European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes Friday March 24,1989sorry abuses reported in c-5 kit buys a the air Force s pure a a fj68 million in crash damage kits Tor its  involved Ever 1 sorry facet Antn Fain in  including a connect of Ime violation and vastly overpriced parts a congressman said. The general accounting office con grew  Arm found that Lockheed aeronautical systems co. Hired a retired air Force colonel shortly after he negotiated a Pentagon contract with the defense contractor to buy the crash damage kits. The review also found thai Amon. Prices ure heed  for items in the 6,6qft0l?f kit were$229.94 for a Noel Fri size Washer and 1211.13 for iridis Jong Shim a Metal this order involves virtually every sorry facet of defense contracting said rep. John Dingell d-mich., chairman of news nets the House Energy and Commerce sub. Committee on oversight and investigations. We have a costly acquisition pro with no justification a Clear con Stit test the revolving door apparent fra09%m&gcous prices overpricing and a  of civilian control of  -rf"8gao official  told he  air Force col.  did not comply maj visions in 8 conflict of interest requiring that he report his employ ment contracts and disqualify himself from procurement functions involving  bill1981 _. Said the air Force needed the kits needed the Money to Purchase them and specified that the contractor should be Lockheed. One month later Diferdinando Mathis first Contact with the com employment. Dingell Sai i or farce office of  notified the sub pm mice that a criminal investigation the colonel for conflict of interest was Jinja St thursday. Tree asked the Gao to look into the  logistics Center s inn Ilii i ill iln1 i Lam ii in Villi Gabon that Diford Inanda violated to Flint of inheres a Laws during the procure ment process. According to a Gao chronology Diferdinando initiated acquisition of the crash damage kits requesting funding for 147 kits. Less than a month later the colonel requested an application for employment at Lockheed. Diferdinando retired from the air Force on july 1,1986, and on dec. 2, 986, Tahtak loss pcs can tar issued its stat Raffl of the kits at an estimate disc of $44,6 million. Less than three weeks later Lockheed offered Diferdinando a Job and on feb. 2, 1987, the colonel reported for work in Lockheed s International marketing division  Gao concluded that Diferdinando failed to comply with a Pentagon re quirk mint that an individual promptly report contacts Wilh a contractor or Dis qualify himself or herself if required Todo so. A we did not find any Chi Icale hat his actions regard ing the pure Ihfe of the kits were influenced by employment the Gao said  spokesman dirt Martin contacted by Telephone Al the company s Headquarters in Marietta a said there was nothing improper in inc manufacturer s crash damage kit contract with the air Force. German commits suicide after killing Paderborn West 54-year-old West germ of his family in a Row of himself As police storm had earlier been hold police spokesman said Manfred Becker a Programmer on to Fother in Law to death elderly relative s Hou Germany the spokes he also said Beckerink Taw s House where lives with a double a Becker shot and i Terrin Law and their relatives managed to he spokesman said. Crack police co grenades thai Ler stormed the House by 2 and 4, who were a the House Becker to and committed Suici 4 relatives Germany up a n kilted four members t inheritance Ihnn shot the House in which he the four hostages a conc Day unemployed computer beat his 92-year-Oldh an Iron bar in the near Pader Borrini West said. Ien drove to his brother Threa Ienco several rela cd Shotgun. J his brother in Law Sis ugh or after one of his ipe and Alert the police Jos using special smoke rarely blinded Becker freed two children aged armed. As police entered Jed the weapon on himself ported cargo Jet crash soil a a Boeing 707 Iran Airport and exploded Lis tumbling through a Hill Aid is people died include d. And about 200 were in. Veah infant born moments killed in tuesday s crash actor said believed at least 20 people the enormous wreckage left virtually levelled the Small i be Niiha of inside Gearul so Paulo. Plane flying from the City of manaus was a it ional Airport at guard los  mile Short of the run 18 deaths in Braziliar guard los cargo Jet crashed sending Flam ing i Side slum. Officials ing All three on Jurod. Doctors tried Toj after his Mother Al but the boy died a j rescuers said it were still trapped by the aircraft we. Shantytown of jaw hos 15 Miles from the trans Brasil Northwestern Jung preaching the into when in crashed of Way the airline Jay no one h it when bomb goes off Orfeide Berlin store Berlin api a bomb exploded Earl wednesday in the audio