European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday july 11,1988 top Pratt & Whitney link to Paisley investigated stateside Washington a a newly released court document More directly links a Pratt & Whitney Vic president to the Pentagon fraud and bribery investigation than the company has previously indicated. Officials at the East Hartford conn., Jet engine manufacturer have played Down any alleged involve ment by Eugene Tallia who is head of the company Washington office As Well As a company vice president. The officials have said that Tallia s name appeared Onan Fri search warrant for the company s Washington office simply because he is in charge of the office. The associated press obtained a copy of the warrant last month. But another warrant used by the Fri to search the suburban Virginia Home of a key figure in the probe Melvyn r. Paisley revealed that agents were looking for notes memoranda and other correspondence be tween Paisley and Tallia regarding bidding information from Pratt & Whitney s rival general electric  was the Only Pratt & Whitney official named in the warrant. Pratt & Whitney is an operating unit of United technologies corp. The document released by the . District Courtin Alexandria va., said that agents believed they would find documentation in Paisley s Mclean va.,Home connected with general electric bidding information for the f-404 engine. The search warrant of the Pratt & Whitney office sought the same documents. The bidding information if obtained by Pratt Whitney through Paisley during the contract Competition would have Given the Connecticut company an enormous advantage Over general electric. Federal investigators Are looking into allegation that defense contractors and consultants Many of them former military men bribed Pentagon official for contracting details that could be vital in winning contracts Worth billions of dollars. No one has been charged in the Case. Tallia and other company officials have refused to comment on the investigation. A spokesman for United technologies said saturday that since the investigation is ongoing and All of the relevant facts Aren t known we simply Aren t in a position to comment  spokesman Larry Bingaman added that company officials Are cooperating with investigators and that Tallia remains in his Post. The contract to build engines for the Navy s f-18fighter jets had been held exclusively by be. But in 1984, then Navy Secretary John f. Lehman decided to have the two contractors compete a move that pais Ley who was then assistant Navy Secretary supported. Be and Massachusetts lawmakers complained at the time about the dual sourcing move and Lehman s Deci Sion 19 give Pratt & Whitney a be engine to help Pratt build its own f-404. The Navy s actions followed Pratt & Whitney s loss of its longtime monopoly on engines for the f-15 and f-16 fighters. Last year Pratt began winning about a third of thef-18 engine contracts. Union officials have charged that be s loss of some f-18 contracts Cost up to 500jobs at be s engine building Plant in Lynn mass. The newly released search warrant also reveals forthe first time the government s belief that unidentified Pratt & Whitney officials paid Paisley during his ten ure As assistant Navy Secretary in connection with in formation regarding another contract that the two companies competed for. The document said that Fri agents sought information pertaining to Paisley s support on behalf of Pratt & Whitney for engines to Power the v-22 is prey a helicopter air plane hybrid designed for vertical Anatomy of an investigation the Fri is investigating whether Pentagon officials passed secret defense information to defense consultants and if the consultants then passed the information to defense firms seeking Pentagon contracts. Among those served with search warrants Pentagon officials Victor d. Cohen George g. Stone senior air Force a Navy acquisitions official acquisitions official reassigned june 20 to lower Security duties. Reassigned to lower Security duties june 20. James e. Gaines Navy acquisitions official reassigned june 20 to lower Security duties. Formerly worked at Boeing. Consultants Melvyn r. Paisley consultant since Early 1987 previously a Boeing co. Executive and an assistant Secretary of the Navy. William m. Galvin a consultant to at least five of the companies whose offices were searched june 14. Reportedly boasted of his Access to Paisley. Charles f. Gardner consultant since March 1988 former Uniss corp. Executive. Associate of Galvin. Mark s. Saunders consultant former Navy official dismissed by the Navy in 1982 for insider Stock trading based on Navy information. Defense contractors cities Given Are locations that were searched Uniss corp. Great neck . Computer systems Northrop corp. Newbury Park Calif. Stealth bomber tactical and Remote piloted aircraft missiles Mcdonnell Douglas corp. St. Louis aircraft missile systems research Pratt & Whitney Washington. . Aircraft engines Chicago Tribune graphic takeoffs. Pratt & Whitney was chosen Over be to be the second contractor on that engine. Paisley resigned from his Navy Post in March 1987and set up a lucrative consulting firm. Pratt & Whit  one of major defense contractors to hire Paisley paid him $200,000 a year to consult for the two engine programs according to unidentified sources quoted by the Washington Post. Tallia 52, a company vice