Thursday, February 12, 1976
THE MICHiCAN DAILY
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TH.MC.G NDALY -. 1e
Lockheed payofffs in Sweden, Buy-Centennial Bad Taste
Germany, Japan. investigated contest slams commerciali
APPLICATIONS are now being taken
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(AP)- The backlash from
Lockheed Aircraft Corp.'s pay-
ment of bribes to win foreign
sales was being felt yesterday
in Washington and some fore-
ign capitals.
It reportedly also has cost
the firm a $1.3 billion contract.
Japanese governmenttofficials
say they decided not to place
with Lockheed a $1.3 billion or-
der for antisubmarine planes as
a result of the payoffs, the New
York Times reported yesterday.
Japanese Deputy Prime Min-
ister Takeo Fukuda said in
Tokyo that Japan will ask the
UL.S. government if it has the
names of Japanese government
officials who allegedly received
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about $2 million out of $12.6 mil-
ion that Lockheed says it paid
in Japan for sale4 promotion
purposes.
U.S. SEN. Frank Church, (D-
Idaho) the chairmai t of the Sen-
ate subcommittee where the
Lockheed payment were re-
ported, told seven viiiting mem-
bers of the Japanesei parliament
Tuesday in Washington that he
did not know the n, Imes of the
Japanese governmeit officials}
involved.
In another d evelopment,
Church said yesterday that de-
spite the impressian given in
a part of a teleigram read
into testimony before his com-
mittee last week, there was
"nothing improper" In the re-
lationship between Lockheed
and a Swedish airle.
Some senators had interpreted
the portion of the telegram, be-
tween two Lockheed employes,
as a sign that a Swedish air
force general who sat on the
board of Swedair was sharing
in commissions paid by Lock-
heed. A portion of the telegram
said the general's "hat is turn-
ed the right way and, as long
as the commissions are not too
much or too little, he should be
satisfied."
MEANWHILE IN Washington,
spokesmen for the Ford Admin-
istration condemned the bribes
and said the president is look-
ing at what can be done to
stop the practice.
The average adult has enough
iron in his body to make a
two-inch nail.
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LUCKENBACH, Tex. (UPI)- and decreed that "no man, of commercial abuse of the Bi-
So many entries are coming woman, child or animal is per- centennial, even though we have
into the National Buy-Centennial mitted to walk through the seen examples of bad taste that
Bad Taste contest that Mayor streets dressed in an Uncle boggle our minds," Harmon
Hondo Crouch thinks his city Sam suit; no red, white and said.
(pop. 3) may even get its post blue souvenirs made in China, "Two weeks ago I would have
office back. Taiwan or Uganda are sold; no sworn I never would have seen
The once-active post office has federal funding is spent on any- anything worse than a Buy-Cen-
received stacks of letters from thing." tennial toilet seat," he added.
throughout the nation with sug- Judging from early nomina- "Nothing will surprise me
gestions for the most flagrant tions it may be tough to de- now."
commercialtabuse of the bi- cide on a Buy-Centennial Bad:
centennial theme. Taste Award.
Suggestions include the inven-I NEW YORK (UPI) - The
AWARDS FOR THE best sug- tors of red, white and blue de- 1975 Rockefeller Center Christ-
gestions will be given during a vices, Christmas trees, beer mas tree has been chipped for
Leap Year Day National Non- cans, cigar boxes, caskets and use as ground cover and for
Bicentennial celebration sched- other objects too personal for other horticultural purposes.
uled for Feb. 29. public mention, Harmon said. The 55 foot balsam fir, the fifth
Luckenbach proclaimed itself I to be recycled, was expected to
the nation's first National Non- "WE ARE CONFIDENT we provide about two tons of
Bicentennial City last August have not yet plumbed the depths mulch.
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