European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes August 1977 District attorney probing Senate mailing contract Washington up allegations of potentially criminal conduct in a Multi million Dollar contract awarded or a computerized Senate mailing system have Trig gered a Federal grand jury the grand jury also will be looking into million contract Nune sys tems of won from the department of education and assistant William Block said on May Senate officials signed a three year pact with but the com Pany has yet to meet performance Stan Dards Over a 32day testing if the Blumenthal ban Deal is reported Washington a Treasury Secre tary Michael whose department is inquiring into budget director Bert lances Bank once borrowed at least on favourable terms from a Bank that received interest free deposits from the corporation Blumenthal Cox newspapers reported Friday a financial statement released in february by the White House showed that Blu while chief executive of Bendix of borrowed 000 or More from the National Bank of de the statement showed that the interest on the loan was on half of one per cent Over the prime the prime is the rate that Banks Reserve for their Best corporate the Cox Story said records at the Securi ties and Exchange commission show the Detroit Bank was the Lead Bank in a 10 Bank consortium that signed a credit agreement with Bendix in credit arrangement the Story quoted a Bendix spokesman As saying that As part of the credit arrange the firm maintained about Mil lion in  deposits at the Detroit Bank As of last the spokesman termed the Deposit a compensating a common arrangement to compensate the Bank for Quick Access to the he added that there was no link at All Between what the company does and what its executives do in relation to National Bank of according to it was not Clear from Blumenthal financial statement whether he took out the personal loan before or after the 1975 credit agreement Between Bendix and the Detroit but a Treasury department spokesman said Blumenthal repaid the Bank Loans be tween 3 and when he joined the the Issue in the Lance Case is whether his new York Bank loan was contingent on the opening of an interest free the comptroller of the currency is trying to determine if lances Georgia Bank was indirectly paying for lances loan by keeping an unusually Large bal Ance in the new York the comptrollers which regu lates National is u unit of the trea sury and Blumenthal has briefed president Carter on investigations several test goes the Senate rules committee must accept the contract which could then be extended five More Yean on a Yea to i Nune won the contract to link individual Senate offices to a Central computer system so letter replies would each appear to be individual it is designed to produce up to i million letters a but some sources have charged favor it ism in the which went to online in competitive we Are investigating allegations concerning possible improprieties in the awarding of computer programming con tracts at both hew at the Block those allegations Are of a serious enough nature that they could be potentially hew investigators already have found evidence of improprieties in that up disclosed that a former hew computer project manager was Given a dismissal notice this month for allegedly accepting More than 200 meals and trips to sporting events from the Edwin directed a computerized tracking system for the guaranteed student loan program in the office of Nune won the program which later Rose to online officials were unavailable for comment on the Justice department invest no action has been taken against Senate personnel in the computer mailing con but questions have Arisen in some areas the Senate system includes expensive indexing and office management features especially suited to some Senate staffers insisted those features Are Annec in a Pilot Oniunes equipment went to the offices of James d and Mark the other Bowne time of new was assigned to Thomas Eagle and former John because Missouri and California Are More the Bowne system necessarily handled More after two Bowne was Eli i online was allowed to refine its computer program for More than a year before other companies were invited to 22 killed in bus collision Bangkok a Twenty two persons vere killed and More than 30 others seriously injured when two buses collided Headon in Northern police a rain of terrier when the weather is hot and bags especially enjoys going into his act of biting the water As it shoots from be Hose this we repaired Ter who lives in not Only gets cooled off daring the performance but bathed and exec Redau at the tame press Detroit area hospitals crippled Bloodmobile Drivers strike now in 4th Day Detroit a a walkout by red Cross Bloodmobile Drivers that has crippled blood deliveries to Detroit area hospitals and forced postponement of All convention urges support for Bill of rights for police a the fraternal order of ending a we Klong National meeting has urged support for a policemen Bill of rights while going on record As opposing the hiring of Homo sexual police delegates voted unanimously Friday to Back the proposed Federal policemen Bill of a spokesman con Gress is considering the and Lour states have such the spokesman said the Bill of rights would protect policemen from arbitrary opponents maintain it would administration of police departments delegates also voted to oppose hiring homosexuals As police one Fop Delegate said homosexuals Are sick and sick people  be in other Fop delegates condemned Federal congressmen and american civil liberties Union lawyers for coddling criminals and the Fop convention also voted to hold its next conference in and reflected Pat Stark of Indianapolis As National but essential surgery saturday entered its fourth the which one doctor called a terrible involves Only 16 Drivers who deliver blood from red Cross collection centers to hospitals but has affected blood deliveries for 84 nurses at the blood collection centers have refused to Cross picket closing seven centers in a five county the red Cross was flying in blood from other cities but the amount available was Well below the usual 900 pints a Day distributed in the five hospitals were trying to keep their blood Banks full by set Ting up donation centers or asking employ is to John representing Patno Logiste at several area told a news conference Friday that Hospital slays prolonged by the Lack of blood were costing patients an estimated million a Day in the five metropolitan area counties served by the red Cross bargaining sessions were held Friday in an Effort to reach a new contract for the members of teamsters local