European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday March 16. 19b9 the stars and stripes Page 7 superbug hot toddy a pug and one of some 3,000 purebred dogs competing in the 71 is an Nual Detroit Kennel club dog show wears a pensive expression and a super Man weal shirt As he awaits his turn to be judged in the toy class at Colw Hull. Singer co accused of inflating invoices Washington not the jus Tice department tuesday accused the Singer co. Or overcharging the Pentagon some s77 million from 1980 to 1988 by falsifying Cost estimates on contracts for flight simulators under the scheme outlined in a civil suit by the Justice department Singer s link flight division routinely added a secret amount or Kitty to its Cost Esti mates submitted to the Pentagon result ing in significantly inflated i a voices. The Justice department s suit filed . District court in Baltimore Stales that the scheme involved itt Casl seven flight simulator contracts from 1983 to 1986 Worth $511 million and covering mining equipment for various military helicopters and aircraft. Flight simulators arc computer oper ated machines Hal enable pilots a risk free method to practice flying procedures with out having to train in an aircraft. At Singer Phillip Walson the company s general counsel and senior vice president said he was unaware of the suit and had no. Comment. The Justice department action is tiled in part under the false claims Ati which Calls for treble damages and allows the government to recover As much As �230 million if i prevails in inc Case the Singer suit is one of the govern ment s largest military fraud lawsuits said Amy drown a spokeswoman for inc Justice department. The Case also has an interesting corporate takeover element Singer was acquired last year by the Flor Ida financier Paul a Bilzerian and parts of the company including the division Hal made Light simulators were sold to pay he acquisition costs. Should the Justice department prevail in the lawsuit Bilzerian and his partners could face a costly surcharge for their acquisition of Singer even though the Singer division at Issue in the Case was sold off last year and much of he suspected overcharging took place before Bilzerian bought he Stamford conn., company. They bought the Singer company lock Slock and barrel said John r. Phillips a los Angeles rep resents a former Singer employee who started the overcharging Case. With it they got its the former employee Christopher Urda. Sued Singer and the link flight simulation corp. Las november accusing in company of Cepi Rig two sets of books one for internal purposes which showed inc True labor costs a a second set of Cost estimates which were arbitrarily inflated to in crease labor costs by about 10 percent. Urdu s Case filed under the false claims act,.was scaled allowing the jus lice department Lime to investigate an decide whether it wanted to join in the Case. The action Means it Lias. Under the false claims act the for Mer Singer employee is entitled to receive is to 25 percent of any Money re covered by the government. House panel supports base closures 43-4 Washington a the House armed serv ices committee voted overwhelmingly tuesday to sup port an Independent commission s proposal of close reduce operations or change the Mission at 1-15 Mhilary facilities. The action Ilc Spile the committee s 43-4 vote,.is not the. Final word on the politically charged closing Issue. Members opposed to the commission on base realignment and closure s recommendations arc certainty exercise their right to Force a full House Vole. Both the mouse and Senate must disapprove the entire list of recommendations to Stop them. The deadline for voting Down the proposal will be same time in May dope nine num Crof Days each House is in session. From the information we be get Len the commis Sion has done a reasonable Job said rep lies Aspin d-wis., hots the committee chairman. Rep. Patricia ski Rocker. A Colo chairman of the military installations subcommittee added it docs appear a reasonable prudent commission has reached these voting against the commission report were courier . Larry Hopkins Ray. Frank me close cry a and and Lane Evans dui Courter said the plan to place fort Dix nj., on a Sci Active status would end its Basic training Mission without permitting non military use of the facility. Mccloskey warned of substantial environmental cleanup costs if the Jefferson proving ground in 1 Indiana is closed Evans has been upset with the proposed closing of Chanute Raffl lit. Hopkins and of hrs who supported the commission were angry with what they called Pentagon stonewalling on congressional requests for justification of the proposals. The House panel s Vole followed a Senate commit tee hearing at which a former defense Secretary defended the commission s proposal. The military services did not indicate to me the had a problem with any part of the recommendation former defense Secretary Frank c. Carlucci told a Senate panel in assessing the system designed to take base closings out of politics. Sen. Alan j. Dison d-ii1., a member of the senile armed services committee said the recommendations would. Result in an american tragedy for those thrown out of work in places such As Chanute Dixon said the Point system used to decide the fat of Chanute was based on incorrect assumptions about the base s facilities. Dino nand sen. John Mccain. A Ari were critical of the secret deliberations of the commission. Mccain said he s been unable to obtain answers about the decision making process acid Crivici de this secrecy invoked. The commission proposed closing 86 facilities dec 29, partially closing five others and changing the mis Sion in 54 other installations. In establishing the commission Congress Sci up Ahall or nothing Myslem in which the whole list Musl be rejected to save any of the facilities. Carlucci endorsed the list in january. The .4j Days in session Given to Congress to act began m Arch i .1 he closing deadline is expected to fall in Early May. For the House and Laic May Senate. Surfer sues Florida county after being a then by shark Miami api a shark bitten surfer Beach is suing dad county for negligence arguing that while lifeguards Post signs for jellyfish and dangerous undertow they fail to and Vic bathers of possible shark attacks Jonthan Popper 22, was bitten May 21,1983, As i surfed. The shark grabbed his right foot ripping a nerve and wver., ing tendons in the foot before letting go. Popper wants dad county to reimburse him $5,000 for medical Bills an lost time at work and pay an unspecified amount for pain and suffering. This in t your typical run of the Mill shark attack attorney Scott Silver Man told jurors As the trial began monday Mclroy dad county for two to three week before Thea Tlack bad been having problems with Sharks at haul Over Beach he said Popper would never have entered the water if he knew Sharks were present sure they had signs for undertow it s Silverman said. Sure they had signs for Man of War it s dangerous. They did t have signs for shark but assistant county attorney Ron Ikon Stem said Popper a in rfcs since age13, was Well aware of shark dangers. And he said that while Sharks had been re ported in the arca on previous Days none was spotted May 21. This Case involved an attack by a wild animal in the Atlantic Ocean Bernstein said he said Popper under stood that Sharks lived in the area. He knew that from Indian activist to fight return to n. Carolina Wampsville . Jap a judge tuesday denied Asylum in new York to a fugitive Indian activist and ordered him sent Back id North Carolina to face kidnapping charges in a 19bh armed takeover of a newspaper office. However lawyers for Timothy Jacobs filed an Appeal meaning Jacobs will re main in new York while the Legal Batlle continues Madison county judge William o Brien Al revoked jambs s25.qoq bail and the 20-year-old Tuscarora India was taken away to jail North Carolina Cov Jin Martin has asked new York to return Jacobs so Pecan be tried in the takeover of a newspaper in Lumb non . Jacobs and fellow Tuscarora Eddie Hatcher 31, both of Pembroke . Used shotguns to hold 20 people hostage for 10 hours before surrendering. They said they were trying to publicize allegations of corruption. The siege ended when Martin agreed to investigate their charges that county officials were involved in drug dealing and murder a task Force found no evidence to sup port the claims a Federal jury acquitted them in octo Ber of hostage taking charges but they were indicted by a Robeson count grand jury in december. Jacobs fled to new York and tried to tale Refuge at the Onondaga Indian reservation near Syracuse. Hatcher who fled to Idaho was arrested Friday by the Fri after seek Refuge at the soviet consulate in san Francisco. ,
