European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 Boeing reviewing its Billing practices contractor cancels Bill that was a mistake Washington a the Boeing stung by news stories about its Billing has withdrawn its request for Pentagon reimbursement of More than in political and other and has pulled Back for review millions of dollars of other a Boeing spokesman says the political contributions were billed to the Pentagon by mistake and that the action conflicted with a written agreement Between the company and the defense the company told reporters such expenses were routinely billed to the government As legitimate Community relations or Public relations costs to be added to the Price tags of Boeing built military aircraft and weapons Boeing intends to resubmit the bulk of its overhead claims to the Pentagon for payment after an internal examination of the company spokesman Craig mar tin but Boeing will not press for payment on in Bills from 1982 through 1984 for Many of them to political candidates and Federal acquisition regulations state that contributions and donations Are Martin said Boeing will continue to seek payment from the government for contributions to so called voter inter est groups attempting to influence legislation on issues of interest to defense department officials have promised members of Congress that when the overhead claims Are resubmitted they will be closely reviewed for unallowable including contributions and the Boeing spokesman said he did not know when the company review of its overhead charges would be com and he said he did not know and could not say if he did How much Money was although Boeing would not reveal the overhead the magnitude of such Billings can be seen in the Penta Gons recent order impounding million in overhead charges each month for general the nations largest defense pending a review of questionable Boeing was the nations fifth largest defense based on billion in defense in fiscal the latest year for which Complete figures Are beings action to withdraw Billings for political contributions and to review All other pending overhead costs closely followed an associated press report in Early March that in 1982 political contributions were among costs questioned by Pentagon at the Boeing said it would withdraw in 1982 contributions to political candidates but would seek payment for other questioned including donations to political Campaign committees and political action Martin said this week that it is now the company position that the inclusion of any political contributions in Pentagon Billings was totally inadvertent and a mis take on our he said this applies to All political whether to individual candidates or to party Community trying to end cruising tradition up teenagers and some adults Are upset Over a plan by town officials to erect Concrete barricades on main Street this weekend and put an end to the decade sold tradition of Cruis on Friday and saturday dozens of teens get in their cars and drive up and Down the six blocks Between the Mcdonalds restaurant and tajik an Al night we ride around and talk to our said Chip its Noth ing real theres people from All Over to cruise on main but officials in the town of some 30 Miles South of Louis say cruising has become a traffic City administrator Rick Turley said police ambulances and fire trucks had experienced problems in getting to scenes of nobody out to harass the tur Ley its mainly a traffic flow prob mayor Charles Earls and police chief Ron Scaggs decided last week to install Concrete barricades this weekend through three blocks of the cruising the barricades would be in place weekend nights Many of the towns older residents former themselves Are against the there were nights id put 100 Miles on my mom and dads car in those Cou ple of said Julie Ive got a Little boy who going to be and i dont want that taken away from Dave who has a liquor store on main said cruising is the main activity of the kids have no place else to Hansen it Doest bother Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today company hotline to fight rumours of satanism april 1945 it was reported that Ernie american War was killed by a japanese snipers Bullet on Teshima Island during the Battle for he was 30 years ago today april 1955 Albert who become internationally famous at 26 for his theory of died in at the age of 20 years ago today april 1965 the United nations peace Force intends to use Force to restore the status quo on the Border of the greek and turkish sectors of said a source from 70 years ago today april diplomatic sources said cambodian civilians Are being evacuated in Masse from phenom penh following the capture of the capital by the Khmer the exodus is seen As a plan to Weed out and purge Amtrak passengers describe Colorado Accident Cincinnati up the Procter Gamble announced wednesday it has established a Telephone hotline to Deal with another round of false reports that the com pants trademark is connected to Devil spokeswoman Carol Taylor said Procter Gamble also has hired two investigative agencies to help track Down those responsible for starting the the rumours began about four years ago concerning the trademark a Circle enclosing a Manin Shemoon and a Field of 13 stories have circulated that the sym Bol is connected to company officials have repeatedly stated there is no connection Between the 100 year old trademark and and that the 13 stars stand for the original 13 Colo Nies of the United company officials said they have an swered More than Calls and letters about the Rumor Over the past four in Procter Gamble began a Media Campaign to counter the rumours and filed suit against several people believed to have spread the after the the number of Calls dropped but they Are again on the from in january to More than in Taylor Taylor said the company never has considered changing its weve had it 100 and it stands for to Quality she it would be Tim consuming and expensive to come up with a new and who could say someone  come up with a Story about the new in changing the Trade Mark would give credence to the trains derailment a nightmare7 of crying Gran up passengers on the Amtrak California Zephyr that derailed in a Remote Mountain Canyon wednesday described the crash As a Nightmare of flying screaming and a 100yard Section of the apparently weak ened by quickly melting Slid out from under the rails tuesday night just before the 14car Zephyr rumbled through the Fraser River Canyon in Northern the two engines and five cars jumped off the with four of them sliding into the thirty one of the 129 passengers and 18 crewmen were taken to hospitals for treatment or with 15 one person was seriously Many of whom were eating dinner in the dining car at the described a series of jolts like a car Bitting a Brick Wall As each engine and car we were just Riding along and All of a sudden the lights went said Julie Perry of it was a we heard people babies what frightened us the most was that we could hear the we knew this was grand county sheriffs dispatcher Nancy Neumann said the unsupported track buckled under the sending the two engines and the following two baggage cars into the River five feet below the two sleeping cars and a coach also but didst it took two hours for medical help and rescuers to a the seven cars still on the carrying the Pas were pulled Back to Granby by a Denver Rio Grande Western Nick a postal worker in said he was just sitting Down for dinner when the first Jolt i put my arms out in front of me to keep the Guy ahead of me from he then the second Ana a third Jolt Haza and others walked through the passenger trying to help those who were he remembered one woman who apparently had broken her leg was helping another passenger who was bleeding everybody was working he everyone was trying to help one Amtrak spokesman Clifford Black said one of the Rea sons it took so Long to get to the wreckage was the Remote Ness of the this site is nearly inaccessible by anything but a rail Road Black Black said the train was travelling at 30 the recommended Speed for that stretch of he said the Zeph which normally runs from Oakland to Denver to Chi Cago by Way of Salt Lake would be rerouted through Wyoming until the track is