Guilty pleas reach eight in General Services scandal
Federal judges postponed sentencing for a present and a former General Services Administration employee and a Navy Department worker who pleaded guilty to conspiracy in a probe of the agency. Wilt Sykes and Proctor entered pleas linked to phony invoices and bribes. 18 people were indicted in the case.
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Navy Department
Roger Dale Wilt
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Oxon Hill
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Independence Avenue
Francis Proctor
Washington
Navy
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Arlington
U.S
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Wilt
Sykes
James Milles
Kennedy and AMA official clash over health plan
At a Senate hearing Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and AMA Council for Legislation chair Dr. William C. Felch sparred over Kennedy's national health insurance proposal. Felch warned of inequitable controls and potential rationing, while Kennedy rebuked the notion as a scare tactic and pressed cost controls.
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Edward M. Kennedy
American Medical Association
AMA
Kennedy
Senate Health
William C. Felch
Council For Legislation
Felch
D-Mass
Pentagon payday may be delayed in Congress battle
Congress moves to pass a $127.5 billion military spending bill for the new fiscal year as payroll problems threaten 2 million defense employees and 1.5 million uniformed personnel. House and Senate conferees wrapped four days of talks with one unresolved issue on Fort Rucker helicopter pilot training. If not approved, Pentagon payrolls could miss Friday checks. alternatives like issuing uncashable checks are discussed. The measure funds defense while omitting a nuclear aircraft carrier and includes new travel allowances for families of deployed personnel.
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Senate
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White House
Fort Rucker
Ala
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Carter
John Stennis
D-Miss
Armed Services Committee
GSA weighs barring Maryland firm over bribery ties
GSA officials consider barring Barri Associates of Westminster Maryland from selling to the federal government after learning its officer Charles H Oertel pleaded guilty to bribing GSA store managers The case ties him to James Hilles Associates Inc which prosecutors say paid 13 million in bribes for approval of non delivered goods to GSA stores The firm has since supplied about 52000 worth of items to federal agencies including glue sticks paper goods and wall charts
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General Services Administration
Maryland
GSA
Baltimore Evening Sun
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Westminster
Charles H. Oertel
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Barri
James Hilles Associates, Inc
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Proposal would extend CETA jobs program nationwide
A conference committee reached a compromise to extend the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act for four years at about 11 billion dollars in year one, aiming to place roughly 660000 people in federal and private sector jobs over the next year. The plan preserves the Jobs Corps and adds targeted training for Indians and other groups, with Baltimore area slated to gain about 7000 positions. The measure returns to Congress for final approval before going to the White House.
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