European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday december 21,1988 Dod has failed to improve buying practices panel finds Washington not a committee of experts has concluded that the defense department has failed to make much improvement in the Way it acquires costly new weapons despite two years of Effort. The report issued monday by the 41-member group said creation of the Post of undersecretary for acquisition in the Pentagon had failed to streamline the acquisition process. I. Patrick j. Leahy a Vermont Democrat who is a member of the committee said scandals Cost Over runs mismanagement on a vast scale inefficiency and incompetence have justifiably and understandably Sha Ken Public support for defense spending. Something must be done to get the Pentagon s House in  the report also found that Congress was spending too much time on the details of military programs an not enough looking at Overall National Security policy. It urged Congress to change its participation in Mili tary management and to reduce inconsistencies in con Gressional decision making on the military. The report making defense Reform work reflects the views of members of Congress senior Mili tary officers and outside experts. Two former secretaries of defense Harold Brown and James sch Csinger were co chairmen of the study which will be sent to defense Secretary Frank Carlucci and his successor. President elect George Bush has said he will Nomi Nate John Tower the former Texas senator to replace Carlucci in the next administration. The committee was sponsored by the Washington based Johns Hopkins foreign policy Institute and the Center for strategic and International studies. It was formed last year to Monitor Steps undertaken by the Reagan administration to carry out the overhaul recommended in 1986 by the president s Blue ribbon commission on defense management headed by David Packard and the changes in the defense department resulting from the Goldwater Nichols de sense reorganization act. The report notes that the Packard commission called for establishing the Post of undersecretary for acquisition in the defense department with authority and assistants to prune the Levels of bureaucracy and to make the procurement of costly weapon systems More efficient and economical. But in fact the committee said the new positions were imposed upon the old acquisition system without altering the real distribution of Power. As a result the report says the acquisition process May have actually deteriorated. Another study headed by two former presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter american Agenda which was published this year said a great Deal remained to be done in carrying out the Packard recommendations and estimated that doing so could save about $ 15 billion to $20 billion a year. The committee said More needed to be done in the process of deciding which weapons were needed. This Means paying More attention to Trade offs Between Cost and performance making use of com Mercial products whenever possible and paying greater attention to requirements for joint operations in de signing and procuring weapons it said. Stateside dazed brakeman found after Cable car crashes san Francisco a a dazed brakeman who wandered away from a Cable car wreck that injured 11 people was located by phone sunday and was o be interviewed to determine the cause of the derailment the transit Agency said monday. The crowded Cable car failed to Stop at the end of the line saturday night and ran up onto the Concrete shattering windows and throwing passengers about said transit manager James Ruth of the san Francisco municipal railway. None of the injuries was serious said Agency spokes Man George Newkirk the car remained upright. Nine year gripman Marcus Lee was knocked unconscious for several minutes and wandered off in a Daze with what witnesses said was a bloody head injury Ruth said. A gripman operates a Brake that grips an underground Cable. 1 killed when boiler explodes at Copper mine san Manuel Ariz. A a boiler at a Copper mine exploded monday killing one Man and injuring two others authorities said. The boiler at magma Copper co s new smelter was being cleaned when it exploded. Ronald Riggs 47, of san Manuel a magma Engi Neer was killed in the explosion Eric Walker 34, an employee of . Harty general contractors of Dexter mo., was listed in critical condition at Tucson medical  other injured Man Daryl Stupp was treated at the san Manuel health Center and released. Liberty Rose Arizona gov Rose mofford portrayed As a Lively goddess of Liberty becomes a winged statue atop the Capitol dome in Phoenix on the 5,000 Holiday cards she mailed this season. The card front designed by san Diego artist Sherman Goodrich is a colourful caricature of the 65-year-old Beehive coiffed demo crat wearing a rather skimpy roman Toga and holding a Wreath. Bright Job Market awaits graduates experts say new York not despite con Cerns about a possible recession College graduates will face a healthy Job marketing 1989. Experts say. The corporate Community is quite optimistic about next year in spite of a Rashti volatile Market the deficit Trade imbalance the Mega mergers and increased competitiveness said Victor r. Lindquist the director of placement at Northwestern University and the author of that school s annual employment Survey. The report based on a Survey of 242 Busi Nesses was  monday. It predicted that Job opportunities for College graduates would increase by 8 percent Over last Yea Rand that the average starting salary would be $26,460, an increase of 4.6 percent Over last year s predicted average. A Survey of 739 businesses and govern mental agencies published last month by Michigan stale University s career development and placement office also predicted an improve cd Outlook. It reported that employers would hire 3.1 percent More graduates than they did last year and that the average starting salary would Rise to $23,810, 3.5 percent Moie than last year s figure. Both reports predicted that the Job out look for 1989 would be especially Good for graduates who arc women or minorities particularly those with degrees in business and the sciences. Experts said engineers and computer scientists would draw the highest starting Sala Ries close to $30,000 on  Clicc Job Outlook for 1968 College graduate majors a Tod in order Al most increase in demand Over 1967, expected starting salaries motor restaurant. Institutional  $1t,93 Waik eting Balos 21,4721 geology h.b49 \ accounting i 22,3. Electrical engineering of 29,924 i Liberal arts arb. Tollers 19,2131 00090 Treburn Chin by dam a Etc l. $ ironies Industry and educational institutions will hire the most new graduates but Large gains Are also expected in accounting marketing recreation and the restaurant Indus try. The reports agreed that several Fields will be hiring fewer new graduates chief among him banking insurance Metal production and  experts agreed with the reports noting that despite last year s Stock Market crash and predictions by economists of a recession within the next two years Busi Nesses with recruiting programs were in Good financial he ally and expected 1989 Tobe a Strong year. Thus they were making Strong recruiting efforts. Inflation hits 6-year High Washington up1 the . Economy grew at a modest 2.5 percent in the third Quarter the slowest growth since late 1986, but inflation notched up to its highest level in six years the com Merce department said tuesday. In a report on the Gross National product the nation s total output of goods and services the department said the Economy grew by $24.2 billion or 2.5 percent. That was a downward revision from the previously reported 2.6 percent and brought total Gnu to $4,009 trillion. It was the lowest rate since the 1.4 percent recorded in the fourth Quarter of 1986. The department also said a Price Index tied to Gnu and adjusted to exclude the i effects of changes in buying patterns in creased at an annual rate of 5.3 percent in the third Quarter. That was the fastest Pace in six