European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday december 11,19b7 stateside sex police chief fined for gambling violation St Louis a the former police chief of suburban Glen Dale has been fined j24.000 an placed in five years probation for his part in what authorities described As a i million sports bookmaking operation. Cecil h. Livisay 53, who a jaded guilty oct. 26 to participating in a gambling operation and tax evasion was sentenced by . District judge George  or. Livisay who had been police chief in inc quid suburb for 20 years resigned after Book mating records were found under a Rug in his bedroom during a new year s Day 9s6 search. A Federal indictment handed Down last March accused Livesay and five other St. Louis area men of conducting illegal bookmaking opera Liuni for College and professional sports wagers Between dec 1, 1985, and Jan. 1, 1986. In accused him of using his position to help collect Buls. His co defendants also were fined and placed on probation. Kentuckians choose Wilkinson As governor Frankfort by. A Wallace Wilkin son became Kentucky s 53rd governor on tues Day with the message thai i Victory proves estate can draw from its Rich history to provide direction for the future. We Musl never forget our heritage and we must constantly remind ourselves that our Pri Mary Mission is to Foster and nurture that mos Basic of All Kentucky principles the principle of achievement As a result of hard work Wilkin son said. His Al month Campaign for governor Over came Long political Odds and ended with a sur prising Victory in a difficult democratic primary and a landslide in the november general elec Tion that set records for margin of Victory Wilkinson officially look Over from Cov. Martha Laynce Collins in a Brief quiet ceremony shortly after Midnight in the Capitol Rotunda. . Postal service Marks $223 million loss in 87 Washington a the . Postal service finished fiscal 1987 with a 1223 million loss the Agency reported tuesday. Total Revenue for the year which ended Sepu 30, was j32.5 billion while spending was 132.7 billion according to Crocker Nevin of inc Agency s governing Board. That compared with 1986 when the Independent Agency was s305 million in the Black and 1985 when in lost $251 million. The Law setting up the postal service requires that in break even and Over the past decade it has reported five surpluses and five deficits which nearly balance out. The Agency is currently engaged in the lengthy process of raising rates with higher mailing costs expected to Lake i acct next april. Thai is sex peeled to result in surpluses in the first year or so. Which will subsequently be balanced by rising costs to allow the Agency to break even. Okla. Public Library chief denies forcing marchers Mcalester okla. A the head of the seven county Southeastern Public Library sys tem denies forcing employees to join a Kazoo band one of several employee allegations thai led to his suspension with pay. We marched in the armed forces Day Parade. Dressed up in Straw Hals and played  Suid Bradley Simon hired As executive director in 1986. La was totally optional. Some people have sore feet bad hearts How could 1 Force them Simon will answer the allegations at a dec. 17 mecking of the system s 21-member Board sys tem attorney Tony Edwards said. Other claims include keeping a loaded revolver in his desk and conducting surveillance of employees these kind of charges they re  Simon said. Allegations about the spying and the gun Are flatly untrue Dod 87 fraud crackdown has netted 505 contractors by Norman Black a military writer Washington the Pentagon says it accelerated its War against contracting fraud during fiscal 1987 by stripping a record 505 individuals and Compa Nies of their right to bid on defense contracts. Another 393 individuals or companies Drew Tempo Rary contract suspensions for misconduct during the year Hal ended sept. 30, according to a report pre pared by the Pentagon s inspector general and released wednesday. The report contains statistics for the Latler half of fiscal 1987 As Well As year end totals. It shows he number of contractor detergents during the last half of tit year jumped to 275 a record for a single Sis month period. The previous annual record for dub armenus was established in fiscal 1986, when 415 contractors lost their right to bid on defense contracts. The latest report mandated by Congress concludes that Pentagon and . Army corps of engineers Audi tors saved the government an estimated 18.7 billion during the fiscal year by challenging questionable awards or future contracting plans. To produce those savings the auditors issued More than 66,000 reports and questioned More than $34.6billion of pc award and Post award costs the report states. Another $2.6 billion was reported saved during the year through follow up audits aimed at completing cases Hal originally led to management disputes Over the auditor s recommendations. The inspector general by Law maintains a staff of auditors and investigator who operate independently outside the control of lop Pentagon executives. The latest report was signed by june Gibbs Brown who just recently assumed the office and is dated nov. 29. White new to the Job i intend to continue these efforts to pursue detection of fraud