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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. October 8. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 finnish men fear those terrible older women Helsinki Finland Dpi a Quarter of ii Iii Limm complain of sexual harassment by women Al work mostly in female dominated areas such As catering and nursing a sociologist said tuesday. Female harassment of male col leagues ranges from pressure for sexual Intercourse to pinching suggestive looks and gestures phone Calls and sex Ual jokes Elena Havio Mannila said in an interview. She is co author of sexual harassment in the workplace a Survey by the government run finnish Council for Equality to be published this tall. Havio Mannila a sociologist Wilh the Helsinki University said As Many As 26 percent of 887 men interviewed spoke of being sexually harassed by the opposite sex Al work a similar Survey of Federal workers in the United states in 1981 said is percent of american men shared that experience. The finnish Survey said 34 percent of 9s7 women questioned fell sexually harassed by male colleagues compared to 42 percent in the 1981 investigation by the . Merit systems Protection Board the sociologist said. Female harassers possibly exploiting the finnish Man s Well known shyness and Reserve arc most Likely single or divorced and usually younger than their male target the Survey said. An embarrassed 30-year-old Al a cheese factory near Helsinki speaking about i experience in being approached sexually by female colleagues said Only yes it is True. Those Terrt hic older  men under 30 years of age arc twice As Likely to be pinched by woman col leagues than those Over 45. The Survey said. Oddly enough those in Low or medium income brackets reported More harassment than Hose in the highest brackets. Eleven occupational groups were selected for the finnish Survey. Topping the list of exposed groups were male mental nurses and waiters half of whom reported being sexually harassed by woman. There is often some kind of erotic sized atmosphere at work places and love affairs Are sometimes the result of harassment a Jiavis Mannil Asaid. If they marry a work male the marriage is usually  master Blackjack player Uston terror of casinos Dies at 52 by the associated press professional card counter Kenneth Uston. Who was barred from new Jersey casinos and other gaming hails around the world for his skill at winning Black Jack died last month friends and family members say. Uston. 92, was found dead in his pans apartment on sept. 19, according to his relatives and acquaintances. French authorities do not suspect foul play and believe Uston died of natural causes said his sister Lynn  flamboyant card shark who had an undergrad uate degree from Yale University and a master s de Gree in business administration from Harvard univer sity began playing Blackjack professionally after mastering the Art or mentally keeping track of cards dealt during a game. Uston s card counting skills which reaped him and several partners a sizable income touched off a three year Battle Between the slate of new Jersey and the gaming Industry Over whether casinos should have the right to ban professional card players from heir tables. In 1982, the stale supreme court ruled that the casinos could not bar such players but the stale Casino control commission quickly approved a variety of changes to the game of Blackjack designed to reduce or eliminate a counter s Edge. Major casinos in other countries also barred Uston from entering said Jerry Fuerle a Friend who was Uston s business agent. Uston wrote i o books on Blackjack video games and personal computers he spent much of the past two Yean in Kuwait working on a computer system for that government Usui said besides his sister Uston is survived by his Mother another sister and three children. User spent his last years on a computer project to help the emirate of Kuwait track and invest ils Oil riches. Uston said in an August interview before leaving Kuwait when 1 came Here. They told me they had the largest investment portfolio in the  Kuwait with the world s second largest known Oil reserves has investments officially estimated at $80 billion although some financial analysts say the actual value has fallen due to losses on poorly managed in vestments Uston who usually wore jeans and a to shirt said he was writing an irreverent Book about his life As a foreigner in Kuwait where he Hobnob bed with diplomats and millionaires and played piano once or twice a week in a jazz band. He said the Book included Light hearted descriptions of the kuwaiti business style sexual life or the Lack of it among foreigners and illicit Al Cohol production in the strictly moslem country where liquor is banned. Us Lon conceded parts of the Book might alarm some kuwaiti officials but said it s not going to be critical of Kuwait. I really like these  his hotel suite was scattered Wilh jazz tapes computer printouts and exer Cise gear. The bar was Well stocked. Life As a financial adviser to the Emi rate was a far cry from Uston s recep Tion at casinos in the United states where his skill As a card counter prompted casinos in new Jersey to ban him and to modify the Way Blackjack is played. It strikes me As weird he said. Casinos Are offering a game of skill to the Public and. If they notice thai you re skillful they kick you  one of his 16 books on gambling video games and computers showed photographs of him badly beaten after a clash with a Security guard outside a Casino in Nevada. His Fame As a Gambler obscured his earlier role As a financial analyst and senior vice president of the Pacific Stock Exchange in san Francisco he said the Stock Exchange experience Ted a corporate head Hunter to recruit him for the. Kuwait Job. Blackjack is less of a Gamble than investing us Lon said. You never know what outside events arc going to affect your investments. In Blackjack if you play x number of hands you know what your expectation  this 1979 photo of card counter Kenneth Uston was made Tut after he was barred from an Atlantic City Casino. He said he did t miss the Blackjack tables but i m still involved in it. I m doing a new  he added i be done it. It would just be going Back to continue As a professional Gambler. Uston said he d grown to like the expatriate life but would go to Paris to finish his Book. Unit breaking new ground with High tech Trainer by Janet Howells Tierney suit writer Gellhausen Germany foot soldiers with is 3rij annd d v Are Gei Ting into step with other infantry and army Tanker units by learning gunnery with a computerized simulator. We re breaking new ground said Mai. Frank r. Labrecque adjutant for 2nd brigade 3rd army div which received its pint simulator Trainer sept. 29. We re taking a Normal infantry organization and throwing it into a computer  the 1st in. 48th inf 2nd brigade at Coleman Cavern is the first infantry unit under 3rd army div to receive a unit conduct of fire Trainer for the Bradley infantry fighting vehicle. The High tech simulators which Are supposedly 95 percent like being in Actu Al Battle arc expected to prepare the sol Diers for the arrival of their Bradley Early next year. The a Cost simulates the Bradley s firepower Wilh computer graphics and teaches a Soldier How to operate the guns and steer the vehicle under conditions ranging from excellent to Down right dangerous. Bradl cys feature a Tow missile or tube launched optically tracked wire guided missile a 25mm Cannon and Rifle firing ports there Are 31 Lank a costs in Ger Many and the new Bradley simulator is the 19th of its kind in Germany. For about two years tankers have Learned gunnery on the simulators which allow More training Lime and arc cheaper to use than real tanks. Tankers have ions praised the effectiveness of a Cost training. Sot Dien from the  
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