European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday March 15, 1986 Dod upgrades Security rating for con Vair san Diego a the con Vair division of general dynamics corp. Can again obtain government contracts containing classified information following the lifting of an unsatisfactory Security rating according to a report published Friday. The defense department issued the Security warning against the major defense contractor after concluding the company was not taking adequate care to ensure Security at its san Diego plants. The defense investigative service a Branch of the de sense department informed con Vair on wednesday that the warning was no longer in effect the san Diego Union reported Friday. We re pleased of course con Vair general manager John Mcsweeny said. They re confident in us in the Progress we re making and in the awareness that s been  the investigative service said it had been assured con Vair was taking proper precautions and had remedied Security problems. Con Vair manufactures the Tomahawk cruise missile and is involved in the manufacture of a highly secret cruise missile designed to be almost invisible on radar screens. With 19,000 employees it is san Diego county s largest Industrial employer. Con Vair was Given the unsatisfactory Security rating feb. 3 after a routine audit found about 20 classified documents were missing. The Plant was Given 30 Days to prove it had fixed the Security problems. During the Secu Rity warning con Vair was prohibited from receiving new government contracts containing classified information. A photo one pop better than two a new idea for ice pops might Stop that cold Sticky stuff from running Down Small and big kids  during the summer. Popsicle industries inc. Of eng Lewood n.j., will Start Selling one stick pops in supermarkets. But the two stick Type still will be sold singly at convenience stores and amusement Parks. Stateside woman Fop dog in id fared race chops More than 17 hours Oft record Nome Alaska a for the second year in a Row a woman has won the grueling id Tarod Trail dog sled race and her record setting performance has fans looking toward a possible match Between the two women champions next year. Susan Butcher who has competed in the race since 1978, crossed the finish line in Nome Early thursday 11 Days 15 hours and six minutes after leaving Anchorage and an hour ahead of the runner up Joe Garnie. Last year s Winner Libby riddles who was the first woman to win the id Tarod is Garnie s partner and did t compete this year because they take turns running the Marathon race. In subzero temperatures under skies streaked by North Ern lights Butcher finally pulled away from Garnie out Side Nome ending their leapfrog Battle up the Norton sound coast. The previous record for the 1,158-mile race 12 Days eight hours 45 minutes and two seconds was set in 1981 by four time id Tarod Champion Rick Swenson. Swenson was third into Nome on thursday arriving at 8 59 . In fourth was Joe Runyan of Nenana at 11 11 ., followed 16 minutes later by Duane Halverson of trapper Creek. John Cooper of Ambler took sixth place shortly after noon and even his elapsed time of 12 Days 3 hours 28 minutes and 3 seconds beat Swenson s 1981record. Butcher scarcely had a Chance to savor her $50,000 Victory before facing the inevitable comparisons of her feat and last year s by riddles. Butcher 30, had been the Odds on favorite to be the first woman id Tarod Champion. She had finished second in two previous Idit rods but was forced to drop out of the race last year when a Moose stomped through her team. Questions about her perennial also ran status rankled the normally ebullient Butcher after her win thursday. Nobody made anything of it until Libby won she said. Then they got it in their minds i could t do it. But i never had any doubts. Libby s winning really does t have anything to do with my  Butcher said she is looking Forward to next year s race when it will be riddles turn to represent her partnership. It should be fun Butcher said. With hundreds of spectators perched on cars and roof tops along Nome s front Street Butcher pushed her weary team across the finish line at 12 05 . Thursday. She hugged her Lead dogs spoons and Granite and then her husband Dave Monson himself an id Tarod Veteran. Butcher said she was numb from the Victory and the record Pace adding i could Tell it was fast because i m tire Der than Ever  Garnie the mayor of Teller a Village Northwest of Nome trailed by Only four minutes with 77 Miles left in the race. He arrived in Nome to a tumultuous Welcome a hour after Butcher. The Trail this year from Anchorage has been called one of the toughest Ever with a Lack of Snow