European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 8 the stars and stripes . 3 sunday january 17 1993 of deserter is in commando style heist by he los Angeles times san Diego a James Douglas Pou the air Force staff sergeant who deserted and led a secret life for five years has been charged with robbing a Texas Bank in a commando style raid in 1988. Officials at March fab near Riverside calif., announced Friday that Pou now serving 18 months of confinement on base for desertion and bigamy has been charged with Bank robbery fraudulently obtaining a passport and unauthorized use of an army scuba badge. Pou 32, is charged with robbing $40,000 from a Bank in the town of Calallen near Corpus Christi Texas. An account in a Texas newspaper the Day after the aug. 2,1988, robbery said a robber wearing camouflage boldly dashed into the Bank and brandished what tellers thought was a grenade. The robber eluded a manhunt that included 20 police officers and a coast guard helicopter possibly by using a boat on the Succes River or making his Way through a Field on a the acc we Sci vehicle. Pou was a member of an elite Parasc scum unit trained in the us c of weapons escape techniques and 1 budget cuts Force delay of new f-22 Washington a budget cuts and other funding problems have resulted in a years delay in certain production and delivery schedules for the air forces f-22 advanced fighter the air Force announced Friday. That Means the first Squadron of 48 aircraft expected to be fielded in 2002, is now scheduled for delivery in 2003. T he service intends to build-648 of the a Cal generation plane at a total Cost of Between $75 billion and $100 billion. T he f-22 is supposed to replace the f-15 As the principal fighter used to establish air superiority on a Battlefield. In a statement the air Force said the extensions in the scheduling for the aircraft stemmed from u fiscal 1993 a funding shortage of $750  that resulted from a congressional budget Cut of $285 million increased contractor expenses of $278 million and other costs such As changes in the inflation rate that added $187 million to the aircraft a Cost the statement said. On april 25, a prototype of the plane slam ecu into the main runway at Edwards fab calif., during a practice a Roach the plane bucked wildly before lilting the pavement and exploding. The Pilot escaped with Only minor injuries. Emergency medical treatment. Pou prided himself on being physically fit and bragged to friends that he was a Navy Seal commando. The air Force declared him dead on May 22, 1987, after he staged an automobile Accident on a Bridge Over the Rio Grande near Albuquerque . Pou who had. Been stationed nearby at Kirtland fab later admitted he had faked his death. After the faked Accident Pou abandoned his wife and two children and moved to Chula Vista a suburb of san Diego. He assumed an alias illegally remarried fathered three More children and made a handsome living for a while by buying and renovating houses in poor neighbourhoods. After Pou and his second wife had a falling out Over his alleged infidelity she Learned of his double identity and notified authorities. In november he pleaded guilty to charges of desertion and bigamy and was Given a bad conduct discharge in addition to being ordered to serve 18 months of  single count of a first offence armed Bank Robby in can carry a sentence of up to 10 years in prison. Support for palestinians an unidentified woman is arrested Friday outside the Federal building in san Francisco during a rally protesting israelis expulsion of 415 palestinians from the occupied territories last month. At least 15 others were arrested in the demonstration. Court to study drug Case confiscations by the los Angeles times Washington the supreme court agreed Friday to consider putting new limits on the governments most popular weapon 111 the War on drugs accepting an Appeal filed by a South Dakotan who lost his Home and his business after Selling 2 Grams of cocaine. The justices said they would Rule on whether it was unconstitutional to seize a persons Home and business Over a relatively minor drug crime. Prosecutors increasingly have used forfeiture orders to confiscate the property of those who violate drug Laws. In the past decade forfeiture orders in drug cases have spawned a growth Industry As cars boats jewels condominiums and mansions have been seized from ill us dealers and put on Sale. Prosecutors say that drug criminals should be forced to give up their ill gotten gains. But the Federal forfeiture Law is broadly worded and applies not just to big time drug dealers who buy a mansion with the drug profits but also to someone who foolishly Sells a relatively Small amount of an illegal drug at his Home or business. In the South Dakota Case Richard l. Austin owned an Auto body shop in Garretson. He lived nearby in a 20-year-old Mobile Home. In june 1990, a drug informant stopped by the body shop and offered to buy cocaine. Austin then went to his Home and returned with 2 Grams of the drug. Austin pleaded guilty to one count of Possession of an illegal drug with an intent to distribute and was sentenced to seven years in state prison. Then his Auto shop and Mobile Home were seized by the government. The . 8th circuit court of appeals upheld the forfeiture order last year. A a. Baboon liver patient gets drugs to fight rejection from wire reports Pittsburgh a 62-year-old Man who received the worlds Mccona Baboon liver transplant still was not fully conscious Friday and was being Given steroids to fight possible Organ rejection. The Man who has not been identified received the Baboon liver in an operation ending monday and was in critical condition at the University of Pittsburgh medical Center. An examination of a piece of liver removed thursday did not indicate the Man was rejecting the Organ but doctors believed that was the Case said or. John Fung who directed the transplant. The Man s own liver had been ravaged by hepatitis a but doctors believe a Baboon liver can resist the disease. Rope called fabrication san Diego a a woman who alleged she was raped at knife Point inside a dressing room at a bustling department store made up the Story police said Friday. The 49-year-old woman claimed she was attacked Jan. 3 in a Nordstrom store at a shopping mall. Based on the woman s description of her attacker police had released a composite drawing with a noticeable resemblance to president elect Clinton but with a scar beneath his left Eye. Police capt. Tom Hall said investigators were footed until thursday when they Learned that the results of Laboratory tests of evidence conflicted with the victims Story. Police did not specify what that evidence was and did not release the woman a name. Hall said the District attorneys office will not prosecute the woman for filing a false report partly to avoid discouraging victims of actual crimes from coming Forward. Ticket possibly stolen Braintree mass. A Boston police say the numbers might not have been the Only thing hot about a winning $2 million instant lottery ticket a the ticket might have been one of several stolen from a convenience store earlier this month. State lottery officials have not paid the unidentified Man who showed up with his lawyers and the ticket at lottery Headquarters in Braintree last week. The Man told lottery officials he purchased the $5 a Holiday Bonus scratch off ticket at a Happy sup Erette convenience store earlier this month. Police Are trying to determine if his ticket was one of 135 reported stolen from the same store before it opened for business Jan. 3. The Man claimed he purchased the ticket the Day before the robbery. Drivers warned of debris Smithton a. A state police Are warning motorists that a a disturbed individual intentionally has been placing huge sections of Metal and other debris on heavily travelled interstate 70 in Western Pennsylvania. Police said Friday that in one Case a heavy piece of Metal welded to a Chain was suspended from an overhead Bridge Between the Smithton and state route 31 exits. Police said that the Metal Section was dangling 5 feet from the Roadway and that a tractor trailer slammed into it. The Driver was not Hurt but his truck was damaged heavily. Police said debris was found on interstate 70 Between the state route 51 exit and the Pennsylvania Turnpike on three consecutive nights and began appearing three weeks ago. Airline deaths Down Washington a the number of people killed in airline accidents dropped last year to the lowest level since 1986, the government said Friday. Preliminary Accident statistics for 1992 also showed that fewer people were killed in accidents involving commuter aircraft. The statistics compiled by the National transportation safety Board showed that Overall 951 people were killed in 2,105 aviation accidents that took place in the United states or that involved .-registered civilian aircraft. General aviation which represents non military non airline aircraft accounted for the largest number of deaths with 812 people killed in 408 Fata accidents. That compared with 414 fatal accidents and 746 deaths in 1991