European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 pliers Cost surcharge is pentagons commitment to cutting budget is questioned by Norman Black Washington a last sum amid reports it was planning to charge the air Force for two modified Duckbill the Boeing military air plane announced the actual charge would be Only but when the final contract for the pliers and a Host of other tools was negotiated last the total value of the Deal haunt changed it remained at Boeing said Friday there was absolutely nothing underhanded in the Way it handled the nor did it do any thing to mislead the air the air for its would Only say it was checking into the the entire disclosed by the Washington has prompted some members of Congress to begin questioning anew the pentagons commitment to tight ening up its procurement dealing with these contracts is like squeezing a balloon you squeeze it in one place and it pops out in said Charles the moral you dont listen to the rhetoric coming out of the you look at the Bottom the pliers at Issue Are part of a Large contract to provide tools for use in re pairing air plane the pliers Are the Standard Duckbill Type made by Chan Zellock of modified with a protective finish and a Small notch on the end to make it easier to position a Small pin in Jet Allen a spokesman for Boe ing military air plane in said the company never agreed amid last Summers controversy Over prices for tools and spare parts to forgo its legitimate administrative what the government asked us to and what we was to separate out the administrative costs from the hardware Hobbs each of the prices for the tools in the contract initially reflected a portion of the administrative and overhead Hobbs when questions were raised about the High the administrative costs were isolated into a new category that appears in the final contract for support equipment thus while the list Price for each tool stated in the contract the Overall size of the contract remained the there was absolutely nothing under handed Hobbs this contract went through three negotiations with the air an air Force officer who asked not to be identified said he had no reason to doubt beings but it still raises a legitimate question about the amount of administrative costs on this he Hobbs defended the amount negotiated for support saying in delivering hardware to the govern we have to maintain controls and support for management Finan Cial computer Vendor Cost Materiel buying various types of even if the government decided to buy these pliers it would have to go through the same support pro those costs arc going to be in Larry an air Force said the service is trying to verify the information about this con until that is the air Force must decline he jury indicts Texas state senator on cocaine and obscenity charges Texas a one of the Texas Legislatures most powerful members was indicted Friday on charges of distributing cocaine and promoting state Carl Parker received two indictments from a Jefferson county grand said Randy chief of the trial division of the county District attorneys the drug which is a first degree says that participated with two other men in an organized criminal activity with intent to distribute co Drewett Parker was named alone in the second which charges promotion of Pat parkers said the senator will have a prepared statement later after meeting with his attorney and his Texas Mark White could not be reached at his office for Drewett said the drug indictment charges 21 acts on or about 1983 which constituted a conspiracy to Dis tribute the prosecutor refused to give further saying that would be part of the evidence in a a 21year Veteran of the Texas legislature and chairman of the Senate education was named on three indictments in accusing him of aggravated aggravated promotion of prostitution and on two counts of wholesale promotion of obscene but a state District judge in november threw out the saying that he Felt the grand jury was the indictments on Friday came from a different grand conviction on the criminal activity charge carries a penalty of 5 to 99 years in prison and up to a conviction on the obscenity a third degree is punishable by a 2 to 10 years in prison and a the prosecutor said the obscenity charge against Parker is associated with allegedly obscene video films found in a Beaumont residence jointly owned by Parker and Wash or Wear Bandit gets away clean fort a police cant seem to Corner the Wash v Wear who has broken into at least four houses Only to leave after taking a Shower and picking up a fresh change of they say they cant figure him out the Quick change artist Hast stolen anything except one change of clothes at each House Hes and when he dons new he leaves the dirty ones people must think in a Little said fort Lauderdale police officer Ronald the Day after this Guy Breaks into their ill show up with some and ill ask them Are these your clothes the daring burglar always works in Broad and he usually lingers around the Centamore hell come use the borrow your maybe get a and then he Centamore said police almost caught the Man wednes when a burglar alarm tipped them to his where no one saw him flee the but Centamore said he must have left in a hurry because he left his red Tennis shoes a photo Case dismissed women groups in Pittsburgh Are calling for the dismissal of common pleas court judge Quint Salmon dismissed charges in a rape Case wednesday against a 28yearold Pittsburgh Man after the alleged victim and her Mother arrived Between 15 and 30 minutes late for the mans the Mother and who had waited fruitlessly for the Case to go to trial All Day said they were late because they were caught in morning rus hour Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today March 1945 the stars and stripes was not published on this 30 years ago today March 1955 president Eisenhower announced that he favors exploratory talks toward a big four Confer ence As soon As the Paris accords on West German rearmament Are 20 years ago today March 1965 astronauts Virgil Grissom and John Young successfully orbited the Earth three times in the spaceship Molly then were picked out of the Atlantic and brought to the waiting aircraft Carrier inter 70 years ago today March 1975 retired rear Jackson talc of Orange met for the first time the daughter he fathered during a wartime Romance with a soviet Union motion picture a spokesman what a bite dentist repossessed Teeth a its been nothing but soup and hard boiled eggs for Herbert Epp since his dentist repossessed his false Teeth three weeks now says he wont drop his lawsuit against the dentist even if he gets his Teeth Jeffrey a Hutchinson says Epp owes him and has avoided phone Calls and letters about the so when Epp went to Rayls office to get his Teeth adjusted three weeks the dental assistant who took them out never brought them Rayl compared it to having a car repossessed for miss ing but Epp sued Rayl on tuesday in Reno county District court seeking the return of his upper and lower dentures and unspecified on a Man representing Rayl called Epps Law Herbert Ana said the dentist was willing to return the Hess said he would talk with Epp before deciding whether to accept the but even if the Teeth Are Back in Epps it wont take the bite out of Epps Hess absolutely he adding that he plans to Pur sue the monetary damages portion of the once you convert someones the damage is Hess the dentist haunt filed a Lien against the Teeth and had no Security interest in Hess the dental Bill had been pending since but Epp had told the dentist he had a broken Arm and was unable to and promised to resume payments when he returned to Hess Rayl turned the Bill Over to a collection Agency before seizing the the lawyer Rayl refused to comment he had a receptionist refer All Calls to his but she refused to provide the lawyers Brad a Hutchinson lawyer who called Hess with the offer to return the said he is a Friend of the dentist and Doest represent phone Calls to Epps Home were greeted with a Tele phone company recording saying the phone had been Dis but on thursday he told the Wichita Eagle Beacon his Only income is from a monthly social Security his recently lost her Ive been living on soup and hard boiled Epp said of his three weeks without i have to Dunk my Toast in my the whole thing is Epp i cant Cook Herb pork chops when he Doest have any