European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Side stripes d of Days 84 agent Orange study flawed Page 3 services meeting recruiting goals Page 5 d Vietnam War Magazine hits the stands Page 7 q racing Roundup Gardner Lawson set to do Battle Page 25 Autmos Iii Hoff in a ful1c�tio us Thi . Amid Loucil  6. No. 339 thursday. March 24, 1988 Good morning d 8693 a Congress overrides veto of civil rights restoration act Washington a Congress overrode president Reagan s veto of a major civil right Bill tuesday ending a  Battle to restore Broad Protection for women minorities the elderly and the handicapped. A 73-24 Vole in the Senate followed by a 292-133 ally in the House handed Reagan a severe political detail and re versed a 1984 supreme court decision thai sharply restricted the reach of four anti discrimination statute. It was the ninth time Congress has overridden a Reagan veto. People who take Federal funds have an obligation to treat everybody fairly said rep. Barney Frank d mass., summing up the rationale of lawmaker who Nave been pressing for the civil rights restoration act since the High court ruled thai Only specific programs or activities receiving Feder Al Aid had to comply wish tour major civil rights Laws. The act ban discrimination by institutions govern Mcnol Agenda and some corporations that receive any Federal Aid. That Means if a College physics depart ment for example receives Federal assistance the entire College would tall under the civil rights Laws. Reagan and his congressional allies argued for a less sweeping measure saying the new Law goes far beyond simple restoration they said it would curtail religious Liberty and expand Federal control Ovir the private sector. House speaker Jim Wright . Said in a statement hat Reagan s veto was wholly unnecessary and provoked an unnecessary  supporters in the House erupted into cheers and applause after the Vole but see veto on Bach Page troops to train another week in Honduras by Richard hallo Kan Utica la Honduras not even though Nicaragua troops have been withdrawn from Honduras american military officers say the United states will keep its expeditionary Force of 3,500 soldiers Here for another week to stand watch and to train. The american troops will remain near the Border of Honduras and Nicaragua an officer said o watch for further incursions by sandinista government forces lighting the nicaraguan rebels known As contras the presence of paratroopers from the 82d airborne div at fort Bragg n.c., and soldiers from the 7lh inf div at fort Ord calif., the officer suggested would press the sandinista government in Nicaragua to reach an acceptable agreement with the contras. The two sides Are meeting in Nicaragua now. In addition the officer said the . Arm 1 wants to Lake advantage of the Opportunity to train troops on the rugged unfamiliar honduran terrain. The troops were dispatched late last week for what the White House called an emergency deployment readiness  the United states made it Clear thai the move was meant As a show of support for the honduran government and As a deterrent Afler the nicaraguan troops entered Honduras. Three american task forces based on battalions of 730 infantry soldiers each with supporting artillery air defense and engineering units arc posted along a 200-mile line that runs from Utica la in northeastern Honduras through Jam Astran to san Lorenzo in the Southeastern part of the country behind them is a Reserve battalion at Tamara about 100 Miles away in Central Honduras that could be quickly moved to any Point on the line Only the command Post and Supply aids rules welcomed by Public health chief 30 Federal agencies on the guidelines on thursday. The rules which will allow Federal supervisors to Lake disciplinary action against employees who refuse to work with colleagues carrying the virus were distributed 10 Federal agencies this week. Die Federal government As an enlightened and compassionate employer concerned with the health and welfare of its employees has an obligation to show the Way in addressing the realities of the aids epidemic cons Atice Homer the director of the office of personnel Man see aids on Back Page Appu spec. 4 Tracy a use of Baton Rouge la Chat Youl to Shorti for Sale at Palm Rota a Honduras. Depot remain at Palmerola the honduran air base that serves As the american military Headquarters. . Officers said that he sandinista had left Only reconnaissance units along the Border with Honduras. That is considered Normal they said. The sandinista have pulled their forces Back to a staging area around the town of Bonanza about 50 Miles Tram the Border the officer said. Those troops and possible reinforcements elsewhere in Nicaragua arc under constant surveillance with no movement Back toward the Border seen so tar. In Julic Alpa the 1 St in. 5 Mih inf. Was the first such unit to move onto the Forward line and is the closest 10 the scene of the Contra skirmishes with the Sandinia tas 70 Miles away. The battalion is spread out in a perimeter in open Hilly country that is less heavily forested than is much of mountainous Honduras. The battalion task Force which is commanded by it col. Robert kill brew includes an artillery Battery off oui los my howitzers an air defense team with six sting i missile launchers a platoon of engineers and assorted communications military police and medical attachments thai makes us a virtually self sustaining combined arms combat Force Killebrow said. His unit is about 200 Miles from the main base at Palmerola. Although his unit is not under direct threat. Kille brew said his Security plan is the same As it would be in a combat situation. Several patrols arc on the move All night Long Well away from the battalion and ground radar watches avenues of approach i know everything that moves at night out there he said out to five  the colonel said that hondurans sometimes wander around at night shooting firearms into the air. It s a see troops on Bach Page Washington a the head of the Public health service says he is pleased with new guidelines prohibiting discrimination against Federal employees Wilh the aids virus. We worked very closely with the of fice of personnel management in devel Oping them said or Robert Windom. The no. 1 official of the department of health and human services and head of the health service. The regulations Are reasonable and reflect ph5 concerns Windom said. He and other health service officials will Brief personnel officers from about Noriega rejects . Offer to help him leave Panama Washington a the United states has offered to Fly paria Manian Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega to exile As an inducement to gel him to leave that troubled country . Officials said. The offer came last week when two state department envoys met with Noriega in Panama and encouraged him to step Down said the officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. Noriega has refused to accept any arrangement that involves his Depar Ture from Panama although the government of Spain has offered him Asylum. The two stale department envoys William g. Walker and Michael Kowalc told Noriega in heir meet ing that the . Proposal to Fly him into exile might be the last Best offer he would receive for ending the crisis in � Way that ensures his person Al safety one official said. The official said the offer would also allow Noriega s family and see Panama on Back Page