European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday March 6,1986 Navy to allow pregnant sailors limited sea Dufy by Norman Black a military writer Washington aware of the willingness and ability of pregnant women to continue to serve the Navy plans to relax its policy governing ship assignments for pregnant sailors and officers. Under the new policy women will be allowed to re main on Board up to their 20th week of pregnancy assuming they Are cleared by a medical officer it. Stephen Pietropaoli a Navy spokesman said tuesday. That will Mark a significant about face for the Navy which currently requires that women abandon sea duty As soon As their pregnancy is confirmed. The new policy will be distributed to Fleet commanders within the next month or so the spokesman said. The change has been approved by the Navy surgeon general and recognizes the services the vast majority of Job specialities within the army air Force Navy and Marine corps have been open to women orsome years. In the Case of the Navy the combat exclusion prohibits female sailors and officers to continue to serve Pietropaoli said. It will also help reduce the vacancies created by Early transfers under the Origi Nal policy and thus improve readiness he said. Although women Are banned from serv ing in any combat role with the military cruisers submarines aircraft carriers another warships. But women Are allowed to serve on ten Ders repair Salvage and Rescue vessels sup ply ships support vessels including tugs or floating dry docks and Survey and Oceano graphic vessels. According to Pietropaoli there Are an estimated 4,200 enlisted women and about 200 female officers serving aboard such ves Sels. Nonetheless the opportunities for women to enhance their chances of promotion through sea duty Are limited. The old policy has prompted some women not to report a pregnancy for fear they Are going to be reassigned immediately said vice . Dudley l. Carlson the chief of naval personnel. The new rules will allow women to get some sea experience As Long As it is medi Cally Safe before being reassigned to other duties he said. Dutch trying to create jobs by giving soldiers Day off the Hague Netherlands a almost half the dutch army is staying Home the last Friday of each month As part of a government Campaign to Cut employee work hours thereby creating More jobs. The extra Day of monthly leave is mandatory and involves about 30,000 of the 65,000 conscripts professional soldiers and officers of the first dutch army corps said dutch defense ministry spokesman and Van nieu Burg. The measure introduced Jan. 1, is part of a program to trim the 40-hour government workweek by two hours said new update Aid to nicaraguans Washington up Church and Syna Gogue members As Well As other . Citizens have contributed $13.5 million for humanitarian Aid to the people of Nicaragua the director of a private fund raising drive says. We re Halfway to our goal of $27 million in humanitarian Aid for the people of Nicaragua said the Rev. William Callahan a Jesuit priest who is coordinating the quest for peace project a yearlong Campaign aimed at Matching and countering . Funds for Contra rebels seeking to overthrow Managua s sandinista government. The Campaign which has the backing of a number of prominent religious leaders including roman Catholic auxiliary Bishop Thomas Gumbleton coordinates and monitors Aid flow ing to Nicaragua from More than 70 organizations in 29 states. Polish death probe Warsaw Poland a lawyers for the family of a Gdansk University student who died of head injuries after being detained by police have asked the government to reopen its investigation into the death opposition sources said. A state prosecutor in the Northern City of Olsztyn last month dropped the investigation into the death of the student Marcin Antonowicz after concurring with the police account that he died by leaping out of a police truck in an escape attempt and striking his head on the pavement. In their motion to the Olsztyn provincial prosecutor two lawyers representing Antonowicz s parents said there were grounds to question All significant findings of the investigation and asked that the Case be reopened. Nato military policeman accidentally shoots himself Ramstein a Germany a nato military policeman died wednesday after shooting himself Dur ing an Early morning changing of the guard. The incident occurred at 6 40 . While the police Man was Clearing his weapon officials said. The policeman was rushed to the . Army Hospital in nearby Lan Stuhl where he died. His name and nationality were withheld pending notification of Kin. The military policeman was assigned to Allied air forces Central Europe according to an Aasc spokesman. The spokesman could provide no additional information on where the incident occurred or its circumstances. German police Are investigating the incident. Van nieu Burg. He said the army corps decided on the once a month Day off to avoid scheduling problems. The measure the spokesman said is part of a govern ment scheme to create More jobs. He did not say however How Many jobs this plan would create. Of the army s extra Day off troop strength is reduced to a level equal to weekends and Public holidays Van nieu Burg said. This is nothing new. Every saturday and sunday we have