European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday May 14, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 3 All s shipshape during Stopover in israeli port Udo ebbing a crewman aboard the Rcw Man nary training ship Corch Fock a runs u he watches add so mks in scr and Rokl Eltun try on sailors Cap during the ship s Sio Poter in Haifa Israel. The vols a the first by a German ill Inry unit to Brawl. The reception Given the a has been Friendly. The ship to the final few weeks of an 11-Mcmth around the Tutor Ltd cruise trill return id its Home port of Kiel in june no. Schoo bans chocolate milk Pemberton township no. A Choco Tate milk thai longtime mainstay of kids lunches won t be on inc elementary schools menu come fall because the school Board thinks it s unhealthy Tor growing minds. Instead a Calcium fortified Orange drink May be offered some ten chars and nurses who have expressed con Cern about children having sweets Al lunch requested the ban. Superintendent Robert i. Moore said. The panel voted 5-4 earlier this week to discontinue Selling chocolate milk at lunch to the 4,000 pupils in the township s 10 elementary schools. Moore said several school employees said they noticed children who drank chocolate milk for lunch showed signs of hype act Ivriy in the afternoon. Whether that s scientifically qualified 1 Don t know Moore said. Chocolate milk outsells regular milk 2-1 at Alella Cri cation elementary school principal Gerald l. Do Clementi said. Decl Menli said he was unaware of behaviour prob lems that might be tied to the chocolate milk. Both he and Moore said they doubt the ban will provoke an outcry. But if it docs school Board president Thomas Bridge said the panel could change its decision. Drunken driving plea bargain Sparks controversy in Tenn. Johnson City Tenn. A a Man charged with Drunken driving was allowed to plead guilty to speeding in Exchange for a 120,000 donation to a drug task Force a plea bargain that has angered Tome residents. District attorney general David Crockett said the Benefit to the Public outweighed the mandatory 4g-hour jail term $230 Tine and yearlong Driver s License suspension for first Lime Drunken driving convictions. Tom Donihe of Kingsport pleaded guilty Friday to the reduced charge Donihe was arrested in april 19b6 after he was clocked driving Al 78 Mph and was found to have a blood alcohol level of 0,15 percent police said. Legal intoxication in Tennessee is 0.10 percent the Leaden of two area chapters of mothers against drunk driving criticized Crockett for accepting inc offer by Doniec s lawyer. Elizabeth Price head of the Johnson City Madd chapter is calling for Crockett s Resig nation. If i was t a Christian i could Tell you what i really think she said. I feel that the people who let him off Are the real Lynda former president of the Madd chapter in Kingsport said the decision to accept n Pica bargain in the Case almost sounds like a bribe. I be weighed the criticism and i m willing to take it Crockett said. We have successfully prosecuted several thousand Drunken Drivers if we made a mistake in the Case Ihen my Balling average is Mill 999.99 of doing inc right criminal court judge Ardon Hill who approved the plea bargain expressed some reservation before accepting the plea saying ii bothers my con science. Cracked whose teen age son was killed in a 1986 traffic Accident has been a vocal opponent of Drunken driving. He said the contribution id the first judicial drag task Force which he helped found was a proper disposition of the the unit made up of officers from various Agen cies investigates drug cases in four counties. It is funded with court fines private donations and la dollars from local governments. Pentagon policy on abortions faces new attack by William j. Bartman Washington Bureau Washington congressional opponents of a defense depart Mcnol policy prohibiting the use of fed eral funds for abortions renewed their attack on inc regulation this month but lawmakers stopped Short of trying to kill the 9-year-old restriction under the policy which prohibits the use of Federal funds for abortions unless the Mother s life is in Dan Ger and defense department civil ians cannot receive an abortion even if the pregnancy is the result of rape or if the fetus is diagnosed As having a severe genetic defect rep. Vic Fazio d calif., told the House this week. Fario and rep. Sam d-conn., said inc provision should be reconsidered while rep. Bill Green . Called in wrong and misguided and however none of the congressmen attempted to remove the provision from inc defense authorization Bill Asil neared a vote in inc House. After years of trying the congressmen along with pro abortion groups readily concede thai they still uck the Voles necessary 10 kill the policy. So groups such As planned parenthood and the nation Al abortion rights action league Are hoping instead to get congressional hearings on the reproductive health equity Bill legislation by Green and Fazio thai would end the prohibition throughout the government. Supporters of in legislation argue that a double Standard exists on abortion funding. A person with private health insurance coverage or a person with substantial income can make this personal decision for an abortion Green said. But a person who is poor or whose health insurance is subject 10 gov emment control As in the Case of military personnel is unable to exercise the same constitutional right hearings would give us a Chance to show some of the evidence. Of How this affects the women in the Mili tary and All of the dependents who depend on the military for their health care said Naral s Nancy Broff. The prohibitions affect All women whose health care is paid for by the government such As those on Midi Caid peace corps volunteers and american indians. What is particularly appalling 1 think in the Case of the military and Federal employees is thai these Are people who Are paying for part of their health care and yet the government dictates what services they can receive Brof said. Planned parenthood to Blum and Rachel cold of the Guit Machor Institute arc doubtful hearings can be held this year with National elections coming up in the fall. But they say slow Progress is being made. They noted that nearly 20 states have begun picking up medicaid costs for abortions. And while thai does t help Federal workers or military personnel Broff said thai in april Congress rejected an Amend ment to the defense authorization Bill thai would have such As in certain Posis overseas i feel hopeful about some incremental improvements in the near term said Gold who noted that the Senate appropriations committee approved the use of medicaid funds in cases were women were raped or victims of incest. Supporters of the Federal prohibitions on using Federal funds for abortions say the policy keeps the government Neutral by not letting in fund abortion. But Broff argued that the result is that the government is funding Only certain choices since in will pay in the Case of delivery of infant but won t pay for an abortion. Defense department figures show that Between 198 and 1980, the period in which the prohibition took effect the number of abortions performed in Mil itary hospitals dropped from 1,820 Lojo and inc num Ber of military hospitals reporting any abortions dropped from 35 to eight
