European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday september 15, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 7 office buildings infested Senate declares War on mice Washington a the Senate appropriates billions of dollars for the nation s defense wrestles with the president Over foreign affairs and sets National policy on a wide variety of other the Senate appears Defeated by the lowly have gotten serious enough for sen. William Proxmire a wis to take to the Senate floor to speak on the remarks prepared for delivery thursday Proxmire described legions of mice now infesting the Senate office building where he have Brown mice White mice soft furry mice spotted mice Short tailed mice Long tailed mice Blunt nosed mice fat satisfied arrogant omnipresent mice Proxmire problem has grown to epidemic proportions he said. We can no longer escape it. The mice Are everywhere and their size and numbers increase daily in Geometric aide to Proxmire said he saw one mouse crawl into a bowl of Poison eat it and then look around As if asking for said the Only response of Senate officials has been to hire one exterminator. One heroic Man. One Man alone guards this fortress against the enemy Proxmire officials say the problem is that the holes around heating and other Utility pipes Are substantially bigger than the pipes themselves giving Mic Freedom to roam within the building Walls and make forays out into Sena tors offices. In the end a Proxmire aide said there is no solution to what the senator described As a marauding Tongue in Cheek Proxmire said Hopes of obtaining Republican support to finance plugging up the holes have been thwarted. But the republicans Are running scared he said. Elephants and mice do not mix As we All know. Perhaps that is Why there Are so few republicans in the . To investigate alleged ripoffs by Sham minority business1 firms Chicago a Federal authorities have announced plans to investigate allegations of nationwide cheating to obtain government contracts Worth millions of dollars that were intended for lawful minority chief counsel for the economic development administration said wednesday investigators would reopen files of All firms named in a series of articles in the Chicago Tribune. The counsel said Evi Dence of wrongdoing would be Given to fed eral prosecutors. And an official of the office of minority business Enterprise said he would re evaluate the Agency s financial support of one organization set up to help minority Busi Nesses. The Tribune articles detailed Sham Ope rations that have cheated legitimate enter Prises operations set up with minority figureheads by established White contractors to obtain set aside funds for minorities businesses. The Eda was Given responsibility in 1977 of overseeing expenditures of $4 Billi on for Public works with a requirement that 10 percent be set aside for minority Farr chief counsel for the Eda said a Survey of 1,387 of 6,700 minority business enterprises in its program showed that 449 were phony or unacceptable and had been said the 449 had contracts that to tales $14 Tribune reported in today s editions that other Eda officials estimated tha phony operations May have siphoned off As much As $100 million Worth of said the vast bulk of firms involved in Eda Public works spending Are Bone was a very Large program and it moved very fast As the articles Point out Farr said. While we agree that there was significant abuse of the program in the final analysis the program has helped thou Sands of minority business enterprises get work and experience that would not have otherwise been available to them. The Bottom line for us is that this has been a very successful Effort. It s not sur prising that a number of persons minority and non minority tried to take advantage of it As much As they could since it was anew program and the rules were fairly be the meantime Randolph Blackwell of the office of minority business Enterprise said there would be re evaluation of fund ing for Noah Robinson and breadbasket commercial association inc. Of said the organization will be investigated for How it spends a $155,000 annual Grant to help minority Robinson received the Grant which includes a $20,000 annual salary much of his and his staff s time was spent operating five family connected businesses the newspaper disclosed. Some of the firms have no office Telephone or staff the series disclosed but the firms have obtained nearly $10 million in government contracts set aside for minorities. Army says anti terror team exists fort Bragg . Up an army spokesman wednesday confirmed the exis tence of an army anti terrorist team that has been undergoing secret training at fort can confirm we have named some of our anti terrorist forces Blue Light handsome training is being conducted at fort. Bragg Pentagon spokesman it. Col. Daniel r. Zenk said in a Telephone interview from said the army would not disclose in formation on the number of men assigned tothe team their identifications where they Are assigned or the tactics they existence of a military anti terrorist team headquartered in an abandoned Stock Ade at fort Bragg had been discussed for some time but Pentagon officials would Only acknowledge its name until wednes , a state department official said earlier this year the team is composed of members from different branches of the armed services and is responsible for anti terrorist activities Wood Isham a state department anti terrorist specialist said the team would be sent into action Only with consent of a foreign nation. The Fri retains responsibility for anti terrorist activities and Ope rations in the United said Blue Light members Are under the command of the joint chiefs of staff and the president. In earlier statements army spokesmen confirmed the existence of operation Blue Light but said disclosure of its assignment could Hurt National Security interests. Accident kills student s dream of being nurse Detroit a Pamela Warendziak f once dreamed of becoming a nurse but that was before she nearly died after being Given the wrong Type of blood during a operation to Correct a protruding jaw. I m really worried about my my kidneys and lungs Ever be the. Same i Don t know and nobody at this Point can Tell me for sure the 21-year-old Wayne state University freshman Hospital officials said a student nurse was responsible for giving Warend Ziak a pint of of positive blood during the two hour operation in july. Her blood mistype a positive. She went into a violent allergic Shock was placed on the Hospital s critical list and Given 70 subsequent to breathe without a Respirator at one Point her lungs collapsed her kid Neys failed her liver was damaged. He swollen contorted face she said looked like the incredible More than a month at the Hospital Warendziak is Home now As lawyers try to work out a to her Mother Alice Warend Ziak Hospital officials explained that med ical and nursing students have to Start the Hospital has offered her a new car Cash College tuition medical and Auto insurance plus guaranteed employment atthe Hospital is. Warendziak said. But she just did t feel that was i am sure that what they offered is no treasonable. I mean after All they almost killed me she said. She is seeking a reasonable Cash settlement and assurances of free medical care for life in Case of complications from her attorney Richard Suhrheinrich would not comment on the settlement talks but said he and is. Warendziak s at Torney Don Petrulis would continue to discuss the Case. As is. Warendziak recovers from her Nightmare another question haunts her her dream of becoming a nurse. I had to go Back to the Hospital Las week for a test and i was actually afraid to walk inside she said. How am i going to be Able to handle that As a nurse Back in circulation g. Gordon Laddy who served a prison sentence for watergate burglary and his wife Frances show up As guests of lbs to at a dinner party in new York. The network was celebrating the 10thanniversary of the lbs network weekly to investigative news program "60 a
