European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday june so 198b the stars and St Lopes Page 5 former defense official says Pentagon intentionally loosened spending controls Washington Ai j a former Pentagon official saturday accused for Mer defense Secretary Caspar Weinberg or and Frank Carlucci the department s current chief of slackening he military s spending j. Korb Weinberger s Man Power chief for four years until leaving the Pentagon in 198s, said in n television interview Hal when Carlucci was Wein Berger s Deputy the iwo men basically loosened the defense department spokesman said later that the management change were consistent Wilh the recommendations made by a government commis Sion on efficiency. Speaking on the Cable news network program news maker saturday Korb Saidl he new decent Rali cd style of management was totally different from Sollof their predecessors and occurred As the Reagan administration was dramatically boosting the Pentagon s budget. So in fact by putting All the Money in and then loosening the controls they created a situation in which they them a selves and the peo pie on their staffs did t know any thing about it Korb said. Korb also said the Navy "basically1 was making its own procurement rules creating a situation where the Navy would have one set of pro Korb curment rules the defense department Korb for years has been a bitter critic of some Pentagon spending practices and has filed a lawsuit against some of the figures mentioned in the unfolding defense department procurement scan february he filed a suit in Federal court in Alexandria va., against former Navy Secretary John f. Lehman or. And three other men accusing them of having him fired from his Job with a defense con tractor. Korb joined the Raythelon corp., a major Navy contractor after leaving the Pentagon. At a february 1986 press Confer ence he said the Pentagon did not need budget As urge As the one Reagan had pro received biters and Telephone Calls complaining about Korb s remarks from Melvyn r. Paisley a consultant and former assistant Secretary of the Navy and from assistant Navy Secretary Everett Pyatt. The two men have acknowledged urging Raythelon officials to Force Korb to Stop criticizing Reagan s budget proposals. The suit which seeks at least 1500,000 in damages also says that Lehman and cart m. Smith a member of the Senate armed services committee staff complained about Korb s is under investigation by the Fri in the government s current procurement Washington Post has reported that while Weinberger was defense Secretary he was told that Lehman s office was the source of leaks of classified contract info . Daniel Howard the assistant defense Secretary for Public affaire said the management changes made by Weinberger and Carlucci were entirely in keeping with recommendations made in 1986 by apr Sci do tial commission on Pentagon efficiency. The panel was led by industrialist David Packard. Teen Ager gets handgun for graduation present Fresno Calif. A when 18-year-old Joely Kragh leaves Home for College this fall Shell pack what she Calls an unexpected but reassuring High school graduation present a. Job Caliper pistol. I was shocked at first. I had t expected it Joely said Friday of the gift from her parents. She likes the idea of having a handgun in her sports car while she drives 250 Miles alone on the freeways Between Fresno and the University of Cali fornia at Irvine where she plans to study biological sciences. It s More reassuring to know it s there. It s like having a Security Blanket she added. Her Mother Geri said she finl thought of buying handgun for her oldest daughter after seeing a Tele vision talk show program on Date rape murders and violence on College campuses. The stories were Simi Lar to what the Mother who attends Fresno state University reads in the Campus newspaper. I just want her to have the option to have the Protection if she wants it she said. Joely plans to attend self defense classes in col lege. But at 5-feel-2-inches tall and weighing about 90 pounds she s doubtful she could wrestle off a Large attacker. I originally kind of approached it As a joke and in fact did t Tell my husband until the night we bought it Geri Kragh recalled. The More he thought about it the More he thought it would be a Good her husband Larry is a former Reserve sheriffs Deputy. I did t think my dad would go for it Joely said As she prepared for a vacation cruise in the Cam has completed a gun safety class where she said she was by far the youngest person Al the firing Range. The gun is registered and she plans to carry it unloaded and in a Container to avoid the need forthe License required for carrying concealed weapons her Mother said. Obtaining such a License is extremely difficult and applicants have to stale a reason said Fresno policello. Lynn Button. It has to be a Good and sound reason for personal Auto crash kills chief of naval research lab Pensacola Fla
