European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 13. 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 of holds up payments to Westinghouse Washington a the air Force is with holding More than $150 million in contract payments to the Westinghouse electric corp. Because of production and Quality control problems on a major radar contract. The problems involve wiring assemblies or circuit boards for Complex electronic components of a radar to be used on an improved version of the f-16 Jet fighter As Well Ai the by bomber Mike Wallace an air Force spokes Man said wednesday. Westinghouse has been having trouble producing the parti to specification and on time with the result that the air Force has been withholding monthly Progress and profit payments since november 1983, Wallace said. Ai of aug. I si52.4 million had been withheld from the firm. That total dipped slightly to j 150.7 million As of sept. 1, indicating some Progress is being made the spokesman said. The real Impact is that we re not getting the spare radars that we need for inventory Wallace said. The problems Haven t held up production of the f-16c jets  Dick King a Westinghouse spokesman in Washington said the company would have no comment the situation. He also declined to discuss corrective actions being taken by the company. King and Wallace said they could not comment on a published report disclosing High inspection failure rates for the radar equipment. The Hearst news service citing confidential memorandums it obtained from company sources reported the air Force had stopped accepting any radar components for a six Day period last month because 75 percent of the parts were failing initial inspections. The news service also said the air Force had taken similar action against Weslin Ghousi s advanced technology Laboratory outside Baltimore because of problems in producing random Access memory chips. The lab has received "14 air Force deficiency reports this year the Story said. Westinghouse is the nation s 13th largest defense con tractor having won $1.9 billion in new contracts during fiscal year 1984. Former Gorbachev classmate recalls their Days in College Cambridge mass. A a former College class mate of Mikhail s. Gorbachev on wednesday recalled the soviet Leader As a Young Man who knew what he wanted and had set specific  As a Law student at Moscow state University from 1950 to 1954, Frederic Neznanski had some of the same teachers attended some of the same parties and trained at the same military Camp As Gorbachev. The Young Gorbachev worked with several other Mem Ben of the area chapter of the Komsomol or Young communist league urging people in the District to vote Neznanski recalled. But Gorbachev had a markedly Dif Ferent attitude from Many of his colleagues who did the work unwillingly. Gorbachev worked hard to do things for the people in his District helping them find apartments or fix their roofs Neznanski said. However it was not so much that he had concern for these people but that he wanted his group to be on record As the Best foremast one in the Good graces of the Komsomol committee Neznanski said in a speech at Harvard University. "1 think perhaps this attitude this class attitude of understanding How things have to be done has remained with Gorbachev to this  although he was not directly in the same group with Gorbachev for classes the two had Many Mutual friends and professors said Neznanski who now works for posse a rus Sian emigre publishing House in Frankfurt West Germany. Initially Gorbachev kept very much to himself. He did not stand out very much in any Way said Neznanski who spoke in russian and was then interpreted. One can say perhaps he was studying the situation drawing his own conclusions but he was not in any Way a  Gorbachev was first elected Komsomol organizer for his group after he went out drinking Beer with his Friend who had been an organizer said Neznanski. He kept pouring to his Friend and his Friend wound up drunk and was carted to a sobering up station he said. Young Gorbachev was the first to denounce his Friend at the next Komsomol meeting for his behaviour and was elected to succeed him Neznanski said. Being elected Komsomol Leader of his class was also the beginning of the Road to the Kremlin for Gorbachev Neznanski said. He recalled Gorbachev setting Forth Many of his ideas and positions at a birthday party for a Mutual Friend in 1954. He was saying that the Iron curtain was maybe not very Nice but on the other hand Only prepared trusted people should be allowed to have Contact with the West and not everybody Neznanski said. He presented Lenin As his idol. And his policy of being Able to take one step Forward and two Steps Back that is being Able to Retreat when  Mikhail s. Gorbachev during a visit to London. A could charge insurers under House Bill . Sonny Montgomery Washington a veterans administration hospitals would begin Billing private insurance companies and some for Mer gis would have to pay part of their medical costs for the first time under a proposal narrowly approved by a House committee. I think it s the most Radical change in health care that i be seen in the veterans Arena in 10 years rep. Bob Edgar d-pa., said wednesday. Edgar who chairs the subcommittee on a hospitals and health care opposed the move. It sets a precedent ,. That May have enormous implications he said. The House veterans affairs committee voted 14-12 to approve the legislation which was a bipartisan proposal aimed at achieving s300 million in a savings to meet requirements of the fiscal year 1986 budget. The Bill would set a deductible fee up to $476 a year in 1986 to be paid by a patients who have a family income of More than $25,000. Poorer veterans and those whose ailments Are directly related to Mili tary service would not have to pay. The Law now says veterans Over age 65 May be cared for free of charge at a a facility regardless of their ability to pay. Of the nation s 28 million veterans about 4 million Are 65 or older. The legislation was offered by commit tee chairman . Sonny Montgomery d-miss., and the vice chairman. Rep. John Paul Hammer Schmidt a Ark. It also includes a 3.7 percent Cost of living increase for veterans disability compensation. Our proposal is fair to veterans Montgomery said. The proposal does not bar any Veteran from the  rather than cutting spending most of the savings under the committee plan would be new income. The largest portion would come from Billing insurance Compa Nies for treatment of veterans who have insurance. Sponsors of the Bill said they expected insurance companies to pay $204 million in 1986 and $406 million a year by 1988. Most health policies have clauses bar ring payment for care in a hospitals or for which the policyholder has no Obliga Tion to pay. The legislation would prohibit those clauses. Insurance companies oppose the proposal saying they have no Way of controlling a costs and that charging them for a treatment would drive up everyone s health coverage rates. A general account ing office study said premiums would Rise Between 93 cents and $2.69 per year for the 112 million people with hospitalization insurance. Strokes Spur Calls to halt Jarvik-7 implant research Louisville by. A three centers have per Mission to implant the Jarvik-7 artificial heart in humans but some medical authorities concerned that strokes have struck four of six recipients believe the research should Stop until surgeons determine the cause of the problem. Or William c. Devries chief clinical investigator of the mechanical pump has implanted the device in four Dati enu two have suffered strokes one suffered severe neurological complications and the fourth died of unrelated causes. Two other Jarvik-7 Xcvi Penu also have suffered strokes. Devries based at Humana Hospital Audubon has called stroke a common complication of the procedure. He Hie has said he strongly suspects that blood Clou temporarily blocking the flow of oxygen to the brain causing stroke originated in or near the heart. He plans to continue his work. Sym bin inc., the Salt Lake City Utah manufacturer of the plastic and Metal unit has said the experiments should continue and expand so More information can be obtained. Surgeons at three medical centers the University of Arizona University of Pittsburgh and University of Minnesota have received permission from the us. Food and drug administration to use the device on a temporary basis. Four other medical centers Are seeking similar approval. Devries is the Only surgeon with permission to use the pump As a permanent replacement and has three More implants to perform in the first phase of the project. Or. Robert j. Levine professor of Medicine and chair Man of Yale University medic i school s human investigation committee said he thinks Devries experiments should be halted for the time being. Use of the device As a temporary measure in which the pump would be removed when recipients can accept human heart transplants could continue but Only under extreme caution Levine said. Barton Bernstein a Stanford University historian who has followed each step of the program said neither the hospitals where the pump has been used nor the Fra Are fulfilling a responsibility to Monitor the experiments