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Defendants plead guiltyH TONV KLAllegheny County Bureau ChiefV former Sleeier the head of the IVnn Hills Manpower Program theex-head of Allegheny CourtlyM.injmwer lt;tnd tits secretary werethose acrtised yesterday of misusing federal funds by the first defendantsin the countv Manpower scandal One ot fhe 15 defendants Donald Dillard 27, of Pittsburgh, said that aDavid Smith obtained falsi* countv\identification cards wbirh enabli*dI) 111 a r d 11» c o I let* I $ 1 H 31 fromManpower while employed hv Hoppers Co *Reliable sources identified Smithas the former St**cler receiverfit.his statement, Dilhard also said Charles Porter induced him tofVadulently sign for Manpower and deliver checks to him Porter was identified by sources as a formercounty Manpower employe who heads the Penn Mills ManpowerograrnNumerous other defendants said m statements that former ManpowerDirector Hubert Hawkins orderedthem eithei to put phony names on the payroll or to misuse Manpowerfunds in some wav, includingdiverting cash tor personal useOther defendants also claimed that Hawkins s ecr e t a r v In sCommun.de participated in theschemesHawkins was tired bv•V*Commissioners Jim Elaherlv and*«FRobert Peirce and was later hmsl bv'■r.ifFCommissioner Thomas Koerster as a$14 000 a year aideHawkins resigned when theManj*ower scandal broke in the spri tigDistrict Attorney Hob Colville would not idenlifv the 'Miuth men•/ i • * * » . * * * -tioned h\ Dilhard a*, the former Steeler and also refused to commenton the possible involvement S t e e I e r s I*' r a n e o -If a r r i s ,Lt 'Greenwood and Ernie Holmes I cannot comment on this because o! our on going investigation,’’ Colville said'fit' defendants the first of at leastarrests predicted bv Colville, werearraigned yesterday and tried on con-spiracy charges immediately afterwards by Judge Sarnual Straussof Criminal Court, before whom they all pleaded guilty This is ■ the first 11me such a procedure has been used in AlleghenyCounty, but Colville said it was used•• ... wf‘ W: * •«in order to assure the testimonv ofwitnesses Among those pleading guilty was aBeaver County family BessDokmanovich. St), of Aliquippa. her s»»n Gary, 23, and his wife, Marv. 23,•' w ’ mT- wtMtth California, and her daughter.Dana. 27. both of Georgia, pleadedguilty to falsifying records to illegalv accept money Colville said. This Is the beginning not the end of the rase,’ and added that more arrests would follow as the investigation progressed All of the defendants were released on their own rrfogni: nance and Judge Strauss deferred sentencing The district attorney agreed to light imprisonment for the defendants in exchange for their pleading guilty and appearing in future legalprocedings. .astute or federal TVs off re fend ant on one charge of conspiracy instead of the multiple charges that could have been brought against them Monev missing from Manpower during Haw kins' administration has been set as high as 13 million* ■CorrectionThe. anniversary notice of Eugeneand Helen English. 2411 Brand:! School Road. Franklin Park, in theAug 13-14 issue of the North Hills News Record contained several errorsThe English* are the parents of Dorothy Hrng of Ross. Marjorie Kuhn of Pine Marion Kinney of Cleveland, Shirley Brunner of McCandless; Audrey Haefner of Pine, and the late Harold English They have 19 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren
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Pittsburgh North Hills News Record
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Aug 17, 1977
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