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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday August 3,1966 new generation of Osmond a Plum the Ishmond boys at sons of Alan Osmond of the Osmond Brothers perform at Oryland in Nash Ville. The younger ctn re Tifin of Osmond has appeared Al churches fairs conventions and civic organizations. From left Are Michael 10 Nathan 9 Douglas 8 David 6 Scott 4, and Jonathan 2. Reagan picks Bechtel executive for new Dod arms Purchase Job Washington a ignoring some congressional objections. President Reagan on Friday nominated an executive of the Bechtel group inc. Construction concern to ill the newly created Post of undersecretary of defense for acquisition. White House spokesman Larry up cakes said Reagan had selected Richard p. Godwin for the Post which was created by Congress at the urging of a presidential commission that studied defense department management practices. Assuming he wins Senate confirm ill inn Godwin would become responsible for oversight of All the Pentagon s weapons purchases. Up cakes. In announcing Godwin s nomination made a Point of noting that Godwin has been strongly endorsed by David  Packard an industrialist and a former Deputy Secretary of defense headed the Blue ribbon commission on de sense management that Reagan created last year to recommend improve Man is in How the Pentagon operates. One of the panel s key recommendations was that Congress create a single Post for the oversight of weapons contracting instead of dividing such responsibilities Between the Deputy Secretary of defense and Var ious assistant and under secretaries. Congress recently approved the change. Godwin s selection has already been criticized by Sev eral key senators including sen. Barry Goldwater r ariz., chairman of the Senate armed services commit tee and sen. Dan Quayle a and chairman of Trie armed services subcommittee on acquisition. Both men had endorsed Donald a. Hicks the undersecretary for research and engineering for Elevation to the powerful new office. Hicks is a physicist and former senior vice president of the Northrop corp., whose experience has been concentrated in defense research and technology there s going to be a fight if Reagan selects god win Quayle said in May when reports surfaced that defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger was advancing Godwin for the Job. Bechtel has contributed enough to the country Quayle added referring to the fan that both Wein Berger and Secretary of state George p. Shutlz worked far the san Francisco based company before joining the administration. According to a report in the Baltimore Sun last May Godwin 64, is a nuclear Engineer but has spent most of his 25-year career at acc hell handling civil Engi Neering projects. Poce recover military explosives Philadelphia a police found 3tt pounds of a powerful military explosive in a residential neigh boyhood Friday and said children had played with the substance and managed to set some of h off. They were really Lucky none of them got Hurt. We Don t think they knew what they had said detective Robert Weaver. Three youngsters ranging in age from 12 to 15, found a military ammunition bos containing the Plas tic explosive c-4 in a Irish strewn lot thursday eve Ning Weaver said. Police said they did not know where the Box came from. They started playing with it rolling it in Little balls and trying to get it to go off said detective Jerry Whartenby. C-4 is one of the most regulated explosives made in the United states and has few Legal uses outside the military. Early Friday one of the youngsters hooked a Small piece of c-4 to 10 flashlight batteries and exploded it damaging a free standing cinder lock Wall. Weaver said. A Mother overheard her child discussing the explosion and reported it to authorities. Dozens of police firefighters. Army ordnance sex. Pens and investigators from the Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms cordoned off a three Block area on the Edge of the City s Frankford neighbourhood for about five hours Friday afternoon to search Tor the explosives notice said. They found he material in a playground in Fields and on a Busy Street. Police also recovered 318 feet of detonation Cord and several blasting Caps said police la. William Markert. The children whose names were not released co operated with police investigators Whartenby said. Their Case was turned Over to juvenile authorities. Whartenby declined to speculate on whether they would be charged. According to Weaver a nearby naval Supply depot and military bases in the area reported no missing c-4. Police said they bad been unable to determine who owned the empty lot which was used As an unofficial rash dumping ground during the recent strike by City employees. Stateside judge rejects attempt to Block candidate s and Boston up a Federal judge Friday rejected efforts by a Boston Cable television newscast to prevent congressional candidate James Roosevelt or. From air ing a controversial videotape of democratic rival Joseph Kennedy ii. . District judge David Nelson ruled Boston neighbourhood network news did not prove the likelihood of permanent damage from use of the interview in which Kennedy appeared to be combative and hos tile. Kennedy son of the late sen Ruben Kennedy is considered the democratic front runner for Nomi nation to the Al District at of retiring House speaker Thomas p. O Nuvil do iss. Roosevelt grandson of Ormi a preside no Franklin Roosevelt has attemptcr1 to portray the race As a had to had Battle with Ken indy despite polls showing him fourth for the parly  behind Kennedy stale sen. George Bachrach acid former Boston mayoral candidate Mel v in King new Rule should improve medical care on airliners new York Feo pfc who suffer heart at tacks and other Eini agencies in flight May not have to wait until they re o i the ground to receive treatment now that airlines an carrying belter medical kits. A new regulation which went into effect Friday requires airlines to carry stethoscopes blood pressure cuffs Needles Ittis syringes and drugs to treat insulin Shock allergic reactions and heart attacks. Those items Are in addition to the bandages ammonia inhalants splints bum ointment and Antiseptic swabs thai air lines already carry. A Survey by the International airline passengers association said three out of four Domestic nights have a physician among the passengers and in is Likely the kits will be for their use. Chrysler Daw reach Huntsville Plant Accord Detroit a the United Auto workers and Chrysler corp. Reached tentative agreement on a con tract for 2.500 Union members at a planned new Plant in Hunis Vitte Ala. Law vice president Marc Stepp said Friday that the multiyear agreement reached thursday would take effect in the Spring of 1989, when Chrysler is to open the new Plant. The tentative pact is to be submitted to members of a local 141 Ion aug. 10. It offers substantial wage increase and reduce Job classifications according to the Union. Siepp said that in reaching the agreement the Union had shown in willingness to adapt to the Chang ing Auto Industry and Chrysler had agreed to manage ment changes that would give the workers the greatest say Ever in How their working lives Are  battleship Wisconsin leaves for overhaul Philadelphia a the battleship Wisconsin mothballed Here since 1938. Left Friday Lor a two year overhaul in Pascagoula miss. The 45,000-ton ship which saw action in the Pacific during world War ii and the korean War is expected to arrive in Mississippi in about two weeks the Navy said Ingah shipbuilding a division of Litton industries will perform the $221 million overhaul which wit equip he 43-year-old ship with modern fire control communications navigational and weapons systems. The Navy said. The ship which had been at the Philadelphia naval shipyard is scheduled to rejoin the Fleet in september 1988, with its Home port in Corpus Chris i Texas. Pentagon reports plan to sell tanks to Greece Washington a the Pentagon informed Congress on Friday it has approved the Sale of so stripped Down m48 tanks to Greece for j138 million. Assuming there Are no congressional objections the Pentagon said the tanks which Are no longer manufactured would be drawn from excess Slock and delivered without communications equipment machine guns or associated support equipment it. Col. Don Brownlee a Pentagon spokesman said Greece had a liked to buy the tanks in that condition  
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