Homosexual Admits It to Keep His Defense Job

NEW YORK A An elec-"secret" material should be trical technician said yester-revoked.

WENTWORTH employed by

day that he has admitted being a homosexual in an effort with the government, said afa private firm doing business to keep his security clearance ter the hearing that his adfrom being revoked,

mission made him immune tol possible blackmail threats to state-expose him as a homosexual and that therefore there is no

The man, Benning Wentworth, 31, made the ment after an appearance bereason to revoke his security

clearance.

fore the closed hearing of the Industrial Security Clearance Wentworth said his clearReview Office of the Depart-ance was revoked in 1966 after ment of Defense. his name was found in the ad-

The review agency reserved dress book of an Air Force decision on whether Went-man who admitted to being a worth's clearance to handle homosexual.