European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes r . Friday october 14,1994o.j. Jury Hunt turns up no los Angeles a there were victims of Domestic violence and a Man who endorses occasional wife beating sports fans and the football illiterate people disgusted by to talk shows and a fan of the National enquirer. Judging from their responses on written questionnaires potential jurors in the . Simpson murder Case have one thing in common they Haven t escaped publicity about the Case a i am not looking for hermits a Superior court judge Lance Ito warned the first Batch of potential jurors. A we would be very suspicious of a rip Van Winkle that awoke yesterday and just Learned of this  none of the approximately 85 people called into court wednesday claimed to have missed news reports about the june 12 knife killings of Simpsons sex wife Nie Ole Brown Simpson and her Friend Ronald Goldman. Many said in the questionnaires that they were glued to televisions As Simpsons Ford Bronco meandered along Southern California freeways during his flight from police june 17. The prospects 0were questioned about their beliefs backgrounds and knowledge of the Case. Some of the 79-Page questionnaires they filled out last month were released providing a glimpse into their thoughts and lives. A a in a inclined to believe him guilty at this Point a wrote a 68-year-old los Angeles woman. But a 56-year-old South Bay woman wrote a More Likely not guilty than  Many promised to keep an open mind. Some indicated that they took in stride allegations that Simpson is a killer just another Story in a City struck by earthquakes riots and Brush fires. A living in l.a., this Type of news is not surprising to me anymore a wrote a 32-year-old cleaning Man from West los Angeles. The responses came out As the Long grueling task of face to face interviews began in Ito a court. By Law the judge is the Only person who May question jurors but Ito said he would allow questions from lawyers because of the a unusual nature of the Case and intense Media coverage. Five people were excused before they were questioned and a sixth was dismissed after it was revealed that he is an accountant in charge of tallying the sheriffs departments costs for the Simpson Case. Only four people were individually questioned prompting Ito to say he wanted to Speed up the process. Three of them were kept on. The prospective jurors appearing this week Are the first of about 300 who indicated they could serve during the trial which could last into March 1995. The next group is to appear monday and the third group if needed on oct. 24. Twelve jurors and eight alternates will be selected. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago oct. 14,1984 a the Ira bomb that was intended to kill British prime minister Margarget Thatcher and her Cabinet at the conservative party convention it Brighton could have been planted weeks before Scotland Yard said. 20 years ago oct 14,1974�? Massachusetts gov. Francis Sargent said he had assurances from president Ford that Federal troops would be available if local Law enforcement agencies could not maintain order during court ordered busing in Boston. 30 years ago oct. 14,1964 a three soviet spacemen landed after a 24-hour whirl around the Earth in the worlds first passenger space Mission. 40 years ago oct. 14,1954 a the London Dock strike spread to the major ports of Southampton and Glasgow while a second labor dispute idled More than t ,000,of London a fabled double Decker buses. 50 years ago oct. 14,1944 a declaring that the German Luftwaffe had More planes than at the Start of the War but no gasoline and no pilots to try them . Army air Force chief Gen. Henry h. A Hap Quot Arnold described the effect of the allies strategic raids. R world War ii 50 years ago today oct. 14 1 9 .4 .4 yugoslav partisans and soviet troops converge on Belgrade nearly cutting off Yugoslavia s capital. Canadian soldiers push through to Breskend and link up with the Landing Force that captured the dutch port. In Germany Field marshal Erwin Rommel kills himself to avoid trial in the. Assassination attempt on Adolf hitter Germany announces the a desert Fox died of combat wounds. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world War it Bison books corp., a 981 a 3 officers made a grave omission before shoo Down Trainer says Oklahoma City a air Force officers aboard a radar plane could have averted the Friendly fire Downing of two . Helicopters Over Iraq if they had been doing their jobs properly another officer testified wednesday. The Crew had the helicopters on their radar Scopes for seven minutes before two f-15 fighter jets shot them Down killing 26 people said it. Col. Charles Winstead. Winstead said the radar officers a whom he trained a should have warned the fighter pilots. A that was a grave omission a Winstead testified at an article 32 hearing the military equivalent of a grand jury hearing. Three officers aboard the radar plane a maj. Lawrence Tracey capt. Jim Wang and 2nd it. Ricky Wilson a Are charged with dereliction of duty. On april 14, the three were part of an airborne warning and control system plane Crew monitoring the no Fly zone Over Iraq established to protect kurd from iraqi airstrikes. An air Force report alleges they failed to warn fighter pilots about the helicopters. A Quot a a. A Winstead based his testimony on the review of an electronic reconstruction of the Mission Over objections from defense lawyers. A. A. A. Quot Eddie Reed chief of combat analysis for the air forces 552nd air control Wing testified wednesday that different reconstructions of the same tape record of an Azacs radar plane Mission do not always agree. Col. Bill Colwell the officer in charge of the hearing at tinker fab denied a request to throw out the computer reconstruction. Colwell must make recommendations to it. Gen. Stephen b. Croker commander of the 8th air Force who will decide if the officers will face a court martial administrative discipline or be cleared of4hc charges. Also wednesday the officers Squadron commander testified that the Crew members had less training than usual before they were sent overseas. A normally a Crew performs two simulator exercises before a Mission it. Col Clarence Wagner said. Before being deployed to Northern Iraq the Crew took part in a local Wing exercise instead of a second simulation designed to prepare them for duty in a combat zone he said. Increased overseas duty since the persian Gulf War has Cut Domestic training time to a Bare minimum he said. Two other officers maj. Douglas Martin and 1st it. Joseph Halcli waived their rights to the hearing which began tuesday. They asked that their cases be handled administratively or referred speedily to courts martial. Capt. Jim Wang right and an unidentified officer arrive for an investigative hearing at tinker fab okla., on tuesday. Shorter Azacs Tours Force Washington a the air Force is trying to Cut the length of duty for Azacs radar Crews in Hopes of avoiding the kind of a Friendly fire Quot accidents that claimed 26 lives last april. Two . Army Black Hawk helicopters flying Over Northern Iraq were misidentified by f-15 pilots and shot Down in that incident. An air Force report released wednesday said a two breakdowns in individual Crew performance contribute d to this Accident Azacs failed to build and provide an accurate air picture and f-15 pilots misidentified the  a Pentagon study of the incident released in july showed that the airborne warning and control system controllers knew the choppers were in the area but failed to warn the two fighter pilots. The helicopters were ferrying members of an International group that had been working with the kurd in Northern Iraq since the end of the persian Gulf War in 1991. The air Force study concluded the incident was not a indicative of a bigger problem Quot but said there were a areas which needed  the report said the Pace of contingency operations around the world and the a turmoil associated with unit relocation and service downsizing have the potential to adversely affect future  it said commanders should not deploy air Crews away from Home longer than 120 Days a year. The new study also recommended that training for f-15 pilots put More emphasis on visually recognizing slower moving aircraft and that Azacs Crews get More training reflecting real life experiences in the specific areas in which they Are working. The air Force a has corrected or is in the process of correcting training programs to address the shortfalls identified Quot the study said