European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday december 28. 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 Pentagon reduces spare parts backlog angry congressman Cas unpriced orders a Cense of sea by Rin Ardc. Cross Vasi Simiton the defense department Lias directed the military services in Cut by 12 percent their backlog a orders in spare la it i ivc no Price Dumi iut cd . category of parts buying called unpriced orders reached a backing of s27.9 billion As of sept i a Pentagon spokesman said. An unpriced order is one in which contractors Are ii Nihon cd to begin work on a Par before there is final agreement on Cost although a ceiling Price is included to limit the Pentagon s liability. Release of the directive came two Days after rep. John Dingell d-mich., a harsh Pentagon critic charged that unpriced orders put the government in a no win situation and is nothing Short of a License to Dingell chairman of i he mouse Ami t of mercy subcommittee on investigations Tirol made the accusations in a dec i i letter to defense Caspar Weinberger me wrote that .1 subcommittee staff studs concluded the Pentagon bureaucracy has ignored Weinberger s directives to reduce unpriced orders unpriced orders Are used to by initial spare parts for weapons for needed Uri cylk. When it is in the Pentagon s interest to present .1 stoppage of the Proi tic Tion line and sometimes because i has Siniuk been easier a Pentagon statement said a re new by a High level Pentagon group to implement reforms in buying practices chaired b l put defense Secretary William Howard tall in. Concluded nov. 7 that the backlog of unpriced orders should be reduced in an attempt to save Money the statement said the army. Navy. Air Force and the defense logistics Agency which bins parts fur All Pentagon branches was directed to Cut the backlog by 32 percent by the end of this fiscal year sept. 30, it said. To implement this direction the services arc requiring higher level approvals for issuance of unpriced or Ders More critical reviews of the need for an unpriced order requiring a stronger statement of operational Impact Aid increased top management the Pentagon . Attempts at reforming Pentagon buying practices went into High gear after disclosures 2years ago that millions of dollars were being wasted in the Purchase of spare parts thai included paying $ 435 for a Hammer 5110 for a 4-Cenl Diode and Smo form aircraft toilet scat cover. Here s How it should look Ray Chapin � senior designer Al North Ern Energy Homes in Norwich vi., compares photographs of a House under the firm designs sour scaled Home. Ill the Aid of Lnu a design program thai runs on an ism p a construction to he architectural draw computer. The screen also Ean disc i Ings displayed on his computer screen. To and three dimensional blueprints. Reagan Senate get cd from Consumers league is Len a their Saucier d Minuit s in i i it j h. A i Kep Ruseti lathes riled a i " i he a n or in in Mavro in i Nup. M its to caul do Kep t said i ass .1 Seari urdu a a b i of Ress jul la ii con Sumer is min i Inda ii Kiln or. The Pumihic s eur Huluc director said u la branches of have dragged their feet or done nothing at All on a Miu pressing issues she said the league in making out its grades Lix cd at nine areas of concern to the consumer ii Mikial service-., health care a in basics Cher. . Dirk ing conditions my a of worker economic polio. It Ami d re Viotet. And Lele . She said the league also has been concerned in cats with the adm Nistra s in neral belief the marketplace Kan Kyui Aie itself Adi Iii ii Porti deregulation has been v. Wholehearted i in the a Mimi or product safely commission now is headed b a Man who believes thai purely voluntary standards will assure our safely the role of the Protection Dmn nitration has been Serim isl eroded rid the Federal aviation administration operates with too few inspectors and air to Alec controllers said Golodner. She id Consumers have lost Basic pro Teutons the had assumed were Here to in the final Days of its session the Senate Dola cd action until next year on the Nomi nation of Herren dec m. Scanlon As Perma nent chairman of the consumer product safety commission. He has headed the commission on an interim basis and is awaiting final action by the Senate on his nomination. Scanlon has been sharply criticized by consumer groups who charged him with misusing his office for personal and anti abortion activities. A general accounting office probe of Scanlon has concluded most charges against him by consumer groups wore unfounded. 1 it consumer product safety commis Sion said there would be no comment on the league s report. Pm Ford cutting new car financing to 7.9% Detroit a general motors corp. Has opened a new round of Auto pricing Competition by announcing 7.9 percent financing. Ford motor co. Quickly followed suit. Pm the no. I automaker and Industry Price Leader announced it would offer the rates on roughly 40 percent of its cars. Ford announced a few hours later that it. Loo would offer 7.9 percent financing on about 40 percent of its cars. Essentially it is a competitive response to help us maintain our sales momentum said John Sci spokes Man for no. 2 Ford. Pm sparked n Cut rate loan and rebate War in August and september doubling Domestic Auto sales overnight. However inc automaker lost Market share during the pricing War with other Domestic pm has been losing to lord unil clip scr corp. For Mure to it dealer a 110-il.iy backlog of unsold tars the desired Leel is m , Arvid Jouppi an Auto Industry anal to in Detroit the consumer has again indicated he or she ill not pay the current Jouppi said " he consumer is dictating to the manufacturer the future of the Market. I think it Means we re going to this kind of marketing irregularities for the rest of the Model car " in inc most recent sales reporting period inc first 10 Days of december. Pm reported n 10 2 percent decline in sales from the same period in i�k4. Ford sales were Down 1h.i percent Chrysler were Tiff 11.4 percent. C or Ler. The no 3 Domestic automaker has no plans to its present incentive program which features 8.6 percent financing ind rebates of $500 to 51.000 on some . Sud Chrysler spokesman . Mullins. Nothing is planned. In s just catching up he said. Both Ford and in said the 7.1j percent rates would be offered on deliveries taken from existing inventories through feb. 22. We expect this highly attractive 7.9 percent financing together with the i xxx stocks dealers have of most new 19�h pm cars and Light trucks to give pm a Fasi sales Start in the new year said pm s James g. Vorhes. Medical License is Factor in divorce settlement Albany . Up a medical License received by a Man whose wife helped put him through school has a Long term value that should be divided when the couple is divorced inc state s highest court has court of appeals citing the state s 5-Ycar-old Domestic relations Law in its unanimous decision thursday ordered the Case Back to the appellate division which had overturned a ruling from a slate supreme court Justice. A professional License is a valuable property right reflected in the Money of Fontana it Opportunity for employment expended in its acquisition and also in the enhanced earning capacity in affords its associate Justice Richard Simons whole in the decision. Robert Kahn a lawyer special ing in divorce cases said the ruling will clarify uncertainties about the Law and establishes that professional licenses have a Long term value. The ruling was made in the Case of i Chac o Brien 37, and his wife Lorelta who were married for nine years before a divorce proceeding began in late 1980. The divorce started two months Afler he won his medical License. I Orelta o Brien. Who was j teacher said she pave up a career and worked full time to help a for her husband s medical de Gree which he received in october 1980 after spending three years Al a medical school in Guadalajara Mexico. During a trial the court established that o Brien contributed 76 percent of inc couple s income not including a $10,000 student loan. She said the License was Worth 1472,000 by computing the average income of a Gen eral surgeon Between the time his residency ended and age 65, which in o Brien s Case would be in 2012. A lower court awarded her si88.000. Or 40 percent of the License s value in 11 instalments i also ordered the husband to buy a life insurance policy to cover the unpaid balance and to pay $7,000 in Legal fees and ,000 for expert witness. The appellate division in a split Deci Sion tossed out the expert fee award and said the medical License was not subject to distribution. The appellate court held that the Law applied Only to existing professional practices
