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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday october 22,1987 army announces Choice for Usa eur s top no Mannheim Germany command . Danny c. Cline will become the top rank ing noncommissioned officer in Usa eur officials announced wednesday. Cline s previous assignments include Tours of duty with the 1st army Oil and 1st Cav in Germany. At fort Bliss Texas he was assigned to the 3rd army Cav rest. Cline joined the army in january i960. He was recently selected for Over-30 retention. Clinic s new position was announced at the conclusion of a retirement ceremony wednesday for Usa eur s departing top enlisted. Com Mand sol. Maj James b. Craft leaders from Page 1 equal Opportunity adviser sue Guncler sch Csinger for three years roughly a third of the women surveyed by Usa eur said they were harassed during their Lour Bill about 75 percent of those said they did not report to thirteen percent said that they did report it but that nothing was done about it nearly 60 percent of men and women respondents said they had not received training in the prevention of sexual harassment. It August Usa eur commander Gen. Glenn k. Otis issued a concise and sharply worded policy on sexual harassment. Calling it an insidious malady Otis tossed out the ignorance defense and told everybody from top to Bottom you will know what constitutes sexual harassment Otis also directed thai commanders and supervisors Clear the workplace of harassment enforce training requirements encourage reporting of incidents and act swiftly on re ports of sexual harassment.1 the army s definition of sexual harassment has been on the books since 1981. Ii defines sexual harassment As influencing offering 10 influence or threatening the Ca reer pay or Job of another person male or female in Exchange for sexual favors or deliberate or repeated offensive comments gestures or physical Contact of a sex Ual nature in a work or duly related  Gourly believes that Many supervisors consider sexual harassment Only an on the Job problem. Not so he says. Supervisors who Are trying to run a popularity contest and be one of the Guys after duly hours make a very big. Mistake because they Compromise their role and once they do they lose it Gourley said. Sexual harassment in its various forms violates five articles of the uniform code of military Justice and thatis where Gourley thinks that command emphasis comes into play. As a commander you Musi make the punishment harsh and make it known he said adding that such actions eventually will build Trust in the effectiveness and sincerity of the Chain of command. That Trust is essential he said if there is going to be Progress. I think the reporting of it has 10 take an upward trend and that s part of the problem because the Chain of com Mand can t put a Finger on in because the reporting is not As High As we would desire Gourley said. There is a fear but it is an unnecessary fear of the Chain of com Mand because in no Case have we Ever shot the Messen  getting Over that fear and the inherent passion  is a hurdle that commanders must first Clear if there is to be any Progress Gourley said. I Don t think we should be surprised at that he said. Frustrated yes bul not  Many army officials believe Progress is possible de spite the statistics. We re convinced it s a tack of awareness and a Lack of training Guenter scat Csinger said. It s very Hardtop change the hearts and minds of Nepote but the army has been very successful at changing  with that in mind Usa eur equal Opportunity officials Are designing a new training end awareness plan that will draw on the expertise of several agencies to put the Issue into the limelight and keep it there. We Hope to have in finalized and on the Street yearly next year said Guetler Schlesinger. Or expert will be sent to Europe to review teacher pay practices  writer the head of the Oversea school system and a lop Pentagon manpower officer have agreed to Send a representative to Europe to review  practices at the army s civilian pay operations Center in Ger Many. Director John sir Enitte who returned to his Washington office monday after a 214-week swing through schools in Europe met this week with Barbara Pope to discuss teacher pay. Pope works Tor the assistant Secre tary of defense Tor Force management and personnel. They agreed to Send a Dod personnel management staffer to review practices at the Center after hundreds of teachers went without at least one paycheck a department of defense dependents schools spokeswoman in Washington confirmed wednesday. The official who was not named is to travel to the finance office that handles pay for More than 35,000 people including 6,000 Dodds employees the staffer is to determine what happened Why it happened and what Steps can be taken to make sure in does not happen again the Dodds spokeswoman said. Bat an informed source in Germany said defens officials in Europe were trying la dissuade the official from coming until after an investigation into finance