European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday november 25,1988 . Military exports drop 22 percent by Norman Black a military writer Washington overseas sales by . Arms manufacturers shrank significantly in fiscal 1987 de spite a continued demand for weapons by Middle East countries a new study concludes. The Mcdonnell Douglas corp. Was one of the few major defense contractors to Buck the Industry slump and managed to assume he position of no. 1 arms exporter with sales totalling $657 million the study adds. The value of contracts for military exports by .defense contractors fell in fiscal year 1987 for the Sec Ond year in a Row to $4.9 billion off 12 percent from the 19b6 level and a whopping 44 percent below 19bs, concludes the report the Overall decline in foreign military Sale awards led to a drop in the level of arms Export business for 17 of the top 25 u.5. Arms exporting companies in i9b7." the study was performed by the investor responsibility research Center which Bills itself As a non parti san research organization dedicated to conducting impartial studies on Public policy issues involving corporate America. The group has been  arms sales for several years focusing on the official foreign military Sale or fms transactions that Are arranged and Over seen by the . Government. Fms sales account Tor about 84 percent of All . Arms exports the remain Der normally involved company to country agreements. The research Center Waits until Complete govern ment tabulations Are available Tor each fiscal year meaning there normally is a lag of More than a year. The latest report covers inc fiscal year that ended sept.30, 1987. Center officials attributed he Steep decline in .overseas sales to a Small drop in Overall demand Cou pled with an increase in Competition. The biggest reason Tor the drop off has to do wit Competition said Paul Ferrari a Center spokesman it s a tighter Market out there. It s still a Good business but a lot of the Oil Rich countries and developing nations either Don t have the funds anymore or they have stocked their arsenals to the brim for the time being. And the demand is slackening off a Little bit at the same Lime there arc More suppliers in the Market including countries like Brazil and South  Ferrari said the fiscal 1987 totals would not have dropped nearly As much if Congress had not blocked Reagan administration proposal to sell new Jet air Craft to such Middle East countries As saudi Arabia. Pentagon figures show that based on deliveries of equipment in fiscal 1987 As opposed to arms on order the Middle East continued to be the largest recipients of . Military exports in 1987," Ferrari said. Saudi Arabia Israel and Egypt led the Way in that Region he added. But because Congress blocked several Large new or Ders you re seeing a falloff in the Export contract awards he said. The latest report portrays a highly concentrated . Arms Industry when it comes to serving foreign customers. The six largest contractors account for 55 per cent of the total fms awards in fiscal 1987. The report shows the made in the .a." Label is most attractive to foreign countries when the product is an air plane. The lion s share of contracts assigned to the top three companies were for the exportation of aircraft Mcdonnell Douglas s Fa-18 Hornet j249 million and f-15 Eagle $t65 million general dynamics corp s f-16 fighting Falcon 1414 million and Grumman corp s s-2 tracker s32s million and e 2c Hawkeye s17i million inc report slates. Sniper victim told wife m love you then died Abilene. Texas a _ a Man threw his wife to safety just As a sniper s Bullet pierced his Back during a rafting trip saying my god i m paralysed and then i love you before he died the woman said. Michael and Jamie he Lucy and their guide Jim Burr were rafting on the Rio Grande on saturday near big Bend National Park when they came under a bar rage of sniper fire from atop 300-foot Bluffs on the mexican Side of the River. He threw me out of the line of fire so he took inc Bullet mrs. He Felcy said wednesday from the Hendrick medical enter where she was recovering from two gunshot wounds. My god i m paralysed " she re called him saying. And he said i love you ". She said when they were pinned Down she said. I sat in one place for an eternity. It was cold 34 to 35 degrees. I was snaking uncontrollably. Al night Long 1 just prayed to god mrs. Heff icy said. If he Kepi me alive for this Long somebody was going to save me she was pulled out by rescuers in Heli copters. Peffley 40, was killed after one of the snipers shot him in the Back with a ,30-30 Rifle police said. "1 really consider him to be a hero.1 Burr said. He was shielding her in a very exposed