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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday. May 13.1989 former Tel Edyne official sentenced fined Alexandria. A. I i a for Mer Tel Edyne electronics executive was Gison a six month jail sentence and s8.1i3 in fines  a for his role in a scheme to bribe a Navy Engineer who leaked confidential contract data to the California company. . District judge Claude Milton said he would allow Michael Savaidis who lost his composure in a Brief plea for leniency. 10 serve half the sentence in a Community Type institution How Ever because of the defendant s cooperation with prosecutors in the Mas Sive Federal probe of defense Industry corruption. Savaidis pleaded guilty Jan. 6 to conspiracy to commit bribery for his role in the scheme that has led to convictions of eight other individuals As Well As Tele Dyne s Parent. Tel Edyne industries inc. And the Haze Olinc corp. The prosecutions were the first in the sweeping government investigation of Pentagon procurement fraud code named operation Iii wind which is expected to result in do ens of court cases. Frank my a lawyer for Savaidis told the judge his client was lured into the scheme in which two Tel Edyne consultants Cal rated a  fee from the company with boasts that they could Wield influence with Navy Engineer Stuart Berlin because of Berlin s Friend ship with one of the consultants. It s very easy to take advantage of that kind of relationship. All of a sudden you realize that you re in something and you Don t know How to get out of it Mroz said. Assistant . Attorney Joseph Aroni Ca supported Savaidis bid for a lighter sentence saying that when the scandal broke june 14, 1988, he was one of the few who was willing to cooperate even at thai time with the  Savaidis seemed genuinely remorse  Aronica said and his cooperation helped Lead to guilty pleas from Berlin and consultants Fred Lackner and Wil Liam Parkin who had agreed to give Sav aides a share of the $ 150,000. Savaidis whose wife recently delivered a baby told the judge. I stand be fore you with great humility and embarrassment. I admit i made a mistake a big  then after saying he had suffered he broke Down in tears and said i can t go  Hilton who relaxed Federal sentencing guidelines for Savaidis. Also ordered him to serve two years of supervised prison release. Home is where the food is two baby Robins Crane their necks for food just like Noil Eliahy Robins everywhere. But the hungry pair s nest is unusual. Mama Robin sol up Gnu wet Pink in a Flower Mil base the porch of a Junction cily. Kan., Home. Detroit school for disabled accused of child slavery a Kikot a school officials have slopped As signing  disabled students to scrub floors at the Homes of teachers and principals alter two mothers filed a lawsuit calling inc practice child  Jan Duicie superintendent Michael Williamson on thursday criticised using school officials Homes but defended the housecleaning chores and said they were part of a legitimate Job training program. I think there was an error in judgment made in using teachers and principals Homes because it leaves us open to exploitation by the Public and inc press Williamson said. Sandra Adkins and Laura Murphy filed a lawsuit wednesday in Wayne county circuit court claiming that they never gave permission for their disabled Chil Dren to be used in child  the lawsuit asks the court to end housekeeping training unless the students receive parental Permis Sion and arc paid minimum wage. The women say their daughters had to clean floors at the Homes of teachers and principals. The Madison school of the Wyandotte District has 183  disabled students from 14 de troit area school districts. The students Are sent to a number of Sites for Job training and Williamson said housekeeping is Par of the training. Adkins and Murphy said they had Given permission Only for their children to receive training in a clothing store. Lizul Williamson and Madison principal Cricri Kodrich said All parents were notified in writing thai their children might work at dil Terem Sites if another Stu Dent missed school. The mothers said they never received such notice. "1 never would have agreed to  said Adkins whose 15-year-old child is retarded. She goes to school to learn to function As an adult not to clean the principal s  Are supposed to be learning for future pm playability said Richard a. Neaton the mothers  the parents told us they did t want their kids to go we honoured those parents  Kodrich said. The lawsuit came As a total Shock. I have nothing to defend. What we do is  the Madison program was defended by Patricia Mauser executive director of the association for retarded citizens. Grim tale told about Indian Oil royalties Washington a a Cheyenne Arapaho woman choking Back tears told a Striate committee Friday that she lost her Home and two children because her royalties from federally managed Oil Wells stopped without explanation. Mary Limpy. Speaking before a special investigating committee of the Senate select committee on Indian affairs said she is living in an abandoned House in Oklahoma City and lost custody of her two youngest children because she could not pay her Bills. The checks were Small but she used them to support her family said Limpy who is disabled from polio and ineligible for welfare programs As Long As she is on the Oil Royalty Rolls. Her three Wells Are managed by the Bureau of Indi an affairs but when she went to the Agency to find out Why her checks stopped they could not help her she told the committee. Limpy is part of a Federal class action lawsuit charging that the government is not living up to its Trust responsibilities to indians with Oil Well interests attorney Steve Moore said. That lawsuit has been held under advisement of a judge for 2 / years Moore said. On thursday the chairman of the special commit tee sen. Dennis Deconcini a Ariz announced that the Navajo Indian nation May be owed As much As $5 million in Back taxes from companies that have Pur chased Oil from its property. The committee discovered the tax error during its investigation of Oil theft and royalties underpayment by companies doing business on Indian land. Deconcini said it appears that taxes owed the Nava Jos have been miscalculated for eight years. Let me make Clear that we have found no evidence that the Oil companies themselves intentionally mis slated the amount of taxes paid or even that the Oil companies were the source of the possible misinformation Deconcini said. He said the committee alerted the tribe and will assist it in making the correction needed to collect the Money and ensure the problem in t repeated. Marine sergeant demoted fined for aids cover up Camp Lejeune . A a Marine sergeant was demoted this past week to Corporal and lined $600 for not disclosing during a Denlay visit that he had tested positive for the aids virus. Sgt. John j. Roantes 29, pleaded guilty. Roantes was accused of exposing a dental hygienist to the aids virus last year. Witnesses said they feared for their lives when blood tainted saliva sprayed around the room As the hygienist cleaned ins Teeth prosecutors said Roantes failure to Tell inc hygienist put her in danger of contracting the virus because she did not take the additional precautions called for when treating a patient who May have aids. Bui or. Jack Stuart Rosenburg head of the Lambda denial Center in new York testified that she was in absolutely no   
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