European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. March lit. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 a inspected steel reported in Cruiser workers blame hurried construction Washington a a company contracted to build six or the Navy s Ticonderoga class cruisers Al Lowed a inspected steel to be used in at least one of the vessels according to documents obtained thursday. The documents quote workers at the Bath Iron works in Maine As warning that hurried construction of the ships was causing managers to Overlook Normal Quality Assurance safeguards. A company spokesman Jim Mcgregor conceded every piece of sled going into the ships might not have been inspected but said any allegation that Bath Iron works is using steel hat ,.does not meet Navy specifications is totally and unequivocally  might we have no inspected every Inch of steel possibly Mcgregor said in a Telephone interview from company Headquarters in Bash Maine. Navy spokesman it. Ken Ross said his office would have no comment on the allegations which were contained in documents released by the Washington based project on military procurement a non profit group involved in combating waste and fraud in military contracts the documents were Given to the organization by Leon e. Bard a Bath employee fired last sept. 12 for deliberately restricting output and committing a nuisance according to wording in a company memorandum. Because Bard is suing Bath for wrongful discharge he was not available for an interview associates said. Another shipyard Ingalls shipbuilding of Pascagoula. Miss., completed inc first of the Ticonderoga Cruis ers in 1983 and has won 13 of 18 contracts under the dual bidding system adopted by the Navy to encourage Competition. The ships arc driven by nuclear Power and use the sophisticated Aegis radar system to fire surface to sur face missiles. The first of the ships contracted to Bath is scheduled to be delivered this june 22, six months behind sched ule said Mcgregor a june 8, 1984, internal memorandum from Bath employee Alan d. Vampy warned that when Quality  a problem with the steel such As the specifications not being met a deficiency is written up and in 99 percent of the cases the specification is changed to meet the defective  in a memorandum dated feb. 7, 1985, employee . Rossi warned ultimately and eventually big will take one on the Chin if we continue to allow mate rial flagged for inspection to be used prior to said acc Cpl  Rossi warned in a feb. 7, 1985, memo that Materi Al procured for Industrial orders is being released to the trades prior to inspection.,the shipyard department called trades turns steel into parts for ships. The Central Supply Section. R is wrote on May 7, 1985, continues to release Industrial materials to the trades prior to acc Cpl inspection Purchase orders from the first sin months of 1 h6 show sled pans were still being sent Down the manufacturing line without being inspected. The company spokesman Mcgregor said there Are 10,000 Purchase orders on these ships. 1 will not Tell you that on each of these 10,000 orders we Dot every y and Cross every  but he said we have a 102-year track record Here building ships the Bath Iron works signed its first 1300 million contract on a Ticon Deroyn class Cruiser in 1932 and began work in the fall of 1935, he said. Almost immediately work was interrupted by a 3vj-Monlh strike. The Navy and Mcgregor acc currently negotiating Over the amount of damages the company must pay for a six month delay and the Penally has been estimated at $91 million by defense week a Trade publication. Mcgregor declined to estimate the projected dam Ages but said Well just eat what we have  the most recent order to Bath Calls for the shipyard to build two Ticonderoga cruisers for a total ofj383 million or 63 percent of the Cost of the first ship of that class Buill there. The cos has been driven Down because there is no other work out there and the bidding has been in tense said Mcgregor. He denied the pressure 10 lower costs also May have lowered Quality. Sadd founder urges students not to drink drive by Connie Dickey staff writer Wiesbaden. Germany Robert Ana Stassel a Tough goal for himself when he stood before 250 teen agers at wies Baden High school he wanted to Chan a some students thinking about drinking and driving. And his stories of his own students who were killed in alcohol related Acci dents did make an impression on some of the students. His speech was right now soph Omore Louise Austin said. It was very  Ana is a teacher and hockey coach in Massachusetts founded students against drunk driving in 1981 after two Phis students died in drinking and driving related accidents. He related their deaths and several others to show How easily teen agers get into a death trap in a Drunken driving Accident by no communicating to friends or to parents. Whon you Are 17 Yeara old and you re dead there in t any future an pastas told the crowd. ,. -7 Sas Phodia by out Robert Anastas founder of students against drunk driving addresses Wiesbaden h High school students Friday afternoon. "1 am convinced you do not want to die and i am asking that you Lake care of each  Wiesbaden High started a Sadd chapter in january and has 20 members. Representatives from Hanau High school who arc trying to Start their own chapter also attended the speech. Sprinkled into Anastas 60-Minule talk were statistics on How Many teens lose their lives because of Drunken driving. There arc about 3.3 Mill Ion teen alcoholics in the United states today he said and there were 6,241 teen death in 1981 re lated to drunk driving  and since Sadd has been formed. That statistic is Down to 2,130 drunk driving deaths in 19s5." he said Sadd has wiped out the pres sure teens feel about not being accepted and has helped open the lines of communication with teens and their parents. Sadd started the contract for life for teens and their parents to sign. It is working he said. Melvin Jones a senior at Wiesbaden said Anastas got right to the Point. The Point he made was do we want to die we Don t. We want to live and with his examples he made us All realize and understand How stupid we can be when we try to drink and drive. Bui also How stupid we arc 10 i l our friends do  Wiesbaden is the last Stop for Anastas who also spoke at Frankfurt High school and to several schools in helium during his week in Europe. He was in Brussels Belgium earlier helping to set up a euro Pean Sadd he in Kajii Arias Greece profess . Remarks on turkish troops Athens Greece a a senior greek govern ment official thursday told . Ambassador Robert Kelley thai recent remarks by , officials on the role of turkish troops in Cyprus were Boorish inadmissible and  the official foreign minister Carolos Papoulias also warned that upsetting the present ratio in Ameri can defense Aid to quarrelling nato allies Greece and Turkey would have negative consequences for Greck-. Relations. Papoulias protest to the american ambassador was made Public in an official statement. The american ambassador was asked to convey to his government that Greece considers unacceptable Llic Boorish inadmissible and unfounded assertions by various american officials that turkish troops Are in Cyprus for defensive  the statement said. A . Embassy spokeswoman confirmed Sceley was summoned to inc foreign ministry but declined any comment turkish troops have occupied Northern Cyprus since 1974, when a greek inspired coup on the Mediterranean Island triggered a turkish invasion. Greece still regards Turkey As a major threat to ils own Security and insists on getting 57 in american defense Aid for every s10 thai Turkey receives in order to keep a military balance Between the iwo countries. Defense and slate department officials seeking la secure additional military Aid for Turkey told the House foreign affairs subcommittee that More than 25,000 turkish troops stationed in Northern Cyprus have a defensive role. Greece is slated to gel $340 million in military cred its next year Down from 5500 million in fiscal 198ft. 87, Turkey is Sci to receive 5-140 million Down from s710 million. Assistant defense Secretary Richard perk1 was quoted by greek newspapers thursday As telling the House military affairs subcommittee that the 7-11 ratio harmed rather than helped american and Nat strategic interests Papoulias protest was the latest indication Ilia i Greck-. Relations May be Cooling again after an in ninth period of what Premier Andreas i  Calls Calm