European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday february 11,1987 top favorite of thieves in 86 was Camaro Detroit a the most frequently Sto Len car of 1986 was the Chevrolet Camaro Fol Lowed by the  Cutlass according to a company thai helps insurance companies deter mine the Worth of stolen or demolished ears. All top 10 cars on the list were built by Gener Al motors corp., the nation s largest automaker and mater of nearly half the cars on . Roads. Most can arc stolen for replacement parts and there s a big demand for american parts because there Are so Many of the cars said Glen Tollman vice president or certified collateral corp. Thieves typically Are not going 10 steal a 4 year old car id resell it As a whole Tullman said. Certified collateral is a Chicago company hat surveys new and used car dealers to determine the fair Market value of cars reported stolen or wrecked to insurance companies. The company maintains a data base of the information. Of 74,140 theft claims on which certified collateral provided Market evaluations in 1986, 653 were on 1984 Chevrolet Samaros 615 on 1985 in Maros and 591 on 1986 Samaros. The 1981 Oldsmobile Cutlass finished fourth with 54 s claims followed by the 1980 Cutlass with 466 stolen. The no. 6 and no. 10 care on the list also were Samaros with 463 of 1982 models stolen and 3 to theft reports on 1983 models. Cutlass made the list again in eighth place with 371 reports on the 1979 Cutlass supreme. The 1981 Buick regal came in seventh with 410 Tecl reports and the 198 Panlia firebird was the ninth most stolen car with 369 thefts reported in 1936. While foreign cars have become popular with american buyers in the last decade and now account for nearly a third of . Sales they proved less popular with thieves Tut Man said. The most frequently stolen foreign car the 1983 Toyota Corolla came in no. 61 on the list with 155 thefts. A i9s2 Corolla came in no. 63, followed by the Mazda rx7 of and Dalsun 280zx, both snorts cars that tied at no. 67, officer reduction Impact tremendously Adverse by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington claiming there is Little fat left to be squeezed from personnel Rolls Secretary of the array John o. Marsh or. Tuesday strongly urged Law makers 10 repeal mandated cuts of 5 percent in officer strength Over the next two fiscal years such an officer reduction will have a tremendously Adverse Impact Marsh told the House appropriations subcommittee on defense. We Wilt lose to forced retirement hundreds of com Bat experienced fully qualified officers and will have to mortgage our future by reducing accessions Mars said. There is no lateral entry in the military personnel business. Marsh said explaining that once an accession shortage is created in a certain year group the shortage remains in the pipeline throughout its 30-year life Cycle the cuts mandated by the fiscal 1987 defense authorization act Call for reductions of 1 percent this fiscal year 2 percent in fiscal 1988 and 3 percent in fiscal 989. Army chief of staff John a. Wickhamjr. Said the i percent Cut this fiscal year which the services Are carrying out under a plan approved by defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger tast month translates into a de crease of almost 2,000 officers. As bad us that will be for the army Wickham said the situation in 1988 and 1989 will be much worse. Well have to Cut 4,000 officers in 1988 and 6,000 in 1989," he said. To reach those numbers Well have to begin culling majors lieutenant colonels and Colo Nels the ones with combat experience. These Are officers who have served As brigade and battalion com Manders Many of them in Vietnam. Does Congress really wan i 10 gel rid of that experience i think that s Penny Wise and Pound foolish. We re already losing experience As the generation of officers that fought in Vietnam Ages and leaves the service. We Don t need to push that  on other personnel issues. Marsh and Wickham highlighted gains made in recent years in the Quality of military personnel and said continued support for educational programs Anil recruiting incentives must be maintained if the army is 10 meet its personnel goals in the next decade. In fiscal i960, six of every 10 soldiers recruited were of the lowest lest score category that is enl stable and Only half were High school graduates Marsh said. They were harder to train. More had to be recruited to make up for  today Only one of every 25 recruits is in the lowest lest score category and 92 percent of recruits have High school diplomas he said. These soldiers Are easier to train More effective in combat and better