European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday november 8,1986 re Gina Sefl group seeking equal Access for women to German military by de Reavis staff writer Bonn Regina so nil is so angry thai Germany forbids women to serve in the army Oiher Ihan As doctors thai she founded a movement to pressure pal Itic ians 10 change inc Law of the land. It s not Only unfair to women and men that we cannot join the services in a non co Balani capacity it discriminates against us in our patriotic duly sen i said. Frauen Zum bund women to the army which was formed Only three weeks ago and has a dozen members him its first press conference thursday10 explain its motives Pur movement Aims to promote and supportive integration of German women Sirilo the German army in accordance with the equal right Law Sunil said. We plan to Cream a groundswell movement that first of All represents All German women hat responsible politicians won t be Able to Overlook in order to pressure the political parties to Lake the appropriate Steps to allow us to join the services Sefl said. To further her cause. Sen it plans visits of inter ested women to Allied military units in Germany to talk to female soldiers and familiarize them wit Day to Day military life. In Bonn Send assembled representatives from Verilus countries hat allow women to serve in the . Women soldiers from Denmark France the Netherlands and Belgium gave Brief descriptions of the possibilities of military service for women in their country. A woman who formerly served in the israeli army and a Swiss Man also spoke. Unfortunately he representatives from the United Stales and the United kingdom who agree to participate in our press conference were called Back by their superiors in London and washing ton Sefl said they fell the subject was to Touchy and might play a role in the upcoming Jan uary German elections and they did t want to be caught taking  Senft s Assumption of the willingness of German women to join the military is backed up by an inde pendent Survey carried out by the in plan Institute in Offenbach. A mar plan spokesman said 30 percent of they out i were in favor of women in the services and the majority of those wanted to allow women i combat roles something so nil is not advocating. Is Refl said she believes the acceptance of military service As a career option for women would increase with proper  Ait know that foreign embassies Here in Bonn receive a steady Stream of letters from Young German women asking if they May join their women s service corps Senft said. So nil who appeared with her 14 and 16-year-olddaughters, said the problem would be solved in the late 1990s when the German army is hit by the effects of the declining birthrate. Everyone in responsible positions knows that they la be forced to allow women in the services to meet the German nato commitment she  we Don t want to wait that Long when it will be forced upon us. It will be better to act now wit information and enlightenment on both sides be fore we arc hit Over the head with  said politicians Don t want to face the Deci Sion before they must. She said he subject is in popular partly because of the role of women in the military in world War  he older generation women in uniform evokes bad memories of our recent past she said. Sefl who Calls herself an Active housewife said she is confident her movement will make great gains. If politicians do not respond there s always he possibility of challenging the Constitution Lor our rights she said. World it Jav italian Mountaineer becomes believer in Yetts Munich up Reinhold meaner the Al Mountaineer to scale 1i the tall ii Himalayan pet. Said thursday in t West German Mainz in article summer trek through Tibet made him it believer in the abominable snowman legend. It Toner said he had two encounters it july 21 with the Large creature the Sherpa people Call the  popped out from Between the tract be Aid in the tint instant i thought a Yak but it was no Yak. Neither was it Man nor an ape nor a Bear the italian Mountain climber did in signed article in the weekly illustrated Magazine Bunte. The article was accompanied by photographs of they ii s squat footprints because Memer said he was w startled at the first encounter that the beast trolled off on All fours before he could whip out his camera. Churchill s great Nephew sentenced in drug Case London a the marquess Oft Oldford son of a Duke and great Nephew of sir Winston Churchill was Given a two year suspended prison sentence thurs Day after pleading guilty to cocaine Possession. The 30-year-old son of the Duke of Marlboroug choked Back cars As his attorney told the court thai years of drug addiction had reduced him to a physical and mental wreck and had been a Nightmare Forhia father. Judge Henry Pownall said he decided on a sus Pended sentence despite Blandford s conviction last year for burglary and heroin Possession because hews undergoing treatment for his addiction and appeared to be changing his life. Battleship Missouri sails through Suez canal Suez Egypt a the recommissioned . Bat Ilc ship Missouri on a round the world familiarization tour steamed through the Suez canal on Friday Enro Ute 10 the Mediterranean sea. The Missouri was the eighth vessel in a 17-ship Convoy that entered the canal at 9 . It arrived thursday afternoon off this pan at the waterway s Southern Entrance. This is the first Globe circling tour for the Missouri since its launch in 1944. The 45,000-ton  action in the Pacific theater during world War ii and it was on its decks that japanese surrender documents were signed ending the War on sept. 2,1945. 25% of world s shipping underused . Says Geneva Switzerland a some 25 percent of he world s merchant Fleet is Idle or underused and there is a 40 percent excess in shipbuilding capacity signs of a persistent crisis in global shipping & . Report said  orders have continued at High Levels despite a rapidly rising amount of surplus tonnage the report said. Monument honouring Gays to be built in Netherlands Amsterdam Netherlands a a dutch Gay rights group is planning to build a government subsidized Monument to homosexuals next year in this Cit noted for its tolerance of alternative lifestyles. The Monument will be the fim architectural sym Bol of the existence of homosexuals in the Netherlands and in the world but at the same Lime it s a warning against persecution said Heleen Van Meun a spokeswoman for the fund raising committee which Calls itself the Dawn foundation the committee has scheduled a Charity Soiree i Amsterdam s concert Gebow concert Hall on dec. 7. Kohl accused of cover up in Newsweek Case Bonn a the opposition social democrats charged Friday that Chan cellar Helmut Kohl unjustly accused Newsweek Magazine of distorting his comments in an interview to cover up his own political blunders. The Chancellor attempted to cover his own error with unjustified charges against third persons said Hans Jochen Vogel the social democratic parliamentary Leader. Kohl has damaged his reputation in the world he added. Last month Newsweek quoted Kohlas comparing soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev with nazi propaganda chief Jose Goebbels in an interview published two wefts ago. Earlier this week the chancello charged that Newsweek had distorted the meaning of his comments and said head not made the comparison. On thursday Newsweek released the tape of the interview after ranking govern ment officials continued to maintain that he Newsweek report was not accurate. Newsweek said it was releasing the tape because the Magazine s integrity was under attack. Vogel called Kohl s comments tact less and inappropriate and said they were More suited to the late hours at barroom table than to the chancellery. Vogl also said he hoped that Contro Versy Over the affair would end and that it would not be a further Burden on soviet West German relations. Newsweek quoted Kohl As Rop onding to a question about Gorbachev by Ray ing he is a modern communist Leader who understands Public relations. Goeb Bels one at those responsible for the crimes of the Hitler in we an expert in Public relations