European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday j-anuary29. 1987 the stars and stripes Pago 9 coming to terms with a weighty matter Bamberg Germany soldiers Ken willingness to take on heavy responsible u exhibition at i Post lifting conical in Shields and Kent Johnson show their try 1,005 pounds Worth of ii during Schwabach the two strongmen later is Phalo by Tony Nauroth mapped the Ante adding zoo mow pounds la lift. California again leads nation in defense work by Norman Black a military Weller Washington despite a rare de Cline military contractors in California continued to Pace the nation last year in i hair receipt of Pentagon work the de sense department said tuesday. Based on he new site by Szalc accounting Overall Pentagon contract awards also fell in fiscal 1986 from $153.5 billion in fiscal 1985 to $149.3 billion Lasi year. Contractors in Texas continued to hold second position in he rankings last year followed by those in new York Massachusetts and Florida. The top five spots were unchanged except for Florida which Dis placed Missouri in the no. 5 Slot jumping up from no. 8 in fiscal 1985. The new rankings arc contained in an annual Pentagon report prime con tract awards by  the report the first of a series that will be released Over the next few months begins the process of charting How defense contracts were distributed Over the past fiscal year which ended sept. 30, White Uherc were fluctuations in rank the same 10 Stales managed to remain in the top 10 in fiscal 1986 As in 1935. California has Iong been he no. J state thanks to a huge infrastructure of military contractors ranging from lock heed corp. To Northrop corp. And Litton industries inc. In received prime con tracts valued Ai $27.7 billion or 20.4 percent of the fiscal 1986 total. That represented a decline compared with fiscal 1985, when contractors received work Worth �29,1 billion. But California stil remained far ahead of no. 2 Texas where contractors received work valued at $10.9 billion in fiscal 1986, up from Al 0,6 billion the year before. New York was third in the rankings with $9.9 billion in fiscal 1986 awards compared with j10 billion in fiscal 1985 Massachusetts maintained fourth place with is billion last year up from $7.7 billion in 1985. Florida vaulted into fifth place last year with contract awards totalling $5.7 billion up from the $5.3 by lion reported the previous year. That allowed Florida to bump Missouri Down to no. 6, since Missouri suffered a major decline in awards from 17.6 billion in 1985 to s5.5 billion in 1986. The remainder of the lop 10, in order included Connecticut with $5.44 billion Virginia with $5.40 billion Ohio with $5.2 billion and Maryland with $4.5 Bil lion. Arizona enjoyed the largest percent age gain in fiscal 1986, with awards totalling 12,6 billion up 31.2 percent from the $2 billion awarded to contractors in that slate in fiscal 1985, the 10 Stales receiving the least in Pentagon largess in fiscal 1986, starting with no. 50, were Montana with j62 million Idaho with $62,9 million Wyoming with 192.2 million West Vir Ginia with $105.4 million version i with $123.6 million South Dakota with $127.6 million Nevada with $141,4 million Delaware with $224.5 million Nebraska with $225.6 million and North Dakota with $229.2 million. The stale rankings Are based on a compilation of i la prime contract awards valued at $25,000 or More including Mili tary As Well As army corps of engineers civil work. Manufacturing and construction con tracts arc a signed to a state based on where the preponderance of the work is accomplished regardless of where the winning company has its Headquarters. According to the Pentagon military con Trad awards totalled si47.6 billion in fiscal 1986, while civil construction con tracts lolled $1.7 billion. The largest amount of army corps of engineers civil awards went 10 contractors in Louisiana and totalled $227.3 million. Illinois was second in Fiat category of civil awards with $124.1 million Fol Lowed by Texas with $92.4 million Mississippi with $80,1 million and califor Nia with $78.2 million. Firm leaving Taiwan moving to lower Cost Houston Houston