European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 10, 1968 the stars and stripes Page 5 California fires destroy 21 Homes a la Verne calif., resident uses a Garden Hose in an Effort to save his shingled House from spreading flames. Los Angeles a the dreaded Santa Ana winds raked the Region thursday Wilh gusts of up to 75 Mph thai tanned fires de laying 21 rouses snapped Power lines toppled structures and damaged Rose Parade floats. More than two dozen additional House and build Ings suffered damage in the blazes but no serious injuries were reported authorities said. Gusts toppled six trucks on highways to the cast and Cut Power to More than 300,000 people. Generated by High pressure Over Idaho and a Low Over Baja California winds swept much of California and Nevada but were most destructive in the los Angeles Basin and to the cast where they Roar Down from the desert through the Mountain ranges and be come known As the Santa Anas. Fifteen houses burned up and 10 other houses and six commercial buildings were damaged in Baldwin Park 20 Miles Northeast of los Angeles when 75 Mph gusts snapped Power lines shortly after Midnight and ignited a fire at Allan paper co. The Blaze was contained at Daybreak. Damage to the Baldwin Park area was estimated at $4.5 million a spokesman said. Six houses were destroyed and eight damaged in la Verne 30 Miles cast by a fire believed caused by a downed Power line. About 300 people were evacuated before the 150-acre Blaze was contained. Earlier dam age totals of 10 houses destroyed and is damaged had been scaled Back after a thorough inspection More than 300,000 Southern California Edison customers lost Power but most service was restored by thursday morning an additional 28,000 households in los Angeles sustained overnight Power outages said a spokeswoman for the department of water and Power. Strong winds also hit other parts of the slate Over night. Ousts to 45 Mph were recorded at Travis fab near Sacramento and pans of the san Francisco Day Region the National weather service said. In Yosemite National Park about 200 people were temporarily evacuated because of the threat of falling Trees. Gusts were clocked at 50 Mph in parts of Toseni Ite Valley. Bush says Blacks will like his appointments Washington a president elect George Bush promised Black re publican loyalists thursday that they will be pleased with his appointments Over the Long run but he refused to be specific about naming Blacks to his cab inet they  have great Hopes said Joshua Smith one of 60 Black republicans who met with Bush and vice president elect Dan qua Etc for about 40 minutes to Dis cuss jobs and policy issues important to Blacks. We have Confidence he is going to follow through on his  -. Smith of Rockville. Md., said the Blacks expressed their concern that Bush has not named a Black to a High level Job. Obviously that concern did come up Smith said. His response was that we will Over the term be pleased. He did not make any specific commitments As to numbers and  the session Between Bush and his gop supporters was Friendly and with out rancor members of the group said. Arthur Fletcher a businessman from Washington and a former official in the Nixon and Ford administrations said one of the tragedies of the moment right now is that the Bush people would have to look All Over the place to find qualified Black republicans for goo Job  gop. He said needs to lure More Blacks into he fold. Bush told he Blacks that he meant what he said about wanting to be a president or nil the people and he prom ised to carry out his Campaign pledge to speak out against the remaining ves Tiges of prejudice and bigotry and what  the Blacks gave Bush a standing ovation As he entered the room where they had been engaged in a question and answer session with Quayle. Also at tending the meeting was Lee Alwiler whom Bush has recommended As the next chairman of the Republican nation Al  Sheila talc said Bush would be soliciting the advice from Black leaders on people to serve in All Levels of government on Friday the vice president was to meet with Benja min Hooks head of the a act. In Advance of thursday s meeting. Lei Range a Black businessman from Jack son miss., said he was disappointed no Blacks had been tapped so far. "1 want to make sure there Are Blacks in the Cabinet Range said. But the Way things Are shaping up there s not muchlcfl.". Panel finds Navy contract unfair new York not a Federal appeals panel has ruled that the Navy wrote unfair specifications for a major computer contract that appear to favor the International business machines corp. ". The general services administration s Board of contract appeals a quasi judicial panel that resolves Federal contract disputes told the Navy to change the. Solicitation for the �150 million contract so that some competitors will not be at a disadvantage. R the ruling seems to corroborate longtime allegations by critics of the Navy who say its bidding procedures for computers Are designed to favor ism. Last month six computer services companies in a letter to defense Secretary Frank c Carlucci. Accused the Navy of such biased procurement procedures As writing unfair contract specifications and manipulating the bidding process v As a result these companies contended almost every Large scale data processing contract went to i by. The companies make products and design computer systems that Are compatible with ism s computer architecture a rep. James j. Florio , said thursday that he had asked the Gao to begin an investigation into the Navy s procurement process. In the Case handled by the Gas Board Pacific Orp Capi Tal inc. Filed a protest with the Gas appeals Board accusing the Navy of restricting Competition on a s1 so million contract to modernize computer equipment in the Navy s regional data automation operations. In the protest Pacific Orp said the Navy s prospectus required bidders to offer an entire spectrum of ism computers while Pacific Orp s supplier the Amdahl corp., manufactured Only top of inc Lins machines. By requiring Pacific corp to bid the full spectrum they effectively eliminated the firm from  Joseph j. Petrillo the company s attorney said. The Gas Board ruled that such a requirement was anti competitive and should not have been included in the solicitation. Sidney Wilson Pacific Orp s vice president said that the companies have been complaining about computer procurement for More than a year but that the Navy has ignored them. Be Clear that this ruling does not solve the problem because there is a larger pattern of discrimination Wilson said. Until the Navy changes the pattern you will continue to Sec protests like this  a Navy spokesman said thursday that it would be inappropriate to comment on the ruling until an investigation of its procurement procedures being con ducted by the inspector general s office of the de sense department was completed. An ism spokesman said in a statement we arc glad that the protest is Over and that the Navy can proceed with the  he declined to comment further. Ads of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Dec. 10, 1948 while speaking to the House of commons British foreign Secretary Emust Kevin said that if Ever a Western Union is to be consolidated Germany must play a part and in the end it must be an equal  30 years ago today. Dec. 10, 1958 the mayor of Oswego , asked the state civil defense commission Lor Snow plows and Aid with Rescue operations after the town received almost five feet of Snow in two Days 20 years ago today. Dec 10, i96b a lunar vehicle used to rain astronauts to land on the Moon crashed and burned at Ellington fab in Texas after the Pilot lost control and. Parachuted to safety. 10 years ago today. Dec. 10, 1978 five c-141 military transport planes flew to Iran to shuttle almost 700 , military and civilian personnel from the country because of the growing internal crisis