European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. February 15. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 California Texas top Pentagon beneficiaries by Norman Black a military writer Washington California and Texas continue to Lead the country As the top beneficiaries of Pentagon spending during fiscal 1985, thanks to the presence of numerous bases Large contractors and substantial num Bers of retirees a report shows. The report released thursday indicates the race for the designation As the nation s largest defense contractor will be a tight one. A preliminary tally for fiscal i98s, which ended sept. 30. Shows Mcdonnell Douglas corp. Slightly ahead of general dynamics corp. The annual report the defense department s state data abstract Atlas contains no narrative to explain trends. But it does have tables showing the breakdown of payroll and major contract spending across the so states. As it has for years California continued to gain the most from Pentagon spending thanks to dozens of Mili tary facilities and such Large contractors As Northrop corp., Litton industries inc. And Lockheed corp. According to the Atlas s4i billion was spent there in i98s is 1.9 billion for military civilian Reserve and retired payrolls and s29.1 billion in prime contract awards. That was Only a slight increase Over the $40 billion spent in the state the previous year. Texas followed with $16.5 billion $5.9 billion for payrolls and $10.6 billion in prime contract awards up substantially from the si4.3 billion a year earlier. Virginia followed in third place in 1985 with $13.9 billion contrasting with a 1984 total of $12 billion. The Pentagon s spending in Virginia was split More evenly Between payroll and contracts with the former totalling $7.7 billion and the latter $6.2 billion. Also in the top 10 were new York $11.3 billion Florida $9.7 billion Missouri s8.8 billion Massachusetts $8.6 billion Maryland $7.1 billion Pennsylvania $6.4 billion and Georgia $6.3 billion. The payroll totals also disclose that California Flor Ida Texas Virginia Washington state and Georgia in that order remain the most attractive states to military 15 years old divorced lonely he took 2nd wife on the rebound Nashville Tenn. A fifteen year old Hal Warden whose second wife is pregnant at the age of 14, says he married her on the rebound when his teen age first wife left him. He says he was lonely and needed someone to be with and Cathy filled a place in my heart that was  Hal made headlines two years ago at 13 when he married his first wife Wendy Chappell who was then 15 and pregnant. He walked Down the aisle again on feb. 4, this time with Catherine Renee Trent. In an interview at his Parent s Home this week Hal said he began dating Catherine in August the month before his divorce became final. My lawyer had told me that Wendy was not com ing Back and that i was better off to find another Girlfriend be said. I Felt i had to get my mind off of Wendy and onto someone  for Catherine a Meek eighth grader who is taking the year off from school to have her baby Hal was her first dalt Hal said Catherine and he had no doubts about getting married when they Learned she was pregnant. Both had parental consent. We Ain t got to but i thought it was the Best thing to do he said. The first thing 1 thought was abortion is murder arid i did t want my baby to be born a  in 1983, the last year for which statistics Are Avail Able the National Center for health statistics says nearly 500,000 children were born to women Between the Ages of 15 and 19. And in 1982, More than 470.000 in the same age group took their wedding vows. Hal s first child. Heather Nicole Warden is now 20 months old and lives some of the time with him and some of the Lime with her Mother now 17, who lives with her parents in Chugiak Alaska. Hal t father Herbert Warden 53, said he never told his son about birth control fearing Hal might think he condoned premarital sex. "1 told him you know what happened and you know not to do it again " the elder Warden said As his family gathered to discuss Hal i situation. I should have told him about birth control but if i did it would have had the feeling that i told him hey Goon and do i would have been a party to doing something to some body else s daughter that i would t want somebody to do to my daughter he said. So i Felt that in denying him birth control maybe he would t do  Warden now concedes that was foolish said Hal of birth control i would have been ashamed to ask my parents to go buy condoms and if i Hal Warden is wife Olby 14, and us daughter. Went into a drugstore people would look at you like you re a sex Pervert or  after Catherine became pregnant. Warden said he Felt obligated to support his son financially just As he had done when Hal was married to Wendy. I had to Back him once and i had to Back him a second time so i m in a catch-22, morally speaking Warden said. If i had. Let them go on their own then what would have happened Catherine would t have been treated right there would have been a baby born without a name or a father and it s my flesh and blood once again the couple just As Hal and Wendy lived in a trailer behind her parents plans to live in a Mobile Home on his parents property. Hal said he and his wife plan to study dentistry in College together and open their own office someday. He said