European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 6 the stars and stripes thursday september 11,19b6washington pays tribute to retiring sen. Goldwater Washington a Arizona sen. Barry cold water once labelled an extremist is retiring with acco Lades from Meonier valves who consider him their elder statesmen and from liberals who May disagree with him but treasure his honesty. Men like our Friend Don t come along often said sen. Sam Nunn a a at i dinner tuesday night honouring got Waier who retires this year. It s Bee said dial Mercat men Are like casks soaring to great  Ciol Waier. He said is an Eagle. Added supreme court Justice Sandra Day o Connor when Allol us in this room arc gone his Orch will Goon burning like the Torch of the statue of  thai was the message As speaker after speaker rang ing from o Connor to lbs commentator Andy Roo Ney to sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., paid tribute to the 77-year-old Republican and offered jokes  s penchant for profanity. Goldwater quietly accepted the Praise and delivered a few anecdotes of his own one of them aimed at the Liberal Kennedy. I remember when i heard thai Ted Kennedy would be on my armed services committee Goldwater re called. The Arizona senator Heads that panel. I thought Jesus he does t know which end of the aircraft goes Down the runway first " Bui Goldwater soon grew urious mentioning his wife who died Ian december and How he has grown old. The Saddest part of growing old he confided is realizing that every today is the tomorrow you be been looking for. But 1 have had a Long and Happy and satisfying  the senator sat at a table in the Middle of a big reception room filled with an estimated 700 people in a Washington hotel. On his Side was sen. Sirom thur mond. . And on the other Nunn who is ranking Democrat on the armed services committee. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger sat two scats away and Cia director William Casey was at the neat table. Early in the evening Goldwater look a phone Cal from president Reagan Barry i m honoured to pay tribute to you Reagan said. You be Given so much for so Many to you party to he Senate and to your fellow arizonan. Goldwater mentioned Nunn to Reagan during his conversation which was amplified so it could be heard throughout the room. Sen. Nunn is Silling next to me Goldwater said adding that he wished t had the same Luck in convincing the democratic Nunn to switch political Par ties As he had in fighting fora Strong . Military. Well work on Sam he president replied. And remember. I used to belong to that party  the tribute was sponsored by inc carry Goldwater hair of american institutions an education Trust fund. Tables for the dinner Cost $5,000 apiece an were paid for by individuals and corporations including american Telephone & Telegraph co., or. And mrs. Joseph Coors and several defense contractors. Proceeds from the dinner will be used As stipends Tor visiting professors in economies political science and the social sciences at Arizona state University a Tempe said Dean Burch. A trustee of inc fund. Goldwater was first elected to the Senate in 1952, sen. Barry Gold Alcor. Speaks with president Reagan then left to run Tor president in 1964. He was soundly Defeated by Democrat Lyndon Johnson. At the Lime Goldwater was denounced As too , in the following 20 years conservatism went from being at the Edge of politics to ils Center. And Goldwater who resumed to the Senate in 1969, Wen from being a pariah to a respected statesman. Thai became evident last Spring when the Senate not Only approved his military reorganization Bill considered the most far reaching legislation of ils kind i decades but also named the measure after him. Kennedy said he Learned from Goldwater that Friendship docs not demand conformity of  even Rodney who confessed hat he voted against Goldwater in 1964 and still disagrees with most of the senator s stances said he respects Goldwater stateside picket line turns violent at factory in Indiana Hammond ind. Dpi demonstrators outside the strike bound Hammond valve corp. Plant slashed tires and threw rocks monday us supervisors attempted to Cross picket  1 s people were arrested and no injuries were reported officials said. About 250 demonstrators began throwing rocks and paint swinging Billy clubs and slash ing the ires of squad cats about 8 a.m., when several supervisors tried to Cross the picket line Hammond police sgt. Ron Hill said. Hill and other authorities described the disturbance As a riot. Employees have been on strike since june of Vietnam veterans reunite to gain a greater voice Perkasie. A. Loosen his hands said wag Ner. He worked the mechanism on the trunk and got it to open a couple of inches and stuck his hand  Stephen Garret Brokaw is and Casey temper 19, both of Mesa. Ariz., were arrested tuesday afternoon authorities said. Army places restrictions on 2 types of helicopters by Norman Black a military writer Washington the  has concluded it docs not have to ground two aging helicopter models thai have suffered a rare patient of engine failures but it has imposed special flight restrictions on them. The flight restrictions will remain in place until the  replaces certain engine gears in affected oh-6 and oh-5ba Light observation helicopters a spokes Man said tuesday. The replacement process will begin in january. It will Lake about a year to modify All 1,700 affected helicopters at a Cost of some 12 million said Jim Wittmeyer a spokesman for the  s aviation sys tems come. In the meantime the  and National guard units that use the helicopters have been ordered to maintain a minimum flight Altitude of 400 feet to have a fire Crew standing by during engine starts and to ban passengers from the aircraft Back scats. The  disclosed last month it had opened an air safely investigation focusing on the to copters. It. Cot. Craig Macnab another  spokesman said at the time the investigation was prompted when inc Corpus Christ  depot in Texas found that an engine failure aboard an oh-6 last june 7 resulted when an internal gear of the engine failed due to  the engine failure on that oh-6, which was As signed to the Tennessee  National guard did not result in a crash or any injuries. A subsequent review however determined there had been five similar fail ures Over the past seven years. During the period from october 1978 through june 1986, there have been is of this Type of engine failure for the oh-6 and of sea fleets out of approximately 2.5 million hours flown the  said on aug. 11. Although the incidence of this failure is Small Itie  s primary concern is safely. Therefore this Pat Tern of engine failure is Worth a deliberate and precautionary study followed by future action if  Macnab said the internal gear tends to fail As the copter is turning its engine on or off. The  has roughly 360 oh-6 copters assigned to the National guard 8so of Jas assigned to Active duly units and 490 of seas assigned to the National guard. The two copters dating to the late 1960s and Early 1970s, use an engine made by the Allison division of general motors. The engine went out of production in 1973, and its gears Are no longer under warranty according to the the oh-6 was made by Hughes helicopter now subsidiary of the Mcdonnell Douglas corp while Ibe oh-5sa was made by Bell helicopter to tron a Divi non of text Ron inc. The  s oh-6 and oh-5ba helicopters which have the same Lype engine will not be grounded As a result of failure of an internal gear thai caused engine failure the service said in a prepared statement ,. Raj or. A been determined that some operational flying restrictions can afford maximum air Crew Saleby in the event of other failures before the gear can be replaced. These restrictions will not interfere with Trie training and other missions that Active duty and National guard Unm accomplish with the  Wittmeyer said tuesday the engine gear will be replaced by mechanics at seven  depots