European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 13, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 Germany least cooperative in helping u.s., Aspin claims rep. Its Aspin Washington a rep. Los Aspin r-wis., chairman or the House armed services com mince Friday said Vest Germany is the least cooperative country among major Western nations when it comes to helping he United Stales confront Iran. German policies arc nil a help they arc a hindrance Aspin said. By contrast most other Western european nations arc very helpful in trying 10 Deal with the iranians he told a conference sponsored by the Middle East Institute a private non profit organization. Aspin has been critical of president Reagan s policy of a flagging ii kuwaiti tankers and protecting them with Navy convoys. But he also has urged firmness in dealing with Iran and its attempt in spread islamic fundamentalism throughout other mos Lem nations. The solution to the iranian problem must be found through the world Community not through unilateral american action Aspin said. The problem is that the rest of the world often ducks when it comes Lime to do its share of the policing he said. And that is part of the problem a major pan of the problem we face  while most european nations have helped the United Stales in the persian Gulf Aspin said. West Germany generally has decl i cd to do so. He also criticized the United slates because he said administration policy rested chiefly on tie persian Gulf con Voys until recently. But in recent months the administration has removed the Gulf As the Cen Ter piece of its Iran policy and instead sought to involve the rest of the world in a policy of containment a policy which still needs a lot More help if it is going to work he said. He sharply rebuked China for Selling silkworm missiles which have been used against tankers to Iran. Production Snag delays new wings for Navy jets by Norman Black a military writer Washington the Boeing military air plane co. Has encountered unexpected production problems thai arc disrupting the Navy s timetable for outline new wings on half of its Fleet of a-6e intruder attack jets the service said Friday. The new composite wings being made by Boeing arc desperately needed by the Navy because 168 of the service s 338 a-6es have been grounded or otherwise restricted since last february. Although Boeing has now devised a fix to Over come the production problems it appears the program is racing production delays of at least three months the Navy said. The Navy is  Impact of these production delays on Fleet readiness the service said. The Navy has already decided however that costs associated with late delivery will be borne by the con  the Navy said it also was reserving the right to withhold monthly contract payments from Boeing Lor the slippage in delivery schedules. Before this latest problem arose the Navy had withheld about s8 Mil lion from Boeing for earlier production delays. The Navy declined o estimate the Cost of correcting the latest problem and efforts to reach a spokesman for Boeing in Wichita kan., were unsuccessful. Boeing military air plane is a wholly owned division of the Boeing co., which is headquartered in Seattle. As outlined by the Navy the problem encountered by Boeing involves the manner in which the Wing skin is attached to the Wing spars or internal supports during final Assembly. During the Assembly process when the fasteners that hold the Wing spars to the skins were or Quad lightened crack was found in the composite spar the service said. The Navy and Boeing arc now aggressively pursuing a solution that should provide an adequate Fastener installation process. Following successful lest and acceptance by the Navy the solution could be implemented on the production line by the end of january 1988," Boeing had the first id of the new wings in various stages of Assembly at its Wichita Plant when the prob Lem was discovered the Navy said. The company holds a $610 million contract to produce the Compo site wings. Lost $8 million first aids Hospital closes after 14 months Houston a the nation s firs aids Hospital which opened in septem Ber 1986, closed its doors Friday for the final Lime. It is very sad occasion really be cause like it or not the Hospital was a great Success from a medical and scientific Point of View said or. Peter Man sell who was medical director of the Institute for immunological disorders. However the Hospital lost is million during its 14-month life More than $5 million of it through treating indigent patients officials said. Besides providing a valuable Home for research the Hospital showed that aids treatment could be provided in a com passionate largely outpatient setting Mansill said. In ils first few months the Institute handled about 1,000 patient visits per month Mansill said. The Hospital had 150 Beds but most patients were treated As outpatients. By March the amount of care the Institute gave to the indigent far out stripped the $250,000 set aside for that purpose in its first year. The facility stopped accepting Indi gent patients and Laid Oft 26 of75 employees. Despite the , losses continued to mount and