributor were not fully safeguarded to prevent theft. An additional $2.9 million in food Stamps could not be accounted for. The matter is still being pursued they said. Officials however blamed the problem on construction and the movement of printing equipment in and out of the building As a result of a merger with United states banknote corp., which acquired american Bank note co. In 1990. Morris Cissman chairman and chief executive officer of United states banknote corp., said the Security at the Plant today Quot is As Good As the .  the agriculture department estimated the Cost of mistakes fraud and mail losses at $1 billion in 1990. Figures for 1991 Are not available. The department had no separate estimate for the scope of the trafficking problem but Hornsby contended it is a really Small in the Overall scope of the  infertility doctor convicted on 52 counts it source 2194 Days of War w h Smith apr publishers inc world almanac Book of world that ii Bison books corp i9tii Alexandria a. A an infertility doctor was convicted wednesday of defrauding patients by artificially insemination a them with his own sperm while claiming to use other donors. A Federal jury also convicted or. Cecil Jacobson of charges that he had tricked women into believing they were pregnant when they were not. Jacobson 55, was convicted of 52 counts of fraud and perjury. Jacobson showed no emotion when jury Foreman Daniel Richard announced the verdict. He faces up to 280 years in prison and $500,000 in fines at his sentencing scheduled for May 8. Prosecutor Randy Bellows had portrayed him to the eight woman four Man jury As a a Man who routinely lies to his own  defense lawyer James Tate however called him a medical Pioneer who acted a out of love out of a desire to help people.�?�. Jacobson is credited with introducing amniocentesis in the United states to diagnose defects in unborn babies. Jacobson admitted on the witness stand that he occasionally used his own sperm for artificial insemination when other donors were not available. Jacobson said he did not know How Many children he had fathered and his lawyer said it was not illegal in any Case. Juror Deborah Earman said that jurors were a a baffled by the size and complexity of the Case but that the evidence against Jacobson was overwhelming. A i think that he was a Good Man. It was obvious that he went wrong somewhere and mistreated a lot of women. He definitely did some wrong a she said. A we knew he was lying to those patients a Foreman Richard said outside the courthouse. Eleven women and men testified under anonymity that the doctor promised to match the physical characteristics and even religion of patients husbands and that he promised that the donor would never know who they were. Jacobson the prosecution said genetic tests showed that Jacobson was 99.99 percent Likely to be the father of 15 children by unsuspecting patients. Overall by the prosecutions account he May have fathered up to 75. One woman testified under a pseudonym that she noticed her daughters resemblance to Jacobson in a photograph taken when the infant was 3 Days old Tate argued that the donor insemination patients who testified against Jacobson were looking for a designer  Jacobson had extraordinary Success in helping High risk women have healthy babies Tate contended. The women who said he led them through multiple bogus pregnancies were a Small minority who were misdiagnosed As pregnant or miscarried he said. A god does no to give you babies a i do a one witness testified that Jacobson told her. Another said he convinced her eight times that she was pregnant and miscarried. In his testimony last week Jacobson said that he did not realize the hormone treatments he gave women could trigger a false positive pregnancy test and that he regretted ignoring such warnings from other doctors. However the prosecution said Jacobson knew the hormone injections were creating false positive tests. Tate acknowledged that Jacobson erred when he read sonograms to indicate that some patients pregnancies had advanced As far As 14 to 23 weeks. Some of those women testified that they went to other doctors who told them they were not pregnant at All. But Tate insisted Jacobson was Correct in telling the women their fetuses had died and had been a a reabsorbed by their bodies