disciplined he said. They arc quite capable of handling Complex weapons  Wickham urged lawmakers to support programs such As the go Bui family housing and Quality of life initiatives to ensure that recruit Quality remains High. Congressional support is vitally important he said you Only get a you pay for. Poe of Poe pilots leave Honolulu Honolulu up after a Brief Stopover Here two pilots flew out under Balmy hawaiian skies tues Day on a trek to the frigid Arctic North in their quest to Fly around the world by Way of the North pole and South pole in a single engine propeller driven plane. The Crew of the Arctic Tern left under Light variable winds and Clear skies after a Daylong Layover Honolulu International Airport officials said. The two pilots Richard Norton 48, a commercial airline Pilot from Philadelphia and Calin Roseltia 56, a German aeronautics Engineer Are bound for Fairbanks Alaska about a 15-hour trip. The two spent monday overseeing minor maintenance work on their six sealer Piper Malibu in Prepa ration for the flight. The plane landed in Honolulu monday after a 2,400-Mtle flight from Tahiti that took 13 Houis 47minutes. We re delighted we be gotten this far with relatively few problems and Are looking Forward to completing the circumnavigate Polar night and Paris on thurs Day Norton said before departing for Alaska. This has never been done in a single engine pro peller driven plane he said. Navy s improvements to Carrier backfire creating new problems Washington a the Navy has been forced Back to the drawing boards in an attempt to improve the seaworthiness of the aging aircraft Carrier Midway the service acknowledged monday. The Carrier permanently based in Japan As the heart of the Navy s 7th Fleet was moved into dry Dock last year for an overhaul that included modifications to its Hull to increase the ship s stability. When the Carrier later moved Back out to sea for trials last december the Navy found it had created a new problem the ship Rolls Loo quickly from Side to Side in heavy seas to ensure the Safe movement of air planes on us deck. As a result the service says it is now considering a number of alternatives and in the next few months we expect some additional  the Midway commissioned in 1945, is one of the Navy s oldest carriers. Over the years the Carrier has undergone frequent overhauls along with modification work that has added More modern and heavier equipment up to and including its flight deck. Railroad Tanker fire forces 4,000 residents to flee Morris Ullh a. Adj a Railroad Landtr con Taining White phosphorous caught fire monday at a Conrail switching Yard and 4,000 nearby residents were evacuated for several hours As a precautionary measure authorities said. No injuries were reported. The fire was contained about six hours after it began and authorities said it would be allowed to Burn out. The cause was undetermined. The ship was originally built with a straight flight deck and had to be changed later with an angled deck 10 handle Jet aircraft. As a result of the various improvements the ship gradually became More and More heavy pushing a greater portion of its Hull below the water line. According to the Navy that hampered the Carrier s ability to hold a straight course increased the stress on its Huu and led to problems with water Rushing Over its outboard aircraft elevators in heavy seas. To Correct the problems. Navy engineers decided to add what the service Calls blisters to the sides of the Midway s Hull below the water line. The blisters add a lengthy bulge to the Hull s sides similar to a Long Pon Toon. The idea was to increase the amount of water displaced by the Hull increasing the Carrier s buoyancy and stability. According to inc Navy each of the blisters is roughly 10 feel wide and approximately 600 feel Long. The overhaul was completed last october. But when the ship began sea trials in december the Navy Dis covered the new problem. A Navy official who asked not to be named explained a Carrier ideally will Roll slowly from Side to Side regardless of the seas so hat Crews moving air planes on the deck and pilots attempting to land can anticipate the movement. You want a Nice slow Roll that you can count on the source said. You Don t want a Snappy  the Navy monday sussed the Midway was currently under Way at sea with its air planes and operating  but it added the Midway is currently participating in an evaluation program to determine what effect various sea conditions have on the ship. A number of alternatives Are being  skateboard Whiz Chuck a to of Montalba Tsui his skateboard skills Al Palestine Texas. Calk by he1 been  Only four months