European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday february 2, 19b6 the stars and stripes Page 5 34 vessels gear up or exercise Washington a the Navy said Friday that it will Start a major training exercise this week inthe Western Atlantic Ocean and East Ern Caribbean. The exercise flee Tex 1-86, will involve 34 ships and numerous Navy and air Force aircraft official said. The exercise will begin feb. 6 and last until feb. 23. The exercise will provide participants training throughout the Broad spectrum of naval warfare considerations including anti surface anti air anti submarine electronic an naval special warfare the announcement said. About 17,000 sailors will go to sea for the exercise which will include ships based at Norfolk a. Charles ton . Mayport Fla. Phila Delphia and Newport . Among the larger vessels participating Are the aircraft Carrier Amer Ica and the cruisers Ticonderoga Josephus Daniels and Dale. Two British vessels also will take part Dod contractors in Alaska must employ Only alaskans by Norman Black Washington a Congress has ordered the defense department to restrict contracts for work in Alaska to contractors who agree to hire Only Alaska residents for the directive buried in the Fine print of the Pentagon s budget came to Light Fri Day with the publication of an amendment to the defense acquisition regulations the Book of rules that governs Pentagon directive is believed to be the first such order Ever approved by Congress in posing a residency requirement on de sense department contractors. The order appeared to conflict with decision issued by the Alaska supreme court on Jan. 17, striking Down a state Law requiring local hiring. The court said the local hire requirement was illegal discrimination and violated the 14th Amend ment to the As Well As Testate Constitution. The stale Law required that 95 percent of the employees on state funded projects be alaskans. If every state could exclude or severely limit non resident workers because some of its residents were unemployed our country would be Little More than a league of states rather than the Union which no exists the court said. The congressional directive to the Pentagon was sponsored by sen. Frank h. Murkowski Kalaska who began pushing the idea last Spring. Murkowski originally proposed that All defense contractors nationwide be required to follow a local hire policy when the defense depart ment objected he narrowed his Amend ment to cover Only succeeded in May 1985 in adding that provision to the Pentagon budget authorization Bill but it was killed by the then turned to Alaska s senior sen Ator Republican Ted Stevens who is the chairman of the defense subcommittee of the Senate appropriations Stevens assistance the proposal was added to the Pentagon s 1986 appropriations Bill on the Senate floor by unanimous consent. It survived the House sen ate conference committee. As finally approved the Murkowski amendment applies Only to non contiguous states in which the unemployment ale exceeds the National jobless figure. There arc Only two non contiguous states Alaska and Hawaii and Only one with an unemployment rate that exceed the National average Alaska. The Pentagon directive issued Friday states that companies receiving contracts this year must employ individuals who arc residents of Alaska and who in the Case of any Craft or Trade possess or would be Able to acquire promptly the necessary skills to perform the the Only exceptions permissible under the policy Are contracts that relate directly to National Security matters. Murkowski was unavailable to discus the matter on Friday. But in a Brief floor debate last Spring he told his colleague she found it unconscionable that when the unemployment rate is High out of stat workers on Federal contract Are brought in to take limited jobs and drive up the cos of living Only to spend their paychecks in their own resident Murkowski s spokesman Steve Hanson said the senator believes that Alaska is still being victimized by companies that import out of state labor much As was the Case during the 1970s, when the trans Alaska Oil pipeline was being built. Woman s artificial heart replaced with donor Organ Minneapolis a Mary Lund the first woman to receive an artificial heart was Given the heart of a teen age girl Friday to replace the mechanical pump that has kept her alive for 45 Days authorities went through the surgery very Well or. Robert a. Vantassel spokesman for the Minneapolis heart Institute at Abbott North Western Hospital said Friday were fortunate in finding a donor at the opportune time. We re very optimistic after what we saw Lund 40, awakened Friday night an responded to commands by squeezing her husband s hand and smiling Vantas Elsaid. She was not Able to speak because of a breathing tube in her Throat and she was heavily sedated. She was listed in critical but stable condition in the intensive care unit. Her heart is working very Well and is beating in a Normal rhythm Vantassel told reporters. Her breathing is assisted Bya Respirator. Her kidneys continue to function said the artificial heart caused no problems in the showed no signs of infection Friday night the spokesman said but she will be closely monitored for signs of rejection of before the transplant Mary Lund whose artificial heart was re placed with that of 14-year-old Girt b shown with her husband Duwayne right the new Organ. The donor Organ which became available thursday night Wai flown to the twin Cit ies on a private Jet from Billings mont.,where the 14-year-old donor died. It was then taken by helicopter to Abbott North Western where surgery began about 11 30 a.m., a Hospital spokesman said. Lund a nursing Home Secretary fro Kensington received a smaller version of the Jarvik-7 heart on dec. 18 after he heart was damaged apparently by a virus. This week was the optimal time Worlund to receive a human heart said or. Fredarick Gobol. We think that prolonging the time for transplantation will increase the risk of her developing serious infections or he said monday. Lund was feeling Good very Anticipatory before the surgery and her husband Duwayne was at the Hospital with other relatives the Hospital spokesman said. The donor heart came from Jyna Mari Forshee who suffered from epilepsy and died thursday after having a seizure said Joanne Dodd a spokeswoman for deaconess medical Center in Billings. Jyna had been on life support systems. Dod gives Arrow air transportation contract on is ing december killing,24 _.? Nenart or taunt z4 us. Gnu in a $7 5 million defense depart Friday for Pentagon said it marked the first a Miami based airline since the dec. I2crash in Gander about the contract were not read ily available but it was part of a $28.8x? package the Pentagon. There was no immediate indication about the lers of the contract other than that t waving Range International a trans 248 military passengers and eight Crew members were killed. Canadian investigators have not found cause for the crash. The defense department said within week after the crash that it had no immedi ate plans to suspend Arrow air from Char Ter contracts because of the Accident. Sens. Lawton Chiles d-Fla., and Paul Hawkins r-Fla., and rep. Claude Pepper d-Fla., were notified of the contract award according the air Force. None was Avail Able for comment a Pentagon official who asked not to be named said the contract was awarded because Arrow air still holds a valid operational certificate from the Federal aviation administration and is part of the civil Reserve air Fleet the associated press reported and two stiff members at the Minneapolis heart Institute Tabbott Northwestern hos Pital before the transplant operation. Stateside in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Feb. 2, 1946 full and immediate Freedom for All political parties in China was pledged by Gen. Chiang Kai Shek during the historic political consultation conference in chunking. 30 years ago today. Feb. 2, 1956 George Buck Weaver Chicago White sox batting Star died of Aheart attack in Chicago. Weaver was one of eight players barred from baseball for throwing the 1919 world series to Cincinnati. 20 years ago today. Feb. 2, 1966 Hollywood lost two of its Well known personalities yesterday. Fame comedian Buster Keaton 70, whose career spanned the silent Era to modern to died of cancer. Movie gossip columnist and former actress Hudda Hopper 75, died of pneumonia at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. 10 years ago today. Feb. 2, 1976 Ernesto Miranda whose name was on a landmark court decision requiring police to inform defendants of their rights was stabbed to death in a skid Row bar in Phoenix Ariz
