European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 More questionable Dod Bills reported halloween costumes on expense list Washington up the Pratt and Whitney air Craft group billed taxpayers for halloween stroll ing lavish tickets to a professional Golf chartered fishing trips and millions of dollars in other questionable congressional sources said the disclosures appeared to cast doubts Oji defense Secre tary Caspar Weinberger recent assertion that similar find Ings about the general dynamics were an Abb ration in the defense a congressman Weinberger recently ordered the withholding of million from Gener Al dynamics for allegedly improper investigators for a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee chaired by John said the new findings in Pentagon audits and in an unpublished general accounting office report with respect to Pratt and Whitney and other firms indicates the problem is Industry wide and May have Cost taxpayers billions of aides to who plans hearings this said Pratt and which builds aircraft engines for Gen eral had gone so far As to charge taxpayers for Price Breaks Given executives who purchased Twoy Earold porches and other luxury cars from the for one party in june of the company billed taxpayers for ice sculptures melting in the Florida Sun and for including for eight strolling sources Many of the vouchers were failing to identify recipients of the company the sources to entertain reportedly including Pentagon offi the company commonly used a private Landing strip and car rental service in West Palm the sources Thomas a spokesman for United technology Pratt and Whitney Parent said in a statement in that the disclosures appear to be a rehash of unfounded allegations relating to Over head expenses charged to the government that were thoroughly investigated a few years no charges have been brought against Pratt and Whit the attorneys office in Drohan we Haven heard anything from the grand jury since november he subcommittee investigators raised questions about the handling of the Justice department which they said still is under they said testimony at this weeks congressional hear ing will show that attorney Stanley who recently was nominated for a Federal has shuffled prosecutors on and off the Case and that the Fri strongly supports an Dingell subcommittee on oversight and investigations found that the Pentagon has failed to act on findings of the defense contract audit Agency questioning million in charges at 12 contractors Sites in selected audits Between 1977 and congressional aides said that following Penta gon contracting officers allowed nearly 60 percent of the subcommittee sources said that following their retire ment from the Pratt and Whitney hired two air Force Plant representatives and one Navy represent Ive involved in such sources said the subcommittee obtained a 1983 draft Gao report criticizing Ducaa audit techniques and urging revisions in defense acquisition regulations to clearly prohibit certain the Gao report was never is the sources Drohan said Pratt and Whitney has a Good Cost accounting system that is designed to assure the government is not charged for questionable he said there May have been human errors but they were few and far Between and have Long ago been he said the company withdrew in fiscal 1981 expense claims and in fiscal 1982 but did not identify but Dingell said there is evidence that general dynamics want an aberration and the defense department Ney As a result of a Federal grand jury investigation by is Paray led in the face of the Industry wide Little turks in new York he said of Pratt and 1 am continually astounded by the Lack of Public conscience when dealing with Public according to the Pratt and Whitney billed tax payers in 1981 and 1982 for for a seminar for executives during which a speaker discussed How they can improve communications with their numerous and golfing for air plane tickets for a company official to Fly around the world with his Price Breaks allowing 80 to 90 executives to buy and other luxury cars after two years use at less than half Book value after refurbish ing them at taxpayer a Mercedes with an Origi Nal Market value of was purchased after two years for numerous banquets and including the Cost of costumes and professional makeup artists for a halloween party and of it for liquor for a june 1982 party at the pea Sheraton resort in Florida Palm Beach to cover half the Cost of the Phillips Art collection at the Oklahoma Art Center in Oklahoma at the request of a general at tinker whose wife was involved in the Art for coloured for baseball More than for Pewter and Metal plane mod for pen and Pencil sets and for leather Luggage tags to be offered As More than for four tickets to professional Golf ers association As Well As other tickets to Miami dolphins football for a Campaign contribution to Jackie Florida supervisor of elections an expense approved person ally by Clark the company chief lobbyist who was a Nixon Campaign official in the Early a photo children dressed in native turkish garb waving turkish and american flags stroll Down fifth Avenue during the turkish Day Parade in new York marching floats and marching groups took part in the Punk rockers would rather fight than Stop up a crowd of Punk rockers saturday refused an order to end a concert and began throwing bottles at police who tried to get them to authorities the 30minute Melee ended when about a dozen officers arrived at the Park and arrested four members of a Punk Rock band who refused to quit said police spokesman David there was More Orange hair there than Ive seen since the wizard of said Grimm said a band called no Punk was the last of five to play at peace with Unity Day at boulders Central at 6 when the License for the demonstration sex the promoter announced the concert was Over and asked the crowd to the band on stage refused to Stop play said the two officers there at the time asked the crowd to they refused and began throwing Grimm said the officers called for help and about a dozen officers from the City University of Colorado Campus police and Boulder county sheriffs deputies with canine units accused nazi arrested after failing to appear at hearing Miami a a Man who failed to appear for a deportation hearing after being accused of directing a massacre in a latvian Village while an officer at a nazi concentration Camp has been authorities said Conrads was alone in a Miami Beach hotel and was unarmed and offered no resistance when arrested Friday said Bill a spokes Man for the marshals Kalejs was arrested on a 22 warrant charging him with failing to appear for a deportation Dempsey in the Justice departments office of special investigations filed an order requiring Kalejs to show Why be  be expelled from the United Kalejs is accused of being a senior lieu tenant at the Sal spils concentration Camp in a formerly Independent country on the Baltic sea that is now part of the soviet according to an ment of the arrest by assistant attorney general Stephen Trott and marshals service director Stanley mor they said Kalejs is accused of directing the destruction in 1942 of the latvian Vil Lage of Sanuki and its surrounding in which the entire civilian population was whose last known address was in is said to have commanded a company of the arajs commando in lat which was used by nazi forces to Aid in persecution and the officials he immigrated to the United states from Australia in and became a permanent resident but officials said he lied when he told them he had been a farm labourer and failed to reveal his service in the arajs Dempsy said Kalejs would be held at the Krome Avenue detention Center in Southern Dade county until deportation proceedings Are