European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. August 21, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 population up by l6 million birth Rote Low Washington a americans added More than 1.6 million to the country s Papula lion last year despite the fact that people no longer arc having children at a sufficient Rale to replace themselves new census Bureau figures How. The . Population was 240,468.000 on Jan. I Cut Hilyear. Up 2,246,000 during i9h5, Mcloud tag a Naium increase of 1.67 million plus Esti mated immigration of 577,000. That natural in crease represents the tact thai More people Erc born than died during the year. All measures of Fertility Mere up somewhat in 1985, although nowhere near the Levels recorded during the Post world War ii baby Boom Era the report showed. But even with those increases one important measure the total Fertility note for the 13th consecutive year remained below the level that would allow americans merely to replace themselves. If the trend were to go unchanged for a Long period of Lime the population eventually would begin to shrink. Soviets might destroy Star wars weapons Livermore. Calif. A scientists designing the Star wars system a ii May he impossible to orbit the weapons until a detailed arms agreement with the soviet Union is hammered oui. Space based weapons can be extremely vulnerable to attack especially at the moment they arc put into orbit said Robert ferret chief of a unit at the Law rence liver More National Laboratory which is As signed to examine and lest weapons policy. In a historical perspective he soviets have demonstrated the Iii Lional will 10 oppose in an Active and violent a actions  they Lind threatening if they can said Perret. Citing the russian destruction of a civilian korean Airliner in 983 and a . A spy plane flown by Gary Powers in 1160. If some kind of agreement can be reached that protects the deployment phase for both sides then you can get past a fairly hard Point said Perrei. Who acknowledges that his troublesome questions May have been a Thorn in the Side of the Pentagon. President Reagan has strenuously denied that he will allow the soviets to have a veto Over Star wars research or deploy mini and maintains that the pro Gram is not a bargain ing Chip. We do not need a treaty with the russians to de ploy Star wars " said a state department arms con Trof expert who demanded Anoni Muy. Sikorsky s a ving helicopter will be sent la Edwards fab calif., for Light testing. Revolutionary a Wing helicopter May exceed speeds of 600 Mph Stratford Conn. A Sikorsky aircraft on tuesday unveiled its revolutionary a Wing research helicopter designed to overcome Speed limitation of conventional helicopters. The a Wing is the aerospace Industry s latest bid at overcoming one of manned flight s major barriers speeds above 600 Mph in aircraft thai in take off hover and land like helicopters Sikorsky rolled the helicopter out of a giant hangar to an audience of 1.300 executives politicians dignitaries and employees. The $ i of Mill Ion project began after Sikorsky won a contract from the government in 1982 to develop the experimental aircraft. The while a Wing with its Blue Stripe and red trim will be shipped to Edwards fab calif., for its first test flight. The a Wing was developed jointly by the defense advanced research projects Agency the National aeronautics and space administration and United technologies corp s Sikorsky aircraft. Only a few helicopters can exceed 200 Mph under optimum conditions and can t Fly faster because of a Force called retreating Blade stall. When that occurs one Blade stalls and Only one lifts making the helicopter unstable. With the a Wing the four bladed Rotor will be stopped in mid flight to function As a fixed a shaped Wing. Pilots will shift to Jet engine Power and Fly using the stationary Rotor Blades for lift. The purpose of the a Wing program is to Demon Strate the technology involved in Starling and slopping the Rotor in flight As Well As to map oui inc forces of the Rotor Wing Over a Large Range of air speeds. Sikorsky officials said the a Wing won t replace the conventional fixed Wing or rotary Wing aircraft but it will be Able to perform missions thai Call for the Low Speed efficiency and Maneule ability of helicopters plus the High cruise Speed of fixed Wing aircraft. Potential missions include air to air and air to ground tactical operations electronic intelligence anti submarine warfare and search and Rescie. However it would be vastly More desirable if we could reach an agreement to Amend the anti ballistic missile treaty and reduce offensive weapons before we deploy space based  the stale department official considered it unlikely that the soviets would As ferret suggested shoot Down orbiting defences As America sends them up but the Prospect clearly upset him. In recent speeches Reagan has emphasized that strategic defences must go hand in hand with arms control and american negotiators went to Moscow this month to talk with the russians about linking Star wars with reductions in nuclear arsenals. However the strategic defense initiative is still in the research stage and administration officials have nol publicly outlined How an agreement would be structured to allow deployment of missile defences. Much of the research on the space leg of strategic defense is being carried out at Livermore. A depart ment of Energy Laboratory administered by the University of California. Ray Kidder 4 Livermore weapons researcher says the russians might inform . Leaders thai the min Ute you Start putting anything up there that has an offensive capability with something that can shoot out of it we Are putting you on notice that we will simply destroy  Church leaders meet to plan anti porn War Chicago a leaders from 12 major religious denominations with a combined membership of Iso million met tuesday to plan strategy for a nationwide War against hard Core pornography. The leaders said their fight is not against soft Core pornography or such magazines As Playboy and pent House but against material that involves children sexually with adults or one another and material thai depicts or encourages the rape degradation or Hurrill Iarion of  obscenity has never been protected speech under the first amendment said the Rev. Jerry r. Kirk pastor of College Hill presbyterian Church in Cincin Nati Ohio and spokesman for the executive commit tee of the religious Alliance against pornography. A position paper adopted by the executive commit tee said it was not advocating censorship. We have a very deep commitment to the. First amendment said the Rev. William c. Frey Episco pal Bishop of Colorado. But there Are some things by Law that Are not  the leaders who met at the residence of Cardinal Joseph Bcrnardina roman Catholic archbishop of Chi Cago said they will urge president Reagan to join the Battle when they visit him in october. Informant sues for Protection Atlantic c1tv, . A a former police informant filed a Federal lawsuit tuesday against state Law enforcement officials alleging they left him unprotected when organized crime figures Learned his identity. The Pla Miff. Referred to in the lawsuit As g-69, the code he was assigned by state police said he performed dangerous assignments after police promised to protect him and his wife and help him get a Job in Atlantic City casinos. G-69, who worked at three casinos and later Man aged a mob controlled bar lived in the same House As Nikodemo Little Nicky Scarfo who authorities Al lege is the head of organized crime in Southern new Jersey and Philadelphia according to the lawsuit