European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday August 23,1989 affo buy 10,000 computers from Apple Cupertino. Calif. A the . Air Force announced it is buying at least 10,000 macintosh computers for its worldwide military command and control system from Apple com Puter. The Sale puts macs for the first time in military operations on a targe scale battering the company s longtime reputation for 1970s-Stylc pacifism. It is designed to Send out the fight ers dispatch ships and Tell the marines to hit the beaches said Bob Browin a senior writer at Federal compute week who has studied the system. It does t sound like the old  the Sale to the air Force is part of a major overhaul of the military s system for controlling operations at about 40 military stations around the Globe. The new computers will be hooked to larger systems and used for everything from word processing to electronic mail of Battle , the work stations will be used for providing message traffic to people sitting at their desks or in an action  said Patrice Gleason a program manager at Hanscom fab in Massachusetts. They might look at the status of a Mission or use database to keep track of where resources arc she Saio Browin however predicted that the system might be used to plan and exe cute military missions with users plug Ging in data such As the distances for night routes and fuel consumption rates of bombers. It suggests that Apple has lost that image of being some kind of counterculture Pinko computer operation he said. It should really loosen up government  the air Force Sale is part of a $164million contract to Honeywell inc., a Minneapolis based company that will integrate the macs with peripheral equipment and  Rossi an analyst at Alex Brown and sons estimated that Apple s share of the contract May add up to $50 million Topping a recent . Postal service Purchase that May be Worth $30.2 million Over five years. . Studying feasibility report on putting bases in Singapore Washington a the administration is studying a classified report on the feasibility of setting up . Bases in Singa pore a state department official said  report was compiled by a technical military team that visited the tiny asian City state last june and was submitted to the chief of the joint chiefs of Start and other government agencies said a department official who spoke on condition of  department spokesman Richard Boucher said the United states and Singapore have been discussing the possibility of greater Security cooperation for some  but we be made no Deci Sions nor any commitments wit regard to How we might follow up on these  report comes As the administration is preparing to negotiate with the Philippines for renewing the lease of six is. Military facilities that expire in 1991. The talks Are expected to resume this year although no Date has been set yet mostly because of Strong pressure by filipino lawmakers opposed to the bases and the presence of some 40.000 american personnel. President Corazon Aquino has not yet made Public her views. Boucher said the discussions Wilh Singapore were nol linked in any Way Wilh inc Philippines talks. This is a separate discussion of Mutual Security he said. Other officials Point to the fact thai Singapore would be far Loo Small to hold Clark a Subic Bay naval facilities and the four other philippine bases. Singapore is attractive in its own right due to its strategic Loca Tion on the Pacific said the other official. Singapore made Public its offer to Host some . Facilities earlier this month Wilha View to ensuring the continued american presence in inc Region and easing inc Doc slip pressure on  United Stales already has a military cooperation agreement with the predominantly chinese financial Center with . Navy vessels making port Calls in Singapore and air Force planes re fueling there occasionally. There have also been joint  congressional delegations have visited the Philippines in recent weeks handsome have also stopped in Singa  in Congress arc opposed to demands by some in the Philippines for additional . Aid in return for the renewed leases. The United Siales has agreed to give the Philippines $962 million Over two years to keep inc bases open until 1991, but Many filipino legislators want More. Coast guard supports proposal for Fanker free zone off Florida opa Locka Fla. A the commandant of the . Coast guard agreed monday to Back a proposed Tanker free zone off Florida but the Oil Industry quickly criticized the plan. Gov. Bob Martinez won adm. Paul Yost s backing for his plan to shift major shipping lanes to 10 nautical Miles about 11.5 statute Miles from coastal reefs after the two officials flew Down the coast to the Florida keys. All we can do to prevent a catastrophe in Florida needs to be done Martinez