European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes Friday february 12,1988 2 die As winds again hit Britain Ireland London a Britain and ire land were battered for a second Day wednesday by High winds thai killed la Omore people knocked oui electricity to thousands or Homes and caused wide spread property damage. Police blamed wind Raki cd accidents for five deaths in Ireland and Ihrcke in Britain on tuesday and wednesday. Bolh victims wednesday were Middle aged women. One died after being struck by a farm Gate and pinned against a Wall in the southwestern Ireland county of Kerry. The other was killed in Devon Southwest England when a tree Branc crashed through the Windshield of her  pregnant 19-year-old woman lost her baby tuesday night when she was buried under an 8-fool-High Wall brought Down by Hurricane Force winds in Birkenhead near Liverpool. It took firemen in hour to free the woman gusts of 50-60 Mph were reported from the Southwest coast of England to the Northern lip of Ireland wednesday Down from Hurricane Force winds of 75 to 100 Mph recorded tuesday but still capable or heavy damage. Air Road and rail service were return ing to Normal in Ireland but ferry sail Ings were suspended far a second Day. Gales also disrupted ferry and rail travel in Northern Ireland and More than 15,000 Homes were reported with out electricity. Falling iras and floodwater closed Many roads in the Northern provinces. A belgian fishing boat with five me aboard was Lowed to safety after running onto rocks wednesday off southwestern England. In Cornwall England s Southon Lam most county downed Power Linn forced 12,000 people to go without electricity. In North Wales the Isle of Anglese was plunged into darkness when sea sail blown in from the Ocean Buill up on Ca Bles from the wylfa nuclear Power Sta Tion and caused a Short circuit. The re actor was shut Down. Ban from Page 1 Den by criminal Laws  not give a slate License to pass homosexual Laws Laws imposing special restrictions on Gays because they Are  Morns said. However he ruling  not protect homosexual sol Diers from exclusion for violating Laws against certain sexual acts such As the ban on sodomy in Many Stales. The court did not specifically apply the ruling to theother armed services although they have similar poli cies. In addition the ruling technically affects Only nine Western Stales and Guam but such decisions Are used As a guide in similar cases. Leonard Graff Legal director for National Cay rights advocates in san Francisco hailed the ruling. I think it s about time that the courts recognized that Jay people have been denied their rights he said. The defense department had no immediate com ment on the ruling Edward k. Hawkins an appeals specialist in the civil division of the Justice department said in a Tele phone interview from Washington d.c., he could not say what the government s next step would be until he saw the ruling. In a dissent. Judge Stephen Reinhardt said that in supreme court in the Georgia Case held that homosexuals Are not entitled to special constitutional pre Lection since their sexual conduct can be punished criminally. Homosexual Are defined by their conduct or atthe least by their desire to engage in certain conduct said rain hard. With other groups such As Blacks or women there is no connection Between particular con  and the definition of the group. When conduct lha plays a Central role in Denning a group May be prohibited by inc stale it cannot be asserted with any legitimacy that the group is specially protected by the Constitution. The appeals court ruled in favor of sgt. Perry Watkins,39, who enlisted at age 19 in 1967 and admitted on a pre induction medical form that he had homosexual Tenden cies. The ruling affirmed a May 1982 decision by the  court in Seattle which held the army could not discharge Watkins on the basis of his sexual orientation because he disclosed he was Gay when he entered. At the time of Watkins induction the army Dis charged soldiers for sodomy and other specific sexual acts but not for homosexuality  he regulations were changed in 1981, the array sought to discharge Walkins. And succeeded in 1984  court decisions. The court wednesday ordered the army id reconsider Walkins application for re enlistment without regard to his sexual  had been supervisor of the personnel administration Center at fort Lewis near to coup. Wash at the Lime of the initial court ruling in 19s2. He was discharged live Yean Short of the 20 required for pension  by Telephone at his Home Watkins said most certainly i d go Back while he said he d love to pursue another career he maintained Hal news coverage surrounding the Case and poor references from Ibe army have prevented him from getting a similar supervisory position in the civilian Tec Tor. In the ruling Morris said the army s Reliance on Mora standards endorsed by much of the Public As justification for the ban was rejected by the supreme court in 1967,when it struck Down Virginia s