European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. October ?.3, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 Gold coins Back on Sale Washington a sales of american Eagle Gold coins re turned monday with officials atthe . Mini implementing an Al location plan because demand far exceeded Supply. The american Eagle went on Sale for the first time oct. 20, but by inc next Day embarrassed officials at the mint had to suspend sales because their Supply of800,000 coins had been sold out. The officials put together a Back up plan to hold sales every monday. An Siddon a . Treasury depart men spokesman said the mini would offer 117,000 ounces of Gold coins for Sale in is week. This includes i2s.ooo of theone ounce coins with the rest divided among the half ounce an Quarter ounce coins. The mini will not ofter any one tenth ounce coins for Sale if is week. Navy ends Litton suspension in Exchange for monitoring by Norman Black a military write Washington the Navy on monday lifted the last of ill suspension against Lilton industries inc., allowing a subsidiary thai had figured in a Federal fraud ease to resume bidding for military contracts. The Navy in a prepared statement said it was lifting the suspension against Litton s Clifton precision division be cause the corporation had agreed to a series of corrective actions and extensive government monitoring for the next five years. All costs associated with the suspension and initiating corrective actions will be unallowable under government con tracts the Navy added. This agreement will remain in effector five years and compliance will be  Navy suspended Litton As a de sense contractor on july 16, one Day after the company agreed to plead guilty to a Federal indictment alleging Clifton Preci Sion had bilked the Pentagon of �6.3 Mil lion Over a nine year period. On aug. 21. After Litton agreed to Serin of Steps designed to lighten audit and contract procedures inc Navy life disc suspension As it applied to the com Pany s largest units the advanced electronics and Marine products groups. Then on sept. 22. The Navy further narrowed the suspension by restoring contract eligibility to three smaller Divi Sions leaving Only Clifton precision ineligible for Pentagon work. Litton industries was the nation s 19thlargest defense contractor in fiscal i98s, receiving contracts Worth More than is .5billion that year. To escape the across the Board sus pension Litton agreed to provide the defense department increased Access to its internal ledgers to strengthen  and contract pricing controls and to expand a corporate ethics pro Gram. On monday the Navy said it was will ing to lift the suspension in its entirety because it was satisfied that Lilton agreement to strengthen its contract compliance and ethics programs As Wellas increasing its controls in pricing and labor charging would extend to Clifto precision s operations. The Navy was unable to say monday How Many contracts Clifton precision might have been precluded from bidding on As a result of the suspension. The subsidiary makes a variety of components for electronic systems including aircraft instruments. The Navy added that the defense logistics Agency and the defense contract audit Agency would assist in monitoring Lilton s compliance. Chicago Gays putting their Mark on . Currency Chicago a if Money i Power Gay activists reason then Money thai passes in rough he homosexual Community and is marked accordingly May translate into Gay  the last few months City Homo san was have been circulating Greenback stamped in red with Gay $ As a demonstration of their economic Impact on the Community. Activists estimate millions of Dollar shave been stamped so far and say the movement is spread ing to other Large cities. Federal officials say the Bills Are prob ably being circulated into other midwestern states As  Campaign was sparked by the fail ure in july of a proposed ordinance to guarantee equal rights for homosexuals said Frank Kellas. Owner of a bar who helped launch the Campaign. All we re asking for is equal Protection under the Law and not to be beaten up because we re Gay or fired in Nure Saunders co chairman of the Illi Nois Gay and lesbian task Force  businesses Are stamping All the Money that passes through their tills Saunders said. To judge by what i be seen it s put Little More kick in the Pride of Gay and lesbian people she  said plans originally called for the Fly at fax i am a photo Bill stamped with Cay b aimed a showing economic Power of Chicago Gays. Campaign to end this month but we decided to stamp indefinitely and go nation  groups in san Francisco new Orkand Dallas have expressed interest he said. Some homosexual activists estimate that millions of dollars have been stamped since aug. 1, at least two Chicago Banks wit branches in inc homosexual Community have turned the marked Money in to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago but the fed is keeping the Bills in circulation because its sorting machines do not detect the Inch Long stamp fed spokeswoman Nancy Goodman said. As a result the Gay dollars Likely will turn up in the four other states the Chi Cago fed serves Iowa Michigan wis Consin and Indiana. Some Banks however arc refusing to accept the Bills. A Kennedy Alger senior vice president of Lakeview Bank said his Bank will reject the marked currency until tic Justice department issues a state Menton the stamp s legality. Joel Harris president of Aetna Bank on the North Side said we arc sending them Back to the fed primarily because we had complaints from our customers who would rather not have marked  said the Bank s action is not intended to reflect a moral stand and that there has been no backlash from the Gay Community. Pennsylvania teachers end strike Bethel Park a. A students in this Pitts Burgh suburb went to classes monday for the first time this school year after striking teachers approved Athree year pact. More than 4,Sqq students were affected by the strike which began aug. 28 when the 312 teachers walked off the Job in a dispute Over wages length of school Days Security and the use of substitutes. Jerry Petrarca president of the Bethel Park federation of teachers said neither Side was Happy with the pact but for now it s the Best thing for Bethel Park. School Board president Alice sheets also expressed Relief and said she thought the settlement was fair. The contract provides for a 6.7 percent salary in crease effective immediately during the first year and 6.6 percent pay raises each of the following two years Petrarca said. Under the old Pacl teachers earned an average $33,300, he  began teaching High school seniors on sept. 10. Substitutes were hired sept. 29, Bill were barred from the classroom by pickets until the follow ing week. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Oct. 29, 1946 uj3, occupation officials arc consid ering asking Washington to Rule on the legality of the shipment of German workers to Russia Berlin source said. 30 years ago today. Oct. 29, i9i6 hungarian nationalists in gyre demanded he immediate withdrawal of soviet troops and the establishment of a Western Type democracy., Iii i i i i f and the establishment of a Westem unscheduled Landing isolates travellers 2o years Ogo today. Houston a passengers on an International Continental airlines flight had to spend four hour sin isolation at Corpus Christi Texas when a Mal functioning fuel gauge forced an unscheduled land  on the sunday flight from Monter Rey Mexico to Houston were stuck because the Cor pus Christi Airport does not have . Customs facilities. Continental spokesman Bruce Hicks said. Customs officials would t allow us to