European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday november 22, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5 i. --.-. I " female Pilot made Grade mom says san Diego a Navy record released by the Mother of a pioneering female fighter Pilot killed in an october crash show the aviator was rated above average when she qualified to land the Jeton aircraft carriers. It. Kara Hultgreen one of the firs two women to qualify for Navy Carrier operations in f-14 Jet fighters crashed oct. 25 about 50 Miles off san Diego. The 29-year-old Pilot s body was found later in 3,700 feet of water. Her burial was planned for monday at Arlington National cemetery in Virginia. Sally Spears said the records should Knock Down a Campaign of Anonymous faxes and phone Calls alleging that he daughter was unqualified and got preferential treat ment As the Navy pushed women into combat roles. It certainly hurts me to have to listen to that kind of thing Spears told the san Diego Union trib Hultgreen Une. She had some really Good Days and some really bad Days. The scores show that. But her total Grade was slightly above  the records Spears gave to the Union Tribune and the san Antonio express news say that Overall it. Hultgreen s performance was slightly above average among pilots qualifying to land on carriers. Navy capt. Mark Grissom who com mands All fighter operations in the . Pacific Fleet verified the records an called the Campaign of allegations faxed and phoned to newsrooms and radio talks shows despicable and in forgive ble.". " a. " she did not qualify with marginal grades. She was in there swinging with the Best of them Grissom said. The records show that in july Hult Green received an Overall Carrier qualification score of 3.10 on a scale of 4, rank ing her third among the seven pilots in i her class All of whom qualified Grissom said. A. Hultgreen s f-14 crashed As she was preparing to land on a Carrier. Grissom said there was some indication of problem with the left  the Navy has not officially determine what caused the crash. The radar intercept officer ejected safely and was rescued. Hultgreen ejected As the plane rolled upside  body was found in the ejection seat on the Ocean floor about 90 Yards fro the Jet. Us. Identifies remains of Pilot filled in 1966 Washington is the remains of another air Force Pilot whose plane was downed in the Viet Nam War have been identified. The remains of capt Eugene t. Meadows of Hidde Nite n.c., were located during a .-vietnamese excavation earlier this year said a Pentagon statement re leased monday. Meadows and his aircraft commander were the Crew of an f-4c fighter aircraft that was lost on an armed reconnaissance Mission oct. 13, 1966. While the aircraft was on a third pass Over an enemy Road construction Crew a Forward air controller direct ing the attack saw what he said was some Type of Ord Nance exploding around the aircraft. After efforts to Contact the aircraft got no results several ground search teams were sent out. Two Days later a helicopter located the wreckage. Meadows and his commander were officially listed skilled in action bodies not recovered. To Date the remains of the aircraft commander whose name is being withheld have not been located the Pentagon statement said. Airman found dead in apparent suicide Ramstein a Germany is a 20-year-old airman first class apparently shot and killed himself at Ramstein a Early monday. His body was discovered minutes before 8 . Mon Day in an 86th Supply so building. The name of the Supply mobility apprentice is being withheld until rela Tives Are notified. The Serviceman was found with a 9 my gunshot wound to the head. I foul play is not suspected said an 86th Airlift i Wing release. R the air Force office of special investigations is looking into the apparent suicide. An autopsy will be conducted within the next Day or two according to the release. The dead Man was assigned to the Supply Squadron where he had worked since his arrival in August. He had been in the air Force since March 1,1993. A member of Hamas military Wing reads a leaflet sunday threatening civil War with the Flo in the Gaza strip. Arafat vows to maintain order Gaza City Gaza strip a Yasser Arafat seeking to Shore up Public support and stave off civil War warned thousands of chanting followers Mon Day that factional violence would undermine the dream of a palestinian state. The fear of civil War loomed larger following clashes Between Arafat s Plo police and islamic activists that killed 13 people Friday. Both the Palestine liberation organization an rival islamic activists who oppose peace with Israel organized rallies monday. A shaky truce held but the feeling prevailed that civil War would break out if mediation failed. We support democracy but we need Security and stability to build our state Arafat told110,000 followers in the Square of the unknown Soldier. Arafat is pursuing broader Public backing follow ing Friday s deadly confrontation. He was clearly elated that the crowd was larger than the one that greeted him five months ago when he arrived in Gaza City to head the palestinian autonomy govern ment and he encouraged supporters to tear Down Fence and approach the stage. Before he spoke supporters from the Fatah Hawks the underground armed band that had fought the israeli occupation circulated in the crowd wearing masks and firing weapons in the air. Arafat s backing among Fatah loyalists had been shaky in the Gaza strip because he passed Over Many Street fighters in assigning key jobs in the autonomy government resurrecting the Fatah Hawks appeared to be a attempt by Arafat to Shore up his own flank As Well As find a band ready to fight the Izzedin Al was Sam underground of the islamic movement Hamas. Arafat Arafat we love you. No one can Chal Lenge you the crowd chanted. Izzedin will not scare us because we have Fatah  Izzedin said in a leaflet distributed in Gaza that it would attack officials of Arafat s autonomy government and Start a civil War unless those responsible for Friday s bloodshed were tried and executed. . Chief sounds Battle a against organized crime _ i _ a. _ _ _.n.l4�.nn1 Lan,4fk� n s4 m a a f so 11t/tv a a Kofr Cus to 4 i it i i ism i c nil of a no it Ita i Rima a try tar Iri in to a Naples Lily a denouncing the mafia As a threat to democracy  Boutros Boutros Ghali urged countries monday to Cooper ate in the fight against organized crime. No society is spared the forces of darkness of organized crime he said opening a  conference on the Home turf of the Camorrah crime family one of the most powerful in  poisons the business climate corrupts political leaders and undermines human rights Boutros Ghali said. Organized crime thus undermines demo cratic  he suggested drafting an International convention against organized crime and said a . Gathering on criminal Laws next Spring in  will consider How to strengthen existing Laws. . Attorney general Janet Reno cautioned that such an ambitious under taking As an International convention could bog Down crime fighting efforts. Instead she said delegates should concentrate on improving existing National Laws or drafting new Laws. Italy Hopes the conference will act on its offer to set up a kind of International police Academy. The collapse of communism has Given organized crime a foothold in the devel Oping capital Short nations of the former soviet Union and some experts think a Many As 500 Bosses control Small crime bands in Russia  from 140 nations also will consider meshing National Laws in area such As banking and extradition and will look at the trafficking of nuclear technology and human organs and the transport ing of illegal immigrants