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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, November 19, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday november 19,1986 stateside mount St. Helens to open for climbers this Winter Chehalis. Wash. Ng4isuncc Calls the rate reduction will to noun to about 50 cents a month. The reductions described in at to rate filing focus on daytime Calls and favor those who make Shorter Calls by placing the deepest cuts on the charge for the Lisl minute of the Call. The proposal must be approved by the Federal communications commission. At to delivered its 11,000-Page proposal for the rate Cut in 16 boxes contained in iwo grocery carts at closing Lime  details made Public earlier in the Day Sci communications corp. Was Able to say Only that it would remain  us sprint communications co. Said we intend to remain the Price Leader in the telecommunications  two groups supported by corporations foundations and individual consumer donations the . Public interest research croup and the consumer federation of America questioned the rate Structure saying it would give the lion s share of benefits to those who make Short Calls during the business Day primary  Bills will drop an average of 4.9 percent which combined with the 6.2 percent Cut for Home phones would average  percent for All at to customers. But the deepest cuts will come during the 8 a.m.-5 . Calling period when rates will fall 11.6 percent. At to spokesman Herb Linnen did not dispute that businesses will see significant savings to the extent that bus Dena customers nuke a Tot of Calls in the Day  however he added. I Don t think it s fair to Siy it favors  he to 27 percent of the income at Tacti from residential customer comes from daytime oiling while 86 percent of the Boi Ineis revenues come from daytime calling the documentation presented to the acc provide justification for the distribution of Rale reductions including a comprehensive projection of at to earn Ings and Cost pictures Tor 1987, he said. Lynnen said giving greater reductions on fun min Ute rates recognizes improvements in technology in have Cut the time spent connecting or setting up Bacall. All of the set up time including recovery of unon late no answer and Busy signal Calls is charged to the fint  company said evening and Laie night rates Are also being reduced by 6.2 percent and 2,7 percent  Calls would be 38 percent cheaper than the new lower daytime rates. After 11 . Local Lime Rales would he 5 3 percent lower than midday Calls. Show me another store in town that has those kind of discounts Linnen said. But Gene Kimmelman legislative director of the consumer federation said it seems to be an Effort to entice users to use the More expensive daytime serv  reductions Are possible because of a $966 Mil lion reduction in the fees local Telephone companies plan to charge at to next year. 3 arrested during protest to Stop recruitment interviews by Cia University of Colorado police monday it Ore a protes Ter trying to Stop the Cia from rec lung indent. Boulder Colo. Up police arrested three people on the University of Colorado Campus monday As officers scuffled with some of the 200 demonstrators trying to Slop student recruitment by the Cia. At one Point during the Daylong demonstration about 100 protesters tried to Stop a Van carrying interviewees by lying in front of and under the vehicle. One protester also stashed a tire on the Van. A news photographer s camera was broken during the scuffling is police tried to Stop the demonstrator from surrounding the Van. The three people arrested were charged separately with obstructing government operations obstructing a peace officer resisting arrest and unlawful conduct. The demonstration was held outside the University s events Center where the varsity basketball games Are played away from the main part of the Campus. The Cia recruiting was my cd to the Center from the nor Mal placement Center because protests in past years have disrupted Normal Campus activities. About 100 students had signed up for interviews with the Cia. They were taken by police Van from the placement Center near the Center of the Campus to the events Center for the interviews. The protesters tried to Slop the vans from reaching the Center. More than 600 demonstrators were arrested on the Campus last year during two similar Cia recruitment driven. Northrop forced to scuttle Tiger shark program los Angeles a after four years and si.2 billion in out of pocket expenses Northrop corp. Monday halted work on its f-20 Tiger shark. The most costly privately financed warplane Ever built. Northrop had been unable to find any buyers for the plane which had originally been designed for foreign nations As a moderately priced alternative to general dynamics corp s f-16, the mainstay of the . Air Arsenal. The death blow for the warplane came two weeks age. When the air Force rejected an Effort to have 270 Tiger Sharks Pur chased at a Cost of about j4 billion for the air National guard. The Pentagon under pressure to hold Down costs instead opted to upgrade older planes currently in its Arsenal at one sixth the Cost. In a letter to shareholders tuesday Northrop conceded that the Tiger shark was scuttled by the absence of the Penta gon s imprimatur. Northrop said it will end its expenditures on the f-20 this year. It indicated that Many countries re Tain their interest in the advantage of the f-20," but said no further company expenditures Are required since adequate data is already available should it be re Quested for evaluation in this country or  the Cost of closing out its contract with subcontractors will raise its 1986 expenditures on the plane to $230 Mil lion compared to the $200 million previously projected. For the first nine months of this year the f-20 s costs were si30.7 million leaving Northrop with write off of s119.3 million in the fourth Quarter end ing dec. 31. Despite the death of the f-20, Nonn Rop said it ii optimistic that lessons Learned with the aircraft will help it in working on the air Force s 21st-Century warplane the advanced tactical  team headed by Northrop has received a 1691 million four year contract to develop prototypes of that plane. Northrop also is building a prototype for a Limpar new Genet Kwh plane forthe Navy. Production contracts for each of whoa planes could ultimately be Worth j35 Bil lion to j45 billion  
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