a situation such As now applies to the last Friday of the month he said. The measure does not apply to 7,500 dutch soldiers and Royal dutch air Force personnel stationed in Northern Germany Van nieu Burg said. There have been no complaints about the measure from the Netherlands nato allies he added. Van nieu Burg said the measure does not reduce in strength the dutch contribution to nato s defense Effort and he noted All leave would be cancelled during International tension. Gel Dot discloses new project for african Relief sport Aid London up band Aid Leader Bob Geldof announced plans wednesday for sport Aid a new fund raising Effort for Relief in Africa which will Cli Max with a worldwide race against time May 25. I have no idea How Many people will take part no idea How much Money will be raised Geldof said but he added that he does not expect it to top last summer s live Aid concerts which a band Aid spokesman said has raised about $ 100 million. Sport Aid is co sponsored by band Aid and uni Cef the . Childrens fund. Unicof executive director Jim Grant and Britain s 1,500-meter olympic Gold medallist Sebastian Coe flanked Geldof at the news conference. Geldof nominated for a Nobel peace prize for his band Aid work said the primary goal of sport Aid would be to raise awareness of the continuing need to fight hunger disease and poverty in Africa. Grant said we want to remind leaders of the world people do care about  he said continued Aid would help Ethiopia Cut the death rate of its Chil Dren in half Over the next five years. Activities in the race against time Start May 17, when an african runner is to leave a refugee Camp in Ethiopia with a Torch lit from charcoal embers from the Camp Geldof said. During the next week the runner will run 10-Kilome Ter courses through major european cities he said. The runner is to be in new York May 25, where he will use the Torch to Light a sport Aid flame in . Plaza Geldof said. This will signal the Start of 10-kilo meter runs throughout the world he said. Geldof suggested that neighbourhoods and schools sponsor runners and compete to see who could raise the most Money. A sport Aid statement said a total of 130,000 run ners Are expected to take part in runs in Athens Greece Barcelona Spain and Birmingham England with 18 other cities also committed to sponsor runs. Birmingham which has applied to Host the 1992 summer olympics will also be the site of several other sport Aid fund raisers including gymnastics and ice skating. Sports Aid said among those participating would be Jayne Torville and Christopher Dean olympic and world Champion ice dancers and Robin cousins also a former world Champion. Sport Aid is working to organize sports events around the world to coincide with the week s activities Geldof said adding that we expect sportsmen All Over the world to  the new York run is to coincide with a special . Session on Africa. Geldof said he Hopes attention to the events will put pressure on the . General Assembly. It will also take place the same Day As hands across America an american Effort to fight hunger in the United states. This is a gesture. We re responsible for each  else is going to be Geldof said. Geldof said that the runs will be worldwide and that negotiations Are under Way for events to be held in Eastern bloc nations. Music and sport Are two things that transcend Borders he said. Egypt riots blamed for tourism drop Cairo Egypt up tourism minister Fouad Sultan said wednesday Egypt has lost 40 percent of its tourist Revenue As a result of last week s police riots that destroyed four luxury hotels and 28 nightclubs and restaurants. The weekly Magazine Al muss War said a Large num Ber of moslem extremists were arrested for suspicion they participated in the riots in which 45 people were killed and about 300 wounded. The Magazine said 3,000 policemen and civilian were detained. The civilians include a Large percentage of Mem Bers of extremist religious groups it said. Sultan in a press conference he gave to local an foreign journalists said that since the hijacking of the italian cruise ship Achille Lauro off the egyptian coast last october 70 percent of . Tourists who planned a trip to Egypt cancelled their reservations. Sultan said 8,000 tourists visited Egypt during the past seven Days compared to 18,000 during the same period last year a daily loss of about $1 million. Tourism is one of four principal sources of foreign currency for Egypt. The others Are Oil exports income from the Suez canal and remittances by egyptian expatriates. Conscript policemen mutinied feb. 25, in reaction to a Rumor that their service would be extended by another year. The policemen went on a rampage destroying hotels and other tourist establishments near the Giza pyramids Southwest of Cairo. Tourists fled the hotels and sought Refuge in nearby houses and farms. A danish woman was found dead in her room and four French tourists were injured. Speculation was Rife that moslem fundamentalist were involved in the rampage because the mobs torched nightclubs and casinos and smashed liquor bottles. In an interview published by Al muss War Interior police minister Zaki Badr was asked whether the fundamentalists were involved. My personal opinion i that the riots were pre planned and premeditated he replied