European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 4 the stars and St pipes saturday March 36,1908 contractors accused of Dod fraud los Angeles a two defense contractors and five Cacir Tiv Are fac ing chaises of defrauding the Pentagon one by faking lest results on electronic for a missile system the other by Selling reconditioned aircraft parti Ai new. Consolidated aeronautic corp. Of North Hollywood and in top iwo officer were charged thursday with one count of conspiracy and four of submitting false claims about Hydraulic parti provided under t $ i million contract begin Vingin 1584. Another indictment accused Denisco technology corp. Of Rancho Domin Quez and one current and two former executives of conspiracy and falsely certifying that seating devices used in air to ground missiles and helicopter had been tested. Fraud in defense procurement and in die production of strategic and military hardware is the no. T while Collar crime priority of the . Attorney s of fice said Gary fess chief . Attorney. The parts in the consolidated contract were destined for use in the steering sys tems of a-7, f-4 and of Law jul fighters the b-j2 bomber and the c-141 trans port plane. The Hydraulic parts were certified by the company As new but actually had been refurbished the indictment alleged All the parts that have been tested failed and flight Crews could have been endangered bad the parts been used officials Laid. Consolidated could be fined s3.5 Mil lion if convicted. Also charged were Gordon Strunc 65, of Beverly Hills consolidated president and chief executive officer and Ronald Guy 42, of Granada Hills vice president of sales. Telephone Calls to the company went unanswered thursday. If convicted Sirube could be sentenced to up to the years in prison and lined up to $1.25 million Guy faces up to is Yean in prison and a 1750,000tine. The gun Uco contract was Worth Sev eral Hundred thousand dollars a year fess said. A Crisco faces a  million Fine. A Crisco attorney Tom Holliday suggested that any wrongdoing was the fault of officers and former officers of the company transducer products division in Simi Valley and he called indictment of the company unwarranted. Also charged were Werner Printu Chulio 50, of Simi Valley former general manager of the division Danny k. Evans 34, of Simi Valley former Divi Sion supervisor and Robert l. Korsnick 51, of Sepulveda Quality Assurance Man Ager of Llie division. The three face up to five years in Pris on and Fine of up to $250,000 on each count. The transducers the size and shape of Small cigars measure pressure in liquid or Gas. They arc used to help guide the High Speed anti radar missile which ii fired from planes to measure Oil pro Turc in the coast guard s i drab ail re Cue helicopter and to operate Navy torpedo test device. Robert Jeffrey Ballet founder Jeffrey Dies inn.y.at57 new York a choreographer Robert Jeffrey who founded a dance troupe on a shoe string and build the Jeffrey Ballet into one of the nation s top companies died Friday  was 57. Holtrey who had curtailed his duties m the company because of illness died Al 6 . Anew York University Hospital said penile Curry a spokeswoman for the company. He had suffered from a liver ailment caused by medication he was receiving for asthma and a muscle condition and had been in intensive car for two weeks she said. A lifelong asthmatic Jeffrey suffered severe asthma attacks in August and had been working from his Home since then she said. In 1956, Jeffrey borrowed a station Wagon and sent Nis Fly agting dance company six dancers one of whom could double on piano out to Lour the United states. He stayed in new York where he held a Job to pay for me tour. Today the Jofrey Ballet ranks with the new York City Ballet and american Ballet theater alone of America s big three Ballet companies. Holtrey did not do much choreography in re cent j cars. He choreographed part of a new production of the Nutcracker suite that was per formed this year his last full production postcards was performed during the 1970s.he left no immediate survivor. Curry said a memorial service would be scheduled at a inn Date. Reagan opposes preemptive israeli attack on saudi Arabia Washington up president Reagan Laid Friday the United slates would be totally opposed to any preemptive israeli attack on new saudi Ara Bian missile Sites amid concern israeli warplanes Are practising for Nich air strikes. We Hope they Are not considering any Inch set Reagan said sternly during the Start or a meeting with dominican president Joaquin Balagur Reagan s remarks came Only Days after receiving saudi and egyptian protests about a radio Israel broadcast sunday by a top israeli official who threat ened thai his country might bomb the saudi missile batteries. Naturally we would be totally opposed to any such thing and Hope they Are not considering any such act Reagan said when asked the . Position on such an attack. Easier White House spokesman Marlin full Zwaller told reporters that inquiries had been made about whether any of the saudi missiles carried nuclear War Heads and . Officials were assured that the missiles do not. We certainly Are concerned about any tensions in the Middle East and have made our views known to both sides Filz Waler said. The while House comments followed a Washington Post report Friday that . Intelligence officials Nave monitored pinpoint bombing practice runs by israeli Jet fighters prompting concern that Israel May launch preemptive air raids against saudi Arabia s new Long Range missile batteries. Pentagon will Issue new medal to pos of last four . Wars by Norman  writer Washington a about 142,200 individuals or their families will be eligible Tor a new military medal honouring american prisoners of War the de sense department said Friday. The medal will be issued at no Cost to any person who was taken prisoner of War and held captive after april 5,1917." be Pentagon Sai in announcing it was ready to begin issuing the award that Congress authorized two year ago. To qualify an individual must have been taken prisoner during an armed conflict le., world War i world War ii Korea and Vietnam and must have rendered honorable service during the period of Captivity the Pentagon statement said. The medal can be awarded posthumously to Legal next of Kin but the Pentagon said the criteria established by Congress would not allow relatives of service men who Are listed As missing in action but for whom there is no evidence of Captivity As a pow to receive the medal. The defense department estimated that 142,200individuals or their next of Kin were eligible for the medal which features an Eagle surrounded by barbed wire and Bayonet Points and includes the inscription for honorable service while a prisoner of War. Application forms will also be distributed by a num Ber of veterans organizations and Public service Agen cies. Using the form an applicant will be expected to pro vide his full name service number social Security num Ber veterans administration claim number Date and place of birth Branch of service unit of assignment when captured and Dales of confinement and release. Processing of the applications will Lake anywhere from 49 10 90 Days because of the need to verify Mili tary records the Pentagon said. The phone number for requesting an application form is 800-b73-376s. Personal letters requesting award of the medal or More information should be sent to one of these three addresses former army prisoners of wan . Army re serve personnel Center Ann Darf Pas Law 9700 Page blvd., is. Louis to. 63132-9200. Former Navy Marine corps and coast guard prisoners of War. . Navy Liaison office National personnel records Center 9700 Page blvd., is. Louis to. 63132-5199. Former air Force and army air corps prisoners of War. Air Force reference Branch National person Nel records Center 9700 Page blvd., St Louis to 63132-5199. Landlords apologize to Blind Man deerf1eld Beach Al Al. A members of a condominium association say they were mistaken in refusing to  a Blind Man rent an apartment. We re hoping he s going to move in and be a neigh Bor. If he moves in. He s going to be two doors from me we re Honing this can end up a positive thing front b negative  said Morris Barteit director of the Keswick b condominium association Al Century Vil Lage Larry Tronecek 35, whose lawyer tiled a discrimination complaint March 4, said thursday he did t know if he would accept the offer. He said he wanted to be sure All hostilities have cooled calmed Down that i feel comfortable and everybody feels  "1 think it looks optimistic said Tomecek a part time musician who says he has lived on his own the last four years in Pennsylvania. It s probably he first time they met a Blind  if Tomecek accepts his discrimination claim would be dropped said his attorney Larry Corrm. The president of the condominium in a letter to the owner of the unit Tomecek was planning to rent said he was rejected because he unfortunately ii