European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday May 13, 1977 lib group appeals fail swore at Boss woman loses Job London a a woman who worked As a labourer carrying bricks on a North London building Sile lost her Appeal tues Day against being sacked for swearing at the Boss during a Row Over  s liberation groups backed the Appeal of 23-year-old Janet Kringle at is Lington Industrial tribunal in North i Mon she brought it under Britain s Laws against sex discrimination in jobs. She claimed she was unfairly dismissed last july by the . Taylor building co. Because the Boss. Gladstone Nathaniel Taylor did no approve of women Asing obscene  she had been a Man. She said he merely would have shrugged it off As Normal usage on the  tribunal ruled that swearing on building Sites was  the two male members of the the three Strong tribunal ruled she was sacked not for swearing in front of the Boss but for swearing at  would have got her the sack even if she had been a  ruled Harold Farnham and William spake. The third member of the tribunal. Mrs. Edna White disagreed with their ruling but because they were in a majority their decision prevailed. Taylor told the tribunal he had been veiled Many names in his time but that he could not recall being abused in terms such As his girl employee  said afterwards. I think the Deci Sion is ludicrous. The tribunal says 1 am guilty of the offence of swearing at the Boss As if 1 were on trial. Building workers swear All the time just like a lot of other  am sure that i could still be working on that site if 1 were a Man and it is significant that the Only woman on the tribunal agrees with me. I am certainly consider meanwhile she said her ambition re Mains to become a fully trained bricklayer. She is planning to enter a government run training course to learn the Trade next fall. Center of nepotism charges journalist Peter Jay son in Law of Brit ish prime minister James Callaghan appears with his his wife Margaret As they speak to reporters at their London Home following news of his appointment As ambassador to the . A photo Callaghan replies to angry outcry from press dispatches a my n prime minister James Callaghan thursday defended himself against charges of nepotism for appointing his son in Law us British ambassador to washing ton amid newspaper reports the Diplomat he is replacing displeased London because of his dreadful old fashioned snub life style the naming of pier Jay. 40-year-old economic editor of tin tunes newspaper and television broadcaster who is married to Callaghan s daughter. Margaret touched off a storm inside and outside the ruling labor part Jay replaces sir Peter Kani Botham. Who has been in Washington since 197 and has been appointed governor and com Mander in chief of  left Wing Tribune group in the party called it shocking  or. David Owen. Britain s 38-year-old foreign Secre tary said the whole thing was his idea an told the House of commons if you criticize anyone for this appointment criticize . He said is one of the most Able people of my  less than 24 hours later. Callaghan was under fire in parliament. Replying to a barrage of Public criticism ind charges of shocking nepotism. Callag Han told a packed chamber the Only question is whether because he was my son in Law. 1 should refuse this . I Felt thai if that was the Only ground on which i should say no. It would Church in Spain flexible on legalizing divorce Madrid in Ali Spain s roman Cath Olic Church took a flexible position toward possible efforts to legalize divorce in the country note issued by Spanish Bishops said divorce is in itself an evil of  but the Bishops said governments have to put in play political prudence for the common Good and if ethical values cannot be detached neither can the Force of social realities be ignored " not be right to do so my judgment May have been at fault but that was the basis on which 1 had to  said in reply to further questioning from parliamentarians that career Diplomat Ramsbotham has served with distinction and i have no criticism of , As Callaghan fended off the critics Lyndon s two evening newspapers headlined reports that while rambo Thorn s professional work was first class he was considered a dreadful old fashioned snob who liked to invite Hollywood personalities to costume parties " the evening news quoted Callaghan supporters that Owen disapproved of the Way Ramsbotham ran the washing ton embassy. Owen it said decided that the image presented was totally out of keeping with the current needs of Modem Day Britain " the evening Standard said Jay replace Ramsbotham because Owen decided the present envoy would be a dead loss for Britain in the Jimmy Carter Era " Cuba taken to task on mailings Washington a a state depart ment estimate made Public wednesday places the number of political prisoners in Cuba at Between 10,000 to 15.000, of whom some 2.000 Are held in maximum Security the estimate was made Public by sen. Jesse Helms. R-n.c., As an argument against any easing of the 16-year-old  Trade embargo against the communist regime in Cuba headed by Premier Fidel Castro. In a letter to Helms last month Douglas j Bonnet jr., assistant Secretary of state Lor congressional relations said most of those held probably Are in so called reeducation  said those persons being held on political charges under 20 to 30-year prison terms include eight americans. Bennet said the state department Esti mate is based on information developed by private us groups and on the Public state ments of cuban officials. Helms Senate speech was aimed at the Senate foreign relations committee which voted tuesday to approve Legisla Tion to permit president Carter to waive Trade Barrier restrictions so that Cuba could buy medical supplies and agricultural products in the  is just 90 Miles from the Southern . Coast and the waiver would save it significant amounts in shipping  claims the number of political prisoners shows Cuba Din s not deserve any Trade  proponents of ending the Trade restrictions say it is needed to convince Castro the is. Is sincere in negotiations to normalize relations. Yank diver on North sea Rig is killed London api police have launched an investigation into the death of an Amer ican deep sea diver working from a North sea Oil Rig. The death of the diver Craig m. Hoffman was announced tuesday by a spokesman for the North sea Sun Oil co., operators of the Rig venture i from which Hoffman had been  spokesman said details of the Inci Dent were sketchy but first reports indicated that Hoffman became unconscious while in an underwater diving Bell on monday. He was dead by the time the Bell was brought to the surface the spokesman said a colleague said to have been at work outside the diving Bell when Hoffman Tost consciousness was identified by the spokesman As another american David Hammond. He was uninjured. It is the 34th reported death among divers working in the treacherous North sea in the past six years. The Rig is located 125 Miles Northeast of she Shetland islands at the Northern extremity of Britain. British government inspectors joined local scottish police in the investigation an Energy department spokesman said. High octane temper floh1dia. Sicily in i farmhand Giuseppe Valenti. 42. Poured a can of Gaso line on his wife and tried to set her on fire because lunch was not ready  he re Lumen from work police said. Neighbors stopped him and i fled to the Countryside where he was later arrested