European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday october 23, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 president s jets headed for Mothballs Dod of ask for newer taster larger aircraft r my Man  Washington a Twenty the acc y irs hut amen Chin president began Hying in a to egg 7t 7. The Pentagon is asking Congress for permission in Trade air i orc one in Tor a newer. Faster and bigger Jet. Defense department and air Force officials Sas the decision to press Forward with the request was made Over the past month if ill goes As planned a formal solicitation will be issued to manufacturers before the end of the year and a contract awarded is next june the first plane in turn could be delivered b late i98k, just in time for president Reagan to use it to Al Home to California when he leaves office one Industry source said. The term air Force one is a radio Call sign applied to any air plane that is carrying the president. In reality. There arc two modified 707s maintained by the k it h military Airlift Wing at Andrews Ami outside Washington. Tiller can be used is a president one has been in use for 23 years and the other for i 3. Together they be lugged 5.5 million Miles not always with a president aboard. By comparison a 707 in com Mercial flight can easily log 30 million Miles or More before it is retired. Both planes Are equipped with sophisticated communications gear Liach has a president s compartment furnished with a desk two swivel chairs a Telephone and a Couch placed under a map of the world. Behind the president s compartment is a separate sitting area for the first lady. The planes decorated throughout with color pictures of the incumbent president in a variety of settings also have a lounge for the senior staff a working area with typewriters As Well As compartments for guests. Secret service agents and an 11 person press contingent. E served in glasses embossed note pads. Mau honks Mil Jim Peltcs Ako Carr the prom drinks i tin Man with the presidential   dental Seal the air i orc plans to replace both of the 7t 7s with a wide bodied Jet because of the specifications that have been outlined the Competition will focus on two planes the hoeing 747 and tin Mcdonnell Douglas do -10 1 lie air i orce has wanted to upgrade the presidential aircraft for Sears hut until last month had never received a go ahead. While Pentagon officials maintain the 707s Long ago became outdated recent presidents have shied  from requesting an appropriation one Pentagon official said the Liming of the request to c ingress was driven by two factors Reagan who will leave office in Earls 1 cannot be accused of spending taxpayer funds to improve the luxury of his own living accommodations the source said. Seconds Given the outcry Over defense contracting procedures the air Force is determined to stage a com petition for the Job. And Mcdonnell Douglas has made no secret of the fact that thes re examining the possibility of shutting Down the do  he added. Rank Tomlinson. A spokesman for Mcdonnell Doug Las confirmed the company has discussed an end to production of commercial do los. He said the company will continue to produce a military Tanker version of the dc-10, however and would be most interested in bid Ding. Despite the Pentagon arguments however the plan May still face rough going. Air Force sources who re Quested anonymity confirm the service expects to spend Between $300 million and s400 million. A third of a billion Bucks for two aircraft asked one High ranking congressional Staller. I Ven in Reagan does t use them thai raises the Issue of the plan h Lite of the Imperial presidents. It s going to gel a lot of  maj. Mike Crini. An air Lorce spokesman said the service was interested in Maximi my Competition for the contract. Both of the existing planes while steeped in history Are getting old and More difficult to maintain the air i orce said in a formal statement. Spare parts inventories Are declining because Only about 140 707s Are still in commercial sit Vicc. The planes arc also too Small and stand in s Lola lion of Federal Jet engine no a regulations. The Only planes that meet the air Force s qualifications arc the three engine dc"-10 and the even larger four engine 747, filter would provide a president with a vastly larger plane. The commercial version of a 707 carries 20 or so passengers a commercial dc"-10 Norma in carries around 300 passengers while a commercial 747 normally carries 400. The first of the 707s now used As a stands air i orce one entered the presidential Fleet on oct. 12. 