European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday december a 1988 itt corp. Fined $200,000 for of contract illegalities Boston a itt corp. Has been fineds200,000 for treating air Force officials to Golf games meals and theater tickets la obtain confidential government information used to bid on si80 million in military contracts. . District judge David s. Nelson imposed the Tine tuesday on the new York based conglomerate which pleaded guilty in october to conspiring to de fraud the government. Itt had faced a maximum . Itt admitted that an employee in 1984 and 1985 spent about $ 15,000 and was reimbursed for illegal Bifid to air Force officials at  fab in bed  Exchange itt received documents with confidential procurement information on two air Force programs itt was interested in purchasing. We agreed to plead guilty to one charge of  government agreed to drop three other charges said itt spokesman James Gallagher. Itt was indicted in 1987, several months before a separate Federal investigation began into the use of consultants by corporations to gel information for use in bidding on contracts. Edward m. Vincinzi a senior marketing representative of itt s Van Guys  Gilfillan subsidiary which specializes in radar technology also pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud and was placed on pro Bation for a year. Vincinzi who cooperated with Federal authorities had faced up to 35 years in prison and a $500,000 Fine. Prosecutors charged that itt Gilfillan executives tacitly approved fall copts by Vincenzi to defraud the government and tried to Rover up his activities by destroying or concealing air Force documents. According to the indictment Vincinzi was hired in 1983 to pursue two air Force contracts an anti radiation missile Decoy system valued Al More than$80 million and a Mobile air traffic control radar sys tem Worth Between $ 100 million and s150 million. Four employees at the air Force s electronics sys tems div no Hanscom who received gratuities from Vincinzi gave him copies of documents with information on the contracts As Well As general planning and funding documents. Itt won a preliminary j6.4 million development contract for inc missile Decoy system which was never built. Vincinzi met with one Hanscom official several limes and bought him lunches paid for him to play Golf and gave him theater and snorts tickets and liquor inc indictment said. Gonzalez elected chairman of House banking committee Washington not rep. Henry b. Gonza Lez a Texas was overwhelmingly elected chairman of the House banking committee on tuesday succeed ing Ocmand j. St Germain the Khz cd Island demo crat who was not re elected to Congress. A few hours later Gonzalez outlined to a group of Bankers his preliminary Agenda fora committee that has assumed a prominent role in the House because of the savings and loan crisis which is Likely to require taxpayer Money to solve. Speaking at a Citibank gathering in Washington Gonna Liz said thai although the crisis in the savings Industry is no. I on his Agenda he first plans to hold hearings in january on the stale of the Economy this kind of background hearing is necessary be cause whatever we recommend will be affected by the Economy said inc new chairman who was elected by his democratic colleagues 200-16. With that information obtained Gonzalez said. The committee should then be  position to act expedit thusly on its legislative Agenda which in addition to the savings Industry will include banking Reform that died in Congress earlier this year housing and an examination of leveraged buy outs rep Henry it Gonzulee cheating on medical information leads to conviction of 2 pilots Orlando Fla a two Florida pilots were among the first to be convicted in a Federal crackdown on pilots who have failed to report Drunken driving and drug convictions on their License applications. Thirty nine pilots have been indicted in Florida Colora do and Utah and a probe of 7,850 others is under Way according to the Federal aviation administration. ". We re bringing these cases because the . Govern Mcnol finds it essential for air safety said assistant . Attorney Gary Librick. Who prosecuted Gary a Andcr-1 son in Orlando.  -. Anderson 34, was convicted monday of four counts of making false statements on medical forms o obtain his Pilot s License. He faces up to 20 years in prison and $755,000 in fines. R Anderson failed to report a 19s3 conviction for Drunken driving and Possession of marijuana and a 1987 conviction for Rcck leis driving then lied to Fri agents who questioned him about the forms in september said the prosecutor. Also on monday William Dixon Cord 41. A private Pilot from Punla Gorda was convicted m fort Myers Federal court on two counts of filing false statements said assistant . Attorney Doug Fraser. Card faces 10 Yearsin prison and $500.000 in fines. A third Case is scheduled in Orlando this week. Defense attorneys criticized the felony charges. The heavy Hammer of a felony prosecution is entirely unwarranted said Anderson s lawyer former Federal prosecutor Tom Turner. Prosecution based on this form is a crime itself " Turner Lold the Federal jury in Orlando. The defense lawyer argued that the cases should be handled administratively by the Faa Anderson Iii flying instructor and freight Pilot was fire from his Job with right express in Orlando. He was re leased on bail and sentencing was set for March 20. He did not testify and would not comment i think it s a Politi Cally motivated Witch Hunt said assistant Public defender Ray Dvorak about the Federal crackdown. It seems Tome that they got their message  / a computer audit has determined that 7ii ,000 people have licenses and permits from the Federal aviation administration said Faa spokesman Ben Lorigo in Washington. He said 10,300 pilots had their Driver s License suspended or revoked for drug and alcohol of lenses and 1,850 failed to report it. It s essential that the Faa receive Complete and truth Ful information by those who Fly recreational to or privately As pilots said prosecutor Ubrick. Stateside san Jose dissidents buy Church they be occupied san Jose. Calif. Up vietnamese Cath Olic dissidents who have occupied a Church since 1986 have purchased the building from he diocese of san Jose. It was announced tuesday that the dissidents paid the diocese $400,000 Tor the former our lady Queen of the martyrs Church which they arc now Catling inc vietnamese Catholic Community cultural Center. Although terms of the Sale mandated that the vietnamese could not consider inc building a Catholic facility the leaders of the dissidents said they would continue to celebrate mass Al the facility in Defiance of orders from san Jose Bishop Pierre Duma inc. They also said they would ask the Pope to dec arc the building an International shrine. 2 . Indian activists charged with kidnapping Lumberton . A two american Indian activists who were acquitted in a Federal trial after they look Over the Rob Sonia news paper office were indicted by a grand jury tues Day on stale kidnapping charges. Eddie Hatcher and Timothy Jacobs both Tuscarora indians invaded the newspaper office and held 20 people hostage for 10 hours before surrendering. They said they took Over the office to protest local corruption. A Federal court jury freed the two in october after a trial on Federal hostage taking charges. The Robeson county grand jury indicted Hatcher 31, and Jacobs 20, on 14 counts each of second degree state kidnapping charges Stem Ming from the occupation at the newspaper of fice last feb. I. Following the indictments Superior court judge Robert Hobgood issued orders to arrest Hatcher and Jacobs and set Bond at si0,000 secured for each defendant on each charge total of j140,000 each. Number of elderly rising especially in third world Washington up the world s elderly population increases by 1.2 million each month and in toss than three decades the third world will have More than i billion elderly the census Bureau said tuesday. Tia new report aging in the third world inc census Bureau said developing nations currently have an estimated 370 million people 55 and older. The study was based on figures from 22 developing nations. Moreover it said the number of older people in the third world is growing at an annual rate of 3.1 percent three times higher than in devel oped or industrialized nations. Life expectancy at birth in the developing world is 59 years the report said 19 percent lower than the average of 73 years in industrialized nations such As the United Stales and those in Europe. San Francisco consulates promoting social studies san Francisco up san Francisco Public schools will learn social studies fro members of inc consular corps in this City under a new program begun tuesday at Benjamin Franklin Middle school. Consulate connections was conceived and spearheaded by Sherry Agnos wife of the City mayor. She said the program would Lap into a natural resource that a City such As san Francis co can offer students Al no Cost. She said the program will promote International understanding by linking students with people from All Over the world. This is an important resource material teachers can turn to in rounding out their  the wives of four consuls general took part in the inaugural class which compared holidays in various lauds. Participants included Nadia Al Rabi of Egypt Marie Viaux of France Alila Nanagas of the Philippines and Barbara Petti of Italy