European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes . Sunday january 8, 1995new team to Cut seawalls red tape Washington a the Navy moving to save one of its cherished programs from the congressional a is installing a new management t Cam to oversee production of the so Wolf nuclear powered submarine. The move Friday replaces a Veteran team of Navy officers and gives their successors new Powers to Cut through red tape in trying to bring two of the attack submarines into the Fleet under a congressional Cost Cap. On orders of Nora Slatkin the assistant Navy Secretary in charge of acquisition the Navy on Friday reassigned rear adm John f. Shipway from his position As head of the Navy a program executive office in charge of submarine building. Rear adm. Robert will succeed Shipway in addition the program manager for the sea Wolf capt. Osie v. Combs will be reassigned. The Navy is setting up a new system for overseeing construction of the first two so Wolf submarines at the electric boat division shipyard in Groton Conn. Modelled on the a reinventing government reforms proposed by vice president a1 Gore the Navy will install a team with new Powers to make on the spot decisions about design changes and circumvent a costly and time consuming approval process. A a it a basically cutting through layers and placing a greater responsibility at the shipyard level a said it. Conrad Chun a Navy spokesman. Both Shipway and Combs were at the Groton shipyard Friday and did not return a Call seeking comment. But Shipway told colleagues at the Groton Yard that he supports the new initiatives. Congress concerned about the Cost of a submarine designed to counter the now defunct soviet Navy imposed a Cost Cap of $4.76 billion on the first two sea a a wolfs. President Clinton plans to request funding for a third sea Wolf in his budget proposal for fiscal 1996, a request Likely to provoke heated debate in Congress. Sen. John Mccain r-ariz., one of the leading opponents of the sea Wolf continues to lobby his colleagues to kill the program in favor of other weapons projects. The so Wolf docs have one key supporter on Capitol Mill House speaker Newt Gingrich a a. As of last summer the Navy a own internal estimates were that the first two so wolfs would exceed the Cost Cap by $40 million and there was reason to believe the overrun might be higher. A a we be always known that staying within this congressional funding Cap in the stars and stripes 10 years ago Jan. 8,1985 a Secretary of state George Shultz and soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko completed seven hours of discussions in the. Search for a new arms control dialogue. 20 years ago Jan. 8,1975 a North vietnamese forces extended their territorial control deeper into the provinces North and East of Saigon. 30 years ago Jan. 8,1965�? president Johnson a new $49.1 billion military budget representing a slight Cut from last year would reduce the current strength of the . Armed forces by 38,000 members. 40 years ago Jan. 8,1955 a italian police ordered to this kissing in the dark Quot ejected 35 couples from movie houses in Turin and filed charges against them under Public morals Laws. A 50 years ago Jan. 8,1945 a immediate enact Merit of a National service act and a draft of nurse were urged by president Roosevelt who emphasized in his state of the Union message that manpower shortages and increased military demands had put War production behind requirements c world War ii 3 50 years ago today Jan. 8 i.9.4.5 German troops take Rimling and. Expand their Bridgehead at Gamb Seimin France s Alsace Region French soldiers hold off attacks on _ Strasbourg. . Forces push closer to Houff Alize during the ardennes fighting in Belgium. In the Philippines. . Planes and Allied ships hit More targets on Luzon japanese air attacks damage two escort carriers and a heavy Cruiser. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world War ii Bison books corp., 1981. Apr to t Eye in the sky an Oblong Cloud makes the Snow Gray sky appear to open up above Folly Mahoney As she mushes a team of dogs on the new Hampshire Side of Lake Umb agog which extends from Maine into new Hampshire. Mahoney who conducts wilderness trips is leading an All female expedition this weekend. Sitter charged in Tot s death Long told police during questioning that she was trying to discipline the children police spokesman Larry Thomason said a a a a. A a a a Long admitted of officers at that time that she had Given an medication to the children in an attempt to Calm their behaviour a Thomason said. T was hospitalized along with the. Children but authorities would not say whether she had taken the same Riedi Cine. She was released wednesday. Nine month old Cary Cudny was not breathing when his parents returned Home from a night out monday. Quillen r said that the children at first appeared asleep and that Long was awake. When the parents realized to narc was a problem. Rescue workers were called and one unsuccessfully tried to resuscitate Cory. The other three boys a Martin 3 Cameron 2 and Harley 8 a were . _ Danville 111. Apr a baby Sitter charged with killing a 9-month-old boy and injuring his three Brothers by giving them prescription Medicine Tolu police she was just trying to Calm them Down Christine Long 25, was charged Friday with involuntary manslaughter and child endanger mint. She was jailed on $75,000 bail. Panic spread through the Community after the four sons of Martin Cudny and Robin Quillen fell ill monday. Many feared the children were sickened by an exotic unknown illness authorities at first suspected Carbon monoxide then methane Gas poisoning or viral infection. A it approached almost a paranoid mania a Coroner Lyle Irvin Saij. A it got to the Point we were almost afraid to go to our Nomus and Bre the the some people Hee Ltd i the advice of the fire chief and ref fuse to Sta ment House they shared w Lay in the apart Ith the family. Would be challenging and Well continue to exploit every initiative to stay within the Cap a Chun said. The changes in Navy oversight Are expected to Benefit general dynamics corp., which runs the electric boat division shipyard by giving the contractor greater flexibility in putting together an immensely Complex weapons system under current stringent military construction specifications the slightest change in design a moving a Bulkhead a few inches for example a requires Lalio rious drawings requests and change order forms that must go up the chair of command to Washington for approval. Under the new oversight system the Navy team at the shipyard will have authority to approve any change that does no to fundamentally affect the performance of the ship. State holds clinic suspect in isolation. Boston a a Man charged with killing two abortion clinic workers was turned Over to state authorities to face murder charges then whisked off to jail where he spent the night in isolation under a suicide watch. John c. Salvi Iii was being held in the jails medical facility a which is very very secure a Norfolk county sheriff Cliff Marshall said. A you done to know what the other inmates would do if they could get Access to this Guy a Marshall said Friday. A would they say a in a going to tear your head off a 1 done to know a Salvi was handed Over to the Norfolk county sheriffs department on Friday after pleading innocent to Federal firearms charges in Boston his third court appearance in two Days. The 22-Ycar-old student Hairdresser from Hampton n.h., was to be arraigned on state murder charges monday in Susnir ban Brookline where he is accused of killing the receptionists and wounding five others at two abortion clinics in a dec. 30 shooting spree. Discussions were continuing Over we Coli or Salvi would be tried Host in Federal or state court. . Attorney Donald Stern said the jus tick department was considering bringing additional Federal charges which could possibly Lead to a death sentence. Salvi is also charged with shooting up an abortion clinic in Norfolk a. Virginia authorities have agreed to delay their prosecution no one was Hurt in that attack. On Friday Salvi pleaded innocent to two Federal charges of interstate transportation of a firearm with intent to commit a felony. Each count carries a maximum sentence of Loy cars in prison a $250,000 Fine and three years probation. A trial was set for feb. 27. Salvi wrote a bizarre note from jail earlier last week that accused guards of trying to Poison him and that called for a special currency to be used by catholics. In related developments z. A Cardinal Bernard Law the archbishop in Boston announced that he would. Designate five churches As Sites of antiabortion prayer vigils. The roman Catholic archdiocese Hopes the vigils will replace demonstrations outside clinics at least temporarily. A the planned parenthood federation of America which operates one of the two Brookline clinics that were attacked began mailings asking for a an emergency contributions of $50 to $500. Preterm health services which operates the other clinic opened a fund raising drive underwrite tighter Security. A