parts Section of West Berlin s largest department store but no one was injured police Aid. In a statement issued to reporters police said damage was limited to an Interior Wall and a 40- Square Yard area of me Kaiewe department store s fourth. Floor. Further details were not Given. Police said investigators were examining the composition of the bomb. Europe s envoys crawling Back disgraced Khomeini tells Iran Nicosia Cyprus a Ayatollah Ruhollah Kho Meini reacting to the possible return of european diplomats to Iran said wednesday they would come Back disgraced by their governments actions Over the Sal Man Rushdie affair Tehran radio reported. The 12-Nalion european economic Community re called its senior diplomats from Tehran Iran a month ago to protest Khomeini s Call for moslem to kill Rushdie the author of the Best Selling the satanic  but the dec said monday members were free to return i hair envoys o the iranian capital. Britain meanwhile said wednesday it will Deport nine More iranians including two former employees of the iranian embassy in London unless they leave voluntarily by Chi week. And prime minister Margaret Thatcher and her for eign Secretary reasserted Britain s determination not to restore lies with Iran until death threats to Rushdie and his publishers were revoked. State run Tehran radio monitored in Nicosia quoted Khomeini As saying the dec envoys would be returning humiliated disgraced and abject regretting what they  it was not immediately known which envoys if any had returned. Government officials in the Netherland said the nation s ambassador won t return before Sun Day Khomeini issued his death threat against Rushdie an Indian bom British citizen on feb. 14, and iranian clerics put a $5.2 million Bounty pit his head. Theauthor since has been in hiding in Britain. Iran broke diplomatic relations with Britain March 7 after Britain refused to ban the satanic verses Many moslem say the novel is blasphemous. Khomeini who has portrayed he West s defense of the Book As a Campaign against islam on wednesday called on iranians to endure economic hardship to transform islam into a world Force. He acknowledged that Iran s estimated.55 million people were burdened by inflation Anil shortages but said our people Hare themselves chosen this path and they shall pay is Price too breaking the Back of Eastern and Western culture is not possible without  would accept . Troops  a a senior palestinian offi Cial said wcdnes7ta Lepolo would accept the deploy ment of u.5. Forces in Fitts i occupied West Bank and Gaza strip for a transition att no Jef Israel with draws from the territory. Bassani Abu Sharif adviser and spokesman Lor a sting liberation Urga Bizalion chief Yasseri lard in a Telephone interview from tunjgj�tn1il Ameri can troops could help oversee Freud felons in an inde pendent palestinian slate., Arafat arid  have often called forthe  nations forces in the West Bank aaa sea to supervise an israeli withdrawal provide so curly for palestini Tittl oversee elections a democratic . Israel has rejected thai and the  trading land for peace comments wednesday apparently the first time the Plo has proposed american rather than . I Sharif made his remarks As the . Amassa Ljusja Robert poll Cureau met with Plo Oft i also pm irrow maj Brogue that began in december. In Washin Gionti stale department official said the Flo has not requested . Forces in the israeli occupied territories during its talks with . Officials. The state department official spoke on condition of anonymity. Blast from Page 1 the la Jolla area of san Diceo aul homilies Are investigating if the attack was terrorist retaliation for the Vincennes mistaken destruction of an iranian jetliner in the persian Gulf last july. All 290 aboard were killed. A total of $27,000 is being offered for information in the Case $25,000 from an Anonymous san Diego Developer $1,000 from crime stoppers and $1,000 from the Vincent or ctr. The videotape is being created with the cooperation of he Fri the Lead Agency in the investigation plus naval investigative Sevicca arid local authorities Cartmill said. Threat from Aga v March 17, in arrived at the knights Ridge London of laces of International aviation Security a company owned by trans world  the paper primed part of the memorandum. It read threat information. Received 17.03.1989 fro Faa. Subject hijacking  3 lebanese palestinians May iry to Hijack a . Airliner in Europe possible names Jamet hah mud valid Muhammed Ahmed Muhammad . Alias passports Bahrain Pakistan North Yemen possible genuine forged or altered.  the report came during a debate Over whether air lines were properly informed about a new Type of bomb before pan am right 103 blew up dec. 21 Over Lockerbie Scotland killing 270 people