1%2, during the Kennedy administration known formally As aircraft 20000. The four engine 707 ushered in the Jet age for american presidents replacing a modified ver Sion of the dc-0. President Kenned used the plane in May %3 to Fly to Moscow in the process setting 14 Speed records. Six months later the plane flew Kenned bods Hack to Washington after his assassination in Dallas. The second 707, aircraft 27000. Was accepted he the air Force on aug. 4, 172. And first used is president Nixon h feb. A 1473. Thirteen years later it is still the primary presidential transport. Ortega says he will continue state of emergency United nations apr Nicara Guan president Daniel Ortega has vowed to continue the state of emergency in his coun try until the United states ended its policy of state  the sandinista Leader told the . Gener Al Assembly on monday that Nicaragua shall never Kneel before the policy of stale terrorism being practice by   Ortega challenged president Reagan who is to speak at the United nations thursday to announce that the United states will cease its policy of aggression and is willing to normalize relations with Nicaragua. We on our part will suspend the state of emergency we have been forced to impose due to the aggressions As of the very moment when the aggressions effectively  it said. Before inc speech. Onega asked . Secretary general Javier Pere de Cullar to arrange a meeting with Reagan. Spokesman Mario Samorano said the re quest was made in a meeting Betseen Onega and Perez do Cullar. Samorano said the request would be passed by Pyrc de cd Chr to Vernon wallers the . Ambassador at the United nations. Reagan is scheduled to be in new York wednesday afternoon thursday and Friday morning tur his . Speech a Summit with Western allies and other bilateral meetings. Last week Nicaragua imposed new restrictions on Freedom of speech travel and Assembly the right to strike and Protection nicaraguan president Daniel orly go and Hod guard run in new York s cent nil Park. Of privacy in the Home and the mails. The Reagan administration described them As a further step toward imposing a totalitarian  Ortega is one of More than 0 world leaders participating in this week s Cele bration of the i lined Vitins 40th anniversary in i speech the Nicaragua Leader denounced four sear of a War of aggression Organ de and financed is the . Administration  Nicaragua in violation of International  and  hut. He said Nicaragua is no enemy of the United Stales. There is no reason for the i Mied Stales to consider Nicaragua As such. Nothing in our revolutionary project is incompatible with Normal and Friendly relations with the United Stales Ortega wore a Gray civilian suit for this gear s address last scar tie addressed the Assembly in military uniform and predicted that the United Stales would invade his country Whin a month in Washington. Stale department spokesman Bernard  reacted to Ortega s remarks is reaffirming the . View thai the state of emergency reflects the sandinista fear of their own people Kalb said the Keauana administration did not believe the sandinista were capable of defeating the armed resistance movement which draws its strength from opposition throughout Nicaragua to Ortega s govern ment no grave Sites left at Shi of military burial ground Shiloh National military Park. Tenn. A veterans of at least six wars lie beneath the Tennessee Sod where Union soldiers and Confederate troops struggled for two bloody Days in 1862. But room has run out for those who fight in future Battles. Shiloh National military cemetery is full at 3.k54 Graves and the National Park service has no plans to expand the Bunal ground that occupies 10 acres of the 3,872-acre civil War Battlefield we be known for several years that we were reaching our capacity said be Mckinney the Park superintendent. We filled our last grave aug. 28." the last Veteran buried at Shiloh was Tilman flood who served in the Navy Dur ing world War ii. After the Battle of Shiloh. Where once obscure soldiers such As William t Sher Man and us secs s. Grant became prominent military Leader. Union soldiers buried their dead and the dead of their foes in separate trenches. There was no provision for anything else said Mckinny the trenches were marked but it was t a formal Cem Eiers five Jears later the cannons finally silent a Normal Cem Eiers was established at Shiloh and the Mon . But not the confederates were moved there. At the end of the t Ivil War. Congress established a is Stern of National cemeteries for Union soldiers Skinnes  the cemeteries were either on or adjacent to prominent battlefields this was the begin Ning of our National Cem Eiers system the Var department established us own system of National cemeteries following world War i. But the old civil War Ceme teries tin battlefields remained under control of the National Park service. Our Cem Eiers remained Active because it was t full said Mck Nev so the Shiloh Cem Eiers became the final resting place for soldiers who served in the Ivil War. The  War orld wars i and ii. Korea Ami Vietnam. I he grave of one  Var suntan Al o was moved there in i Mno on federate soldiers Are buried in the Shiloh. Cemetery