European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday May 23, 19b7 the stars and stripes Page 9 Dod chief orders new army copter study by Norman Blackcap military writer Washington the Pentagon s top weapons Czar has decided to split in to an army program to develop a new generation of helicopters demanding a new study of what Type of Airframe should be used.  by Richard a. Godwin announced ibo Raday Taa viewed As at least a temporary Victory for proponent of a lilt Rotor air plane to replace the  of Light helicopters. Tar army has never flatly ruled out the tilt Rotor tits Notony fru thaa been proceeding on the basis that it � advanced. Rotary Blade chopper resembling intr to it of design features a conventional air Radkai with propellers tint cart be touted to a undersecretary of defense for of quasi w authorize the Aon to Start work on ent package of tale will1 a needed flight a Murat sat Ems radar units Nugo finding. And weapon con Roi systems and radar jamming car. He specified however the work could proceed Only to the extent that it is compatible with All competing Airframe  he then ordered inc army to select an Independent contractor to evaluate competing Airframe technologies that evaluation must be completed before novem Ber 1987, when a final decision wit be made on Hie Fate of the army s biggest weapons project Godwin wrote. The army bad no immediate reaction to Godwin s decision beyond noting that the newly ordered study should not significantly delay the program. A month ago. Pentagon source bad. Said Godwin and defense or Alary Caspar Weih Bener were Likely to approx Corat Naclion of prototype aircraft for test ing based on. The More conventional helicopter technology however the contractor that a developing a lilt Rotor aircraft for the Navy Bell helicopter text Ron inc., has Beena joing to Godwin that its plane could do everything that a new helicopter could and More. Godwin  decision memorandum dated May 19, Lold the army it should evaluate four alternative air i rame approaches which include the advanced Heli Mph it technology using a Small lightweight engine already under development an advanced helicopter using any Type of engine the lilt Rotor and an up graded ah-64 Apache  the inclusion of that latter alternative is a Victory for the Mcdonnell Douglas corp., which builds the Apache helicopter gunship now used by he army. The army has proposed shutting Down he Apache production line to focus on Devdor Mcnol of an entirely new aircraft. The army program is known As the Lex project for Light helicopter experimental. The goal is to de sign an aircraft thai could be Buill in two configurations a scout and attack version and a Utility ver Sion to replace the roughly 7,000 Light helicopter Snow in the army s inventory. The army would like to buy about 4,500 of the new Lex copters starting in the mid-1990s, at n Cost of about s66 billion. 4 children 2 adults killed in apartment fire Chicago a a Smoky Trebo about in a basement  Friday killing sir people Meta Una fou children. And critic Call Rinju Riino. One other child authorities said the fire broke out about 2 . And was confined to a bedroom in the apart ment. It was brought under control quickly fire department spokesman Jerry Lawrence said. The apartment did not have a smoke Detector fit1 said. The victims were asleep when the Blaze started and died of apparent smoke inhalation Lawrence said detectors. Might Nave provided die Earl warning necessary for the residents to escape particularly considering How minor the lire was he said. Officials Ai five hospitals listed six dead in he fire four children Ages 3 to 7 a woman about 25 Yean old and another woman in her ule lol. A i year old was in critical condition Al Chil Dren s memorial Hospital said spokeswoman Karen Shepherd. On thursday a Mother and three Chil Dren died in a fire in Lena wis. Authorities said the woman threw her 3-year-old son to her husband through a second Story window then died when she went to get her other children. The cause of he ire in Chicago is under investigation Lawrence said. The than glory Buck building was being re modelled he said. I saw about five bodies Small babies. They had them in bags said Samuel Williams who lives two houses away. Peop were fainting when the were bringing out the bodies. When i first saw it there was flames and smoke. But there was More smoke than anything  Cora Hansbrough who lives next door to the building said her husband and Landlady reported the fire. She said shews awakened by screams the Ocomo county wis., sheriffs department identified the victims of thursday s Blaze As Colleen ,2,7. And three of her children Travis 8 Amanda 4 and Melissa 2. John Konizer 44, the husband and father of the victims was hospitalized As was 3-year-old Benjamin and firelight eral Schuttt Pultz 42. Texas leading nation in Bank failures with 26 Dallas a Banks Are failing Aster in Texas than in any other state with a record tying 26 going under this year so tar. The number is expected to climb even higher As the Lone Star state recover from turmoil in the Oil Industry. They can hold on said stale banking commission spokesman Richard nun. The stale s 25th and 26th Bank fail ures were recorded thursday with the collapse of a Bank in Austin and another in Houston. Texas last year had 26 Bank failure More than any state in any year. Officials refused to predict How anymore of the 2,000-plus Banks in Texas will fail by the end of the year so far 81 banking institutions have failed across the country this year and the. Dumber could soar As High As 200 by dec. 31, said Bill Olcheski spokesman for the Federal Deposit insurance corp. Last year nearly 140 failed across the nation the most since the Odic s found ing in 1933. In Texas nun said up through 1986, 90 percent of failures were primarily the result of poor management but at least half of the failures now Are no longer caused just by poor  it s the hanging on of poor economic conditions he said. Even the Strong Bank if he s got two or three tackles hanging on him sooner or later he going to come  during the slate s Boom years in the Laic 1970s and Early 1980s, Many lenders became accustomed to widespread land speculation. But when Oil prices took a nose dive in Laic 1985, Energy and real estate industries fell apart. Layoffs mourned in depressed cities throughout Texas the state is facing a multimillion Dollar budget deficit and Here Are mounting Calls to enact an in come tax for the firs time. The banking system is More or less reflective of the Economy As a whole said Frank Anderson a Dallas banking analyst with Ferguson & co. Anderson said he raped the Bank failure trend to continue through 1987,despite an improving state Economy be cause of a lag effect. However Anderson said he was t Overly distressed at the record number of banking failures. Texas has 14 percent of the total number of Banks in the country More than 2,000," he said. We be had less than 1.5 percent of that number fail. It snot something you want to see but it s is ill a Small part of the whole  poor lending practices and the wors ening local Economy Ted regulator to shut Down Lake Austin National Bank in Austin on thursday said Judith Walter the . Comptroller s senior Deputy con troller for administration. The Bank which was chartered in 1983, had assets of about $48 million. Greater Texas Bank Southwest in aus tin planned pending court approval in assume inc failed Bank s deposits and reopen inc facility As a Branch said Odic spokeswoman Julie Amberson. Poor supervision of lending and imprudent lending practices resulting in a substantial increase in problem loan were circa in the Case of the other Bank closed by regulators on thursday Tinas investment Bank , in Houston. The Bank chartered in 1972, had As sets of about $17 million said comp i Ter s spokesman Frank Bance. Some of the Good Bankers now Fel lows who have sound Well managed Banks now Are that Way because hey were considered Ultra conservative a few years ago nun said. Those Are the kinds of Guys who sur Vived the depression and know the value of saving fora Rainy  Here s pie in the Eye a teacher grins and bears it As a target for Charity. Jen Kemp my the University of Georgia  to be a target thursday in an Alpha Epsilon i Benefit for the american cancer society in Athens Ca. Kemp who won More than $1 million in a lawsuit thai hint Ihu Schiml a Hldi a received Prefi Rintal Jacuik Mic regiment was reinstated As an instructor list year