European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 news briefs the stars and stripes thursday August 25,1988 cardiac arrest kills Sailor who inhaled aerosol Naples Italy a Sailor from the aircraft Carrier Forrestal died sunday night apparently from inhaling an aerosol substance a Fleet air Mediterranean spokesman said wednesday. Seaman Billy Darryl Woolman jr., 20, a Resi Dent of mount Clemens mich., died of cardiac arrest apparently suffered after inhaling aerosol from a can of Spray lubricant said it. Dave personnel on the Forrestal attempted to revive Woolman. It was not known wednes Day if the death were an Accident or a suicide. The death is under investigation Morris said. Identity of Darmstadt go who died is released Darmstadt West Germany the army wednesday released the name of the 25-year-old Soldier who died monday while being trans ported to the Frankfurt army regional medical Soldier spec. Richard Bialka was As signed to he co 440th signal in a Community spokesman developing respiratory problems at his Home Bialka apparently suffered respiratory failure in route to the Hospital the spokesman said. Efforts to resuscitate him failed and hedged about 7 45 . He is survived by his wife Karla a 5-month-old daughter Danielle and his parents Ramon s. And Edmae Bialka of Biloxi miss. A memorial service will be at 2 . Thursday in the Cambrai Fritsch Cavern Chapel. Deficit from Page 1 again on foreign markets. Agricultural exports Rose 7 percent to $9.7 billion the highest level since the second Quarter of 1984, reflecting in part a jump in prices. Corn sales climbed 27 percent with much of the gain attributed to increased sales to the soviet Union and Mexico. Wheat sales were up 10 percent because of an increase in sales to China. Meat and poultry shipments Rose 28 percent largely because of an in crease in sales to Japan. Soybean and wheat prices both Rose 13 percent while Corn prices were up 7 percent. The report said the Sharp Price increases did not reflect the effects of this summer s drought indicating that further Steep Price increases will be on the Way. Imports fell by $900 million the first quarterly de Cline in imports since the first Quarter of 1985. The improvement came in non Oil imports As Petro Leum imports actually Rose during the Quarter. The Trade deficit decreased with every major Geo graphic area except Canada the country s largest Trad ing partner. The Canadian deficit Rose by $500 Mil lion to $4.1 billion. As usual the largest deficit was with Japan an imbalance of $11.9 billion Down $1.1billion from the first Quarter. Alaskans of olympics bid Oklahoma holds primaries by the associated press voters in Anchorage Alaska overwhelmingly agree to cover their City s expenses in a bid for the 1994 Winter olympics while in Oklahoma a five term democratic congressman expecting a Tough primary routed his conservative other congressional contests were decided in okla homa on tuesday none of them surprises and both favourites triumphed in the democratic and Republican Pri Maries in Alaska s Lone congressional District. By a nearly 2-1 margin voters in Anchorage agreed to assume financial responsibility for the 1994 Winter olympics. Whether the vote will impress the International olympic committee remains to be seen. Albertville France has been chosen for the 1992 win Ter olympics. Ioc officials have decided that beginning in 1994, the summer and Winter olympics will be held i alternating two year intervals. With 79 of 91 precincts reporting 26,365 voters or 66percent favored allowing the City government to accept the risk of paying for any unanticipated debts incurred i staging the games. Opposed were 13,878 voters. We re going to the Ioc with the message that Ancho rage is excited about the olympics said Rick Mystrom president of the Anchorage organizing committee. Defeat would have effectively eliminated the City fro the list of finalists when the Ioc chooses the Host City during the summer olympics in Seoul next month. Theother finalists Are in Norway Bulgaria and Sweden. In tuesday s Oklahoma primaries rep. Mike Synar soundly Defeated state sen. Frank Shurden in the demo cratic primary for Congress despite an expected Tough fight from an opponent who accused him of being too Liberal. With All precincts reporting the five term congressman received 62,913 votes or 69 percent to Shurden s 27,657, or 31 percent. Synar will be the heavy general election favorite in the traditionally democratic 2nd District in largely Rural northeastern Oklahoma. Elsewhere in the state Kurt Glassco 32, a former prosecutor and one time aide to former gov. George nigh emerged from a five person fight for the democratic nomination in the 1st District made up largely of Tulsa. Glassco won the right to Challenge rep. James Inhofe who was unopposed in the gop primary. With All precincts reporting Glassco had 18,194, or 60 percent Vir Ginia Jenner of Tulsa had 3,762, or 12 percent and George Gentry of Pryor had 3,737, or 12 percent. Two other candidates trailed far behind. In Alaska Democrat Peter Gruenstein and eight Ter Republican Don Young had Little trouble dispatching their primary rivals for Alaska s . House seat. With 413 of 439 precincts reporting or 94 percent Gruenstein received 32,375 votes or 35 percent. Eugene Vick a retired electrical contractor from Juneau was his closest challenger