European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april 28, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3mystery surrounds downed cd 30officials say both ., Peru Likely at fault by Eric Schmitt the new York times Washington a american officials expressed anger on sunday Over the attack on an american military transport plane by peruvian aircraft on Friday but said the incident May have resulted from mistakes made by both sides. Peruvian authorities reiterated their position that the american c-130 was hundreds of Miles off course from a routine counter drug surveillance Mission and that the military command in Lima ordered peruvian aircraft to fire on it Only after the  Crew failed to respond to repeated warnings. The shooting which left one american crewman missing and presumed dead and two other crewmen wounded could Worsen relations that already Are frayed following president Alberto k. Fujimori a seizure of extraordinary Powers three weeks ago in a move to combat maoist guerrillas and drug traffickers. A it does no to have to have an effect on the bilateral relations a said one american official. A it depends on How forthcoming people Are. The sense now is that people Are puzzled and bewildered How this  a Pentagon spokeswoman capt. Barbara Summers said that the shooting was still under investigation. More questions than answers were evident on sunday. What was the c-130�?Ts specific Mission Why did the american Crew fail to respond to the peruvian warnings Why did the peruvian jets pursue the american plane for hundreds of Miles before shooting it Over the Pacific Ocean 60 Miles off the peruvian coast a peruvian air Force spokesman col. Jorge Barboza said on sunday that the c-130 had permission to Fly Over the upper Hua Llaga Valley where the raw material for cocaine is grown but was 300 Miles West of its planned route when two fighter bombers intercepted it and fired at its rear loading door. American officials have said the plane was off course because it was being tracked by fighter planes and was seeking to escape. American officials said the c-130 Crews apparent refusal to obey peruvian orders to land May have irritated officials who were already piqued at Washington a response to Fujimori a  memorial Cantor Pincas Rabinovicz left and the Beth Jacob congregation menus choir sing during dedication ceremonies sunday for the los Angeles holocaust Monument. The memorial is located in pan Pacific Park. Sky divers plane lacked safety devices official says Perris Calif. A a plane that crashed last week killing 16 people was missing key safety devices and should have been grounded a Federal investigator said. Contaminated fuel apparently stalled the planets right engine and the absence of the safety devices probably made it impossible for the Pilot to control the aircraft said investigator Don Llorente of the National transportation safety Board. The fuel was apparently contained by a pump with residual chemicals in it officials have said. The plane a Dhc-6 twin Otter was made by the de Havilland division of Boeing Canada. The plane carrying sky divers crashed wednesday just after Takeoff killing 16 of the 22 people aboard. The Pilot and co Pilot were among the dead. The plane did no to have a propeller device called an Auto Feather system designed to keep the plane stable enough to Fly if the engine fails on Takeoff Llorente said sunday. A it would have enhanced the control of the plane a Llorente said. The plane also was missing a device on the wings called an aerodynamic Fence which assists the plane in banking up and Down when an engine fails he said. The Perris Valley skydiving school located 70 Miles Southeast of los Angeles bought the plane in 1989 from the government of Honduras and the schools Mechanic Patrick Conatser said the devices weren to on the aircraft. Conatser son of school owner Benny Conatser said he thought they were optional. A i meticulously maintain these planes a he said. A it May be a mom and pop operation but it is a Safe  Federal investigators said the Pilot had no formal training in flying the twin Otter. However qualified pilots arc allowed under Federal rules to informally train other pilots. Investigators also have said that the parachutists were not using required safety belts when the plane took off. Sex teacher wins Mali presidency by a margin of practically 3-1 Bamako Mali a Alpha Konare a former history teacher easily won Mali a first democratic presidential election taking almost 71 percent of the vote Mali radio reported monday. Konare 46, who scored close to a majority in the first round of voting april 14, had been expected to defeat theoule to Nate a former official of the International monetary fund. The radio said the turnout was Only 16 percent of registered voters in the country of 8 million. The difficulty in getting to voting stations and Low literacy rate in this impoverished West african nation on the Edge of the Sahara desert were factors in the Low turnout. In the first round about 23 percent of the electorate voted. No incidents were reported in the voting which was monitored by about 40 outside  family policy lags behind private sector by Paul Taylor the Washington Post Washington a the Federal governments work and family personnel policies once considered a Model it a the private sector have never been fully implemented and Are now lagging behind initiatives in the Arp orate Community according to a general account in office report. The report compared Federal programs with those of 3 Large corporations considered in the Vanguard of Unity Friendly personnel programs a including 3m, by Aetna at amp to and american express. It found lat while the Federal government offered Many of the Ime benefits a it did not utilize these programs As sex naively As it could have because of bureaucratic re Istance and Lack of strategic planning. The report found a although Congress in 1978 passed a Federal employees part time career employment act designed to give employees the a Opportunity to balance family responsibilities with the need for additional income a the act has never been fully implemented due to a organizational  in 1991, about 2.3 percent of the Federal work Force had part time schedules a about the same As in 1978. A the same 1978 act encouraged Job sharing arrangements and a subsequent 1990 measure required the office of personnel management pm to create a formal Job sharing program. However As of december 1991, just 775 Federal workers nationwide were involved in Job sharing arrangements. A while 40 percent of the Federal employees who responded to a Gao Survey said they were on flexible work schedules 45 percent said they would like More flexibility in their schedules. Of those who said they did not use flextime 58 percent said it was because their agencies did not have a program. Another 19 percent said their Agency did not allow them to participate. A most of the corporations surveyed had some kind of flexible benefits program a allowing employees for example to reduce their salaries and use the equivalent untaxed amount to pay for medical or dependent car costs a but there is no specific statutory authority for the Federal government to offer flexible benefits. The Gao found that 57 percent of its respondents were interested in them. A although Federal agencies have been authorized since 1957 to pay Federal employees for work done at Home just 550 employees Are taking part in the Federal flexible workplace Pilot project which was not launched until 1990 and had been expected to attract 2,000 Federal workers. A family leave policy is More generous in the Federal government than in the private sector but Federal employees generally Are not guaranteed unpaid leave for family purposes. Eight states and the District of Columbia require All employers above a certain size to provide such leave several dozen More states guarantee female employees maternity leave