European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday May 3, 1992 b-2 May always fall Short of radar goal general says Washington a the air Force told Congress on Friday that it expects to repair the b-2�?Ts radar evading problems but that the bomber May still fall Short of its original design. The service s tactical air commander Gen. John m. Loh assured the House armed services committee that the plane will fulfil its nuclear and conventional Mission. But he said the plane May not be Able to evade radar As Well As it was designed to. Quot the b-2 will be As operationally effective against the whole spectrum of threats that we expected a Loh said. Quot if we had to rewrite the specs today we probably would t make it As stringent As we did in 1980-something, when we wrote lawmakers have expressed concern Over increases in the Cost of the b-2, from $430 million per plane in january 1987 to $2.3 billion last january. The Overall Cost of $45.3 billion includes Money for research and development the Purchase of 20 planes and the construction of hangars for the aircraft. Quot the pattern of Cost growth in the program makes even this figure open to speculation a said rep. Les Aspin d-wis., the committee chairman. Congress is weighing whether to Stop the program at the 15 planes now in production or accept president Bush s proposal for the fiscal 1993 defense budget to buy 20 aircraft. Quot the More serious problem is the stealth problem a Aspin said after the hearing. The air Force discovered during a july flight test that the plane was As not As Good at evading radar As had been expected. Loh limited in his comments by the problems classified nature said the air Force is working on three approaches to a solution. Dahmer admits Ohio slaying sentenced to 16th life term Akron Ohio apr serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was Given a 16th life sentence Friday to close the Case involving his first murder victim. The sentence was handed Down after the mass murderer heard himself described by the Young Many smother As a Dahmer already sentenced to 15 life terms in Wisconsin pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated murder in the june 25, 1978, beating death and dismemberment of 18-year-old Steven Hicks. A second count of aggravated murder stemming from the same slaying and a count of aggravated kidnapping were dismissed by plea agreement. Asked his plea to the first count Dahmer responded a guilty As charged your Dahmer 31, who grew up in nearby Bath township had said Hicks was the first of 17 people he killed Cut up and in some cases cannibalized. Dahmer was sentenced feb. 17 in Milwaukee to 15 consecutive life sentences for 15 murders there he was not charged in a 16th slaying there to which he had also confessed. Summit county common pleas judge James r. William sentenced Dahmer to another life sentence after hearing statements from members of Hicks family. The sentence is to run consecutively with the time Dahmer serves in Wisconsin. Martha Hicks the victims Mother said of her son a this smile could keep him out of trouble most of the time but then he never met anyone before like this monster. �?o1 will not be Able to pull the switch on the electric chair but if i could i would on this animal. I Hope he serves All 800 years or whatever it giving relatives a Chance to express their feelings was one of the reasons for bringing Dahmer Back to Ohio Summit county prosecutor Lynn Slaby had said. Although Ohio now has a death penalty the statute was not in effect at the time of Hicks death. Because of his Wisconsin sentences Dahmer in t Likely to serve prison time in Ohio Slaby said. He was to be processed into the states prison system at the Lorain correctional institution in Grafton prison officials said. But after the processing Dahmer was Jeffrey Dahmer Center walks through the county courthouse with officers at his Side. A Summit to return to Wisconsin probably spending Only a few hours in Grafton. Dahmer has told authorities that he picked up Hicks who was hitchhiking and took him to Dahmer a Home. When Hicks tried to leave Dahmer said he beat him with a Barbell Rod. A i did no to want him to leave a Dahmer said. He said Cut up the body pulverized the Bones with a Hammer and scattered the remains in the Brush outside his Home. Bone fragments were found there after he told authorities where to look. Man convicted after feud Over tenets Milton Fla. Apr a Man has been convicted of beating his stepdaughter to death after a trial that was moved because of a dispute Over a courthouse display of the ten commandments. George Broxson was found guilty late thursday of first degree