European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 30, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 5 liars club honors amateurs no politicians Dannebrog neb. Cap the National liar s Hall of Fame issued in annual pinocchio award on Friday to a farm columnist who said the drought was so bad in Ohio that a roman Catholic priest to cd the two canine Leams began co Washington al1 the army on Friday selected a contractor team to develop the engine thai will Power its next generation of helicopters and gave the go ahead to two other Leams to com Pelc against each other in designing the rest of the chopper. The army said it was awarding the engine contract to the Light helicopter Turbine engine co. A partnership formed by the Allison Gas Turbine Divi Sion of the general motors corp. And Llie Garroll engine division of the Allied signal aerospace co. Thai partnership was selected Over an other competing learn known As apr formed by the i Salt & Whitney division of the United technologies corp. And Lycoming of text Ron inc. The Light helicopter Turbine engine co. Previously had received a contract Worth s132.4 million and on Friday it won another $75.4 million to continue the work. As for designing the rest of the chopper and building prototypes the army said in was releasing funds to two contractor teams and formally setting them in Competition against one another. Each team received si58 million on Friday to pursue the work. The two teams include a joint venture of Boeing helicopters and United technology s Sikorsky aircraft and another partnership that includes two units of the Mcdonnell Douglas corp. And Bell Ucli copier to Citron inc. The army moves involve a project known As the Lex program and had been expected Ever since Congress approved the fiscal 1989 budget. Lex or Light helicopter exp Crimin Tal is an Effort to develop a new tight attack and observation helicopter that can move the array into the 21 is Century. The new Craft would be used in replacing aging fleets of Vietnam Era ah-1 cobra oh-s8 Kiowa and the oh-6 choppers. The army Hopes to buy 2,096 of the new  at a Cost of roughly s40 billion. The Lex program was Cut in half Early this year because of budget reductions but still1 stands As one of the army s most expensive programs Ever. The o Engin competing on whal the army Calls the t-800 engine in july 1985. Each Lex will re quire two of the engines and the army has Long described the t-800 s development As a crucial step in improving existing technology. After developing the new engine the army expects the two team partners Alli son and Garrett to compete against each other for annual production awards. Multi Macly the engine work is expected to be Worth More than jl.5 billion to the two companies Allison is based in Indianapolis and Garroll is in Phoenix. The new engine is a ,200 Shaft horse Power Turbine and the first deliveries arc being scheduled for 1995, at to subsidiary wins Dod contract Washington a a subsidiary of the Ameri can Telephone i Telegraph co. Has won a Competition to provide thousands of new computers to the defense department. The contract is Worth s929.i million and company officials said its value ultimately could exceed ii Bil lion depending on the options exercised. The air Force which acted As the executive agent for the other services in overseeing inc bidding said at to technologies inc. Had been selected Over five competitors and would be expected to deliver some 20,000 minicomputers Over the next five years. The air Force is buying the computers for its own use As Well As for the army Navy coast guard defense communications Agency and defense logistics Agency. The contract was recognized As being so Large thai it could ensure inc Winner a Strong position in the Industry for years to come. Herb Linnen an at to spokesman hailed the award describing it As the largest computer contract Ever awarded by inc Federal  happiness is a warm pig but thai does t mean much to City officials in i Lous porker Jeffery Jerome in he Day. Herbut Ajom Lom ton. They say Victoria Herberts can t keep her pet to gel him to the comity or Shell w fined 5100 a Day. Store owner says customer Nof Rig if in Battle Over Cash Statham a. A no canc Jackson thought she Wai $5,000 Richer when a wad of Cash turned up in the pocket of a used jacket she bought for sl-05. But the store owner convinced police the Money was his and she is ready to do Bailie for it Jackson who bought the jacket oct. 22 in an Athens store has hired an Alcor nay to recover the wad of $ 100 Bills from store owner Randy Jackson. The two Are not related. I think the Faircl thing to say is she just wants Justice to be done her attorney George Peters of Athens said. Obviously she was t certain of her Legal rights Al the i inc this  Peters said the coat apparently had been hanging on a rack in the store for some time before nov Ane Jackson bought it. She d already paid for it and it was being folded when inc Money was  he said. Police officer Inez Mcelhannon look the Coal and the Money after a dispute arose Over their ownership. Then the Szorc owner contacted police sunday night to claim the Money. He said it was his Coal and Hal he did t know his wife had Gotlin it to sell Mcelhannon said adding thai Randy Jackson Lold police he had not realized he had left the Money in the jacket. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago foe a. Oct. To 1948 King Paul of Greece signed a decree placing Greece under martial Law in an Effort to strengthen the government s Campaign against the communist rebels. 30 years ago today. Oct. 30, 1958 Boris Pasternak renounced his acceptance of the 1958 Nobel prize for literature after being severely criticized by the soviet press. 20 years ago foe a. Oct 30 196b three West germans were arrested for stealing a sidewinder air to air missile and two navigation instruments from a nato air base in West Jer Many and smuggling them to Moscow aboard a commercial Airliner. 0 years ago foday. Oct 30 1978 in her first International Tennis tournament As a professional is year old Tracy Austin of the United slates Defeated belly stove of the nether lands in Stuttgart West Germany