European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes a . Wednesday december 1,199$ wasteful found in cleanups Numi Iyun a Iii Cilery us Pasimeni pays one third More for cleaning up weapons plants than private Industry pays for similar work a study has foun in Hopes of getting a better idea of How taxpayer Money is spent at weapons plants the department said monday that it planned to hire 400 additional engineers accountants and Cost analysts to better Monitor cleanup contracts and activities. Quot there is a widespread recognition that Doe is not in charge of this situation a said assistant Energy Secretary Thomas Grumbly who Heads the cleanup program. Quot our management contractors have been Tun nine the show a Grumbly said the additional Joe engineers and Cost analysts a 20 percent increase would replace contract workers on a one to one basis and probably Cost the government less in salary while saving the department cleanup Money. The new workers Are expected to be hired Over several months. The Energy department spends about $4.5 billion a year on cleanup and waste management projects throughout its nuclear weapons Complex in 12 states. The eventual cleanup is expected to take decades and could Cost As much As $200 billion. A the cleanup activities have been criticized by various reports As Well As in testimony before Congress As being Overly expensive and prone to Cost overruns and questionable expenses. Critics also have charged that to tier has been Little substantive cleanup conducted Over the past four years. Last year then president Bush s office of management and budget issued a report criticizing High management costs and Lack of government control Over arms Plant cleanup contractors. Grumbly said he commissioned the latest study by Independent project analysis inc., a consulting service in Reston Van a to pinpoint waste and poor performance in the Doe program compared with private Industry and to establish a Benchmark for improvements. Among the group s findings was that the Energy department in its arms Plant cleanup and waste management contracts pays More than twice As much to contractors in management and overhead costs As other government agencies pay and four times As much As private Industry in similar cleanup projects. A has Cost overruns in nearly half of its contracts a rarely has work completed on time with schedule slippages ranging As High As 69 percent of the original completion times. A. R a pays 32 percent More than the private sector for cleanup projects. The study covered 65 weapons Plant cleanup and waste management contracts ranging from $100,000 to in the stars and stripes 10 years ago. Dec. 1,1963 a snowbound in a blizzard near Goodland kan., an air Force Academy football player and his Cadet Girlfriend chronicled their final hours on bits of paper before dying of Carbon monoxide poisoning. 20 years ago Deb. 1,1973 a Adlung on orders of Secretary general Kurt Wald Helm the . Middle East com mender began efforts to reopen the stalemated egyptian is Rall ceasefire negotiations 30 year Sago dec 1,1963 a a trans Canada Airt nes dc-8f jetliner crashed near Montreal killing All 118 persons aboard in Canada s worst aviation disaster. 40 years ago dec. 1,1953 chief . Delegate to the United nations Henry Cabot Lodge or. Charged that soviet officers headed North korean prison commands responsible for thousands of torture cases and deaths. 50 year amp ago dec. 1,1943 . B-17s, closing out a record month of operations against nazi occupied Europe hammered the Ruhr Industrial City of Sot Lutgen in the allies fifth attack on the enemy s Homeland in fewer than 48 hours. 50 years ago today dec. 1 19.4. A newly re powered version of he p-51 Mustang fighter goes into action Over Europe. It quickly becomes apparent that the a american planets More efficient engine will permit p-51s to accompany . And British bombers on Long Range raids to protect them from German fighters. The development will sharply reduce Allied bomber losses. A. Source 2194 pays of War w. H slim pub chars inc. World almanac Book of Wotitz wat a Boson books corp., 1961 a / said the weapons Plant cleanup cannot be compared to other environmental cleanup programs because it involves highly radioactive wastes. But Grumbly said it was time Quot to debunk this myth because most of the department s cleanup activities a including Many of the projects reviewed in the latest study a involve technologies and procedures similar to those found in private cleanups. Of sex offences Goleta Calif. A at least 34 boys were sexually abused by a dozen roman Catholic priests during decades of nude games fondling and sex acts at a now closed Seminary a panel concluded monday. Quot the abuse perpetrated by our own Brothers on the victims and their families is truly horrific a said the Rev. Joseph p. Chinnici provincial minister of the Oakland based province of St Barbara and Leader of franciscans in seven Western states. Quot we totally abhor what has occurred Quot the Independent panel was set up in january by the St Barbara province of the franciscan order to examine molestations from 1964 to 1987 at St. Anthony s Seminary which operated a High school boarding school for aspiring priests in Santa Barbar county. The Seminary opened in 1898 and closed because of financial problems in 1987. The friars were involved in a variety of. Offences including Hude photographs masturbation Oral copulation and examination of genitals under the Guise of hernia exams the panel said in its 72-Page report. The youths ranged in age from 7 to 16. The names of the 12 priests weren t Board is still open. Another was criminally prosecuted for sexually abusing a minor in 1989 and was sentenced to one year in jail after pleading no contest. He was released after six months. After that Case other boys came Forward with abuse allegations and the order decided to launch an investigation. It set up a six member panel which was made up of a lawyer three psychotherapists a member of the order and a Parent of one victim. The panel chairman Geoffrey Stearns said the investigation would continue. A we believe there will be other victims that will come Forward when they Are ready and Able a steams said. Cardinal Roger Mahony archbishop of the los Angeles archdiocese released a statement stressing that the Seminary does not fall under the archdiocese s jurisdiction. He said archdiocesan officials were supportive of the process which the franciscans have followed in identifying the Gravity and scope of the offences As Well As in instituting procedures to prevent similar  Chinnici said the order has paid $90,000 so far for victims counselling. 10-year term urged for Denny attacker los Angeles Fapio prosecutors Quot instead pin a. Los Angeles a prosecutors want Damian m. Williams to spend a decade in prison eight of those years for the near fatal 1992 riot beating of trucker Reginald Denny. In a nine Page sentencing recommendation filed monday prosecutors said Williams Quot chose to become a Force of destruction who Quot sought to victimize and terrorize those around him simply because the color of their skin was not to his  Quot the backdrop of the riot was thus not a circumstance which provoked an aberrant isolated and immediate response to feelings of injustice or frustration a the recommendation said. Quot instead the riot represented an Opportunity to be seized in order to commit crimes. And seize it defendant Williams did. He should receive 10 years in Pris said Maunum allowed the report Williams attorney Edi Faa said the defense Wolf to file its own report tuesday asking for probation or some other non custodial sentence. The report will show that 77 percent mayhem defendants in 1991, the latest year for which figures were Avail late a spent two years or less in jail Faal said a a cd a in  White a pulled from his truck and beaten at the beginning of the adhi 199? in of he april 1992 riots Wui iams 20,was a a a dog. Convicted of one count of felony mayhem and four Misdemeanour assaults. Williams who is Black was acquitted of the most serious counts against Hin including felony attempted murder an felony aggravated mayhem on Denny. Williams and co defendant Henry f Watson 29, face sentencing dec. 7. A. Watson 29, pleaded guilty to felony a Sault with a deadly weapon and an aade Aue gation of great bodily injury to another truck Driver Larry Tarvin. Watson was found guilty of mis Demes nor assault on Denny. He is expected l be placed on probation until 1997 an faces a Fine of up to $10,000 upon sen