European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 01, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 1,1994 . The sars and stripes pages at new for b-2 " by de Offley. I Seattle Post intelligencer Seattle is the Clinton administration ready to spend More than $40 billion to double the planned Fleet of b-2 bombers from ,20 to 40 or More if remarks made in Seattle by air Force Secretary Sheila Widnall on saturday hold True the administration seems poised to reverse its Long standing position that the Pentagon can afford Only 20 of the Bat Wing aircraft. ,. /. Noting that such a move will require a presidential decision and not merely a recommendation from the air Force and its civilian Pentagon leaders Widnall said she most certainly would support expanding the bomber Fleet if Money could be found to pay for the additional procurement. The air Force Secretary joined senior air Force generals and aerospace executives from Boeing and North Rop to dedicate the fourth production b-2 bomber As the spirit of  keynote speaker at the event was rep. Nor Dicks d-wash., a fierce defender of the t3-2, who said he is confident that Congress can shift Money within the defense budget to reopen the b-2 production line. In an interview Dicks said he would examine taking $1billion out of other Pentagon Resech programs next year to spend on the b-2 instead. Dicks said the air Force needs Between 40 and 6qofthe bombers to meet planned strategic requirements. Congress this year appropriated $125 million to keep the b-2 production line warm after the 20th aircraft is built. ". / -. Dicks stunned the crowd at Boeing Field when he revealed that this Clinton administration has sent a letter to Northrop and Boeing both b-2 contractors seeking their feedback on the idea of additional b-2 product Tion. -.-. " i a / just several months ago defense Secretary William Perry reiterated his Long standing opposition to additional b-2 production because of the Lack of Pentagon Money to pay for it., several developments Are apparently fueling the administration shift officials Saia a newly announced bomber effectiveness study by the administration is expected to say that More Long Range bombers Are needs to carry out the Pentagon strategy of fighting up to two major conflicts simultaneously the possibility of such a scenario was raised bythe recent crises in Haiti and Kuwait. The retirement of All Navy a.-6e strike aircraft by1997 will degrade the Carrier Fleet s ability to carry of Long Range strike missions leading to More emphasis on air Force units to conduct strategic bombing. A political shift in the congressional debate Ove defense is revealing growing concern among Many legislators that Pentagon budget cuts May be leading to a hollow Force As in the Post Vietnam 1970s. That con Cern is causing lawmakers to rethink critical defense decisions. Crane buddy acquitted in actor s death Phoenix a a longtime Side kick of hogans heroes Star Bob Crane was acquitted monday of charges he killed the actor 16 years ago for fear Crane would end a Friendship that brought him a Parade of willing women. Jurors deliberated nearly 2vi Days be fore finding John Henry Carpenter 66, of the los Angeles suburb of Carson,calif., innocent of first degree murder in the bludgeoning  verdict was greeted by sobs from some courtroom  played col. Robert Hogan in the television comedy about a nazi Pris Oner of War Camp which ran from 1965 to 1971. He was 49 when he was up undead july 29,1978. / his body was lying in a blood soaked bed in an apartment he rented while per forming in a dinner theater production , a Phoenix suburb. Crane s Skull was crushed prosecutors contend with a camera tripod and an electric Cord was found around his neck. Carpenter had been out with Crane and a woman the night before and left town the morning of the Day the Bod was discovered. " Carpenter often travelled with the actors he made the rounds of the dinner the Ater circuit the men frequented bars _ where the t picked Ivy women drawn by a Force p. Fighter Jet decorates a Wall in a some 160 serve remembers from the base at Cape Henry Are is ii has evidence was presented hangar at Langley fab va., where members of the Lith trans being deployed to saudi Arabia to assist in unloading ships input hard evidence was presented a j. Ort Story va., wait to Board an aircraft monday the persian Gulf Region. Against Carpenier. 12 o clock High violence easts Shadow on halloween by the associated press halloween celebrations got off to an ominous Start when a Man hit by an egg stabbed a 12-year-old boy to death in new York City and about 2,000 people stampeded in an Illinois College town. In Milwaukee a 15-year-old pulled a Guenon a 4-year-old boy sunday and robbed most of the Candy the youngster collected while Tricker treating police said. He took All the Good stuff sgt. Ore Ory Moore said. Police had a suspect but and not made an arrest As of monday morning. -,/�.,later sunday Detroit firefighters struggled to respond to arsonists starting fires in a criminal tradition known As Devil s night and volunteers i kept watch against similar arsons in Camden no. In new York six youths were playing halloween egg throwing game saturday night when two passers by were inadvertently hit police said. They beat and stabbed Pedro Ramos to death. Robert Delgado 20, was arrested on 1 an assault charge. Police sought a second Man for the stabbing. In Carbondale 111., a crowd was trying to make its Way to the  University football stadium during Street party late saturday when police blocked the Way and threatened to us tear Gas unless revellers dispersed. After a five minute standoff the crowd ran downtown and divided into smaller mobs that ran through alleys As police officers chased them spraying tear Gas and swinging truncheons. Nearly 60 people were arrested Moston charges of illegal Possession or con sumption of alcohol and two cars were overturned. Crowds have gathered in the City streets to celebrate halloween for years. The City has responded by closing bars Early and the University has banned Cam pus parties. Some students said they were left wit nothing else to do but hit the streets. It started because of All the restrict said Mac Middleton. Ift ions Saia Junior you keep telling people no no no they re going to do  at halloween Street celebrations Nathens Ohio police issued 107 tickets for underage drinking and made 210 arrests Many for disorderly conduct late saturday and Early sunday. Detroit the site of some of the worst Devil s night fires in the Early 1980s, was vexed by arson fires set mostly in abandoned buildings across wide areas of the City s East Side. We have every piece of fire equip ment we have rolling fire commissioner Harold Watkins said. Despite Volunteer patrols and a 6 p.m.-to-6 . Curfew sunday the number of fires were significantly greater than the60 the City averages each night mayor Dennis Archer said. About 800 volunteers in Camden n.j.,another victim of halloween fires every year helped police keep troublemakers off the streets. Boat curbs ordered Washington a the environmental Protection Agency will require new pollution control son outboard motorboats saying they Are a major contributor to air and water pollution. The Epa controls will be phase Din beginning in 1998 Over eight years and probably will Lead to the gradual replacement of the dirtier two Cycle boat engines with More sophisticated cleaner burning four Cycle engines. The estimated 12 million registered motorboats now in use Are not expected to be affected directly but newly built engines will have to meet the tougher Epa pollution standards. Under the Epa regulation manufacturers will have to begin reducing smog causing hydrocarbon emissions beginning with 1998 Model boats and motors