European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday february 14.1988 new air Force one nearing completion Cox be Sam Washington amid Light Saccu my technicians in Kansas arc completing the Interior work on the first of to new 747 jumbo jets that will serve the president As air Force one. The work will be finished in Lime Tor the plane to be delivered to president Reagan in november an air Force spokesman raid last week. Capt. Michael o. Laughlin inc air Force coordinator for the project said the new Boeing 747. Which has been Al the Boeing military aircraft co. Plant in Wichita since last May is still under going inc modifications that will ultimately transform it into a state of the Art presidential Craft. "11 hardly looks like an air plane now Laughlin said. It won t even be painted until oct. 17. That s when it will re Oliy by come  Boeing inc company thai outbid Mcdonnell Douglas for inc 1250 million air Force one contract in 19b6, has Hud a 900-Mcmber Crew working Oil inc plane since it was flown i Wichita from the Boeing Plant in Scatch where the Basic Airframe a As built. Every worker associated with the project has undergone a background Check and the Media have been barred from photographing inc plane Laughlin said. Security is Light Laug Hlili said. It s not a secret Plant hut the place where it s being modified is a secure area.1 air Force one is the radio Call sign used to designate any plane carrying Ine president. The new Boeing contract Calls for iwo identical 747s to be Buill so thai one can serve As a backup. At Force one comparisons Boeing 707 so jmhmgftot19 Arm 2 lkti45.ut Sere gift.  acc Flor space 1300   co Newi Serron he primary and backup arc designations for a particular trip Laumin said. Both aircraft will be used in either role and will tally approximately the same flying  the second Boeing 747. Undergoing Faa certification at Boeing s Seattle Plant will be delivered to Wichita for refinishing this Spring. The new planes will include improvements in performance Security communications and Range and will Dwarf their predecessors in tiie. Laugh Lin said. The Boeing 707s currently in use can attain a maximum Speed of 600 Miles per hour and Fly 7.000 Miles before re fueling. The More efficient 747 is Capa ble of going �40 Miles per hour and won t require a Stop for fuel for 8,000 Miles. If necessary the new Model could also be refuelled while in flight. Because the 747 requires less runway for landings the number of airports at which the presidential plane can land could increase. Communications equipment on Board the aircraft will include voice terminals that ensure privacy on Catis and cryptographic equipment Tor writing and deciphering cat suied messages. Because of a secret service edict Laughlin declined to give specific details about the inside of the new air Force one. He did say thai the new plane will have the same Basic functional areas As the current presidential planes and that the major Interior difference will be the size of the compartments. The 747$ have 4,000 Square feet of Interior space compared with 1,300 Square feet in the old Model. The new air Force one will include a presidential stateroom and executive of fice work and rest areas for White House Slaff members the secret service news Media and air Force Crews. A Cen Ter equipped with word processors and copiers a communication area Emer gency medical treatment Center and iwo galleys each equipped to prepare meals for 50 people Are also being Buill into the interiors. Laughlin projected that the plane s first test flight would be in july. The tests wit be conducted to certify the plane to Faa flying Standard Well As to Gua Rantee h n up to human Comfort Stan Dards. It would not be unreasonable for someone to be assigned the task of taking a Nap aboard the plane just 10 be sure thai restful Steep is possible during a flight. Laughlin Aid. Every piece of equipment will be thoroughly tested Laughtin said. Challenging the notion that the new planes Are o frivolous Purchase. Langwin stressed that the air Force not the White House initiated he request for the new planes because the 707s Are wearing out. The first presidential 707 was put in operation in 1962, the second in 1971 the newer plane designated by the Tail number 27000, is the Anft used most frequently by president Reagan. The 707 is limited As a modern presidential aircraft Laughlin said. The Heads of third a bract countries my in 747s while ours is flying in a plane Sikai via state of the an in the 1960s but Isi l now. We could continue to support them but in would be difficult and costly. Because the Supply of re placement parts for the 707s is steadily dwindling pie positioning of support equipment is. Required on All overseas flights. Support equipment for the 747 is world Standard. Laughlin said. According to delivery plans the new plane win not be available for Reagan s anticipated Summit meeting in Moscow in the Spring with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev a