European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 07, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A a. Sunday april 7, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5 Boeing Sikorsky gets huge copter pact by Scorr Shepard the Cox news service Washington a Boeing Sikorsky was awarded a.$2.8 billion contract on Friday to build the army a new lightweight scout attack helicopter that will replace More than 3,00 Vietnam Era  Boeing Sikorsky team edged out the team of Mcdonnell Douglas helicopter co. Of Mesa ariz., and Bell helicopter text Ron of fort Worth Texas. The selection of the two companies to develop the helicopter could eventually mean $34 billion in business at a time when defense contractors Are feeling the financial Pinch of Post cold War budget cuts. The original plan was to Purchase 2,096 of the new aircraft but defense Secretary Dick Cheney last August Cut Back the program to save nearly $8 billion in costs. Cheney said last year that the Light helicopter was needed despite better East West relations and the reduced chances of War with the soviet Union. But he said the army would Purchase 120 a year instead of the originally planned 216. A we had a very Good horse race in this folks a Stephen conver the assistant retail of the army for acquisition said in announcing the $2.8 billion contract. The contract represents one of the few Large weapons programs the Pentagon has to offer amid the nations budget constraints and plans for a shrinking military. This is a mock up of a Light helicopter to be built by Boeing Sikorsky under a $2.9 billion contract awarded on Friday. Conver said. There is a great concerns within the defense department about the financial health of defense industries but that the losers in the helicopter Competition would survive. He said the army plans to assist Mcdonnell Douglas with foreign sales of the Apache helicopter which first joined the army Arsenal five years ago and suffered a spate of maintenance problems before apparently proving its abilities against iraqi Armor and troops in the persian Gulf. The contract with Boeing Sikorsky anticipates the first flight of the prototype Light helicopter by August 1994. The helicopter is expected to be in the Field by 1998. Winning the prototype contract Means Boeing helicopter based in Philadelphia. And Sikorsky located in Stratford conn., will have the advantage in Competition for the $34 billion contract to produce 1,292 aircraft. The chopper dubbed Lux for a Light helicopter experimental a is the Cornerstone of the army a modernization program. Vii official women would Hurt enrolment Roanoke a. Up a the admissions director for All male Virginia military Institute testified Friday he believes enrolment will fall if Vii is forced to admit women because it no longer would be the a most demanding military colleges in the nation. It. Col. Mark Steven Sandy testified in Federal court he Felt Only a handful of women would attend Vii if the . Justice department wins its lawsuit alleging sex discrimination but some men who would have come to the state supported school because it was Al male would go elsewhere. A if we were no longer known As the most demanding military College it would clearly make our application Pool decrease a Sandy said. Vii supporters have Long considered their school More physically and psychologically challenging than the Federal service academies particularly after those schools were forced to change some of their training methods when they admitted women in 1976, _ Sandy acknowledged Friday he had received nearly 350 inquiries from women about attending the school during the past two years 231 of them last year. He got 8,000 inquiries from males. Under questioning from . Attorney Nathaniel Douglas Sandy said in he past he would Send the women letters a saying it is not our policy to admit Young  but after the Justice department filed its lawsuit last year alleging Vii is violating the 14h amendment and the civil rights act of 1964 by not admitting women Sandy said he was ordered to simply file and ignore the requests for information from females. A there was some concern about the possible litigation a Sandy told Douglas. A in this Case i think its appropriate not to answer the inquiries he said Vii and the Citadel in Charleston s.c., Are the Only publicly supported single sex colleges in the country. In the stars and stripes10 year Sago 7,1981 a the defense subsistence Region Europe contracted european Farmers to provide As much As 100,000 pounds of iceberg lettuce per week for . Forces.20 year Sago april 7,1971 a Igor Stravinsky a the most influential composer of the 20th Century Quot died apparently of a heart attack. He was known for his controversial As Well As celebrated music. He was 88 years old.30 year Sago april 7,1961 a in Paris ceremonies commemorating the 10th anniversary of the supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe vice president Lyndon b. Johnson spoke about Hopes that nato will eventually Lead to a genuine political As Well As economic Community within the Western world. 40year Sago april 7,1951 a British food minister Maurice Webb announced that britons would have their fresh meat allowance increased from 9 via cents. To11%cents. Sessions Black Fri agents meet by the new York times Washington a in an Effort to head off a lawsuit by Black agents Fri director William s. Sessions met Friday with a group of the agents to reassure them he was committed to correcting discrimination in the Agency. 7 sessions acknowledged there had been serious problems in the past and promised he would work with the agents to resolve their complaints Over recruitment hiring and promotion according to Peor pie who attended the meeting after the meeting David a Shaffer a lawyer for the Black agents said that while he was encouraged by sessions remarks he had not decided whether to file the lawsuit against the Bureau charging racial discrimination. Earlier in the Day nearly 250 Black agents met with sessions and Floyd i. Clarke a Deputy director of the Bureau for a question and answer session. The unusual meetings and the disclosure of the threatened lawsuit reflected the mounting tensions within the Bureau Over race issues. The discussions were seen As an attempt by sessions to avoid further embarrassment Over the charges that have increasingly dominated his tenure. The meeting came four Days after the announcement by the Bureau that an internal inquiry had recommended that sessions consider disciplining 11 agents for involvement in actions against Donald Rochon a Black agent who was harassed  agents while he worked in the of big a Chicago office in the mid-1980s. Sessions invited representatives of the bureaus 474 Black agents from around the country to Friday s meeting after he Learned last week about the possible lawsuit against the Agency. After fridays meetings Shaffer said Fri officials a acknowledged they had serious problems and Hud made mistakes in the past that needed to be  Lizzie p. Cassell a Black agent who works in Washington said the agents presented sessions with a list of 19 issues mainly entering on the Issue of career development and promotion practices. Of the bureaus 9,890 agents about 10.3 percent Are women 4,7 percent Are Black 5.3 percent Are hispanic 0.4 per cent Are american Indian and 1.3 percent Are asian american. / National to lottery Gam e Burbank Calif. A Walt Disney co. Said Friday it plans to team with an association of state lotteries on a daily National game. _ v a game show format will be used for the televised lottery which is intended to include All 33 state lotteries and one in the District of Columbia said Randy Reiss executive vice president of Walt Disney studios. Disney a Buena Vista television unit and lottery innovations corp., an Industry group intend to launch the syndicated half hour show in fall 1992, Reiss said. Viewers in lottery states will be Able to participate directly in the game. Residents of non lottery states wont be Able to play but could take part in tie in promotions sponsored by local stores he said. For the National game state lotteries will Combine Money into a single Cash Pool that allows for prizes in the millions of dollars the partners said. Peter Lynch president of lottery innovations said 10 percent of the Public playing $1 a week would generate a minimum of $1.8 Milium a Day in prizes. The show has yet to be designed and it is still Uncertain How prizes will be awarded. Entries probably could be purchased from any of the nations 100,000 lottery agents for that nights game Reiss. He said it is unlikely that Disney characters would be part of the show. Reiss said Disney did not View its involvement with a lottery As counter to the company a family oriented image