European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday april 24,1987 air Force to disband 3, add 2 Roth units Washington at1 the air Porte said wednesday in has decided 10 disband Roth units at Ihrck universities because of Low enrolment but will create to new units Al no her institutions. Completing its annual viability re View of the air Force Reserve officer training corps program the service said Roth units Al san Francisco stale University the University of Northern Colo Rado Al arc Fey colo., and the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh will be disestablished by september 1989." new units will be activated by sep tember 1989 at Indiana slate University in Tern haute. Ind. And inc University not Chat at Elpaso the air Force said. Two Roth units placed on Proba Tion last year have been restored to full status the service said. They arc at Loui Siana state University in Baton Rouge and Manhattan College in River Dale . The viability study examines units around the country to determine if schools with four year Roth programs arc enrolling at least 17 cadets As juniors and schools with two year programs have at least 12. The review also focuses on a school s potential to offer undergraduate training in specific programs needed by he air Force such As engineering the Quality of students at each institution and the average Cadet Coil per graduate at each Ddai san Cal the air Force says. The latest study found that inc service now has an Roth enrolment of 23,390 at 152 operating units. The air Force said students enrolled in Roth at the Ihrck schools where units Are being disbanded will be offered a Chance to continue their military train ing at nearby schools at the University of California at Berkeley Colorado state University at fort Collins and the University of Pittsburgh. The service also said seven Roth units have been placed on probation for monitoring during the coming year and three others that had been placed on pro Bation earlier will remain in thai stains Tor the Lime being. The seven new probationary units in clude i Host at Alabama slate University san Diego slate University the univer sity of California Al Berkeley the University of southwestern Louisiana the University of Akron. Memphis slate University and Utah state University. Those placed on probation earlier and remaining in that status include Stamford University in Birmingham Ala Saint Michael s College in Winooski. Vt., and the University of Wyoming at Laramie in the Mist of the Dawn a p photo the North lower of the Golden Gate Bridge in san Francisco Rise above � layer of Cor with a shadowy sleepy City Skyline in the background. The fog brought the California City Welcome Cooling trend Early wednesday after tuesday record setting 90 degree temperatures. Florida nuke Plant fined guards fired after Security violations Miami a sleeping guards and unauthorized visitors at the Turkey Point nuclear Power Plant will Cost Florida Power & Light co. A $75,000 Fine. Seven guards were fired after being found asleep the most recent by an arc inspector on Jan. Is said Tom Veenstra spokesman for the Utility. An inspector sent Down in Early March to investigate inc sleeping incidents also discovered an unauthorized visitor in a vital area of the Plant said nuclear Regula tory commission spokesman Joe it Loiland. A Check of he records turned up eight previous costs he said. A vital area is defined As any place where tampering with equipment could cause radiation to be released into the atmosphere endangering the Public Gilliland said. The arc announced the Fine wednesday. Federal regulations prohibit releasing details of the violations but a spokesman said Al no Lime was the Plum s integrity compromised. The arc said the Fine resulted no from a single violation but a pattern of incidents beginning in Jan uary 1985. They demonstrate a lapse in management control and indicate an apparent weakness in the company s employee training for Security at Turkey Point said the arc quoting a letter written to the Utility by regional administrator j. Nelson Grace. The Utility spokesmen say hey have taken Steps to solve the problem by increasing radio and visual Cheeks of guard stations and rotating posts. The company agrees with the arc that any breach of proper performance of Security personnel must be Deal Wilh in the strongest terms said . Woody Fps group vice president of nuclear Energy. The incidents or unauthorized visitors probably involved contractors or vendors who were briefly out of sight of their escorts the spokesman said but he said no visitors entered the Plant without permission. The Utility has 30 Days to decide whether to Appeal the Fine. Reagan discusses pressing issues Washington a pics Jdant Reagan poked some fun Al journalists bul ended his speech Al the while House correspondents association annual dinner wednesday night Wilh a plea for peace with the Media. He even Shook hands and congratulated Bob Wood Ward of he Washington Post who was awarded a prize for his reporting of he Iran Contra affair. I Vegol it news item Tor you Reagan told the 2,000 members and go cols of the association. We have a spin off from our Star wars research. It s a helmet for me to Wear at press conferences. All i do is push a Fullon ind in shoots Down incoming he called his wife Nancy to the podium and asked her to say a few kind words about the press. After a Long pause she protested i m thinking. I m think but after taking the Poishis Reagan confessed i each other now dam he said. Stateside adult courts Likely to Send juveniles to prison Washington a most juvenile delinquents transferred to adult courts arc Likely to be convicted and sent to prison according to a study released by the Gustke department s office of juvenile Justice and delinquency prevention. The study found that 66 percent of the cases exam ined resulted in a Guilly verdict and so percent of those defendants were sentenced to prison or another Type of secure facility. The average sentence was seven years. The study was conducted by the american institutes Tor research. Our findings came As a Surprise because Many have a positive opinion of reporters. I m sure we pet exasperated with and then. That s just the friction of free scientist at the institutes said. Club rescinds invitation to Black woman speaker Rome Gil a a business women s club has apologized to a Turner broadcasting system vice presi Dent after the club rescinded her invitation to address the group. One club member said the action was prompted by race. Zemona Clayton who is Black is vice president of Public affairs for Tbs. She said she had been invited to speak at the club s annual woman of the year ban Quet april 28, but the invitation was rescinded after she sent a photograph and biography information As requested. Clayton said she was shocked but not angered by the incident. I be worked a Long time in human rights civil rights and race relations she said in a Telephone inter View i knew those kinds of things existed but i guess i thought that Day had she said Amy Pimper head of he committee work ing on the banquet arrangements for the Rome chapter of thai business and professional women s club told her a majority of the committee members decided Rome was not ready for a Black Clayton said Pimper was resigning to protest the decision. . Economy Marks 4.3 percent growth Washington a . Economic growth shot up at an annual rate of 4,3 percent in the first three months of 1987, the fastest growth in almost three years the government reported thursday. However the surprisingly Strong Rise in the Gross National product which came almost entirely from a buildup of business inventories masked substantial weakness analysts said and was Likely to be reversed in the current Quarter the Commerce department said the oni1 performance was up substantially from a weak 1.1 percent Rise in the october december Quarter last year and was the fastest expansion rate since the Economy grew at a 5.0 percent Pace in the second Quarter of 1984, the pickup in economic growth was accompanied by a Rise in inflation. An inflation Index tied to the Gnu Rose Al an annual rate of 3.6 percent in the first three months of the year up from a 2,7 percent Rise in the fourth Quarter and he biggest jump in prices since a 4.0 percent Rise in the first Quarter of 1984
