European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes sunday july 8,1990 by the los Angeles times. Washington a the Blavo said Friday that 34 japanese companies and. Individuals have been suspended from doing business with the . Military As a result of a bid rigging scandal at a . Navy base in Japan. 0 the suspensions called debarment Range from one year to three years and affect All department of defense contracts. The suspensions culminated an ii visual investigation begun in 1986 by the naval investigative service into construction contracts at the Navy base in Yokosuka Japan. With the help of an informant Nis investigators uncovered evidence that a Large number of japanese firms had entered into an informal association the a Nfn ends of the stars a to Rig bids on contracts at the base. The results led the japanese fair Trade commission to conduct its own investigation which concluded that 140 companies had participated in the scheme. The finding was a rare Public acknowledgement of the japanese construction Industry a collusive bidding practices known As  the department of Justice filed a civil suit in Japan against the companies claiming that the scheme inflated costs by 25 percent on 250 contracts. So far 129 of the companies have settled and paid $34 million in reparations. Negotiations Are continuing with ii companies. A the debarment Are going to help tremendously by showing that we really mean business Quot said a Law enforcement official involved in the investigation. A we believe similar things have been going on at army and air Force bases in Japan and  Stuart m. Gerson assistant attorney general in charge of the civil division acknowledged several months ago that another bid rigging inquiry was under Way in Japan. He said that the Success of the Yokosuka lawsuit had spurred additional contract reviews worldwide. The suspensions were imposed on eight japanese companies five of their affiliates and 21 top company executives according to the Navy. The eight Parent companies were identified As Goyo Ken Setsu Kab Ushiki Kaisha Mamoru Ken Setsu co. Ltd. Saito Enki Shokrai co. Ltd. Yanazaki Sango co. Ltd. Zaishin Kogiyo co. Ltd. Nishimatsu Ken Setsu co. Ltd. Takenori co. Ltd. And Mabuchi Ken Setsu co. Ltd. All Over to use Pompano Beach Fla. Apr police Here have been authorized to use stun guns As an alternative to nightsticks but there a a catch a any officer who wants to use the device has to get zapped first to know what its like. Forty Pompano Beach officers have signed up for a six hour course on the use of the electric weapon. The officers Are responsible for buying their own stun guns which Cost an average of about s150, petting zapped is the last part of the course and on Friday officers of All sizes yelled and crumpled helplessly to the ground when they were touched with the stun gun and the electricity hit their Muscles. A a it a really a convincer a officer Bill Butler said after he experienced it. A a it a like something really biting into you a a it Hurt. A lot Quot said officer Kathy Konieczka. After being zapped officers said they would not hesitate to use the guns As a last resort in place of physical restraint. A a Nightstick will injure someone Quot Butler said. A convincer officer Ken Holland who is in charge of the training program said the stun guns Are completely Safe. But there Are precautions a an officer must Stop the current As soon As the subject Falls and they Are forbidden to place the device on a persons head face or Groin. Twelve officers carried the guns during a Pilot program that began in february. The weapons have been used 12 times with no complaints and no injuries Holland said. A fall were violent or potentially violent situations a he said we had no allegations of abuse or use of excessive  the weapons Shock is supposed to do nothing More than Render a person defenceless for a few seconds. A it has nothing to do with your brain or heart a police spokeswoman Sandra King said. A your Muscles will go Limp for a couple of  and use of the guns will be strictly monitored. A any time the officer takes it out or shows it to someone they have to fill out a Long form explaining Why they pulled it out Quot King said. Long on love Plim Howard of the West roller hockey team gets a kiss from his wife Beatriz during a break in practice Friday for the 10th olympic festival in Minneapolis. The 6-Fbom Plim met the 5-foot-2 a a a Riz a in world championships in october 1989 and they married last february. And that a no tall tale. Airborne Wor veterans drop in on . Reunion Washington Tay it _ Washington apr former paratrooper Chuck Beckman watched and remembered saturday us a group of Modem army airborne troops marched past him in combat dress their backs straight jaws out and berets cocked just so. Quot we were Tough Quot he said a but i done to know if we were4 that Tough a Beckman from Southern Pines w.c., was one of several thousand former paratroopers who gathered in Washington Over the weekend and held a Parade saturday to Mark the 50th anniversary of America s airborne military. Former paratroopers from world War ii like Beckman As Well As those from the korean and Vietnam wars and the periods in Between and since also took part. Some marched and others chose to watch. Alex Madsen 69, of Solvang calif., watched from a Park Bench with a Friend from the old Days . Bennett 73, of Sun City Ariz a you know we be spent a lot of Money just to come to a Bull session a Madsen joked. Both were members of the army she co 507th airborne regt and both parachuted into Normandy on a Day 1944, they also parachuted at the Rhine crossing in 1945, and Madsen wore his paratroopers wings bearing a pair of stars one for each combat drop. There were veterans from All periods but the world War u crowd the original paratroopers were most in evidence they marched together with what was left of their old regiments. The brass was also there. Retired Gen. William a Westmoreland who was  no Jary ctr Nio Iander m Vietnam from 1964 to 1968, received the marching men s salutes at a reviewing stand. Only 13 Gray haired men marched with the original 501st Parachute in which was formed in 1940. In other groups some Rode in wheelchairs or walked on crutches and some wore what they could of their old uniforms. A a it a air conditioned a one marching Veteran said to the crowd tugging at the jacket that no Onger met in the Middle. I he All Black 555th in also marched. Charles Mccloud 63, of Philadelphia became a member of the 555th in 1946, volunteering after a year in Germany with army intelligence. He served until 1950, and recalled when the order to integrate came in 1948. The battalion combined with another unit. A it was just on paper Quot he said. A we stayed in the same place at fort Bragg. We just changed the patches on our  paratroopers have always been a close kit group in a Way that transcended boundaries of race or rank he said Quot i done to care whether its a general or a private today we All just say a How you doing trooper a Quot Mccloud said. There were old jeeps trucks even a restored staff car a All privately owned. Guju pm Onva Seiy owner Calif to resume controversial me Fly Oravina .i.9anslrs./at, t&Quot.1110 a plans to resume attorneys presented the findings of their Ana Ivcic a los Angeles apr the state plans to resume Aerial spraying of the pesticide malathion to eradicate Mediterranean fruit flies this week despite a study that says the material contains toxic heavy metals. State officials say their tests show there a no threat to Public health. Helicopters will Spray a 14-Square-Miie area of in s Angeles on thursday state officials said. The spraying was scheduled for last week but was delayed after City attorneys presented the findings of their analysis. The Mediterranean fruit Fly also called the me Fly Tan destroy hundreds of varieties of fruits and vegetal pm 15 c.0ijsidered a serious threat to the states Multi Ilion Dollar agriculture Economy. Relea a councilman Joel Wachs found that samples of malathion contained excessive Levels of Lead Nickel and chromium. Wachs said the Rtse nce of the metals violated strict state limits on i scr substances and would seek a temporary restraining order Gamst the spraying monday. Th7daii,?Ries in Tust a calif., conducted los angles a Ysis malathion for the City of _ state less of the same samples found no dangers Levels or heavy metals state officials countered. Pc Viown was ordered after a single female me Fly was found near dodger stadium