European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday february 17, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 Dod bars con Vair from classified pro Emfs san Diego a the department of defense has barred general dynamics con Vair division which makes the cruise missile from receiving new contracts involving government secrets because of re pealed Security lapses according to a report published saturday. Officials took the action de sense contractor s san Diego division after Security violations were uncovered in a Jan uary inspection the san Diego Union re ported. Jack Isabel a company spokesman in san Diego declined comment on the re port except to say an internal review of corporate Security procedures was i Progress. Con Vair general manager John Mcsweeny said the division had received at least one contract involving classified information in the past week. Con Vair had been repeatedly warned about Security violations Over the past 17 months the newspaper said. The division will be prevented from receiving classified documents unless they pertain to current programs the report said. Another Security inspection is planned in March said Dale Hartig a spokesman for the defense investigative service. Depending on the outcome the company s unsatisfactory Security rating could be lifted or its clearances could be suspended and All classified material removed from the Plant Hartig said. A series of admonitions from the Penta gon began in october 1984, when con Vair received an unsatisfactory rating after a Security inspection. The most recent charge of lax Security came after an inspection last month in which 22 secret documents were reported missing bringing to 55 the number of documents unaccounted con Vair during the past 18 months the report said citing unidentified sources. In december con Vair had sent written assurances to Security inspectors that Steps had been taken to Correct the problems. Philadelphia homeless ousted from hotel budget Law Fiose no National Parley on the homeless challenged by . Retirees Philadelphia up some 200homeless people demanding jobs and hous ing were thrown out of a downtown hotel where officials from cities across the nation were holding a conference on the homeless. The Street people some carrying their possessions in paper bags stormed into the Philadelphia Centre hotel Friday and chanted jobs housing and human needs in the lobby for several minutes before being escorted away by Security guards. They never made it to the third floor con Ference room where officials from dozens of cities were pondering ways to solve the prob Lem of homeless people in Urban areas. We re no longer on our Knees we re fighting like men and women said Chri Sprowal. He is a former Street person who founded a Philadelphia based activist group called committee for fairness and dignity which sponsored protest. Sprowal described the demonstration spontaneous saying the group had planned to hold a rally outside the hotel but decided instead to bring their message directly to the policy makers. Although Thost of the people attending the first National conference for the homeless never saw the demonstration news of the protest brought a response fro Boston mayor Raymond l. Flynn who delivered the conference s keynote address. It should be the priority of this country to give the people outside this hotel an Opportunity Flynn said. Ii should be the priority of this country to bring these peo Leback As productive members of Rynn said president Reagan s Effort to reduce the Federal deficit without raising taxes will mean More misery for the nation s homeless. He said Federal funding cuts will mean cities which have limited tax bases must go out and now do what the Federal govern ment has turned its Back the Reagan administration s proposed $994 billion budget includes slightly More than $25 billion in Domestic spending cuts and proposes a $15.9 billion increase in de sense outlays. Reagan s America key social indicators median in current dollars percent below poverty level ,. 1980 my 13.0% 61 114.0 62 83 1&3 84 14.4 b5i millions of persons receiving Cash assistance 1980 81 821 831 841 85na inc ago Titan. In pfc Yourak Chrapp Tribune Newi reports Burger King denies prize but boy gets it anyway Reno. Nev. Up a 15-year-old boy who spotted Herb in a Burger King restaurant was denied a $5,000 prize by corporate officials for being too Young but the local franchise owners dug into their own pockets to pay him. I saw the disappointment in his eyes said Don White co owner of a Reno fran Chise after officials in the nationwide Ham Burger promotion ruled that under the con test s rules Terry Taylor s age disqualified him. Taylor was the first person to see Herb in a local Burger King restaurant but the contest rules say a person must be 16 or Over to qualify Tor Ike $5,000 prize. Tay Lor s 15th birthday was thursday. White said Friday he fell so