European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday december 9,19b7 of to allow female missile officers to work on mixed teams with men Washington api the air Force is striking town he toil restriction on the Nassib Meni of female officers to nuclear missile Crews authorising them to serve on mixed teams with men in underground launch control Reniers. The change in policy when in becomes effective Jan. 1, will end Ilic practice of requiring women to  with of her women on inc two person Crews thai control Long Range Minuit Man and my nuclear missiles. The teams draw 24-hour duty assign ments in inc Small underground bunkers and the idea of using Mikird Crews has been Crivici cd by the wives of male officers. Col. Larry Gnerer a spokesman for the strategic air come said tuesday the change in policy was approved recently by Sac s commander Gen. John t. Chain jr., in response to complaints from individuals now serving on the mis Sile Crews men on the Crews complained in Early november Hal women were not carrying an equal share of the Alert duty because of the limitation that they serve with of lick women Greer said. The current policy has created sched uling problems he continued since a female officer who becomes sick or takes leave cannot be replaced with a Man forcing male officers to serve alerts More frequently. When you restrict your Crew into two separate categories the scheduling be comes much More difficult Greer said. It also complicates training and promotions because a Junior female officer can Only rain to become a team commander will another  under the new policy a Man or woman will be allowed to decline serving on a mined Crew if the assignment would make them uncomfortable inc spokes Man added. This does t mandate anything. It gives the local Cam mender the authority to schedule As he sees ill without regard to  the air Force which has the highest percentage of women on Active duty of any of the armed sen ices 2,i per cent has allowed women to become launch control officers since 1978. Women were initially allowed into inc missile Force to help oversee Titan nuclear missiles. Those missiles were con trolled by four person Crews who oper ated from much larger three Story underground bunkers and two women were allowed to work with two men. Woman awarded $10.5 million for Eye injury Salt Lake City apr a woman who suffered an c e injury when an aluminium Wisl Cap blew off a Flitcr plastic son drink bottle has been awarded $ 10.5 million in damages against the seven up co. And a local bolder. The jury awarded Mac l. Roberts 92, of Holladay. $500,000 compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages saturday. The bottler is responsible for 20 percent of the compensatory damages. The $10 million punitive damages is intended to serve As a Strong message to the seven up and other beverage companies that inc flagrant disregard for the safely of Consumers is rial going to be tolerated any More said Colin King Roberts attorney. In my opinion this verdict was excessive and the result of passion and prejudice on the part of the jury said Robert Henderson seven up s attorney. He expects the company to seek a new trial or ask judge Kenny in Rigtrup to reduce the award. Henderson said it was undisputed that Roberts used a pipe wrench to open the bottle. She said the Cap nearly destroyed the vision in her left Eye. Our evidence was very Strong she turned the Cap the wrong Way stripped he threads and caused the blow off Henderson said. Hoping to make a lot of dough Appolo Louis Piancone president of Roma food enterprises inc. In Piscataway n a posts with nov be upped Van that will peddle pizza on the streets of Mosto starting next month. Pian Cone and his partner Shelly it get have official permission to sell their product in the soviet capital. Remains of 2 identified As Vietnam War mias Washington a an army Laboratory in Hawaii has identified two sols of remains As american servicemen missing from the Vietnam War one an air Force Pilot the Pentagon raid tues Day the two were among three sets of re Mains repatriated to inc United Stales by Vietnam on sept. 24. Efforts Are continuing to identify inc third set of remains he Pentagon added. It identified one of the servicemen Asma. Roger e. Behnfeldt the Pilot of an Rf-4 reconnaissance plane Behnfeldt who listed his Home of record As Defi Ance Ohio was 27 years old when he disappeared Over North Vietnam on aug. 19, w1, a defense department statement said. The identity of the other Serviceman will be withheld at his family s request pending final disposition arrange ments the statement said. The remains which were identified by the army s Central identification Laboratory in Honolulu will be flown from Hickam fab Hawaii to Travis fab calif., on thursday morning following a military ceremony. Retired Cia Veteran rehired by Agency Washington a Cia director William Webster announced tuesday he has hired Richard f. Stolz a 31 year Veteran of Agency spy operations out of retirement to become Deputy director for operations Stolz 62, will replace Clair e. George at the end of the year As chief of the Cia s Clandestine service which both collects foreign intelligence and mounts Covert actions designed to influence events abroad. George announced his retirement nov. 25, at a time thai his role in inc Iran Comra affair was under review by Russell Bruch mar. A special counsel named by Webster to advise him on whether to take disciplinary action against any Agency employees Over their participation in Iran Contra mailers. Webster s announcement noted that Stotz retired from the Cia in 1981 before any of the Iran Contra activities that have been the subject of investigations by a presidential commission two special congressional committees and in dependent counsel Lawrence Walsh. Army tops in awarding medals Survey finds by Norman Black a military writer Washington if you re joining the military and want some medals to show off the army is the place for you according to a Survey reported monday. Last year the army awarded 253,287 medals com pared with 120,534 for the air Force 22,072 for the Navy and 5,871 for the Marine corps said the Survey that focused on the five personal decorations that can be Given during peacetime for Superior achievement the highest is the distinguished service medal Fol Lowed by the legion of Merit the meritorious service medal Itie commendation medal and the achieve ment medal. The Survey was prepared by the Navy and reported by the Independent Navy times newspaper. Almost one third of those in the army received some Type of award followed by about 20 percent of the people in the air Force 3.8 percent of those in the Navy and 3 percent of those in the Marine corps. Moil of the awards distributed last year were achievement  army gave 155,952 of them the Navy presented 12,520, the marines 3.587, and the air Force 43,106. La. Col. Greg Ruon an army spokesman monday said the army s High tally on this medal reflects an Effort 10 use it As a morale builder. There is a difference in our  risen said. Compared to the Navy and Marine corps we Don t hesitate to award the army achievement medal to in individual forgoing his Jab Well. We Don t focus on whether individual has gone far beyond what is required by his duty  the achievement medal Rixon said can be awarded to a Soldier on the spot without lengthy writ ten justification and review. We Don t have anything else tangible thai we can award the spokesman added. We can t give him it salary Bonus we think the award of this medal makes a difference that there is a real change in Altitude and Pride when we recognize a Soldier for having done his Job  meantime the Marine corps does t pay a lot of Viiu Nolian 10  said Fred Anthony who Heads the Marine medals Branch. Our general policy is that marines must perform up to a level of Mel Fence to be i Cora thu. An award that is Given out routinely does t have much signify  As for the lop awards the army again was the Leader presenting 106 distinguished service medals and 2,117 legion of Merit medals. By comparison the air Force awarded 60 distinguished service medals and 933 legion of Merit awards compared with 25 and 6d5, respectively fur ill Navy aisd.1 and 112 fur them mrw