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Show Page 22 - THE HERALD. Provo. l iah. Fridav. October 26. 19S4 al News Instruments Intelligence Panel FEMA Probe nf Brms - WASHINGTON The tUPI) House Intelligence Committee is trying to determine whether the nation's emergency preparedness agency granted without competition a $650 million contract for a war communications system. The House subcommittee on civil service, chaired by Rep. post-nucle- Patricia A ter. wanted the Harris federal judge determined FEMA lacked a "rational or reasoned basis" for excluding Rockwell, but FEMA and Harris have Schroeder, asked the Intelligence Committee Thursday to investigate the contract from the Federal Emergency Management Agency with the Harris Cotv. of Melbourne, Fla. "You personally assured me that the Intelligence Committee was closely examining the Harris contract," Schroeder wrote to Rep. Edward Boland, chairman of the Intelligence Committee. "You asked that I not pursue this matter any further." A spokesman said the committee has been in contact with Schroeder and, prompted by her queries, is investigating the matSchroeder contract investigated because of a suit filed by Rockwell International in which Rockwell contended the contract was awarded non competitively. Sfill maintained the contract was issued on a competitive basis. In addition, the House Armed Services subcommittee on military installations, chaired by Rep. Ronald Dellums, has also asked FEMA to respond to questions on whether the Harris contract was awarded I tract - WASHINGTON Her (UPI) duties diminished and faced with an official cold shoulder, Donna Darlington still puts in long hours to complete her work at the na- tion's emergency preparedness agency. The Washington native, who rose during 16 years of federal service from file clerk to contracting officer, became a "whistleblower" risking her job by calling the attention of congressional committees and internal watchdogs to what she considers waste and abuse. 1 7 r pm sources, whether states will have to bear part of the costs and what the operational costs for the con- Undaunted i 7 Dellums asked for funding Whistleblower Jd75 1EXAS al Estate TU HOUSEHOID will be. FEMA has been under investigation by the House Science and Technology's subcommittee on oversight and investigations. Subcommittee Chairman Albert Gore, charged at a news SOUP I t STATE CARTRIDGE ' BUDGET MftHACEMEHT I -- JlVADtlM CARTRIDGEl STATE OliTT 'i IliTiS 1 that conference Wednesday FEMA officials may be involved in contracting favoritism and irregularities worth millions of dollars. Gore also has called for the resignation of agency chief Louis Giuffrida. FEMA has denied any 'olice Charae Man With eafh Threat to Ferraro - SAN FRANCISCO Au(UPI) thorities have charged an Apple Computer Co. maintenance worker with threatening to shoot Democratic vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro with a bow and arrow. A federal agent and police officers found two bows and "numerous arrows" including four with razor tips and a pistol in the trunk of the suspect's car, they said in an affidavit filed Thursday. ; Larry Charon, 36, San Jose, Calif., was arrested Thursday by a Secret Service agent and by San Jose police after he reportedly told another Apple employee he might "pretend to be Robin Hood" and shoot Ferraro with his HOUSEHOLD BUDGET MANAGEMENT Original retail was $39.99 HOW YOUR CHOICE Keeps budget easily accessible bow and arrows or gun. Ferraro, who was visiting the Tracks income and expenses PERSONAL REAL ESTATE Shows the ins and outs ol personal real estate Hundreds sold at $69.99 Silicon Valley firm, gave her speech without incident. According 55-0- to the affidavit signed by Secret Service agent Kent Barnes, Charon allegedly told Apple employee Buffy Way-lan- d Wednesday that "when she (Ferraro) visits I should bring my gun and bow and arrow, and shoot her." He was ordered held on $10,000 bail by U.S. Magistrate Fred Woelflen. A preliminary hearing was ordered for Nov. 1 in San Jose. Charon was suspended from his job as a maintenance worker until an investigation could be completed, an Apple spokeswoman said. 1 Larry Charon 55-00- 4 J Tl INVADERS f Destroy hostile hordes with your missiles Original retail was $39.99 44-4- SOLID STATE CARTRIDGE Former General Contradicts Testimony at CBS Libel Trial - An intelNEW YORK (UPI) who under served officer ligence Gen. William Westmoreland in trict Court is to determine estimates. The trial was adjourned Vietnam has told a jury that Viet Cong irregulars were not a milicontradicting what tary threat he had sworn earlier in a deposition. The Viet Cong's