European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Of 70s on racism by Bernard Weinraub Kkt not the with a growing proportion of Blacks in is quietly struggling to Blunt Acuil tensions after largely ignoring racial problems in the the army has plunged into a rare relations program marked by troop seminars on such topics As institutional racism and the role of the in a Broad Effort to accelerate the promo Linn of Lack a sensitivity to Cul Tural needs of soldiers from minority groups and a reevaluation of the Job As Blacks Blacks have complained that the tasks hey were usually such As working in motor Supply rooms and mess impeded their chances for promo Tion indictment of nation beyond the army claims that the growing null Jar of Black youths in the vol Imti or service now per cent of the twice the Lack representation in the at Larfize is less a problem he the military than an indictment of the Mirin it serves the c stil is discrimination out there have a hard time finding notary the army Clifford Al in the some people have theres in question at amt it its in to assume problems have Dis d hut there is far less tension now 15 theres been a precipitous Dikime in racial the trends arc in the right anti Bias Effort lags on the other Black officers and in misled men at a typical fort hot of 82nd airborne make it Plain that the army policy to end racial Bias blurred by lagging traditional unyielding attitudes towards Blacks on the part of some senior sergeants and officers and the years of tacit discrimination that have soured the mood of Black soldiers who entered the army in the 1950s and Mios folks talk about the Modem hut there arc still some hard noted attitudes that dont said a Black major who asked to remain uni Denti Black men still get Lousy efficiency reports i cause there they still get jobs that Are not exactly career in Black troops still complain about unfair Pun ulment compared to White troops in of incr to be competitive you have to do twice As have to be a super he i have one son i loll i  want him to put up with another Charles i if Cut ii t it i than the Sta Sand authorized unofficial publication for the us armed forces 65 june 1977 and if 21855 a near pact to Avert flight cutoff a rite that Ali didst Duck this is one smack in the Kisser that heavyweight Champ Muhammad a Doest its from Model Veronica porch alter their wedding sunday at the Beverly Wilshire hotel in los an i Story on Page 21 a photo human Given Baboons hear Barnard scores new feat town a Baboons heart was into the body of a human being night by heart transplant Pioneer 1 Barnard of South Africa the u be cd to in the first of us kit i announced by Tiro ote Schuur his pita Rii Hospital said the opera Tion that the Baboons Start Ciui is the ailing heart of the in was not Dent tied and whole a a said the patient had had an aortic valve re Lungi or details were Barnard pioneered the worlds first in Lati and accomplished another medical first in 1971 when he implanted a second human heart in 58 year old Ivan the Hospital spokesman said the so called piggyback operation at groots where Barnard first began his heart transplant took 10 hours who has had a lineup of a a tons in preparation for such a transplant for several said in March he would perform such an operation Oil As a last resort to save a patients life Learnard said at the Lime Bluit the Baboon heart could give no More than temporary respite to a d in patient the body tendency to reject foreign explained to an interviewer last Spring it ithe rejection May take three or four weeks but in not sure he Esti mated the temporary heart would beat Long enough to allow the patients own heart to make some recovery or to keep a patient alive until a suitable human heart became available Barnard said at the Lime he did not know when the first Baboon transplant would take place bul said he was ready to go ahead with the Experiment when it was he this would not represent the first transplant of an animal Organ to a cuing the earlier trans Fer of kidneys in renal Washington pull transportation Secretary Brock Adams said monday the and Britain Are very close to settling a bitter dispute Over aviation rights and avoiding an abrupt halt in air service Between the two nations with a negotiation deadline less than two Days Adams indicated that Many issues have been resolved but that some major differences still he said the had submitted its final Posi Tion in the still disputed areas and was awaiting a British if no agreement is reached by 1201 am Cuti the British intend to refuse entry to airlines and tie us in turn plans to Cut off British flight Adams said the Central problem is thai the British want to in Able to control the seating capacity of our and we have said no we Are very close to an agreement but we Are arriving at the Adams told reporters at a White House briefing to discuss administration efforts to push for less government control of airlines at we Are talking Back and Forth continue we have not had a successful agree Conli Morton 1 forces have Apo plan if flights Stop Germany alter native air routes have been agreed on to keep the mail moving to forces in England if the Anglo american air pact expires before and British negotiators can come to new the air Korcic firs class mail generally would be flown from new York to London via am Brussels and most packages would be shuttled Between Charleston and Raf Milden a spokesman Here said British and u s negotiators have been unable to agree on How to regulate the number of seats available on flights be tween the countries Britain wants a larger share of the fares while the u has refused to limit Competition on the routes the pact runs out while the affected airlines might be Able to reroute their passengers via alter Nate albeit with some a special problem with regard to the move ment of military mail to and from forces in great Britain would definitely the spokesman confirmed in response to this Mili tary postal officials in the Continental As Well As those in safes 7025th air postal so Al a Hinmam a have been Busy developing alternate reliable Means for transporting mail for All affected per on Page col 4