European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 23, 19b9 the stars and stripes Page s consultant pleads guilty in Dod bribery Alexandria. A a a defense consultant who played a Central role in the Pentagon purchasing scandal pleaded guilty monday to bribing a Navy offi Cial to obtain classified information about multimillion Dollar contracts William a Parkin ft5, entered he pleas before . District judge Claude Hilton nine Days after he was Hoopii Pliml for what sources said was an overdose of pills. He was scheduled 10 go on iria april 3 wild four. Other defendants. " " Parkin s pita bargaining arrangement was the latest in the government s investigation into the Pentagon s $ 150 Hillinn-3-Vear procurement system. No one has been tried yet in the Case which was launched in j unc 1986, guilty Parkin responded three limes in a soft voice when ilium asked him Itow he pleaded. The bearded businessman standing next to his attorney Gerard Treanor of. Looked Down most of the time. Parkin pleaded guilty to bribing a Public official conspiracy to defraud the United states and wire fraud. In  his pleas the government dropped older charges against him. He also agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. Parkin who worked in the Navy s joint cruise mis Sile project from 1977 until 1983. Faces a maximum of 25 years in jail and fines of up to $750,000. Hilton set sentencing for june3, . Attorney Joseph Aronica said he was pleased with Parkin s plea on Friday. Stuart e. Berlin the nary official Parkin admit cd bribing pleaded guilty in the Case As did Tele Dyne electronics of Newbury Park Calif a company that had agreed to pay Parkin 1160,000 for his help in obtain ing a contract. Tale sync electronics a division of Tele Dyne industries actually turned Over about $30.000 to i Arkin Between november 1985 and May 19ss. In court documents prosecutors outlined How Par Kin and tiled Erie officials discussed having Parkin help inc  a $24 million contract for hand held transponder test sets. The test sets Check the equipment thai helps identify whether a plane flying nearby is a Friend or  the sync agreed to pay Parkin the consultant reached an agreement with Berlin consultant Fred i Jokn or and former Tel Dyne official Michael Savaidis to have Berlin provide information crucial to the contract. Let Ckner s role was to acl As a go Between for Par Kin and Berlin so that they would not Deal directly with Inch  prosecutors said. Berlin a supervisory Engineer at the naval space and warfare come was to provide information and whatever influence he. Could on procurement the papers said. Tel Dyne was awarded the contract in june 19r7. Prosecutors also said i Arkin was involved in another Deal in which Hartline corp of Grei Lawn. N.y., agreed to pay him for information the company wanted in order to obtain a contract for radar is.". Sets.  has pleaded Juliy agreed to give Parkin $2,000 a month by tween october. 1986 an March 1987. If the company won inc contract i Arkin was to get cipher $30, or $50,000, depending on whether or not the company was a single source of the contract As Well As $5,000 a month for a year. Venus miss on May Tell us More afo ouf earn i space Center Houstonia Dent tha Ard and Mark Loci Pilot Ronald grata and commander David Walker. Even in nuke disaster irs won t forget Washington a it will take something More than a nuclear attack to wipe out Jour obligations to the internal. Revenue service. However an addition to  Revenue manual which is supposed to guide the conduct of All irs employees acknowledges thai Lav collection might suffer if the bar ii is dropped. Once the emergency is Over the manual declares operations will be concentrated on collecting inc taxes which will produce the greater Revenue  irs  Hunter said monday that the new Section tided National emergency operations was  to the manual in response to a directive to government departments from the Federal emergency manage meet Agency. The two Page policy statement is dated dec. 14.1988. In the event of a National emergency especially resulting from nuclear attack the primary function of the service is 10 support the Secretary of inc Treasury the manual states this support As a minimum will con Sist of analysing and reporting upon emergency tax legislation prescribing regulations and forms issuing rulings and technical information of an Emer gency Natucci within 30 Days after an. Attack timer Geney the Agency would expect to re sume  collecting taxes at i Tot Tini Catlie manual states Many employees might find themselves reassigned to  essential functions regard less of and without any effect on the cur rent positions or grades of the employ  on the premise that the Coll Clion of delinquent a counts would a nos adversely affected and in Many cases would be it pos Lyle in a disaster area the service will concentrate on the collection. Of current Tases the manual says., Lio Wever in areas where the tax paying potential is Susian itally unimpaired enforced collection of Delin quell accounts will be  new York tightens controls on pit bulls new York a the City is get Ting Tough on the pugnacious pit Bull terriers barring the bread from taking u p future residence and requiring photos and la Loos of those already Here. The. Board of health adopted a health Cade  monday thai requires that All pit bulls be registered spayed or neutered and identified by photographs and tattooing the regulations which go into of feel in 30 Das also require thai the animals be muzzled whenever in arc is any potential Contact with inc Public that they be on n Leash when outside the owner s her hand that signs be posted on inc premises Indi Cating the presence of a pit Bull. The terriers which were original bred to Bailie bulls for sport have been known to turn on humans without warn ing and Bik or Maul Chni. Registration of All pit bulls with the City department of health must Lake place before oct i and owners must have proof of liability insurance of All easts 100,000. Unregistered pit bulls can to Sci de and owners May face fines of up to s50u a Day said department spokesman Barry Adkins. Magellan is to reach Venus on aug. 10, 1990.-swooping Inlo orbit to begin 743 Days of mapping the entire surface of the planet with High Resolution radar. Venus is our closest neighbor in terms of space Moss and size  said planetary science is very important to learning How the Earth evolved and  going on Here. Venus is an other data Point. We worry Aho Iii inc. Greenhouse effect Here on Earth. Magel Lan could Tell us if there arc any parallels Between Earth and  although each and Venus were almost identical at the beginning of the solar sys tem some 4.6 billion years ago they evolved very did Cryn i by. Today Venus has a surface temperature of 900 degrees and is shrouded in a Cloudy atmosphere Mary Cleave a Mission specialist on. Next month s Mission said Magellan s radar images could show whether Venus has shifting  plates similar to those that sometimes cause earthquakes. Heine a civil Engineer and inters cd in the design of buildings that could withstand earthquakes i  to know  plate be clinics she said. Deci Iusco Iberi is no water on Venus the radar can look Al the entire planet und this might help us understand plate tectonics on  Magellan Aho would answer questions about the extent of volcanic activity on Venus and whether the planet Ever had oceans. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago  29. 1949 while being sworn in As Secretary of defense at inc Pentagon Louis a. Johnson pledged that in c United Stales would Massri ails maximum strength to discourage any . 30 years ago today. March 29, 1959 reports reach ing India indicated thai unrest in Lhasa inc capital of Tibet was increasing in Defiance of the communists who de posed the Dalai Lama 20 years ago foday. March 29, 1969 former presi ded i Eisenhower who led the allies to victors in Europe in world War ii Daedal Waller Reed army medical Center in Washington after a Long illness. To years ago today March 29. 1979 a water pump used to Cool inc. Reactor at the three m Ilc. Island nuclear Power Plant in Pennsylva Nia broke Down and authorities said ionic radiate in steam escaped before the building could be scaled