European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 c the stars and stripes thursday april 9, 1992 Tennis legend Ashe reportedly has his fusion he received during surgery after his second heart attack. New York a Arthur Ashe the first Black Man to win one of Tennis grand slam tournaments has contracted the aids virus from a blood transfusion said Virginia gov. L. Douglas Wilder a close Friend. Ashe 48, accepts the diagnosis As a something he has to live with a Wilder said wednesday. Earlier several sources said Ashe had tested positive for the human immunodeficiency virus which causes aids. Those sources also said Ashe May have contracted the virus through heart bypass surgery. He had heart operations in both 1979 and 1983. Ashe was unavailable for immediate comment. Phone Calls to his Home were not answered. If the report is True Ashe would be the second prominent athletic figure in recent months known to be affected by his. Last november magic Johnson one of basketball a greatest stars said he had contracted Ashe the aids virus and announced his retirement from the los Angeles lakers. Johnson said he believed he had contracted his through heterosexual Intercourse. In Richmond Wilder who grew up there with Ashe said Ashe called him wednesday to disclose that he is his positive. Wilder said Ashe told him he was diagnosed with the aids virus 3 /2 years ago and decided to go Public because a Rumor was circulating that he had the virus. A a we re Good friends a Wilder said. A it hits Home very very  he said Ashe told him that he plans to remain Active and to help educate the Public about aids. The governor said Ashe told him he contracted the virus from a blood trans Ashe underwent quadruple bypass surgery at St. Luke a Hospital in new York in december 1979. He had suffered a heart attack five months earlier. He had a second bypass operation in 1983, also at St. Luke a. Ashe scored his greatest Triumph in 1975 when he changed his game and Defeated the seemingly invincible Jimmy Connors to capture Wimbledon. He thus became the first Black Man to win Wimbledon following Althea Gibson who was the first Black woman to win the English tournament in 1957 and 1958. Ashe was ranked no. 1 in the world in 1968 and 1975.Patriot data off target army admits by the Washington Post Washington a the army acknowledged tuesday that its glowing claims of Success last year for the Patriot missiles performance during the persian Gulf War were based on faulty data and indicated it is now certain the missile a a killed roughly 10 iraqi scud warheads out of More than 80 fired at Israel and saudi Arabia. A senior army official said a new study shows the Patriot May have knocked out approximately 24 scuds. But the study expresses a a High degree of confidences in Only about 10 of those a warhead kills a which were defined As causing an enemy warhead to explode Burn in the air or become a harmless Dud. An unspecified but evidently larger number of other scuds were diverted from intended targets and counted As a Mission kills a the army said. Since the War the patriots performance has become an increasingly controversial Issue partly As a Symbol in the debate Over the future of the multimillion Dollar strategic defense initiative and in part because its effectiveness could be an important component of future War strategies. Congress was so encouraged by the perceived Success of the Patriot that it approved a substantial increase in funding for development of an anti missile defense system to protect . Territory. Some results of the army a new study commissioned As a result of congressional pressure and still largely classified were presented at the hearing of the House government operations subcommittee on National Security. A panel of army officers defended the Patriot saying the new analysis shows that a Over 40 percent of the engagements in Israel and Over 70 percent of the engagements in saudi Arabia were successful in terms of warhead kills and Mission kills combined. The hearing opened with Sharp criticism of an army assessment last May that claimed the Patriot had successfully engaged More than 80 percent of the scud missiles fired at saudi Arabia Ana More than 50 percent of those at Israel. Defense specialist Steven a. Hildreth of the congressional research service said a close look at the army a data and methodology for last years report would justify a claim of Only a one warhead  head of the class this associated press photo has been named a Winner a specifically of a 1992 pulitzer prize. The picture taken by Alexander Zemlia Nichenko shows people in the disintegrating soviet Union stepping on the head of the statue of Felix Edmun Dovich Dze Rohinsky founder of the dreaded Kab secret police. The August 1991 photo is one of a series of a photos that won pulitzer honors for spot news coverage during and after the attempted coup in the soviet Union which led to its collapse. The pulitzer awards were announced tuesday.. Counters russian claim on 8 pos Washington up eight soldiers identified by the russians As . Servicemen who died in soviet Captivity during or after world War ii had apparently been fighting for nazi Germany the defense department said tuesday. A the department of defense has checked the names of the individuals against the list of americans unaccounted for from world War ii a said Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams a and our conclusion is that these eight individuals were not americans serving in . Forces. A we think the individuals were serving in the German army during world War ii and were captured by the  Williams did not address the Issue of the dead menus actual nationalities saying Only that the russians had identified them As . Men. Russian officials passed information on the eight dead soldiers to a . Delegation that visited Moscov last month and informed it that they had located the soldiers Graves. The delegation which was headed by Michael Toon former . Ambassador to Moscow was investigating persistent reports that . Service members missing from world War ii the korean Anc Vietnam wars and cold War incidents had been help prisoner in the former soviet Union. Williams said the papers that the russians provide were translated and proved to be capture document for prisoners of War. A the cards identify the nationality of the individual As americans a he said a the dates of capture by that russians Range from 1941 to 1945, and then on the re verse Side of the cards is some Handwritten information about burial locations. So we have satisfied ourselves that they were not .  police veterans accuse defendant of lying in King trial Simi Valley Calif. A two police veterans have accused officer Theodore j. Briseno one of four defendants charged in the Rodney g. King beating of lying under oath and said he boasted about the attack afterwards. Tuesdays accusation came in response to Briseno a attempts to separate himself from the other three accused colleagues by saying he attempted to Stop them from beating King. The two officers one Active and one retired testified that they Felt compelled to come Forward Over the weekend after seeing Briseno testify on television that the three other officers were a out of control during the King beating. One of the defendants was fired from the police Force after the incident. Asked Why he had not come Forward sooner with his account retired officer Gerald Williams or. Said a i did no to know the Man was going to get up and  Briseno 39, and three other White defendants officer Laurence m. Powell 29 former officer Timothy e. Wind 31 and sgt. Stacey c. Koon 41, Are accused of assaulting the Black Motorist in March 1991 following a traffic Stop involving King. Powell wind and Koon have generally contended their use of Force was justified because King appeared to be dangerous. The witnesses attacking Briseno were called by Powell a lawyer Michael Stone. The first officer Dennis Watkins a 26-year police Veteran testified he remembered a conversation he and Williams had with Briseno the night after the beating. A i looked Over and said a hey Ted did you see yourself on to tonight a a wat Kins said. A officer Briseno said to yeah that arrest. We had to kick a Little ass last  a Briseno a lawyer John barnet1 mounted an angi7 attack on both Wil Nesses eliciting from Watkins that Wil Liams was known As a a psycho in the pc lice department. Barnett suggested both witnesses wer testifying out of loyalty to the Depan ment and because Briseno had broken code of silence calling for officers not t Tell on each other in misconduct Case the two denied it