European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 9 no room for Gays in military under new Dod directive a Salute while it lasts peanuts snoopy and Wood toss a Salute to visitors enter ing the 512th tac fighter Sis area at Ramstein the figures were built with Snow and then covered with ice for a More lasting add ing the finishing touches Are senior air Man Pat Murphy left and airman Lee also lending an assist was airman Verne Hughart of the 86th Security police photo by Virgil Short by Grace Blancett Washington Bureau chief Washington Gays will be booted out of the military under the new defense department directive which Calls homosexuality incompatible with military the a defense official does not change the Dods position on to it reaffirms our stand and makes our position uniform among All he the presence of Gays in a military environment seriously impairs the accomplishment of the military the directive Gays also make it harder for the armed forces to maintain Good order and morale to Foster Mutual Trust and Confidence among service members to facilitate assignment and worldwide deployment of service members who frequently must live and work under close conditions affording minimal privacy to recruit and maintain members of the armed forces to maintain Public accept ability of military service and prevent breaches of according to the i Pentagon officials said a joint service advisory group worked several months drafting the new Dods More nebulous policy allowed the services to look at the service members entire Ca reer before deciding whether to discharge to education department overseas school transition is delayed by Mike Spear staff writer Germany transition of the overseas dependents schools from the defense department to the education sent has been de he the education which was officially activated on May has a staff of about two thirds of whom Are represented by the overseas Paul who Heads the education played for one Geoffrey still departments transition told euro Neucom schools announced Here Stillman said that he was told that the transition completion Date had been moved from 1 of this year to 1 of 1982 during a phone Call to the Washington office of Anthony director of overseas Stillman was unable to get an official reason for the delay but i think its just because there is a new administration and also to provide time necessary to sort out the policies of the new adm Nistra president Reagan made it known sever Al times during his Campaign that he was not in favor of an education department and Many political observers have speculated that he will eventually dismantle Stillman pointed out that the department was established by Congress and that it would take congressional action to abolish the department of education organization act is the one that directed that the schools be transitioned to the department of he they would have to Amend the Law to keep the schools from being transitioned to the new depart he said As far As he the transition planning documents still must be submitted to Congress in Early May As that has to be done by so the the planning part of it Contin Pean school parents and students at the european pts convention in Berchtesgaden last Spring that the new department would represent a dramatic change in some aspects of were looking Forward to a department that will clearly exercise a great Deal More policy leadership on behalf of education throughout the he last William the departments administrator for the Over seas said that regardless of the presidential election the overseas schools would not be he did that the department might be in for turbulent times if Reagan was elect him or the old directives ambiguity led to the services policies toward Gays in uniform being challenged several times in officials a Federal judge ruled last year that air Force Leonard Matlovich should be reinstated because the policy under which an admitted Homo sex had been discharged want late last year the air Force finally settled out of court with Matlovich for the new directive makes it Clear that a military member must be discharged when he or she has engaged at tempted to engage or solicited another member to engage in a homosexual unless such conduct is not customary for the not Likely to happen and want committed through use of coercion or when the member has admitted he or she is a or unless officials find the admission when he or she has or tried to a person of the same unless officials discover the member is not Homo sexual or bisexual and is using the marriage As a ruse for avoiding service or As a Way of getting discharges for homosexuality will generally be honorable officials but the directive spells out situations where a Gay in uniform could be discharged under other than honorable a Gay service member will not get an honorable discharge if his or her homosexual acts involved use of coercion or involved were committed with a subordinate in circumstances that violate customary military Superior subordinate were committed in for com or aboard a military vessel or soviet Grain output up Moscow up Grain production amounted to metric tons in the Central statistical Board of the soviet Union this was 10 million tons More than the previous the Board it compared with a target of 235 million porsche is a hot car German firefighters try to save whats left of a 1974 porsche 914 at Patch Barracks in the which belonged to Pete an army auditing Agency employee from Frankfurt on toy to was a total Misch said the car stalled and the engine caught fire when he tried to re Start photo by John Glass