European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 11, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page Hughes aircraft co. Admits guilt in theft of Pentagon documents by the Washington Post Washington a Hughes aircraft co., a general motors c Orp. Subsidiary that is the Natoni a fifth largest defense contractor pleaded guilty in Federal court Friday to two counts of illegally acquiring and distributing secret. Long Range military budget reports in 1984. Hughes acquired by pm in late 1985, agreed to pay the government $3.57 million in related civil and criminal fines and $50,000 in reimbursement for the Cost of the investigation. The company which had $3 billion in defense contracts during fiscal 1989, was the third contractor convicted in a operation uncover a a Federal investigation into a network of corporate executives who obtained and traded sensitive budget documents prepared by the department of defense. Boeing co. Pleaded guilty to similar charges in november in connection with a document distribution scheme run by Richard Lee Fowler a former marketing executive who was convicted of 39 criminal charges for trafficking in secret military reports to several defense contractors. The Hughes plea agreement states that the government had no evidence that company employees bribed Public officials or that the documents a were used by Hughes to obtain or to perform any defense  Richard Dore spokesman for Hughes said a the government suffered no financial loss because of this. Even the government agreed that no Money changed hands in the dealing of the  Dore added that Hughes had conducted its own probe and reported its findings to the defense investigative service. The trafficking in the reports a was wrong and cannot be  Dore said. Assistant . Attorney Randy 1. Bellows told . District judge James c. Cacheris in suburban Alexandria va., that Frank j. Caso a former Hughes employee secured the budget reports a from employees of other  Caso a retired Hughes marketing employee has not shots fired at greyhound bus in Ohio by the associated press shots were fired Friday at a greyhound bus in Ohio and striking Drivers organized memorial services at some terminals around the country for a colleague who was killed on the picket line. A bus carry ing 29 passengers was hit by three shots from a passing car in Central Ohio authorities said. No injuries were reported in the shooting on interstate 71 about,25 Miles Southwest of Columbus. A a it a under investigation. We done to have any suspects Quot said capt. Richard Rucker of the Ohio Highway patrol. Greyhound spokeswoman Elizabeth Hale said the bullets hit the left Side of the bus striking a window near the Driver hitting the vehicle above the baggage bin and damaging another window near the rear. Hale said the bus was operated by a a River from a company that is helping greyhound during the strike. Union spokesman Jeffery Nelson said did a memorials for Bob waterhouse will i narc la crushed him against a 11 in Redding calif., on March 3, were cou3nyr0lllicialsi the amalgamated to a greyhound la Cal unions. Resents set cd Council which rep-3000 nor.  and More than Nance was Ryhr und s off be and Monte a inv. Well on strike March 2 the in Man 10 each a8reement with fade in 0ii-a the acc year contract. Week with in 1 al0js Are t0 meet this a tics in an to a company represent Olhs m an Effort to end the strike. Zaccaro verdict upheld by court apr Elf r Al to the ver a j r1 ra5 up held the a Quot son of for Zaccaro  da/��3�,3vlisi.0n re leased for res attorneys hot h i  by Zacca pcs Sig and conviction for pos rcvcrs"d3g� 58sncr0?1ain she uld be Zaccaro ends of ill Cal search. H0llewas iia5 Dent a Middlebury jew after so find i0�?T i986 at his an undercover Vern world of cocaine to Browns Quot 11 slatctr��per-? sentenced in Vic cd it a april 1988 prison. He or Iii it non it to five years in jij1- 1.fiousc Arres m7cd the acc months 1500 hours oin a cd More Loi Community service doctor got $ 1.35 million in settling aids lawsuit new York apr a physician who claims she got aids from a contaminated Needle will receive $1.35 million in a negotiated settlement of her lawsuit charging the Hospital where she worked with negligence a judge said Friday. Or. Veronica Prygo 32, will receive two thirds of the award or $900,000, when it is paid by the City of new York in about two weeks. The remainder will go to the lawyers who represented her. She said she would use the Money to help her family and to provide for her medical expenses in a a the Tough Days  in her lawsuit Prygo contended she had developed aids after puncturing her Finger with a contaminated Needle carelessly left amid soiled refuse on a patients bed at the City owned Kings county Hospital. After a trial that lasted More than two months prego unexpectedly agreed to the out of court settlement on thursday As the jury was scheduled to hear closing arguments. Judge Aaron d. Bernstein originally ordered the participants in the suit not to disclose the amount of the settlement but reversed his