European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I Justice Rogers Calls on army leaders to Hal trend of harsher punishment of Blacks freds. Hoffman a military writer Impton Lai l Gen Bernard my chief of staff has ordered if moves toward halting a Dis i and in disproportionate punish bad discharges Given Black  to All major army command ers called for prompt action Tocci fic relationships or underly is which Lead to punitive actions i cd  e Tor. Dated july 18. Has just become available meanwhile the army has commissioned a civilian consulting firm to conduct a one year study of the problem pointed out in the latest annual assessment of the army s equal Opportunity programs the official army report said that while Blacks com prised 26.4 percent of the army s enlisted Force they made up 51 percent of the army s prisoner population in fiscal1977. Which ended sept. 30. The document also said Blacks received proportionately More bad conduct and Dis i continued on Page 28. Col it authorized unofficial publication for the of armed forces vol. 37, no. 120 lit daily Ono Vedoy wednesday August 16, 1978 if 21855 a on swimmer Stella Taylor guarded from Sharks by aides was Florida bound before heavy Waves forced her to abandon her try. A our lengths change r career of singles Stein Germany personnel officials advise that unmarried career offi my enlisted personnel arriving at Many l Safe bases beginning in Decem ii serve three year Tours an air Force spokesman said tuesday. Ner captains and above and enlisted personnel with More then four years will be required to serve the same three year tour As married personnel Kesman said. T new policy applies to three year tour bases in Hawaii Italy. Japan the Orlands new zealand Norway Spain. England and Germany. Romul assigned to bases where the Normal accompanied Tours Are less than nah swell not be affected by the change. 2 swimmers fail in record attempts by the associated press Diana dyad and Stella Taylor gave up their attempts at 100-mile open Ocean mar athon swims tuesday Defeated by tides w kinds and vicious Ocean currents. "1 quit i m sorry. I tried so  sobbed dyad As she was pulled aboard her escort boat i be never done anything so hard in my  dyad. A 28-year-old who had spent a year preparing for her venture made h fit taking halts $ dip n Lapi the Dollar s general of a breather on world Money late tuesday the surge in Gold ices also cooled off tie of its worst Days in recent a monday the l s currency be Day tuesday by plummeting to Ord Iowa against the japanese yen. Secand West German Mark Swiss and German dealers referred to morning trading As hysterical and the British broadcasting corp led off noon hour radio newscasts with the Pound Ster Ling gaining More than two cents to climb above the $2 00 level for the first time since March 5. 1976but a technical reaction set in by after noon mostly profit taking dealers sail and the Dollar scrambled Back to respectable Levels. Gold prices eased As the Dollar staged its recovery Gold closed unchanged in Zurich at $213 625 a Troy ounce after soaring earlier in the Day to an All time trading High of $216 125 in London the Price de dined to $213 00 from $214 625 at monday s r continued in i Aye 2�. C of in less than hallway to the Florida keys from Cuba. Taylor. 46, was Only about 10 Miles from her goal in her Bahamas to Florida swim when she gave up. Taylor was pulled aboard her compan Ion boat shortly after 3 p m. About 10 Miles off Jeason Beach according to Jack Crouser. An onshore spokesman for her Crew All i know is that the tides turned on Stella and she just could t fight it and had to give it  grouser said. Taylor used no shark Cage paddlers on Large surfboards flanked her to Ward off Sharks her first Day out she had to leave the water three times when a shark approached the shark was killed by a boat crewman Taylor appeared unaffected by the Inci Dent that excited her companions she s made up a Little song that she was t  said mama Meskiel. Coordinator of the swim in a red. White and hour print swim suit. Goggles. I  r  Hnetilo  l tuesday Mph somewhere in to can Roii Hraevio-./1l e2i i -