European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday july 30, 1966 the stars and stripes Page 7 Pentagon Navy differ on planes actual Cost  Washington Navy claims that the Cost fits aircraft has been decreasing during the Reagan administration Are largely embellished simplifications according to the defense department. The analysis constitute a second attack by the defense department on its Good news memos and illustrates a rift Between Navy Secretary Johnf. Lehman or. And Pentagon Cost analysis. Milton a. Margolis an analyst in the Pentagon office of program analysis and evaluation said the method used by the Navy to calculate the Price of its aircraft detracts immediately from their credibility and destroy the purpose of their release to the  he referred to charts the Navy tent to Congress and made Public in october tracing the downward trend in air plane prices Between fiscal 1982 and 1985. Margolis termed the Navy Chart  and noted that they Only went through fiscal 1985, stopping just before Navy aircraft Price jumped. His memorandum was written on nov. 7, 1983, but came to Light this week in the Wake of controversy generated by the Pentagon inspector general s finding that Navy claim of air Craft savings had not passed Muster. Lehman rebutted the inspector general s finding1 a news conference on july 17 and said the Navy had underestimated our savings by j60  s spokesman capt. Michael t. Sher Man commenting on Margolis claims said the Bottom line ii that the Navy is saving Money be cause air plane costs Are coming Down and savings Are being returned to Congress Tor reprogramming if the Budge Teers want logo through other drills sobe  Margolis said in his memo Hal his analysts  determine How the Grumman corp. Could lower the Price on individual Navy aircraft at the same time it was losing the savings of Quantity production because of reduced  Price for research and development on government aircraft built for the Navy increased from$54 million in 1982 to $710 million in 1986, Mai Tola said enabling Grumman to shift its work Force from production to development work causing the Price Tor production aircraft to drop but not necessarily the ultimate Bill. The Navy in what it called Good news Chart issued last october showed decreases Between Fis. Cal 1982 and 1985 in it e-2c command and control aircraft f-14 fighter p-3c Antisubmarine Plant and Theta fib electronic jamming  Pentagon on sept. 26 issued a news release headlined Navy aircraft Price trends  release credited the claimed reductions to Vig Orous Cost management programs begun in 1981. Drought spurs higher prices for some foods Washington not Consumers in the Northeast and the Midwest arc reeling the effects of he great Southern drought As the prices or poultry eggs and Many vegetables and fruits have readied the highest Levels in  drought the fourth to hit the Region in seven Yean has combined with the heat to cause wholesale poultry prices to increase 25 percent since May the department of Agri Millure said. To Consumers lha Means the retail Price of Chicken is to petted to Rise s Cenis to 10 cents a Pound in the coming  Boillot. The agriculture department coordinator Tor drought Relief programs said the government i evaluating whether it would be Legal to use surplus stocks of com and other grains to feed cattle in the draught Region. Beef prices meanwhile have fallen 5 percent since the Winter As the drought has Cut Hay and feed production and Farmers have moved their cattle much earlier to slaughterhouses. Experts said it was not Likely thai the commodity Price increase would last beyond the summer or be Large enough to affect the government s monthly con Sumer Price Index substantially in new York and Massachusetts the prices of fresh fruits and vegetables have jumped 1 percent since Early june. A buyer for grand Union said increase wholesale prices for vegetables and some fruits would show up in consumer Price increases in a couple of weeks but the increases Are Likely to be modes. Text a agreement with South Africa irks liberals this is lunacy the Post quoted Gray As  ought to be cutting All Trade off. I Don t know How they could be talking about this.", Washington a Liberal congressmen have reacted angrily to a Reagan administration agreement to boost South african textile imports despite growing pressure u impose sanctions against that nation s cute minority government the office of special Trade representative Clayton Reutler reached the agreement june 27, it will raise textile imports from South Africa by 4percent starting sept. I the Washington Post reported  a outrageous that at the same Lime the american people Are demanding an end to our economic support of apartheid. Hie administration Tun secretly agreed to increase that support said House speaker Thomas p. Doctor notes airman s affair with priest Beale fab Calif. Up1 an airman accused of Irving to pass military secrets to a soviet agent Simers frown a severe personality disorder prompted by past love affair with his Parish pest a psychiatrist Sacramento psychiatrist Albert Lobus was called  . Bruce of who was allowed to be a teat from the court martial during a testimony of psychiatrists and his . 