European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the. Stars and stripes tuesday december 20,1988 Pentagon zeroes in on to screen study by Norman Blackcap military writer Washington the defense department is about to launch a research Effort in improve the clarity of television screen pictures and in the process Hopes to Holster the american to manufacturing Industry. The department said its defense advanced re search projects Agency hoped in the next two to three weeks to solicit contract proposals in the areas of High definition Low Cost display  the Pentagon s Primar goal is the development or an advanced but Small to Type screen or Monitor that can display text characters or video signals with great clarity said spokeswoman Jan Bodanyi. The monitors would be used in new helicopters and air planes raining simulators and other types or vehicles and command centers the defense department also Hopes however that by providing seed Money for new research it can enlist electronic and semiconductor companies to Light Japan Tor the Lead in developing the next generation of commercial to sets. High definition television or a div offers the Promise or sharper brighter and wider pictures thai could match the Quality of motion picture films Japa Nese Industry plans to begin marketing a a div sys tem in 1990. A consortium of european companies also is thought to be ahead of american Industry in exploring the new technology. Pentagon officials said they Hope thai by prodding research of High definition monitors the government also can Spur Domestic manufacturing of semiconductors the electronic chips at the heart of computers. The a div technology will require extensive use of semiconductors and that could provide the incentive needed by Domestic companies to re enter the semiconductor Market one official said. The source added the Zenith electronics corp.,which remains , is almost sure to be included in the Agency s Effort. Zenith already has asked for a $15 million contract to develop what it Calls Flat ten Sion mask technology. The rat tension mask resembles a conventional to picture tube but has a Flat face that is sharper and much More Nigger which would make it attractive for Battlefield use. But this won t be a one company Effort the source said. The Pentagon said the Agency had been working inthe Arena of High definition monitors for Yean and. Where practical will conform to evolving commercial a div  a technology base common to defense and com Mercial needs benefits Dod As lower unit prices result from Large scale production it added. A div and computers share. A common dependence on semiconductors. Dod has an interest in maintaining a robust . Semiconductor Industry so As to assure a Domestic source of the most advanced microelectronic  the Washington Post reported on the to research project monday. Gao says foreigners buying More us. Firms . Corporate Norger and acquisitions the by great deals in billions of dollars Fuh Hbl to by Kom Bettj Kiaria Roberts s Ca. 1988 Washington a Friendly for eign acquisitions of . Companies Are on the Rise but hostile  for eign investors Are still rare a congressional report says. The general accounting office the investigative and auditing Agency of Congress said foreign acquisitions have increased from 6 percent of All takeovers in 1984 to 9 percent last year. The level has continued to Rise reaching 13 per cent in the first half of this year. Of the 1,281 foreign takeovers during the 4vi-Ycar period however Only 17 were hostile or resisted by the target company s Board of directors the Gao said in a Teller to rep. Byron l Dorgan . Dorgan a member of the tax writing House ways and Means committee who has proposed tax measures designed to. Curb hostile takeovers said monday that he is concerned by both the increase in hostile mergers generally and by the Rise in foreign investment in the United Stales. The steady Rise until last year of . Trade deficit has put More dollars in the hands of foreigners who have in turn invested them in the United Stales. Much of the foreign investment has been in real estate and government securities but Dorgan said the Gao s figures indicate that foreigners also Are buying up . Corporations. I think that raises some general policy questions that Congress has Load dress. He said. If you have Broa foreign ownership of american assets the question is. Who Are americans working for where is the income Stream from those assets directed other economic observers Amon them Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan have said foreign in vestment can be seen As a vote of Confidence in the strength of the . Econ omy. They have pointed out that foreign investment in american firms creates jobs for . Citizens. From 19s4 to mid-1988, there were 2s attempted hostile takeovers by foreign ers and 17 were successful. Dorgan said the relative Success Rales 68 percent for foreign hostile bids versus 40 percent for contested bids in Genera indicate that foreign tax Lawson some difference in regulations May give foreign bidders an advantage Over . Bidders. 1. S2o3i Rorn Klimt ill  in 1 1. 7.41 Al fold dtprtit�n1 Stow by Camtam 1 ge-0 a t a of oltion Chi by . Start now u5x 1sbj Barca by gemeral electric 1988 my 1 b.7i Swift Oil by Rayal Wutoh Sheb j196s 1 Mlo not fix Jtj by Philip Monte j1985 i Aih poll Lihuey co. 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Bartolo said he enlisted some friends. Who went through several Bare restau rants and a Manet to solicit donations fora More fitting Reward. Peggy Martel Tommy s Mother said she was touched by what Bartolo did. After talking with my husband and Scott s parents we decided to give the Money to the kids because it will show them if they do a Good deed they will be. Rcw Ardi a she said. The boys said they found the Brown Wallet lying in  and look it immediately to Tommy s Mother. "1 did t even count the Money but t could see there were new $100 Bills mrs. Martel said. She tried to Call the Wallet s owner at his Medford Home then found Himat  he looked everything Over and said he had just come from the ban with s 2,000 and somehow dropped his Wal jul on the Street. Then he pulled out a Dollar and handed it Over for the kids she said. Of said you dont have to do thai a Nice Thanik you actually would have been better than a Dollar. But i Don t want to put this Man Down. We Don t know what his circumstances Are. The Money was t our to begin with so giving it Back was the Only thing to do