European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday january 9,19b8 Alma ctr jr., who Sun red after twine tub. Merited in icy Flurr tatters for 45 minutes. Is getting Lih lire Buck to Normal. Etc hiked in reporters with getting Back to Normal his Mother Mary Helen in his Side Caru was Able to return to tils studies at his Moorhead Minn school far half a Day. Stateside contracting for bases1 support risky military tells Federal panel Washington up Mhilary commander told a Federal panel that contracting with private firms for military rinses support function runs the risk of impairing Detent readiness. Navy capt. Philip Jacobs testified thursday before the president s commission on privatization that the use of private contractors could potentially affix our ability to a the assigned tasks that affect our Readi Ness. The commission was created by president Reagan sept. J and is charted with making recommendation to him by March i about transferring activities now performed by Federal workers to tie private sector either through outright Sale or through contracts. Jacobs commanding officer at the naval air station at Cecil Field to and other military witnesses cautioned the panel that while contracting can sometimes save Money it leaves military installations vulnerable in key areas. Among these they cited equipment maintenance warehousing food services engineering and manage ment of Telephone and other utilities services. Jacobs and other defense officials said contractors can deliberately submit Low bids to win contracts and then lower the Quality of services or ask for cilia pay ments later. Worse they said contractor can walk out on con tracts which in time of a defense emergency could leave a base vulnerable. Al his base Jacobs noted a contractor manages Tele phone and electricity services. In the event or a Mili tary emergency he s responsible but he i not accountable Jacobs said. The contractor s Bottom line is dollars Btij Jacobs. Mine is  other military officials said base commanders Rath. Or than lop military officials should determine what activities should be studied Tor possible contracting. Under past practice they said studies of whether la contract out on activity often drag on for Yean creat ing uncertainty and lowered morale in the military base workforces. Also they said when contractor re place  employees commanders Are faced with the unhappy task of laying off workers who More Ollen than not have been doing a Good Job. Jacobs said some Laid olt Federal employees do eel other government jobs while others go to work for the contractors but at lower wages and reduced benefits. Panel chairman David. Lina was said the administration has identified some 300,000 to 700,000 full Lime government employer positions thai could Possi. Bly be contracted for to save Money German official wife injured in Maryland fire Potomac. My. A _ the West German Mili tary representative to the United states and Canada was hospitalized thursday and hit Horn severely dam aged when a Candle ignited the family Chrisiman tree Gen. Hani Wall Nan was in intensive care at be Thesda naval medical Center suffering from minor hums on his face and hand Rand smoke inhalation a spokesman from the German embassy Lii his wife also was treated Tor smoke inhalation the Hospital would not release information about Wallman s condition. The Erna any raid precautions were being taken because of the smote inhalation Buthe Wai expected to be  Mende of the German embassy said Wallman is the commanding officer for German military personnel on training missions and Bead of German Louii tical units in the United states. Montgomery county fire officials Laid the fire which erupted of about 11 30 . Wednesday caused $400.000 damage or the Home leased by the Wall mans. Indian activist Means announces his retirement Bakersfield Calif. A Russell Means a Leader in the wounded knee uprising announced his retirement from the american Indian movement on thursday and proclaimed that the organization has worked itself out of a  Means a co Rounder of aim said that there arc now activists in nearly every american Indian Community. Aim people Are now integrated into every productive and responsible segment of Indian and non Indian society Means statement said. The american Indi an movement has accomplished the impossible aim has worked itself out  stove explosion starts fire killing 5 members of family Kingstree , a a Wood burning Hove exploded Early thursday getting off a fire that lulled four adults and a toddler authorities said. Fire chief Billy Morton said the fire in the Rural Community of Sandy Ridge was called in by a neighbor awakened by the blast. "1 could see the glow of the lire from Kings Cree four Miles away Morton said. Morton said one of the occupants of tin Home woke up during the night and put Wood into the stove How Ever the stove apparently did not heat up and the woman added a flammable liquid. Embers in the flue ignited the fumes he said. Killed were James t. Cooper is hit 84-year-old aunt Queenie season Cooper s 33-Ynr-old daughter. Mary Lou Cooper s 3-year-Oid granddaughter oily and 3z.year-old Lillie Mae Bymun Cooper s Niece Cooper s 17-year-old Ion and another granddaughter age 4 escaped from the burning House said Williamsburg county Coroner Harrison Mcknight. Asbestos Plant being sold after going bankrupt Newark no. A the Borough of Mandilk is about to lose its remaining link to the company thai named it. Manville corp. On thursday announced in he i buyer for its defunct flagship Plant in Manville once one of the world s largest pro Ducro of Asbestos. The company which has been reorganized declared bankruptcy because of pending lawsuits alleging health damage from Asbestos an insulating material linked to lung cancer and other respiratory ailment. Florida sting nets 61 immigration fraud suspects West Palm Beach Fla. A immigrant farm workers who spoke of harvesting baked Caru or climbing a ladder to pick strawberries led to the incl Cilmi no of 61 people in an immigration fraud scheme officials said. Alicr the sting five farm labor contractors were in cud of Selling bogus work records to illegal Immi. Grants who knew Little or nothing about fanning to enable the aliens to qualify for immigration Law am Nesty. The 56 other defendants named in he indictment i scaled wednesday Are illegal aliens. Officials described the three month investigation dubbed operation Cucumber As the largest Ever into allegations of fraud in the amnesty program far farm workers. The investigation involved k Federal agents. The f 986 immigration Reform Law Grants temporary residency to seasonal farm workers if they can prove they worked in agriculture for 90 Days Between april 30.1985, and May 1,1986, interviews with amnesty applicants turned up peo ple unfamiliar with the basics of farm work including one who cited a Harvest of baited Beans and another who claimed to have picked strawberries with a ladder officials said. Strawberries grow close to the ground our Hope is that we will Send a message out said Richard b. Smith Deputy District director for the . Immigration and naturalization service in Florida. That s Why we went out for massive arrest the five labor contractor were charged with Vari Ous counts of fraud and conspiring to sell false affidavits. Each count carries up to live years in prison and a$250,000 Fine. The 16 illegal immigrants who allegedly lied to gain . Residency were charged Wilh fraud. About half of the More than 42,000 farm worker applications the ins received Between june and octo Ber under the new Taw proved bogus Smith Slid. In this program some Days you run 40 percent fraud and other Days you in a High Ai 70 Pero eol Smith said