European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse April 198s the stars and stripes Page 5 suit Over new Navy Jet fighter settled by Norman Black Washington a one month after the Navy warned it might Start Bil Ling them for Legal two of the largest american military contractors have settled a private antitrust suit Over who will build the Jet fighter for the Export the Mcdonnell Douglas and the Northrop released identical press statements monday announcing they had settled their suit and that All claims of the two companies will be the settlement includes a million payment by Mcdonnell Douglas to North along with a new partnership contract that makes it Clear Mcdonnell Douglas will serve As the prime contractor for All including those built for Northrop had contended in the suit that under its original contract with Mcdon Nell it was supposed to serve As the prime contractor for any of the planes sold to foreign the settlement comes less than a month after Navy Secretary John Lehman issued an order blocking Mcdonnell Douglas from trying to Bill the govern ment for its Legal expenses in connection with the the Navy had discovered that As of last Mcdonnell Doug Las had submitted roughly million in Legal fees to the under pressure from the Mcdonnell Douglas last month refunded roughly million in Legal fees for which it had already received while vowing to press an Appeal of the determination that the claims we rent warned both firms that if they persisted in their dispute in the Navy was prepared to begin Billing both companies for All expenses to the both direct and Indi rect because this litigation provides absolutely no Benefit to the navys John a spokesman for Mcdonnell said monday he could not discuss How the million settlement payment was Cooke did that Mcdon Nell Douglas had not dropped its Appeal of the Navy decision to prevent the firm from Billing taxpayers for its litigation sex the status there has not the spokesman John a spokesman for North also declined to discuss How the settlement was the court fight Between the two Compa Nies dates to october when North Rop filed a million antitrust suit against Mcdonnell Douglas in los an the Louis based Mcdonnell Douglas is the prime contractor for the navys a High performance fighter and attack Jet designed for operation aboard aircraft had quart cd in los is the prime sub contractor on the in the Northrop claimed it entered into a teaming agreement under which it was supposed to serve As the prime contractor for any land based ver Sion of the sold to foreign the suit Mcdonnell Doug Las had continued to monopolize that Busi according to the 285 of the planes have been sold to Date to Spain and Mcdonnell in a dismissed Northrop saying it had done nothing to interfere with the tatters foreign sales Singer appears at Columbia anti apartheid protest new York a with Folk Singer Pete Seeger leading them in hundreds of Columbia University students continued monday to protest the schools ties to South Africa and defied orders to Stop barricading a Campus faculty members organized in support of the and threatened to begin hold ing classes off Campus to protest the univer Sites South african investments and its handling of the student six students entered their third week of a hunger with a South requiring treatment at a Hospital after another of the original seven Hun Ger strikers resumed eating sunday on Doc tors several Hundred student demonstrators cheered wildly monday when Seeger appeared in front of Hamilton where the front doors have been chained shut by pro testers since the Start of the demonstration last a fixture at protests against the Vietnam War in the late 1960s and Early Sang for about half an his selection of songs including we shall not be moved and poisoning the students at least 100 demonstrators have been in front of Hamilton Hall around the clock since they have vowed to stay until the University agrees to withdraw its investments from corporations doing Busi Ness in South the Hal dozen hunger who have been taking Only liquid nutrition since March Are demanding a meeting with the full Board of University trustees to Dis cuss the investment one of those Jose de a 23yearold South african Black has been treated at Luke Roosevelt Hospital the second time after he fainted at about i de who is from the capital City of a photo Folk Singer Pete Seeger Speaks at Columbia where students Are protesting the schools ties to South was released at 5 and is continuing to according to John a spokesman for the partly motivated by the plight of the hunger about 80 faculty members met monday to form the faculty commit tee against the group circulated a which immediately had 65 and agreed mane that the administration wont meet with at the University a Manhattan state supreme court judge issued a Tempo Rary restraining order sunday night or Dering the demonstrators to show cause at a hearing wednesday Why they be barred from overseas Job firm charged with plotting to kill clients up at least 28 people were marked for death when they complained about an employment company that recruited them for no nexis Tant construction jobs in South Africa and prosecutors said assistant state attorney Mcrae a this said trans world careers of Jack Sonville victimized Between 500 and 800 people in Louisiana and they had paid an average of each for overseas be from what we can confirm at this the com Pany took in approximately Over a period of 18 to 24 the employment company used a Motel in As a base to sign up Job Hunters for construction work in South of Thailand and Mathis the company Howard Wayne of was arrested last wednesday and was being held without Bond on one charge of organized fraud and four charges of solicitation to commit Mathis said Crawford planned to kill at least 28 people because they complained it was taking too Long for them to Start at least 28 people had become very suspicious and started checking and he Alleg edly solicited someone to do away with these Mathis to meet again organizers said they would urge faculty members to hold their classes off Campus As a Way of showing support for the Demon Strating these kids have been without food for 15 said Elizabeth an assistant professor of it seems Jinhu Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today april 1945 the last German bastion in East fell to the 3rd White russian the 1st army surged ahead in the Allied race to reach Berlin by entering 140 Miles from the German 30 years ago today april 1955 the soviet Union announced the first Steps to carry out threatened cancellation of Mutual assistance pacts with Britain and 20 years ago today april 1965 actress Linda Darnell was critically burned while visiting the Chicago Home of her friends said she had been searching the smoke filled House for the agents 10 years ago today april 1975 a White House spokesman said former president Nixon secretly promised South vietnamese president Yugen Van Thieu that the United states would react vigorously to any major violations of the Paris peace agreement by the
