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...Strauss, the longtime right-wing strongman and leader of Bavaria's C.S.U., has been identified by Ernest F. Hauser, a former Lockheed European sales manager, as a receiver of Lockheed largesse; Strauss is suing Hauser for libel. When Strauss was Defense Minister in 1958, West Germany decided to order Starfighters???grimly known as "widow makers" in Germany because 178 of them have crashed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCANDALS: THE BIG PAYOFF | 2/23/1976 | See Source »

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