trip Littely to be Reagan s bit overseas venture As president. Hurdles remain in women s fight for equal rights King declares stateside Atlanta a two Hun dred years after a group of men gathered to write the Constitution women and minorities arc closing in on equal status but they still have Many hurdles to Cross corel la Scott King told a National symposium. Mrs. King widow of slain civil rights Leader Martin Luther King jr., said Friday thai criticism of the Constitution Asil was Udo Tedin 1781 is justified. Her speech came in the closing Day of a symposium on women and the Constitution which was convened by former first ladies Rosalynn Carter and lady Bird Johnson. About  women from All so states and 10 foreign countries attended. Some people apparently feel that Blacks and women should join in an uncritical Celebration of a document that corel Scott King co in calling for More political activism on the part of women. If America is to fulfil the Promise of the Constitution we will need Many More women of All races hold ing elective office mrs. King said. We have a strength and tenacity and a gift for nurturing and compassion which has been finely honed and tempered in our struggle o raise families in a sexist society we just might save this Nulion from its pending a ointment with armageddon she said. Mrs. King said the civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s Laid the groundwork for the women s rights movements of the ears that followed. She said inc kind of organized non violent dissent championed by her Laic husband is still an effective form of protest the civil rights movement showed million of americans that you can indeed protected the slave Trade and denied women their you must defy authority when that authority is in the democratic rights mrs. King said. We still have a wrong mrs. Ring said. Way to go before we can say that the Constitution is earlier Friday Ferraro said that while no women of .,1 a a. A if mkj4rla a for of a no in Toh a fort working for All americans mrs. King echoed another speaker at the symposium 1934 vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferra Are among the candidates for president in either party women have reached higher Levels in the Campaign organizations than Ever before. Natural foods called cancer risk Boston a Many foods contain very High Levels of natural cancer causing agent suggesting that intense efforts to control Industrial carcinogens May be misplaced a researcher said Friday. Apples for example contain High Levels of formaldehyde which is considered to Ben potent Carcinogen said Bruce Ames chairman of the biochemistry department Al the University of California Berkeley. Broccoli contains a substantial amount of a sub stance Iscil is chemically similar to dioxin. Peanut but Ter is unavoidably contaminated with fungus thai is highly carcinogenic. Docs that mean we re bring done in by vegetables Well that s what be reality b turning out to be Ames said at the annual meeting of the american Ai sedation for the advancement of science. Ames said he does not in fact Odieve that the can cer causing agents in food Are causing us harm be cause we have evolved to defend ourselves against those agents. He believes however. That the defense we have evolved also protect us against Industrial carcinogens who ctr cause cancer in the sane ways As do natural carcinogens. Heirs Back restoration of Mitchell gwtw1 House Atlanta a Margaret Mitchell s heirs have agreed to support efforts to restore the Der Elict victorian apartment House where she lived while writing Cone with the  for the first time Mitchell s two nephews have Lent their names publicly to b Plano Honor their aunt with a museum. Mitchell often said she wanted no recognition and referred to the House As the  knowing her sense of humor said Eugene Mitchell who now lives in Michigan i wander if she would be laughing to know that the erne House she Ever lived in that people want to re store ii this rather unpretentious Little basement apartment. But if it s done properly i think l would be  Eugene s brother Joe of Atlanta is also supportive of efforts to restore the House. Of holds successful test of upgraded Omraam Washington apr the air Force said in has successfully tested its new Omraam Seri Al do fighting missile against a target drone. The service in � statement said the test was conducted when an Omraam was fired from a Navy Ra-18 Hornet Jet fighter Al the Pacific missile test Center Calif. The missile scored a direct hit against a of 86 target drone the air Force said. The test was the first for an Omraam mis Sile that had been equipped with an enhanced system for overcoming Nidar jamming ice serv ice added the Lesl brought to 44 the number of Success Ful trials out of 52 conducted to Dale. The Omraam advanced medium Range air to air missile is a so called smart mis Sile that has been under development since 1981. It is designed to use its own Small radar in Home in on enemy planes without having to be guided by a Pilot