European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes . Saturday july 31,1993 Dod contract procedure. ". Is costly 16 auditors say Washington a the Pentagon is skirting its own rules by farming out defense contracts to other Federal agencies a practice that frequently avoid competitive bidding and drives up costs documents show. The Pentagon routed at least $6.3 billion in defense work to other agencies in 1990 and 1991, according Toan audit by the Pentagon s inspector general. In one Case the defense department went through the Tennessee Valley authority for $18 million in spending for highly classified submarine detection re-.,search, Pentagon auditors found. They determined that i a lacked adequate Security clearances and and the air Force went through Tva for a truck Walkie talkies with headsets and Boom microphones design of a machine gun Range and removal of Trees and underbrush at a Cost of $1 million. At another Agency the Pentagon incurred $11 Mil lion in unnecessary costs by having the Energy depart mint a verse $100 million in research projects on hazardous waste and computer systems an audit found. The Pentagon should have issued the contracts itself the audit concluded. The audits do not allege any violation of Federal Law although a Senate subcommittee planned to review them at a hearing Friday. Democrats j Back smaller boost in tax Washington a congressional democratic leaders who Nav tentatively pared the gasoline tax in crease to 4.3 cents a gallon planned tory to put the finishing touches on presi Dent Clinton s deficit reduction Bill Fri Day administration officials and House Senate bar gainers concluded thursday that a boost of about 6 cents a gallon which they had considered could Cost the votes of enough senators to bring the entire measure crashing Down said aides who spoke on condition of Anos. Nym Ity. As a result the total deficit reduction claimed in the Compromise Bill is expected to fall a bit below the $500 Bil lion five year total Clinton and his democratic allies have so often touted. But democrats were expected to leave the figure above the $482 billion credited to the bipartisan 1990 budget agreement the biggest such package i history. The probability is that the Senate gasoline tax will be where we end up but not necessarily said Senate finance committee chairman Daniel Patrick Moynihan . He was re Ferring to the 4.3-cent boost that the Senate initially approved last month. Friday s completion of the final Bill would set the stage for a final congressional showdown Over Clinton s legislative Centrepiece for the year. Senate majority Leader George Mitchell. A Maine predicted that Congress would ship the final product to Clinton next week Over solid Republican opposition. But democratic strategists speaking on condition of anonymity concede that with conservative democrats seek ing deep spending cuts and liberals pushing for More generous treatment of social programs the Bill s Fate would not be Clear for Days. The measure final shape will be determined by Lead ers judgments of what it will take to muscle the measure through Congress. Tits initial versions squeaked through the House by six votes and in the Senate by vice president Al Gore s tie breaking vote leaving leaders Little room for miscalculation. We identified hundreds of cases where the Penta gon could have handled work but shipped it out to other parts of the government instead Derek j. Vander Schaff the acting Pentagon inspector general said in remarks prepared for the hearing. The reason for going to other agencies he said is that it s a Means to circumvent procurement regulations. And expeditiously obtain goods and services from designated the Federal Economy act requires a determination that going to another Agency is cheaper or More convenient than direct acquisition. But Vander Schaaf said that farming out the work to another Agency frequently costs More. It s a Trail of misspent funds said sen. Carl Levin whose Senate subcommittee on oversight of govern ment management was to conduct Friday s hearing. What we have Here is a widespread practice by fed eral agencies of breaking rules and violating important checks in the procurement system the Michigan Democrat said in prepared remarks. The practice of routing work to other agencies known throughout the government As offloading frequently has been used at the end of the fiscal year As departments scramble to spend unused funds that otherwise would revert to the Treasury. Crazy crops circular patterns Mark an oat Field near Columbia in Herkimer county . Some people believe extraterrestrial beings created