European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 10, 19s6 the stars and stripes Page 7 defense firm admits forging invoices new York not the we tech corp. A Bronx defense contractor Al the Center of an investigation into possible political corruption acknowledged saturday that ii had forged s6 million in invoices sub mined 10 he government in 1981 and 1982. In a written statement and in interviews company officials said the company had voluntarily disclosed the forgeries to the army and the Small business administration several years ago after they had been discovered by the company s auditors. While the company had undergone an annual audit by the defense department each year since the officials said the company was not barred from bidding on future government contracts and no criminal charge were fixed Arthur Siskind an attorney representing cd tech said forged invoices purportedly from we Lech s sup pliers had been sub milled to the defense department and used by the company to obtain accelerated a meals from the government. Al the time we tech held a contract with the army to modify armoured vehicles and was entitled to Prog Ress payments As the company incurred expenses in making purchases from suppliers and the false billin allowed payments to be made one to nine months Early. Siskind said the fraud was reported to the govern ment on behalf of the company by the Law firm of Biaggi & Ehrlich. The former Law firm of rep. Mario Biaggi . He said the company had successfully completed the contract and was entitled to All the Money ii had received from the government. He said company officials through their unfamiliarity with government contracting had actually under charged the govern ment by not charging for interest costs they were entitled to receive. He said that the forgeries were submitted when the company was having trouble finding Cash to meet its payroll. The . Attorney in Manhattan and the Manhattan District attorney Are investigating Stock and fees paid by we tech to politically connected Law firms and consultants As Well contracts won by the company that were set aside for minority owned companies. The payments under investigation include blocks of wed tech Stock at one Point valued at $3.6 million paid to the partners in Biaggi & Ehrlich Richard Biaggi who is the Ion of Biaggi and Bernard c. Ehrlich. The company has denied any improprieties and said in paid Large Legal and consulting fees because an a minority owned company it fell in needed the Best help it could find to make its Case to the government. 1985 grads attending College at record rate Washington a last year s High school graduates have gone on to College in record numbers a labor department report shows. The report by economist Sharon r. Cohany says 58 percent of the 2.7 i lion Strong class of 85 went on to College compared to Only 49 percent in 1980 and to 55 percent in 1984. Enrolment among Blacks was put al42 percent for 1985, up by two percent age Points from 1984 Bui Down from a High of 48 percent in 1970. Unemployment is High among Mem Bers of the class of 85 who did not continue their education according 10 the report published in the latest Issue of the monthly labor review. Of the  million 1985 graduates who did not enter College the report shows that 64 percent Overall have jobs. How Ever Only 34 percent of Black graduates and 42 percent of hispanic graduates have jobs the report says. For the 612,000 students who dropped Oul of High school Between october 1984 and october 1985. The report says 44 percent have jobs. Employment is lowest among 132,000 Black dropouts with Only 30 percent having jobs. Of the 458,000 while dropouts 47 percent arc employed. Among the 106,000 hispanic dropouts 38 percent have jobs. Youths with educational deficiencies typically encounter work related prob lems which May last for the rest of their lives Cohany wrote. The article says that College enrol ment rates for men and women just out of High school have drawn closer together with the number of women steadily increasing. The report says 31 percent of Black College students have jobs while the Fig ure for whiles ii 47 percent. It says  is partly because More Black students Are enrolled in two year schools which generally Are less expensive. College admissions High school requirements in number erf subject requirements by Stales that Haver will have admit Aston policies Nebraska Nevada new Jersey North Carolina Oklahoma Oregon South Dakota Wisconsin ill Nofa Sara of Bird school has Bone to pick with Tbone s drug skit Glendale Calif. Up elementary school officials decided not to Lett Bone the clean do his skit after learning he intended to urge Stu dents not to turn in their parents to police for drug abuse. Tbone who says he is a former teacher but refuses to divulge his real name told the los Angeles time saturday that school officials said his message was Loo controversial. Met at the door of Columbus elementary school before his Friday morning performance the Clown found nothing funny about the decision. The kids arc going to be the loser in this