office procedures is completed. Meanwhile a teachers Union attorney said wednes Day that he would wait until the defense department inspector general s office completes its report before taking Legal action or approaching Congress about the teacher pay problem. Overseas education association attorney Mike Bauerfeind said he would t hesitate to Lake Legal action if Navy capt. Bill Hegeman whitewashes mis  Hogeman who Heads the defense department 1c team in Wiesbaden Germany is coordinating an investigation into the 266lh finance office in Climan Germany. Baucm Cind and sea president Jack Rollins met with Hegeman Friday. The defense department in Leam is representing the school system during the investigation which is being handled by army officials. It look army finance officials More than six weeks to get All 6,000 school employees in Germany on the payroll for the school year that began aug. 3. Hegeman offered his office1 services sept. 28 Fol lowing a european schools Council meeting in which Stromple rated the teacher pay problem with military officials Hegeman asked school officials in the Germany re Gion to make weekly surveys of All employees until All leathers began receiving paychecks. A school system official said wednesday that the Region has discontinued the practice. Bauernfeind and about 50 teachers met Friday in Heidelberg with col. Walt Ubovich who Heads the army finance office. The attorney Taid he gave Labo vice a list of 40 teachers with pay problems including one who was dropped from the payroll last week. Other pay problems included inadequate housing Al Lowance payments and no pension Plait deductions he  and Union officials who attended the meet ing said Labovich blamed teachers for the pay prob lems. Labovich was unavailable for comment wednesday. However Usa eur spokesman Ren Gribble who attended the meeting said As for the statement that colonel Labovich tried to pin the blame on teachers thai definitely i not the impression 1 Jot from him or the other two officers who spoke. It was More that a combination or factors were involved in the pay  Sun Whu a Jim j Xinmin of an win non Bucu  a Pilot from Page 1 and ejected Ai the very last minute Mcartor said a sin member air Force crash investigation team spent wednesday scouring the ramada inn where the Jet hit. The last of the nine victims All ramada inn employees were identified wednesday. Marion county Coroner Dennis Nicholas said eight victims were from Indianapolis Emma j. Brownies 37, hotel housekeeper Catherine Cox 33, dining room manager Christopher Lee Evans 21, Bellboy Beth to Goldberg 30, assistant sales director Brenda j. Henry,26, Bow housekeeper Narinder s. Kan War 41, assist ant manager Mary Stuart Marsh 29, assistant sales director and Dawn s. Martin 19, front desk clerk. The ninth victim Allen d. Mantor 18, a Bellboy waa from Amo ind. Teagarden was on a flight from Pittsburgh to Nellis Wilt a scheduled Stop at tinker fab in Oklahoma when Hij a-7d Corsair lost Power at 31,000 feet near Indianapolis. He declared an emergency and Airport controller directed his plane toward a main runway Al Indianapolis International  s first approach was too High and he attempted to go around but could not reach the run Way. He bailed out at about 800 feet. Ships from Pago 1 about his policy of relating 11 kuwaiti tankers and protecting them with Navy convoys through the Gulf. Then 30 Days later the chamber would vote on a Resolution expressing either support or disapproval of re Agni s policy according to the measure co sponsored by Senate majority Leader Robert Byrd d-w.va., and sen. John Warnerr a. Byrd and Warner say approval is Likely As the Senate struggles to adopt a formal response to Reagan s policy. The chamber has been periodically debating the fenian Gulf situation since the May 17 iraqi attack on the Navy frigate Stark. The attack killed 37 . Sea men. At present this is an open ended policy Byrd told 1m colleague tuesday. In has no termination Date. It s a provocative  this is a Way for us to put this behind us once and for All Warner said. We be Penl months arguing Back and Forth and it s time to get on to other things. In order to consider the Resolution tuesday the Senate had to vote to end a filibuster on the Issue. The vote was 67-28, seven More votes than were needed to limit debate. As it considered the Resolution tuesday the Senate gave 92-1 approval of an amendment endorsing Rea Gan s order to have the Navy destroy an iranian ail platform being used for military purposes. Sen. Mark Hayfield r-ore., cast the dissenting Vole. Holiday from Page 1 approximately doubles Over the Holiday period. Mack in said. If people mail their packages and letter by the deadlines they can be reasonably assured they will arrive by Christmas he said. Some Apos will Olter special services such As longer hour weekend service and package wrapping. Slacken said each Apo publishes Holiday guidance and publicizes it locally he said. Today in stripes Magazine  
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