European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 update the stars and stripes saturday. January 9.1988 cornrows braids of Washington a the Marriott corp. Has agreed 10 let a Black reservation clerk it a Washington , hotel up her Corn Row hairstyle. My front office manager called and notified me i was Able to re Tun with the braids in my hair and that corporate Headquarters had discussed the Issue and round some braids Are acceptable to  said Pamela Mitchell 25, a part time employee at the . Marriott hotel downtown. Hotel management earlier had told Mitchell that her hairstyle was extreme and against corporate policy. Mitchell who had received two orders to change the hairstyle was sent Home monday with pay and told to report Back wednes Day evening for a meeting with hotel official. Soviet dissidents Moscow a soviet dissidents say authorities will not Stop sending them to psychiatric Hospi tals despite a sew " w designed to keen mentally sane people out of such institutions and the Krem Lin s concern for its image abroad. Gao investigating charges of censorship at stripes temperatures  staff writer Darmstadt Germany the general accounting office began a wee Uong investigation of the european Stan �n3 stripes Friday As part of a con Geresti Nauy mandated look into charges Thil the military has been censoring the i i Hometown  the study being conducted by staff members from the Gao s Washington and Frankfurt offices Wilt include a took at the newspaper s editorial operations and interviews with its staff. The four Man team also will conduct a rough news analysis of stripes by comparing it with newspapers in the United slates according to John Harper who rep resents the accounting office s washing ton Headquarters. Additionally the tsum has asked members of the staff to till out surveys outlining their work and educational background and listing specific instances in which they feel the military censored their reporting or editing. Harper said. The trip to Darmstadt follows two Dayi of meetings with officials at the . European come in Stuttgart which overseas the paper s financial operations. Harper termed those meetings extremely cooperative and open adding that Stuttgart officials expressed Hope that the censorship charges could be resolved us quickly As possible. The Headquarters name under fire in 1984 when its Deputy commander at the time Oen Richard Lawson barred the european edition from printing articles on a High ranking nato officer who had been tired amid charges that he was a homosexual. Charges against the officer German Gen. Cutler Klc Sling were later dropped. A second Gao team is investigating censorship charges at the stripes Pacific edition. That study will Likely last longer Harper said because of travel require mints and the number of allegations that Tiave been lodged by Pacific staff Mem Bers. Staffers at the Pacific edition head quartered in Tokyo have complained that the paper s military editors routinely spiked controversial stories including a report that some military family members were combating the effects of the falling Dollar by working us prostitutes. The editors have denied the charges saying the stories were killed on editorial grounds. Before arriving in Germany Harper and hit staff talked to former strip staff members and commander and met with members of Sigma Delia Chi the National journalistic society. The fraternity. Harper said ii help ing us gather information and get up to Speed in addressing the issues we re doing the work but we be listened to what they have to say and taken some of their  the two Gao teams Are expected to Combine their Field research and present a report to Congress by Early March Harper said. Col. Jeffrey Cook editor in chief of the european edition said Friday be welcomed the Gao s visit and hoped i staff would answer any questions the team had. However he said he did not believe the paper had a censorship prob Lem. If you mean being called up and beat on because of the issues that s something else Cook said. That goes with the Job miam Baal  bpm Butiu Burtne Lonval  maps so put  North p Omaha Orlando. Dalai of i worm 04/lon Kwiw my mod we out Elf Tom tuft anal Fargo grand rap3 Iran a Mil k fail by Anat Norv la held Ushio Wirt m Kab 4a.alo.il n oui Zarfl oar nun Hia Terumi and Norlham Caiman m us Oumi we in Tompa Lalush 4w9. Few. M Bukiri Btl Rwy Al 415. 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Army s 56lh Field arty come keeps Fershing ii rockets. The Issue also became a personal cause for the judge. He visited the com Mand Headquarters in Schwub Isch Amund last july to offer encouragement to the Fershing soldiers. He told them the anti missile protesters were trying because of repressed feelings of guilt to alone for their ancestors failure to prevent the German government s crimes during the nazi Era. It s a ghost War Between principle and philosophy and it s � desperate at tempt to make up for something their grandparents should have done so years Ngo he told the soldiers. Maj. Kenneth Guillory the command Community relations officer said the judge s private comments to army officials that Day stressed the same theme. Or. Zeidler just told us he wanted to express. His support for the soldiers and family members Guillory said Fri Day. Col. Robert a Hatch the Karlsruhe military Community commander had known Zeidler for almost a decade. In our discussions in his office he had a fondness for the . Constitution Hatch said adding that Zeidler had hoped to teach at an american University after founding an Institute for constitutional Law research in Bologna  new court president. Roman her zog pledged that Zeidler s Ritorti to establish the Institute would be continued. The fire and the passion of his think ing were recognizable right up to the last court proceeding and naturally to hit lost Public utterance Here said. Wolfgang Zeidler was a Democrat and therefore stood unswervingly at the Side of the second democratic suite which the German people have created for themselves in this Century Zeidler served eight Yean As the court vice president and four As president. He earned it Law degree Al the univer sity of Hamburg in 1951. He also won an appointment As a research fellow in International Legal studies at the Harvard University Law school in i9s9 and i960. Soldier wins trip in contest Heidelberg Sas an amen can Soldier won a three week trip for two to the Mediterranean Friday in a safety contest sponsored by the German armed forces a Usa eur spokeswoman said. Spec. 4 Dallas Brooks of the 32nd trans co in ludwigs Burg. Germany won the top prize when her entry was chosen by random from a Pool of Correct entries. First la Julie Bent of the 10th medical lab in Lan Stuhl Germany won a three Day trip to Bonn. A total of 146 air Force and army members won Prii i such As alarm clocks books and radios. The contest asked six safely question such As at what blood alcohol level could you lose your driving License and when braking you notice that your car is moving to the right. What do you Dor More than 150,000 contest forms were sent to . Military units in Germany said William Rogers Usa eur safety official. Adam p . P for tvs. P barn. Bow Narnin p Oruku. 41 la fian Flun. T if a la moot. 01 la &0 Madrid. 1 41 34 us raft. M41 41 pin. D 34 u m 39 4e41 41 no u Imdad of dal 13. Pc a  . _ oho. A Cao _ Dijon 11 Hannu a Wilh 32 it t a fit is Van coins. It to suh4d b7 la Al curad Praia. A party Cuddy a Fly spy Cloud in log. Chinese peasants extort Money from motorists Beuing api chinese peasants enraged by the hit and run death of a Comrade dragged the Man s Corpse onto a Highway and caused a 1,000-Vehiclc traffic Jam while icy extorted Money from motorists according to a provincial radio broadcast. The report said the peasants demanded Money from passing vehicles saying that the dead Man had to be buried and the burial Pany needed food and drink. Motot Darmstadt Germany a thursday night fire caused major Struc Tural damage to a . Army motor Pool building at Emit Ludwig Cavern a Community spokesman said Friday. -. Tiree soldiers who were in the build ing when the fire started were not injured copt. Gaylan Johnson said. The tire in the building belonging to co cloth signal in air defense32nd army air defense come was re ported at 8 . Twenty six City fire fighters responded and brought the Blaze under control by 9 . The firefighters had to open a 20-by-20-fool Hole in the ceiling to get Al the source of the fire Johnson said. Smoke and water damage were Exten Sive but damage to the vehicle inside the building was considered Light he said. Damage estimates Friday reached of High As 1100,000 As military authorities continued the investigation lie said