European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes wednesday june 9.1987 group charges Pentagon payola says army Navy shield congressmen by William j. Batman Washington bar eat Washington the army and Navy Are drag Ging their feel on revealing How Many members of the tooth Congress Are double dipping with a military and Federal pension a government waste Woidier is charging. Sid Taylor chief researcher for the National tax payers Union which asked for the numbers said he is worried that the Pentagon might be fixing members of Congress up with commission in the reserves in addition to waiting millions of tax dollars nonmilitary pay Benefit and pensions the policy Tea i to a militarized Congress that makes it easier for the Pentagon to attain excessive military committee not and spending the world War n Veteran claims. It s not Jet double dipping it s double vesting Taylor said. You be Jubi Tome member of Congress who Haven t got their 20 Yean military service vet. So they re kiting it while they re in Cooj Reu. They re dipping into a congressional pension and a military pension. By the time one of these congressmen leaves Congress hell have two Federal  Taylor has appealed to defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger to get the army and Navy moving on his group s request for information. The air Force has been cooperative fee said Taylor said his request requires the army and Navy to run a computer printout of social Security numbers for All members of Congress. A Pentagon manpower spokesman said Taylor s re quest Wai delayed due to data retrieval Complick  while the air Force computer can track a reservist by civilian occupation the spokesman said the Navy and army do not making the search More complicated Taylor Laid he remained sceptical of the reasons for All military commissions arc based on the social Security number he mid but i m sure the army and Navy Are laying Lei s drag our feet and maybe old Taylor will go away."1 congressional double dipping with military and Federal pensions created such an uproar in the early1970s thai the trend abated somewhat. From a High of 175 members of Congress holding Reserve commissions at the end of the 1960s, the num Ber had dropped to just 30 by the fast Congress. Taylor wants to Stop the military from returning to its methods of the i960, when every time a newly elected congressman came on Board the army Navy or air Force would Send an aide Over and say we d like to have you in the reserves sir you ii mat Money gel a military title and so  it was a game of influence which came to be dubbed Pentagon payola and Taylor said i m convinced this is really the basis for the problem we have today in Congress for excessive military commitments and  the attraction for legislators was not the military pay but rather the pension Taylor said. If a Guy retires As a full colonel this is a whole hell of a lot of Money he said. Legal Kennedy Robert f. Kennedyjr my of Ethyl Kennedy and the late sen. Robert Kennedy receives Pace a her silk s first master of Law degree in Earlyw Meola Law at comi Neuce Mentor sunday. Justices w/7/ decide whether courts can review Cia decision to fire Gay Washington up the supreme court agreed monday to decide whether courts can review a decision by the Cia to fire a Gay employee in a Case that could eventually decide the employ ment rights . The court will hear arguments next term in the Case brought by the govern ment seeking review of a ruling by the us. Circuit court of appeals for the District of Columbia that sent the Case Back to a lower court for further Bear Ings. The Ca which revolves around the Cia s practice of generally barring homosexuals from employment could decide he rights of such Federal workers. While the supreme coun has ruled homosexual conduct is not protected by the Constitution it has not ruled whether homosexuals have constitutional Protection against discrimination on the Bam of homosexual orientation. In other action monday the High court on a 6-3 Vole upheld a Rule limiting social Security disability benefits to peo ple unable to work because of medical problems. Ruled 5-4 that the Bottom of Utah Lake belongs to the state of Utah not the . Government. In a business Case ruled unanimously that a racketeering claim filed against Shannon american express  a group of customers must go to arbitration. The court voted s-4 mat claims filed under the securities Exchange act also must be arbitrated. To i Cia Case stems from the firing of a nine year employee of the intelligence Agency. The employee s name has been with held because of a government policy not to publicly name Cia employees and he has been referred to As John do throughout the court proceedings. Doc began working for the a in 1973 at the ape of 17 As a clerk typist an was eventually promoted to a position As an electronics technician. In january 1982, Doe told a Cia Secu Rity officer thai he was a homosexual. He was placed on administrative leave an the Cia conducted an investigation and gave Doc a polygraph test. The polygraph test hawed he did not have sexual relations with any foreign nationals nor had disclosed any secret information to any sexual porters. Nonetheless the Cia determined his homosexuality posed a Security threat and he was fired in May 1982. The Mili tary also bars homosexuals. Doe brought suit in Federal court charging the Cia fired him because of his homosexuality in violation of the Constitution and a variety of Federal Laws. The government asked the court Lodi Smiss the Case but the court refused ruling that the Cia did not follow its own rules in dismissing Doe and reject ing arguments that Cia personnel Deci Sions Are not review Aboc by courts under the National Security act of 1947. The appeals court also Jaid the firing could be reviewed in court by said the Cia did not violate ils regulations in fir ing Doe. However the court found that if thecia had fired Doe simply because he was a homosexual Doe Twatt have i aim and sent the Case Back to lower court for further hearing on the matter. In seeking High court review the government said the ruling could violate the secrecy necessary to run the Cia. Attorneys for Doe however said the Case should oot be reviewed and the government has exaggerated the importance of the cose. Kids find adults definite dweebs obviously bogus Meriden Conn. A if you Wear Forinza jeans listen to Poison and watch Alf. You re definitely deaf. But if you consider Cinderella a fairy tale and Don t know Benetton from hand knit you might As Well face facts you re a dweeb. Students in John Kowalchyk s seventh Grade class at Washington Middle school compiled their own test of cultural fact in response to de. Hinch s new Book cultural literacy what every american needs to  Hirsch listed 4,800 terms titles and names with which � culturally literate person should be familiar. One of Hirsch s Points is that children arc growing up without learning common facts of science geography history and politics. So the students organized by record journal re Porter Peter Urban put together a list of 25 terms and proper names and asked parents to identify them Kowalchyk said sunday. No one passed. The average score was 32 out of 100, and the top score was a lowly 56. They re old Oul of style and dying Jonathan Dudley 13, said in explaining the poor performances. His 34-year-old father Bob Dudley said i Dan l know what they re talking  he and his wife Boettc correctly identified half the terms Jennifer Dale s family moved to Meriden from Washington slate three months ago. She said fashion and phrases Are pretty similar on both coasts because of television and movies. Her parents John and Donna Coate scored a 32. Parents really should be aware of what their kids Are doing. We try to talk with her every Day mrs. Coale said. It s important to be  i m afraid we Are Only one Small slice of the pie. Kids also get input from school friends and television. That came across in taking the quiz Coate said. The following Are the terms students asked their parents to identify and the Correct answers us supplied by the seventh graders. Banana Republic safari style clothing store. Fresh Cool hip in style. Deaf same As fresh. Poison heavy Metal Rock band. Alf alien life form puppet that is Star of television Iii cum. Cinderella heavy Metal Rock band. Europe Rock band. Bogus not Cool out of Stylc not Good. Punch buggy Volkswagen Beetle. . Bulger King. . Ocean Pacific clothing store. Esprit clothing maker. Forinza clothing maker. Take a chill Pill Calm Down Cool off. Did Domino pizza Cruncher on television advertisement. Gleek a form of spitting. 1983 kiss year members of Rock group kiss removed their makeup. Dweeb nerd. Psyche fool. Grab some air a bicycle i Rick. Cherry picker a bicycle trick. Biler Weirdo nerd. Santa Cruz skateboard manufacturer. Benetton clothing store. Hobie clothing store