European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday August 27. 1989 Boeing overcharged . On b-2 Complex report says Seattle up defense department auditors contend that Boeing overcharged the government by $19.9 million on a top secret facility housing b-2 stealth operations but the company on Friday denied the accusation. There is no truth at All to the allegations company spokesman Paul Binder said. There is just no Wayne would intentionally orc Bill or double Bill the government on something like this. It is something we simply would not the defense contract audit Agency in a report the Seattle Post intelligencer obtained from congressional sources Friday said Boeing s agreement to pay unreasonable costs for rent was costing taxpayers $9.7 Mil lion. The report said Boeing s lease agreement with saucy corp., a Seattle development company at 55 cents per Square foot is 16 cents a Square foot More than the aerospace company should have paid for the $40 Mil lion Complex Southwest of Boeing Field in Seattle. But Binder said the government was comparing the building which houses sophisticated technical operations with the going Price of warehouse space. There is an incorrect Assumption about what Simi Lar buildings would Cost Binder said. The govern ment has compared apples to oranges and come up with pears for the the government Agency and Boeing also disagreed Over construction loan interest charges and other fees As Well As on whether Boeing could show it picked saucy in a competitive bidding process. The company did admit that $105,531 in unallowable interest charges were billed to the government in to support its Contention saucy was picked fairly. Boeing submitted to the government a Chart showing Thad considered three other contractors for the Job. Developer David saucy said Friday that most of the disputed charges would have to be ironed out betwee Boeing and the government and did not involve him directly. However he addressed two Points $511.000 spent by Boeing to redo lighting the auditors said did not meet building specifications and $79,000 spent touring the building up to code. The report said Sabey s company should have paid for renovations to meet building code standards. A letter from Boeing that was included in the report said the company plans to seek reimbursement from saucy for some of the costs of bringing the development into compliance with building codes. But Boeing defended the lighting problems to the defense contract audit Agency saying the installations met the company s criteria but changes had to be made because of the equipment that had been installed in the buildings. Swing time at fair Ohio fair ours getting in a final ride on a giant swing Are silhouetted against the Bright summer sky. It was the last Day at the Ohio stale fair in Columbus last week. Atten dance at the 17-Day Hunt has expected to top 31 million. Stateside medical schools continue to slump in applicants Chicago a the number of medical school applicants has declined Tor the fourth straight year and scores on admissions tests Are Down slightly but there is no immediate threat to Quality medical care a re searcher has said. And while More women and minorities Are applying to medical schools there is room for improvement said Barbara Barzansky assistant director of the american medical association s division of under graduate education and co author of a new study inthe journal of the am a. The increasing diversity is encouraging Barzansky said. But there s a lot More especially in the area of minorities that needs to be while the number of freshmen increased slightly forthe first time since 1984, applications and total enrol ment still arc Down. Campbell soup closing four plants in three states Camden . Dpi Campbell soup co. Has announced plans to close four Domestic plants including the one in Camden where the company began 120 years ago. The closings approved by the Board of directors Are part of a worldwide restructuring that is expected to include the shutdown of five overseas plants. R. Gordon Mcgovern the company s president and chief executive officer said the restructuring Demon Strates Campbell s continued commitment to control costs and aggressively addresses weak spots in our manufacturing and distribution the closings in Camden Pocomoke City arid cars Field md., and Smyrna Tenn. Will eliminate 2,800 jobs the company said. Los Angeles tops 3 million in latest population study los Angeles a More than 300,000 people moved to the nation s second largest City during the first eight years of this decade putting its population at almost 3.3 million according to a study. The City planning department study said the population increased 10.9 percent and housing units went up 9.6 percent to 1.303,210 during that time meaning the average number of people living in each dwelling increased from 2.55 to 2.62. The estimates were based on a variety of data including information from the City s building and safety department said City planner Jeffrey acc Kerman. Statistics were Analysed from the april 1980 census to an october 1988 Sample by the department. Old Pine tree Cut Down for historical displays Donnelly. Idaho a a 9-foot-Diamctcr tree believed to be the world s tallest Ponderosa Pine has been Cut Down in a Central Idaho Forest producing a 112-foot log. The Pine which died three years ago was More than 500 years of the trunk with historical dates marked on its growth rings will go to Parks in Boise Donnelly and Pocatello Idaho and a botanical Garden in Dort Mund West 100 people watched when Claude and John Fields Brothers and professional loggers took about 75 minutes to drop the tree to the ground using special saw brought in from Eugene ore., with a 6-foot Blade. Ala. Court rules for lesser charge in aids bite Case Montgomery Ala. A a stale appeals court on Friday overturned the first degree assault conviction of an aids infect cd inmate who bit a prison guard but said there was enough Evi Dence to support a lesser assault charge. In a 4-1 ruling the Alabama court of criminal appeals said there was insufficient evidence to uphold Adam Brock conviction for first degree assault and the resulting 15-year sentence. But the judges said the facts supported a conviction on a lesser charge of third degree assault. The appeals court sent the Case Back to Limestone county circuit court for Brock to be sentenced for third degree assault a Misdemeanour punishable by a maximum of one year in jail. First degree assault is a felony involving the use of a deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument to cause serious physical injury. Brock. 31, is confined to a special unit at the Limestone correctional facility in Capshaw. Inmates infected with the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome arc incarcerated there. In january 1988, Brock scuffled with officer Jim Gates after Gates tried to remove prohibited Ink pens from Brock s cell. Brock bit Gates on the Arm. Three subsequent tests on Gates have showed no traces of the aids virus. Brock was charged with attempted murder in the first criminal Case in Ala Bama involving a bile by someone infected with the aids virus. A jury convicted him of a reduced charge of first degree assault. The appeals court in a ruling written by judge William Bowen said the state failed to prove that Brock used his Mouth and Teeth under circumstances highly capable of causing death or serious physical this court can not Lake judicial no Tice that biting is a Means capable of spreading aids. While aids May very Well be transmitted through a human bite there was no evidence 19 that effect at trial and w c do not believe that is established scientific fact the court court said however that the state did prove elements of assault in the third Alabama Law a person can be convicted of third degree assault if while trying to prevent an officer from per forming his or her duly the person causes physical injury to originally was sentenced to 12 years in prison in 1977 for robbery an buying and receiving stolen property in Jefferson county a police spokesman said
