European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 11,1987 the stars and stripes pages Pentagon delays Toshiba dealings secret gear sold to soviets officials say 3y Richard c. Gross Dpi military writer Washington the Pentagon has held up contracts sought by Toshiba corp. While Japan investigates charges that the company sold secret High tech equipment to the soviets for building quieter submarines officials say. Efforts to reduce the noise Levels of soviet submarines with precisely machined propellers made by the japanese were linked to the John Walker family spy ring the officials said tuesday. They suggested that the ring May have told Moscow that noisy propellers were the chief reason the . Navy has been Able to detect its subs. After the Walker ring was exposed two years ago senior officials said the secrets divulged led to improvements in the operation of soviet subs making them More difficult to detect. But they never mentioned propellers. Success in undersea warfare depends on How silently submarines can run. There is evidence they re the Sovi ets using the propellers said one offi Cial. The Navy is very  the Pentagon according to the officials has held up business dealings with Toshiba while Japan investigates the diversion. The ban could Cost the japanese company hundreds of millions of dollars Worth of contracts including one for 90,000 computers for the air Force. It s valued at si00 million. Other pending contracts arc for Star wars work in missile defences. The action against Toshiba has affected other companies that Are competing for the same contracts because the contracting process has been delayed Pentagon officials said. Toshiba has not been officially suspended or debarred from doing business with the Pentagon although that could happen they said. Also the Pentagon banned further contracts with the government owned norwegian firm Kongsberg Vaa Pena Brick which produced a vital computer software component for the japanese precision milling equipment and allegedly was involved in the illegal Transfer to Moscow officials said. Norwegian police have arrested a Kongsberg executive Bernard Green a British citizen in connection with the diversion the sources said. No new contracts Are being approved for Kongsberg which has one pending Abr the Navy s Penguin anti ship missile the officials said. Existing contracts with the firm arc being honoured. The defense department declined to comment on the suspensions. The Issue involves the 1983 Sale to the soviets of four barn sized milling machines. The equipment can produce propellers weighing up to 125 tons so precisely that tolerances Are to within one tenth of a millimetre. The computer driven machines called the Mbp-110s, manufacture propellers with six or seven Blades that Are specially curved to improve their balance As they spin through the water achieving More quietness. . Officials expressed concern Abou Kongsberg because it is heavily involved in sensitive aerospace technology an the question now is How secure the technology is a source said. Biden Duke enter democratic presidential race Wilmington Del. A sen. Joseph r. Biden or. Officially entered the 1988 democratic presidential race tuesday talking of bitter truths and hard choices but promising to rekindle the fire of idealism in our  the Delaware Democrat proclaimed the overriding Issue is what kind of nation will be left to America children whether policies will take the course of Quick and false Prosperity by consuming oar Chil Dren s future or the More difficult path dedicated to guaranteeing to our children their  also joining the democratic presidential sweepstakes tuesday was David Duke former nation Al Leader of the Kun flux klan. Biden was introduced As a candidate by sen. Daniel Inouye a Hawaii chairman of the Senate s Iran con tra committee who broke away from the Senate House hearings on the affair to share the platform with the candidate. We Are going to Call on Biden to Lead this nation to restore our Honor Inouye told the crowd of about 2,000. Time and again Biden 44, talked of How his Genera Tion is ready to reclaim its special legacy and Lead the country echoing the words of John f. Kennedy. In the spirit of another time let us pledge that our generation of americans pay any Price Bear any Bur Den accept any Challenge meet any hardship to secure the blessings of Prosperity and Promise of America for our children Biden told cheering supporters. In his 1961 presidential inaugural address Kennedy used much the same words to say America stood ready to defend Freedom around the world. In his announcement in Atlanta Duke predicted that his Campaign could change America now and in the  Duke who now Heads the National association for the advancement of White people told a news Confer ence on the Steps of the Georgia Capitol that the race will narrow to a confrontation Between him and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. I have a Strong constituency of White working peo ple. Jesse Jackson has got a Strong constituency obviously among the Black bloc vote. I think the Dynamo David Duke announces his candidacy for president at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. Is of a political confrontation Between myself and Jesse Jackson will mean that we will receive a great Deal of votes in the democratic party he said. In Washington democratic National committee chairman Paul g. Kirk attacked the candidacy of Duke As an a tempted fraud on the process and the Public and advocated Legal action to keep him off primary ballots. With his announcement Biden formally entered the 1988 race a contest still in turmoil after the abrupt withdrawal of Gary Hart last month. Hart a former Colorado senator had been the front runner. The other announced democratic candidates arc rep Richard Gephardt of Missouri former gov. Bruce Babbitt of Arizona gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts Gen. Paul Simon of Illinois and  Albert Gore or. Of Tennessee will announce june 29, an aide said tuesday. Jackson is expected to announce later this , a three term senator and the chairman of the Senate judiciary committee is Little Viown nationwide. He began his Campaign at the Wilmington train station through which he travelled almost every working Day As he commuted from his Wilmington Home to Washington. Biden with 22 members of his family on the stage said he would attempt to Tell the american people the truth about what has to be done to fix the nation s Economy. Leader of religious group quits after admitting adultery Sands of time Madison wis. A the Rev. Gordon Macdonald has resigned As president of the inter varsity Christian Fellowship a National student religious group after admitting he committed adultery and his successor Thomas h. Dunkerton said he was confident Mem Bers would forgive Macdonald because we re All sinners to one degree or Aneth  Mcdonald and his wife Gail talked briefly with a reporter tuesday but declined to expand on a statement he had issued to the Board earlier that said i need your  inter varsity issued a statement saying Macdonald had an adulterous relation ship in 1984 and Early 1985. The identity of the woman was not revealed but James Kay of Franksville chairman of the Board of trustees said she was not a College student. Kay said the group issued the statement because it wanted to be straightforward with the  Macdonald s statement said he had hoped for a Long period that. The tragedy in my past would have been Over and buried but when rumours about this matter began to circulate i knew that i must  Macdonald 48, is a former chairman of world vision a Christian Relief Agency. He became inter varsity president in january 1985. Inner varsity has 27,500 members in 750 chapters. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. June 11, 1947 Secretary of state George c. Marshall went before Congress to urge an american declaration in favor of the creation of a United states of tur pc within the framework of the United nations. 30 years ago today. June 11, 1957 the . Supreme court reversed a june 1956 ruling and Hel that civilians who accompany service members overseas arc not subject to military trials for crimes committed abroad. 20 years ago today. June 11, 1967 Israel and Syria agreed to a United nations supervised cease fire and the . Truce chief reported they had accepted arrangements to make the cease fire effective. 10 years ago today. June 11 1977 reacting to a series of votes by House panels that struck Down key parts of his comprehensive Energy plan president Carter accused Congress of Kuckling under to the Oil and Auto lobbies