European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday february 14,1987 . Losing Edge in semiconductors study says National Security is at risk b Norman Black a military writer Washington after Long dominating the High tech Field of computer electronics the United states is rapidly losing its advantage with awesome implications Tor National Security a Pentagon Lask Force concluded thursday. The Lask Force said the defense department with prompt action could re verse the slide in the fortunes of the american semiconductor Industry. But it added the Effort would require More than $2 billion Over the next five years. Regardless of what caused our cur rent predicament the resulting problem is critical not Only to the department of defense but Lothi nation said Charles a. Fowler chairman of inc defense Sci ence Hoard which commissioned he study. The implications of the loss of semiconductor technology and manufacturing expertise for our country in general and our National Security in particular Are awesome  the task Force study performed by 12 officials drawn from the rank of private Industry government and universities concluded american Industry has Al ready lost its world leadership position in the production of computer chips or semiconductors. The tiny chips of circuitry Are the building blocks of Alt solid slate electronic goods from computers to missile guid Ance systems to video cassette recorders. While final figures arc not available the task Force said it appeared Clear that Japan for the first time surpassed the United states in the worldwide semiconductor Market in 1986. Even worse the group added in its 103-Page report the United slain is los ing the research Structure needed to develop and produce the More sophistical cd and faster chips that will be needed in the future. Indeed ". Superiority in the application of innovation no longer exists and the relative stature of our technology base in this area is steadily deteriorating the group said. While the defense department s an Nual spending on semiconductors amounts to less than 10 percent of the world Market the nation s very Security depends on a Strong . Industry the task Force said. ". Military forces depend heavily on technological superiority to win the report said. ". Defense will Toon de Pend on foreign sources for stale of the Art technology in semiconductors. The task Force views this As an unacceptable  the task Force added that already several tens of percent of the semiconductors being used in Pentagon weaponry arc being made abroad. If Steps arc not now Laken to assure the availability of Domestic sources or stockpiles or both the United slates could be denied timely Access 10 these militarily critical devices in wartime it  task Force concluded it study by offering five main recommendations allow which would require substantial Feder Al Roo Ocy. The first and most important the group Taid 1 for the Pentagon to immediately crate and pay for an Institute comprising and Uji manufacturers to perform generic manufacturing process development Tor Hwy advanced Semi con Ductor devices the Institute will require roughly $200 minion a year Over the next five years i Pentagon support the task Force also recommended the Pentagon establish eight research centers for semiconductor science at us universities at a con of roughly $50 million a year increase direct spending on semiconductor research by More than $400million Over the next tour years provide roughly $50 million a year in research funds to companies performing work for the Pentagon and establish a govern ment Lnda Stry Miniver stay forum to continually assets the Progress being made. It s Cool Man Dartmouth students pack and Chip Snow from High scaffolds to sculpt an icy jazzman playing his saxophone. Student Hope to break the record far the world s largest snowman. The 47-foot ii a Kenya will be the Centrepiece Tor the Winter a Natal in Hanover . 2 Sisters Cousin die in icy wafer West Terre haute ind. A three Chil Dren fell into an ice covered Waier filled pit and drowned after wandering from their baby Sitter s Home thursday authorities said. The children Sisters Ages 2 and 5 and their 5-year old male Cousin had no pulse and their hearts were not beating when they were pulled from the pit by the Sisters father about two hours after they disappeared said Vigo county sheriff James r. Jenkins. The children wandered from the Home around noon. About 2 . The baby Sitter called the children s parents who began a search said Jenkins. The girls father Patrick j. Carpenter discovered the three soon afterwards in the Small pit in a wooded area about 300 Yards from the Siller s Home said Jenkins. The children