European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes Friday March 13, 1992 air Force mum on mystery Offutt fab neb. A the cold War May be Over but air Force officials Are still saying nothing about a Jet of apparent soviet origin a a Mig a parked at Offutt fab. The Jet appeared on the base near Omaha a year ago As a gift destined for the air plane collection at the strategic air come museum that sits North of the base. A we Are very pleased to have the aircraft a said museum director Jim Bert. A we can speculate on where it came from but we have no official comment on it. T a officially the air Force neither confirms nor denies the existence of that  Linda Smith a spokeswoman for the air Force museum in Dayton Ohio declined to answer questions about the Mig-21. She said her museum handles the Transfer of most air Force planes that Are Lent to regional museums. But intelligence officers chose to bypass Normal channels with the Mig-21, she said. A this is not a museum project a she said. What will air Force intelligence officers say about the Mig a nothing a Matt Foley a civilian employee who works in air Force intelligence in the Pentagon told the Omaha world Herald in a Story published wednesday. The . Government agrees never to divulge the source a even years after the Deal is made a in order to obtain such a plane Foley said. So the fighter Jet sits at the base that is Home to the Headquarters of the nations nuclear command Center a Symbol of the four decade cold War. In March 1991, museum representatives received a Telephone Call from the air Force museum telling them a new air plane would arrive soon he said. Theof gift Mig caller did no to identify the kind of plane or provide details about it. A quite literally it was a Midnight activity in that the next morning when we arrived at work there were four rather Large crates out on the base Side behind our Fence and there was a disassembled Mig-2lc in the crates a Bert said. The soviet Union developed the Mig-21 in the mid-1950s and later manufactured hundreds for itself and soviet allies around the world. Czechoslovakia India and China made versions of the plane. In the Early �?T80s, the . Air Force said More Mig-21s had been built than any other fighter plane. Bert said the . Military May have obtained the Mig from a defector from Cuba North Korea or one of the former communist states in Eastern Europe or from a former soviet ally such As Egypt. He said the plane probably was used to acquaint . Aircrews with the capabilities of enemy  skater Witt says letter writer terrified her ice skating Star Katarina Witt talks to reporters in Santa Ana Calif., after testifying at the trial of Harry Veltman i. Santa Ana Calif. Apr ice skater Katarina Witt Cross examined by the Man accused of sending her threatening and obscene letters said he hounded her and made her fear for her life. A a he a Knock on my door three of clock in the morning screaming that he loved me a she testified before the Case went to the jury wednesday. A i believed he was going to kill  26-year-old olympic Gold medallist avoided meeting the gaze of Harry Veltman Iii 47, As he posed questions while acting As his own attorney. A do you realize through my love for you i was inspired to write this entire letter for you a Veltman asked referring to a 20-Page letter mailed to her in Germany. Veltman who has been diagnosed a paranoid schizophrenic could get up to 35 years in prison if convicted. One of the threat charges hinges on a letter that read a please done to be afraid when god allows me to pull you out of your body and hold you tight. Then you will believe there is life beyond the  during his Cross examination Veltman tried to convince Witt that he was referring to an out of body experience. A yes i understand the question but i done to want to leave my body a she said eliciting courtroom  vote worries widow Springfield 111. A the state supreme court on wednesday refused to come to the Rescue of an 86-year-old widow worried about voting in next weeks primary because anyone could learn for whom she voted. A i think that a just terrible a i wonder Why a Lydia Thorpe said in a Telephone interview from her Home in Kewanee in North Central Illinois. A i done to know whether i will vote or not. I done to think i  through a quirk of redistricting Thorpe is the Only registered voter in the 6th precinct in Kewanee township in the 93rd state House District. Everyone else in her precinct is in the 94th House District. Henry county states attorney Larry Vanders Nick wanted the supreme court to readjust the new legislative District Boundary so that All the precincts voters would be in the 94th District. The court denied Vandersnickt a motions without comment. That Means anybody could see How Thorpe votes tuesday in the presidential primary As Well As local races. Election judges and poll watchers could distinguish Thorpe a ballot because of its unique style and color. Voting results Are tallied by precinct and Are a matter of Public record. A your argument is that if you maintain this map it violates the Illinois Constitution and the right to a persons secret ballot a Vandersnick said after filing his motions with the court last week. House gop leaders propose listing of All Check bouncers Washington apr Republican leaders proposed wednesday the Public identification of All 355 current and former House members who wrote overdrafts at the chamber a Bank during a 39-month period. Twenty four would be labelled  the plan also would identify House members who did not write bad checks during the period. It was to be presented thursday to Republican members who previously backed full disclosure but could not agree on the details. Sponsors of the full disclosure Resolution demand that democrats permit a vote on the plan today As an alternative to a much smaller Public listing backed by the House ethics committee. The House democratic leadership is supporting the committee which voted 10-4 last week to identify Only 19 current and five former members As abusers. All others who held accounts at the Bank during the 39 months that ended oct. 3 could request a letter showing their overdrafts and they would decide whether to make it Public. Rep. Nancy l. Johnson of Connecticut one of the Republican sponsors said it will be politically difficult for anyone to vote against full disclosure on the floor. Johnson and three other republicans supplied the four negative votes on the ethics committee. The Republican plan would a reveal the number of bad checks written by current and former members who had accounts at the Bank during the period under review. The committee has said 296 current and 59 former House members wrote at least one rubber Check during the 39 months before the Bank was closed for Good late last year. A retain the ethics committees a worst abusers criteria for the 19 current and five former members. These account holders overdraw their balances by More than their next paycheck 20 percent of the 39 months. This amounted to eight months for those who had accounts the full period. A release the extensive information available on these 24 and 42 others. The 66 represent the group whose accounts were reconstructed in detail by congressional investigators. The information on the 66 includes the number of bad checks written the number not honoured and returned to the account Holder the dates of the first and last rubber checks and the number of months the bad checks exceeded the members next paycheck. A provide the number of bad checks and the dates of the first and last checks for the remainder of the account holders during the 39 months. The committee does not have the More Complete information on these members. A adopt the ethics committee proposal to allow 10. Days after passage before Public release of the list of i 24. This would allow them to demonstrate in private that the information was faulty. A release All remaining names 20 Days after passage. Before the gop leadership agreed to the plan Al meeting of All republicans had failed to resolve differences Over releasing information that was not Unicoi for All Bank customers