European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes e32 vol. 53, no. 197 500 Pilot s death ing on women York times Washington the death of one of the Navy s first female combat aviators on tuesday has re kindled tensions within the military Over the decision to expand the roles available to women even though the cause of the Accident snot yet known. Navy officials from Honolulu to Washington Are going out of their Way to defend the aviator it. Kara Hultgreen against what they say Are spurious accusations about he flight record and to defend the new roles for women in general. Several news organizations in Southern California have received faxes apparently from disgruntled male aviators raising question about her flight tests. As friends relatives and a High level delegation of Navy officers gathered saturday in san Antonio at a memorial service for the 29 year old aviator Many express danger at the largely Anonymous Campaign to Challenge her fighter Jock credentials. She was very highly regarded it. Matthew Klemish the plane s radar intercept officer who ejected safety said in a Brief Telephone interview. He refused to discuss the Accident. The accusations underscore the depth of resentment some male pilots still feel toward permitting women into their once closed fraternity. / -. " i m embarrassed by All this said a senior Navy officer based i Hawaii. This does t make the Navy look like a very solid investigators suspect engine problems caused Hultgreen to lose control of her f-1.4 tomcat and crash into the sea As she was pre paring to land on the aircraft car Rier Abraham Lincoln 40 Miles Southwest of san Diego. But they cannot a sure whether mechanical problems or Pilot error was to blame until the plane is raised from the Ocean floor. Her body has not been recovered. A lot is at stake in this inquiry. Some male pilots have complained see death on Page 2 monday october 31,1994 d 8693 a Man charged in shooting at White House Francisconi Artin Duran a v of reporters and photographers look at a window in the White House press room saturday after bullets were fired into the West Wing. Ier s motives a mystery Washington a a Colorado Man will be arraigned today on felony property damage and firearms violations following his frightening White House shooting spree. The possibility of additional charges including attempted assassination was left open. On the Day after the unsettling attack yellow police tape stretched across the White House Lawn and Fri agents armed with laser equipment conducted an Inch by Inch search Tor bullets around the pockmarked mansion. The gunman 26-year-old Francisco suspect left Home family four weeks ago Page 5 Martin Duran remained silent at Washington s Central Cellblock his motives mystery his Demeanour described by the secret service As completely Pluran had served 316 years in a military Peason for felony assault the army re ported. Described As unshaken by the tumult president Clinton rested up during the Day after his grueling Middle East tour and held to his plan to attend an evening gala at Ford s theatre where president Lincoln was felled by an Assassin s Bullet 129 years ago. Duran scheduled to be formally arraigned before a . Magistrate today was charged Early sunday with wilfully damaging Federal property and posses sing a firearm As a convicted Felon. The first charge carries a maximum penalty of10 years imprisonment and a $10,000 see motives on Page 5 combat planes to stage Aerial warning to Saddam Kuwait a More than 100 Allied combat air Craft will stage Maneu vers Over Kuwait and Southern Iraq on tuesday to show Saddam Hussein that the .-led coalition will protect Kuwait the . Embassy said sunday. The exercises will include . Air Force by and b 52 bombers flying from . Bases dropping live bombs on a kuwaiti desert Range near the iraqi Border. The embassy said Allied airmen will Fly air superiority and air to ground missions during the Maneu vers to re Fine the skills necessary to suppress enemy air defences and provide close air support for Friendly ground the statement termed the exercises concentrated flying activity. In airspace Over Kuwait and in the no Fly zone of Southern Iraq below the 32nd parallel. The air exclusion zone was imposed in August 1992 to help protect shiite Muslim rebels from Saddam s forces. As far As is known live ordnance will not be used Over Southern Iraq although aircraft polling the no Fly zone Are routinely armed. The demonstration of coalition air Power comes less than two weeks after Samdani withdrew a military buildup in Southern Iraq in the face of a Large scale .-led deployment of ground air and naval forces in the Region to protect Kuwait which Saddam had invaded in 1990. Participation of the bombers demonstrates the Abil Ity of the United states to respond to the aggression by delivering massive firepower from Home bases in a rela see warning on Page 2