apparently had climbed Down a 15-Foplbank to get to the pit which was not fenced the sheriff said. Maybe one went in and they started following each other Jenkins said maybe they walked out on inc ice and it broke  the water in the pit which was about 38 degrees was about 20 feel deep and covered with about half an Inch of ice Jenkins said. He said he did not know How Long the children were in the pit. Union Hospital emergency staff worked severe hours trying to resuscitate the children after raising their body temperatures Jenkins said. The cause of death was drowning he said. Police identified the victims As Steven d. Carpenter Melissa Carpenter and her 2-Ycar-Oid sister Samantha. The boy s parents were identified As Steven and Toni Carpenter. Steven Carpenter is the brother of Patrick Carpenter Jenkins said. He identified the Mother of the Sisters As Karen Carpenter. Fri reportedly has files on Bishops Kansas City to. Up the Fri reportedly acknowledged it has files on two prominent roman Cath Olic Bishops a disclosure a Cardinal called very frighten  National Catholic reporter says in its Issue dated feb. 20 and available Friday that it requested documents through the Freedom of information act concerning the Fri s records on embattled Seattle archbishop Raymond h until Ausen and Detroit auxiliary Bishop Thomas Gumbleton. The Fri told the Independent newsweekly the re cords have been located. However before release can be made they must be reviewed to ascertain if they warrant classification under current  i find it interesting that they would have files on me said Hunthausen who has appeared at Many anti War demonstrations at the Trident nuclear submarine base in Bangor Wash. Cardinal Joseph Bcrnardina the archbishop of Chi Cago who headed the Bishops committee that Drew up a pastoral letter on peace in 1sis3, called the disclosure very frightening acid of great concern to me Gumbleton 56, president of the Catholic peace organization a cons i Usa said he had received material from his file several years ago and most of the documents had been blacked out. Gumbleton was the target of an investigation by the Michigan state police s so called red squad an undercover group that investigated people involved in the civil rights movement in addition to drawing attention for Hii peace activism Hunthausen has been Al the Center of controversy since he to is forced to hand Over much of his authority last summer to auxiliary Bishop Donald Wurl be cause of allegations he was too lax in key pastoral areas including his ministry to homosexuals. Stateside 5-year-old girl comes to grandmother s Rescue North Tonawanda . A a 5 year old girl apparently helped save her grand Mother s life by throwing water on her burning clothes and calling for an ambulance Kimberlee Perry called the 911 emergency number and apparently threw water on Nicoletta Heidir 63, after Holder s Bathrobe caught fire while she was cooking police said. Heider was in stable condition at Shechan emergency Hospital in Buffalo. She suffered Sec Ond and third degree bums on her neck head and left  Perry Kim Berle s father and Holder s son in Law said thursday his daughter Learned in kindergarten How to Call 911. Ferry said neighbor rushed to the House and administered first Aid until Rescue teams arrived. 2 romanian acrobats ask for Asylum in . Atlanta two romanian acrobats have asked for political Asylum in the United states according to a spokeswoman for a circus with which they had been  Stephania Carmen 16, and can Noil Agda Lulia. 17, disappeared from the ring Ling Bros and Barnum and Bailey circus train after it arrived in Atlanta on feb. 4, Cathy Vanhoomissen the National Public relations director for the circus said thursday. Fire kills 3 children seriously injures 2 adults Pittsburgh a three Young children were killed and two other people including a police officer were seriously injured when a tire swept through a third floor apartment building wednesday night authorities said thursday. Three police officers arrived on the scene and heard the children screaming. They were Able to save the grandmother but weren t Able to reach the children because of the flames and smoke said Craig Merrill a spokesman for the Public safety  children were identified As Jeffrey Hall 2, and his Brothers Andrew about 7, and Lamar 4, said Allegheny county Deputy Coroner Bob a woman identified As their grandmother Claudia Hall 48, was listed in serious condition at mercy Hospital suffering from smoke inhalation and Burns of the head and face said Hospi Tal of spokeswoman Jenny Hudak. Officer Donald Jones was listed in serious condition at mercy after suffering smoke inhalation Hudak said