European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday june 26,1986 Gao wants to see action on army software review Washington a the general accounting office Hopes to see a Lille constructive action once the army responds to a report criticizing its Materiel come for approving changes in computer software projects without requiring Complete financial analysis. Warren g. Rcd director of the Gao s information management and technology division said the army has 60 Day to respond to the report which found that the command through its logistics system review committee allowed the Standard system to be modified or expanded in violation of army regulations. I Hope to Sec a Little constructive action but the jury is still out Reed said in a Telephone interview late tuesday. The report by the investigative Arm of Congress found that the command approved changes in the sys tem which provides common computer programs without requiring Complete economic analyses and tracking of project costs. The report also said the command was unable to determine financial benefits because it did not require inc completed projects to be reviewed. As a result the command. Wl., spends Between $25 million and $30 million annually on software projects does not know and cannot demonstrate whether expected benefits Are being realized from the millions spent annually to modify and expand the  the command extensively uses the commodity command Standard system which provides computer programs to six inventory control Points nationwide to manage its 124 billion inventory of Supply items the report said. Reed said the self initiated review was conducted to determine if the army was reasonably judicious in what they were spending the Money  we found that in fact they weren t applying regu lations and rules of engagement that they had in  Reed said. The primary consequence is they can t Tell if the changes arc pertinent useful relevant to the main  the Gao reviewed nine continuing projects costing More than 1100.000 and three completed projects Cost ing More than i Mil Iron cat it. 5rs of the projects were not supported by required economic analyses and the other is projects had Analyse that were flawed the report said the report recommended that the Secretary of the army. John o. Marsh jr., consider the desirability of continuing to use the logistic system review com Mittee As the approval and project managing authority for system changes before any corrections Are made. The first thing is for the a Ciary of the army to determine whether the management mechanism is really appropriate for the last at hand Reed said. The report also recommended that the command adhere to regulations regarding the approval of soft Ware changes and keep track of their costs and review completed software projects to determine if they have realized financial benefits and Cost reductions. That information the report said should be included in the army s annual budget proposal. The department of defense in a response included in the report said it agreed with the findings conclusions and recommendations and said it would follow required software development procedures. However the department said the economic analyses were not always done because some projects reviewed by the g a did not require analysis. Spokesmen for the department of defense the army and the army met Eric command had no fur ther comment on the report tuesday night. Delegates to kiwanis convention again decide to exclude women Houston up members of kiwanis International for the filth straight year voted of keep women Oul of the group a move leaders of the club said upheld  Freedom of association. Rejecting the advice of their Board of trustees the Community service organization tuesday voted Down a proposal to allow women members. But the Vole was the club s closest yet on the Issue. The vote it the group s 71st annual convention showed 53 percent or 2,555 delegates against allowing female members and 43 percent or 2,295, for it. A total of 3,230 votes two thirds of the delegates was needed for approval. Last year 77 percent of delegates opposed the change and 23 percent supported it. Kiwanis International president Donald Williams stressed that the Issue is not simply a male female question but i involves constitutional rights. I feel our first amendment right of association is being eroded he said. If they courts can take away my right of association what about the other rights under the firs amendment Williams said he was not surprised by the vote by he would not predict whether the Issue might come up again next year. I think one of the great advantages of this is that it caused dubs around the country to really debate this Issue in their own club meetings he said. The organization is really coming to grips with this particular Issue and i think that is a Good  about 25 kiwanis members wives demonstrated outside the convention Hall during the debate carrying signs that read Don t destroy a Good men s club and women have their clubs let men have  Howard Dull. Kiwanis governor of the California Nevada Hawaii District said the group has a pint amendment guarantee of Freedom of Choice. When our constitutional right Ore being threat ened it s time to take