European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday september 19,1967 stateside Dod Deputy says military Iii i of a Mclell Tiiu oig1.mui balks at purchasing reforms sheriff wins election Washington a the uniformed military services strongly resist attempts to Reform heir Pur chasing practices in an Effort to save Money. Deputy Secretary of defense William Howard Tan in said thursday. Tall told inc House armed services commit Lee that we pc obviously very disappointed by the resignation of Richard Godwin As head of an office designed to overhaul inc Way the Pentagon buys ils thousands of weapons. We had hoped Godwin would slay with us and pursue these  he added. Godwin a Clow associate of defense Secretary Cas Par Weinberger resigned this week after a year Asun de Secretary of defense for acquisition. Thai position was created to oversee purchasing re forms recommended by a presid Colial commission after what Weinberger has called a series of horror Sioris about $400 hammers and $5,000 coffeepots Godwin is a former president of the acc hell group inc., the California based engineering firm where Weinberger worked before joining the Reagan administration Godwin is scheduled to testify before the panel next week in interviews shortly before he resigned he out lined his frustrations and said he was leaving because he could t make decisions Slick within the Pentagon bureaucracy. Tall said Godwin was strongly supported by lop civilian leaders among the services. But he conceded that we had lots of complaints about Godwin s efforts and there is a great Deal of resistance to changing current purchasing practices Taft said he talked with Godwin before the Resig nation and tried to get him to stay. I Don t believe the reasons he told me for leaving were Good reasons Tor leaving Taft told he panel. Tall agreed with rep William Dickinson of Ala Bama inc senior Republican on the committee that part of the problem in making reforms Slick is defining the authority of Godwin s position. Many acquisition decisions overlap with other areas he added such As relations with . Allies raining and the Structure of the military forces. These Are continuing problems they re nol going to go away said tall adding he does t feel any More new Reform Laws Are needed now. Rep. Los Aspin a wis chairman of the panel noted Weinberger s Reform efforts bul said the prob Lem remains with  the spare parts horror stories of inc recent past have been replaced by the equally serious acquisition difficulties associated with advanced electronics for the b-1b bomber and the inertial measurement unit for inc my missile Aspin said. Dickinson said the committee s investigation had found that Godwin was fully supported by lop civilian officials. The presidential commission headed by former undersecretary of defense David Packard was highly critical of the Pentagon s purchasing system. Ii called for a variety of reforms including appointment of an acquisition Cvar alone with elimination of overlap Ping systems and authority. Something new under the Sun a photo general motors Sunray cer broke the world Speed record for a solar powered vehicle thursday afternoon at the general motors desert proving ground in Mesa Ariz. Under partly Cloudy skies be san racer reached 35,227 Mph beating the 1984 recorder 24.74 Mph. B-1b Breaks 9 world records sets another 9 in new categories Palm Dale Calif. Up the air Force s bib strategic bomber my nine world Speed distance and payload records thursday including four previously held by a soviet aircraft officials said. The 2-year-old aircraft considered the Cornerstone of the strategic air come Fleet also set nine records nol previously categorized. All 18 records were Mab shed during a five hour 3,130-mile flight thai began and ended Al  fab air Force maj. Jim Anderson said. The Boatwr flew the distance Al 655 Mph and earned 67.jm pounds whereas a soviet ll-7fi transport plane which has held four of the records since 1979, flew the same distance with the same payload at Only Jot Mph. In setting the record flight at that weight the bib also automatically set other records in lesser weight and distance categories. In flying the distance Al hat Speed and with hat payload we set the records and established the extraordinary capabilities of the bib Anderson said. We can carry1 More farther and  tic multiple. Jong Range h-1h. America s now mime go bomber is Able to try intercontinental missions without re jul a and lox diet rate anti to Watcil enemy defend its. Stockton map Cedar county voters gained a sheriff but lost ill the deputies. The department s three full Lime deputies one re serve Deputy and one dispatcher quit after acting Sher Iff Joe Shearer Defeated Deputy Terry Davis As re placement for . Larew Larew was shot to death by a Booby trap ride july 26. Shearer Defeated Davis by a margin of less than 2 percent of the Vole. Davis who had been supported by the other deputies Wai chief Deputy under Larch. He lost to Shearer by 39 of he 2,705 votes cast. Shearer does t expect the resignations to cause hardship except for the Long hours hell have to put in until the deputies arc replaced. He is receiving help from former . Morlan. I be worked in the toughest parts of the City up there and i think i can handle anything thai comes  said Shearer who spent 25 years with the Detroit police department. Name drawn from hat decides election after tie Salem Conn. A two democrats vying to represent their parly As a Board of selectmen Candi Dale waged ii traditional Campaign but it All came Down 10 the Luck of the draw Char Lonc Clancy and Charles Zemko tied 155-155, when primary mulls were tallied. An attorney from the Secretary of stale s office told local officials they would either have to flip a Coin or pick a name from a Hal to break the lie. Zomko was declared the democrats endorsed candidate for the Post when his name was chosen from a hat by election Moderator Linda Phillips. I m elated Zomko said. Clancy says she was satisfied with her 50-50 Chance of winning. In november Zemko will Square on against Republican Francis Robinson. Pittsburgh oks plan to Fine speeding trains Pittsburgh a a Bill imposing fines of up to s 1 .000 on speeding trains has won tentative approval from inc City Council following a derailment in which chemical fumes forced at least 16,000 residents from their Homes. One of the two freight trains that collided april 1 1 was speeding the Federal Railroad administration determined. No serious injuries resulted. That was a near disaster for the City councilman Jack Wagner author of the Bill said following the vote. Police would measure the Speed of trains electronically. Citations would be served by mail against the companies. Police would nol try to Stop the trains. Mca plans to build theme Park in Europe los Angeles a Mca music corporation of America plans to build a major theme Park in Europe. Probably in Spain but perhaps on inc Paris out skirts where Disney co. Is building euro Disneyland inc los Angeles times has reported. No budgets have been set bul the Amici paid Cost of the project is in the $500 million Range sources familiar with the project told the times. The Park would include a studio tour attraction sound stages for motion picture and television production and resort accommodations the newspaper said. If Spain is selected the company would try to com plete construction in time for the olympics scheduled to be held at Barcelona in 1 992, glory work volunteers helping rebuild b-17 West mayf1eld, a. A a Vintage 17 bomber thai crashed on Landing Al an air show is being rebuilt with the help of 90 volunteers seeking glory. I love in. We want to get m Back in the air said Horace Pendl Clon. 73, a retired air plane Mechanic from the Pittsburgh suburb of Crafton. This is what we Call glory work. For the glory of  Pendl Clon s attitude is typical of the volunteers who responded after the would War la  filing fortress bomber overshot the runway and rumbled Down an pm Hii Nimni aug. 23 at the heaver county Airport 30 mites nor that m of Pittsburgh. Nine people were injured in the t Rush blamed on a gust of wind. Thi Ponc ii a a of the few surviving front the i .7w built in the late  and 1940s. It is owned by the Collop Trust of Stow ,., and is valued at is