European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d Midwest still scorched despite some rainfall Page 2 d b-1 electronics faulty report says Page 7 enl or nil giants 21, cardinals 2 sports Page 26 d memorial held for Oil Rig victims Back Page the stars a authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol.47, no.84 monday july 11, 1988 2s doily ones undo d 8693 a Carlucci offers funding plan Philadelphia a defense Secretary Frank Carlucci called saturday for stable congressional fund ing to discourage military contractors from seeking Short term profits and political advantage. Related Story Page 6. Carlucci said a Lack of such funding provides incentives for contractors to neglect Long term investment to try to influence funding decisions by the Pentagon and Congress and to gain information about contract awards through consultants. Carlucci said the cumbersome and Complex de sense procurement system provides too Many chances for congressional Micro management and influence by special that system has led contractors to look for Short term advantages both financially and politically he told the Philadelphia world affairs Council. And the Best Way for contractors to do that in our current system is to invest in Market intelligence a euphemism for hiring consultants and lobbyists to intervene in the process in the executive Branch and on Capitol Hill Carlucci said. Multiyear budgeting Long term contracts freezing weapons design simplifying requirements contracting to performance All of these techniques can be used to streamline the process and strengthen the hand of the program manager while weakening the influence of the special advocates he , who would not answer questions from re porters after his speech said he was disturbed by the allegations raised by a Justice department investigation that military contractors and consultants had bribed Pentagon officials. No one has been charged in the soon As information becomes available to us from the Justice department we will act promptly to review contracts and take appropriate suspension debarment and termination actions As we have already done he said. President of teamsters Dies at 61 Lakewood Ohio a team sters president Jackie Presser who Lethe renegade Union Back into the Mains Tream of organized labor but extended it reputation for corruption died saturday night after a Battle with cancer Hospital officials announced. Presser 61, underwent surgery forebrain cancer in May and was hospitalized in Thi Cleveland suburb june 28, with blood clot on the right lung. His death was announced by Lake Wood Hospital spokesman John Presser had relinquished his Powers As teamsters president for four months be ginning May 4. Acting president is Wei Don l. Mathis the Union s Secretary treasurer. Kerezy Reading a statement issued by Robert w. Reynolds head of the Hospi Tal s cardiac care unit said Presser s fam ily was with him when he died about 10 . Presser who became president of the teamsters in 1983 after his predecessor see Presser on Back Page Donna and Dale Clendening of Bloomingburg n.y., embrace after Clenden Welcome Home ing s ship the guided missile frigate Simpson arrived in Newport r.i., sat a photo urday following a 180-Day tour of duty in the persian Gulf. Gis bring korean prostitutes to ., ins says by William j. Bartman Washington Bureau Washington korean prostitutes controlled by organized crime Are being brought to the unite states by $9ldiers who Are often unsuspecting Hus bands but in some cases participants in a yellow slavery ring Law enforcement officials say. They re marrying servicemen to get a ticket to the United states said Rick Kenney a spokesman for the immigration and naturalization service which is investigating the ring along with the Fri and local authorities around the country. But when the women later divorce the servicemen the gangsters who often have arranged the marriages place them in the prostitution ring. In some instances soldiers have accepted thousands of dollars from korean gangsters to bring the women Home said Terence o Rourke senior assistant county attorney in Houston. Some of them. Think they re really marrying Agi and this is a Good break for them o Rourke said. But evidence we uncovered shows where the i has already made arrangements with the Syndicate and when they get to the United state she turns her Over to the korean organizers. O Rourke said while some of the marriages Are legitimate the divorce rate is extremely High and the Vul Tures in a nationwide korean crime network find the women and turn them into prostitutes. I be got dead whores that Are wives of american servicemen Here unsolved murders dead pimps and the army Ain t cooperating o Rourke said of hous ton a City that he says has become a major shipment Point of yellow slaves because of its location 175 Miles Southeast of fort Hood. O Rourke was to make a formal request monday tothe army inspector general to review the efforts of the service s criminal investigation come in the mat Ter. Army spokesman it. Col. Greg Rixon called o Rourke s comments irresponsible and said any prostitution ring is for the ins and not the service to investigate. He said the army simply can t make Over seas prostitution areas off limits to soldiers because prostitution is Legal in the Republic of Korea. It is probably inappropriate for a commander to say i making your place off limits because prostitutes Are see prostitutes on Back Page