them while others Are sure humans Are to blame. Cuomo vetoes Bill for fran no on cars Byzews Darr under pressure from animal rights advocates new York gov. Mario Cuomo on thursday unexpectedly vetoed a Bill that would Wavelet emergency workers insert breathing tubes into the Windpipe of cats to practice techniques for saving children s workers frequently need to insert breathing tubes to As Sist children and adults experiencing respiratory problems. The train ing on cats which advocates said would save the lives of about 200 children a year would Only have been allowed under veterinary super vision on cats who needed breathing tubes As part of neutering or other medical procedures. Supporters of the Bill said it was endorsed by the american facade my of paediatrics the american College of emergency physicians the state s veterinary medical society and organizations of emergency workers. Proponents were perplexed and angered by the veto. Inmate four ringed after interview a shown from wire reports Picacho Ariz. A,19-year-old inmate who was featured on television documentary was found hanged in a restroom thursday after watching the show the prison said. It was unknown whether the apparent suicide was triggered by the broadcast. Lee bom who was interviewed for a segment of the Brokaw report aired wednesday night on Abc was found dead at 1 . At the state prison a Picacho said corrections department spokesman Michael was serving a four year sentence for burglary. He was interviewed about what the show called the entry level crime of scamming getting merchandise with bad checks and credit card fraud. Man bites Rattler Elkton a. Jarrett Arlo Dean bit the head off a Rattlesnake. Why it bit him first. Dean survived. But the Snake was t so Lucky. Dean 43, of Rockingham county returned Home wednesday after several Days in intensive care a Rockingham memorial Hospital for treatment of five Rattlesnake bites. Tina Dean said her father whose Mouth was still too swollen to talk spotted the Rattlesnake while Riding his Bike july 24. The Snake bit Dean after retried to catch it. He was bitten again on his right hand As he Rode to a neighbor s Home . \ he continued on to another Home about a half mile away where he decided to bite off the Snake s head because it bit him first Tina Dean said. Heathen received bites to his Tongue and lip. Bear eats Man s Corpse Golden Colo. Game wardens searched fora Bear that ate the body of a Man who had apparently committed suicide at a campsite. The 41-year-old Man who was not identified apparently shot himself said sheriffs spokesman Wayne Holverson. He said a suicide note was Man s body was found dragged about 70 feet from a campsite where his tent had been torn open and tracks bite Marks and excrement led authorities to conclude that a Bear had been eating the body Holverson said. He said there is no evidence that once a Bear has eaten human flesh it will attack humans but the animal will be trapped and destroyed to be Safe. Man kills wife in Laws self Allen Mich. A Man who neighbors said had been kicked out of the House by his wife shot her and his in Laws to death before killing Terry Hall 39, killed 34-year-old Diane Hall Ashe left a store thursday then drove Down the Street to the House where his in Laws were baby sitting for the Halls five children authorities said. Hall killed his father in Law Dale Gratz 58, an Gratz s wife Mary Lou 52, authorities said. None of the children was harmed. Corp shooting on the Rise West Fargo . It s illegal to fire a gnat Carp in North Dakota. Outlaw Carp shooters Aren t usually considered Public enemy no. 1 or even in the top 10 but an unusual Side effect of the floods ravaging the Midwest has been a Rise in car seems schools of Carp Are spilling out of swollen riven and swimming through flooded areas of West Fargo and nearby Harwood providing too much of a temptation for some fish hungry gun would be Fine except that bullets intended for unsuspecting stray Carp could end up somewhere else. Like cars. A stray Bullet apparently aimed at a fish grazed an empty car in West Fargo on thursday. No one was Hurt if someone really wants to make some Carp s Day do it the Legal Way with a Bow and Arrow. Separated twin Dies Lexington. By. A 2-month-old girl who was surgically separated from her siamese twin sister this week died thursday in her parents arms doctors said. Her sister was doing Well and was expected to survive. Tiffany Lynn Brenda Lewis died at the University of Kentucky Hospital. Two Days earlier surgery to separate the girls gave Brittany Lynn Renee Lewis the twins Lone kidney meaning Tiffany would die
