European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 9, 1937 the stars and stripes Pago 7 cop pus copying criticized Fallbrook Calif. A school trustee says the half million photocopies made in 24 schooldays at live elementary schools ii just Loo Many. Becky doze who s on a Campaign to Stop waste in the fal Brook Union elementary school District said teacher administrator and other Siam members made 138,416 photocopies Between dec.16 and Jan. 31. That is nearly 120 copies for each of the District s 4,500 students Daze s study began As some thing of a joke. But her report caught fellow trustees by Surprise. These figure to me Are mind Bowling trustee Walt Krueger said. We be taken a very Tongue in Cheek attitude about this and think Becky sensed that. So she s come through with her big  Industry can solve own ailments Weinberger tells business group Washington a the Penta gon is prepared to assist Industry in re gaining its competitive Edge in key technologies bul Industry itself must attack the problem without relying on Trade barriers and tariffs defense Secretary Caspar a Weinberger said tuesday. Protectionism is not the answer Weinberger said in an address to the electronics industries association. It seems obvious to me that our future Security demands . Technological leadership and Industrial capability. Wended the advantages that flow from leadership in technology. But that is not the same thing As merely protecting our selves from the innovations and Industrial capacity of our  the defense Secretary while offering few specific details said the Pentagon was prepared to increase its spending on various research development and productivity programs that would help industries to modernize. One such example he said is a commitment by the defense department to invest s3 million annually Tor the next three Yean in a new Center for machine tool research that will attempt to develop new production methods. In semiconductors Ball bearings another vital defense technologies we will capitalize on what we have Learned incur machine tool initiative As we work toward Broad Industry participation he said. But Industry s leadership will have tomake painful investment decisions. I know you Are committed to the health of your companies. Now i ask you to com Mit your companies More fully to the health of your Industry and the Security of our  Weinberger said such a commitment was particularly important from Compa Nies engaged in the Field of electronics because in a real sense it is the capabilities made possible by electronics that enable our smaller military forces to deny numerically Superior adversaries an exploitable military  american technological superiority has slipped significantly in recent years he continued in part because the soviet Union has outspent the United tales on research and in part because it has managed to steal Western technology. Those problems have been increased by the gains of Japan in the Field of com Puie Chip production he said. President Reagan has decided to impose carefully targeted Trade sanctions against japanese products because Oft Nai country s dumping of semiconductors on the world Market Weinberge noted. But protectionism is a prescription for failure if extended Loo far he concluded. What is needed is More of an Industry commitment to research and development work even though such invest ments May reduce Short term Profiti Weinberger said. Can the United Stales afford to re Lyon other nations no matter How Friendly for the technological innovations that Are fundamental to our defense clearly the answer is no he said. California Man admits bump and Rob thefts los Angeles a a car thief pleaded guilty tuesday to stealing More wan a dozen luxury cars in a month including a Jaguar belonging to actress Morgan Fairchild Michael Lee Bur ton 28, pleaded guilty in Van Guys municipal court to ii counts of Rob  Bery 12 counts of grand theft Auto and one count of at tempted grand theft Auto in the siring of 23 bump and Rob thefts said Deputy District attorney Michelt Rosenblatt prosecutors accused Burton of staging minor traffic Accident then stealing the cars and purses of his Lone distracted victims who were women usually driving luxury cars. Prosecutors said Burton driving a Sto Len Cadillac struck fail child s Jaguar on feb. 10. When the actress got out of her car to assess the damage Burton allegedly fled in her car abandoning the Cadillac. Burton was arrested last month Fol lowing a police Chase that ended with a crash in Southern los Angeles judge Robert h. Wallersyein ordered Burton to appear for sentencing in Van Guys Superior court on May 5. Burton faces up to 12 years in prison. Slain military adviser buried with full honors Pennsville a. A Green Berel Gregory a. Fronius the first . Military adviser killed in combat in Al Salvador was buried with full military honors tuesday in he Rural southwestern Pennsylvania Hills where he grew up he died fighting lighting for our country for himself for the soldiers he was training with and for Al Salvador  Michael Yorgensen of the 7th special forces croup in Panama. At a time when some leaders and men might have been keeping them selves out of danger he went out in the midst of in to do his Job and he was doing More than his Job. Me was doing everything possible in his Power to do what was right and what was expected of him Yorgensen said in his Eulogy. Fronius. 