European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. November 2, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 2 teams selected to design High tech Jet los Angeles a two team both headed by California companies were chosen Friday to design and build prototypes of a nigh tech Sci of be filled against each other in a Fly off Competition in the 1990s, air Force Secretary Edward Aldridge announced  a news conference. The Winner will get a production contract Worth $40 billion to 150 billion for 750 of the planes. The advanced tactical fighter  plane is expected to form the heart of America s air defences through the mid 21 is Century. Lockheed corp. Of Calabasas. Calif., will head a icum ?.t includes Boeing co. Of scat la. And general dynamics corp. Of . Louis los Angeles based Northrop corp. Wil. Head a team that includes . Loul based Mcdonnell Douglas corp. The contract for the advanced tactical fighter is one of the biggest and most important Pentagon contracts on the horizon and will provide thousands of jobs for the a incr for More than a decade. Only vague details of what the  would be like have been provided previously. The air Force has said Only that Iho plane would be capable of prolonged supersonic flight and have the latest radar evading technology plus other unspecified High technology capabilities we arc not talking about an incremental increase Over what exists now said one aerospace official. We Are talk ing about a quantum  because of the Impact of the contract on the economies of the winning and losing companies the air Force urged defense contractors to bid As teams so they could Pool resources and spread the economic benefits. Individual bids were submitted by Grumman corp of Bethpage n.y., and Rockwell incr National corp of pills Burgh a. Nothrop and Lockheed will become prime contractors splitting the work with other members of their learn. The two companies had been Early favourites among analysts because of their extensive background in secret military this is an artist s Conception of the advanced tactical fighter design or Lockheed corp of Calabar a Calif. Contracts and their experience with so called stealth planes which Are not easily spotted by enemy radar. For years Northrop has been working on the stealth bomber and revisions in that contract were blamed for a j90 Mil lion write off the company took in its third Quarter. Lockheed is reportedly working on the stealth Jet tighter which is so secret the Pentagon won even admit  exists. Aldridge also announced that general dynamics has been awarded a $613 Mil lion contract to modify 270 existing f 6a fighters to protect the Continental United Stales from attack. The decision to use the f-16 was a blow for the los Angeles based Nothrop corp. Which had hoped to win a 14 Bil lion contract for its new f-2d to Ger Sharks. La was widely believed that Northrop. Which has spent is billion developing the f-20 since 1982, would scrap the plane if  lost the Competition. Northrop has been unable to persuade anyone even foreign nations to buy the plane ostensibly because  lacks the pc Magon s endorsement. In the Competition Between the f-20 and the f-16, Northrop had touted its Tiger shark As an economic alternative that Cost less to buy and less to maintain. Nothrop s arguments found a recep Tive car in a Cost conscious Congress and the Competition Between the two planes was ordered despite some reluctance by the air Force which had Origi Nally picked the f-16. Cheerleader Dies in fall from human Pyramid Fargo . A a North Dakota state University cheerleader and track standout was declared brain dead Friday two Days after she fell 10 feet from atop a human Pyramid school officials said. Jam s Thompson and three male cheerleaders were practising s new formation in the univer sity gymnasium wednesday when she fell strik ing her head on the floor school spokesman Ray Burington said. The 21-year-old senior zoology major suffered multiple Skull fractures and massive brain injuries said Dorothy wait nursing director  Dakota Hospital she was to be taken off life sup port systems after doctors removed organs for donation Waite said. Every possible precaution was taken Jackie Ressler the cheerleader team s adviser said in a statement issued by the school.  was simply a Freak Accident and we re All devastated by ." Thompson was to have been honoured sat urday  a Home football game for being named a lop cheerleader by the National cheer leading association she had worked for the inca for the past two years instructing  High school cheer leading Camps around the country he said. She also was a member of the University s Irack team and set school records in the 100 meter dash and the indoor 200-meter dash. Cadet a criers confined to Campus Charleston . A five White cadets  the Citadel have been confined to Campus for the rest of the school year and will have to March an additional 195 hours for hazing a Black freshman the military College said. There will be a lot of soul searching on the part of those five cadets for the remainder of their tenure  the Citadel and their life said la. Col. Ben leg arc the school s spokesman. The five donned sheets and towels one night last month and entered the room of a sleeping Black Cadet shouting obscenities and leaving a charred paper Cross behind school officials said. The punishment was meted out Friday by the col lege s president retired maj. Gen. James Grimsley or. The Citadel docs not tolerate actions of this nature. I am convinced this specific incident while a serious Abb ration is not a reflection of the True racial climate on Campus Grimsley said in a statement. The additional marching will include about 10 More hours a week than the three hours that most cadets March with an eight Pound Rifle Legare said. The five will have to remain an Campus except for Legal holidays and school vacations. They could have been expelled but school officials took into account that this is the worst incident on their conduct record Legare said. Another offence during the punishment period such As drunkenness or disorderly conduct will Lead to the cadets suspension he said. The oct. 25 incident shocked he school which has 126 Blacks in its 1,960-Mcmber corps of cadets. Black and while cadets agreed  did not reflect the racial atmosphere on Campus. Grimsley has also called for an investigation into the slate of Campus race relations. The hazing brought to mind the lords of discipline a novel and later a movie that centers on the hazing of a Black Cadet  a Southern military College. Author pal Conroy Drew on his experiences As a Citadel Cadet during the 1960s in writing the novel and screenplay. The target of the hazing incident was Kevin nes Milf a freshman whose brother Alonzo is the school s first Black trustee. The White cadets All juniors were identified As Jimmy Biggerstaff of Spana Burg Maurice Bostic of Lexington Jeffery d. Plumley of fort Mill Paul a Koss of Leesburg Fla. And Steve Webb of Sevierville Tenn. Tot slams on brakes averts crash Springhill la. A a 4-year-old boy who was left in a car with his grandmother managed to stomp on the Brake and Stop the vehicle when  started rolling into traffic. Barbara coffin said she left her son. Kyle and his grandmother Loretta Montgomery in the car with the motor running while she made a Quick Stop. Coffin said Montgomery told her no one touched the gear thin but the car apparently jumped into re verse and began backing out of the driveway. The youngster leaped to the floor and held the Brake with his foot while stretching to reach the bom. I kept hearing the Horn  coffin said so i went to see what the problem was. I found him stretched Between the Brake and Horn holding the car inched View a had the i l not known How to Stop the car  could have a. 4 into the path of traffic or continued into the Bouse Aci ass the Street. Montgomery said she was glad Kyle knew what to do because she never Learned to drive acid could not have told him