European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday february 22,1987 meanwhile in California App Talo \vhiti1 february brings Chilly weather Frau info ruin und Snow to much of Europe us can bet trial somewhere in the world hit Sun it shining far in Monterey Calif. There brisk winds and Bright sties lored tune glider Pilot who soars above Marina state Beach near Monterey buy Pentagon pushes Drobes of fraud by contractors by Norman Black a military writer Washington the number of lop 100 defense contractors facing procurement fraud investigations increased from to to j9 Over More than two years reflecting an aggressive audit program inc Pentagon s lop auditor said Friday. There also Are signs inc defense Indus try is trying to put its House in order. The defense department is relying More on competitive bidding and the Pentagon has reduced its overpayment for spare parts the official said. In the area of procurement fraud and corruption i think Hal s probably where we be had our major successes to Date. From the very Start,., we be set As our top target procurement fraud said Derek Vander Schaaf the acting defense department inspector general. Vander Schaaf released statistics Cov ering his office s operation in fiscal 1986 and an Audil assessing their performance in purchasing spare pans. He said thai As of september 1986, the department was investigating approximately 303 separate cases involving 59 of Slop 100 contractors in april 1984, then inspector general Joseph Sherrick told Congress that 40 of the top 100 contractors had become the subject of 140 continuing probes. Vander Schaaf stressed that Only about a third of the investigations would Mercury six display the right stuff on 25th anniversary of Glenn s flight Washington Ai t instead or Silil a they wore tuxedos and iliac were in Noi seven of them. But. As Thoj blood on he stage in from of a floor to ceiling american Flag. Project no a cure seemed to come alive again. Not As rim perhaps As j5 year ago hair a Little grayer. But these men the original astronauts unmistakably were possessed of the right Stutz As a later biographer would dub them. Thev had come together Friday to observe ik125th anniversary of John Glenn s Orbital High the him by an american. And what were their observations when asked what they remember of that Day Alan Shepard recalled being capsule communicator on Glenn s flight relaying on Lars from Earth to the spacecraft. It s fora Navy Guy Lowell a Marine anything he said. Wally Schirra who now Sells a cold Rem Edy on television recalled that we were trying to change the name from spaa1 capsule to spacecraft and now i m plugging capsules Bui John Glenn remembered. There Vas such an outpouring of National Pride he said. I fell it everywhere we and Scott Carpenter remembered. We were inspired As we should be now i our Competition with the soviet there weren t a lot of serious speeches As 1,000 or More people spent Friday evening reminiscing about feb. 20, 1962. When Glenn orbited Earth three limes. Many of those in inc room had worked on the Mercury program. The reunion a $150-a-Plalc dinner was sponsored by the Mercury seven which gives scholarships to promising Young men and women in areas of science and technology. Shep Ard slay on carps mar Glenn and Gor Don Cooper arc founding directors. The jct Ruth original astronaut. Gus Grissom died in a fire on inc launch pad during a rehearsal for the first Apollo flight. His widow is on inc foundation Board we May be the Only people in the coun try Rigi now whore not watching the fifth episode of amerika " said comedian Bob Hope. In response uie Ohio senator said he had heard those Hope jokes in world War ii and thai he d heard them in Korea and that they were just As Good now is they were Hen. Result in a Mirul indictments or civil actions Becaum of difficulty proving fraudulent Intuni. A new voluntary disclosure program has resulted in "23 disclosures. And initial recoveries amounting to approximately Sli million with much larger recoveries anticipated Vander Schaaf said. The report offered evidence however. Thai the Pentagon Mill is dealing with problems it said Over 50 bid rigging investigations Are under Way compared 10 Only Adoulf Ivicin 1983." in 1986. The Justice department obtained 282 convictions involving defense Comra cling. Compared with 256 in 1985. Inc report said Money recovered through fines Rumi Matons civil settlements and judgments Lou cd j64.3 million in 1986, compared with s41.2 million inc year before. Contr actor suspensions and Debar mints surged in i9s6, to ssi compared with5s2tn i98i, he released an Audil assessing the Penta gon s Progress in obtaining reasonable prices on single source contracts for spare parts. A similar audit in 1984 touched off a wave of reports of overpriced pans. He said his office s follow up audit found 28 percent of he 655 spare parts sampled were overpriced representing overpayment of about 1903.000, the 1984 Audil had found 38 percent of inc same spare parts were overpriced. Reagan asks Congress for Frayfe action Washington i i president Reagan saying America s image As Landof opportunist is Ai Luto Chat i caged Congress soil urdu to aft Uuk Kly on Nis package of proposals to mate the nation Morecombe Lilac. Reagan in his a Cikk radio address noted that Many in in e j Ilion fire concerned Aboul the High Trade deficit and the loss of Ameth an jobs to cheaper for eign imports. On thursday Reagan sent Congress a package of competitiveness proposals. Including an casing of antitrust Laws. Changes in product liability statutes a $980 million Job and other Steps intended to help shrink the nation s is 70 billion Trade deficit. 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