European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 news update the stars and stripes sunday May 3,1987 Waldheim Survey Vienna Austria a Only 9 percent of austrian believe president Kurt Waldheim should resign because of allegations about his Rale in world War ii a Vienna newspaper reported Friday. The mass circulation Kronen newspaper Austria s largest daily said a Telephone Survey conducted after monday decision to bar Waldheim from the United slates found that 74 percent of those polled opposed a Waldheim resignation. Seven percent had no opinion. Since the . Decision became Public a few left Wing politicians and commentators have called for Waldheim t resignation. Soviet private firms Moscow a a new Law allowing soviets to open private Bui task aimed at satisfying con Sumer demand took effect Friday at part at Kremlin Leader Mikhail. Gorbachev s drive to improve the nation s Economy. The program encourages Citi zen in their spare time to Supply Good and services that Slat run enterprises traditionally have been unable to provide. Soviet officials Are reluctant to characterize the measure As free Enterprise. They maintain the concepts Are consistent with socialism. However allowing citizen to work for themselves in Fields rang ing from horseshoeing to cake dec online and to my prices at what Ever lae Market will Bear Edge the soviet Economy Down to Fentem Model. Temperatures � b is a pm an. Tenonn a at Juo ass a i &64 fils ii u 7 u 14 h u Asre pm Evv r cd Ftp. R Dutta. L i it him rms. D Al Ollo. It 65 Vuic guv. ? of Asto Mim Piti 82 37te 41 48 41 i 33uaor. I in ppm a d v a3ucmim1 Prilly to nor of wok i cd Julf skin Oil Uxa Mui. M. Case focuses on ability of gis to sue superiors by William j. Batman Washington Bureau Washington an. Sex Marin Captain s Case could determine whether military personnel can sue Superior offi cers for violating their constitutional rights. John Van Drasek a combat Veteran claims his military career was unfairly ended when he spoke out against sen discrimination and supported the rights of a drug user but unless the supreme court agrees to let him take his Case to the civilian courts he May never have it Chance to prove it. Van Drasek s attorney Stephen Milli Ken told the court wednesday that to bar a whistle Blower Scase from civilian court review would effectively close the doors to the military in future constitutional questions. After Van Drasek s complaint was rejected by Marine and Navy reviewers ii turned to the . District court. But that court declined to hear his Case Cit ing Trie Nettl for civilian courts to avoid Imer Faience with military Justice a fed eral appears court later declined to Bearthes suit on the same grounds. Van Drasek said he received unfair performance ratings after challenging his commander s decision to exclude preg Nant marines from courses at he no leadership school in Quanico a. Van Drasek the school s director later Madea formal recommendation against discriminatory treatment for pregnant marines. The performance ratings caused him to be passed Over for promotion twice which w cause for mandatory discharge. Van Dryselt claims. He also claims tie was transferred after Bis votes As a Mem Ber of the administrative discharge Board displeased the same commander. One of those votes was to retain a Marine despite a drug abuse problem. What Van Drasek seeks is merely to have Bis claims reviewed Milliken said. He called on the justices to resolve the Issue of whether a District court has the jurisdiction to review a military proceed ing to determine if a military person s rights Wen violated. Milliken said a conflict exists Amon the courts regarding whether certain Mil itary complaints such As Van Drasek Sarc reviewable As Well As what standards. Be applied 10 determine whether Tohl a the Cense. Michael Kellogg assistant to the Navy solicitor general said Van Drasek s Case leaves the supreme court no Issue to address since the military investigated the matter in keeping with the Law while the civilian courts have followed their customary policy of not interfering will military Justice. While the District court refitted in hear Van Drasek s Case Kellogg said it did Lind that the Marine corps process ing of his complaint complies with constitutional requirements and the subsequent investigation report and remedial action were found to satisfy the mini mum standards of procedural due pro  but Milliken notes that the Board for correction of naval records a panel of civilians appointed by the Secretary of the Navy determined that Van Drasek s Transfer May have been an act of Retalia Tion by his commander. Despite this it said no such motives could be found in regard to the contested performance rat Ings the attorney said. The former commander col. . Cooper said be. Initially considered transferring Van Drasek due to dissatisfaction will his performance. The offi Cial reason for the Transfer was Van dra sek s injury from a parachuting Accident which Mimken claims was not As serious As some other injuries to marines under Cooper s command who were not transferred. Address Fred. Pope urges renewed vigor in fight against abortion mercy killing by de met2ler in Cologne Friday the Pope beatified found it i solves in crisis o a nni.