European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 paternity leave for new fathers is upheld Chicago a a father whose right to take unpaid paternity leave from his Job has been says other men should follow suit to find out what Treyve been Stephen a customer service representative for Commonwealth Edison is entitled to the same right As any working woman to take parental said a consent decree signed Friday by his employer and the Federal equal employment Opportunity the decree will allow who has used vacation time to stay Home since his daughters birth in mid to remain away from his Job up to six More months to help his wife care for Jennifer any Man who has a Chance should try Ondera said Friday night from his Home in sleepy about 35 Miles Northwest of once Treyve done  find out what Treyve been missing All a 16year employee of Edison except for a fou year stint in the asked the company in january for permission to take leave after the birth of the couples first he we just didst think there be any we thought parental leave was for he but the company turned him Down and repeated its denial of leave after his Union filed a Ondera he then turned to the the Leoc contended Commonwealth Edison routinely Grants unpaid personal leave to enabling them to remain at Home and care for infants for the first six months after the resulting decree establishes a Clear precedent that individual Job rights must not be affected based on the individuals said Kathleen director of a docs Chicago Commonwealth Edison spokeswoman Barbara Arnold said the request by Ondera was the first of its whether this Means there will be More men doing this is a better question for the Chicago chamber of she but what you Grant to one per obviously in the future youd have to Grant to some one else who requests its been just Ondera to see the baby change from Day to and i think it helps the Moth i dont think she should have to do it All by its Good for both to Anderas is a High school Spanish teacher who took disability leave to give birth and is on unpaid parental leave through the fall he Abilene gives Standin bomber real Welcome Texas a nearly people turned out saturday to Wel come the first Active duty b1b bomber to its Home but instead cheered a stand in the guest of Honor was stuck in Nebraska with mechanical the air Force sent its Only other opera ble bulb from Edwards in to Dyess fab in officials even plastered the replacement with the stranded planes the Star of the air Force is always prepared for All said Dyess spokesman Jim the b1b to be based in Abilene was at Offutt in said Alan commander of the 96th bombard ment Wing at after the aircraft landed at we discovered a mechanical problem entered in the air part of the planes air conditioning he the plane would probably be at its new Home within a few said the a supersonic is to replace the b52 which first rolled off Assembly lines 30 years the bib has inspired a virtual love affair in about 150 Miles West of a photo the b1b bomber makes a Low level pass Over Dyess fab during ceremonies in fort the City and its residents have flown posted Welcome b1b signs and urged children to color the by b in a colouring the planes Are expected to add More than million and 700 military personnel to Abilene the strategic air comes bomber Wing at Dyess eventually will consist of 29 one Hundred bombers Are scheduled to be its a great Day for this country of Bennie Sac com said after the substitute planes Lloyd Bentsen and Phil Gramm and City officials were among the dignitaries in shaded vip while the Sun beat Down on children in strollers and men in some in the crowd opened umbrellas to shield themselves from temperatures in the a Row of Booths among other cold drinks and b1b and an air Force band played i  have missed it if it would have been 110 said Evelyn her son and his family Are stationed at the its she said of the which was towed to a place of Honor behind the Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today july 1945 troops occupied Kume 50 Miles West of in an unopposed amphibious the Island afforded forces another base from which to Engineer possible landings on the japanese Mainland or 30 years ago today july 1955 in san author convict Caryl Chessman disclosed that he and several other san Quentin prison convicts conspired to smuggle the Bulky manuscript of his latest trial by out of death 20 years ago today july 1965 communist Viet Cong guerrillas attacked a South site of a major air with mortar 10 years ago today july 1975 the supreme court ruled that the Constitution gives a criminal defendant the right to turn Down free counsel and act As his own prodigal son7 gives mom for Tow life up Michael Kersey says he was a prodigal son until his Mother straightened him now he has thanked her by donating a lifesaving and his Barbara of Vero were both doing better than expected four Days after a successful kidney trans Plant at Florida Hospital in i went through the prodigal son Type Michael Kersey said from his Hospi Tal i was into i was into i was just very wild in the Early but she loved me through it she Laid the Law Down and straighten she was there for me with open in Kersey gave up a kidney to help his Mother fight an incurable poly cystic kidney that forced her to undergo dialysis three times a the genetic disorder causes cysts to grow on the As the cysts the pressure on the other organs causes pain and the kidneys Barbara Kersey lost her two and her grandmother to the but Michaels kidneys were Hospital officials said the next two weeks will be crucial As Barbara Kersey Waits to make sure her body does not reject the new 2 firms split 10 million Osfar wars conf races Washington a the Pentagon announced it has awarded two important development contracts for a new Type of radar system needed for president reagans Star wars the each totalling roughly were awarded to the Raythelon in and the Westinghouse electric in by the army ballistic missile defense the contracts require the companies and their prime sub contractors to develop competing preliminary designs for a ground based terminal imaging the Pentagon a terminal imaging radar would be capable of discriminating Between nuclear warheads and decoys or de Bris reentering the earths atmosphere during an the Star wars known formally As the Strate Gic defense Calls for research to develop lasers and other weapons that could be placed in space to shoot Down enemy such a system would require a Complex net work of supporting computers and radar on the the Pentagon said the contracts Call for development of a preliminary design for the one or both of the companies will be eligible for a second phase contract to Complete a final design and to assure that it can meet the technical contracts in the final part of the three phase program would involve construction and testing of an operating Model at the Kwajalein missile Range in the Pacific the contract awarded to Raythelon discloses its major sub contractor will be the try defense systems group in re Dondo subcontractors to Westinghouse include the computer sciences in Delta research in Nichols research in and Contech in Van