and waste aggressively Brown wrote. Al inc same time my program will be balanced with additional emphasis on preventive measures and activities that increase cooperation with department of defense managers and contractors to deter fraud and  Selling aside some special one time additions the inspector general said the office s work had led to 871 criminal indictments during inc year and 1,238 convictions. In addition some $169.1 million in fines penalties and restitution were collected from defense contractors during the fiscal year. The one time additions were spelled out in a special note to Congress. It said an additional 1,390 indict ments i sob convictions and $30.6 billion in recoveries had been obtained from october 1965 to last March but not included in earlier reports. Even without counting those euro figures the $169.1 million in recoveries during fiscal 1987 also established a record. The Pentagon s fraud hotline meantime fielded 11.097 reports during the year up sharply compared to the 8,741 handled during fiscal 1986. Of inc Calls received in fiscal i9s7, 3,667 were judged to be substantive complaints and were referred for investigation or other action the report says. Congress urged to upgrade a give administrator Cabinet status Washington a three current and former veterans administration chiefs say the a should remade a full department of government and one says president Reagan could give the administrator Cabinet status without wailing for Congress to act. Max Cleland a administrator in the Carter administration and hairy n. Wallers who spent i rec Yean inthe Job under Reagan told a congressional panel wednes Day that the move would enhance the clout of the Agency and its Leader. They joined a administrator Thomas k. Turnagen calling on me Senate governmental operations commit tee to pass such legislation. Cleland a Vietnam Veteran confined to a wheelchair and now Georgia Secretary of site said president Carter gave him Cabinet rank through an executive order with out legislation while keeping the a on Independent Agency. He said he attended Cabinet members As a full member a practice i understand Hal is not in effect today Cleland said. Reagan unlike Carter has never extended Cabinet rank to any of the three a administrator who have served him. But he surprised veterans groups last month by endorsing the legislation they seek giving Cabinet rank to the a administrator and making a full executive department out of the a. Veterans groups say the move would give veterans is sues a greater voice in policy making deliberations within the administration. Opponents of inc legislation say in would increase the bureaucracy and give the already pow Erful veterans lobby even More pull on Federal purse strings. Sen. Carl Levin d-mich., questioned Tunnage on Why Reagan never exercised his authority to give the Vaad Mai Strator Cabinet status since the president now say he thinks the Bill is a Good idea. Turnac responded that he had supported the legis lation within the administration but did not push Cabin Trank for himself because in was a delicate Issue involving personal  dismissed that concern As unfounded. Cum rail Lee staff members said chairman sen. John Glenn d Ohio was making a written request to the while House for an explanation of Why Reagan has not invited Turnage to the Cabinet  said he backed making the a a full depart ment of government to give recognition 10 veterans and because the a May be sometimes overlooked in gov  he disagreed when Walters said inc a had been left out when major decisions were made on homeless Ness aids and Long term health care. Wallers said the a was absent from the table while discuss Otu were held and decisions were made establishing National Dir lion on the issues. Tum age responded i have not Felt that absence of  he said that even without Cabinet rank he had Access to the president every time i had the need to do  under questioning he acknowledged hat he had never discussed changing the a to a full department with  Bill to make the change passed the House with Only 17 opposing votes. Viewed As extremely popular among the powerful veterans groups the measure has few allies in Congress. Another hearing is expected Neil year probably in february car thieves May be outwitting computer Miami a car thieves May have figured out a Way to erase stolen car reports from an Fri computer Hal keeps track of them. Miami police say. The possibility surfaced when a former Miami police property clerk was arrested driving a stolen car that had been erased from the computer system said capt. Jute la Bennell. The car had been stolen in Memphis tcnn., a year ago according to the police report. Bennell said it was entered As stolen into the fils National crime information Center computer but by he time it was seized by police thai entry had been cancelled. Sherrill do disc Johnson 2i, was charged with Auto theft police said.  in Miami and Tennessee Are trying to determine if Johnson who resigned her civilian Job in february wrongly used her official position in any capacity. Police in Memphis confirmed they Are working with Miami police but declined to discuss the matter. Ben Nell said police plan 10 present evidence in the Case Lothe Dade stale attorney s office later m the week