___4 pm ,-jtj.m it huh c4.i a it Isi   to Vilita " a hta Tifin Felt fun  Pope John Paul h told German Bish Ops that they should proclaim with new vigor their opposition to abortion and mercy killing. In View of the frighteningly i number of abortion and Trie inc Case in the illicit practice of to called mercy killing the Mission to protect life has again assumed great significance and urgency for us Bishops. We roust proclaim with new vigor that god alone is lord Over life and  John Paul who first visited Germany in 1980, said Bis current trip would be characterized by his beatification of two people who resisted and were persecuted by the nazis. I Edith Stein a convert from Judaism. He will beautify Rupert Mayer today in Munich. The Pope compared abortion Anil mercy killing with the holocaust and told the German Bishops conference that the Church must not allow the practices to go in criticized even though the dignity and Funda mental rights of Mankind Are threatened today in a less dramatic but More Subtle manner the Church must be no less ready to make itself the advocate of life regardless of intimidation or  John Paul denied claims by critics thai the Church did not Mist the nazi re Gime. He said the Church tried to pre vent the wont by signing a concordat with Hitler. But As the nazi menace grew German Bishop and the Church foun to Selve a Crisi f response  As Bishops Felt compelled to speak Oul against the growing horror the Church s Freedom was restricted More and More. Shining out against this dark historical background Are the figures of toe three witnesses whose memory we Are honouring during these Days he said. In addition to beautifying Stein and Mayer the Pope Friday evening visited the grave of Cardinal Clemens August Graf von Galen an outspoken critic of Hitler. All of them together represent theother Germany which refused to Bow to arrogance and brute Force and which was Able after the final collapse to serve a a sound nucleus and source of strength for the magnificent moral and material re construction that followed he said. Senate pane votes to withhold funds to reopen troubled nuclear reactor new York not the Senate armed services committee has voted to bar funds for reopening a troubled nuclear reactor in Washington state that is a key source of the nation s plutonium fuel for nuclear weapons. Then reactor at the Hanford Reser vation near Richland wash., resembles the soviet Union s chernobyl Plant More closely than does any other reactor in la United Stales. It has been closed since december for safety improvements after the explosion in april 1986 at Cher Nobyl the wont nuclear Accident in his tory. High ranking Reagan administration officials said Hal failure to reopen the reactor could impair the military s ability to main Tain the nation s nuclear Arsenal. The Senate panel s vote in a closed session wednesday come in deliberations on a Bill for military programs that the committee is expected to Send to the full Senate Friday. It would bar funds for operation of the reactor but would Perron the Energy department to keep it ready to restart. The department expects to Complete some equipment changes by july 1, along with improving  and operating procedures and completing an analysis of flaws that could cause an Accident according to Douglas c. Al mils. A depart ment spokesman. But other changes recommended by experts selected by the department including a system to purge explosive gases that could build up Dur ing an Accident would not be finished by then he said. Like chernobyl and in contrast to the Standard commercial designs in use in the United states then reactor use Graphite blocks to facilitate the nuclear reaction. Al also lacks the steel and con Crete containment buildings that sur round commercial reactors. But because of design differences in is not subject to the same instability that triggered the chernobyl disaster. Then read or which was designed for 20 years of use but i now in its 23rd year is one of six Energy department facilities for producing plutonium fuel for nuclear bombs. But the committee Vole comes at a time when All the others Are showing problems. Two Are now shut possibly permanently and the other three Are running at less than half of capacity because of safety questions. All five Are at the Savannah River Plant near Aiken