European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 04, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Thursday August 4,1994 . Arms sales to third world Boom Washington a the . Share of arms sales to third world countries grew dramatically Las year. New sales Rose to $14.8 billion or 72.6 percent of the Market congressional researchers said. These Are government to government sales commercial sales Are much smaller and have been dropping. Arms shipments to the third world continue to account for about two thirds of the Market said a report by the congressional research service released Friday. _ policy makers will have to balance the interest of arms Industry against the goal of reducing dangerous shipments to poor countries it suggested. A Large proportion of the Money to be spent in the United states will go for 72 f-15 fighter planes bought by saudi Arabia and 256 m1a2 main Battle tanks for Kuwait. Saudi Arabia and Iraq were by a wide margin the top two third world arms recipients from 1986 to 1993, receiving deliveries valued at $55,6 billion and$22.7 billion respectively from All suppliers said the report sent in by defense specialist Richard f. Grim Mett. China s arms purchases have dropped. Last year it signed orders Worth $1.3 billion. Saudi Arabia s contracts reached $9.6 billion and Kuwait s $3.4 billion. They were followed by. South Korea $1.1 billion. Iran Thailand and Malaysia $600 million each. And Myanmar formerly Burma Egypt Andaman $300 million Earl Russia increased sales last year to $1.8 billion up from $1.5 billion in 1992, but the total was still Low compared with those made by the former soviet Union. In 1987, the soviets sold $22 billion Worth of arms to third world governments More than four times .sales that year. Britain last year also sold $1.8 billion Worth Ger Many $600 million China $300 million and France $200 million. The four major West european suppliers France Britain Germany and Italy saw their share of the Market drop sharply. But it could Rise again. Because they produce both advanced and Basic ground air and naval weapons systems they have the capability to compete successfully with the United f states and Russia for arms sales contracts throughout the third world the report said. It noted that some european suppliers rarely link their arms sales to foreign policy goals making them a Good source for some governments to whom the United states will not sell  third world countries ordered $20.4 Bil lion Worth of weapons last year the Market has been shrinking fast with the end of the cold War. Actual deliveries to the third world dropped to $15 billion in 1993, for the sixth year in a Row. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago aug. 4,1984 former Carter administration aide Bert Lance re signed As chairman of Walter Mon Dale s democratic presidential Campaign saying he quit to keep at Tention on the substantive  20 years ago aug. 4,1974 r the. Pentagon seeking to ease a critical shortage of military doctors said it would hire retired military physicians paying them full civilian salaries in addition to service pensions. _ _ 30 years ago aug. 4,1964 president John son ordered . Naval forces in the Tonkin Gulf off Vietnam to be beefed up and told them to destroy any Force that attacks. 40 years ago aug. 4,1954 an air France air liner prevented from Landing at new York by rain and fog ran out of fuel and crash landed in a Field near pre  All 37 persons " aboard escaping serious injury. 50 years ago aug. 4,1944 in one of the Hea Viest attacks since Germany began its robot bomb attacks seven weeks ago seven hospitals were damaged As wave after wave of the missiles roared Over London and Southern England. 50 years ago today aug. 4 1.9�4�4 German troops Retreat to Brittany s main ports denying Allied forces in France docks needed for Supply ships. In Italy South african soldiers capture the districts of Florence South of the Arno River. A nazi counterattack pushes pack soviet troops threatening to Cut off Germany s Northern front. British troops push Back into Northern Burma from the Imphal area j f East India. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. 77?e world almanac of world War i Bison books corp 1981. Roof fakes volcanic Crater in stride by Warren  / new York times the Dante 2 walking robot successfully completed its exploration of an alaskan Volcano s Crater and headed out of the dangerous steaming pit researchers said tuesday. _ the eight legged robot accomplished All its objectives and proved the concept of using mechanical surrogates to do re search in areas too dangerous for humans they said. Dante began us climb out of the Active Crater of mount Spurr on tuesday night four Days after descending More than 650 feet into the Mountain 80 Miles West of Anchorage and exploring the previously hidden Bottom. We be proven the concept and were Able to Complete both of our Large scale goals said. David Lavery manager of Nasa s Tel robotics research program the principal sponsor of the $1.8 million project. These goals were going at least 600 feet into the Crater and returning new scientific information on mount Spurr to the Alaska Volcano Observatory the fed eral state cooperative Agency that monitors and studies Alaska s volcanoes. Even if the robot is lost coming out of the hazardous Crater the Mission will be considered a Success because of Dante s accomplishments so far Lavery said. Engineers said it should take about two Days for Dante to climb out of the  Dante picked its Way into a Field of vol Canic vents at the Bottom of the Crater by late sunday and sampled temperatures As Well As the aerosols and gases coming from the vents called fumaroles the sensors measure ambient Gas concentrations and Dante walked up to in a View taken from a to Monitor Dante 2 walks through the Spurr Volcano. And basically sat Down on one fumarole for an entire evening Lavery said in a Telephone interview. We got 10 hours Worth of data sitting on top of  controllers in Anchorage who Monitor the robot through a satellite communications link then sent Dante along a Large overhanging Rock bulge that has obscured Aerial viewing of part of the Crater. 7 _ while in the Crater the 1,700-Pound robot has been in constant danger from quakes and rockfalls. After several near hits Dante was struck monday by a Rock that measured 12 to 16 inches in Diame Ter engineers said. Controllers from Carnegie Mellon University s robotics Institute in Pitts Burgh which built the machine were viewing the scene through the robot s video cameras when they saw the Rock strike one of the robot s legs. The glancing blow knocked the leg free while it was supporting about 25 percent of the robot s weight but engineers were Able to lower other legs to stabilize the machine _ hoax hinted in death of Michael Jordan s dad Lumberton . A attorneys for  the men charged with kill ing Michael Jordan s father filed a motion suggesting that James Jordan May have faked his death because of financial problems. In the motion filed Friday attorneys Lor Daniel Andre Green said the elder Jordan was in a very precarious Finan Cial position with the irs the state department of Revenue Banks credit card providers my other  it is not unreasonable or unrealistic that or. Jordan May have purposely and voluntarily disappeared and that the body which was discovered is not the body of James Jordan the motion said Green s attorneys want to jct Rhine payroll tax records from Jordan s Char Lotte based company . Enterprises inc. " a gag order prevented attorneys in the Case from commenting on the to Light Michael Jordan could not immediately breached for comment. The retired Chicago bulls basketball Star was scheduled to play baseball tues Day night in Nashville teiin., with his minor league team the Birmingham Ala Barons. Police said James Jordan was killed last summer As he napped in his car bythe Side of a Highway. His decomposed body was found in a South Carolina Creek on aug. 3, and it had been cremated by the time authorities determined the identity. The identity was ascertained through dental records. Investigators said Jordan was killed during a robbery. Green and Larry Martin Demery both 18were charged with first degree Mur Der armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. _ prosecutors said they plan to seek the death penalty against both. No trial Date has been set. The two men have maintained their innocence but an affidavit filed in court Jast August states that Demery admitted participating in the death of James Jor  police said information from Demery led them to Jordan s Golf shoes which were found in a wooded area near Lum Berton. Police said Demery told them that he had taken Jordan s wedding ring and that Green had taken a video camera. -. Green also had a Chicago bulls watch and several rings in his Possession according to the affidavit