said. Establishing a Tanker free zone would create a Buffer Between Flor Ida s coast and Tanker traffic which would provide additional response time to Deal with any Oil spills. Yost said the coast guard would seek Federal and International backing for the plan. He also agreed to study coast guard participation in a major Oil spill Drill Wilh Florida Auto relies in the next year. But Ken Leonard transportation director for the american Petroleum Institute said the plan has significant problems that need to be worked out and would require lengthy International negotiations. Leonard also said the proposal could make shipping More dangerous by forcing southbound  the Lane normally used by northbound vessels. Shipping lanes currently pass As close As two Miles from some Points along Florida s coast but both Martinez and Yost said most fully Laden tankers heading North normally take advantage of Strong Gulf Stream currents farther out to sea. More than 5.000 ships pass in and Oul of the Gulf of Mexico through the Florida Straits each year carrying tens of billions of Gallons of Petroleum products the governor s office said. Vessels entering Florida ports carry an estimated 12 billion Gallons of pc oleum products each year. Most of it goes to port Everglades near fort Lauderdale and the nation s second largest port for Oil Tanker traffic. While the United slates and Many other nations support a 12-mile International limit Yost said inter National support for the proposed change would re quire lobbying at the International maritime Organiza Tion which oversees shipping worldwide. Yost cautioned that it could take years to get other nations to agree to the move and to overcome opposition from the shipping Industry Martinez agreed. This is not something that can be changed Over night the governor said. Ships will have to slow their Speed travel farther and use More fuel so we expect that will figure in the Industry  Yost said he found the proposal especially important since the Tanker Exxon Valdez hit an alaskan reef and spilled about 11 million Gallons of crude into Pris Tine Prince William sound in March. Stateside . Attorney general quits to avoid 2nd probe Charleston. . A West Virginia s at Torney general resigned monday As part of an agreement to halt the second criminal Case against him since he took office in 1984, a prosecutor said. Kanawha county prosecutor Bill Forbes said he agreed to drop a grand jury investigation into attorney general Charlie Brown s Campaign finances and re ports  he lied under oath during a child custody hearing. The attorney general agreed to resign and we agreed not to continue the  Forbes said monday night. It was in the Best interest of the stale the Best interest of or. Brown and the Best interest of All con  in 1986, Brown was acquitted of charges that he Shook Down his staff for Campaign contributions. He contended that because he had solicited the contributions after the 1984 election to pay off Campaign debts the action did not fall under a state Law prohibiting state officials from soliciting Campaign funds from their staffs. Ripped open Jet repaired passes first flight test Honolulu a a United airlines jumbo Jet that ripped open after Takeoff last february sending nine passengers to their deaths flew to san Francisco following months of repairs the Boeing 747 passed its first flight lest Here with out problems said airline spokesman Rob Doughty. The san Francisco flight was the first for the 19 year old aircraft since the Accident feb. 24. When the new zealand bound plane s cargo door apparently popped open at 22,000 feet. The door was torn off along with a Large Section of fuselage. The pilots of flight 811 managed to Fly the crippled Jet the 90 Miles Back to Honolulu for a Safe Landing Wilh 340 passengers and Crew aboard. The plane was going to san Francisco for More Inte rior work now that major repairs have been completed. Doughty said by Telephone from the airline s head quarters in Chicago. Northwest airlines pilots. Approve tentative pact Eagan Minn. A Northwest airlines pilots have ratified a tentative contract with Nwa inc. That ends 2vi years of negotiations the air line pilots association reported monday. The Northwest master executive Council ratified the contract sunday. The same contract was ratified last week by co workers who Are former Republic Ait lines pilots. The joint ratification covers 3,200 pilots and Marks the first time both Pilot groups will be working under the same contract since w Northwest Republic merger in 1986. _. .,4. The agreement would boost pay from 16 percent to37 percent Over its five years and would create a Sepa rate lower wage scale for new hires. ,. A it also called for Job Security measures to protect against possible restructuring by the Carrier s new own