European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 10,1977 the stars and stripes Page 7 four killed in Wyo. Oil tank blast Rawlins Wyo. A four worker were killed and two others were Unac counted for Early Friday after an Oil Stor age tank exploded at an Oil Well site in the red desert about 25 Miles Northwest of Here officials said. Two other workers suffered Burns when thursday night s blast ignited 14 other Oil tanks in the area and created what one eyewitness described As a Mountaintop on  one of the injured workers was reported in critical condition  other was treated and released. The rest of the More than 20 workers at the site were unharmed authorities said. The identities of the victims were not known and the exact cause of the explosion was not immediately determined. A Well owned by Davis Oil co. Was being prepared for production by Halliburton services said . Willingham superintendent of Halliburton s offices in Rock Springs about 80 Miles East of the Oil Well site. Willingham said workers were preparing to inject crude Oil and an additive into the Well under pressure to create a Hydraulic fracture intended to produce Oil. He said the actual injection was schedule for Friday. Fire units were sent from Sweetwater and Carbon counties to try to extinguish the fire which was described As under control by a spokesman for the Carbon county sheriff s office in the Southern Wyoming Community of Rawlins. Six Portugal offices wrecked by bombings Lisbon up time bombs wrecked six Central offices of Portugal s controversial land Reform Agency thursday Caus ing injuries and destroying key records. Police said the buildings in Lisbon Beja Santa Rem Alcazar do Sal and Evora were heavily damaged in the attacks. The Evora explosion occurred at midday after police discovered the bomb and hurriedly evacuated the crowded building. Minutes later the bomb went off blowing the roof off the building and slightly injuring one policeman. Another four persons including two Chil Dren were injured when the powerful explosion in Santa Rem collapsed a Wall of their Home next door to the land Reform office. Police said one of the children a nine year old girl was reported to be critically Hurt. Dropouts fewer at 3 Sites Academy girls hold own by the associated pres women Are holding their own As the second year of coeducation begins at the nation s military academies this week. And at Annapolis West Point and the coast guard Academy fewer freshman women have dropped out during this year s summer training than during last year s. It has gone much better than anyone anticipated a coast guard Academy spokesman said in new London Conn. Similar assessments came from the . Military Academy at West Point the air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colo and the naval Academy at Annapolis my. Dropout rates for women although higher than that for men Are declining the academies said. Spokesmen said women raising no Flap Cadet Carole Barkalow Points out an open pocket Flap to a fellow Cadet prior to a lunch formation thursday at the . Military Academy at West Point . A Star on the women s basketball team Cadet Barkalow said her class has adapted very Well to having women candidates. We really have no prob lems at All said the member of the class of 1980. A photo o Donne 53, presidential aide to Juk lbs Dies after lengthy illness Boston up Kenneth p. O Don Nell a special assistant to the late presi dents John f. Kennedy and Lyndon b. Johnson and a close Friend and Campaign adviser to the Kennedy family died Early Friday. He was 53. O Donnell had been critically ill in the intensive care unit at Beth Israel Hospital since last Friday. He had been admitted aug. 11 with an undisclosed ailment. O Donnell was pronounced dead at 3 15 . Edt by or. Peter a. Banks a gastroenterologist. A Hospital spokesman said the cause of death would not be disclosed at the family s  Donnell wrote the Book Johnny we hardly knew Beabout the late presi Dent Kennedy. He apparently had been in ill health for some time. Several years ago while on a promotional tour for his Book he collapsed and had to be admitted to a hos Pital. After working in election Senate campaigns for the Kennedy o Donnell was Given duties of preparing strategy and schedules for the presidential primaries throughout the nation As Well As making plans for the democratic National Conven Tion in los Angeles where Kennedy was nominated. After the convention o Donnell was As signed the responsibility of organizing and directing Kennedy s presidential Campaign schedule and accompanied Kennedy As a personal aide throughout the entire Campaign. Upon Kennedy s election Over Richard m. Nixon o Donnell was appointed a Spe Cial assistant As Well As appointments Secretary in the White House. After the assassination in Dallas presi Dent Johnson asked o Donnell to remain inthe administration. In 1964 o Donnell became executive director of the demo cratic National committee directing Johnson s Campaign appearances and scheduling Day to Day operations. O Donnell leaves his wife Asta and five  Donnell s late father Cleo o Donnell was coach and athletic director at Holycross College in Worcester mass. After graduation from High school in 1942 at the age of 18, o Donnell enlisted As a Cadet in the army air Force. He was later commissioned and served As a Lead Bombardier in 30 missions Over  was accepted at Harvard University in 1945 where he majored in government and political science. Know what to expect at the academies be cause of publicity about the coed pro Grams. The proportion of women in the service academies remains Small one out of every 15 plebes entering this year at the naval Academy for example. The institutions say they have eased physical require ments somewhat since going coed in june 1976 but made no other special accommodations for the women. They also said the women who leave do so More because they Are disenchanted with military life than because they can t take the considerable stress academic or physical. My problem was i wanted the Educa Tion a West Point dropout recounted but i did t consider the military  at West Point 9.6 per cent of the women in the class of 1981 failed to survive this summer s rigorous training known As beast  the figure for the class of 1980 last year at this time was 14.3 percent. In the Sophomore class 31 per cent of the women have dropped out compared to 26 per cent of the men. Over All it s going very Well said maj. Mary Willis the superintendent s adviser on women. The women Are really working hard to make themselves a part of the corps and it is showing in the standards they Are  at the air Force Academy the women s attrition rate at the end of last summer was 3 per cent. It is 4.5 per cent this year. An increase of two cadets. But the rate among Sophomore women 17.9 per cent is lower than among men 19.3 per cent. At the naval Academy 7.4 per cent of the freshmen women six of 81 dropped out during summer training last year. Four of the 90 women or 4.4 per cent dropped out this year. For the Sophomore class 22 per cent of the women Are drop outs As Are 10.8 per cent of the men. At the coast guard Academy 14 per cent of the women in the class of 1981 have departed compared with 15.8 per cent of the women in the class of 1980 at the same time last year. The dropout rate is 34 per cent of the Sophomore women and 20 per cent of the men. The naval Academy said the women have run the whole Gamut and that their performance is competitive with the men s. He added that 1,135 women applied for admission this year an increase from 759 last year despite a Small decline in total applications. The coast guard Academy said the number of applications has stayed con Stant and that the institution has had very very Little difficulty in adjusting to  a spokesman said Barracks and Bath facilities were altered and three women were added to the faculty but no other changes were made because women Are admitted. Women participate on intramural sailing and softball  Only changes that were unforeseen at West Point have been for physical activities. Under standards since revised for example 85 per cent of the women would have failed the two mile run. Because the women could not meet gymnastics requirements that stressed upper body strength exercises requiring balance and agility were substituted for them. At West Point a spokeswoman said that precise academic comparisons were not readily available but that in general in English and math the men and women cadets stood about the same. In foreign languages women were Well above men. In military science environmental Sci ence and engineering fundamentals men achieved better than  i would t Trade this for going any place else West Point Cadet Carol Barka Low of the class of 1980 said. "1 like it Here. Our class has adapted