area. A gave up his life for  . And mexican authorities have been searching Tor the attackers but have not made any arrests. Just before coming under attack the three noticed a campfire and heard some gunfire but did not believe they were in -. R danger. They came under fire As the raft by the snipers he Felcy asked her if she came into a Clearing mrs. Heffley said was ready to die. He said i m ready to we just All looked at each other indic a and asked if 1 was and i said horror she said. At one Point a Coltey attempted to Rea son with their attackers Yelling offers of Money to spare their lives. However she said this Only seemed o antagonize them. There was a period there when i actually Sal Down and calmly thought this is it 1m not going to get out of Here " Burr said it s the scared St i be Ever been. It s yes " said mrs.  Eastland. Mrs. Lac Epcy 32, was shot in the left Side and left shoulder. Burr 36, suffered a Shotgun wound to the right thigh. Bur Ralso remained hospitalized. After her husband was shot mrs. Heffley was left alone. Burr had left for Helmand she had to survive the night. I covered myself in 3 to 4 inches of Sod anything to camouflage myself certainly the closest i be Ever come  v Atlantis insignia this to the official Nasa insignia Tor the Atlantis space shuttle flight scheduled far dec. 1. The Emblem depict the shuttle lifting Oft Iga Hul a Finbow backdrop. These in stars Honor the astronauts who died aboard the Chal Lenger. Along the Border of the insignia ire the names of the Atlantis Crew. . T6wn tries pay As you throw trash system High Bridge no not tossing out the household trash Here requires care and some ingenuity these Days. Reckless old habits Cost Money now that residents pay for garbage disposal by the bag. In january the town stopped charging households a Flat $280 annual fee for garbage collection and began charging for the amount of trash they actually discard. Each 30-gallon can or 30-Galton bag set out at curb Side each week must carry a town sticker. Each House hold is charged si40 for 52 stickers and additional stickers Cost 11,25 apiece. I in an Era of soaring disposal rates across much of the country the switch to Billing by the bag in this Western new Jersey town of 4,000 has reduced its residential trash volume by 25 percent. It also has heightened awareness of recycling pro Grams for newspapers aluminium cans and Glass bottles and has ended careless ways at inc Kitchen trash bin. We re stamping Here All the time trying to squeeze As much As we can into a  said Cheri Anderson another of two who lives on Sunset drive. And a new version of help thy neighbor is being played out. Some people whose garbage can is Only two thirds full on the eve of the weekly collection share their empty space with neighbors whose can is Over flowing i be heard of people taking bags of garbage Home from parties to help the hostess out said Mary Briggs the town Council member who organized the new collection system. The new system has also placed this Hilly town. 16 Miles East of the Pennsylvania Border in the forefront of a growing movement. About three dozen new Jersey communities All anguished about soaring trash disposal costs the state closes landfills have called the High Bridge town clerk Claire Knapp to hear How the town s system works. Center Kllc Utah , minn., have expressed interest Loo. People Here quickly began sorting and . I be been doing it for years but Many of my friends and neighbors said they could t be bothered said Emily Bruton who has seven children. But now they bother because it s hitting them in inc  in More and More Homes children now set empty soda cans on the Kitchen counter instead of tossing them out with the garbage. Egg cations milk containers and Cereal boxes Are flattened before disposal. Some residents snip two liter plastic soda containers into Little pieces. Some people an installing garbage disposal equip ment in their Kitchen sinks to grind up eggshells coffe grounds and sundry scraps and discharge them into sewers. " trash compactors Are going into More and More kitchens. And outdoor compost piles common generations ago Are popping up in More and More Yards sixteen year old Peter Bulkoski lends his family s compost on Wood Glen drive. Anything that s biodegradable goes on the pile including potato peels Melon rinds spoiled fruits and vegetables even the innards Offish thai Peter and his father catch in the Atlantic we let it All rat in sections for a year and then use it As fertilizer for the Lawn Peter said since Billing by the garbage bag started the trash collected by the town truck has dropped loan average of 6.3 tons a Lay from 8.5, according to William new Ell a town councilman