European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 8, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 bid deadline on new fighter extended of action keeps door open to general dynamics by Richard  with the Navy on an on Point basis to resolve this Iliff petition Between ism ind the other to in Iton not the air Force has sex cult situation As quickly As a  Nav officers said prop ram manage he not the air Force hastened the deadline for bids on a contract to develop a new fighter plane thereby keeping open general Dyna mics s chances of competing even though .1 has been suspended from receiving new government contracts. A Lac me time. Defense Secretary Caspar w Weinberger said in a Friday interview televised from London that military contractors who defrauded the government should go to  general dynamics one of seven competitors for the fighter plane contract was suspended on tuesday after the company and four for Mer or present executives were indicted on Frau charges. In another development the Pentagon s top procure ment official James Wade wrote a stinging appraisal of the Pentagon s Way of developing arms saying it is Pon Derous inflexible and so layered As to make it virtually impossible to maintain  the air Force s Extension of a deadline for contract bids was the second since general dynamics the nation s third largest military contractor last year was sus Pended. Just when the company s suspension might be lifted was unclear on Friday although Pentagon officials suggested they Are seeking an Early Resolution. Nor would executives at general dynamics indicate their plans for submitting information on corrections they have made. They have 30 Days to Appeal the suspension. A spokesman for the company said we will work government sinks plan to launch gospel message wit cult us " on wednesday the nay indefinitely extended the deadline for bids on a contract to build Fuir attack sub marines. The Navy said the move was intended to keep the contract from Phiniz o the Only other bidder the Newport news shipbuilding and dry Dock co. Without Competition. In the air Force action on Friday a spokesman said the deadline delay was not connected with the suspension but was needed so that certain provisions in the advanced fighter program could be cleared up for the competitors. The other competitors arc Boeing Grumman Lockheed Mcdonnell Douglas Northrop and Rock Well. The advanced technology fighter is intended to re place the f-15, the air Force s Premier fish tar. The contract is for design and test Craft an air Force spokesman said. The eventual builder of the aircraft will have what Promise to be lucrative contracts for perhaps 30 years. Meanwhile. Navy officers said their service was approaching another decision involving general dynamics this week. The Navy has been seeking a second source in addition to International business machines to build an advanced system for submarines to detect potentially hostile vessels and to direct torpedoes at them. General dynamics is part of team of contractors competing with another team led by general . Navy officers noted that denying general dynamics a Chance to become a second source would still allow com petition if an team. Navy s a managers dealing with attack submarines cruise missiles and other programs affected by the suspension of general Duia mks were eager it see the suspension lifted so they could get in with planning their programs. The officers said the suspension of general dynamics might encourage Newport news shipbuilding to com Pete for contracts to build Trident missile carrying sub marines As the Navy has desired. General dynamics is now the Only Trident builder. The charges of fraud concern the company s Bills to the government for the army s sgt York anti aircraft gun also called diva for division air defense. Wein Berger cancelled the gun in August because it did not work properly. The Navy is the Pentagon s executive agent in dealing with general dynamics on the suspension and the Legal decision on How Long it will last rests with Navy Secre tary John f. Lehman or. Weinberger in a televised interview with lbs news said from London Friday morning we believe in the most severe sentence As possible to prevent any kind of recurrence of any theft from the  when you file a false claim claim hours that Haven t been worked and thereby induce the government to pay for those hours he said you re simply stealing from the people and of course you should go to jail if that s what the sentence provides  Lodi California a an evangelist wants to spread god s word across the Pacific with messages scaled in 34,000 bottles to the coast guard and the environmental Protection Agency arc standing in his Wai the Federal agencies Are demanding an environmental Impact report from h. Craig Rice and a waste dumping permit before he proceeds with his ministry. Rice was loading his bottles onto a trawler in Sausalito on san Francisco Bay on nov. 16 when the coast guard intervened warning Rice and anyone who helped him that they would be violating the Ocean dumping act by scattering the bottled messages at sea. They Sec us using Beer and soda bottles and they relate to that As litter Rice said thursday from Lodi 90 Miles cast of san Francisco. The bottles have been cleaned and 1 prefer to Call them current riders " Rice believes that As Long As the bottles arc dumped at least 50 Miles off the Cali fornia coast they will be carried by cur rents to Asia and the soviet Union. I m expecting a Miracle he said. I Don t know when or How it will happen but 1 expect that god will allow me to sail through the Golden Gale legally and launch my  latin singing Star Raphael buys former Nixon Home key Biscayne. Flap latin singing sensation Raphael has bought the former Winter White House of Richard m. Nuon from a restoration expert for $1.05 million. Nixon who often vacationed in the Bay Side Home while president sold it for $330,000 in june 1978. The 3,582-Squarc-foot Home on a half acre lot on Biscayne Bay retains the Bullet proof windows and swin ring Pool installed during Nixon s ownership but has been renovated since he sold it said John r. Allen president of preferred Homes Cran Don  s Purchase Price was a record for the posh key Biscayne Market he said. The Home was purchased for $600,000 six months ago by Gerry Sanchez a Resto ration expert who has worked on the . Capitol the new York Public Library and the Waldorf towers hotel in Miami Beach. Raphael born Rafael Martos in Spain 40 years ago said his wife and their three Chil Dren will live in the House 3s he makes a worldwide concert tour marking his 25th year on the stage. The flamboyant Singer who claims to be sitting on a throne formed by 400 million Spanish speaking people rivals fellow Spanish singing idol Julio Iglesias for popu Larity in latin America. Season s greetings an Ocean Side calif., theater wishes its patrons Happy holidays while offering them a distinctly in Chrisl Vaslike Dou ble feature program. Ohio firm passes ouf bonuses averaging a 7,380 Cleveland a Holiday cheer has arrived for 2,405 employees of Lincoln Al citric co who were rewarded for their 1984 labors by bonuses averaging $17,380.78 per employee. The bonuses were announced Friday by Lincoln electric chairman William in Rran Tat a company meeting Ihal was closed to the Public. The firm makes arc welding products and Industrial motors. The company announced the allocation of $41.8 million in Bonus Money. During the 52-year history of Lincoln to citric s incentive Bonus the bonuses have averaged 97.6 percent of an employee s an Nual earnings. Company management determines the size of the Bonus for each worker based on Merit evaluations. Last year As the company recovered from a recessionary slump the year end incentive Cash Bonus to employees amounted to nearly $37.1 million up from $26.6 million at the end of 1983. The 1984 Bonus to employees most of whom live in northeastern Ohio amounted to approximately 10 percent of the company s 1984 net sales of $363.6 million. Richard s. Sabo Lac manager of Public relations for the publicly held company said net sales increased in 1984 and arc expected to Rise again this year. We do not maintain any Reserve funds to make up for the bad years. We pay out the maximum number of dollars available for the Bonus with the intent of earning a new Bonus fund next year he said