26 was excused after Globus warned that his brutally rank appraisal of the airman would inflict psychologically Croc punishment. Ott a Derk at Beale u charged with attempting to sell government Streu to to soviets notify superiors of a meeting with a soviet official. Defaces 32 Yean in prison if convicted. With on absent Globus told the Baitary court the airman wis in puke and delusional with a Bor Derline Verso Nadily disorder that prompted h m Touse an   View of himself As an adept accountant and Lover. Globus said on who became involved with Bis driest As an altar boy was scarred by the . Of Erie pa., was arrested by Fri undercover a nos on Jan 22 in a Motel in Davis Calie he has been Hussin a military jail at Beale 120 Miles from a at Teebi agent testified last week that Ott intended to pass such classified materials As an operate in manual for the sr-71 secret spy plane. O Neill jr., d-mass., in promising to fight the agreement. Sen. Edward m. Kennedy a mass and rep. Wil Liam h. Gray d-pa., also vowed to oppose it. The administration does South Africa a favor Sticks its Finger in the Eye of millions of . Textile workers and guarantees an increasing share of the .market for South Africa Kennedy said South african textile exports to the United state doubled Between 1984 and 1985, but no provision of . Law or our multilateral Trade agreements require that we accept this surge or in fact negotiate at Alt Kennedy said. The House has approved a package of Sanction designed to pressure South Africa s government to allow greater Freedom for thai nation s 24 million lacks. President Reagan in a speech last week urged con Gress not to pass sanctions causing concern even among members of his own party including sen. Rich Ard Lugar Riith the chairman of the foreign relations committee. Lugar s office announced that he was proposing a package of sanctions. Horowitz Given top . Honor Washington a president Reagan presenting Vladimir Horowitz the presidential medal of Freedom the nation s highest civilian award said the62-year-old piano virtuoso s recent two City tour of hit russian Homeland reminds . And soviet citizens of out common  Horowitz s performances in Moscow and Leningrad were the film event in the cultural Exchange program agreed upon by Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhai Gorbachev at their Summit in Geneva last year and Wen the first in his Homeland since he fled the revolution torn country 61 years ago. The pianist beamed As first lady Nancy Reagan placed the Golden medal s Blue ribbon around his neck during a Brief ceremony in the Roosevelt  can i say thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you again thank you Horowitz after kissing mrs. Reagan s hand. Ii Hope i de said serve  do the responded. This adopted son of America the last of the great romantics As he is sometimes called is More than a National treasure he is a treasure to the people the world Over Reagan said Reading front the citation awarded Horowitz."1 wanted the Chance to thank you personally for being our ambassador of Good will to the soviet Union Reagan told the pianist. Pair charged in adoption scam by the lot Angeles time los Angeles a couple who offered their then unborn child for adoption to three separate California Couplet was to be extradited tuesday to los Angele from Arizona the lot Angeles City attorney s office  Bruce Mcelroy 31, and his common Law wife sue Ellen Mitchell 27, each face three counts of grand theft and two counts of failing to follow through with an adoption stemming from their  s 5,000 in Cash Ana living expenses. The grand theft charges each carry a maximum Penally of oneyear in jail and the adoption charges carry six month maximum terms. Mcelroy and Mitchell were arrested for hitchhiking july 13 in Kinsman ariz., and have since been Heldon outstanding arrest warrants filed by the los Angeles last  City attorney sue Frauens who is prosecuting the Case said she wants to find out what happened to the child which was due Ian  arrested Mcelroy and Mitchell did not have the infant or their 2-year-old son with  said that in Early october 1985, Mcelroy and Mitchell contacted couples in san Diego Arieta and West los Angeles All of whom had advertised m out of slave newspapers for children to  said Lite Sao Diego couple gave ,639 in assist Ance to the couple while the Arieta couple gave them More than $2,680. Authorities were notified of the alleged scam after an attorney representing on of the couples became suspicious when she Learned that Mcelroy and Mitch Ell had also contacted the West los Ait eyes couple also clients of hers about adopting the same  to Frauens couples can legally  mater nity connected medical and living expenses As an actor Charity in Hopes of adopting the child but it 11 illegal for a pregnant woman to accept expenses wit no intention of completing the adoption