murder and aggravated child abuse in the death of 4-year-old autumn Jean Doyle. The jury voted 9-3 against the death penalty. The Only other possible sentence is life in prison without parole for at feast 25 years. Such recommendations Are not binding but Are rarely rejected by judges. No sentencing Date was set. The trial was moved from Defuniak Springs after a our he outcry against a defense request to remove a a it by of the ten commandments from a Wall outside he Walton county courthouse courtroom. Defuniak Springs is about 60 Miles East of Milton. Defense attorney Bob Adams had argued that the display including the commandment a Titi of Shalt not kill a would prejudice jurors. The judge at first ordered the display covered but then agreed to move the trial after extensive publicity about the controversy. Broxson 24, of Villa Tasso testified that he had confessed under coercion and that his sex wife Jean Floyd actually beat the child. Broxson had been married to Floyd Only five Days before the Girt died. A tape of the confession was played for jurors who heard Broxson say that he beat the child because she lied about cleaning up her room. Floyd has since remarried and moved to s Park to reopen under new ownership from wire reports fort Mill . Heritage Usa the former pal Headquarters and theme Park of fallen television evangelist Jim Bakker will reopen june 27 under new ownership. The retreats new president yet King Loy said the Park will operate separate commercial and religious divisions. Loy also said the Retreat will accept no donations or offerings. Instead he suggested that people give donations to their Hometown churches and organizations. Chairman Lawrence Chai said heritage Usas spiritual division will hold daily worship services religious plays and musicals. It will be open to christians of All denominations. The commercial division will consist of the attractions including campgrounds a water Park and 630 hotel rooms. The 2,200-acre theme Park and Retreat were built by Bakker in 1978. When Bakker resigned amid a sex and Money scandal in 1987, the property went into bankruptcy. New heritage Usa corp., a holding company purchased heritage Usa from the bankruptcy court for $45 million in 1990.stray Bullet kills girl Jacksonville . A a rivalry Between two groups led to a shooting in which a 4-year-old girl was killed by a stray Bullet while sitting in her fathers arms watching television. Brittany James was struck in the Back by one of three stray slugs that struck her fathers trailer Home. She died at Camp Lejeune naval Hospital. Outside 19-year-old Carlos Grant Howard was shot three times in the neck and upper Chest. He later died. The shootings stemmed from a confrontation that began at a Pawn shop moved to an apartment Complex and then to the trailer Park Onslow county sheriff de Brown said. Shots were fired at All three locations. Joseph Patrick Burton 22, and a Cousin Mon tick Dwayne Burton 17, were charged with two counts of murder each and were being held without Bond Brown said. A what we had was a rivalry Between two groups. That came to a head last night a said Brown who did no to know How the rivalry convicted in Holdup new York a four reputed mobsters were convicted of orchestrating a $1.2 million a Mored car robbery in 1988 and a fifth Man was acquitted. Hie Money has not been recovered. Authorities say the four Are members of the Lucchese organized crime family. The verdict was returned by a . District court jury after a three week trial. Louis Daidone Robert Molinelli Raymond Argentina and Alan Taglianetti were found guilty of conspiring to Rob the rapid armoured truck co. Vehicle on March 25, 1988. They were acquitted of a larceny charge and a weapons charge. Argentina a brother Peter described As an associate of the Lucchese family was found not guilty on All three counts. Prosecutors said Molinelli 24, was recruited to take a Job As a guard with rapid armoured truck to help pull off the Holdup. A mob associate turned Fri informant Anthony Guarino testified that the gang selected its target from the phone Book and used a homemade key to steal the truck while its Drivers ate breakfast in a Brooklyn diner. Police found the truck several blocks away. The Cash was gone and Molinelli was sitting in the Back of the truck in Handcuffs with a mask covering his body found Coronado Calif. A a human Torso has been found wrapped in a plastic bag on a downtown Parkway the second such discovery in a week. The remains of a female were found by a passer by thursday on the Grassy Parkway in the Center of the waterfront town of Coronado on san Diego a outskirts authorities said. An autopsy was scheduled