ban on marriages Between Blacks and Whites. From Paga 1 Ard pc rec Farmer assistant Secretary of defense for International Security policy testified at the first hearing of the House defense Burden sharing panel feb. 2. Preparing the annual report Den sharing is largely Aiu i thinking Arway Toju Lindsl possible gloss on Mai Prony dismal figure Pyrle testified. The Reagan admin ration does t work As hard at this As it ought 10, 1 know because i superin tended it fur a while and we look for Pake the allies look  after tar dated feb. 5, in the a admission that the reports contain Tiai she called Hokey figures. A growing number of americans feel abused by our allies she wrote. They feel that we spend a much greater por Tion of our wealth on the common de sense that we have too Large a number of soldiers stationed on their territory and that the allies u our enormous Trade  Hosp Pom reducing , said that while those  they reflect a real i found Public sentiment. If the defense department s information is not credible the popular resentment toward the allies will grow she wrote. You do not do any service inthe Long run to the strength of our Alli publishing a biased and mis Carlucci returned monday from a trip to Europe that included slops in Portu Gal Italy and West Germany and has no Lei responded to the letter a Pentagon wednesday. Schroeder aide said n from Page 1 Lional Security com do.  Levi Tipit Stirr Fern Blandon also testified that vice president George Bush used Noriega u october 1983 to warn cuban Leader Fidel Castro thai the United states Wass Luaui to in a a cd  was intended to avoid casualties among cuban troops on the Island Blandon , John Kerry d-mass., said the phone Call from no Riega meant Fidel Castro i / knew about it the Bush said Blandon s testimony about warning  a total fabrication according to a spokesman Ste int with North too place on a luxury yacht Oil i Drumh Tofic coast in june 198$, the second in Noriega s of tick the follow tag october. Drug from Page 1 i with the  was icy s results. The Only exception was. 1hminhalants. I m surprised but i m alway surprised by things that happen in the drug world. The Survey reported that the annual prevalence rate in i9b7 for inhalants was 9.7 percent for Dodds students and 6.9percent stateside. Inhalant use has become a chief con Cern of school health officials in West Germany this year following the Inha Lant related deaths of t Zweir Ilten High school Junior and a Heidelberg High school freshman in a Span. Bolh students die inhaling Legal aerosols. The Survey  Dodd seniors have  higher lifetime and  rates of inhalant use by Trier Rales of daily and past maim use Are much closer to that of stateside  plans Calls for each Dodds High school to receive a copy of he 104-Page report. The Survey indicated that Dodds Stu dents showed less inclination for the follow ing marijuana 28 percent Dodds is. 361 stateside. 3 percent is. 6.4 per Cen we Ltd 2.spercei cocaine 4.1 percent v amphetamines 4,1 percent.1percent. Use of Eedativ-p., ,._heroin and Grauu Panwas nearly Identie in   also uncovered some fair regional differences in drug us within Dodds. The highest Rale fuse occurred in the Mediterranean Region with 38 percent followed by West Germany 36 percent Pacific 35 percent Atlantic 30 percent and Panama 14  highest incidence of cocaine use occurred in the Panama Region. The Survey found that perceived Avail ability of illegal drugs has not changed significantly since a similar Survey was taken in 1972. Overall Dodds students believed efforts by civilian and military authorities to apprehend offenders have not in crossed except in the Atlantic and Mediterranean regions. In addition believed the  Sion were  with Mili in Survey under uie auspices of the of Michigan Institute for so ii included that the decline in illicit  students is attributable to a while a similar bring stateside the report no More rapidly in pears to be occurring n Dodds  the preference for alcohol and cigarettes among the Dodds population is an area of concern according to Gao Van the sur vey Bounri thai 8 percent of Dodds seniors report daily drinking compared to a 4.8 per cent average stateside. Daily smoking was reported by 23 per cent of Dodds students compared lo19 percent stateside. Gallivan said the school system will review its health curriculum to better Deal with the use of inhalants tobacco and alcohol. Dodds one Meme scr Wiful tin Neucom special assistant for drug enforcement said wednesday he has not seen the  a related development the school system has issued a stricter regulation thai details counselling services and penalties associated with drag use and trafficking. Calling for a drug free school and teaming environment the regulation an Dardin procedures for dealing with Nuguse. Ill using or possessing drugs cute he up Day suspensions Tor tint  service provided. A second  in expulsion. Distribution or drugs will also result in expulsion. All expulsion decisions res Dodds Region directors