European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 23, 1967 the stars and stripes Page 7 sitting tall ten month old Abraham Chang sits tired by dad s sweater and hatches on father Kwa Jln s shoulders Hel the Sun set on a Seattle Beach. Weinberger notes . Need to bolster non nuclear strength Portland Maine a defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger said monday thai the tentative agreement with the soviet Union to eliminate medium Range nuclear missiles underscores the need to build up the nation Arsenal of conventional weapons we be always said that an arms reduction that reduced nuclear weapons would require conventional increases Weinberger told a news conference be fore a speech 10 the world affairs coun cil of Maine in which he traced the roots of . Military involvement in the per Sian Gulf. Weinberger said the arms Accord Ham mered out last week represents a step he has advocated since 1981, when he sup ported president Reagan s proposals to withhold deployment of Pershing and land based cruise missiles in Europe in return for soviet withdrawal of their is 20s and other medium Range nuclear weapons. Weinberger suggested the soviets ignored those proposals six years ago be cause the Reagan administration had Only begun to reverse the nation s Mili tary decline and was not in a position to negotiate from strength. He said that the buildup of the last sit years has made soviet negotiators More receptive to an arms agreement. The Secretary reiterated America s commitment to nato and the defense of Europe saying we could t possibly live in a world in which the soviet hordes had overrun  he said the agreement with the Sovi ets makes Siar wars As the strategic defense initiative is More commonly known More necessary As one of the ways of keeping the soviets  new anti tank weapon being tested in Texas Austin Texas a University of Texas engineers arc testing a revolutionary anti tank weapon called an electromagnetic rat gun in a 15p-Fooi-Dccp Hole hoping to win it Competition with California and m Michigan competitors for inc design. The two year lest program is funded at about $21 million by the army which con siders electric guns to be Superior to today s Gas expansion guns. They could allow an outnumbered . Force to beat a num Cri  Force officials say unlike the ammunition for Gas expansion Lank guns the electric gun s projectile is not explosive. There s no advantage to making it explosive said John Cully Deputy director of the Center for Electr Mechan is at the University. At these velocities the projectile basically melts its Way through the target As opposed 10 tearing its Way  single shot lest firings in the Center s Siccle in cased vertical Range so far have been confined to velocities of 2,600 feet per second less than the Speed of an nm6riflcbulle1. The goal of the program is to attain a Vel Ocil of about 13,200 feet per second which is Why researchers at the Center use a vertical firing Range. A horizontal Range with the necessary shielding would have been prohibitively expensive said Gully. Eventually the Center plans to build a 40-ton package consisting of a 21-fool Long electric gun with its Power Supply bolted to a steel platform. Stassen trying one More time workers Honor Nev. Picket Lin Minneapolis a Harold Stassen inc boy wonder of the Republican party 49 years ago who be came the grand old loser of the gop is launching his eighth bid for the while House. Stassen to waged Only Token campaigns in recent outings. But he said he is entering the race because he feels other candidates Are not discussing the real issues. A lawyer and former three term Minnesota governor Stassen made his first presidential bid 40 years ago. Stassen indicated he does t have a Chance saying any delegates he May win will not be tied or committed to me personally but will be free at All times to individually or jointly have an Impact on the final Choice for the Republican nomination. We will not attack personally any other candidates but will Endeavor to move All of them of both parties on the. Issues in which we believe so deeply he said. Uusen was a major contender for the nomination in 1948, losing to Thomas e. Dewcy. He also ran in 1953, 1964,196b, 1976,i980and 1984. A Lassen ran for Congress against democratic farm labor incumbent Bruce Vento last fail receiving 27.1 percent of the vote. Hailed As the boy wonder of Minnesota politics when he was elected governor in 1938 at age 31, Stassun was re elected in 1940 and 1942. He has not held elective office since resigning in 1943 to Goon Active duty with the Navy. Faa to inspect aircraft manufacturing Washington a Federal aviation administration chief Allan Mcartor announced monday his Agency would begin inspecting the . Aircraft manufacturing Industry but he insisted the move was not sparked by safely questions. Mcartor told reporters the Check would involve about 40 of the More than 1,300 companies bal build aircraft or air plane pans. Citing Public concern Over air safety and rapid technological changes in aircraft manufacturing Manor said there is a need for a fresh look Al the civil aircraft manufacturing  the administrator emphasized there were no indications to Dale that proper manufacturing or testing procedures had been ignored by the Industry. I want to make certain there it no misunderstand ing he said. I am not questioning the Quality or the safety of these products up to this  manufacturers and the parts they build Are currently certified by the Faa but Manor said he new inspections would take a More in depth look to ensure that the companies Are following proper procedures and have updated their techniques As technology advanced. Manor said he expected the first completed audits by the end of november. The entire inspection pro Gram will take is to 18 months he said. As Public concern increased about a flurry of near collisions and the deadly Northwest crash in Detroit Manor. Who took Over the Agency in july has instituted checks of airline Pilot training and called for corporate officials to be More accountable. Las vegas nov. A nearly 2,800 Union workers remained off the Job at the Nevada test site and a secret stealth aircraft base monday honouring picket lines of striking culinary workers and bus Drivers. About 120 Las vegas Reno Tonopah stage lines driven who transport workers to the Nevada test site have been sinking since aug. 1 i and More than 600 culinary workers began their strike last tuesday. No new negotiations were scheduled in either strike. Sieve Leon a spokesman for Reynolds electrical and engineering co., inc major contractor at both installations said 2,788 Union workers were absent Mon Day out of 2,995 scheduled to report. A total of 8,300 nevadans work at inc lest site with hundreds More employed at the lop secret Tonopah test Range an isolated base 200 mile Northwest of Las vegas where stealth aircraft Are based and tested. Energy department officials have acknowledged that the strikes could delay projects Al the two Sites if they continue for some time. Much of the research for president reason s strategic defense initiative pro Gram is carried out at the lest site 6 Miles Northwest of Las vegas. Workers refusing to Cross inc picket lines include icel workers miners labourers and diners they Are used primarily for drilling vertical shafts in which nuclear weapons tests Are conducted. Reynolds has nine other labor contracts expiring oct. I including pacts with carpenters electricians ironworkers labourers operating engineers painters plumbers Sheet Metal workers and teamsters