said Tbone who lives in North Hollywood and generally entertains children Al hospitals schools and libraries with magic and comedy skits. The Clown said he started devel Oping his new skit last month after several children turned in their parents for suspected drug abuse. Since the highly publicized Case in August of an Orange county teen Ager who reported her parents alleged drug abuse to police is other Chil Dren in California and elsewhere have turned in their parents. They re not going to be aware of the other alternatives they can turn to instead of tearing their family apart by involving the  Tbone said. They can go to 3 minister a school official or a relative. Theydon t have to Call police and give Mommy and daddy a  the controversy Over the appearance began thursday when members of the Media called District spokesman Vic Pallas for permission to attend t Bone s performance before 650 Stu dents. Pallos principal Terry Dulton and other school officials said they can celeb the event because they were not told earlier about the Clown s message. This whole drug abuse Issue is Avery sensitive thing said Blanch Greenwood president of Glendale uni fied school District and we can t have someone going in the classroom giving their personal opinion if it s not in accordance with the District  teen ducks into duct and gets stuck the article also reports thai wide differences in the earnings of College graduates find dropout continue through life. Dropouts Between the Ages of 25 and 64 earn an average of 14,776 a year while College graduates in the same age Range average 127,777, the report says. Louisville by. A a student was rescued saturday from an air duct in a building Al the University of Louisville apparently stuck there for several Days. Rescuers worked for two hours before freeing Jerry Lyvers 19, of lore to fro the base of the air passage in the school s humanities building. Lyvera was in stable condition sat urday night at Humana Hospital Audubon. He suffered a broken Arm and ribs after tumbling about 40 feet officials said. He told police thai he could not re member How he ended up in the air duct however the student s friends told authorities that Leven had explored Simi Lar areas in Campus buildings when he Felt bored. Lyvers who studied chemistry and electronics at the University s Speed scientific school was last seen in his Dorni try wednesday morning said Denise Fitzpatrick. A University spokesman. No one knows Bow Long he had been there she said. Friends and Campus officials had been stymied in their search for him. But saturday a faculty member in third door restroom of the humanities building heard a Call for help coming from a mechanical room. The teacher alerted authorities who found Lyvers in the passageway below. San Francisco oks comparable Worth concept san Francisco not san Francisco has apparently become the nation s first City to give voter approval to the concept of equal pay for jobs of com parable Worth among City workers. The voters last week approved an amendment to the City s charter requiring the civil service commission to make annual surveys of salaries and the City Board of supervisors to use those surveys to approve pay increases. The first pay increases under the new Law Are expected to be for the nearly 7,700 City employees concentrated in lower paid jobs primarily held by women and members of minority groups. Late us Siuw the Issue one against the slate of Dummit us Vuici against the county of los Angeles. Both use salaries paid by san Francisco As part of the basis for deter mining their own pay Scales. The concept of equal pay for jobs of comparable Worth holds that when Levels of Edu Talion skill and responsibility Are comparable employers should wipe out pay disparities Between jobs held mainly by women and members of minorities and jobs dominated by men. Proponents of the concept argue that work done primarily by women and members of minorities u undervalued and that the disparity amounts to sex and race discrimination. Opponents argue that the Market place dictates pay Levels and thai employers Are not responsible for such inequities. When comparable Worth agreements have Bee reached in has usually been through litigation or collective bargaining. For example in 1981 san Jose be came the first major City on the West coast to Institute the concept chiefly through labor contracts after a study had shown thai male Street sweepers were paid More than female Legal secretaries. In san Francisco a study showed that salaries of municipal workers varied according to both race and sex. For example women held 95 percent of the vocational nursing jobs and 90 percent of those women were members of minorities. By contrast men held 99 percent of such better paid City jobs As truck driving and 20 percent of these men were minorities. Paul m. Varacalli executive director of the service employees International Union in san Francisco which rep resents City workers said the measure would not relieve pay disparities immediately but would provide for a Lyt thematic reduction in the Gap Over the next few Yean