bad for the boy that he and his partners George Sorren Tino and Bob Millinich gave the boy a $5,000 prize anyway. White said the age cutoff was to keep youngsters from skipping school and hang ing out at Burger Kings. Waiting for Taylor was elated. Yesterday i was kind of disappointed but i still had High spirits and everything he said. Today is just wonderful and 1 feel great right while said the corporate attitude is that rules Are rules. Legally Burger King has no obligation to Terry or any other underage Winner he said. Yes we want a Strong military defense of our country but we also want a Strong country to defend said Flynn. While we re attempt ing to Deal with the Federal deficit let s remind Pur Federal officials that the people in the Cit ies and the poor Are not the people that caused it and they should not be asked to Bear the full Cost of reducing Flynn saying "1 know it s unpopular to talk about called for increased taxes to Deal with the deficit. He said Federal budget cuts have drastically reduced the amount of funding Avail Able to help homeless people and As the Domestic budget shrinks we can virtually see the poorhouse of the 19th Century looming on the he said cities must learn to be creative in using fewer dollars to find solutions to the growing problem of homeless people. Philadelphia mayor w. Wilson goodsaid that underlying the issues up for discussion is the real need to focus More attention and re sources on programs to improve the Quality of family life in this country. We must do More to strengthen families so that children will receive the support and guidance necessary to help them develop into self supporting adults. Also Friday the Philadelphia chapter of the salvation army reported that barring a Miracle it would be forced to turn Hun Gry people away from its four inner City soup kitchens beginning March 1. Citing lagging donations and a disappointing Christmas fund drive. Salvation army capt. Donald Macmurdo said Money and canned foods used in operating the kitchens have been nearly depleted. I be just gotten Back from inspecting our pantries and they re empty he said. It will take a Miracle for us to have enough food to get through next the four soup kitchens operated by the Philadelphia chapter of the salvation army serve an average of 350 people a Day from homeless people to mothers with Small Chil Dren Macmurdo said. More than 400,000 have been fed since the centers opened in 1983. Sands of time Washington a the nation s new balanced budget Law unconstitutionally strips retired Federal employees of a pension Cost of living increase an attorney rep resenting the retirees told a special three judge Federal court. We re dealing with a retroactive Tak ing Joseph Scott a lawyer for the nation Al association of retired Federal employees told the court Friday in the latest Challenge to the new Law. Scott said the Gramm Rudman act which took effect dec. 12, unlawfully revoked Cost of living increases that were effective dec. I although the first monthly instalment was not due to be paid until january. The 3.1 percent increase authorized by a 1984 pension Law would have been approximately $38 million a month for some 3 Mil lion Federal retirees. Effective Date Scott argued that the effective Date for the entire annual increase was dec. 1, even though the added pension Money was to be paid in monthly instalments throughout 1986. The three judge panel did not indicate when it would Rule. A Central provision of the Gramm Rud Man Law requiring automatic cuts in spending designed to balance the budget by 1991, was declared unconstitutional on feb. 7 by another three judge court. That ruling is being appealed to the supreme court. The pension Case involves a much Nar rower Issue and the outcome is not Likely to have a major bearing on the Overall Law. The Union contends that suspending the Cost of living increase amounted to a Tak ing of property by the government without just compensation a violation of the Constitution s fifth amendment. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Feb. 17, 1946 houses of prostitution were established at Mau Hausen Camp on a direct order of Hemrich Himmler and the profits were sent to him according to testimony Given at the War crimes trials in Nuernberg. 30 years ago today. Feb. 17, 1956 Premier Mollet told the French National Assembly in Paris that his government will conduct free elections in Algeria As soon As possible As the first step i political economic and social reforms. 20 years ago today. Feb. 17,1966 the Senate embarked on a historic Vietnam debate with sen. Richard Russell d-ga., challenging critics to offer an alternative to president Johnson s policies that could bring an honorable end to the War. 10 years ago today. Feb. 17,1976 lord Killain president of the International olympic committee said Innsbruck Austria that he s not against the olympics being open to professionals
