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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday october 11. 19b8 the stars and stripes Page 5 Navy wary of new soviet torpedoes analysts warn one hit could halt a Carrier b Nich Arll  Washington not new Sovi it torpedoes armed with conventional warheads have become so explosive that one i could put a Brg american air Craft Carrier out of a Ion. According to a . Navy assessment. The finding  was included in n report on what mu5l la done to retain naval supremacy i i the 21 is Century asserted that the soviet Union has an imposing torpedo Arsi Wijt when Analysed from any aspect % Eric in capability War head  therefore  t�,-.n said Dafen against torpedoes h / weakness that needs the no 1 flier i  the analysis u m Jil Al the inability of american Utji ,y.". To identify Cihir surface ships Sui Murii. And aircraft a Friend or foe a i he me a serious prob Lem and will get even Marc serious. The Cruiser  accidentally shot Down an iranian Airliner Over the persian Gulf in Jurij part / because the ship erred in iter t if org the plane. The  fun i which these find Ings were drawn i j weeping View of the Navy done by a i am of specialists from throughout that service. After an 15-month analysis the specialists identified weaknesses and areas for research but proposed few solutions. However solutions were not sought from tit Sicam. A summary of the findings in the re port ban been circulating in the Navy department to stimulate thinking for ins future. A separate secret report Deais with Abruption about threats intelligence on potential adversaries and technical information. The lung Range ship pc rational  study is Urcla cd to current budget deliberations. I a inc chief of naval operations Aiti. Carlisle . Trost has   budget limitations must by consid ered is plans for the future Are translated into specific programs. The report said the soviet Navy a cats to be emphasizing topped it a rather than cruise missiles launched from sub marines or surface ships. That finding represents a change from five years ago when american naval officers a Iid cruise missiles which Fly Low Over the water were the greatest threat to american warships. Be recognized Only by other ships of the same nation. According to some estimates he the report did it specify the weak Long Range study said a Hil by one of Nesses m the system but said improved.""c.?-,." i. ,i,T�.r liability to identify Friend and foe in All the soviets largest diameter torpedoes could put a cd out of  cd is the Navy designation used for a conventionally powered e  Carrier. The Navy report did not identify the new soviet torpedo hut Jane s weapon system an authoritative reference said a Large torpedo is being produced. It is believed to measure 26 inches in diameter against ii 21-Inch torpedo that has been Standard until now the size of the warhead is not known. The United slates must concentrate on a torpedo defense system that will destroy an incoming torpedo the report asserted. On identifying Friend or foe at sea the study said the problem has not been solved and will become More serious As the United slates pursues combined arms operations at  combined arms Means ships submarines and aircraft operating together often with allies. Devices to identify ships submarines and aircraft transmit an electronic or sonar signal in a code that is intended to warfare areas is a High operational poor Milf submarine commanders Ore uncomfortable working in close proximity within weapon Range of United states surface warships because of their justifiable Lack of Confidence in being recognized As Friendly the study said. Equally important inc electronic Sig nals transmitted by american ships can not be read by allies which causes confusion in training exercises Anil could be disastrous in a live operation. The study concluded the initial focus should be on resolving United slates surface subsurface Anu air plat form problems with eventual expansion to include  the analysis also found that applying enough stealth technology to warships to permit them to evade detection would be unrealistic and too costly. Therefore the study said new ship must be built so that they can absorb Nii Silc or gunfire i and continue fight ing. Turnpike Accident a fireman surveys la damage caused in a tractor Bailer Rig crashed Hill a toll Booth on the Ohio Turnpike near North  Ohio and burst into hints. The Driver and the toll Booth attendant both suffered minor injury. Polio researcher Gollan wife die Miami a or. Frank Golan who isolated the polio virus and invented the first heart lung machine and his wife died at their Home in what their son said appeared to be a double suicide. My father made various allusions to suicide said Andy Gollan adding he believes his father and Siep Mother each took an overdose of pills wednesday night. Gollan 78, left a note explaining that he and his 81 year old wife Alici were concerned about their deteriorating health. The couple s bodies were discovered late thursday afternoon when neighbors noticed they had not picked up their mail or newspaper. A spokesman for the Dade county medical examiner s office said the deaths would not be classified until inc results of Losi cology tests Are in which could take up to two weeks. Gollan had polio As a child and grew up determined to find a cure. He began his american career in Cleveland after fleeing Prague in 1938 to escape inc nans occupying his native Czechoslovakia. He came to the United states with his wife and qualified As a medical practitioner in Ohio in 1939. His isolation of the Type my poliomyelitis virus aided other scientists in developing a vaccine said or. George Irvin professor of surgery at the University of Miami. In the Early i950i, Gollan also invented the heart lung machine for use in open heart surgery. In the past three years Gollan had an egg sized tumor removed from his brain suffered a heart attack and underwent to spinal operations. Hii wife was Blind suffered from alzheimer s disease and was unable to walk alone. Parents join in pleas for baby heart donors Loma Linda. Calif. A the director of Lom Alinda University medical Center s infant heart trans Plant program was joined sunday by two distraught sets of parents who pleaded for heart donors to save their children Dii Ymon and Cynthia Peter san of Salt Lake City and David and Susan  of Pasadena. Calif asked parents of infants who have died to consider donating their children s Organsi just Hope to god they can look through the pain said Daymen  whose unborn son has been diagnosed with Hyp plastic left heart syndrome a Ter Minal underdevelopment of the heart s left ventricle. The child is expected to be bom in about two weeks. The  week old son Daniel also has been diagnosed with the Defectpeople need to know that there is a desperate need for organs from the first Day of life to adulthood Saidur. Leonard Lla Ilcy head of the University s infant heart transplant program. In the stars and stripes 70 years today oct. 11. 1918 after receiving a peace proposal from the germans president Wilson sent a note to the German Chancellor asking if German troops would be withdrawn from occupied territory once a truce was signed. 40 years ago  ii i94s the soviets publicly acknowledged thai their German sector was experiencing eco nomic difficulties and blamed them to part on the allies counter blockade. 30 years ago today. Oct it 195s the government of Gen. Charles de Gaulle decided to Grant Algeria 66 wats in the French National Assembly two thirds of which would be designated for moslem assemblymen. 20 years ago today. Oct. Ii 1968 a los Angeles businessman smashed the world auction record fora French impressionist painting when he paid j 1.55 million for a piece by Pierre Auguste Renoir. 0 years ago today. Oct ii 1978 because Congress had not yet approved the military budget for inc 1979 fiscal year air Force civilian employees received Only one Hall their net pay for the previous two week period  
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