European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d German president thanks Milinar y ago 9 g business Mutual Stock the indy 500 has roared up on us 23 the St Landries authorized unofficial publication Poh the armed forces 39 May 1985 ise Dolly and sunday 08693 a army probes Bills presented by Hughes helicopter firm by Norman Black Washington a Hughes helicopter a subsidiary of the nations largest defense has be come the subject of an investigation involving serious charges of accounting army Secretary John Marsh disclosed the which holds some Bil lion in army had its monthly payments for overhead expenses Cut off completely on May following review of a defense contract audit Agency re port citing numerous accounting deficient including charges for unallowable Honor paid War dead at Luxembourg by Joe Mapother staff writer Luxembourg More than 500 people took part in sunny memorial Day ceremonies saturday that keyed on the world War ii dead buried at the american military cemetery forty years we cannot look for Ward without being sure we have under stood the message of the said Luxembourg prime minister Jacques Glenn Usa eur com cited four decades of continuous peace in Europe As grounds for continued support of there is still a threat and we have a responsibility to protect the general told the multinational Wreath laying ceremonies in the Well manicured cemetery were punctuated by a flyover of four f15 fighter jets belonging to the 36th tac fighter stationed at Pitburg among the onlookers was retired Salesman Irving Sellinger of standing 50 Yards a White Marble Gravestone capped with the Star of David marked the final resting place of Sellinger of the 104th 26th was killed in action As the Battle of the bulge i remember what a Lousy Christmas it the visitor he was then a Young paratrooper on 4he Way from fort to join the War against the japanese in the South i came specifically to see my Brothers Sellinger Ive been waiting 40 years to see the tradition of memorial Day started during the civil when a group of women began placing Flowers on fresh Graves of fallen Confederate and Union known As decoration the event later became a National Holiday to Honor All who fell in maintaining that tradition saturday was charges for duplicate costs and inadequate internal controls involving millions of Marsh he said he had named undersecretary James Ambrose to direct a thorough investigation into serious charges of accounting irregularities with army con tracts by Hughes helicopter Hughes helicopter is a subsidiary of the Louis based Mcdonnell Douglas which last year became the nations largest defense with contracts Worth billion in fiscal year Hughes helicopter is the army prime contractor for the ah64 Apache Jerry a spokesman for Mcdon Nell Douglas in said the Parent company is confident the army will find that the firm has corrected the internal Billing and control deficiencies since it acquired Hughes helicopter in Meyer said Mcdonnell Douglas Pur chased the firm from the estate of the late Howard Hughes on at which time we became aware that there were problems and had been deficiencies with its accounting and internal control but upon becoming the we applied to them our internal control Stan which we think Are clearly time proven those Are now in so to the extent that there have been problems and we believe they Are now were working with the appropriate government people to get this entire situation a top army Legal official that the audits that touched off the probe discovered problems both before and after the Sale to Mcdonnell Richard the chief of Legal services for the also said the com Pany is now being denied roughly Mil see Hughes on Page 28 memorial to fallen soldiers photo by red grand four f15s from the 36th tac fighter american military cemetery in Luxem Wing in Fly Over the one aircraft is breaking formation Tom of West Palm he was among the first troops to land at Utah Beach during the Normandy and he later took part in the Campaign through the ardennes most of the dead interred at the Luxembourg military Ceme were ardennes Many names from irvings former the 359th inf were inscribed on grave markers at the cemetery and on a roster of 371 soldiers listed As missing in service members and their families were Well represented in the crowd standing be Hind the cordoned off dignitaries besides an air Force color guard and firing party from the 36th Tow at bit Burg there was an army color guard from the 4th inf fort and a Marine color guard from the embassy in Luxembourg to Honor missing see related photos on pages 2 and ambassador John Dolibois directed his Praise to the Field of White and Green beyond the crowd and these americans came from the Plains of Kan the Coal mines of West Virginia and the Metropolis of new within earshot of the echoing tones of a Silver stood a Marker with the Here rests in honoured glory a Comrade in arms known but to