27, an intelligence specialist was killed March 31 in a guerrilla raid on a salvadoran army Garrison in Al Paraiso 28 Miles North of the Capi Tal of san Salvador. Forty three salvadoran government troops also died Fronius was a weapons instructor working with civilians. His Job was to interview peasants and salvadoran troops about guerrilla movements and train soldiers in military tactics and . Marine sentenced for Joyride in assault vehicle Honolulu a one of two marines charged with Takin a 19-Lon amphibious assault vehicle on a late night Joyride through a residential neighbourhood was Given a bad conduct discharge tuesday and or dered to spend 18 months in confinement. The sentence came after Cpl. Robert Lowes 22, of Pontiac mich., pleaded guilty at a court martial to one count of wrongful appropriation of government prop erty said chief warrant officer Eric r. Carlson. Lowes originally was charged with a More serious theft offence unauthorized use of a vehicle and destruction of government property. He pleaded guilty in Exchange for the lesser charge judge i. Col. Michael Cummings ordered Lowes to forfeit All pay and allowances and ordered that he be reduced to the rank of private before being Given a bad conduct discharge. The bad conduct discharge is one step above a dishonourable discharge. Cummings said Lowes had a Good military record but the sentence should reflect the seriousness of the offence Lowes and another Marine were accused of crashing an amphibious assault vehicle valued at More than $660,000 through a Fence at Kaneohe Marine corps As on Oahu and driving in through a nearby neighbor Hood on feb. 14, the vehicle was found abandoned several Miles away after it hit a h Highway Guardrail and lost a track. A court martial for the older Marine 21-year-old pfc. Philip Dowdall of Danville Calif was to be held at the base on thursday bul was postponed until later this month Carlson said. Lowes and Dowdall Are members of the amphibian assault vehicle Del 3rd Marine regt at Kaneohe. Portland police chief fired in spat with mayor Portland. Ore. A the mayor fired the police chief of less than a year tuesday because of a dispute Over an uncompleted audit critical of the department both men said. In announcing his firing. Police chief Jim Davis 55, said he would run for mayor next year bul will remain with the police As a Captain in the meantime. Davis succeeded Penny Harrington the nation s first big City female police chief who resigned in june after 16 Stor my months when a mayoral commission criticized her management style. Mayor Bud Clark said Davis a 22-year Veteran of the Force had written a memo threatening Legal action under Oregon s Public records Law if copies of source mate rial for the audit which is in the final draft stage weren t Given to him. Clark said it would have Cost 1200,000 to make such copies and that Davis already had Access to the material including such things As work rosters interviews and observational data. Clark said he fired a memo Back to Davis saying to threaten Legal action without the authority of the mayor or City Council is completely out of line and not within your authority. Desist from further Pursuit of this  the Issue came to a head tuesday Ai a meeting at which Clark told Davis he had no authority to ask for the documents said mayoral aide Chuck Duffy. According to Duffy Davis then old he mayor read my lips i do have the  the mayor responded read my lips you re  Davis version of the meeting was somewhat different. He said he complained to Clark about his refusal to turn Over the audit documents "1 said 1 Don l intend to respond to the audit without knowing All the information Davis said according to Davis Clark then asked him whether he wanted to be police chief. I said Well i consider myself fired " Davis said. Duffy characterized the audit As very critical of the management practices in the notice  but City auditor Barbara Clark said the audit was Friendly and objective " and that her staff was puzzled by Davis request. Clark said Davis threatened to quit two weeks ago in a dispute Over funds allocated the police Bureau under the new  budget recommendations called for an in crease in police patrol units by 25 officers but included no Money to hire new officers