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Among the offenders is the man who was responsible for running the bank: House sergeant-at-arms Jack Russ. The 46-year-old Mississippian, who had personally floated checks totaling $56,100, resigned under pressure last week. The move followed news reports suggesting that Russ, who claimed to have been wounded in a mugging on March 1, may actually have shot himself in the cheek in order to deflect criticism over his handling of the bank during his nine years on the job. Russ, who denies the rumors, ignored repeated warnings from the General Accounting Office that the check-writing...
Jack Russ must have been surprised by his own success. The son of a gas- station operator from Picayune, Miss., he moved to Washington in 1967 and worked as a part-time doorman on Capitol Hill. He rose through the ranks to chief page and in 1983 became sergeant-at-arms of the House of Representatives. In that capacity Russ helped command a force of 1,265 black- suited police officers and oversaw the security of the 435 members of the House...
Although the force reduction actually began in 1990, most of the earlier downsizing was accomplished through attrition and reduced recruiting. Now the dread phrase "involuntary separation" is in vogue, and pink slips are about to go out by the thousands. Air Force Sergeant Cindy Gunter, 33, of Pope A.F.B., Fayetteville, N.C., is leaving halfway through a career she hoped would span 20 years. "I'm being thrown out, that's the way I look at it," she says. "They're making me go. I don't have a choice...
...fact, many servicemen and -women do have a choice: between volunteering to leave in exchange for a "copper handshake" severance package and waiting to be sacked and getting less attractive benefits. A staff sergeant with 10 years service, for instance, can choose to leave with a $28,100 lump-sum payment or a $4,700 annual annuity over 20 years. But if the same sergeant does not volunteer, he or she can be separated with one-third less pay. "It's a terrible decision to have to make," says Staff Sergeant Stephen Underwood, a gulf-war veteran who has decided...
Women cops who have fought discrimination in court have fared well. Los Angeles officer Fanchon Blake settled a memorable lawsuit in 1980 that opened up the ranks above sergeant to women. Last May, New York City detective Kathleen Burke won a settlement of $85,000 and a public promotion to detective first-grade. In her suit she had alleged that her supervisor's demeaning - comments about her performance and his unwillingness to give her more responsible assignments impeded her professional progress. He denied the charges. But many women still fear that complaining about such treatment carries its own risks. Beverly...