European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday March 11,1989 Carlucci defends transferring Jet fighter technology to Japan Washington a former de sense Secretary Frank Carlucci told a congressional panel Friday that the Pentagon had not sold out  interests in agreeing to Transfer to Japan technology for building an advanced ver Sion of the f-16 tighter. It is my judgment that inc fax rep resents a Good Deal for Japan a Good Deal for the United states and an Excel Lent Deal for the  Security and Industrial relationship,".Carlucci told a Senate armed services subcommittee. He asserted that in the end much of the criticism of the fax Deal reflects an irrational fear of Japan s technological prowess.". Under inc Deal St. Louis based Gen eral dynamics would join forces with Japan s Mitsubishi heavy industries to co develop and co produce a next Genera Tion fighter called the fax for deploy ment by Japan in the late 1990s. Proponents argue thai the agreement represents the Best Deal the United states could negotiate in the face of japanese opposition to buying f-l6s directly from the United states. They say the Deal will serve to promote beneficial technology Transfer in both directions while generating income and jobs for . Industry. Critics however contend that the arrangement amounts to a Giveaway of advanced technology that Japan May use to help propel its civilian aircraft Industry into head to head Competition with inc United states in the world Market. In the face of congressional criticism. The Bush administration has been con ducting an inter Agency review of the fax Deal prior to sending the agreement to Capitol Hill. Sen jct Bingaman d-n.m., chair Man of the defense Industry and technology subcommittee told the hearing i believe that the process whereby this agreement was reached was flawed in that the departments of state and de sense systematically excluded from the negotiations the agencies which Deal with our economic and Trade  Carlucci told the panel that the fax Deal is not an agreement which Sells out . Economic interests for the Sake of. Purely military or strategic  in fact. Our defense and stale negotiators were Well aware of the economic equities at stake and proceeded from the View that economic Security is a Cornerstone of our future National Security. Octane Roll Homos in Kitty Hawk Nam Are tumbling Anlo Iofi water after three Days of being Balu rat by i fish Waves and tides. Storm driven Waves wreaking havoc a on o Trier Banks Island Chain a-.-. , . A As Many As 115 coastal Homes and Struc Ture along the outer Banks Island Chain have been destroyed or damaged by three Days of High Waves spawned by a storm Drifting slowly out to sea. I got to laugh to keep from  said Kilty Hawk resident Joseph Vars Charon As he and his wife Janci surveyed the damage to their oceanfront lot thursday. This was our castle.". About 10 feet of their cottage Hung Over a 6-foot Cliff where the Ocean had eroded More than 75 feel of Beach and a protective Dune the Var Scharen built after storm damage last april. On thursday night officials opened a shelter at Kitty Hawk elementary school for Ocean front residents fearing the a  tides and 15-foot Waves. My Irmhilt five traffic fatalities and two deaths from hypothermia were. I inked to Slick roads and coid weather. Over the Wiist three Days. In addition to buildings damaged or. Destroyed scores  tha atoned. From Sand Ridge in Virginia Beach South through the outer Banks Chain of Barrier islands off the North Carolina coast. On Hatteras Island three neighbouring motels in Bumon were endangered when. The miming s High tide breached a protective Dune residents fighting 45 Mph winds and a sleet storm pitched in to fill sandbags by hand while bulldozers pushed up Sand to rebuild the Dune line. Whatever we do have left it will be because the people of Hatteras came 10 help. It s something i la never forget said Carol Dawson co owner of the 43 unit Cape Han eras Motel. The Only thing we can Hope for now is inc weather. We re at the mercy of the weather."0utsidc the old coast guard station at Oregon Inci Waves battered the con Crete pilings of the Bridge Over the Intel from a Tacras to Bodie Island it i5ear we re doing in. I fell me. Need Loona again verbanic the vision. If All Falwell employees tile 10 per cent it will balance the books of Thomas Road Hap list Church he said the 33  ministry has a s3i million nay Roll and a Church budget of3.5 million in percent of the payroll Falwell said