European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. May 8, 19bb the stars and stripes Page s Marine corps with 150 men by Norman Black a military writer Washington the Marine corps under or. I in allow women to work As embassy Security guards has accepted its firs group of women into a training school after falling 1o generate much immedi ate interest. According 10 a spokesman for the corps is female marines applied by the deadline to enter inc nest class no inc Marine Security guard school Al que Alico va., which begins May 17. Of those six applicants five have been accepted u. Col. John Shotwill. The spokesman said Friday. Slio Well said the five female marines would join 150 enlisted men in the next class. He declined to say whether the corps was surprised or disappointed with the Low turnout of female applicants bul noted there Hod Hen mule Advance notice of Sun loses Small piece sets off magnetic storm accepts 5 women to train As embassy Security guards inc change in policy regard ing Security guards. The announcement was made during inc first week of april and the deadline for applications was May 1," shul will said. The Marine corps has maintained a strict men Only policy regarding embassy Security guards Ever since it ended an Experiment with female guards in 1979. Fifteen women a re assigned to foreign posts during thai Brief Pilot program which was discontinued Afler at lacks on embassies in Pakistan and Iran. The commandant of the marines Gen. Alfred a Gray has made it Plain in recent month he would prefer to maintain the male Only policy because he wants combat ready marines serving in Trie jobs and combat jobs Aren t open to women. Gray s objections were overridden three months ago however by defense Secretary Frank c. C Allucci. Who heeded the recommendation of an advisory panel and ordered the positions opened. That move was part of a Campaign by civilian officials at the Pentagon to counter criticism that the military services Are discriminating against women in Job opportunities and doing too Little to Stop sexual harassment. There arc currently about 1,400 marines serving in the embassy Security Force guarding 140 posts in 127 countries. The guard Force became the object of unwanted publicity a year ago because of a spy and sex scandal involving marines in Moscow. Gray and the Marine corps leadership so far have refused to say How Many of inc embassy guard positions will be opened to women citing the need to study everything from available housing to the threat of terrorism and cultural considerations. There was no quota for female applicants in the first class Holwell said. Each applicant was judged on his or her own merits. Aslo whether Well see More application in the future i won t  Washington not the Sun has thrown out a Small piece of itself causing a major Geomagnetic storm Over the Earth the National oceanic and atmospheric administration said Friday. The storm resulted in unusually Bright Aurora displays in the upper atmosphere and disturbed some Long distance communications the Agency said Friday. An eruption of mass from inc surface of the Sun including a Small but per sisent solar flare on wednesday caused the storm. Which reached Earth on mid night thursday. Gary a Lyckman chief of the Agency s space environment services Center in Boulder. Colo., said by Telephone that such storms usually Peak within 24 to 48 hours and then taper off. The current storm appeared 1 reach its Apex Friday and should end sometime sunday sex Sands or time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. May a i94r in a speech to the Congress of Europe at inc Hague Winston Churchill culled for immediate formation of a european Assembly As a step towards a european federation. 30 years ago today May 8. 1958 the Western big three Britain France and inc United Stales announced that they would be willing to Lake some of their nato part ners into Easl Wisl Summit talks Wanh the soviet Union. 20 years ago today. May 8. I9ss officials disqualified dancer s image Winner of the Kentucky Derby saying that tests showed the horse had been drugged before the race. It was the first time in the history of the Derby thai any horse had been disqualified. 10 years ago today.,. May 8, 1918 sen. Edward m. Kennedy was i Clear first Choice for president among democrats in a Gallup pall but the Massachusetts lawmaker insisted he would not be a candidate Bolshoi to visit China Beijing api the soviet Union s Bolshoi Ballet will give its first performance in China in 30 years in 1989, so vict minister of culture . Zaharov said thursday. Pens said. In such a storm inc Sun s magnetic Field moves out from its Normal position and interacts with inc magnetic Field of the Earth. Low Energy charged particles from inc Sun join in this magnetic min gling 10 cause Energy disturbances in the upper atmosphere. Storms like this can interfere with High frequency radio transmissions Long line Telephone communications and satellite communications Hickman said there had been few reports of interference so far except for problems with one communications satellite. The Northern lights or Aurora Borea Lis brightened overnight thursday in inc Northern hemisphere and could be seen in inc Northern skies As far South As Den ver Hickman said. Such displays could continue Ai lower intensity for one or two nights he added. Heckman said that the solar a i mum Mission satellite recorded the ejection of mass wednesday and that a Small flare lasting More than three hours shot up from the Sun before crashing Back to the surface. The Sun is Al the minimum of its ii year Cycle of activity said Hickman whose Center monitors  Phenomena and is known As the space weather  a Toothy Grin Bruce the infamous killer shark in the movie jaws is unloaded at Chicago s museum of science and Industry where hell join other monsters in in exhibit no special effects thai owns june 10,1 it 25fwl Long and weighs 4,000 pounds. I nursing shortfall in South growing some hospitals report 50% vacant Atlanta up1 the nursing reported that 94 percent of the 146 hos they left nursing for other careers shortage across the South is gelling pills surveyed forecast a similar or nationwide the number of Nuri nursing worse with some hospitals reporting nearly half their nursing positions vacant a Survey showed Friday. The study by the Hay group consult ing firm found that 70 percent of South Eastern hospitals surveyed reported More than 10 percent of their nursing positions were vacant. Nearly one third of the responding hospitals cited vacancy rates in excess of 20 percent in their nursing staffs the re port said and 3 percent said they have Only about half the nurses they need. Eighty percent said the nursing Short age is As bad or worse than a year ago when the nation s hospitals declared Lite shortage a crisis. The Survey which the consulting firm called the most extensive to Date also reporte Pital greater shortage of nurses for Nam year. The Survey covered hospitals in Flor Ida Georgia Alabama Mississippi North and South Carolina and Tennes see Hay group spokeswoman Karen Mallory said. The company is preparing a similar study nationwide she said. A chief reason frequently cited for the shortage is that More women who make up More than 90 percent of the nation s nurses Are studying to become doctors rather than leaving school after earning a Bachelor s degree in nursing. Colleges and universities Wilh nursing programs also report that fewer students Are studying for the profession. Many former nurses cite Low pay and a Lack of professional recognition As key reasons the left r. Nationwide nurses has fallen to about 210,000 from a High in 198j of nearly 260,000. Health officials say. The shortage has also caused Many nurses to complain that patients Are being shortchanged on the care and at Tention they should be getting in Hospi tals. The Hay group said its Survey was designed to help Hospital Cieck Ulics bet Ter formulate strategies to Deal with the crisis. The Atlanta based Hay group the largest human resource consulting firm in inc world provides human resource services in a variety of areas including those that target health care Salt recruit ment retention productivity and compensation a company statement said