European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 4 the stars and stripes april 1977 few applicants expected so much stress West reviews a year of female cadets West not the Academy has decided to introduce some changes in the recruit testing and training of women after an assessment of their first year at the once Al male officials have for exam that women from the deep Soith arc poor prospects and that College Stu dents arc More Likely to drop out than women who recently graduated from High they have also in Rcd that if of the female recruits had a Realis tic idea of the grueling physical and mental stress they would copies of newspaper articles describing this arc now being sent to some physical tests were eliminated even before the first women and More will be women will also be graded on a different a major Clement of the first summer of will be conducted in categories according to to de emphasize the women poor perform there will also be Subtle West Point administrators in the general training of or first year to emphasize positive leadership rather than interviews with officers arid including who had dropped indicate that it has been a even but less difficult than administrators had Antici still they is the ultimate role of women in the of the 119 Womac who accepted appointments last summer in response of a Law opening the military academies to women a move still resented by some Here As a social gesture by con 89 they women attrition rate is 5 per cent higher than the but their stories Are vastly Dif those who dropped out described a first summer training program As beyond Laura Butenhoff of Baton spoke of the physical training and the things they say to its not stuff girls arc used she those who stayed Are seeking coun seling at twice the rate of Accord ing to toward Prince but hey also seem to be adjusting better than the the biggest he is that the women take negative evaluation More this negative evaluation at West Point has consisted for nearly 175 years of training techniques that often move into the realm of harassment and abuse of pm abcs by upper class and now includes the additional criticism of the women As a group by the when Katherine Goodland of stepped Forward As Cadet regi mental adjutant and report during a recent the corps of cadets burst into i knew they and knew it want me they were laughing she it was because a woman was doing it for the first she smiled and added i also knew t was wearing the bars and they women plebes have stared Down the taunts of men waiting outside their rooms in the morning and the advances by upperclassmen one dont want women Here but will Date but changes Are taking women at West Point arc in 12 of the Academy 38 and in those companies men Are considerably less hostile to the idea of women at West Point than they Are throughout the according to the others Are even More hostile than they were before the women he the obvious one that will be introduced with next years is to integrate women in All the other changes will be some but several with Long Range in Manley director of and said the Academy would be much less in considering the Sod qualified to accept prior College All but a few of the latter had he Possi Bly because they had More options than High school West Point will also have to consider the fact that women from the deep South were extremely poor Only a few from North and South Tennes Kentucky and Georgia did not drop Rose Burch of spoke of her experience a Telephone inter she said i was really interested in a Good de but didst understand the Dusci its so different from regular Didt think it was a place for a some of the upperclassmen were but some really resented women being there and let you the could make you do anything they they allow you Only four answers 1 do not understand and no and not eve a thing fit into those they also i cant hear Over and Over until you arc 1 never understood the former pm Csc attends South Ala Bama University and is a Bank she said my who was in the army for 21 said j  come but i did and things have never been the 1 understood his Digap but to his carrying on for six Burch fits a pattern that has Long held True for male cadets who consistently offered education As the major reasons for going to West Point but who arc often spurred by other such As heritage or Prince said the women were giving the same reasons for joining and thunderstorms flail South by United press International tornadoes and heavy Spring Thunder storms swept the South the death toll from two Days of wild torrential Rains and lash floods mounted to seven in and a twister to wept Down at about 15 Miles cast of killing one person mid injuring three another Early morning Tornado was seen near Bill did no a Man drowned in flu dealers in front of Huomo in where Many streets Curc flooded and several families driven rum i heir its terrible in the City of policeman Richard Keder said weve army to move lethal gases to Denver site Washington i Puli the army thursday announced plans to move train ing devices containing quantities of lethal Gas from military bases in to states and the Pacific Island of Guam to its Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Colorado for among the items to be moved is deadly nerve which can be lethal if a single drop is and other chemical agents that can cause death by choking or affecting the blood Stream the army announced that annul training classified obsolete in will be flown to Inver for a Pilot pro Gram to demonstrate the feasibility of proposed disposal methods about Gallons of lethal Gas will be involved in the the army As Ucli As or Ger quantities of nontoxic chemical agents the army said about chemical sets will be left on military bases the sets originally were designed for training exercises to show troops the effects had the National guard on standby and the civil defense assisting the police depart in floods and blinding rain were blamed for five one of the reported victims was an escaped inmate from the Cameron county jail who apparently tried unsuccessfully to swim with a fellow Fugi Tive across the flood swollen Rio Cameron county sheriff Johnny Castillo said one of the Hector Arturo was captured by police near the Southern Bank of the Rivera said his my Lucio Miguel the its really Castillo i dont know How Rivera made i in told them mexican police he heard Roger calling out to and then he didst see him any we Haven found the body several Central Texas Rivers and lakes san Antonio had received seven inches of rain since Gal Mcston had More than five inches of with High tides spilling onto City there were school closings in a Highway near is completely blocked by a House sized Boul no passing zone Der that came crashing Down from the rain soaked Road Crews Are keeping Busy on Highway which has been plagued by Rock a