European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday april 16,19s7 Melton chief retires Pittsburgh a Mellon Bank announced the retirement of chairman j. David Barnaj 57,who had been under pressure since acknowledging management mis takes Hal led to the first quarterly loss in the Bank ii a year history the Board of directors elected Iti senior member. Nathan , 75. To fid the vacancy until a search committee can Finda new chairman and chief executive. The Bank was Bun by trouble Loans to developing nations Pri Marily Brazil and Loans to the Energy dependent Southwest United states. Student return of d Goldsboro , a teen age Homecoming Queen who was expelled from a Church school for modelling swimsuits can keep her title and go on working when she returns to school under a set Etc men reached  you really believe in some thing and Juil stick up for it. It Millwork out for the Best Machelle outlaw 17, said. The settlement restored her full privileges at Goldsboro Christian  was expelled March ii by the Rev. Tom Harper pastor of the second Baptist Church after Harper Learned she had been mod Eling swimsuits Al a fashion show at weirs department store. Temperatures us41 u m 773s 318nahy Guidy to Bow to Man wimp red he to  in in a Yatou r 1 he Hitt i i n of &xfjllj7 to 5 bsv41 u rout. I 3 3 m. We a Mhz 64. Tub new by cud. Noun. M Hmil. P . , p vim due m defense test program rates ., foreign made hardware  writer Brussels. Belgium  Defens contractor face an increasing Field of competitors fit the race for military Busi Ness through a program forcing Side by Side testing of american and foreign products. It s another indication that the .is, in fact serious about International armaments cooperation said Navy  Sullivan manager of the depart ment of defense International lest a devaluation programs. I can save our taxpayers a lot of Money by not reinvent ing he  Sullivan addressed a symposium Nonnato Industrial cooperation this week in Brussels. He manages the Nat comparative test program and the for eign weapons evaluation program which compare  And foreign made military hardware. If a Branch of the  Armed forces i thinking of procuring a product defense contractors lobby the service to try to sell their goods. When the service requests it Sullivan s office has the funds to Eval uate the products in Competition. Side by Side testing is designed to stretch defense Money through acquisition of existing hardware thus avoiding costly research and development expenses. Why should any of us and in partic ular we in the United states spend the Rad research and development Money to develop something if it already exists Sullivan  testing and evaluation you can spend a lot less Money and find out if product that already exists meets our requirements. It s kind of hard to  but there Are those who do make the argument. Sullivan listed problems the programs face including a prejudice against products not invented in the United states and the pressure to buy american. To avoid political squabbles resulting from the military s Purchase of foreign goods Sullivan s office operates under narrow guidelines. Firs the individual Branch of the armed service a Nisi request the test. The products in Competition must meet a known requirement. Products have to demonstrate a solid return on investment. And preference is Given to systems with a proven record. These programs do not give you the european contractor an advantage Over a  Contractor,1 he said. If this pro Gram did give you an advantage. Con Gress would Knock it off  would just  the Benefit to the armed service comes in lower costs and improved chances of congressional funding for items passing through the testing pro Cess Sullivan  advantage from Congress s View is the return on dollars spent. For every Dollar spent on research about if of hardware eventually is Buitt. Money spent on Sullivan program shave a 40-to-l return he talk. The Navy is far and away the largest user of the two programs with 26 products scheduled for testing in fiscal 1987.the army follows with 20, and the air Force a a Distant third with 11.hardware to be evaluated ranges from Field telephones to anti tank  Competition will come from the United kingdom Germany Israel Australia Sweden France Belgium hol land Japan Italy and Norway the British Are most Active in the pro Gram with 20 products being  foreign weapons evaluation pro Gram Bas been around since 1981 an opens Competition to the world defense Industry. Bui the concept of Side by Sid testing received added mute from the 1985 Nunn amendment that called for increased cooperation among nato forces. Pan of the amendment created and funded the nato comparative test program which concentrates on Competition within the Alliance Sullivan said. Congressional support for testing apparently remains Strong. Funding for the foreign weapons evaluation program Rose from an initial $9.15 million in 1981 to 118 million for 1987, theato program will receive $39 million in 1987, but the figure will increase next year to about $50 and will stay at that funding level for five years. Illinois senator continues Campaign to involve military in fighting drugs by William a Bartman Washington despite Pentagon opposition to using the armed forces to fight the War on drugs one senator continues his Call for ail out use of the Mili tary to combat the flow of illegal narcotics into the United  sen. Alan Dixon a let. Said his Sta floured military facilities in the Bahamas. Central America and along the United slates coast where the armed forces help with drug control. He said they found the nation s military resources can and should be applied to our efforts to locate and interdict the narcotics Trade. Dixon a member of the armed serv ices committee had unsuccessfully placed an amendment onto last year defense Bill calling for military help in fighting the drug War. The measure proved unpopular wit the committee s majority not to men Tion defense Secretary Caspar Weinberg or. Weinberger said the armed forces Are not trained As Border control guards. But Dixon said his staff  military personnel in the Bahamas Central America and along the coast where All four branches of the services have worked with drug enforcement an customs officials in narcotics detection and found participants unanimous in their opinion i that the work provided invaluable i Overall training and contributed significantly to Overall military  Dixon further noted that Gen. John Calvin com Mander of the us Southern come in Panama Baa re-1 Quested $430,000 Suonto design a Navy training facility. Calvin Hopes to use armed forces to patrol310,000 Miles of River throughout Cen trial and South America frequently used by drug runners Duon said. Dixon said the armed services com Mittee recently teamed thai operation blast Furnace which used , military forces in cocaine producing Bolivia May Clum to South America for a repeat performance. But despite the military activities recites Dixon has no plans to reintroduce legislation that would place the military in the drug War. That could change one Dixon aide said we continue to believe that the equipment is there and available an would be a Good use of taxpayers  in addition to Weinberger s opposition and his colleagues wanness however Duon also must face the act that Shenew chairman of the armed services committee Georgia Democrat Sam Nunn also opposes using the military for drug control. Aides said Dixon will seek to persuade his Senate colleagues that Felting the armed services attack the drug problem would be Good for the country and the Soldier. As military personnel gain this experience in radar and target acquisition they assist in curbing the flow of illegal drugs which find their Way onto the streets of our cities he said on the sen ate floor just before easter recess. No group claims responsibility for bomb 6169 Suwim of m mucus it lbs Tvr. A Piffl Chowty miming a Twoy to to uhf. Rren to. Tog a Itji Mainz Germany ass no one has claimed responsibility for a homemade bomb defused monday morning by Ger Man police near the Mainz army depot a Mainz police official said  device was placed against an army flatbed trailer parked to the lot Between the depot and the san Flora housing area. It was rigged to detonate when the trailer moved. A German employee of the main army depot found the bomb said pal told Mainz Public affairs  employee decided it looked suspicious and reported it to German police he said. The device was made with a plastic bottle a High explosive wiring and a Battery. It stood about 12 inches High said a v corp message sent Loubon Minaie commands. Toui said appropriate Security Mea sures would be taken to Mainz As a result of the bomb but he declined to dismiss  Wagner director of Trie Mainz criminal policy said that no one has claimed responsibility for the bomb. Military and civilian vehicles Park in the lot which is the property of the depot he said. Bomb idiot  police commissioner Dieter Drews who is leading the investigation called the bomb a typical homemade product that would have damaged Only the trailer if Toad exploded. Wagner said there have been 10 bomb Ings in the state of Eui Inland Pfalz since 1w1. No one has been injured in the bomb Ings although property has been damaged. Five of those cases Wagner said were the work of a mentally deranged person without any political motivation