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Dunster House Committee co-chair Colin B. Jackson ’06 said he hoped for some changes to the construction plans, such as prohibiting construction during reading and exam periods...
Citing a particularly egregious example of theft, Jackson said that Kitty Hawk sailors managed to requisition 31 bars of pure silver, each weighing 9 Ibs. and worth about $535. The sailors were able to secure the bars from a shore supply depot and hide them. No record of the orders was kept on board, so the pilfering would not have been discovered if one of the sailors had not been caught trying to sell several bars...
...Jackson contends that the careless handling of supplies made it possible for a recently discovered international ring of dealers in aircraft parts to acquire sophisticated components from the Kitty Hawk. Seven people, including two Navy men, have been charged by the Justice Department with smuggling at least $5 million worth of spare parts for F-14 fighter planes to Iran. Six of the defendants are natives of the Philippines, the other is an Iranian. Jackson told investigators that he became suspicious of one of the defendants, who served on the Kitty Hawk as an aviation storekeeper, because the man would...
...Navy promised a thorough investigation into Jackson's allegations about the Kitty Hawk, which recently won a Navy excellence award for having the best-run supply department in the Pacific Fleet. "If this is the best," Jackson scoffs, "what sort of shape are the bad ones...
Produced by George Lucas. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Starring Michael Jackson. A wild fantasy? Well, yes and no. It is a fantasy film, but the project is very real. Lucas has been working at Disneyland to revamp Tomorrowland, and when Jackson, a well-known amusement-park freak, heard Lucas had a movie in mind, he asked in. He got the title role, and will also provide the music. Set to premiere in 1986, the twelve-minute film, titled Captain Eo, will feature state-of the-art 3-D effects, and the chance to play with that process attracted Coppola...