European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 Confra for cuts Billing by million Washington a general criticized for charging country club fees and dog Kennel Bills to the told Congress on monday it is reducing its Bills to the government by even the nations biggest defense contractor Drew More complaints from the latest criticism involves charges that general dynamics was involved in a conflict of interest by hiring an assistant Secretary of the Navy and that the company overlooked warnings that its electric boat division was performing poorly in building Navy general dynamics chairman David Lewis denied to the House Commerce investigations subcommittee that the firm was involved in conflict of interest and said it had tried to improve the electric boat Lewis said that the company oversight of its Billing practices was Sloppy and left much to be Lewis said general dynamics is voluntarily withdraw ing million of the million in overhead claims it submitted to the Pentagon from 1979 to three weeks defense Secretary Caspar Weinberg or suspended overhead payments of million to general dynamics for 30 Days until the Pentagon could investigate Billing offering Cufr afe financing that suspension followed Lewis statement to the sub committee a month ago that the Pentagon had been billed for a number of or administrative claims which included boarding a dog at a Kennel and for a country club membership for a company general dynamics builds most of the navys f16 fighters for the air m1 tanks for the army and other it is the subject of spreading congressional and Federal investigations in the Wake of Cost overruns at electric where the attack and missile firing subs Are Weinberger suspension was denounced monday by subcommittee democrats As More show than John the said Wein Berger had sent Only a single auditor to review general dynamics in the Wake of the Gerry noted that while Wein Berger withheld some he permitted other pay ments to go ahead even though there is Clear evidence of gouging and mismanagement the asked for reaction to the democrats had not issued any statement by James a former general dynamics exec told the panel that when he was sent to the electric boat division in he investigated the Cost overruns on subs and concluded that it was due to rather than because of Nav ordered Ashton said he thought he had been brought into the division to become general but said he was later told he was being passed Over for that Slot because he was not a team player and did not support the party line of blaming the Lewis continued to blame the sub problems on Takis a former general dynamics executive who is now a fugitive in his native Greece because of Federal criminal charges of perjury and taking Lewis also defended the hiring of George who moved from assistant Navy Secretary in charge of ship building to a company vice in March Lewis he and Sawyer talked about the possibility of Sawyer joining general even though Sawyer was at the time embroiled in the controversy Over the Cost overruns on subs the company was build Lewis said he was careful to avoid any conflict of inter est and noted that Sawyer is not now involved with the company naval automakers report sales gain Detroit up automakers monday reported a percent gain in sales for mid March As the top manufacturers sought to move out their smaller models through citrate financing and other incan the six general motors Ford motor Chrysler Honda motor american motors and Volkswagen of reported combined sales of cars in the United states during the March 11 20 this compares with units sold in the period a year pm last week was the last major car maker to toss its hat into the incentive ring in attempts to regain its Market it is offering percent citrate financing through april 30 on its two seater Pontiac Fiero and All car which include the Buick Chevrolet Cav Pontiac Oldsmobile firenza and Cadillac Fords 88 percent financing on its compact lines boosted sales of its Tempo on a daily rate basis by 120 percent from a year said company spokesman Ray Windecker predicted that the Tempo would be the Industry top seller in replacing the smaller which held the top spot last Chrysler again posted substantial gains from last year As its percent financing program on its Small Domestic models helped trim a statistical reported that High Omni and horizon inventories As of 31 were More than halved As of am last week moved to hold on to its Market share by announcing a Protection plan including free scheduled maintenance on its built Alliance and Auto safes in millions by Calendar year total retail sales japanese cars 1975 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 Chicago Tribune graphic source motor vehicle manufacturers association 84 am said its ongoing percent financing program on All Small models helped push Domestic sales figures 7 percent above mid february the daily Selling rate of cars com pares with for the same period last the Best mid March period since so far in the firms have sold million up percent from the com parable period in 1984 secret letter urged Airlift of ethiopian jews Washington up a secret let Ter signed by All 100 senators urging administration action May have prompted last weeks Cia organized Airlift that flew ethiopian jews out of it was Learned in los Phil editor and publisher of the newspaper Israel said he approached Alan d and vice president George Bush in february asking for help in evacuating the jewish known As from in Cranston spokesman Murray Flander confirmed Cranston Gath ered signatures of All 100 senators on a 21 letter asking for administration help in rescuing the ethiopian Flander said he does not know whether the letter spurred the but said Rea Gan and Bush called Cranston after receiving and in guarded language indicated they would do what they Secretary of state George Shultz later told senators that no news is Good news on getting the ethiopians by which Cranston understood that the operation would be Flander the White state department and other government agencies have refused All comment on the which was first reported by the los Angeles times on sat Flander said the Reagan administration knew about the ethiopian but it was being handled by rather Low level people in the state and in the meantime the people Over there were languishing and on the Fala shas were airlifted out of Eastern where they had fled the famine in and taken to dubbed operation it was the second such Rescue about Fala shas were taken to Israel during operation Moses which ended Blazer said there Are Only a few dozen Fala shas left in but officials estimate some to israeli sources say there Are to paper offers million for Mengele Washington a the Washington times will offer a Reward for information leading to the capture and conviction of fugitive nazi death Camp Doc Tor Josef the newspaper announced the Washington times is offering this Reward As a newspaper dedicated to individual Freedom and it believes the apprehension and conviction of Mengele is a first priority for any person or institution concerned about human rights yester today and the newspaper said in a statement that was to be published in tuesday several rewards already have been offered for Mengele by private last Edward and Robert urged Congress to Post a Reward for his Mengele is sought for torturing nazi death Camp inmates in so called medical he vanished at the end of world War ii and has been reported since then to be living in Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago March 1945 Earl Lloyd Britain prime minister during world War i and a member of the big three at the Versailles peace died after a lingering he was 30 years ago March 1955 British minister of state Anthony Nutting has revealed that the has offered to reduce its armed forces under a disarmament plan that rus Sia has 20 years ago today March 1965 a White woman taking part in Alabama civil rights drive was shot to death in her car in a Rural Sec Tion West of Viola Liuzzo had driven a group of civil rights marchers from Montgomery to Selma and was returning for another 10 years ago today March 1975 congressional conferees have agreed on a billion tax Cut package designed to stimulate the