a stand to Light to protect those rights Dull said. The Issue before us today is not men or women. It i the Riffil to make that  but Ralph Martin a Delegate from Minnesota Laid Kiwa Jimj must recognize the contributions women could make to their organization. He also said the worldwide service organisation should act on its own to accept women before courts Force in to do so. Boeing working on plastic Wing for proposed air Force fighter Seattle up1j the Boeing co. Announced tuesday it is building a plastic Wing for a proposed air Force fighter that would make the aircraft More resilient and Maneu Merable than traditional fighters. The Graphite reinforced thermoplastic Wing under construction for the proposed advanced tactical fighter would make the aircraft 20 percent lighter than those Wilh conventional wings made of Metal Boeing spokesman Peter Dakan said.  will reduce weight by 20 percent compared to traditional Metal materials and they Are tougher and easier to repair than other composites Dakan said. The air Force ii considering having 7 to of the fight in built and the contract could be Worth about j16j25 trillion Datan Laid. Boeing is one of seven contractors competing for the fighter contract Dakan said. He said the others Are Rockwell International corp., Grumman corp., Lockheed corp Mcdonnell Douglas corp., general dynamics corp. End Northrop corp. The air Force will decide in october which two contractor or two contracting teams will build a total of four prototype fighters Dakan said. Boeing is designing two prototype fighters for the air Force to consider he said. The thermoplastic design could be used on Commer Cial aircraft id the future Dakan said. Some commercial air planes already use some of the composite in pieces of wings Tad tails he said. Wilh its High strength and Low weight it would hive commercial  stateside $1,500 for $1.50 debt clears Man s conscience Seattle up Valentine Morozoff conscience finally was at rest tuesday More than 60 years after he failed 10 pay $1.50 owed 10 a newspaper. Morozoff 75, gave the Seattle Posl Interi Gencur a Check for  w cover the debt and what he estimated was 60 years or interest and inflation. Always remembered in he said of he debt sometimes in would slip my mind but then someone would mention Seattle and i would remember in  Morozoff now the owner of a chocolate com Pany in Kobe Japan said he incurred the debt when he sold newspapers on Seattle Street Cor Ner in the Earty 1920s. He said the family suddenly decided to move to Japan and there was no time to pay Back the s1.50 credit h e had been Given to sell the papers. Of i publisher Virgil Fassio said the paper had no record of the debt but would accept Moro lofts Cheek in the spirit in which it was Given fed s no. 2 Man resigns to take Job with Japan firm new York a Stephen a Axilrod a Federal Reserve staff official regarded As the Central Bank s no. 2 figure after chairman Paul a. Volcker is leaving to join a japanese Securi ties firm according a a report published tues Day. Axilrod 60, will become vice chairman of the american office of Nikko securities in new York on july 21, the new York time reported the Job would involve Broad gauged policy planning and strategy  s better to gel out with something to took Forward to than with nothing Axilrod Laid noting that he had been eligible for retirement from the fed for several Yean. Abductors Chicken out no nuggets required Dover township no. A police on tuesday found a seven foot plastic statue of Ronald Mcdonald that had been held for the Ransom of 8,891 Chicken a nuggets authorities said. He was standing by himself in the Middle of the held said police sgt. Edward Mcdowell attached to him was a note saying the Kidnap pers treed me from Mcdonald land to tee if Wendy s has More beef officer Mick Leone said a radio nation received an Anonymous tip about the Tuttise i whereabouts ind told police. The statue was taken june 6. Nine Days liter restaurant manager a Vena 9ieli found note attached to the restaurant s Back door. Don t you wish your Ronald Mcdonald we replaced if so place 8,891 nuggets at 886 3rd ave., new York . Don l forget the sauce or he gets it the Nole read. There is no such id dress. Employees later found a photograph of Ron Ald with a gag around its Mouth. No arrests have been made. Drop in Dallas tickets linked to pay Cut order Dallas up City officials Tay they ire concerned that a 45 percent drop in the Goober of traffic tickets Dallas Polis wrote Latt month ii a deliberate action by of icon to protest t percent pay Cut ordered Tor City employed. White some officers publicly admitted they would write fewer ticket in response to the pay Cui ordered by the City Council May 31, police officials and die head of the Galloi police association insist that the downturn is a result of officers pending More time fighting the recent 20 percent increase in serious crimes. The association has scheduled to Emet fief meeting tuesday night to Dia Cust the pay Cut. The Cut were designed to be the Ehy a million but the drop in ticket since Lut Noo Ifa May have Cost the City Mare than $100.000, based on a formula by Dalai court offi Ruilt projected Over the next 12 month the lot of Revenue would exceed $6 million