European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 28, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 profile Heads turn As go drives his hybrid truck  Baum older. Germany cars swerve As gawking Drivers Start in disbelief when see Ronald Harris lakes his truck for a spin on the roads of Ger Many. H s no Ordinary pickup truck but a combination Ofa stretched Ford l-1on Chassis with a huge Kenw onh cab and Sleeper plopped on top. Sitting in the truck bed is a massive Extension Boom  can Low just about anything an four wheels. Harris. 37. Built the hybrid for something to do during the Winter months in Texas. I m in Mechanic by Trade and 1 repair cars during my free Lime he said. This is my third tour of Ger Many and i promised myself hat i d bring something Back 1 could use to Tow ears or pull out pans. I had no idea i would end up with something this  Harris a in year army Veteran and maintenance team chief for co a 1st in 13th inf. Said in took him More than six months to build the truck. Hcs Lill has to install air conditioning and a Sierco to Complete the big Rig look he won t venture a guess As to the number of Man hours he has put Inlo what he affectionately tails Mold yeller  Bui he estimates it s Worth about j30.000. The rain it Eyck rms began when Harris arrived at the terminal in new Orleans to ship his truck overseas. When i e , into the Gale a guv asked Leif i was there to pick up a car he said. I climbed out of the Eab and said. Nope. I m Here to ship my truck " but he was t prepared for the Cost of the  called port authorities a week before deposing fort Hood Texas and got an estimate of $800. Bui when he arrived the Cost went up. They measured the truck and told me $2,165," he said. I knew i could t Lake it Back to fort  the army gave him 18 months to pay off the ship Ping fee he Laid. Germany s first exposure to the Rig came on its drive from the port at Bremerhaven to Baum older. "1 slopped at a truck Stop for Gas and the station attendant could t believe his eyes Harris said. He climbed in the cab and just sat there like a kid with a new  soon German truck driven had the Kenworth for surrounded. They looked Shook their Heads and looked some More. In was a real treat for them Harris said. You just Don t Sec american trucks Over Here especially one with Long engine  Alt european trucks Are cab overs because of the Light places hey have to turn he Laid. They built their roads before they built their trucks Harris said. Sec. Ronald Harris Chi under the Long Hood of his hybrid truck which he put together himself. By Lyra w Spiik although Harris says he s accustomed now to the stares he gets on he Road he still has to be careful where he drives and Parks. Drivers have twice jumped the curb while looking at his machine. Now he keeps it parked away from Busy streets. Building the vehicle took determination but nol necessarily a lot of Money. He bought he Chassis the horse traded parts and finally his Jaguar sports car. That jag was a Beauty but it collared me to death he said. A Man who makes Kenworth cabs kept Bug Ging me about in so we traded. I think i came out on of of the Deal. All things considered i probably saved myself 112,000 in parts by trading 1 could it have afforded in  Harris drives the truck once or twice a week and heels 12 Miles to the gallon. You Don t build something like this and expect it to be Good on Gas he said. I d say the mileage is comparable to any i ton truck. In handles Well and everything fits Jusi about right. Once i get my Sling for the Boom out of my household goods Shell be ready to  Harris owns iwo pickups for daily travel while his wife Virginia prefers to drive their car. She enjoys Riding with him in the i ton. And she did t object to the Lime he spent building the big truck he said. I spent a lot of time putting in together. It de pressed her a Little he said. " but she s  would he sell his one of a kind truck of it s for  he laughed. There s nothing 1 Ever owned or built hat was for  in Wachaa h with of we Baum to War military Community Rew Papai. Chaffi Alaska Oklahoma hold primary elections by the associated Preu lawyer Steve Cowper won Alaska s democratic gubernatorial nomination wednesday defeating gov. Bill Shef Field while in the gop primary sen. Arliss slur Gulowski held a slight Lead Over former gov. Walter Hickel meanwhile Henry Bellmon Oklahoma s first Republican elected governor won the gop nomination tuesday to succeed gov George nigh but democrats David Walters and attorney Gener Al Mike Turpen will meet in a sept. 16  396 of Alaska s 442 precincts re cing Cowper had an overwhelming Over Sheffield in tuesday s primary balloting 31,348 to 21,560, or 59 percent to 40 percent. Phil Stoddard and Ryal White had a combined Tola of 237 void we be had a lot of Aco Plis ments Sheffield said in a Brief appearance Early wednesday morning at Anchorage election Headquarters. I had a Good four years. I be Cut the Bud get Ever since i be been there. I think when we had the billion Dollar shortfall in Cost me a lot. But i met the responsibility head on. I Don l feel bad about  on the gop Side Sturgulewski led a nine candidate Field with 22,803 votes or 31 percent while Hickel had 20,836 or 28 percent. Other republicans included Dick ran Dolph with 15,919 votes or 22 percent and former House speaker Joe Hayes with 7,058, or 9 percent. Five men split the remaining gop primary Vole. First term gop sen. Frank Murkowski had no primary opposition in his bid for a second term. Wilh 396 of 441 precincts reporting Glenn Olds president of Alaska Pacific University won the democratic primary in a five Way Competition with 32,787voles, or 77 percent. Bill Barnes his closest competitor had 3,922 votes or 9 percent. Oklahoma s seven term rep. James r. Jones easily won the democratic . Senate nomination tuesday to Challenge Republican sen. Do Nickles who had no primary opposition in his bid for a second term. With 92 percent of precincts reporting Bellmon had 98,052 votes or 72 percent burying four opponents. Running a Dis Tant second was slate rep Mike fair who had 26,311, or 19 percent nigh a Democrat is barred by Law from seeking a third term. In Oklahoma s six Way democratic gubernatorial race with 92 percent of the precincts reporting Walters sed with209,1 of votes or 45 percent Over Turpen who had 185,408 or40 percent. Bause neither received a majority they will meet in a sept. 16 Runoff. In the democratic Senate primary with 92 percent of precincts reporting former House budget committee chairman Jones had 291,309 Voles or 67 percent. Lyndon Larouche supporter George Gentry who lost his farm Al auction earlier this month had 143,398 or 33 percent. Bellmon 64, became the first re publican elected Oklahoma governor in 1962. He retired from the Senate in1981 to return to wheat farming but said he found it difficult to make a Liv ing because of falling farm prices. I m humbled that Oklahoma republicans Slit believe in me he said Walters 34, ran on a Reform plat form and called for passage of a Ngallo work Law outlawing Union membership As a condition of employment As one Way to recruit Industry to revive Oklahoma s sagging Economy. Okla Homans were looking for a  he said. They were looking for someone new and , 36, said he deserved a pro motion based on his record As attorney general which included winning a state supreme court lawsuit to lower work ers compensation insurance Rales it s obviously time for me to take my gloves off and fight Back he  voters also Wen asked whether to endorse a freeze and reduction of the nation s nuclear weapons  initiative would officially recognize that the prevention of nuclear War is the greatest Challenge facing the Earth and that the nuclear arms race dangerously increases the risk of a War that would destroy humanity Wilh 396 of 442 precincts the Mea sure led returns 68,697, or 58 percent to 49,653,or 41 percent