European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 stateside the stars and stripes May 1985 National Center for treatment of learning difficulties planned Washington a a National Center is being organised to diagnose and treat a neurological dysfunction that hinders the ability of Many children to learn writing and the privately funded Tri services National Institute of to be located in will be the first organization of its Claire its co dyslexia affects 13 percent of american children and results in problems of acquiring and using language and simple systems made up of alphabets and Utah Farmers again facing heavy losses of Grasshoppers Salt Lake City a Grasshoppers con cause As much damage in Utah this year As they did last when they destroyed million Worth of officials any place that had Grasshoppers last year will have them again this said Randy Utah Idaho Farmers Union execute up to Impi on acres of Federal land in Utah May not be sprayed with pesticides because of reduced Federal which could Worsen the he the Federal government has appropriated million to Spray pesticide on its land in 17 Western com pared with million last he the banners Union and farm Bureau Are agreed that the Federal government should take responsibility for Federal Parker that the Way its been in the the state legislature has appropriated million to Spray stat owned concert crowd creates uproar when dosing act int on time a at least three police offi cers suffered minor injuries and three people were arrested after a Brief Melee during an outdoor concert at the University of fights broke out after Otis Day and the a rhythm and blues group and the last of three bands scheduled to was an Hoar said Jeanne Al a University she said the people attending the afternoon event were allowed to drink three Campus policemen and an undetermined number of students suffered minor injuries in the which was quelled quickly by Stover she did not know whether those who ranged in age from 19 to were Wisconsin fires under control after consuming acres a fires sparked by campfires and other causes burned about acres of Woods before being brought under department of natural resources spokesman James Bishop the worst of the fires consumed about 420 acres and occupied some 200 firefighters and volunteers in North Ern Yves Burn he the area was being patrolled to guard against renewed Bishop actress Jane flanked by Sissy Spacek left and Jessica testifies before the farm task a photo famous farm wives testify on american agriculture crisis Washington a three movie stars who played distressed farm wives offered sometimes tearful testimony to congressional democrats monday about the emotional toll being exacted by americas agriculture Cri it is heartbreaking to witness their anguish As they watch their Yves being stripped Jessica who starred in the film said through tears As she spoke to a dozen democratic congressmen on the party House farm task together with Jane Fonda and Sissy appeared in a congressional hearing room packed with reporters and photographers at what sponsors said was a play for publicity to revive the farm Issue in the nations Spacek produced and starred in the and Fonda developed and played the title role in the television film the both about the stress farm families while Tom the panel said our purpose is not the event had partisan overtones no Republican members were it was sponsored by the party House fundraising apparatus and Daschle is frequently mentioned As a promising sen ate candidate in much of the testimony from the actresses and com ments by panel members were directed at attacking the farm policies of the Reagan administration As uncaring and insensitive to Rural americas Lange said she had spent countless hours in recent years talking with Farmers about the effects of crushing Low crop prices and plummeting land values that have brought the worst farm financial crisis in they Are being made to feel and made to believe they have she told the failed their their their country and they have failed their Fonda accused Reagan of practising a double Stan Dard that offers More in subsidies to defense contractors than to Farmers and better Breaks to those who invest in farming As a tax shelter than to those for whom it is their who lives on a farm near said she feared that our largest and most vital Industry is it is not the marginal speculators or bad managers that Are being squeezed but the solid Core of our agriculture which is a Republican member of the House agriculture com Pat Roberts of dismissed the event As not helping in the difficult task before Congress of writ ing new Long Errn farm legislation to replace the Law that expires i dont have As much As i would like to play Hollywood Roberts told a but Daschle defended the saying the actresses do not pretend to be farm experts because they have each rendered a sensitive portrayal of farm life on but Are simply trying to educate of Short of spare parts for top Jeff fighters engines Washington up about half the spare engines for the air forces f15 and f 16 fighters cannot be used because of manage ment affecting the ability to keep those planes in combat in the event of a senior air Force official said the Basic problem b that we under re diced and under bought our requirements for spare parts for the Pratt Whitney f 100 said Lloyd the Deputy assistant air Force Secretary for logistics and eighty percent of the spare engines for the f15 and 28 percent of those for the f 16 Are unusable because they Lack sufficient spare Mosemann the f15 is built by the Mcdonnell Douglas the f16 by the general dynamics both Are top fighters in the air forces the first discovered in has not affected the readiness of either fighter to go to War but it would affect the number of Days both planes could be kept flying if the United states is involved in a Mosemann it Doest mean anything in terms of he emphasizing the problem does not involve engines already in the the Impact is not on but there is less sustain bitty than we would Mosemann declined to be specific about Suszun ability rates or the absolute number of f100 engines that have been affected by Jack of spare parts because that information is but he said engines Are being cannibalized for parts to keep f15s and f 16s aviation week and space a respected Trade first disclosed the problem with the Mosemann said the spares difficulty appears to have reached its worst level Al though the air Force had predicted Origi Nally that the problem would reach Bottom in a Host of management and administrative in part stemming from the spare parts scandal of two years ago and air Force concern about satisfying Penta gon Are responsible for the Lack of components for the spare Mose Mann there Are about parts to an f100 because of the emphasis on Competition and air Force analyses in efforts to bring Down the prices of spare be it now takes 159 Days before a part is whereas it took 58 Days in at the air logistics Center in san where the worst problems have of parts ordering that used to take 67 Days now requires 168 Mosemann emphasis on Competition has brought in new which has caused technical problems with some of the component parts and an inability to deliver the spares on he in Mose Mann because of previous auditor complaints about we have been underestimating our requests for spare we Are now