Over much of the route making the Pace fast but hard on dogs sleds and mushers. The record Pace May never be repeated because of the unusual weather this year. By late wednesday 14 of the original 73 mushers had dropped out. Several were injured others scratched be cause of worn out dogs or damaged sleds. Three of the More than 1,000 dogs running the race died All in Acci dents said race veterinarian Jim Leach. Butcher and Garnie had battled for the Lead since Mon Day when Garnie was first out of the Norton sound Vil Lage of Unalakleet. He had worked his team hard playing catch up since last week when a wrong turn Cost him five hours just Short of the race s Halfway Point. The team contained 15 of the 18 dogs that pulled riddles to Victory last year. The id Tarod race has been run since 1973 the first women participated in it the following year. Start up graphic / m. Opt min plane with sex Pitcher Bunning makes an emergency Landing Toledo Ohio a a private twin engine air plane carrying former major league baseball Pitcher Jim Bunning made an emergency Landing on an interstate South of the City authorities said. Bunning a Republican congressional candidate in Ken Tucky and the Pilot were not injured and the plane was not damaged said the state Highway patrol. The two men were the Only ones aboard. The plane piloted by Jeffrey Janszen 29, of fort Thomas ky., was forced to land after its left engine lost Power the patrol said. Janszen and Bunning running for Kentucky s 4th District congressional seat were in route from Detroit metro Airport to greater Cincinnati Airport. Alzheimer s disease blueprints isolated by experts report says Boston up researchers have isolated the genetic blueprints of a brain protein that appears to play a key role in the mental deterioration caused by alzheimer s disease a published report said. By learning the exact makeup of the protein it May be possible to devise a test that would show the presence of a hereditary form of alzheimer s in patients before they have developed symptoms or. Dennis j. Selkoe of the Center for neurologic diseases at Brigham and women s Hospital said in the Boston Globe. Isolating the genes for the protein also May make it possible to find a Way to prevent the accumulation of the substance in brain cells thereby averting or minimizing damage he said. 3 Mountain climbers rescued by helicopter at Yosemite Yosemite National Park Calif. A three Mountain climbers pinned by bad weather in Yosemite National Park were rescued by helicopter officials said. The three had planned to spend several Days climbing to the top of half dome a Granite Promontory that rises 4,800 feet above Yosemite Valley said Mallory Smith a spokeswoman for the National Park service. They got within 800 feet of the top when the tempera Ture plummeted and rain lashed the Wall she said. They could have Frozen to death if they remained on the Rock Smith said. Rangers were alerted and Clear weather allowed a Rescue she said. The climbers were identified As Steven Bosque 31, of san Francisco and Michael Corbett 32, and John Middendorf 25, both of Yosemite. Harvard Mit to increase tuition room Board by $1,000 Cambridge mass. Up tuition and room and Board charges at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of technology will increase charges about $1,000 next year school officials have announced. Harvard s expenses will go up 6.9 percent from $15,100 to $ 16,145, and the Cost of attending Mit will jump $920, putting the total fees at $16,150, officials said. Costs at Harvard have nearly doubled since the 1979-80 school year when total charges were $8,140. 1 in 4 Philadelphia pupils May not be allowed to Advance Philadelphia a More than one out of every four pupils in the first eight grades of Philadelphia s Public schools could be left Back under a new tougher promotion policy a District official says. Parents of More than 31,000 pupils or 28 percent of the enrolment were sent letters warning that their children May be held Back Spencer h. Davis director of Pupil promotions said. Last year before the tougher standards Between 15 and 17 percent of the pupils in those grades were not advanced to the next Grade he said. Cd probing unusual illnesses that struck 20 flu sufferers Atlanta a Federal health officials Are investigating unusual illnesses that hit 20 flu sufferers this Winter including As Many As six cases of rare sometimes fatal toxic Shock syndrome. Two teen age boys in Minnesota were diagnosed As hav ing toxic Shock last month after they had the flu and one died the National centers for disease control reported. Another four possible toxic Shock cases one fatal were identified in Minnesota after the first two