NATIONAL General indicted for role in defense scam TAMI’A, Fla (AIM A re tired four star Army general was among 10 people indicted Monday in a defense eontrai tor's alleged 540 million scheme to sell defective parts and falsify tests for military munitions. Fight were top-level officers of now-defunct Sooner Defense of Florida Inc . including re tired Army Gen. Wallace H. Nutting of Bidduford Pool, Maine, the U S. attorney's of fice said. Tha other two were government workers who mon itored work at the company for compliance with Defense De partment contracts. Nutting once was ( hief of the US Southern-Command based in Panama and headed the U S Readiness Command when In retired In 1985 1 have spent over 40 years ol honorable service to my coun try m the U S Army," said Nutting, t.:t lie said he has been cooperating with author! la's, wilt fight the charges and expects to be cleared All 10 wore trr(1 ictnd on charges of conspiracy They also wore accused of various counts of submitting false claims, wire fraud, money laun dering, making false state ments, bribery, illegal wiretap ping and obstruction of a IV fense Department investigation The munitions included fuze assemblies for the 25mm can non shells used in the main weapon on the Army's Hradley l ighting Vehicle and the Ma rine Corps' bight Armored Ve hide, as weii as fuzes for Navy artillery shells A fuze is a de vice Tor controlling the det onation of explosives Investigators said the compa ny made more than ‘100.000 fuze assemblies The 10 allegedly conspired to submit false data and < hums, make military hardware they knew dliln't mn'i contract spei ifu ations anil devise false testing methods to cheat on Ik' tense Department testing to pass off inferior or altered mu nitions They also were aroused of destroying records and divert mg federal contract payments for insider" loans and exorbi tant salaries The conspiracy count also an uses them of offering brdx's and sex. and using intimidation or harassment to lure i outruns and stall investigations During testing hy military units m the United States, there were two accidental explosions of munitions destined lor Ma mu: vehicles ihere were no in Juries, I' S A ttornev HolierI C.erueman said (ien/man said steps were tak en to ensure that none of the munition* vs,is shipped to !' S military personnel in Saudi Arabia during tin? I'ersiun (lull war. which laiim amid the ted mil investigation into the rum pam Indicted were bdward I (leoghegan. SI, hoard chair man. ehle! exec nine director and president from toil.I until luiut. Nutting, a company offi i er, and six other directors, managers and supervisors (ieoghegan vs as i barged in ID of the l i counts of the indict nient unsealed Monday If con vit ted on all counts he would t.ne up to 1.75 years m prison and $ 7 million in fines, ('.eu/.tnan said Nutting was (barged on four i mints 111 June lDHH, the in dictment alleged, he directed Sooner employees to ship a do lei live lot of fuses to the buy mg command Clock moved back cun \<;o (ai“) rho keepers of the Doomsday <.i. >. k titv’ uinv inhut k 11s hands to r«' 11 «•« t tin' do creased lhtr.it ot global mi i lf.tr war. hut they won't say how much I'hf ue vs selling will .t|) pear m thf Decemlter issue of Tlw Ihillvtin ot f/ie Atom /< Si /fN/ls/s Thf clockface appears on thf i over fat h is sun and ftilift ts the editors' judgment ot how lar away the world is from nuclear destruct ion I hf ( lock has stood at 11 SO p in since March ltl'Hl. when it was moved hack from 11 54 p m to re fleet hastem Kurnpes revo lutlonary changes and Mik hail (i'orhar (lev's relormist policies During the puhlli atlon's Hi year history. the clock came closest to nuclear mid night 11 SH |i in in DIM. after the Doited States tested the hydrogen homh Compromise on civil rights bill sparks anger in women, small businesses WASHINGTON (Al’J Wumnn