European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday Marpert 28, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 Beirut school seeks on sit administrator new York a the first task of the new president of inc american University of Beirut will be to find someone to carry out a daily duties in the War torn lebanese City University up oct Man says. Or. Frederic p. Her tar 66, has been elected by trustees University spokesman Robert a Kerry said tuesday. The new president a surgeon on he staff of new York s presbyterian Hospital will direct inc affairs of the University from he United Stales. Ii is difficult hurler said is it a Good Way to run a school no but it s the Best we can do. The Miracle is shut the school mists at  the . Government has declared Beirut of limit to most americans be cause of kidnappings and murders of american citizens by terrorists. In january 198american University president Malcolm Kerr was killed by gunmen As he stepped out of the elevator in front of his office. His predecessor David Dodge was kidnapped in july 1982 during in israeli siege of moslem West Beirut and was released one year later in Syria. Retiring University president Calvin Plimpton was forced to move his offices to new York two years ago because or the kidnapping threat Berry said. Four University professors and staff members have been kidnapped since1984, David p. Jacobson 45. A University Hospital administrator was kidnapped in May 1985 and released in november 1986. Thomas Sutherland 45, an Aca Demic Dean was kidnapped in june 1985 and Joseph Cicippio. 46. Acting comptroller was kidnapped in september 1986. Both arc still being held. Peter c. Kilburn a librarian was kid napped in november 1984. Me was found dead m april 1986. The american University was founded in 1866 by american missionary David Bli Dodge s Grandfather. It is a private institution whose 5.300 students arc instructed in English and in Many respects is similar to universities in the United slates. It is known for its medical program and leaching Hospital As Well As its offer Ings in the health sciences and Engi Neering. Her tar is a professor at Columbia University s College of physicians and surgeons. He has been a trustee of the University since 1977 and was elected chairman of its Hoard in november 1985. Inmate proves he s no Houdini Clayton Rabbit Veach wanted on of his jail cell monday night in Nashville tenn., and a per tally Bov get a porthole might be Hes route to Freedom. He poked his head through jail officials say. And then found himself so thoroughly stack that firefighters Rescue equipment was needed to extricate him. Veach is a habitual criminal nth � record of More than 68 arrests police said and was regarded until monday As something of an escape artist. Job applicants May now sign amnesty pledge Sacramento Calif a a Federal judge signed an agreement Between the immigration and naturalization service and representatives of Immi Grants that allows aliens to work if they assure employ ers they re eligible for ins amnesty. The order was signed and took effect monday. The agreement May help up to 1 million illegal aliens nationwide who will seek work Between now and the time their applications for amnesty arc adjudicated said Peter Schey director of the los Angeles based National Center for immigrants rights inc. Ii should immediately reverse inc trend of employ ers firing immigrant workers who qualify for legalization Schey said. Many employers had been reluctant to hire illegal aliens fearing sanctions that would be imposed under the immigration Law enacted nov. 6, which makes it illegal for employers to knowingly hire illegal aliens. But ins officials have said they would t Issue work permits to amnesty applicants until after their first interview in the legalization process which is scheduled to begin May 5, so . Dis Ricl judge Lawrence Karlton signed an agreement monday that these employers May hire undocumented aliens if the Workens give assurances they arc eligible for amnesty. The worker s written Assur Ance is All he employer needs so no penalties will be levied against the company Schy said the reports we be gotten arc that employers Are increasingly anticipating employer sanctions and arc asking for work authorization said Ralph Abascal. An attorney with California Rural Legal assistance one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the ins. Jumping ship incidents by poles continue in Alaska Seward Alaska up polish seamen whose fishing boats Stop at Seward have been jumping ship by the dozens and seeking Asylum for several years with the latest such incident occurring last week . Officials reported. It s no Biggie for us any More Seward police chief Louis Bengardino said tuesday. It s getting to be Rou  each year for the past several years about two dozen polish fishermen have jumped ship in Seward a town of about 2,000 people 80 Miles South of Anchorage said Gary Johnson director of inc immigration and naturalization service in Anchorage. Bencardino said that the first time it happened the men were jailed. Now. He said the people in Seward help the men get to Anchorage Alaska s largest City. A group of polish fishermen jumped ship last week in Seward. "1 think there were a trite said Johnson. Some have come into our  five of the fishermen went straight to the Seward police station. Most of them seem to know that if they come to the police station it s a Safe Haven said Bencardino Johnson said he was first alerted by members of the polish Community in Anchorage who promised to bring the fishermen into inc immigration and natural station service office. Polish ships fishing in inc Rich Waters around Alaska regularly Stop in Seward for supplies. Lower court slighted women panel rules Washington a a Federal appeals court reviving a decade old lawsuit against the state depart ment ruled tuesday that a lower court erroneously rejected set discrimination claims by women foreign sen ice officers. The . Circuit court of appeals unanimously ruled that . District judge John Lewis Smith committed i number of Legal errors and made several clearly erroneous errors of fact in his 1985 opinion reject ing claims that women foreign service officers were victims of discriminatory hiring assignment and pro motion practices. The appeals court ruled that the plaintiffs had proven discrimination in two types of Job assignments and in granting the foreign service s Superior Honor award. The court panel strongly suggested there was similar proof of discrimination in other promotion evaluation and assignment practices. On these issues the three judge panel directed the lower court to review the trial record in Light of its instructions on How to Analyse the facts. The District court unreasonably we cycled a major portion of appellants evidence that he promotion decision at Issue were info Mcd with a discriminatory motive the court said in a 67-Page opinion written by chief judge Patricia Wald. The lawsuit filed in 1976, charged that women were disproportionately assigned to less prestigious consular work rather than the High status political economic and administrative positions in the for eign service. The plaintiffs presented what the court called Strung statistical evidence that a disproportionate number of women were transferred from political and economic branches to consular work processing visas and help ing . Tourists overseas. The court said it would order the District court to reconsider the Issue because we have already deter mined that the District court must conduct further fact finding on other issues in this  the court found Liat Smith had Little reason to reject statistics showing that a disproportionately Low number of women were assigned to program direction jobs. Ellen Kabcenell Wujen. An attorney representing the plaintiffs hailed the appeals court decision. Stale department officials said they were studying the opinion and could not comment on the ramifications of the decision. The decision affects Boul 1.000 women foreign service officers who were employed by the stale department from 1976 to 1983