European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. November 29, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 Trident 2 proceeding on schedule by the Baltimore Sun Washington the Navy s js1 billion Trident 2 missile which has been spared the Bilter partisan feuding thai has dogged the by b bomber Mobile a missile and other nuclear weapons projects is proceed ing on schedule toward initial deployment late next year the Central accounting office has reported. The favourable review by the Gao the investigative Arm of Congress heartened one of the missile pro Gram s most ardent supporters House armed services committee chairman los Aspin d-wis., who issued a statement sunday calling the Trident 2 a sound Well managed  Trident 2 is by no Means a guaranteed Success but inc conduct of the program so tar makes it Well Worth watching for the lessons we can learn said Aspin. Who has led House democrats for years in savaging air Force management of the problem plagued  news is Good news when in comes to a huge Wear  he said there s no Iron Law that says major defense a Quisol ions have to go sour Aspin who asked the Gao last year to study the trip Cal 2 pro. Gram released copies of the Agency s nov. 21 report. Earlier this Aspin year he issued a report card on the Progress of several strategic modern ipalion programs and declared the Trident 2 the Only straight a program in the  his most recent statements along with positive responses from a Navy spokesman suggest that he Gao report will be used to help protect one or the Penta gon s most expensive projects from cuts As president elect George Bush and congressional leaders try to squeeze several big ticket strategic projects into shrinking defense budget next year. Among the competing projects will be inc b-1 a which needs us much ass billion in improvements the b-3 stealth bomber which has not been tight tested an would Cost about �68.6 billion for 132 planes the my missile 50 of which arc to be deployed on Railroad cars for s9 billion and the single warhead Madge than missile a favorite of Aspin and other democrats that would Cost at least $36 billion for 500 missiles. The Navy s latest Cost estimate for the Trident 2missile, also known As the d-5, has dropped slightly to ssi.3 billion from a late 1982 projection of $51.7 Bil lion. The drop is attributable mainly to new lower adjustments for inflation the Gao said. Plans Call for production through 1999 of 11 Tri Dent 2 submarines 28 prototype d-5 missiles and 815d-s missiles for deployment. During he next decade eight trip Cal i submarines from the Navy s current Fleet will be overhauled to accommodate the new mis Siles at an estimated Cost of s2 billion the Gao said. Of nil of these strategic weapons program the d 5 is the most survivable and it s invisible to Detec  said it. Cmdr. Craig r. Quigley a Navy spokes Man who recited a common sales pitch for submarine launched missiles to explain its popularity. It s been wonderfully unmarred by glitch is. There s an increasing feeling that you re gelling the Best return on your investment he said. In fact Gao auditors round some glitches including manufacturing delays of key missile guidance pans because of production problems and a late delivery of design drawings but they were not serious enough to delay land based or submarine based flight testing. The Gao also reported that companies working under current contracts Worth 19.3 billion told the Navy last april of about $89 million in anticipated Cost overruns thai were blamed mostly on problems with developing the navigation system. The new missile has undergone is of 19 planned flight tests from a launch platform at Cape canaveral,fla., and the Gao study concluded that the Overall performance results from the tests indicate that inc missile is achieving its objectives for this phase of the  so far 11 tests have been successful and one other was partially successful because a malfunctioning valve had Only a negligible effect on the missile steering capability the Gao said. The missile promises to be the Navy s deadliest nuclear weapon system when in becomes operational on the first Trident 2 submarine inc Tennessee. The Tennessee designed to carry 24 of the missiles will be delivered to the Navy soon and will be based in Kings Bay a. It is scheduled to have its missiles loaded and ready in december 1989. Initiated by the Carter administration the missile entered full scale development five years age when president Reagan moved to modernize the . Strate Gic nuclear triad of bombers land based intercontinental missiles and submarine launched missiles. Bush and his democratic rival Michael s. Dukakis gave Strong support to the d-5 missile program during the recent presidential contest despite Sharp Dis agreements on the bib my and other weapons sys tems. Advocates of the d-5 claim in will give . Submarine forces substantially More capability to destroy nuclear hardened targets including missile silos an command centers with improved accuracy and greater explosive Power than the existing Trident i Arsenal. Doo Dah Parade stars invisible stealth bomber Pasadena Calif. A a child driving a toy truck towing what was billed As the radar evading stealth bomber unveiled last week by the air Force was the hit of the 12th occasional Doo Dah Parade Here sunday the Nick s Low Hook was t attached to anything. The annual Parade was started in 1977as an answer to what organizers Felt was the Stuffy tournament of roses and this year s irreverent collection of a radars also featured Chain saw wielding marchers ready to attack the crowd. The Texas Chainsaw massacre drool team and night of