European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday juns2b, 19b7 the stars and stripes Page 5 divin Dipsey a photo it str the mule still once fully into a sex fat step Pool us part or a promotional Campaign for a Gainesville flu., Auto dealer. Do pay climbs up amp alone and leaps 30 fat into the Pool. 3.5 percent wage Factor adopted for defense bids by Norman Biack a military writer Washington the array Navy and air Force in an unusual show of uniformity have decided to use the same general wage Factor during each of the next two Yean in gauging the reasonableness of bids submitted by defense contractors. The agreement reached during a closed door meet ing of top military brass last week was confirmed Fri Day by the Pentagon. It Calls for each sen ice in re viewing the wage portion of contract bids to Challenge contractor who claim their labor expenses have grown by More than 3.5 percent. The agreement will apply to All non competitive contract award meaning those cases in which a serv ice is relying on a single contractor to provide a partic ular article. Although subject to review depending upon inflation rates the new agreement Calls for the 3. 5 percent Standard to be used in 19s8 and 1989. Although All three services Bave increased significantly their Reliance on competitive bidding in recent years there still Are billions of dollars Worth of con tracts awarded to sole sources by employing a 3.5 percent guideline the three Mili tary services Are essentially saying that if a contractor strikes a Union agreement that Calls for a larger wage hike and the contractor cannot justify the higher pay based on such factors As unusually High local inflation rates he won t be compensated by the Federal government above the 3.5 percent level. According to an army spokesman the decision to use the same guidelines was reached during a quarterly meeting of the joint logistics commanders a standing group comprised of the Navy Admiral and the army and air Force generals responsible for logistics and Materiel. Although All three services have used internal wage guidelines for several years Only once before did the three agree to common standards that agreement was reached in april 1985, and called for a 4 percent Stan Dard in i9s5, a 4.5 percent guideline in 1986 and a 5 percent Standard in 1987. That agreement fell apart however when the Navy withdrew in january 1986 and announced it was Low ering its guideline to 3.5 percent. The army spokesman described the Standard As a bargaining Point explaining our contract officers when dealing with non competitive contracts have to have someplace to Start. Individual contract May still have a higher or lower wage Factor depending upon the justification another military official said the services had decided to attempt another joint agreement in part because there was a concern that one service could be played off another by contractors who make joint  a second source asserted the services were not at tempting to Tell contractors what 10 pay their workers but we want to look at what s fair and  going into last week s meeting the Navy was using a 3.5percent Standard for i9s7, compared with 5 per cent for the army. The air Force began the current ear with a 3.5 percent Standard but dropped it to 2.5 percent in March in setting a uniform guideline for 1988 and 19s9, the three services also agreed to Tower the Standard for the remainder of 1987 to a common 2.5 percent the army spokesman said. Vets Start Frek to july 4 oily at Vietnam memorial Central Point Ore. A Viet  veterans began a Cross country Jour Ney Friday that will end with a july 4thrally in Washington d.c., and one organizer called the gathering the Wel come Home a lot of vets from Vietnam never  about 50 veterans left from this Ore gon Community at Dawn Friday while other convoys set out from los Angeles. Organizes say they Hope 150,000 Veter ans will have joined the groups by the time they reach the Vietnam War memorial. It s just going to snowball All the Way East said Dale Phillips of Phoenix Ore., vice president of chapter 179 of the Vietnam veterans of America. This is not a demonstration he said. This is just by of for and about the veterans. It s the Welcome Home a lot of vets from Vietnam never  Melvyn Robert Castagna who organized convey to the Wall joined the Convoy As it pulled onto interstate 5, we re All coming together he said. We re All coming  Castogna became the Center of Contro Versy after disclosures that his Marine corps service record did t support his claims of combat duly in Vietnam. He said Friday he hoped to Clear up the problem when he returns from the rally. Rick Duvall of Guerneville calif., who served with the 101st airborne div in Vietnam said society often blames soldiers for War. But coming Back from a War puts the veterans in a psychological Hole they can t come Oul of he said. This is our Chance to get out this is our Chance to come  Washington i and boor w. A. The Central route was to go from los Angeles through Las vegas Cedar City Utah Denver Kansas City to. Louis Ville by. And Charleston w. A. The Southern route was to go from los Angeles through Gallup . Amarillo Texas Little Rock Ark. Nashville Tenn. And Roanoke a. Italian air Force unit to train for month in . Washington a an operational fighter unit from the italian air Force will hold training exercises in the United Stales for the first Lime the Penta gon announced Friday the 156lh group of Italy s 36th Stormo or air Wing will arrive at Selfridge air National guard ease in Michigan on tuesday. It will slay for a month. The Squadron of six Tornado aircraft will prac Sands of time Tice air to air and air to ground combat tactics with the 107th tactical fighter so a unit of the 127th tactical fighter Wing of the Michigan air National guard that flies the a-7 Corsair. The italians also will participate in a four Day air National guard exercise called sentry Wolverine before flying Home on july 28. Normally . Air Force units train with their nato allies at various locations in Europe. In this Case the Pentagon said. Brig. Gen Harold w. Rudolph commander of the 127th tactical fighter Wing had been impressed by the level of cooperation and camaraderie extended to his unit during recent deployments to Italy. This led to his idea to invite the italians to train in the United Stales and the subsequent approval by the italian government and the . Departments of defense and state the Pentagon said. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. June 28, 1947 barring press coverage of their talks foreign ministers of Britain France and the soviet Union met in Paris to thrash out a european Relief program in accordance with the Marshall plan. 30 years ago today. June 28,1957 the . Court of appeals upheld the state department s right to deny passports to persons who refused to sign non communist oaths. 20 years ago today. June 28,1967 French president Charles Degaulle blamed the world s troubles on soviet american rivalry and said France belonged to neither Camp. But he called for . Withdrawal from Vietnam to end the Southeast asian  10 years ago today. June 28, 1977 Andrew Zimmer 16. Admitted to setting a jail fire in Columbia Tenn., which killed 42 persons. Zimmer had twice been taken into custody in wis Consin in connection with arson or threat of arson charges. Songwriter b. Bryant Dies he wife wrote several hits Knoxville Tenn. A Boud Lea i Bryant co composer with his wife Felice of hundreds of songs including the Everly Brothers hits Wake up Little Susie and Bye Bye love and the Blue grass Standard Rocky top died thursday of cancer at Baptist memorial Hospital. He was �7. The Bryants who were inducted into the National songwriters Hall of Fame last year had their songs recorded by such stars As Bob Dylan the grateful dead and Elvis Presley. Other entertainers who recorded their songs include Simon and Garfunkel the Carter family Sarah Vaughn buddy Holly and Ray Charles. They wrote 27 songs for the Everly Brothers and 12 of them became hits. Well known songs by the Bryants include All 1 have to do is dream raining in my heart love hum devoted to you and come live with  Rocky top written in 1968, be came the fight song of the University of Tennessee in 1972 and was declared Tennessee s state song by the legislature in 1982. Bryant studied classical violin As Achild and met Felice Scaduto while play ing in Milwaukee in 194s. They married after a Brief courtship and started writing songs when Bryant set his wife s poetry to music