European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday february 13.1986 plane lands in Power fines 2 men saved Ontario Calif. A a Small plane got snarled i High voltage lines while coming in for a Landing and the two men inside dangled upside Down 80 feel above ground for tour hours before being rescued officials said wednes  local television stations broadcast live coverage of the Rescue the Pilot and his passenger inched their Way to safety across the underside of the plane s Wing and into the arms of firefighters Laic tuesday and Early  single engine plane came in Loo Low while Landing at Ontario International Airport about 40 Miles East of los Angeles at 7 40 p.m., said a Federal aviation administration  was snared by one of two Power lines flipped and came loan unsteady Stop dangling belly up by its propel Ler and the nose Landing gear police said. Power to the 220.000-Volt lines was automatically Cut when the plane hit them said Southern California Edison co. Spokesman de  Dean Plath 58, of Tustin and Clarence de Washburn of Whittier were checked into Ontario Community Hospital for observation but appeared to be in Good shape said nursing supervisor Carmen  passenger complained of numbness in the legs said Ontario police officer Jerry Autrey but then the were hanging in the aircraft upside Down for four  Plath was practising night flying said his wife  men Are very very conservative she said. I can t believe they would have an Accident like  we first got there they wanted to jump a fire department dispatcher said shortly after rescuers arrive Dat the scene about two Miles from the runway we had to quickly find a bullhorn and Tell them not to firefighters shouted questions and instructions to the men who responded by blinking a flashlight one Flash for yes Pilot Dean Plath is helped from the Wing of a single engine plane hanging upside Down in Ontario Calif. Two for no because the rescuers could t hear  the men dangled from their sea belts firefighters and Utility workers used a huge Crane and a platform on a Hydraulic lift to steady the upside Down plane. Firefighters in a bucket atop another lift edged slowly toward the  11 40 p.m., Plath a safety rope wrapped around him crawled cautiously across a Wing to safety. He was taken to the ground and then the bucket returned to gel Washburn just minutes past  the crash site Early wednesday the plane was being supported by a Crane while firefighters and Power company linemen tried to untangle three or four Power lines wrapped around the propeller said Bob Hull spokesman for Southern California Edison co. The plane had been on a 25-mile flight from Fullerton and the Pilot was in touch with the Airport Tower when he ran into the Power lines said an Faa duty officer who refused to give his name. The Accident did not cause a blackout but lights blinked across a wide area As Power  switched to another circuit said Arnott. The Faa will investigate the Accident said another duty officer who insisted on anonymity. War game based on Middle East crisis planned by Richard Halloran Washington not this Spring the National Security Council plans to run War game simulating a crisis in the Middle East that will include terrorists Libya an several other Arab nations Israel and the soviet  objective is to see whether the Secre tary of state the Secretary of defense the president s National Security adviser the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff or their surrogates can get the United states out of the crisis without a nuclear  this City War games and political Simu lations Are not games1 at All but deadly serious ventures seeking to prepare senior officials and military officers to Deal with contingencies or to answer endless questions All of which begin what if. The White House often simulates a Strug Gle with the soviet Union in which president Reagan or someone playing the president s role is confronted with a decision about or Dering a nuclear strike. The joint analysis directorate in the Pentagon tests nuclear War plans for the joint chiefs of staff. At the state department the foreign service Institute teaches diplomats to negotiate. The fed eral emergency management Agency seek better ways to handle natural disasters. We get a lot out of these games said a retired senior official of the state depart ment. If you get into crisis it s not some thing that you Haven t seen  gaming dates to the late 19th Cen Tury when officers of the prussian Genera staff used plotting boards and maps to try out Maneu vers. Later the naval War col lege in Newport r.i., ran War games against the japanese Fleet Long before world War  then War games have evolved into an Art form of two different versions political simulations and computerized War games. Some Are a combination of the  political simulations people play them selves or roles in a scenario that is manipulated by a control group. In computerized War games vast amounts of military information Are fed from the real world into a computer. A general can the test a proposed Man Euver or determine what difference new tanks would make while potential generals try to outwit one another with opposing  army concepts analysis Agency and a private research Center the Center for strategic and International studies at Georgetown University illustrate the rang of modern War gaming and simulations. In a commercial High Rise building in be Thesda md., a suburb just North of washing ton the army Agency uses powerful computers to run . Ground forces through simulated Battles in Europe Korea and Southwest  look at the capabilities of the existing Force As is said Edgar b. Vandiver i the director. In a game called omnibus the Agency takes a scenario from defense guidance the Pentagon s annual strategic review an seeks to determine whether the army can achieve the missions  says data on 90 to 120 russian and East european divisions Are fed int computers along with data from american and Western european units and a slice of the Battlefield is chosen. The computer fights the War at 12-Hourintervals, he says measuring expenditures of ammunition destruction of tanks and guns flow of fuel and supplies and the extent of  let it run he said until the War does t make sense  results Are sent to the army staff to help them draw up the  Center for strategic and International studies situated in downtown washing ton recently simulated a crisis in which the soviet Union stepped up military Aid to the leftist sandinista government in Nicaragua while soviet forces crossed the Border from Afghanistan into  United states was led by president r. James Woolsey a former undersecretary of the Navy Secretary of state a ate Johnson a former undersecretary of Stotty Secretary of defense Robert Mcfarlane. Who until recently was Reagan s National Security adviser and adm. Thomas Moorer once chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who slipped easily into the same role in the game. In the Kremlin the general Secretary was played by Helmut sonic Feldl a former senior staff official of the National Security Council who is a specialist on the soviet Union and Eastern Europe. His team included several soviet  two Days a control group led by Rob Ert h. Kupperman and Andrew Goldberg of the Center for strategic and International studies fed intelligence press dispatches messages and other information to the two teams to make decisions. Each team could also Call on specialists from the Center to simulate everything in the real world among other things the simulation included a test of a nuclear risk reduction Cen Ter to be set up in Geneva Switzerland Jot this year As a result of an agreement reached last fall Between Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail . Is Proxmire hails secs knights of round tab/6 they Are living proof that it is a myth to claim that govern ment bureaucrats will always spend More not less when Given the Chance Proxmire said. The proposition that government bureaucrats will Al ways spend More not less when Given the Chance May be True As a general Rule Proxmire said. But i have refreshing example showing just the  Proxmire said the Sec needed a Large table that could accommodate 12 to 15 people for its open meetings. The Sec tried to borrow one from the Pentagon but the table would not fit through the building s front in p trance heir Armor is shining brightly As the Agency checked several furniture companies and Washington a sen. William Proxmire who issues monthly Golden fleece awards to emphasize government waste and mismanagement says he has found a refreshing example of bureaucrats who saved the tax payers  Wisconsin Democrat wednesday honoured Securi ties and Exchange commission officials who built a ply Wood conference table for $275 rather than spend $3,000 of the government s Money to buy one on the retail mar the bureaucrats at the Sec who conceived and completed this project truly deserve to be dubbed the knights of the round table. T Learned it would Cost about $3,000 for such a conference table Proxmire said. The Sec to its credit did not go ahead and plunk own the $3,000 of taxpayers Money necessary to Pur Chase the table. What did it do instead the Sec built  Proxmire said the Sec officials purchased plywood and Brown Felt from local stores for $275. It took the Sec staff eight hours to attach legs Cut a Hole in the Middle for microphone wires and set up the finished product " Sec spokesman Chiles Larson said David Coman theses facilities chief conceived the idea to build the table