order after the new York Post sued to have the settlement unsealed. The judge said he had issued the gag order to spare Prygo the embarrassment of being questioned by reporters about Why she settled for such a seemingly Small sum. Quot it was something that touched a chord with or. Prego. She did t want people to think that the value of the Case was that  Bernstein said. Quot i did t want or. Prego to be questioned about the reason she took that amount of Money when she sued for so much  he said. Prygo initially sought $175 million when she sued the City health and hospitals corp. And two physicians but the figure was later removed from the lawsuit filed two years ago. Bernstein said he considered the agreement a fair Quot and said prego reluctantly agreed to Settle because she did t want the Case to be tied up in the courts any longer. Hospitals corp. Lawyers had said they would Appeal if the jury found for prego. And an Appeal could take two years or More. During the trial. Pregot a personal physician said she might have less than a year to live. Quot it s our belief they played hardball with a dying woman a one of prego s lawyers. Susan m. Karten said. Quot in a Happy for her its Over. I m relieved. In a just sorry for what she went  she said Prygo was ready to Settle for a lesser sum before filing her suit two years ago. But the City refused. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. March 11, 1950 a three members of the soviet politburo said the achievement of world peace was Mankind a greatest objective. 30 years ago today. March 11, 1960 a under criticism for accepting hospitality from a radio Televik Ston executive acc chairman John c. Doerfer resigned his Post in order to spare president Eisenhower Quot possible  20 years ago today. March 11, 1970 a capt. Ernest l. Medina commander of the infantry company that assaulted my Lai South Vietnam two years earlier was charged with four counts of murder in connection with the deaths of civilians. 10 years ago today. March 11, 1980 a Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini said the United nations commission could question american hostages but said the panel would not be allowed to Sec All the captives unless it issued its report from Iran. Been charged. Hughes plea statement says that one former Hughes employee a has been informed that he or she is a target of this  also Friday two former executives of the Connecticut based Norden systems inc. Were sentenced in Alexandria for their involvement in a conspiracy to buy confidential military information that would help the company compete for a $ 100 million militia v communications contract. A . District judge Claude m. Hilton sentenced James e. Rapinac. Of Huntington. Conn. To six months in a hallway House and fined the former Norden vice president $5,000. C. Jack Richardson of Stratford. Conn. Was sentenced to five months in a Halfway House. Norden did not win the government contract which was to design part of a Marine corps radar command and ground control system. The sentences were part of the "111 wind Quot investigation of Pentagon procurement fraud. Glitch causes More delays in tax refunds Washington apr in the second reported foul up within a week the internal Revenue service said 1 Bidav that processing of 171.000 Federal tax refunds has been delayed a week because of a faulty computer tape. On tuesday the irs said 53.000 electronic returns and As main As 200.000 paper returns sent to the c Cincinnati and Memphis centers were defined two weeks because of a breakdown in the transportation of several reels of computer tape. The latest incident Means 31.000 people who filed electronic returns and 141.000 who used paper forms will have to Wail an additional week for refunds. Irs Public affairs director Ellen Murple said. The returns were filed to the irs service Center in Ogden. Utah from 25 states in the Midwest and Northwest. The irs service Center computers that process returns cannot communicate with those at the Martinsburg. . Center where refunds Are certified. Tapes from the service centers must be mown to Washington National Airport and trucked from there to Martinsburg. The Ogden service Center tape containing data from returns filed in late february was shipped to Martinsburg. Where it was found to be faulty. A backup tape was received at Martinsburg within 24 hours. But Murple said refunds were delayed until the following week since processing is done on a weekly basis. Northwest Crew lose licenses due to drinking by the Washington Post Washington a the Federal aviation administration Friday revoked the licenses of three Northwest airlines Crew members charged with Hying from Largo. . To Minneapolis under the in 11 Renee of alcohol. The three Boeing 727 Crew members were taken into custody in Minneapolis thursday morning alter the a a received a tip that they had been drinking in the Fargo area wednesday night. A Northwest spokesman said there had been no irregularities during the Hight. Faa regulations prohibit drinking within eight hours of Hying a plane