European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 31, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 3 is Dave Didio Row Row Row your raft. The River and other teams were the com Germany . Community s mighty saturday. Raft Crews 93 of them made from throughout the european come Mon enemy in the Aschaffenbur West River raft race on the main River up from Hoth civilians and military units competed in the annual event. Substandard fasteners supplied to military Washington a millions of substandard bolts and nuts have Bee used in everything from military equip ment and weapons to the space shuttle and commercial trucks a congressional committee reported saturday. The millions and perhaps billions of substandard fasteners used by our Mili tary and sensitive industries make it a wonder that we Haven t had a major catastrophe said rep. John Dingell d-mich., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce committee and its investigations subcommittee. A two year Long investigation by the subcommittee uncovered millions of substandard bolts nuts and screws Many of them imported from Japan and Dingell said the problem could have wide ranging effects. For example 1,200 m-60 tanks were removed from army use for at least two months while defective bolts in the gun mounts were replaced and substandard fasteners were sold to the Navy for use property sales the defense re utilization and marketing office will hold an auction and Sale in Nurnberg West Germany in a gust. The office at Johnson Barracks will hold an auction of personal and govern ment equipment thursday. Registration begins at 8 ., followed by the auction at 9  Auction items can be inspected for three Days before the Sale from 8  To noon and 1 . To 3 . Auction officials advise customers to inspect the items on which they plan to bid. Sales Are for Cash Only and All sales Are final. The Johnson Barracks office also will hold a retail Sale aug. 19 from 9  To noon. Items for Sale include furniture sleeping bags household goods tables and chairs. All sales Are final and for Cash Only. On both submarines and aircraft Carrier Jet catapult systems the panel said. The fasteners contained More Boron and less Carbon than specified in Indus try standards making them More Likely to break or Shear the panel said. As the report was being prepared Dingell and 50 other House members introduced legislation to try to Correct the problem. The Bill would require Laboratory test ing and greater documentation of fasteners to make it More difficult to substitute cheaper and less effective parts. We must take Steps to ensure that the fasteners sold to Industry and govern ment in this country meet the standards necessary to hold our products together said rep. Thomas j. Bliley of Virginia ranking Republican on the subcommittee. The report said about 7 billion bolts and Large screws Are used annually by . Industry including about 1.5 billion of the High strength 8.0-Grade fasteners. The Pentagon has purchased millions of the bad bolts and is still trying to track them All Down the panel said. Tests of fasteners purchased by the defense Industrial Supply Center from a variety of lots showed a defective rate of More than 30 percent the panel noted. The investigation by the army into the m-60 tank problem found that screws in the gun mounts of 1,200 tanks were substandard. Smiths Don t have to keep up with the Joneses in this society Burlingame Calif. A Jim Smith went golfing at Crystal Springs Golf club along with Jim Smith Jim Smith Jim Smith. Jim Smith Jim Smith and Jim Smith. That s Jim Smith of Indianapolis Jim Smith of Annapolis my. Jim Smith of la Mesa Calif. Jim Smith of Dayton Ohio Jim Smith of Neptune,. Jim Smith of Tonawanda . And Jim Smith of Issaquah Wash. The Jim Smiths who went golfing Friday belong to the Jim Smith society meeting this weekend in its 19thannual convention at the Hyatt re gency  be got them in the computer under the name of the City they come from with a Middle initial included to make sure we get the right one said hotel sales manager Kappa Bowen hotel clerks however had t bar gained for the three James r. Smiths of Cincinnati. A total of 55 Jim Smiths were atthe meeting of the society which claims 1,473 members nationwide including eight women with names like Jamie or Jimmie. The society was founded by you guessed it Jim Smith 67, of Camp Hill pa., a former newspaper reporter and retired Telephone company Public relations executive. In a recent Issue of the member newsletter Smith told of the Jim Smith Factor in Illinois politics that had produced two Jim Smith Candi dates for a school Board. Both lost. It was a very bad Day for Jim Smithery the news letter reported. But on Friday Smith extolled Jim Smith accomplishments. There s been a Jim Smith elected to every office in the country with the exception of the president and Vic president he noted. The army has also found substandard bolts on its self propelled howitzers mortar carriers personnel carriers Tow missile carriers and a variety of vehicles. The Navy has also run into problems. Shipyards last summer tested their stocks of bolts and found 58 percent were defective. In one instance the defective bolts were scheduled to be installed in the air Craft catapults aboard the Enterprise and the Carl Vinson two aircraft carriers. Problems have also turned up at the National aeronautics and space administration the panel found. Nasa has Dis covered broken and deformed bolts inthe attach rings that hold the solid rocket boosters on the external fuel tank of the space shuttle. In addition the nuclear regulatory commission has been aware of serious Fastener problems in nuclear Power plants for a number of years the report said. Election 88 Louisiana will hold a state primary election oct. 1 to choose candidates for eight . Representatives two associate justices of the supreme court and 10 judges for the court of appeals. Some local Parish and City elections also will be held. The general election is nov. 8. Persons May Register Absentee by Send ing a completed Federal Post card application to reach the registrar of voters no later than 24 Days before the election. The county seat for Anne Arundel county in Maryland has changed fro Annapolis to Glen Burnie state officials said. Voters from the county should address their Federal Post card applications to Board of supervisors of elections . Box 490, Glen Burnie Maryland 21061 0004