European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes june Cooling off a photo a baby opossum beats the heat by taking a dip in its Center in the Little fellow is one of water dish at the wildlife Rescue and rehabilitation a family of 12 orphaned when their Mother was elite club requires new members to Promise to accept al male Rule Washington a the Cosmos an All male bastion of the capitals is trying to end a 13 year old debate Over admitting women by asking prospective members to Promise they wont seek to change its single sex Over the objection of nearly a third of the clubs its Board of management now requires a signed statement from All nominees in order to recover a Tran quil and sociable atmosphere and maintain the Cosmos club As a social club for men of the new policy was announced in a memorandum to members dated May 10 and distributed in the clubs june a copy of that memorandum was obtained by the associated under the new a prospective member must be interviewed by the admissions committee and sign a statement that he has no present intention to work actively to change the clubs membership i think its a paranoid said a member who asked that he not be identified because club rules forbid Public discussion of internal the Board is so uptight about the possibility that there might be women members that it is seeing monsters under the club president George Hartman could not be reached saturday for the founded in is under no Legal obligation to accept but it has been facing growing internal pressure and outside criticism Over its policy of accepting Only men interested in science or the admissions Issue erupted in 1972 when 61 members signed a petition proposing that women be allowed to join the the proposal was killed by a 274203 vote of the membership the following in 50 members called for a vote on admit Ting women and in members advocating the admission of distinguished women formed the committee of concerned a group now numbering some since theres been a Strong undercurrent about the admissions Issue in everything done at the said the who favors allowing women to its not mind were not agitators we  be in the club if we located in a mansion on embassy the clubs membership includes men distinguished in professional Fields such As Medicine and while annual club dues Are below that of most country prospective members must be invited by a current member and then screened by a six Man membership com if the Cosmos club were purely a social club confined to the Issue of admitting women  said another member who spoke on condition of Anonym but it says in the bylaws that its supposed to be a club for people of As it stands were unfair to half the human leaders of the concerned members committee say they intend to work patiently within the club to change its but the internal debate appears to be heating in a june 3 letter to committee chairman Samuel Hays objected to the new policy As an Effort to choke off Freedom of discussion and action on an important and legitimate Hays recommended a full membership vote on the poli thus avoiding the possibility of a Challenge to its legality which could hardly take place without undesirable Park service head warns of overuse Yellowstone National a the nations new National Park service director pledged saturday that when in any we must err on the Side of in remarks prepared for delivery saturday Wil Liam Penn Mott told members of the greater Yellowstone coalition that if the Park service finds itself we can always provide for More but overuse now or in the future will not let us easily restore a loss of resource value or which once is said who was appointed National Park service director May his address topped off his three Day visit to Yellowstone National the first National Park in the world when it was established in throughout his Mott emphasized he favors limited use of the National if to preserve a qual Ity environment for in speaking to the a grassroots Organiza Tion which is concerned about the preservation of the entire Yellowstone Mott emphasized that Yellowstone special natural coupled with the threats to its integrity due to Humankind proliferating demands National stateside maritime administration chief resigns official confirms Washington a Harold has resigned As head of the maritime a transportation department official has the Washington Post said shears departure followed criticism that Agency policies had led to a record wave of shipping bankruptcies and a severe decline in ship building and the merchant Marine Shear decided to quit after failing to receive a vote of Confidence from top transportation department the newspaper the transportation department who spoke on the condition of confirmed the but he said the newspaper report was completely 19 people being vaccinated after exposure to Rabid animals a Nineteen people exposed to Rabid animals Are being vaccinated by health officials who issued a countywide Alert because of the authorities Tillman county sanitarian Merle Hollandsworth said six of the people undergoing rabies vaccinations Are Chil the shots were ordered for people who could have been infected by a Rabid cow and a Skunk Between May 9 and May he rabies has been confirmed in four three head of cattle and a cat so far this year in Tillman health officials former Texas police chief files libel suit against newspaper Texas a the former police chief of has filed suit against the Mcallen Monitor and two alleging a 1984 article lib eled him by implying that he was dishonest and Lee who now is police chief in filed suit in state District court against Monitor publisher Larry Wingert and reporters Marcia Caltabiano and Bill spradlins attorneys claim he was lib eled by the june which the suit contends did impute Dishon esty and corruption and on the part the manage ment and administration of the Mcallen police depart including particularly plaintiff Man on horseback arrested for driving while intoxicated a a 21yearold Man got behind the reins instead of the but still was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after galloping through the streets of this Southwest Colorado Eric Williams was arrested after a police officer Man aged to grab the reins of the horse Williams was galloping through he was barely Able to hang on and going full it was a said Bob who arrested Gaskamp said he twice asked Williams to dismount because he was obviously intoxicated and Riding Reckles sly on town on Williams third pass Down the Gaskamp said he was Able to grab the reins and Chase Down who fled on Williams was booked into the la Plata county jail in Durango and later released on the charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a judge dismisses suit seeking More than quadrillion a a lawsuit by a Man seeking More than quadrillion that from the state for suspending his Drivers License has been dismissed by a local Venango county president judge William in a fou Page agreed with the states Contention that the lawsuit by Frank Messina was groundless and violated court Breene also said Messina had ignored Legal remedies available at the time his License was of Centerville in Crawford had sought the damages from the Pennsylvania department of transportation state transportation Secretary Thomas Lar son John director of the Bureau of motor vehicles and Douglas director of Driver Licens