European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 18, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 Forf seeks bids for computerized bugler by Norman Black a military writer Washington the soldiers Al fort Shafter Hawaii slopped wondering years ago whether the Bugle Calls they heard were live or recorded. The Days of a human bugler blowing reveille Retreat and taps Al the fort outside Honolulu arc Distant Mem ories just As they arc at most military installations. No human musical mistakes. No crisis if the bugler gels sick. And soon Al for shatter there will be no Chance military policeman will forget to turn on the loud speaker system and Cue up the recording. Fort shatter is now formally in the Market for an automatic Bugle Call  not just any automatic system Hillier. This will be a new automatic Bugle Call system with microprocessor based programmable timer to provide amplified Bugle Calls and voice transmissions through out the entire Post at fort Shafler  the winning contractor also is going to have to in stall some new speakers rewire some existing speakers and then lest the whole system for  those specifications Are spelled out in an army bid solicitation published last week in the Commerce business daily. The army has set a bidding deadline of july 30. The army says it can t discuss How much it thinks the new system will Cost because it does t want to Tipoff bidders1. But the goal is definitely to go fully Auto Matic. John Fairbank a spokesman is the fort said Friday he doubted there had been a live bugler at the base since Montgomery gift starred in from Here to eternity " Fairbank said he did t know the bid solicitation had been published but added the fort currently relies on some Ixmay sitting at the my desk to play s record  $611,623 room restoration cited by Proxmire Cal value of the room which has been occupied by 15 secretaries of the Navy by president Hoover in 1930, by Gen. John Pershing from 1921 through 1947 and by every vice president except Hubert Humphrey since 1947. But like so Many government pro Grams this renovation soon went from Cost conscious modesty to big spending opulence he said. Jarrall said the Cost included an unexpected expenditure of �120,000 to Cor rect faulty work done by a previous con tractor. The rest was for Genera maintenance including work on the electrical heating and air conditioning sys tems he said Proxmire who first questioned the Washington a a room within the White House Complex that was trimmed in Gold Leaf and Given a Sis figure restoration Job won sen. William prox pm re s Golden fleece award for government waste on sunday. The award went to the executive of fice of the president for spending $611,623 to gild one medium sized room in the old executive office building a historic victorian Era Struc Ture where Many top administration officials including budget director James Miller have offices. White House spokesman Ben Jamil disputed Proxmire s figure. He said the Cost was 1346,454. Proxmire did not dispute the his Lori Ford proposes giving workers s. Africa holdings Detroit a Ford motor co. Confirmed on sunday that it wants to give a major portion of its 42 percent interest in a South african joint venture its Only holding in the country to workers 70 percent of whom Are Buck. The automaker has been meeting privately wit South african labor and Community leaders to discuss a proposal to put the shares in a Trust that would Bene fit 4,500 employers of South african motor corp., Ford spokesman Bill Goodell said Anglo american corp., a South african conglomerate owns the majority of South african motor corp. Spilt african motor corp., which distributes the vehicles it makes is Ford s Only holding in South Afri Ca Godell said. The Detroit free press on saturday reported the restructuring proposal. South african Union leaders said they Are not Likely to accept the plan because workers believe it offers no solution to the country s apartheid system according to the newspaper. Ford has been involved in the joint venture since 1985. The South african company makes cars an trucks in Pretoria and engines and components in port Elizabeth. Sakharov Calls on soviets to pull out of Afghanistan Gas about the work in March also claimed credit for averting a More costly renovation of Miller s office. They were ready to 90 on to six other offices including the Lair of the director of the office of management and budget at a Cost of $728,000, but suddenly deferred those plans after my  Proxmire said. Edwin Dale bomb spokesman said Miller s decision to cancel the project within the last two or three weeks had nothing to do with Proxmire the project for refurbishing the director of bomb s office was called off by director Miller when he discovered How much it was going to Cost which was not the figure the senator used but was close to $450,000," Dale said. Proxmire a member of the appropriations subcommittee with jurisdiction Over the budget of the executive office of the president awards the Golden fleece to the most wasteful ridiculous or ironic use of the taxpayers  the Flap Over the old executive build ing comes two months after hot debate about a hot tub installed in the new executive office building. The hot tub and a dry Sauna arc part of an athletic Center which opened in March for while House employees. According to the White House the tub an Sauna Are being paid for with fees from exercise club members. 1 awarded the purple heart of Holu Petty officer time r. Wheeler 28, who was seriously injured when he frigate Slark is attacked by iraqi missiles on May 17, wears the purple heart presented o him by hear Admiral David r. Morris at Brooke army medical Center in san an Ohio. Wheeler is m native of Elpaso Texas. New York a the soviet Union should withdraw from Afghani Stan release hundreds of prisoners of conscience and agree with the United Stales to Cut strategic nuclear weapons by half Andrei Sakharov said in a taped message to graduating seniors Al the col lege of Slaten Island sunday. I am aware that you expect me to be More than just polite the physicist and Nobel laureate said in a statement video taped earlier this month in Moscow. Noting that the afghan War has been going on for Over seven years he called for Lite immediate withdrawal of soviet troops so that the afghan people can solve their own Domestic  reforms promoted by soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Are important and necessary Sakharov said. But what has been done so far is just the very  although about 150 prisoners of con science Nave been released the situation is far from satisfactory he said we know of at least 500 prisoner by  Sakharov repeated his Appeal to the United Stales and the soviet Union tout strategic nuclear arms in half. As for civilian uses of nuclear Power he said Mankind cannot do without peaceful nuclear Power engineering. But we Are obliged to provide comprehensive safety eliminating the possibility of chernobyl like  Sakharov delivered the address at