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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday october 23,1966 stateside Montana attorney general guilty of Drunken driving Helena Mont. Up Montana s chief Law enforcement officer attorney general Mike Greely pleaded guilty to a Drunken driving charge tuesday following his arrest Tor driving inc wrong Way on a Highway. Greely 46, was arrested at 10 30 . Mon Day after a police officer saw his car heading East in a westbound Lane of . Highway 12 on the outskirts of Helena. Greely was taken to the Lewis and Clark county jail where he submitted to a breathalyzer test. The Lesl showed a Reading of More than twice the Legal indication level. Gredy received a 10-Day suspended jail Len hence and was ordered to attend a special school for people convicted of Drunken driving. After his appearance before police court judge Myron Pilch Greely issued a statement laying "11 shows that a dui violation can Hap pen to anyone and that no one is above the  airlines invited to apply for .-London routes Washington up the government will take applications for non Stop airline service to London from two new . Cities and will pick a Carrier to replace world airways on the Baltimore London route the transportation department said tuesday. The department has received application from four Vairien to Fly non Slop to London. American airlines has proposed service from Raleigh Durham . Delta from Cincinnati Piedmont from Charlotte. . And pan Ameri can from Pittsburgh. World airways stopped an scheduled operations last month including the Baltimore Lon Don service. Trans world airlines and air America have asked the government for a . London route. Bill signed to modernize Federal wiretap Law Washington a president Reagan signed a Bih tuesday modernizing the Federal wiretap Law to protect the privacy of High Lech communications the Bill outlaws eavesdropping on electronic mail video conference Calls conversations on cellular car phones and comp temo Eoli putt transmissions. Currently the wiretap Law protects Only against interception of voice transmissions heard by the ear. The new measure also establishes standards for Law enforcement agencies to obtain Access through warrants o electronic  and records. Photo shows a ill it s rendition of the Boeing 747-500, which a in the Early resign Naif Tel. Airports oppose Boeing plan to build new super jumbo 747 Seattle a a plane on the drawing boards at Boeing commercial air plane co. Is so big that Many airports would have to rebuild terminals to handle in. Boeing representatives say the plane called the 747 500, is still no More than an artist s sketch and has no official measurements. But unconfirmed reports say it would be longer and wider than the 747-400, the world s largest commercial air plane. With a wingspan estimated at 240 to 280 feet it would be 30 to 70 reel longer than the 747-400. News that Boeing is considering a larger plane sur faced recently at the Farnborough air show in eng land. The goal of the new plane is to Fly farther with More people if that s what airline customers want said Boe ing spokeswoman Elizabeth Reese. The company is considering the plane for the late 1990s, she said. But at a recent meeting of the Airport operators Council International in Denver Airport operators sent a message to Boeing saying they dont want a larger plane. The 747-400 already is clogging some airports said Elizabeth Tubbs Slevens business planner with the Sean be office of Leo a. Daly co., a planning and Engi Neering firm that helps airports allocate space for planes. Many airports Don t have gales that can accommodate the larger jets and those that do May Only have a few. The 747-400 has wingtips that fold up to reduce is wingspan but those wingtips create a vertical Clear Ance problem said Bob Smalt director of Daly s Seattle office. The larger plane on the drawing boards would be a worse problem. Small said. Airport operators would twant to rebuild hangars and redo uni Way to accommodate it be said. But Reese said airports like aircraft change wit time. Airport operators Are looking at present we . Who was the naval architect for the Fig Iii Punde Offart ignore which was built for $476l000 and launched in february 1977. It  lakes ports to the West coast we the Caribbean. Affordable Fleet now possible Admiral Sayf by Norman Black a military writer Washington the Navy declaring a new Vic tory in its War against sole source contracts said tues Day in had relied on Competition to award almost three fourths of its contracts and More than half of its contract dollars in fiscal 1986. The Navy really Bas reached a Milestone said rear Adra. Upper half Stuart Platt us Navy s com petition advocate general this is the first year since the end of world War Al that we be competed More than half of our procure ments in terms of dollars. And in the process we be Lieve we have set the tap for an affordable  according to plan the Navy was responsible Tor directly awarding contracts totalling about $44 billion the Vear ended sept 30 uni new aunt to Sumic parti to support i at military inst nations. Of that total about $23 billion or More than 52 percent of the contract dollars Wen awarded after Competition Between two or More firms he said in spending that Money the Navy awarded about 1.2 million different contracts during the course of the year of which More than 860,000 were awarded through Competition he said. Platt said particular Progress had been made in awarding contracts for aircraft spans parts with roughly 41 percent of the total dollars spent for such part awarded competitively. We bought about $2.4 billion in aviation spare parts in fiscal 1986, of which about i960 million Wai awarded competitively the Admiral said. That 41 percent or so compare to Only 7 percent in fiscal 1982, i think Well exceed the so percent Mark for aviation spares this  Overall Plait did the Navy hid named to in crease use percentage of contract Douce awarded Oom Peti Lively from 27 percent in fiscal 198 to 52 percept in fiscal 1986. The percentage of actual contract awarded competitively has likewise ballooned from 10 percent in fiscal 1982 to about 72 percent la year. Platt acknowledged Thoie comparisons do it in clude some of the Navy s big ticket Long established programs such As the Trident i Marin and the f-14 and f/a-18 Jet tighten. But to noted Kia office is working to draw 4 mood shipyard into the business of building Mac tear pow end Trident and added he bad already pined approval from Navy brats to ensure that future aircraft pro Gram Are conducted in a competitive manner. The air Force and Amy reports on fiscal 1986 Lott to faction were not Avivit pfc the air Force said however that based on the re Audi for 11 month it. Too won Oom Pett fatal it a by awarding More own half of its contract does competitively  
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