European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday december 19. 1985 general dynamics executive Sawyer acquitted , a aim George a saw or. A general dynamics executive and former   of the a. Has Boon anti United of charges he concealed contacts with the giant defense contractor while Fie was Stilt at the Pentagon. After deliberating less than five Hur. A Federal jury late tuesday declared saw or innocent in two felony counts relating to info Matiun on a  disclosure form he filed when he left the g h pm mint in mid a jul to become a Fiener in dynamics vice president. My confide Sci is renewed a jubilant   after i wife. Anil rushed to hug him outside the courtroom. In proves once More thai our a siem of Justice is the Best in the  the trial had included one of the More novel urns of events recently seen in ,1 fed eral cum room when one prosecution witness after another including n in Sec ret a r John Ehman or vouched for Sauser s honesty and integrity. Professionally. I m satisfied with the  said one member of the fraud prosecution team from the Justice depart ment. Lorn Hamilton. Though the charges were technical in nature the department initially attempted to convince the jury of five women and seen men that Saucer  since 1 negotiating a Job with the giant defense contractor when he still was in a position to help it land shipbuilding contracts. But Many of the government s own wit Nesses disputed thai claim and praised Sawyer s hone to during his 2 ear tenure As overseer of the buildup of the Navy Fleet. On m India i Ehman testified "1 Don t think i Vee or dealt with a Man who had More Ink Gnu than George  Sawyer with u wide Grin said after the verdict "1 was very pleased to hear the witnesses for the  the Case is not related to the recent indictment of four former and present Gener Al dynamics officials for allegedly do fraud Iris. The government on the development of the sgt. York anti aircraft a in. Hut the indictment of Sawyer last octo Ber was developed by the same Justice department special team that is pursuing general ii mics in other fronts and the verdict was seen As a setback to that Initia Tive. Saw or was charged with concealing meetings with general dynamics officials before tie reported they had made him a firm Job offer in May 1983. He was also accused of failing to report he had been Given airline tickets Worth  for travel ing to various interview Sites. Had he been Ulvi Cluj on both charge. Sawyer could have been sentenced to As much As 10 ears in prison and fined s 20,000. Hamilton conceded to the jury that saw yer did not profit from the payment of his travel expenses and we be never tried d suggest to ii that or. Saw or going to work for general dynamics was improper. Still he urged conviction on the ground that Sawyer s termination form concealed information and we have a right to know what our officials Are  i Ehman and other Navy officials Testi fied that Sawyer h us Long before informed them he intended to leave the government and seek a higher paying Job. And that lie effectively refused himself from Lection making when he began his Job search in Earnest in March i9k3. Moreover Lehman said  had been a Horn in Gener in dynamics Side during his tenure effecting contract reforms that saved the Tampa jars billions of dollars. Town mourns 12 victims of Gas firm explosion workers  i a construction equipment dig through rubble at the Glt mood Springs Colo., blast site  Springs Colo. A flags flew at half staff throughout this West Central Colorado town wednesday As residents mourned 12 people killed in a propane explosion thai levelled a two Story Gas company. I m sure everyone in the Community knows at least one if not More of the victims City manager Michael Copp said tuesday. It s hit fairly  a memorial service was planned thursday at Glenwood Springs High school gymnasium for the 12, All employees of Rocky Mountain natural Gas co. They were killed monday when a water Heater Pilot Light ignited propane leaking from a tank undergoing repairs. Ten people were hospitalized and five were treated and released. All of us knew somebody. You can really feel the pain said Michaelc Boggs who operates a cd and breakfast establishment. She said she and the owners of two similar establishments will open their Homes to families of the victims. Families will be coming and at Christmas time Money will be Short she said. Firefighters pulled 11 bodies from the soldering wreckage monday and the last body was found buried in the rubble tuesday. Workers had driven into a repair shop a truck loaded with a propane tank that had a broken gauge. The Gas apparently leaked irom the gauge and was ignited by the water healer Pilot Light police chief Bob a Ialbert sail. Two employees injured in the Accident told investigator the fuel gauge was removed while a worker was trying to repair it and the gauge began spewing propane Halbert said. A Federal regulation May have been violated in bringing the tank into the shop said Gerard Ryan director of the us occupational safety and health administration in Colorado. Ryan said that if Federal violations occurred the company could be cited or fined. Because there were deaths criminal charges could be filed by the Justice department in the event regulations knowingly were violated he added. Os1ia investigators were joined by officials from the state department of transportation the slate Public utilities commission and the Glenwood Springs police depart ment in surveying the company site on the South Bank of the Colorado River. Contaminated soda removed from shelves Orlando. Fla. A the manager of a coca cola buttling Plant Here says workers have nearly completed the removal of soda cans contaminated with a non toxic lubricant. The voluntary recall involved 10 products All distributed in the Orlando area and significantly less than 20,000 cases of soda said Raymond Mayhall of the or Lando coca cola bottling co., an Independent franchise. We have removed virtually All the cans from our Market already. All there can be now is mostly vending machine Merchan Dise he said. The contamination was traced to a leak in a piece of machinery Mayhall said tues Day. The leak spilled Oil into empty cans which went through a rinse Cycle and were then filled with various beverages. The 10 products were canned nov. 21 and dec. 2 and were distributed Only in the Orlando metropolitan area said or. John Mcgarry Orange county health director. The products withdrawn Are cans of Cherry Coke Mcullo yell Lipton iced Tea. Tab sprite diet sprite. Fanta Root Beer Welch s grape or. Bibb and Caf Feine free diet Coke Mayhall said. Mayhall said the company was alerted to the  thursday when two Junior High school teachers said they Felt ill after d inking cans of diet Coke. The Assembly Linc lubricant was a Miner Al Oil based substance that posed no Dan Ger to the health of individuals Mcgarr said. There Haven t been any cases of illness assorted with this that i m aware of Mcgarry said. Mayhall said there was no Way to Tell How Many cans were contain cd but he estimated that significantly less tha. 20,000 casts were withdrawn from shelves. He said the machinery fills 800 cans a minute. People who drink the beverages and have any complaints about its taste or smell should Call the company regardless of the production Date on the can Mayhall said. Well visit the Home and physically re place it. Not because it poses a health Ruk it is non toxic and won t make anyone sick but because of our Quality Stan Dards he said. Lot numbers for the products Are d-5 i2i. D-5 1122, d-5 1125, d-5 1126, d-5 1127, and d-5 1202, Mayhall said