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...apples," is Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger's reply. But last week the Pentagon's inspector general, Joseph Sherick, startled a House subcommittee by revealing that 45 of the 100 largest defense contractors are under investigation for possible illegalities relating to their military work. Sherick said he will recommend that Weinberger ban two top executives of General Dynamics, Chairman David Lewis and Chief Financial Officer Gordon MacDonald, from dealing with Pentagon contracts. The firm recently agreed to repay the Government $244 million in improperly charged expenses. Such a blackball would put heavy pressure on General Dynamics to fire the men, since...
...called Strauch report--the first major assessment of the GSAS in 15 years--calls for no major reorganization of the curriculum of administration of the school, bu does recommend an increase it student enrollment, the first such proposal in more than a decade...
...these issues. And disregarding the arguments about complete divestment, it is clear that the aCSR has been nothing more than a lightning rod. It simply diverts attention from the Corporation, misleading the community by implying that public opinion may be heeded. Moreover, one year after the ACSR voted to recommend that the Corporation divest completely, this year's ACSR, more than half of whom are newly appointed, voted last week to deviate from its recent stance in three major ways, all of which limit its scope of influence...
...Administration to provide U.S. aid has been spearheaded by Congressman Stephen Solarz, a New York Democrat. A strong foe of funding the contras in Nicaragua, Solarz considers the two non-Communist resistance groups in Kampuchea the real "freedom fighters." He helped persuade the House Foreign Affairs Committee to recommend $5 million in aid to those groups...
...other merger deals. The inside dope netted $1.9 million in illegal profits for Harris along with Thayer's onetime companion Sandra Ryno, a former receptionist at LTV, and six other Thayer friends. Ryno gave the Government incriminating information against her friends and was not charged. Although prosecutors will recommend leniency, Thayer and Harris could face a maximum five-year prison sentence...