European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday november 20,19b7 Bear watching it s close encounter of the hernias kind a ver Sorrit Mottry aircraft off Chr Ernst cos of the unit ruched the Iceland urea where the soviets were then Ned Alan Illonal guard f-16 filter Jet lop firt. De stale. The Al assigned id the Ihab to escorted by . Air Force . The soviets did close look it 11 sorrel bar during an intercept of four filter Cropp escorted to Sof let aircraft until they not enter is. Airs. Stateside Black elected president of Mobile school Board Mobile Ala. A the five member Mobile county school Board has elected one of ill two Hack members president is it nears settlement of a 20-year old desegregation Case. Or. Robert Gilliard a dentist and president of the local chapter of the National association for the advancement of coloured people won a 3-to-2 Vole tues Day to become the first Black to Lead the school District. He assumes Power from Judy Mccain who has been Board president for four years. The school system has More than 60,000 students. The Board is considering recommendations to Settle a desegregation lawsuit hied by Blacks. Attorneys involved in the Case say a settlement is near because the school system has met five of the six categories set by Federal Law for school desegregation. The final hurdle is court approval of student and principal assignments. Package express service to Orient of d by Dot Portland Ore. Up the us. Department of transportation has approved a request by Federal express to begin a Small package express service to the Orient via Portland a move cheered by Oregon s two Republican senators. The last step in the approval process is presidential approval the senators said they expect president Rea Gan to approve the Dot recommendation. Federal express announced in june 1986 that it would designate Portland As its Gateway to the far East if it could gel the department s approval 10 provide package express service to the Orient in october of last year the senators sent letters to the administrative Law judge recommending the firm s selection. Authority to begin Small package service with Japan was pan of a memorandum of understanding signed by the United Stales and Japan in april 1985. 1756 powder Horn sold for record $52,800 new York a a record j52.800 was paid at auction for an engraved pre revolutionary War Amer ican powder Horn. The 17-Inch Horn which dates to 17s6, was expected to bring about 12,000 when it was put up for bid tuesday said Christie s auction House publicist Leeann fancy. The name of the winning bidder was not released she said. The Horn was engraved by John Bush a Well known engraver of the time and read David Baldwin Esquire. This Horn made at fort William Henery. Octo brye8l756." the Horn had been in Baldwin s family until the auction Fahey said. Ambrose says army could face insufficient air support in War by Norman Black a military writer Washington if Amy troops were committed to Battle today they would not receive the Type Faerial combat support they need and prospects for correcting the problem Are dim the service s no. 2 civilian Leader said wednesday. Army undersecretary James r. Ambrose said his service has to rely on the air Force for close air sup port on the Battlefield and the air Force is simply not pushing for the Money needed to build a replacement for its aging a-10 Thunderbolt attack Jet. With the budget cull being nude by Congress the problem will not be corrected until the joint chiefs of stiff arid the Secretary of defense item in and resolve the squabbling Between the army and air Force am Brose predicted. Ambrose also told a group of Pentagon reporter that congressional budget cutting could Force a reduction in the size of the army Tea that new reports to the contrary the service s uh-60 Black Hawk helicopter is not suffering safety defect. Ambrose also said he is yet to see evidence the United states or its nato allies Are serious about strengthening conventional forces in Europe to compensate for the proposed elimination of inner Meute Range nuclear missiles. Ambrose was questioned about dose air support for army troops in Light of a recent air Force decision to launch a study of the problem. The a-10 was designed in the Early 1970s to fill the role of supporting soldiers on the ground by attacking enemy tanks and troops. The plane is no longer in production and the army and air Force acknowledge it needs to be replaced. Last month Ambrose s air Force counterpart undersecretary James f. Mcgovern said he would not authorize development of i new plane to replace the a-10 because the service simply did t have the Money. Mcgovern said the air Force would instead launch a study to determine if jets already in the inventory like the f-16 could be modified to per form the Job. From my perspective. We Are not gelling the fixed Wing close air support that we need Ambroce said. And the studies whatever they show will not produce flying air planes Over the front line without facing up to financing it this is the kind of question that in my View should be dealt with by the joint chiefs of stiff and the office of the Secretary of defense not by the individual service because it does affect the whole budget he added. Asked if it weren t fair to conclude thai the Penta gon Hierarchy did t View the problem As a priority Ambrose responded i Don l think there s any other conclusion you can Ai for the defense budget this fiscal year Ambrose said cuts now being debated on Capitol Hill could prompt a reduction in the Active duty Force because then is Little room for major cuts in weapons Pur chases. The army s strength has been capped for several years at about 780,000, and Ambrose declined to Esti mate How that total might change. Bui simple logic and arithmetic save that you have to continue to re examine the balance Between keeping the Force and equipping it he said. Regarding the Black Hawk helicopter Ambrose said he had found no evidence to support charges that radio and microwave Lowers on the ground can interfere with the aircraft s electronic control systems to the Point of posing a safety Hazard. There is no question that you can gel quirks in the performance of the electronic stuff if you Zap it with enough electrical Energy he said. But in the totality of Black Hawk lying i Don t seethes As a urge problem. Most of the Black Hawk Acci dents have been Clear Cut Pilot error Type House votes to limit stinger soles Washington a the House voted wednes Day to ban the Sale of stinger anti aircraft missiles to any country Hal is not a member of nato or a formal . Defense ally. By 122-93, the House adopted an amendment to a foreign Aid authorization Bill that would limit the Sale of the shoulder fired missiles to members of the Alli Ance and a countries considered major non nato allies like Israel and Australia. The measure would specifically ban a planned Sale of stingers to Bahrain and any other future sales of the sophisticated missile to persian Gulf countries. Senate approval of the ban is considered unlikely however. One of the authors of the amendment rep. Mel Levine d-calif., said Congress cannot allow this proliferation. We must make sure that these missiles Are not ultimately used against american citizens by Ter but rep. Stephen Solan d-n.y., urged that the amendment be modified to allow the stinger sate to Bahrain and to any country thai provides the unite states with military support facilities. Solarz said the United states owes Bahrain which provides the United slates with naval facilities and other support to Supply it Wilh the missiles for defense of its Oil installations. Rep. Lawrence Smith d-fla., argued that proliferation of the easily portable missiles already had resulted in their getting Liuio the hands of noted reports that 30 such missiles fell into iranian hands from . Supplies to the anti soviet rebels in Afghanistan. Other lawmakers have warned that stingers being supplied to Chad would wind up in neighbouring Libya which is at War with Chad. The stinger restriction is one of 235 amendments offered to a Bill that authorizes $ 11.45 billion in for eign Aid Over two years. The measure is expected to be completed next month
