University Daily Kansan, April 1, 1985 Page 10
NATION AND WORLD
Defense contractors to be audited
By United Press International
WASHINGTON — The House Armed Services Committee will audit the billings of seven defense contractors to see if any have been gouging the taxpayers, a committee member said yesterday.
Two ranking members of the committee said 14 auditors from the Defense Contract Audit Agency and the General Accounting Office will help the committee go over the billings to ensure taxpayers are being properly billed.
being proclaimed. Charles Bennett, D-Fla., chairman of the panel's seapower subcommittee, said suspicion of wrongdoing was not a criteria for picking firms for auditing, but if any improper billing was found the data would be turned over to the executive branch for possible prosecution.
"We are making what amounts to a survey of a cross section of firms," said Bennett, who announced the audits jointly with the investigations subcommittee chairman, Bill Nichols, D-Ala. "We are not pointing fingers at anyone."
ingers it at a specific point. "WITH this cross section we hope to get some perspective on the scope of the improper billing issue. Perhaps it is a broad and general problem; perhaps it is a narrow one."
Nichols and Bennett identified as firms whose books will be checked: General Dynamics Corp.; Sperry Rand Corp.; Newport News shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.; Bell Helicopter; McDonnell Douglas Corp.; Rockwell International Corp., and The Boeing Co.
and the Boding Co. They said the audit should be finished with in 45 days, after which the two subcommittees plan joint
hearings to air the results of the audits.
Bennett and Nichols said they wanted the audit data to see if more legislation is necessary on defense contracting.
contracting. Defense contracting improprieties have dominated headlines in recent months, to some extent because of an investigation into the government contracting work of General Dynamics by the oversight subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Commerce last week General Dynamics announced it was withdrawn $23 million in overhead charges made against government contracts between 1979 and 1982.
And Thursday the Pentagon banned General Electric Co. from new contracts until a pending criminal case on alleged overcharges on nuclear warheads was cleared up.
Nashville watering hole runs dry
By United Press International
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — They closed the doors at 2:28 a.m. yesterday at Tooole's Orchid Lounge, a watering hole for countless country song-writers, such as Willie Nelson, Roger Miller and Tom T. Hail.
But Tootsie's will not be lost to history. The honky tonk bar with 10,000 pictures on its decaying walls is sure to become a tourist attraction in this capital of country music.
in this county or country. Tootsie's closed after a decline in business for years following the
move of the Grand Ole Opry to the suburbs. Owner Tootsie Bess died in 1978.
16/78 The patrons Saturday night and early yesterday were mostly curiosity seekers, tourists and some imbued with a sense of history.
The place was packed, and country singer Johnny Lee made a guest appearance about an hour before the last sunds were served. Lee sang one of his biggest hits, "Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places."
There were several people there who said they knew the legendary Hattie Louis "Tootsie" Bess.
Onetime music executive Ken Galloway recalled the time a performer on the Grand Ole Opry lost a jacket button and sent the garment over to Tootsie for a replacement between appearances.
More than anything, Tootsie provided a shoulder to cry on for the future great. She also gave them free chill and comfort in years,ears,her reserved no beer on credit.
One former waitress said she resented all the event seekers.
reserved all the time.
"Most of the people here have never met Tootsie — I lived with her and worked with her." ___
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