European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 08, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday May 8, 1989 super stallion May replace Osprey Cheney pushes plan despite safety questions Washington a defense Secretary Dick Cheney s Cost culling move to scrap the v-22 Osprey aircraft includes a plan in re Ace it with the super stallion a problem plagued helicopter under investigation for possible design flaws. A congressional firestorm Over scrapping the Osprey can Only be fuelled by Cheney s turn toward the Sikorsky aircraft ch-53"e super stallion the Western world s largest helicopter lawmakers say. The Osprey is designed to take off like a helicopter and Fly like an air plane. The Marine corps wants it for Surprise Long Range amphibious assaults. The govern ment has invested $2 billion in its development. Cheney however says that the Osprey must go As part of his move to Cut $10 billion in spending under the budget agreement Between Congress and the Bush administration. The Navy rebuffed congressional demands in 1987 for grounding the super stallion and instead ordered Sikorsky to conduct a $9 million review to determine if a design flaw triggered seven crashes Between june 1984 and january 1987 that left 20 marines dead. That review due last summer but delayed by additional Navy requests was delivered to the Pentagon in Early february with the company declaring the Heli copter Safe. Dissatisfied Pentagon officials sent it Back to the company last month for further tests according to Bill Armstrong spokesman for the naval air systems come. We Felt there were some areas of the Tep test and evaluation program that had to be amplified Arm Strong said. Sikorsky says it will resubmit the review this sum Mer. The Pentagon docs not expect a final determination on the study until october which Means debate Over super stallion and Osprey funding for fiscal 1990 will rage on without the Benefit of the helicopter s safety report. Some super stallion critics arc ready to fight Che Ney s plan to buy More of the helicopters in the absence of a Pentagon approved Sikorsky review. Until they can answer the question and do the review. We need to put this on  said rep. Jim Bates d-calif., a former Marine and a leading critic of the super stallion. But Cheney s request for More super stallions which would revive a program that was scheduled to end in the 1990 budget indicates Pentagon Confidence in the helicopter Sikorsky officials maintain. They re anticipating that the Good name of the helicopter will be gotten Back As the results of the to Sling show said Ken Kelly a Sikorsky vice presi Dent in charge of the super stallion program. In a Way they have built in an Anticipatory approval by Nav air of the work that has been  under the Reagan administration s budget the super stallion program was to have ended in the 1990 by decl year with just three More helicopters ordered. But to compensate for the planned elimination of the new ospreys Cheney wants to buy 23 super Stal Lions for 1990 and is expected to ask for 23 annually in each subsequent year Well into the 1990s, according to congressional and Industry sources. The super Stal Lions Cost about $16 million each. Although the tilt Rotor Osprey could take off like a helicopter and Fly like a plane military strategists be Lieve the super stallion can handle much of the Osprey s heavy lift Mission for the marines and Navy. The super stallion is a modified version of the Viet Nam Era ch-53d sea Stalin. The super stallion with its larger rotors and a third engine can lift up to 18 tons about double the old sea stallion s capacity. But critics say the 6 /2-Lon helicopter is simply too big and should have been designed from scratch not modified from the smaller sea stallion. It was designed too Large and there s no Way you can make it Safe because of its size said Bates. Ordeal at carnival a firefighter helps one of eight people were hospitalized for hypothermia or rapped upside Down for 2 i hours Low body temperature. The breakdown when a carnal ride malfunctioned Sal left riders hanging 60 feel Abou ground urday night in new York. Two people on the Loop the Loop ride police said. Carolines assessing damage from storms by the associated press the damage estimates from last week s devastating Southern storms Rose into the tens of millions of dollars Sun Day and while some people went to Church to give thanks for survival others found churches that were barely stand ing. I Don t know what Well do. I Don t know if there s enough left to repair said . Greene jr., chairman of farm Ringlon Baptist Church s Board of Dea cons As he looked Al the tattered remains of his Church in Davie county . The Steeple of the Small Church built in 1878. Was torn from the roof during a Tornado Friday night and crashed into a vacant House a Cal door. Part of inc roof went with the Steeple As it splintered. The twister was part of a Strong storm system that swept across inc South on thursday. Friday and saturday killing at least 21 people and injuring More than 100 from Texas to Virginia. Altogether seven people were con firmed dead from floods or storms in Texas four in North Carolina three in Louisiana two in South Carolina four in Virginia and one in Oklahoma. The worst twister damage occurred in the Carolinas on Friday. In Durham ., on sunday Mem Bers of a Benczer Baptist Church held worship services in a nearby recreation Center after the storm left gaping holes in inc roof and Walls of their Sanctuary. The Dusl Duclion has happened Pecan l do anything about that said the Rev. Henry l. Edmonds. He said the storm struck just 90 minutes after inc Church Day care program had closed for inc weekend. North Carolina gov. Jim Martin scheduled a flying Lour of Lincoln county where some of the most severe dam age was reported. Tom Dill of inc slate emergency management office said damage across the state exceeded $28 million while other estimates ranged far higher. Dili said Leams in 17 North Carolina count is had reported 124 Homes de so Royce 171 seriously damaged and 671 that received some damage. The storms also destroyed 42 businesses and seriously damaged 11 More damaged 51 schools and churches and damaged or destroyed 79 farm buildings across inc slate. In South Carolina gov Carroll Campbell toured the stricken area in his slate by helicopter saturday and said he expects to ask for Federal disaster Relief assistance. New Coke unloved but lauded Atlanta a new Coke is 4 years old and an also ran in the cola wars but coca cola co. Says there s plenty of fizz left in the beverage thai helped revolutionize the marketing of soft drinks. Coca cola was the world s most popu Lar soft drink and More. The bran had become a Symbol of the pervasive influence of american Power and culture around the Globe. So it was no Small decision when the company decided to reformulate the cola Thad sold for 99 years. And it triggered no Small reaction. The consumer backlash to the new drink was so Strong that the com Pany quickly brought Back the original for Mula under the name coca cola classic. Four years later what goes by the Label of Coke is virtually ignored by Consumers while classic Coke reigns no. I. But company officials say they have no plans to drop the changed formula and Indus try analysis say they re right. It s regarded As inc absolute biggest marketing travesty Ever hoisted on the american Public. With god s help everyone will have similar mistakes said Jesse Meyers who publishes beverage digest in Greenwich Conn. The announcement of new Coke gave new birth to All coca cola products and the in lira soft drink Industry he said. The introduction of the new Coke heated up the cola wars As companies stepped up their efforts to introduce new variations of their name Brand product sin Hopes of gaining a greater share of the $45 billion Market for soft drinks. Now there is not Only Coke and classic Coke but also diet Coke caffeine free Coke and regular and diet Cherry Coke