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Show nrrr r9 4 Sun Advocate, Price, Utah Saturday, May y 10, 1980 Jack Anderson WASHINGTON Several months ago, the FBIs candid cameras caught seven House members and one senator allegedly taking bribes from undercover agents dressed as Arab sheiks. Now the investigation is developing ABSCAM into a personal battle between two men. One is Thomas Puccio, chief of the Justice Departments strike force in Brooklyn, who masterminded ABSCAM. He is a tough, intense, prematurely balding man who is regarded in law - enforcement circles as one of the best federal prosecutors in the country. His adversary is Rep. John a clean-cu- t, Murphy, man. handsome, dapper a former But he, too, is tough Korean war hero who has fought his way to the top on Capitol Hill. Murphy has been accused of instructing an associate to take $50,000 from an under - cover FBI agent. But the congressman has angrily denied any wrongdoing and has demanded to see the secret FBI videotapes, which he claims will vindicate him. And he hasnt stopped there. He has gone on the offensive. Sources told our associate Gary Cohn that code-nam- ed Murphy has hired a private detective to investigate the strike force chief. The private investigator has reported back to Murphy that Puccio is close to several newsmen, some of whom have written critical stories about the congressmen. Murphys attorney, Michael Tigar, has followed up with a sharp letter to Philip Heymann, head of the Justice Departments criminal division. The letter charges that Puccio has both personal and political motives to discredit Murphy. The letter implies that Puccio was responsible for the ABSCAM news leaks, which portrayed Murphy as a criminal. The attorney demanded, therefore, that Puccio be removed from the investigation. We happen to know something about those news leaks. Puccio had nothing to do with them. In fact, the premature disclosure of ABSCAM upset his whole investigative strategy. But the prosecutor is learning that it can be rough to tangle with a powerful congressman like John Murphy. Military waste President Carter, in slashing WITH JOE SPEAR 'mmtzk government expenditures, has treated the Defense Department most sparingly. His budget cutters will challenge every detail of a $50,000 anti- poverty project, but theyll approve a $50 million Pentagon proposal with few questions asked. Most Americans want the armed forces to have the weapons they need to defend the nation. But if the federal budget is to be balanced, some military fat must be cut. Here are some examples: Staggering amounts have been lavished on armaments even existing upgrading OLE Hawks-for-Reag- that under peacetime conditions. The bickering between the services also costs the taxpayers billions. Experts have figured more efficient ways, for example, of deploying the controversial MX missiles. But this would shift them from the Air Force to the Navy, so ft missile ' an 'Ci? Repuclican presidential hopeful Ronald Reagan has added a retired general to his inner circle of advisers since firing campaign manager John Sears. He is retired Army Lieut. Gen. Daniel Graham, an expert on Soviet foreign policy, who has called for the use of military force to free the hostages in Iran. ipJ? Z Fuddle Factory Theres little doubt that one reason for the high cost of food is the money and time that producers must spend to cope with federal red tape. These costs, of course, are passed on to consumers. Government analysts recently discovered that Uncle Sam has more than 1,300 separate regulations on the books governing the transportation of food. w 1 H H ee E H H This year we are 1 ee Boats Motorcycles Vans Trailers Campers Off-Roa- H Saturday, May 17, 1980 Time: 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Trucks Place: Drives An Airplane (really) and much, much more! Four-Whe- el EE Skaggs Parking Lot 1 g g for this year's k ' V'W- - muddy conditions while the street was torn up and dirt was piled waiting for the pipe to be E in-E- stalled. People dont like to bring cars into the area with the dirty FREE TO PUBLIC MAY 17th g H ' property and H dusty EE Saturday month owners have suffered COST: So Reserve Road construction cant park here they Fourth East has go somewhere else. drawn the ire of When people see merchants on that the roads closed, they street, claiming the just assume were project is taking too closed up and rather long and is causing a than fight the mess to see if were open, they drop in business. she My business has go elsewhere, been cut in half, Betr- - added. While the street has Buy market owner Charlie Bezyack said, had one lane open to noting the torn up traffic, easy acstreets has caused cessibility has caused to go another concern for patrons elsewhere. the Olivettos. Her The construction husband, Dominic project is being con-1- 1 Doc Olivetto, had a ducted by R.W. Davis heart attack in March. on Construction Co., of Mrs. Olivetto said Orem under a $108,000 she feared the project contract in Price may cause an undue sewer strain on his heart. Citys rehabilitation progr-- i With his recent am. attack, we may have One of the phases in to leave for the ee the project requires hospital at any time if H that Fourth East complications arise. between Second and But with equipH Fourth North be torn ment closing off one H up for the installation end of the street near ee of a sewer line . The our home, a delay in line will help fill the reaching the hospital expansion needs of the quickly may cause further problems, she H Coves area. During the past said. Date: d Not an inviting roadway to Fourth East Street businesses is the sewer line replacement project being conducted by R.W. Davis Construction of Orem. Road upheaval hurts business The Third Annual offering more than before with many new booths including: A conditions, said. ' g g Bezyack see They mounds Construction foreman Kirk Hunsaker said change orders approved by Price City have caused a two week delay in the completion of the project. He said the project could not have been completed in a smaller segment than the two block portion that was the worked on. of dirt Were almost blocking the street and wrapped up now. It think its socked us in, he added, men- the tioning make it into the store. Other times, he said, construction workers have made the stores entrance impassable and then dont even show up for work to clear it off. After the talking city should be done in a week to 10 days, he people said. dont even attempt to SQ91PG03 CQ7 SIX Sponsored by the Sun Advocate and Emery County Progress . systems. should never have been built. The Pentagon has rushed ahead with pet weapons projects before they have been proved. Contractors also like to load down weapons with frills and gadgets. This increases the profits, but all too often the electronic gadgetry is so complex that it constantly malfunctions. The armed forces have trouble keeping some of their fancy planes and tanks operating the Air Force brass are fighting the move. The White House decided to purchase some German-mad- e Roland missiles to improve relations with West Germany. Yet internal Pentagon studies show that $1 billion could be saved by with engineer; however, the mound of dirt piled in front of Bezyacks driveway was cleared off. All that remains on the project is the connection of the sewer lines between 2nd and 3rd North, fill in the water line trench and back fill a trench in the 300 North block, according to Hunsaker. The construction crew kept the trench on the 300 North block near the market open to facilitate the it took placement of the four hours to get the sewer line, Hunsaker job done, Bezyack said. With that portion aid of the project comEileen Olivetto of pleted earlier this the Milky Way said, week, the trench was However, ff i The co"strucUo" cut my business in half or better. If the kids scheduled to be back filled Friday, he 1 |