European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 1, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page senators question Dod stockpile items include bathrobes made in 7 952 Washington apr take the headline grabbing Issue of the military a Stock of 1952 bathrobes mix in some partisan politics and the result Friday was a Lively congressional hearing Over inventory management. The Senate armed services committee examined the question of whether the defense departments $79.7 billion Stock of spare parts clothing medical and dental supplies and other items is excessive or merely extensive. The Issue has been the subject of More than 130 congressional studies Over the past 20 years but it captured More Public attention last month with a report on cd so a 60 minutes. A my Mother in Law called me from the West coast a said sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., chairman of the committee. Scenes of Yards filled with 130,000 tires and Ware houses with thousands of 40-year-old bathrobes the government tried to sell for 10 cents each highlighted the program. Nunn Frank Conahan of Congress general accounting office told the committee that the defense department has a got itself in an excess  Sean of Keefe the Pentagon a comptroller emphasized the importance of a Supply system that responds immediately to a military request. A the Yard full of tires shown on 60 minutes represented Only 45 Days of use during the Gulf War a said of Keefe but he added that the department is taking Steps to improve its system. The comptroller also provided the committee with a list of items the Pentagon has been forced to buy because of Congress. Those items include $62 million Worth of meals ready to eat t70 million Worth of boots although the inventory has 2.1 million and 133,000 tons of Coal for troops in Europe who will be heading Home. Senators and the two witnesses had sometimes heated exchanges Over the Gao recommendation that Congress appropriate $5 billion less for the inventory in the fiscal 1993 budget than last year. Of Keefe said the Pentagon has reduced $3.4 billion from last year but sen. Carl Levin d-mich., accused of Keefe of being insincere about the numbers. Sen. John Mccain r-ariz., questioned Why Cona hands balanced comments in his testimony did t match the harsh criticisms in his interview with the lbs program. In the stars and stripes 10years ago March 1,1982 a Wayne Williams continued to maintain his innocence after a jury of eight Blacks and four Whites convicted him of murdering two Young Black men in a reign of slayings that terrorized Atlanta a poor Black neighbourhoods for nearly two years. He was Given two life sentences. 20years ago March 1,1972 a president Nixon gave congressional leaders a report on his historic journey to China which included giving each congressman a set of nesting boxes from China and each Cabinet member a Small jewel Box and Teacup. 30years ago March 1,1962 a soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev concluded a secret conference with East German Premier Walter Ulbricht by announcing that he was granting economic Aid to the satellite regime. 40years ago March 1,1952 a a a Frances wartime Premier Paul Reynaud was called in to try to form a new Cabinet after the National Assembly refused Premier Edgar Faure a proposal for a 15 percent tax increase to pay for Frances commitments to the Western defense forcing Faure a Cabinet out of office. World War ii 50 years ago today 1 mar.1. 9 42 Allied warships fleeing Java in the dutch East indies Are intercepted by. A japanese Fleet which sinks one British one dutch and five  ships in Sunda Strait in Washington the War and Navy departments announce that Gen. Short and rear adm. Kimmel commanders in Hawaii during the Surprise attack on Pearl Harbor will be court Martiale for dereliction of duty. Source 2194 Days of War. W. H. Smith a publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War ii Bison books corp. 1981 jurors take break in Case of doctor who used own sperm on women Alexandria a. Up a Federal jury on Friday deliberated the Fate of or. Cecil Jacobson a Fertility specialist accused of using his own sperm to artificially inseminate and impregnate women. But it recessed after she hours and will resume deliberations monday. A a it a going to be a Long weekend a Jacobson told reporters later. Prosecutors allege that Jacobson told the women that the sperm came from donors with characteristics similar to those of their husbands. They have said they believe Jacobson has fathered More than 70 children now living in the Washington area. In All Jacobson faces 52 counts of fraud and perjury including that he lied to some women by telling them they were pregnant when they were not. The eight woman four Man jury asked . District judge James Cacheris for permission to take Home notes they wrote during their discussions and also copies of the indictments. He agreed Over the objections of assistant . Attorney Randy Bellows. Cacheris spent an hour instructing the panel in the morning and reminded jurors to disregard anything they had heard outside the courtroom during the highly publicized Case. After nearly two weeks of testimony Federal prosecutors concluded their Case thursday. They depicted Jacobson As a greedy Man who betrayed the Trust of dozens of childless couples who Are now parents of children fathered by the doctor. Jacobson has denied the charges. He has acknowledged that he made some honest mistakes but argued that he used his own sperm to avoid exposing his Padr. Cecil Jacobson Center walks to . District court in Alexandria va., with his wife Joyce and his father Cecil Jacobson sr., on Friday. Tents to genetic defects possibly carried by Anonymous donors. Jacobson testifying in his own defense also revealed that before opening his Vienna va., clinic in 1976, he had used his own sperm to treat women while he worked at George Washington University medical Center. He began donating sperm at George a Lington when he was a student in the 1960s. In 1972, Jacobson said he inseminated some patients with his own sperm Washington when he was a student in the while he was an assistant professor and a director of a reproductive genetics clinic at the Hospital. Bellows said Jacobson convinced women who came to his Vienna clinic that they were pregnant when they were not. He then told them had suffered miscarriages to cover up the a make believe  a a there a nothing you can do to cure the Hurt these women have experienced a Bellows told the jury. United Way appoints acting president from wire reports Alexandria a. A United Way of America named a senior vice president Alan s. Cooper As its acting president Friday one Day after William Aramony announced his retirement. Aramony 64, announced he was stepping Down after allegations of mismanagement and extravagance led to Calls for his resignation from a number of local units. Aramony head of the nations largest Charity for 22 years said that a a Lack of sensitivity on his part May have led to the complaints. United Way of America said that Aramony a resignation took effect Friday and that Cooper was taking Over on a temporary  61, was president of the United Way of Central Maryland based in Baltimore before becoming senior vice president for human resources at the National organization last june. The statement said Cooper will serve As acting president a until the executive committee has an Opportunity to implement a transition management plan. We expect this plan to be put in place in the very near  but Cooper is expected to be replaced As Early As this week with an interim pres ident whose name recognition and reputation might help reverse the Adverse effects of two weeks of press reports on Aramony a management and spending practices. More than 20 local United ways had announced a halt in dues payments until they received a satisfactory explanation of published reports about Aramony a tenure. The stories detailed Aramony a $390,000 salary his use of chauffeured cars flights on the supersonic concorde hiring of friends and the Purchase of two condominiums in new York and Florida by a United Way spinoff corporation