European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse August 1977 the stars and stripes Page 100 firms got 42 billion Dod dollars Washington up americas top to defense industries received 142 billion Worth of in fiscal year with replacing Lockheed As the number one a private re starch organization reported the Council on economic priorities said a Louis based Aero received billion Worth of Pentagon contracts in fiscal nearly panel reports sexual Bias in House pay Washington Tupi House Reform ers Are considering creation of a grievance committee to handle sexual misconduct charges against but the Reform chairman predicts Congress will reject watchdog members of the special House Reform commission also said there is pretty disturbing evidence of male biased sexual discrimination in the pay allowed for Capi Tol Hill staff David chairman of the commission on administrative gave reporters a briefing on the recommendations his panel has received for streamlining House administrative procedures and avoiding repetition of last years sex the commission was formed last summer after Elizabeth Ray charged that Wayne put her on the congressional payroll As a Secretary even though she did nothing but serve As his the scandal forced Hays to retire from Quier women raised similar charges against other but they were not formally recommendations submitted obey said his commission stuff has sub milled at least 43 recommendations for Dunning House procedures and handling inc grievances of congressional staffers who now have almost no Job Protection the grievance procedure is the Tough est Point we have to Settle in this whole obey matter How minimal we make the no matter what we recon in belting it will never pass the the proposal would establish a three member to hear employee grievances and try to arbitrate them with the if 11 voted unanimously that the Ance was legitimate and involved violation of a House it would refer the matter to the ethics committee obey said we found some pretty Dos Turbine things indicating unequal pay for equal work on Capitol tic said data collected so far show that a male administrative assistant the top Ranung Slaff Job is paid a while a female in the same Job is paid Only double the amount it got the previous Lockheed was second with s a decline of More than 1500 million from the previous the which describes itself As a nonprofit Organ Dialion Sui Blishel to disseminate unbiased and detailed information on the practices of said inc m billion awarded to the top 100 defense industries is a or increase Over fiscal year in addition to Mcdonner Ponglai and the top 19 Pentagon billion general elec f billion United billion Wilton general to billion Mil lion Juon j978j and Rockwell hoboes pay last respects nod steam Fry pan Jack frisk train Maui Graham carry the casket of a Hobo King hard Rock kid following funeral services id the kid died under a tree in Ogden City Park where be had been a exp Foo King hops on fhe fail of the come Tive assistant gets and the fee Only and a mall press Secretary gets while the female equivalent gels thai there is an obvious attempt lobe obey said its just that the House reflects Ite said no recommendation has yet been nude on what to do about the pay b3any of the recommendations May be changed or even scrapped when the com Mission meets again in Borre to visit Paris up prime minister Ray has accepted an invitation Ron president Carter to visit Washington an announcement from Barres office Iowa apr the casket was draped with a red the Symbol of the True rail Riding As Iso Young and old paid their last respects saturday to the hard Rock the organist played King of the Road and then the born John Mislen on in made his last trip to about 70 Miles where five times lie was crowned King of the you were his you were his you were his the current Hobo steam brain Maury Graham of told the i know if it was there would be thousands Here from across the state who knew and liked other fellow travellers at the funeral were Fry pan Sparky Smith and Vir Ginia he liked his he was he was a Good said Buckmaster of one of those who came from across joined by a few from Wisconsin and to bid the kid a final the kid had stopped off Here for his yearly visit As he headed for the annual Day Al Britt next hoboes from across the country gather at Britt each year to elect a new slea train Maury said hoboes Are a vanishing there Are Only about 40 real hoboes the kid died under a tree in Ogden City Nark last sunday his slight body was found the next nothing could be More wonderful for a Hobo than to Cross Over the Jordan while sleeping in a Stear Elrain Maury he said he heard of the kids death while he was in 1 was shocked and started freighting Here As fast As i but he was 72 and Al that age you know youre going to get called within the next 25 steam train efforts were made to try and find rela Tives of the they were Carson funeral Home arranged the service and donated the the Brill chamber of Commerce provided the final resting place and Dave Carson said the kid had showed up in Ogden every year for the past 20 in the year this Community of marked its the kid was made an honorary brother of the his full Beard making him eligible and his quiet smiling nature making him i never heard a person say anything bad about the said Sparky people were proud to have him stay with educated through the sixth the kid once said he especially liked Ken Flori new York and Iowa and he liked the Little bit he saw of steam train said he remembered a poem written about 1900 on the death of a Hobo which said Hal those hoboes who die Are now Riding on the Tail of comets across the Lis a Beautiful with the Hobo King waved his Drill Wood Cane Over the and said i wish him the report said membership in the top 100 hair remained relatively stable for the past five it said they gel about 70 per cent fall defense but shifts did occur within the group in 1976 because of changes in Pentagon procurement for Northrop leaped from 12ln to third because of a dramatic increase in its foreign military Harco and Pacific Petroleum also became significantly larger Pentagon con firms making the top 100 for the first time b largely due to in creased shipbuilding contracts included Cong oleum formerly Bath Kaiser Morris Knudsen and Todd companies declining significantly included Santa pc engineering and the ulan less ammunition in the past five the procurement Haa increased in foreign Mili tary Oil and Petroleum Auto Industry products and maintenance and repair while the Pentagon has bought less ammunition and explosives and aircraft and airframes since the Vietnam War the report warned thai number of companies remain seriously dependent on Cru Litney this dependence can have an Impact on future trends in military As those companies push to maintain current contracts and obtain new it can pose serious problems for and since alterations in Dod procurement plans can produce major changes in the company fortunes and employment some companies become Jess de pendent on Pentagon Wilder through loss of business or future concerning future the report As the f16 fighter program moves into full general dynamics and United technologies should increase their contract Dollar Chrysler will continue to move having received an army award to produce the new my the Carter administrations decision not to proceed with the by bomber pro Gram will have a major Impact in reducing contract volume for Rockwell inter nation general Ltd and the report the new emphasis on the air launched cruise will increase contract awards to which manufactures the 747 and the bs2 both Likely cruise carriers and is the prime contractor for the air launched mis Sile the report Bishops endorse Unity in message to Pope Rio de Janeiro i up t Bishops from five South american nations holding their meeting hero have sent a Telegram in Pope Paul i expressing the Unity of the continents roman catholics under his the Telegram was approved by Bish archbishops and cardinals from a Paraguay and Brazil meeting in a which is preparing positions for the third general Assembly of the latin american Episco the Telegram came As reaction to the South american visit of French Arch Bish Marcel Peru schedules election Lima a Perus military presi Francisco Morales announced that elections will be held next year for a constitutional paving the Way for a Transfer of Power to the civil ians through general elections in
