European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I ii uhf i Ivy vim Iuchi i i Navy must pay $670,000 to 67 women in Bias Case Navy Secretary h. Lawrence Garrett Iii. May be fined for harassment by the Washington Post Washington . District judge Harold h. Greene ruling in a Case fiercely contested for 18 years on wednesday told the Navy to pay More than $670,000 in Back wages to 67 of its women employees who were victims of sex discrimination. The ruling came in a 1973 class action lawsuit in which female civilian employees at the Navy a computer operations Center in Washington charged that they were being paid less than their male counterparts and denied promotions that were Given to less qualified men. Greene a order in Trout is. Garrett gave Navy Secretary h. Lawrence Garrett Iii and assistant . Attorney Thomas s. Rees 25 Days to show Why they should not be fined for violating judicial rules against harassment and delaying litigation. Greene found the Navy guilty of sex discrimination in a 1981 ruling which was later upheld by the supreme court since then lawyers for the Justice department and the Navy a general counsel have contested the amount of Money the women should receive a sometimes Case by Case. A Long after the most recalcitrant private employers have accepted the principle that discrimination against women is not Only morally wrong but also illegal the Navy with assistance from department of Justice counsel has fought these women at every turn a Greene said in his ruling. A the Only reasonable explanation a he added �?o., is that they Are seeking to deter others who might consider complaining and litigating about sex discrimination by the Navy. That of course is  the decision was handed Down the same week that Yvonne Trout the Lead plaintiff in the Case is marking her retire meat from the Navy after a 27-year career. Until this week she was a supervisory computer analyst at Navy offices in Cheltenham my. A spokesman for the Navy declined comment. A spokesman for the . Attorneys office said the ruling was being reviewed a to see if an Appeal should be  Hatch ties to Bocci associate probed sources say  / am Ofa. A Washington apr sen. Orrin hatches Deal Ings with a businessman linked to the Bocci banking scandal and a Texas Developer Are being investigated by Law enforcement officials sources said. The Utah Republican was involved in business deals with Houston entrepreneur Munzer Hourani and met several times with Mohammed Hammoud a lebanese businessman connected with the Bank the sources said. The Bank of credit and Commerce International is at the Center of a worldwide scandal involving alleged drug Money laundering arms trafficking and support of terrorists. Founded by pakistanis As a third world Bank Bocci had $20 billion in assets and operated in 70 countries including the United states a before it was shut Down in july by regulators in several nations. Hammoud a Bocci shareholder operated As a key front for the outlaw Bank the sources said on condition that they not be identified. Abc news which reported tuesday night that Hatch was under scrutiny quoted Hourani As saying that Hatch once offered to help him get Money from Bocci. In a statement Hatch acknowledged that he did make a Telephone Call in 1990 a to facilitate the introduction of Hourani to Bocci. Hourani told me that Bocci declined to finance his real estate proposal a Hatch said. Hatch also released copies of a letter from a Justice department official telling Hatch that he is neither a subject nor a target of Bocci investigations by the department. In his statement Hatch said he had no financial interest in Bocci. He said he has told attorney general William Barr that All his files and financial records would be available for examination. Hatch acknowledged that he knew Hammoud and Hourani. But he maintained he did not know that Hammoud was involved with Bocci until he read a Magazine article last year. In february 1990, Hatch made a speech on the Senate floor staunchly defending by Cir a plea agreement with the Justice department in a Money laundering indictment in Tampa Fla. Although Bocci pleaded guilty to 31 felony charges Hatch told the Senate a there was no systematic Money laundering uncovered in the Bocci  Abc reported that hatches speech was written by Bocci attorneys. Hatch has explained that he defended the Bocci plea agreement partly at the request of his Friend Robert Altman who was a lawyer for Bocci at the time. Altman also was president of first american Banks arcs inc., a big Bank holding company the government says was secretly owned by Bocci. In the stars and stripes 10years ago nov. 29,1981 a after a two Day session which attacked Solidarity members for blocking government attempts to save Poland a sinking Economy the communist Central committee urged Poland a parliament to take tougher actions to halt labor strikes in Poland.20 years ago nov. 29,1971 a jordanian prime minister Wasfi Tell was assassinated in Cairo. Police arrested three men who they said belonged to the Black september movement formed to avenge the deaths of guerrillas during fighting Between palestinians and the jordanian army in september 1970. Apple protests loss of of contract awarded to 2 Small computer firms a. To la 17 i. Or a a i it n. _. 30years ago nov. 29,1961 a Ernie Davis a Syracuse University senior halfback was awarded the Heisman trophy. He was the first Black to be voted College football s player of the year since the Heisman trophy was established in 1935. 40years ago nov. 29, 1951 a a United nations order to fire Only when fired upon brought the ground War in Korea to a virtual halt along the 145-mile front temporarily Frozen by truce negotiations. By the new York times Austin Texas a Apple computer inc. Has protested the award of a billion Dollar air Force contract to two Small privately held companies. Under new procurement rules the contract known As desktop in was awarded last week to comp add corp., based in Austin and sys Orex information systems inc. Of Falls Church a. It Calls for the delivery of As Many As 300,000 desktop computers in the next three years along with related software peripheral equipment and support services. The contract was one of the first awarded under new Pentagon guidelines intended to Speed up procurement and allow the government to acquire current computer technology before it becomes obsolete. Requests for bids were made on july 3, and the contract was awarded on nov. 15. Apples protest was filed tuesday with the general services administrations Board of contract appeals. The other losing bidders have until monday to file their own protests or until tuesday to support apples. Officials at the air forces Standard systems Center at Gunter fab ala., where the contract was evaluated did not respond to requests for comment. Before the new regulations were initiated last May contracts required the government to discuss any questions about specific facets of the proposals with the bidders a process that insiders said could be As simple As a phone Call to Correct typing errors or so Complex that it required weeks of consultation. No such discussion was required for the desktop in contract. In the protest apples attorneys assert they were told by the air Force Center that Only comp add and sys Orex had submitted bids that would not have required discussion or clarification. The 20 other bidders were disqualified and were not asked to submit revised bids Apple contended. An official of one losing bidder speaking on condition of anonymity said his company like Apple later Learned it had been disqualified because of what he called a a immaterial problems in the initial bid. Robert a. Dornan vice president of Federal sources inc. Of Mclean va., a Market research and consulting firm specializing in government computer issues noted that this was the second air Force contract to be challenged under the new rules. The protest in the first Case involving 150 desktop computers Worth $300,000, was denied by the a say a appeals Board last month on the grounds the potential savings of $8,000 would have been outweighed by the Cost in time of holding discussions with bidders. War memorial sculptor sues to shirt Vendor Washington a the sculptor of the statue of three soldiers at the Vietnam veterans memorial filed a copyright violation suit wednesday against a veterans group that Sells to shirts carrying the statues picture. Sculptor Frederick e. Hart and the Vietnam veterans memorial fund a non profit group that raised donations to finance the statue sought a court order barring the veterans group Homecoming ii from using pictures of the memorial without permission. They also asked for an order impounding Allt shirts and photographs of the statue used by the veterans group its chairman Ted Samply and a newsletter he publishes the . Veteran news and report. Samply reached in Kinston n.c., said a a in be been waving the red Flag at them Long enough. In be been wondering when they were going to do  Samply acknowledged his group uses images of the statue without permission but added that other veterans groups do too. A i done to believe the copyright should be there a he said adding the statue a belongs to All Vietnam vets and not a select group a