European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday. August 6,1986 oin Fox to be York a television 10 it Sand agreement announced theand _ Aboc Kornuc id _. Head closer Abc cd affiliation stations in was abort signed with Cal prac Tullner entail coven no of the nation abcs president. Al and a peso cease fire talks Manila. Philippines Dpi Strong resistance from communist rebel commanders to cease fire talks with the government of presi Dent Corazon Aquino has been overcame and negotiations May begin in a month a communist party official said in an interview published sunday. Satur Ocampo 4fi, one of two principal communist negotiators said he expected to men within a week with one of Aquino s representatives. Agriculture minister Ramon Mitra to Lav the ground rules Tor the peace talks to begin. Philadelphia pact Philadelphia a Hedly s Blue Collar Union employees formally ratified a two year contract sunday two weeks after ending 20 Day strike without a new agreement. About 300 of the nearly 13,000 members of District Council 33 of the american federation of state county and municipal employee showed up to vote on the my foment reached july 22. Toe a burp i in favo was More than 2-1, hid District 33 president ear Stout three Hundred out of the 13,000 that should id you something Aid Jim Williams a Shopie Wanmui the water department it tells me people Are tired. They feel their legs were Cut out from under them. An they re afraid. They lost 20 Day  new limits on military Job women leaders s by bunt  Bureau Washington despite one  s remarks to vocal limits on How Many women the a. Forces can use lie in Federal Law and we Man s interest inthe increasingly Icahn Row jobs needed for Modem warfare min by personnel chiefs say. The Only constraint have i whether the person is Quali Fiu and inter ested said air Force maj. Go. William mall director of personnel nans. But mall also said the air Force Mastbe run Ning out of jobs open to women. Army maj. Gen. William o Ukso director of military personnel Man Merit said 54 percent of the jobs in army arc open to women. Only 10.3 cent of today s soldiers Are women. That tells you right off the Bat in the aggregate we Are not reaching any Satu ration Point o old try said. Figure show that about 13 percent of the people he army recruits each year Are women. The topic made headlines when adm. James Waikit the retiring chief of naval operations said in an interview that the Navy May have recruited to Many women. Navy officials confirmed that Watkins made the remarks but Laid they came in the context of a discussion about the problem of sea Shore rotation. Watkins concern was that women might fill to Many Shore jobs needed for sailors who have been at sea for years. When he looked Down at what the problem Are it s because certain traditional Jow areas were overfull and some Oiler ratings were wanting said rear adm. My Kaneres director of military personnel policy. We be eat a few More women in traditional jobs than we need to have Kaletres said. I say a few More because i need the numbers in some of the non traditional the electronics people some of the Materiel support Folk Carolyn Becraft. Director of the project on women and the military for la women s equity action league said she feared Waikins remarks meant the Nav was about to try to restrict women s role in the Force. The Navy sounds As if it s ready Tore look at the role of women with no women present she said. Becton said the Navy has Only one woman at a High level of personnel polity making an thai she works with family matters. By met said that while the Navy has the Only constr e have is when the person is a vilified an interest fir Force Laj. Gen. Iliam mall opened up Thyl Luuy detachments on military be Scull Cynd cargo ships to women coi it up it vessels such As oilers Anuj Anition and stores ships also could Befle Ned to Downen. Navy officials Confer those Loop be to combat. Lit one in Rou f the 57,000 Nav men Are in Nott twi tonal jobs Nav Gur show but the embers Are by at about 1,5 percent year. Not docs the Navy need the technical technical jobs come with Grea cruel Hood of duty aboard one Olinc 10 percent of Navy  women May be assigned an the defense advisory commile Pei women in the service Daco Wim some of these barriers Are coat renal such As com Bat restrictions. In there Are areas in which artificial of Fin have been set up that inhibit careprogression.1 Davis to to fit vice president of the Institute foreign policy studies id cambriddfmass., is one of eight members Joffe dacoits executive committee faking an eight Day swing through Urs in Germany and eng land. As Ank ample of career barriers she cited "1 a font say which command but n certain billets assignments women to one command that Areto women in another command id. That is just a matter of Poti Vas said saturday in an interview with the stars and stripes that she sup ports lifting most of the restrictions on women in combat. In today s strategic environment you can t define combat the said. To say women can t go out on the Battlefield is somewhat artificial. I think we should come to grip with tit fact thai we revealing with  Section 6015 of title 10 of the , enacted in 1948, excludes women from combat ships and Section 8s49prohibits air Force women from flying combat aircraft. Restrictions on army women s role in combat is a Mailer of army policy not Law. In time of War current tactics could bring the Baltjes to front and rear areas which could place any military Job in combat area Davis said. Most of the members of the commit tee feel thai a broadened interpretation of what combat is is necessary she  Are areas in which women can be used that they currently Are not Progress is being made she said. In the Navy certain categories of vessels Are being opened to women which Al lows them to get the sea duly necessary for advancement. The army is review ing Bow modern tactics of warfare should affect women she said. In the marines women Are receiving Bayonet training. Positions closed to women being reviewed to ensure that ending remain from Given jobs it jut . I current combat restrictions the is recommending that women be Begum advised on their career option Benoir of Erina the service and that Cou Iueline available for women serv ice Lembck on an ongoing basis once they choose career Field. The 32-Nwnber committee we formed in i9& its members Are appointed for the year terms and meet twice each Yearm Forward recommendation conc mum the utilization of women in the i ii to the Secretary of defense. While career que tons often Are brought up by Wosnum officers Davis said enlisted Wom Enve equally concerned with More Day to a issues such Ai child care and absent pileup kills 5, in is 41 Taipei Taiwan of or Buso and seven other vehicles owed into each other during torrential Rasm Kiu Ioa five people and injuring 41, Pace said sunday. Police said a bus slowdown triggering the pileup saturday a mile South of Taipei on Taiwan s Mai South Highway