he and his wife hoped his experience would be a lesson for other people his age. We feel like it s an example that younger people should take and realize the possibilities that can Hap pen in making a mistake Hal said. Retirees. Military pensions totalling $2.6 billion were paid out during the year to California residents far sur passing second ranked Florida s $1.7 billion. As for defense contractors preliminary figures showed that Mcdonnell Douglas retained its position As the nation s largest defense contractor for a second year Al though a surging general dynamics appears very close. Mcdonnell Douglas is said to have received at least $7.6 billion in contract awards in 1985, compared to s7.4 billion for general dynamics. Rockwell International corp. Is third with contracts Worth $6.3 billion. General electric co. And Boeing co. Round out the top five with totals of $5.8 billion and $4 billion respectively. Nationwide the Atlas says the defense department spent $76 billion in 1985 on All forms of pay including retirees and another $140.1 billion on prime contracts of $25,000 or More. California Texas new York Massachusetts and Missouri led the states in the contract awards distributed to companies operating within their Borders. A a grounds air Crew in runway mishap Washington a the pilots and night Engineer of an american airlines jetliner that struck Landing lights at a Texas Airfield last week will not be permitted to Fly for at least a year the Federal aviation administration says. The Faa said thursday that it had revoked the operating certificates at the two pilots and the flight Engineer saying they had acted in a careless manner and that they had failed to officially report the mishap. The aircraft was flown three More times before damage to the Boeing 727 was noticed. Faa spokesman Fred Farrar said the three men May request reinstatement of their licenses in a year but would be prohibited from operating an aircraft As of thursday. The incident involved american bight 844. It had 125 passengers and seven Crew members award when it tried to land at Harlingen Texas in poor weather last Friday night according to officials. The flight began in Dallas 500 Miles away. After two attempts the Pilot tried a third approach and struck a stanchion of approach lights 450 feet from the beginning of the runway and another set of lights 200 feet closer to the runway before again becoming airborne. The plane then flew to san Antonio where it landed without incident and the passengers were put on buses. The plane was then flown without passengers to Dallas fort Worth. The next Day with another Crew the aircraft resumed its Normal flights carrying passengers from Dallas to san Antonio Back to Dallas and on to Denver according to Faa officials. In Denver minor damage to the outside skin of the aircraft was noticed by the cockpit Crew officials said. No one was injured in the incident although officials said the Impact with the break away Airport lights was severe enough to cause the oxygen masks in the Cabin to dislodge anti several ceiling tiles to break away. American airlines spokesman John Hotard said the company would have no  completion of its investigation into the incident except to confirm the Faa s action. Federal regulations require that flight Crews make a walk around inspection of an aircraft before it departs on a flight. It is not known Why such an inspection did not uncover the damage saturday before the plane resumed Normal operations. The three employees were identified As capt. John Dowds a 20-year Veteran at american first officer Ste phen Gall the co Pilot who has worked at american since 1979 and John Bonewitz the flight Engineer who was hired last october. Undercover cop nabs 5 High school kids for drugs Lake Worth. Fla. A High school senior Jay Howard Cut class flunked tests spent hours in detention and bought co Caine and marijuana from classmates and his principal could t have been happier. Howard was actually Jay Spencer a 22-year-old undercover officer who passed As a teen Ager and ended up arresting five  a assigned to operation Trojan horse As soon As he graduated from the police Academy at Palm Beach Junior col lege. He enrolled at Lake Worth High school on Jan. 6 to help the school clean up what principal Dave Cantley said was a problem with drugs. He did t do much academically and he got into trouble a couple of times Cantley said. But i think that was All part of the plan. He fit right in with the crowd and sniffed out the drug  on wednesday Spencer helped arrest five students on charges of drug dealing. The old est 18, was booked into the county jail the others went to a juvenile detention Center. Cantley said he asked police last year to Plant an undercover agent in his school. We knew drugs were being sold in the school and we wanted to put a Stop to As much of it As we could be said. Spencer who grew up near Detroit told his new classmates that a judge sent him to Florida to live with his Mother because he got into trouble in Michigan. I wanted to play the burnout role he said. I Cut classes so i could Meei people to buy drugs and i deliberately failed my  he said he bought marijuana and cocaine with police Money. The goods were turned Over to his Boss and tested to see if they were genuine. Cantley said the arrested students were suspended and May be expelled