the living dead Dishonour guard showered sunday s crowd with fake blood and charged at spectators with the roaring Chain saws from which the cutting Teeth had been removed. An old favorite at the Doo Dah gala the synchronized briefcase Drill team celebrated its i oth appearance in the Parade with a new routine. The big p. I which the Young executives in business suits piled their briefcases in a stack and marched around them in a Circle. Oregon City asking water customers1 Aid with drug problem Albany Ore. A forms asking f9r information on Susic Rcd drug activity have been included in Bills Mai cd to the City s water customers to give people a Chance to Snitch in private about possible criminal activity. There s a number of people in inc Community whore fearful for their own safety whether real or imagined and this provides a Way. We can look at it police chief Darrell Pepper said. The forms slate that they Are not official complaints and ask for As Many details As possible. They also carry this message your help is very important but do not Lake unnecessary risks or actions on your  the forms have spaces for License numbers of suspicious cars locations of suspicious activity and ask questions that include have you seen apparent drug transactions or drug paraphernalia at or near the Vicin Ity of the residence Exchange of Money or goods for Small packages do you know what kind of drugs Are being sold How do you know. Pepper said returned forms come directly to him. He destroys any that seem inappropriate or vindictive. We re Only interested in things that arc of a Crimi Nal nature Pepper said. So far Aboul a half dozen forms have been  has contained information about suspected criminal activity the police did t already know  said some people have written notes on the forms com paring the mailing to the nazis asking people to spy on their neighbors. Pepper said "1 guess whew i m at is that we re providing the citizenry an Opportunity to inform us of any of their suspected problems he said. He said other cities Nave done similar mailings. The police prepared similar report forms More than a  and have distributed them Ai several Community meetings. Drug arrest at los Alamos lab wider Security probe Washington a a congressional panel has expanded its investigation of Security and personnel prob lems to include the los Alamos nuclear weapons Laboratory after a senior computer operator there was arrested on marijuana charges a House aide said sunday As part of the investigation rep John Dingell. D-mich., has asked for the cooperation of Energy Secre tary John s. Hiring Lon whose department owns the laboratories at los Alamos n.m., and liver snore Calif. Both Are being scrutinized. The department also has been plagued by problem that have shut Down production at two major nuclear weapons materials laboratories the Savannah River Plant in Aiken s.c., and the feed materials production Center in Fernald Ohio. Production has stopped on two key weapons materials trivium and plutonium. Dingell. Chairman of the Energy and Commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations. Has asked Why the management at Lawrence liver More abruptly hailed an undercover investigation that turned up the names of 127 employees suspected of . The investigation was expanded to los Alamos Fol lowing the arrest on oct. 12 of a senior computer oper Ator allegedly carrying 207 pounds of marijuana in his truck according to a Dingell aide Jeffrey Hodges. The new York times which reported the expanded investigation in its sunday editions identified the computer operator As David Blossom 36, and quote Dan Energy department spokesman As saying that Blos som held a High level Security clearance. Energy department spokesmen could no be reached by Telephone in Washington or at regional offices in san Francisco or Albuquerque. Authorities also arc investigating the failure of Liv crore managers to investigate inc disappearance of a chemist Ronald it. Slump. Hodges said there were suspicions that stump had been embezzling from Lawrence Liv or More. He had extremely High level clearance and the lab appeared not to bedding anything said Hodges. Both labs Deal in extremely sensitive classified information As Well As nuclear materials and very sophisticated computers. It is disturbing if there is any kind of drug problem  we received what we feel was very solid information. We Are not just going on a fishing investigation. We Are in the initial stages of an investigation just How extensive remains to be . We Are not making any kind of determination that there is extensive drug use at los Ala mos Jab but we Are look Giginto it widow of Birch society founder die Needham mass a Marian Welch who Edi Ted two publications for the ultraconservative John Birch society which her late husband Robert helped found has died at age 8 8, it was announced sunday the John Birch society which was founded in 1958, was named after a Young american missionary who was killed in China in1945. Mrs Welch who died last tues Day at Glover memorial Hospital in Needham was the editor of the society s weekly newspapers the new Ameri can and review of the news and was a contributing editor to the society s conservative digest she was born in Akron Ohio arid graduated from Well sly College in 1922. She also studied at the Sor Bonne in Paris and the University of Chicago. The Birch society headquartered in Belmont mass., where the. Welches lived for 40 years first gained National attention when in accused president Eisenhower and Secretary of state John Foster Dulles of being implicated in a communist plot to take Over the . Government in the 1950s