Self Defense tand Secret Self Defense forces have become a key issue in $120 million libel suit against the CBS television network. trial in U.S. Dis : The ally gave low enemy troop strength estimates in an effort convince President Johnson the war could be quickly won if the United States committed 200,000 additional soldiers. day until Monday. George Godding, a retired general and director of Intelligence West--morelan- whether Westmoreland intention- The CBS documentary, "The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception," charges Westmoreland, head of U.S. troops in Vie-taat the height of the war, kept a "ceiling" of 300,000 on enemy m Production Thurs- YOUR CHOICE under intelligence chief Gen. Phillip Davidson, testified Thursday he had Westmoreland's "blessing" to present the CIA with documents estimating the number of enemy troops at 297,000. The presentation was made in August 1967. At the time the CIA was saying there were 500,000 enemy troops. 8 FRACTIONS 5 DECIMALS TOMBSTONE CITY-21- st CENTURY CHISHOLM TRAIL 55-12- 55-12- 55-43- rfjfe? i National Briefs Mother and Son Incest Hearing Set CHARLOTTE, Tenn. (UPI) -An attorney said he was prepared for a "madhouse" at today's hearing on motions to dismiss bigamy, incest and perjury a mother and son who became husband and wife. Both the mother, Mary Ann Garton Bass, 43, and son, .Danny James Bass, 26, were expected to attend the hearing in the Dickson charges against County Courthouse. "I expect it'll be a madhouse, but she should be there when we argue motions (for dismissal)," said Bob Spencer, the attorney for Mar' Bass. - Jackson said he was seeking dismissal because incest is "a victimless, crime." .Assistant District Attorney General Dan Cook, who is prosecuting the case, has been subpoenaed to testify at the hearing. Arson Fire Kills 2 Children, Man - Fire set by an MIAMI (UPI) arsonist engulfed a three-stor- y apartment building early today, sending some of the 100 residents leaping to the street to escape the flames. A man and two children died and 14 paople were Injured. MRSIC SOL iD STATE CARTR T''' ' " ' 1 tjfflfafflftStf: " HOME FINANCIAL PCCISII "People were jumping from the front, from the sides everywhere," said Miami police officer Debra Payne. "I saw the flames from three blocks away," said Edward Ro-tol- o, Payne's patrol partner. "When I got here there were a lot of people silhouetted in the windows. Some of the neighbors had put rickety ladders up to windows, assisting people. There was no way to get into that building." The bodies of two brothers identified as Robert Auguste, 6, and Tony Desinor, 4, were found in the rubble, fire dispatcher Giovanni Felipe said. One of the boys was found in his third-floo- r apartment in the front corner of the building, and the other had fallen through to the second floor. Their father, Michelet Auguste, was not seriously injured. Several hours later, an unidentified man was found burned to death in a rear room. Barfield Ponders Another Appeal - PoiRALEIGH, N.C. (LTD son killer Margie Velma Barfield has decided to die by lethal injec- tion because its "easier," but also is considering another appeal to avoid being the first woman executed in the natio.. in 22 years. After the grandmother chose Thursday to die by lethal injection, prison officials set her execution for 2 I SOLID STATE CARTE r-T- Cy 6 2 T " LJEg 55-45- MUNCHMAM SOLID STATE CARTRIDGE a.m. EST Nov. 2. Defense attorney James little said Barfield, who was convicted of poisoning her fiance, had picked lethal injection over the gas chamber because "it would be easier for her." Barfield, who earlier instructed attorneys to stop fighting her execution, informed Little she would consider allowing another round of appeals. YOUR CHOICE J 55-05- 55-06- Statement Public 0 55-09- BEACH, Fla. Prosecutors have been to release a statement Caroline Kennedy gave police DECISIONS PARSEC 55-45- 4 MUNCH MAN 55-44- 2 4 DIVISION I HOME FINANCIAL PALM fJ UL BEGINNING 8 GRAMMAR NUMBER MAGIC Caroline Kennedy WEST J 55-00- 2 CAR WARS BURGERTIME 55-44- 0 55-6- (UPI) ordered about the death of David Kennedy and photographs of the hotel room where her cousin died of a drug overdose. Circuit Judge John E. Born, responding Thursday to a request by a defense attorney, ordered the release of the Caroline Kennedy's statement and 10 crime scene photographs. A prosecutor said the material might be released today. But the judge denied a defense request to release a videotape made of Kennedy's room at the Brazilian Court Hotel in Palm Beach, where he was found dead last April 25 slumped between two beds. MANY MORE TITLES IN STOCK i'lful' ii ; " |
