European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 19, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 general defends my As Superb accuracy reliability better than we expected by Norman Buck a military writer Washington an air Force general defended he performance and reliability of the new my missile on Friday saying disciplinary sanctions against some of its builders were aimed at overcoming delivery problems ant nothing More. Tie peacekeeper missile system has been Superb in All 17 flight tests to Date said Brig. Gen. Charts a. May jr., special assistant for icbms modification. We have achieved accuracy and reliability Statis tics far better than we expected when we set out 10 design a new icbms he said. The my dubbed the peacekeeper by the Reagan administration is a four stage intercontinental Ballis tic missile designed to carry in nuclear warheads. The weapon is one of the Centrepieces of the Reagan administration s military buildup. May appeared at a special Pentagon briefing Friday scheduled in the Wake of a disclosure that a second my contractor had been slapped with monetary penal is for its performance on the program. The air Force announced wednesday that it had decided to withhold 10 percent of the monthly con tract payments to Morton Thi Okol inc. Or about is million a month for poor workmanship in fabricating the first stage rocket motors used on he my. Earlier this Spring the air Force took similar action against Northrop corp. Because of delays in delivering the inertial guidance units needed for each missile. As of Friday the air Force said it had withheld is9.4 million in contract payments to Northrop. In reviewing the my program. May acknowledged thai eight of the 22 my missiles deployed to Dale in silos at Wyoming s . Warren fab had not been activated because Efnor Stirop s failure to meet delivery deadlines. But he repeatedly look Issue with allegations advanced by three former and current Northrop employees last month that the inertia guidance units of Fth missiles were so shoddily made and tested that heir accuracy was doubtful. There is no degradation in the performance of the peacekeeper missile May said. We arc not getting from Northrop the Rale or delivery that we had contracted for. But the products that we get from North Rop arc absolutely Superior. And so the problem is a production  May added that the guidance systems built by Northrop had been exceeding 3,700 hours of continuous operation before replacement compared to the predicted 1.800 hours. Furthermore the system is Al ready meeting accuracy standards thai were not expected lobe realized until 199he added. While the air Force has ordered an in depth technical review by a scientific advisory Board to ensure the guidance units will work properly. May said that step was ordered Only because the service wanted logo the extra mile and reassure itself and the Public that All of the Confidence we have in this system is exactly  May said the air Force is also confident that there Are no problems with the first stage rocket motors Al ready delivered by Morion Thi Okol. The problem there he continued is an increase in the amount of scrap and rework needed on lie mor ton Thi Okol manufacturing Tine. The company has already responded to the air Force s concerns and appears to be correcting the problems May said. Indeed the air Force had planned o withhold up to 20 percent of Morton Thio Kol s monthly payments but reduced the figure to 10 percent because of the Progress already made he said. The one Star general said he knew of no other prob lems with my contractors adding that the service fully expects to meet its final schedule of deploying to of the giant missiles by december 1988. Mercenaries in the making a photo this is Tim of the slides u. Cot. Other North described during the congressional Iarj con i hearings part of package thai he said was shown in the White House to potent Ltd donors to the nicaraguan rebels. The children become the mercenary army for the soviet Empire he testified. Delta air lines involved in 6th unusual incident Washington a the Federal aviation administration is investigating an incident in which a Delia air lines Pilot took off from Boston s Logan inter National air on without clearance As an other jetliner was about to Cross the run Way officials said Friday the incident involving Delia flight 670 10 Montreal occurred Laic thursday night and was the Stalb unusual Inci Dent involving Delta since june 18. On wednesday he Faa announced a special surveillance of Delta s training operations because of a rash of Pilot mis takes in recent weeks. Faa officials said the Delta Boeing 727 had been cleared onto the runway but had not received permission from he control Tower to take off. Fred Farrar an Faa spokesman said the control Tower noticed thai the plane was taking off and directed a us air Jet liner that had just landed on another runway not to proceed across the runway being used by the Delta plane. Delta spokesman Jim Ewing said the incident involved a possible misunderstanding of directions from the lower and that Delia believes the Pilot did not act improperly. Of win said the airline was investigating the incident but that no action has been taken against the Pilot us air spokesman Dave Shipley said us air flight 80, which had just landed following a flight from Cleveland had been cleared to Cross the runway that the Delta plane was about to use when the controller told us air not to proceed. Delta the country s fourth largest air line has been Slung by an unusual Suc cession of Pilot mistakes. The Faa is already investigating Delta s training practices although officials said no a obvious pattern or link has been found among the various incidents which included a near collision Over the North Atlantic a Pilot culling both engines off during flight and pilots Landing on a wrong runway and at a wrong air port. Ids of to stalled Bush limousine gets a boost Manchester n. H. Up when vice president George Bush s limousine lurched to a Stop the secret service Bor rowed Anne Wolf s jumper cables to gel the motorcade Back on the Road again. Mommy they have guns i claimed 4-Ycar-old Jeremy Wolf As secret service agents scrambled from their cars wednesday night when the vice presi Dent limousine died. The Security agents hustled Bush into another Limo but left the disabled car in such a Light spot Hal a police Cruiser could not squeeze in Loump Slan it Wolf who said she had not been aware that Bush that was in new Hamp Shire for a Campaign appearance did she first assumed the police had launched a raid on a nearby House i did t want logo out because 1 d id n t know what was going on Wolf said after a neighbor Roland Peaupre realized Hal her car was the Only one in a position to jump Start Bush s car. Wolf admitted she wondered what her neighbors would think when they saw her surrounded by police. They were looking at me real funny and i wanted to say i did t do any thing,"1 she said. Wolf said she caught a glimpse of Bush As he was moved to another car and whisked from the scene. Bush s office said it will Send Wolf a letter of thanks. I onions irked by new York times Story Miami a an unflattering Arti Cle on Miami in sunday s new York times Magazine has local leaders up m arms saying Chr drugs and violin re image is a half decade out of Date. Officials hurriedly met Friday to plan a response after Reading Advance copies of he article can Miami save Liln the article describes the City As a juvenile delinquent that is "best.1 by drugs and  it ends up being the usual recycled train that s bin reprinted said w ally Lee executive assistant to City manat a Oia Rodio. The paper stands behind the article. Said spokeswoman Nancy Nielsen the of ten Page piece by Robert Sherri to. A former Miami Herald reporter who Hies in Tallahassee a rails police corruption cocaine drug murders voodoo animal sacrifices race Hois and language Bacn. Reporters like she frill arc part of Fth Prudhum countered Miami police spokeswoman Cori Zywn Tiow. They re perpetual in inc old image we believe we be  in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. July 19, 1947 an reman punched a Bear in the nose at Chicago s Brook Fidd zoo to Rescue 3-year-old Terry Lee Falkof Jovici 111. 30 years ago today. July 19,1957 state sen. Sam Engel Hardt. A while citizens Council Teador in Montgomery ala., introduced a Bill to abolish Macon county where Blacks were inc majority and voting was a controversial i Suc. The Bill was intended to Divide the surrounding counties so thai Blacks would be absorbed Inlo the while populations of other counties 20 years ago today. July 19, 1967 Elaine Cray 21. Of Britain rewrote the record Book by swim Ming from France to England in 10 hours in minutes. She broke the pre Vious Mark of 11 hours 1 minute Sel by America s Greta Andersen in i95s. To years ago today july 19, 977 the . Dollar fell loan  Law again by the Maik in Frankfurt and Din t fare Mui i better ii gain other european currencies. The Dollar clip if at 2.26 German Marks