European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and strips . Suid of Bru by h. 1993two killed when f-16d crashes near Alaska base from wire reports Anchorage Alaska two officers were killed when their f-16d fighting Falcon Jet crashed while on a training Mission. The Jet carrying capt. Glen s. Porter the Pilot and or. Maj Robert d. Verdone went Down in a Remote area owned by the military about 20 Miles East of Eilson fab on thursday the air Force said the base is 26 Miles Southeast of Fairbanks the cause of the crash was t  air Force did not elaborate on the nature of the training Mission. Porter was from Al Dorado ark., and Verdone was from Philadelphia the air Force  leaves Hospital new York a Mary to Buttafuoco was released from the Hospital Friday after undergoing reconstructive surgery on her face a Hospital spokesman said. Buttafuoco went in for the surgery at Montefiore medical Center on thursday morning and left at about 9 30 . Friday said the spokesman Fred Yaeger. A it was very successful very Good a Yaeger said. A a she a doing very  the surgery which lasted a Little Over an hour was performed by or. Berish Strauch the hospitals chief of plastic and reconstructive surgery. The procedure involved restructuring tissue and restoring the balance and symmetry of Buttafuoco a face Strauch said. Buttafuoco was shot last May by her husbands alleged Lover Amy Fisher in a Case that received National attention. The teen Ager is serving a five-to-15-Ycar prison sentence for the shooting which left Buttafuoco a face partially  covers up a bit Minneapolis a the owners of a new bar have received a Quick lesson on sexism. Sally a Saloon and eatery used a cartoon of a buxom female Gopher wearing a Short skirt As its logo when it opened near the University of Minnesota in december. But the rodents cleavage set off a flurry of complaints from patrons who said the logo was sexist. Co owner Chris diebold said that there was to intent to offend and that the logo will be redrawn with a More modest sweater. The miniskirt stays however. Laura Kuhn with the action committee to end sexism and violence against women in the Media applauded the decision. She had described the Gopher As a grotesquely curvaceous a in her newsletter. A the sounds like a Good Man a Kuhn said of diebold. A i think it is absolutely wonderful that he could respond so  Bush elected Rochester Minn. Barbara Bush was elected to a four year term on the Mayo foundations Board of trustees Friday. The former first lady was elected at a quarterly meeting of the Board in Jacksonville Fla. A a it a a special pleasure to become a part of this distinguished Board which so broadly and daringly serves the Public through its outstanding patient care education and research Quot she said. Bush has been Active in Many Volunteer and nonprofit organizations Over the years and is founder and honorary chairwoman of the Barbara Bush foundation for family literacy. The 30-member Board also elected three new internal trustees Mayo medical Center administrator Sharon Dunemann Carlton rider administrator at the Mayo clinic in Jacksonville and or. Cameron Strong vice chairman of the Rochester Board of governors and a consultant on hypertension. Re elected to four year terms to the Board were Howard h. Baker jr., former . Senate Republican Leader Richard l. Knowlton chief executive of Geo. A. Hormel amp co. And Whitney Macmillan chief executive officer of Cargill inc. Tel Edyne will Settle claims Over military cockpit devices Washington a tale sync inc. Will pay share in any or the s2.15 million to Settle claims that it failed to test cock Gendron Case in june 1991 and negotiated the set pit controls properly for Navy and air Force Jet fighters and an army helicopter the Justice department said Friday. The los Angeles based corporation will pay $1.72 million to the Federal government and $430,000 to Marianne d. Go Kidron a former Quality planning Engineer at Tel Edyne controls who originally brought the suit on behalf of taxpayers and was later joined by the Justice department. Gendron a attorney said however that he agreed to the settlement Only to get the . Government out of the Case and that he will pursue still unresolved claims in Gendron a original $300 million suit. Among other allegations the suit charged the corporation Tel Edyne controls unit with failing to test cockpit devices adequately for the Navy a f-14 Jet the air forces f-15 Ana f16, and the army a Black Hawk helicopter. The contracts for the electronic control devices were Worth about $31 million attorneys said. A telc sync attorney said he believed the company would face no More liability in the Case and a government attorney expressed satisfaction with the outcome. This is just one of Many such lawsuits and macs Tina tons faced by Tel Edyne. Tel Edyne told securities regulators recently that it is possible the whole company could be barred from government contracts for up to three years. Gendron initiated her claims against telc sync with a suit filed in june 1990 in . District court in los Angeles. She filed under a provision of the false claims act that lets private citizens sue on behalf of the unit cd states against those who allegedly have defrauded the government. The Law also enables those who bring the suits to to lament. The allegations did not Lead to criminal charges said Julie Fox Blackshaw the assistant . Attorney in los Angeles handling the investigation. A a they re paying an amount of Money for something but the threshold for civil liability is less than that needed for criminal liability a Blackshaw said. The settlement signed wednesday by Gendron and thursday by tiled one Calls for most of the initial suit to be dismissed with prejudice meaning the parties cannot file suit again on those aspects. With the settlement the government is bowing out of the Case. But Gendron a attorney William r. Ramsey of Valencia calif., said he will pursue still unresolved allegations such As that Teleane controls failed to test other products including the circuit boards used for cockpit controls. The original suit also alleged that the company a Quality control official was giving Loans to the governments regional Quality control official and a a that a the reason some of this got through a Ramsey said. A what in a doing is going along with the settlement literally to get rid of Washington Ramsey said. The Washington based Justice department officials who arranged the settlement a Are in my Way a he said. A in these lawsuits one would assume if the governments in on it you do better. That a not necessarily  Teledu new a outside counsel Robert s. Metzger said he expected Tel Edyne would prevail in any further litigation in the Gendron Case. A we think its very significant that the department of Justice has indicated it will withdraw from the Case and that it is satisfied a Metzger said. Stretching out a helping hand Good Samaritans form a Chain to help a Motorist sliding Down a Slippery ramp on interstate 84 in Portland ore., on Friday. A Winter storm dumped several inches of ice and Snow on the City the night before but t areas weekend forecast called for rain. For More it the weather see Page 13, safety rules not broken Tim probe finds Middletown a. Up a probe of a break in at the three mile Island nuclear Power Plant has found no evidence that safety guidelines were violated Federal investigators said Friday. A a there is no immediate safety concern a said Sam Collins who Heads the nuclear regulatory commissions incident investigative team. Collins said that the team has reached no formal conclusions and that a final report would be released March 24. Three mile Island officials declared a site area emergency just after 7 . On feb. 7, when Pierce l. Nye 31, drove his station Wagon onto the Plant grounds crashed through a Fence and slammed into a building housing electrical generating equipment. Nye was captured inside the building after a four hour search. The 14-member team studied whether officials re incident appropriately and whether arc safety regulations were adequate. Police said they have no idea Why Nye who has a his Tofy of mental problems entered the facility. Collins said the Federal team had not interviewed Nye. Collins said that nine teams have been sent into the Field across the country since the investigation program began in the late 1980s, but that his was the first team dealing with a Security initiated  while refusing to go into much detail Collins said the team had a not come upon an instance where t free mile Island personnel had violated arc safety guidelines