president has headed Pratt & Whitney s Washington office since 1979. Be fore that he w9rked for 25 years at Sikorsky aircraft another operating division of United technologies. In related news attorneys for times Mirror co. And Copley pressing. Have asked a Federal court in los Angeles to make Public Fri affidavits describing evidence gathered in the Fri probe. The publishing companies in their court filing see release of Fri documents that support requests to search aerospace firms and the Home of Fred Lackner a defense consultant who lives in the Woodland Hills Section of los Angeles. Attorneys for the san Diego Union have filed motion seeking release of the search warrant and associated affidavits that the Fri used in its search of Thesan Diego based cubic corp. Calif quake calculations Are really bad news Menlo Park Calif. A the Odds of a Catas trophic earthquake that could kill thousands of people in Southern California Are higher than once believed and the san Francisco Bay area faces a similar threat a Federal report says. Recent concern about the so called big one on the san Andreas fault has entered on the greater Losangeles san Bernardino area because so much Strain on the fault s North end was released by san Francis co s great quake of 1906, which measured an estimated 8.3 on the Richter scale. But a report issued by the . Geological Survey and a working group of its National earthquake pre diction evaluation Council said the san Francisco Bay area is nearly As Likely to suffer a major quake. Lightning strikes 6 scouts at ranch in new Mexico Cimarron . A one boy scout was uncritical condition and five others suffered lesser injuries when lightning struck during an Outing on a scout ranch Camp and Hospital officials said. The six scouts All from Monroe wis., were injured at a Camp about nine Miles West of Philmont scout ranch Headquarters 30 Miles South of the Colorado Border in northeastern new Mexico ranch spokesman Nick Amann said. Barry Alan Kneller 18, was listed in critical Condi Tion at Miner s Colfax medical Center in Raton Stu Dent nurse John Dechamp said. Two other scouts Dan Whitehead and Phil Bern Hagen both 17, Are in stable condition Amann said. Amann said three other members of the group were in Good condition at the Philmont health Lodge. Sex bodyguard pleads guilty to manslaughter Fresno Calif. A a former bodyguard for the rap music group run dec has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of a Man at a concert two years ago. Garfield Brown had been scheduled for a preliminary hearing in municipal court in connection with the death of Alex Baldwin 21. Police said several fights broke out during a run dec concert at Selland Arena in this City 200 Miles North of los Angeles on aug. 15, 1986, and Brown an two other bodyguards left the stage to help restore order. Brown was charged with throwing Baldwin to the Concrete floor and kicking him. Baldwin died of head injuries two weeks later and Brown was arrested inner York City. He will be sentenced in Superior court on aug. 1.the maximum sentence he could receive is four years in prison. Toll free number changed for agent Orange fund new York a the toll free numbers for in formation about the distribution of the agent Orange settlement fund for Vietnam veterans have been changed officials said. The new number is 1-800-225-4712, officials said. The previous phone numbers one for new Yor state and one for the rest of the country were disconnected in order to consolidate them into one number at the Aetna life insurance co., which will be he claims administrator for the program. The $240 million settlement fund resulted from lawsuit against manufacturers of the herbicide agent Orange. Teddy bears joining Miami police patrols Miami a Teddy bears Are the newest tool of Street savvy police in the Miami area whose officers routinely Deal with armed drug smugglers and other criminals. I think these Teddy bears will be great tool in working with children. We plan to Stock at least two Teddy bears in each patrol car and Well Start using them sometime this week in 50 of our patrol cars in the Northwest Miami area to see How it works out said metro Dade cmdr. Lou Diecidue. When a child sees a police officer in a negative situation like an Accident or maybe a child abuse Case that child is usually very frightened Diecidue said. We Hope that offering these Teddy bears will ease a lot of that initial pain and fright they  Miami police sgt. Roberson Brown said All three shifts of his patrol units will carry the bears and distribute them among poor children throughout the City. We think this is a great idea and we Hope it will Bridge the Gap sometime existing Between a Small child and a police officer Brown said. Miami radio station wow pm i working with area Burdine department stores to collect at least 5,000 Teddy bears for donation to Miami metro Dade Hollywood and the Broward sheriffs police agencies. Wow assistant promotions director Lori Alterman said the idea came from Magazine article mentioning that Seattle patrol officers carry Teddy bears. We Felt that if the officers approach ing a crime scene where a child is involved offer that child a Teddy Bear thug and hold and keep for his own it would help ease a lot of the fear an anxiety that the child experiences at that moment Alterman sail we see it As a stranger offering the child something that s not so