European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 15. 1933 the stars and stripes Paga 5 boy scouts to allow women in Leader posts Irving Tsas api officials of the boy a coils of America have voted to allow women in leadership positions including scoutmaster ending a policy often challenged ill court of providing Only mate leadership a spokesman said saturday. The boy sea its had successfully de tended Legal  Over its policy for the past 12 years Bill decided to drop inc restrictions reran1 inc court challenges had become i m Kintly. The spokesman David  in Dallas he cited i in great Cost to inc organisation Belih in Irmi of Money and in inc perception of  we  we have him Ever won our court eases and  would continue to do  the boy scouts Valiona executive Board Voled of i he change thursday during a meeting in Washington. D.c., said Barclay i ulv National news editor for the boy scouts. The organization is based in Irving. Our Volunteer Hierarchy Felt boys of this age group should have the Opportunity to be associated with male Roje mod  Bollas said of the former policy. ". Has Cost the organization millions of dollars to defend a position that mates common sense said Ron Phiilip to. Executive director of the India head Council which includes eight counties in Eastern Minnesota and four in Western Wisconsin. Experts arc saying men must spend More time nurturing and providing male role models for youth and boy scouting has provided this in Spades Phillippo said. Women had been barred from becom ing scoutmaster the Job of leading a boy scout troop As Well As assistant scoutmaster varsity or assistant coaches or leaders of Rebelos the pro Gram for the age group Between cub Scania and boys Couls Rul Many positions already were open to women including the Job of leading a Cut scout troop officials said. Of the 1.1 million volunteers within the pro Gram nationwide about 500,000 Are women. Boils said. In fact there arc Many instances of women serving As miners of scout Mas ters he said. There was never a ques Tion of the ability of women. It was just that inc boy scouts fell there ought to be male role models for  other boy souls officials agreed i think it is important to provide men an Opportunity for nurturing. Too Many institutions do not afford men that Opportunity. We decl we have that role in society said Clarence Hammett executive director of the Viking Council which includes 15 Minnesota counties. That viewpoint was supported by Judith Erickson a consultant for the Viking and India head councils and an associate professor at the University of Minnesota s Center for youth development and research. The value in scouting s former policy has been that it provided boys with a Nur Turant male role Model she said. With this change in policy men must be serious about taking on the Nur Turant role in this and other organizations or this will be one More instance of women alone developing that Type of close relationship but a 69-year-Otd grandmother who waged a 14-year Legal Bailie to become a scoutmaster said saturday thai we straightened out a  i think thai in is a great thing that happened and 1 think it s Aboul time Afier trying hard for 14 years to gel this stupid situation straightened out said Catherine Pollard of Mil Ford conn., who fought an unsuccessful court Battle Over the Issue. Pollard the Mother of two boys and two girls and grandmother to seven boys and four girls said she hat proven thai a woman can be a successful scoutmaster. I Ollard who has been involved Wilh the boy souls since 1950. Ran a Milford troop from october 1973 of january 1975 because no men volunteered to Lead it her formal application to attain Seoul master status was denied by inc boy souls in 1074 and 1976. It s a dog s life a is. Louis family takes their dog. Which does t appear to he Iii thrilled by it ii sledding in the City s Forest Park after a snowstorm left Fife inches of fresh Snow in the arcs i h Mare predicted. 5th Nimitz class nuclear Carrier Lincoln launched Newport news. A. A the 12.7 billion nuclear aircraft Carrier Abraham Lincoln was christened and launched saturday before a shivering crowd . As it sails through the seas and oceans of inc world. This aircraft Carrier wit Send a Clear and unambiguous message to friends and enemies alike thai we have every intention of remaining True to our commitment to Freedom said Secretary of defense Frank c. Car Lucci the 1,092-foot ship is inc Navy s fifth Nimitz class nuclear powered Carrier. All have been built at the Newport news shipbuilding i dry Dock co. I arc a sixth Nimi Klass Carrier inc George Washington is scheduled for completion in 1991. The Lincoln scheduled to be commissioned in late 1989, will have a Crew of 6,000 and carry More than 90 aircraft. In is powered by two nuclear reactors Illinois nov. James r. Thompson speaking to the crowd gathered in 3mcgrec temperatures with winds Gusling from 20 to 30 Miles per hour said it is a proud but cold Honor for the 11 i million people of  Abraham Lincoln who led the nation during the civil War was raised in Illinois and lived in Spring Field before he became president. The ship was christened by Joann Webb wife of Navy see Clary James h. Webb. Robertson claims growing support favors killing or capturing Qadhafi Merrimack. . A Pat Robertson prod Iii a a Strong finish As his new Hampshire Campaign entered its final weekend while television aired an interview in which he said libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi should have been captured or killed. Robertson in a wide ranging interview Wilh Davit Frost. Said he would nol have hesitated to kill Qaddafi that repeated acts of adultery would disqualify a potential president and thai homosexuals should receive no special in Gal , in an interview with the associated press the former television evangelist said a Strong showing in tues Day s primary will boost his Republican presidential Campaign As he Heads to Ward Friendly territory in the South. Robertson said Qadhafi. Whose adopted infant daughter was killed during an attack on his Headquarters by . Jets in 1986. Should have been taken out of the picture completely. My Scult mini was dial we should have la Cen him prisoner gone after him some How taken his Power base away from him whatever that look Robertson said. "1 would t have hesitated o kill him. He s a madman and he Wasa  regarding adultery he said How could we be secure if we thought that the president of the United stain was bed Ding Down with a Girlfriend of a mafia Boss As John Kennedy did or Gary Han. Who knows who his girlfriends would normally be in today s world i think repeated dalliances and lies 10 cover them up i think Are a disqualification for a presidential candidate Robertson said. Robertson said homosexuals should be treated like other citizens bul i can not Sec thai we would Wale Tut sexual practice into our Law. And give it a protected stylus Robertson who finished second in the Iowa caucuses trailing Senate minority Leader Bob Dole but ahead of vice president George Bush told inc a he expects o finish no lower than third in new Hampshire. Whether i come in third second or first 1 will be beautifully positioned to go out of Here Inlo the South Robertson said. "1 have a very Strong organization in the  Robertson said Alexander Haig s with drawn from the gop race Friday and his endorsement of Dole is not going to make a great Deal of difference m the outcome in new Hampshire. I m going to pick up some of the Haig Suppon and some May go to Bob Dole bul i Don t think there s going to be much of a Ripple for any of us he said. Earlier Robertson cancelled interviews and ducked questions when asked Loback up anecdotes he s told including one Aboul a woman who caught aids by kissing her impotent husband a newspaper reported saturday.  in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Feb. 15, i is Paris prepared to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the revolution of 1848 which toppled King Louis Philippe and inaugurated the mod Ern Era of political and social liberalism. 30 years ago today. Feb. 15, 1958 an Arab federation merging Jordan and Iraq was proclaimed and 22-year-old King Feisal of Iraq was made chief of male. 20 years ago today feb. 15, i9ss Martin Luther King or. Charged South Carolina Suic Irao pcs with brutality in pulling Down a riot on the South Carol Ina stale College Campus. 10 years ago today. ,. Feb. 15, 1978 the defense nuclear Agency received More than 2,000 Tele phone Calls in four Days after setting up ,1 toll free number to report possible expo sure to radiation from nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s,