with 2,474 votes or 2.6 percent. For the third consecutive Campaign Young blew by Republican challenger George Johnston an Arco Alaska employee from Anchorage. Young received 50,958 votes for 55.2 percent to Johnston s 4,977 votes or 5.3 percent. Official says Lack of ambulance May have Cost hostage s life Bremen West Germany a a 15-year-Olditalian teen Ager who died last week after being shot by a gunman during a hostage drama might have lived Ifan ambulance had been available a leading Bremen official said wednesday. Emanuele de Giorgi was one of two teen agers slain during the 54-hour ordeal that started on aug. 16 when a pair of gunmen stormed a Bank in the Northwestern town of glad Eck. The bandits later hijacked a City bus in the Northern port City of Bremen. One of the gunmen Dieter Degowski shot the youth three times As the bus was stopped at a Highway rest area near the City As police and a crowd of journalists watched. Eyewitnesses said that despite the lengthy Stop there was no ambulance on the scene and it took 20 minutes for one to arrive. Bernd Meyer in charge of internal affairs for Bre men told a special session of the local government on wednesday that de Giorgi did not die immediately. He said the death was due to a heavy loss of blood and from breathing in his own blood. Meyer acknowledged that it was a mistake not Mohave an ambulance on hand adding if the youth had been taken in time to a doctor for treatment he might have been Bentsen from Page 1 receive the formal endorsement of the Al Cio. Bus was on the West coast with a joint Campaign appear Ance on his schedule with a vacationing president Rea Gan. Bush told reporters tuesday his Campaign for the White House would get Back on track whenever you Stop asking me these but Bush also told a crowd of supporters gathered i front of the California state Capitol in Sacramento i m not going to let some insidious me to change my mind. I m standing behind Dan Quayle is facing questions about his National guard duty at the height of the Vietnam War his admission into Law school and claims by former lobbyist Paul Parkinson that he propositioned her eight years ago during a Golf vacation in Florida with two other con Gressmen. Dod from Page 1 we Klong trip. I think though we re looking to see if some of the issues that were raised two years ago have changed or if leadership and educational conditions surrounding those issues have changed she said. The panel also will be looking at whether new Issue shave Arisen and what we can do about them she said after the 1986 trip the executive committee reported that concerns of military women assigned to Europe included restrictions on jobs open to women career advancement limitations physical training spouse assignments and single soldiers perception that they were being discriminated against m favor of married soldiers. A pervasive concern of All military women the 1986 report said was sexual harassment. Since then a task Force appointed by the Secretary of defense to study sexual harassment in the military has issued a report and recommendations for curbing such problems. The recommendations included improved reporting procedures and increased education. To Date the army is the Only military Branch that has yet to respond to the recommendations. We Don t expect to see changes overnight Davis said. But on the whole i think it s fair to say that the services have been extremely responsive to the taskforce Davis praised the Navy for quickly handling women sailors allegations last year of sexual harassment by a Superior officer who jokingly offered the women services As prostitutes to another party. Believe me the. Incident was a singular Situa Tion Davis said. It reflected a Lack of judgment a Lack of sensitivity a Lack of ability to Deal with people and Lead people by a particular individual. But i think it s Safe to say that that situation was citing their panel s increasing knowledge of military issues committee members said they expect to be Able to better understand concerns posed to them this trip than on previous visits to overseas bases. Perhaps we be become More sensitized through the years and while we May hear the same words i Trinkwell interpret them differently said Judith a. Leg Erski a judicial assistant from Wyoming. We re interested in the trends and the problem that go beyond the life of one individual Davis said in the sense that the committee obviously can t Deal with individual concerns that Don t have Universal implications. We re looking for those larger issues that we feel we can be effective in helping to Many concerns particularly those involving Money cannot be dealt with by individual commanders Davis acknowledged. What the panel will be looking for however is the level of awareness and sensitivity demonstrated by the military Community. Asked if she thought an end is in sight for a need of the advisory committee Davis said the end should come Only if you get rid of congressional legislation to Stop restricting women from combat duty. When you remove the restrictions and everything is equal Idon t think there s a need for this the panel s itinerary includes visits to Stuttgart West Germany Comiso air station Sicily Torrejon a Spain and Izmir air station and in Ciurlik a Turkey. The panel members met with servicewomen at Ramstein a tuesday and in Heidelberg wednesday
