European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 03, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes tuesday May 3, 1977 defense chief denies top appointees have conflicts of interest Washington a Secretary of de sense Harold Brown says he May have leaned Over backwards too far in avoid ing executives of major defense contractors As potential nominees for High Pentagon jobs. Indeed there were some individuals from such sources i would have been Happy to have Brown said. But conflict of interest rules personal circumstances or comparison with other candidates dictated Brown revealed this in a recent letter to sen. William Proxmire. D-wis., Reje Tingas incorrect allegations of what prox female clergy called bar to Church Unity Louisville. By. Upil the presid ing Bishop of the episcopal Church says his denomination s women priests present a real obstacle to the eventual reunion of the unman Catholic Church and the world wide anglican communion. But the most Rev. John m. Allin spiritual head of 2.8 million episcopalians says he believes god s spirit is moving in efforts to reunite his Church and there is a Chance that roman catholics and anglicans May establish inter communion within our anglican roman Catholic dialogue Pope Paul i and the most Rev. Donald Coggan archbishop of Canterbury issued a joint statement in Rome Friday urging Tot dialogue aimed at reuniting the two churches continue. They conceded that serious differences still exist Between them including the fact that . Episcopalians and some other anglican provinces allow women priests. It s a real obstacle but my chief con Cern is that the decision of the episcopal Church on women priests be Clear said Allin who was interviewed while attending a meeting of anglican provincial representatives from around the world. That ses Sion ended during the weekend. The Bishop said members of his own de nomination have not yet fully accepted women priests and the Church needs time to grow into he said the first priority for episcopalians should be to develop the capacity to recognize our need for diversity among ourselves before expect ing substantial Progress toward reunion with Rome. Threat of separation Allin was particularly critical of Church leaders who reject women priests and Are threatening to form a separate body. Sev eral episcopal priests have been sus Pended for their actions opposing women priests. One suspended priest the Rev. Canon Albert j. Do Finis of Lexington. By. Has announced that More than so dissident parishes Are cooperating to form a new North american anglican province based on traditionalist doctrines. People who disagree must continue in the Fellowship of the the Bishop stressed. The whole Effort and struggle toward Unity is done a great disservice by people leaving because they Bethlehem steel reports loss Wilmington. Del api Bethlehem steel co has reported a net loss of $25 2 million or 58 cents per share of common Stock for the first Quarter of 197v in the first Quarter of 1976, the nation s second largest steelmaker had a net income of 528 4 million or 65 cents a share mire called possible conflicts of interest in filling senior positions in the depart ment of without naming the sources of the allegations Proxmire said his Senate defense production committee had been told that Eugene Fubini and Harry i. Davis outside consultants with ties to defense contractors had been retained to screen recommend or participate in the selection of individuals for senior positions in the Pentagon. Proxmire also said there had been allegations that Davis and Allan Simon another adviser to defense contractors had been considered for appointive positions in the Pentagon. Brown acknowledged receiving advice from Fubini and Many other former de sense officials As Well As members of con Gress in seeking out the Best possible people for senior positions in this depart Fubini was a senior research offi Cial in the Pentagon when Brown was defense research chief in the 1960s. Nothing improper i am not aware of anything improper in such individuals offering such advice or providing information about the qualifications of possible candidates the defense Secretary wrote. In the end i simply picked the Best people i could find and i am proud of the the Carter administration was unusually slow in making nominations for senior civilian positions in the defense depart ment compared to past new administrations. There were persistent reports that the stringent rules requiring nominees to divest themselves of investments wit even a Remote Chance of creating a conflict of interest situation had deterred some prospective candidates from accept ing from Industry Only one top civilian official under the new Pentagon regime came out of the de sense Industry. He is William j Perry who was president of esl inc., a California data systems the Pentagon s new director of re search and engineering Perry will exer Cise great Power Over the Fate of weapons programs totalling Many billions of dollars. Brown recently expanded that office s Power giving it responsibility Over Pur chasing weapons As Well As developing them. But most of the senior civilian officials brought into the Pentagon by president Carter come from academic non defense business or non profit foundation Back grounds. Happy newly weds always knew this Day would come if we stuck it out a photo separated by red tape couple ties knot in no. Rumson n j. A Cathy theimer and Vyacheslav Lvovich for five years by russian red tape were wed Over the weekend in a traditional american ceremony. We always knew this Day would come if we stuck it out said the new mrs. Nepomnyashchy dressed in a Snow White gown and veil. Cathy 26, a doctoral candidate in rus Sian studies at Columbia University. New York met Slava now 30. In 1970 when both were vacationing at a Black sea resort they became engaged in 1972, but Slava s father a soviet bureaucrat disapproved. Cathy was barred from entering the soviet Union and Slava lost his work ing papers. The couple was reunited in february when Slava an Engineer was allowed to leave Russia after their Romance was publicized in the Western press. Slava dressed in a Tan Tuxedo and Brown ruffled shirt said he considers him self a Man without a country because the soviet Union took away his citizenship when he left. But he will be Able to get working and travelling papers in the United states now that he is married to an american citizen. Asked what he thought his father would think of the wedding. Slava said i Don t care what he thinks. I tried to get in touch with him but i could t. I really Don none of his relatives was among the 250 invited guests who crammed into the first presbyterian Church in Rumson and then attended a reception afr the Bride s couple will be living in new York at least until Cathy finishes school. They have postponed a honeymoon until class Send later in May. About Iso persons waited outside the Church for the newly weds to emerge. The couple embraced. They were showered with Rice. And then they drove away in a 1939 Packard limousine. Cancer treatment breakthrough Bone marrow storage successful Washington a doctors have made a major step toward reducing the destruction of Bone marrow a primary Side effect of chemical cancer therapy by re moving marrow before treatment Freez ing it and later putting it cancer Institute physicians said monday the procedure allows use of larger More effective chemical doses reduces Side effects and appears to increase chances of Long term survival. In a report Here at the annual meeting of the american society of clinical investigation doctors said the marrow freezing be Clinique raises possibilities of using even higher chemical doses fur More effective marrow Turlis Noria m in lie within iday with conventional free i or run or Atio but the researchers in marrow cells in special chemicals and storing them in liquid nitrogen vapor at minus 248 degrees cells have been kept undamaged up to 24 weeks. Most anti cancer drugs damage delicate Bone marrow As Well As cancerous cells. Bone marrow produces blood cells including White ones necessary1 to the body s de sense against disease and infection. High drug doses Are most effective against cancer cells but doctors hold Back for fear of irreparably damaging Bon marrow. Scientists began testing the feasibility of preserving Bop Murro outside the Lviv in 1971. Using very High i h1. U, am a 1 ,
