European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday november 30, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 they gof his number he gof $271,261 Bill Athens. A map Jerry Pepper panicked when lie received a Telephone Bill for $ 271,21 ii listing Calls to Egypt and Hong Kun. Although the phone company assured him thai the Bill was fraudulent and he would Mil be held responsible for a mint. Traditionally. I m a  said Pepper. Was As nervous As can be for a week i was real bad. Not Najy could talk to me i worried even when they had told me i did t have to worry the Bill from ill. Sprint co. Is 646 pages Long. It shows Calls from new York. Baltimore. Dallas and numer Ous other locations one Call listed on the Bill shows that someone spent two hours and 23 minutes hiking to someone in Egypt which Cost s195. On Page 300 of the Bill figures show that a caller talked to someone in Hong Kong for 17 minutes. At the same time a second caller was talking with another Hong Kong resident for 35 minutes. This Bill is a  Pepper said. It s a storybook fan Tasy. There arc some Calls on Here where they probably called some Little Village in the Middle of Africa some  Pepper said get called before sending the Bill to Tell him that he would not have to pay. If Ulicy had l warned me he said "1 would have tainted on the  Pepper said he really owes Only $64.43. The problems began when Pepper requested a get calling card account number for his business a to shirt company. The phone company promised to mail the card within a few weeks but Pepper never received it. Van Wilson the head of corporate Security for sprint said a person was arrested in new York tuesday charged with Selling Pepper s account number to various people mostly in new York and Southern California. It travels like wildfire particularly with individuals who make a lot of International Calls Wilson said. He declined to identify the suspect but said he was not a sprint employee. Investigators arc still trying to deter mine How Pepper s account number was obtained. Federal worker blew whistle and got transferred Washington api James p Jones says he was forced to move to Washington.  Texas leaving behind his wife her Kjear old Mother and a 34 year old son Suff Canp from cerebral pals. All because he filed a complaint that led to his Boss suspension Jones. 62. W As the no. 2 official in the Texas division of the . Agricultural  i action and conservation service until last year when he was labelled incompetent Ard transferred after filing the complaint which charged sexual harassment of women. Jones said his Transfer from Texas to Washington was an attempt by his superiors to gel him to Lake Early retirement. He refused to quit and has filed a lawsuit in Federal court seeking reinstatement in his old Job plus compensatory damages. I Don t think they Ever expected me to stay in Washington and fight this  Jones said in a Telephone interview from College station Texas where he was visit ing for the holidays. I think they thought that i would resign because of hardship on my family and be cause of the fact that i was eligible to take an optional retirement. They just did t think that i would fight it he said. Charles w. Mayfield. Texas executive director of the service was suspended for 30 Days by the . Depart men of Agri culture for sexually harassing female pm Plu Ces and misusing government vehicles the action came after Jones complained on behalf of the women and the department investigated. Mayfield denied the charges. The Reagan administration appointed Mayfield to the political position of state executive director in 1981. Before then he had worked under Jones originally a re publican political appointee. Since 1972 Jones had been in the top non political Job. Assistant to the state executive director and state committee. Jones said he first Learned of sexual harassment in the office in the summer of 1982, when he heard that women who inter viewed for a secretarial position were being told by Mayfield they would have to per form sexual favors for Mayfield and others if they were to gel the Job. He said he subsequently heard complaints from other women about sexual harassment. Jones then complained to serv ice officials in Washington but said they look no action. Meanwhile. Mayfield began to strip Jones of his duties. Jones said. In August i9h4, Jones filed a complaint with the office of the inspector general at the depart men of agriculture. A week and a half later he said he received the first unsatisfactory yearly Job rating of his career. Two Days before thanksgiving last year Jones was told he was being transferred to Washington the next week. You re just not supposed to find things wrong evidently or Tell about them Jones said. The inspector general s office investigated Jones complaint and filed a report Only Deer we saw were dead ones protester laments new Haven. Conn. Up a group of animal lovers said it was a disappointing thanksgiving after they failed to Slop Hunters from thinning a Deer Herd at a Yale University Forest preserve. It was very disappointing said Joy Bush a spokeswoman for the 21 animal lovers who spent five hours in the soggy 7,800-Acrc preserve located in the towns of Woods Tock Eastford and Union. The Only Deer we Sav,1 were dead ones she said after braving rain sleet and Snow since Dawn during the at tempt to move the Herd away from Hunters. The protesters repeating last year s unsuccessful at tempt to separate the Herd and the Hunters spread human hair throughout the preserve to give off a Strong scent to Alert the animals to the Hunters. The animal defenders members of the animal rights fund and friends of animals defied a new state Law which makes it illegal to harass Hunters during a sanctioned Hunt. However police said no arrests were mad. We were there to protest the Hunt and i Don t think we were there intentionally to get arrested but we were not going to be intimidated by an unconstitutional Law Bush said. The animal lovers claim the Hunters Law infringes in their first amendment right to protest. About 430 Hunters Are sanctioned to participate in the month Long shoot which Yale professor David Smith said is being conducted to thin the  Herd. It s All downhill after the neck Bob Xuereb of Hori s taxidermy studio in  Bruno Calif., stuffs Giraffe for a customer. Unless someone Hooks a Blue Thale it s probably the biggest Job hell have for a Long time. Audit finds misuse and waste at Camp Pendleton Oceanside Calif. A continuous misuse and waste of funds has been found in Camp Pendl Clon s special services unit which provides entertainment and recreation for off duty soldiers an audit has found. The Marine corps audit of the unit s $5 9 million budget from last october to june found a $5,000 loan was improperly made to a civilian and that civilians were allowed to Lake govern Cal vehicles Home overnight. The Money for special services units comes mainly from profits of the general merchandise stores on bases worldwide. Military accountants periodically review the fund books. According to the audit at Camp pc dec ton 50 Miles North of san Diego accountants have continuously reported improprieties within the purchasing and receiving  the improprieties in Ludd allowing civilian instructors who teach marines a Vari Ety of recreational skills to Lake Home fees collected from the marines. In addition the audit said a $5,000 loan was made to a civilian to set up a mini race car and mini speedboat re Neal Concession near the base s Lake o Neill. The civilian never repaid $551 of the loan the audit said and the sum is listed on the books As a bad debt. The base command was told of the find Ings and Given copies of the audit. We re not trying to Tell you we have no problem said Camp Pendl Clon spokesman 1.1. Col. Carl Morrison. We re trying to Correct it As soon As  according to the audit the base recreation fund suffered a net loss of $154,280 for the first nine months of this fiscal year while salaries and wages Are running $114,030 Over budget