European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 14, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 5 4 set to fight in Friendly fire Case Oklahoma City a four air Force officers signalled tuesday that they will fight charges of dereliction of duty in the Friendly fire Downing of two . Heli copters Over Iraq. I am deeply disappointed and out raged that i have been accused of Crimi Nal offences maj. Lawrence m. Tracey Mission Crew commander on the Obser vation plane involved in the disaster said in a statement to the daily oklahoman. I feel great sadness for the families of the persons killed in. This tragic Accident however i did nothing wrong said the 14-year air Force Veteran. The april 14 incident killed 26 people 15 . Citizens officers from Britain France and Turkey and five kurd it is one of the military s deadliest cases of Friendly fire. The newspaper also quoted from Brief statements by capt. Jim Wang senior director of the Mission Crew 1st it. Joseph m. Halcli an in route controller and 2nd it. Ricky l. Wilson an air control Ler. They denied any criminal conduct and said their actions were based on their training. The four were Crew members on an airborne warning and control system aircraft monitoring a restricted flight zone Over Iraq. Two f-15 fighters Mistak enly shot Down two Black Hawk helicopters ferrying a group working with iraqi kurds.". The a acs Crew members Are accused of failing to Tell the pilots that the helicopters were american and to ensure that the aircraft used the right identification codes. The air Force last week brought charges of negligent homicide and dereliction of duty against one of the f-15 pilots it. Coll Randy w. May of the 53rd fighter so based at Span Dahlem a Germany. No announcement has been made of charges against the second unidentified Pilot who was the less senior officer. Dereliction of duty charges also were brought against maj. Douglas l. Martin of the air combat come air operations so at Langley fab a. The four other a acs officers Are assigned to the 963rd airborne control so at tinker fab okla. Capt. Rita Teague a lawyer at ran Dolph fab near san Antonio who is rep resenting Halcli said that the officers wanted to Issue the statements but that their individual attorneys advised them to keep them Brief. We do have a Story to Tell and we fully intend to Tell it but we Don t think this is the time to Tell it Teague said. Under military Law the charges filed thursday Lead to proceedings equivalent to a grand jury. Information from those proceedings will be presented to two senior air Force generals who will decide whether courts martial should be held. Dereliction of duty carries a maximum punishment of dismissal forfeiture of two thirds of All pay for three months and confinement up to three months. 3 possible causes being examined in us air tragedy Coraopolis a. A Federal investigators have identified three possible causes of the crash of us air flight 427 the right engine went into reverse it came Loose or the air brakes were unevenly deployed a key engine mount piece was found tuesday but it did not immediately Settle the question of whether the engine came Loose. Investigators believe something May have caused the plane s right Wing to Rise which caused the plane to Roll to the left find go out of control National transportation safety Board member Carl Vogt said monday. We want to examine everything that might have caused the right Wing to Rise Vogt said. The Boeing 737-300 dropped from 6,000 feet thurs Day and nose dived into a wooded Ravine at 300 Mph killing All 132 people on Board. The Nosb and the Boeing co. Will create computer models to see if one of the three scenarios would cause a 737-300 to behave the Way flight 427 did Vogt said. The Federal aviation administration has proposed requiring that More than 1,000 Boeing planes with the same Brand of engine As thex Nusair plane be Given an additional lock to keep thrust reverses from engaging prematurely. Crews have hauled about half the wreck age seven truckloads full to a hangar at Pitts Burgh International Airport and arranged the pieces in the shape of the plane. Investigators planned to Start digging tuesday to recover More pieces. Investigators also were looking for the Pilot of a corporate Jet who May have been in a Good position to see blight 427 during its final moments Vogt said. Searchers tuesday found the right engine s rear mount. Unlike the other three engine mounts it had been separated from the Wing and engine supporting a theory that the right engine might have come Loose. Vogt said investigators will have to try to determine whether that rear mount came off during flight or when the plane hit the ground. A second scenario could be that the air brakes on the teen Survey by Johnstad Scripps Howard news service the 3 million american youths who smoke Light up mostly with Marlboro Camel or Newport the three most heavily advertised brands a Federal Agency study reported. In its aug. 19 morbidity and mortality weekly re port the Federal centers for disease control and prevention known As the cd reported the results of its1993 teenage attitudes and practices Survey. It found that Marlboro was the cigarette of Choice of 60 percent of All Young people aged 12 to 18, follow div Camel 13.3 percent and Newport 12.7 percent. Likewise Marlboro led the pack in advertising with More than $75 million spent in 1993. Nearly $43 million was spent on Camel advertising and $34 million on Newport. The data really suggest that advertising May be related to adolescents Brand preferences said or. Michael Sie Elan epidemiologist with the cd and a physician. Whatever the intent of the advertising the effect seems to be it is affecting adolescents  sex Reurer a police car escorts trucks carrying debris from the us air crash site to Pittsburgh s Airport for scrutiny. Wings which help control the plane s direction May have deployed unevenly Vogt said. A third possibility is that the plane s right engine somehow went into reverse. The thrust reverser which helps Stop a plane once it has landed was found deployed on the right engine. It s possible that the Impact of the crash knocked it into the deployed position. Prison term Washington a a former . Treasurer whose signature is on the paper Money in practically every americans Wallet was sentenced to four months in prison tuesday for tax evasion and obstruction of Justice. " v Catalina Vasquez Villalpando was sentenced by . District judge Thomas Hogan for her guilty plea to three felony counts which also included conspiring to hide income from her former employer while she served As treasurer during the Bush administration. I can find no basis to excuse your conduct Hogun told the woman whose signature appears on All . Paper Money printed Between december 1989 and april 1994. Hogan said the High office that Villalpando held imposed even More of a Burden to obey the Law. She acknowledged that she obstructed an Independent prosecutor s investigation of an influence peddling scandal at the department of mousing and Urban development during the Reagan administration. Villalpando admitted in court that she reported 1989 taxable income of $161,983, while her real taxable. In come was $329,884, and that she thus evaded $47,013 in Federal income taxes. She also admitted that during her confirmation proceedings she conspired to conceal from the Senate the Treasury and the office of government ethics that she was continuing to receive financial benefits from her former employer communications International. The company is an Atlanta based minority owned firm that sold and leased telecommunications equip ment to . Government agencies state and local governments and commercial users. Villalpando was the firm s senior vice president form 1985 to 1989, the year she became treasurer. S up concern Over tobacco ads a tobacco Industry spokesman accused the cd of becoming a political Arm of Washington. The cd ignored data that showed adolescent smoking has declined said Thomas Lauria of the tobacco Institute a Trade group. The Survey also found the average age for first trying a cigarette is 14. Seventy percent of youths bought their own cigarettes. Adolescent smokers Are More Likely to develop later into heavier smokers and smoke for a longer time said or. Corrine Husten a cd medical officer. A University of Michigan study found that about 19 percent of High school seniors smoke Husten said. What s discouraging about this is it has been essentially unchanged for the last 10 years she said. Lauria said the cd has selectively used its Survey findings. More than 90 percent of 12 to 17-year-Olds do not smoke Lauria said. This ought to be news that we All celebrate. The three most heavily advertised brands just happen to be the most popular  cigarette ads and youths a cd Survey of youths Ages 12 to 18 found they choose to smoke the most heavily advertised brands choices of teen age smokers Camel 13.3% about $43 million in advertising Newport 12.7% $34 million in advertising is