European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Theft is and stripes sunday August 10,1986 Many civilian guards found unfit army audit faults background checks Washington up the army has assigned convicts alcoholics drug abusers. And mentally ill or medically disabled people la guard nuclear and chemical weapons at Sites across the country an army audit has found. Security guards of questionable reliability have exposed nuclear warheads conventional bombs and rockets and artillery containing chemical agents to pos sible theft by terrorists the army audit Agency concluded army officials failure to perform proper background checks on civilian guards also May Nave put at risk secret War plan documents and a satellite communications sit that sends space and military data to the Wollt House the report said. The army his employed Security guard who an potentially unreliable an could cause Security failures or serious Inci dents said u. Gen. Robert Ehon Deputy chief of Naff for pc Runny in a january advisory report on the july 1985 audit. Army Headquarters agreed with All the audit findings. Some army officials disregarded apply it nov conviction of illnesses when they hired them White when were not aware of questionable backgrounds because Security checks had not been conducted said the audit. The report was made available to United press International. The audit of 11 installations which did not examine whether weapons thefts occurred reported hiring abuses by army officials at eight Sites in new York Indiana Maryland North Carolina Utah Ken Tucky Alabama and Arkansas Between october 19s4 and june 1985. It said at Seneca army depot in Romulus,. Reportedly the army s largest nuclear weapons depot with 1,300 nuclear warheads personnel records for 43 of 198 Security guards showed Public intoxication drug Possession pasting of bad checks Orother Adverse information. Seneca s nuclear stockpile was Esti mated by William Arkin and Richard fieldhouse in their Book nuclear battlefields based on internal documents and interviews. The defense depart ment refuses to discuss nuclear Sites at Lexington Bluegrass army depot in Lexington by which stores 70,000 mss rockets and other ammunition containing chemical agents a Security guard held two other guards hostage at gunpoint and fired to police before sur rendering in july 1984, auditors and an army spokesman said. T at Indiana s Newport army ammunition Plant which stores chemical agents in 1-ton containers Security guards and their supervisors participated in a drug and liquor party in a chemical area in Jan uary 19s4, auditors reported. At an unnamed facility the vision of a64-year-old guard was so poor he could not qualify win a weapon the report  guard who was 127 pounds Over weight suffered from cancel tutors Ner Vous trouble High blood pressure and swollen joints auditors said. Some supervisors did not report questionable on Lac Job behaviour by the gun carrying guards or take proper disciplinary action upon learning of misconduct the report said. Auditors suggested that the poor qual Ity among Many of the army s 15,000 civilian Security guard could be Trace to High turnover up to 29 percent of the guards leave the si3,000 positions each year because of the Lack of advancement opportunities he report Laid. Audits of nuclear chemical ammunition and secret communication Sites found guards who had committed or been convicted of larceny Houser Clung bribery receiving stolen property indecent expo sure harassment and Mas obstruction. Officials at seven installations As signed Security guards without first obtaining a proper background Check or following other procedural requirements. Those facilities were Seneca Lexington nation again will shed Light on crime Wyt Stonewood a. Up some16,$ million americans Art expected to put crime under the spotlight literally this week when they switch on their out door lights in a show of Solidarity against criminals communities across America will stand up As one and lat criminals know that they re fed up and not going to take it anymore Laid Matt pc skin coordinator of nation night out for the National town watch association based in Wynn Wood. It twin said people in 4,600 duo and towns will Lake to their parches and Yards during the third annual night out at 8 . In each time Rone tues Day. With All of the lights and people we re certain that most criminals will choose to take the night off. Ideally we like to see their vacation be an extended one he said. Pc skin Laid local police department win Monitor the crime statistics for the night to measure the Impact of the event which will involve Law enforcement agencies and Community groups from hurts vice ala., to los Angeles. Statistic compiled during last year s night out in 2,100 cities and town showed the Calls were Down and the major crime was Down said pc skin who estimated the number of crimes were Cut by 45 percent. The night out will be marked wit free Light bulb giveaways in Pittsburgh a Rock in in Norfolk va., and self de sense demonstrations at a Manhattan Park. Why All the lights simply because it s extremely Inex pensive and criminals Don t like Light. They don1 like people and they Don t like  pts in said. . Halts privatizing of Federal jobs Washington the government his Thul Down its program of contracting out Federal jobs to private Industry pending a review of the costs of doing the work with Federal workers in Light of the Aew civil service retirement acl the new Law reduces Federal retire ment Soosu about 5 percent and makes cd crts workers More competitive with those in private Enterprise according Toan aide to rep. Gary a Acke Maui d ., chairman of the House subcommittee that oversee the contracting out bestsellers of outed by the we Yolk times fiction a wanderlust Tir Dahl Moba 8 red storm res the b ton Clancy set Natter of Honor to Man Hom t last of the Breed of la Lair s act of  a fam Tittor annul  i the a Kwh commandment by Lima Sanunu program. On the orders of office of manage ment and budget director Jama c. Miller i any outside bid for govern ment work that had not been approved by june 6 when the retirement Law was signed by president Reagan has been put on bold until the situation is clarified perhaps this month. Over the pail six years the administration Bat privatized work previously performed by about 30,000 Federal employees in keeping with Reco Romen Dat Jon by the president s private sector Survey on Cost control the so called Grace commission estimated that 500,000 jobs could be done More a eap by in the private Lector. The bomb has estimated that private Bidden can do the work for about 10 percent test than government employees but critics Suggett thai outside contract costs frequently turn out to be higher than the initial bid. Before s Job can be turned Over to a private contractor the government is required by Law to ensure thai the contractor can perform the work for less Money than the government can. Blue grass fort Ditrick i which houses a top secret satellite com Numis tons site hooked up to the while Hoot and other Federal agencies fort bran n.c., which stores ammunition and secret War plans the Anniston army depot Alabama the Pine Bluff Arsenal in Arkan Sas and the tootle army depot in  last three installations together store 60 percent of the army s chemical  review of personnel records at one unnamed site in 1984 showed that 43 of the 134 guards should not have been hired but no action was taken to remove any of them the installation s Provost marshal told  Anniston which stores 78,000 m 53 rockets and other ammunition that contain chemical agents a guard was Al Lowed to protect chemical weapons in198even though a background Check found he had committed larceny House breaking and bribery auditors reported. Anniston officials also failed to act against another guard who was found Tobe drunk on duty a number of tune Between 1981 and 1483, the report said. The Guad was temporarily relieved for intoxication on duty in 1984.army Headquarters assigned an offi Cial earlier this year to Monitor the hiring of guards and asked inspectors general to review their qualifications regularly. Schroeder eulogized by surgeon Jasper ind. A artificial heart recipient William ski Roeder was eulogized by his sur Geon saturday As simple Mancebo pushed be seeds of t tree into the ground knowing he May never live in in  or. William Levriet who implanted the plastic bean poke be fore several Hundred people during the funeral mass at so Joseph Catholic a Burgh. He has left this world a Bette place because of his Brief sojourn through it the doctor said. Schroeder the longest lived to it pint of tic implant died wednesday after 620 Days with the device. Schroeder i family remained composed through the service. 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