European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. October 1s, 1988 the stars and stripes Yale complains of middles roving hands new Haven Conn. A a naval Academy tradition of passing cheerleaders from opposing teams up through the stands at football games is being attacked by Yale cheerleaders who say the practice subjects women to roving hands. Academy officials say the custom is harmless fun and that any physical Contact is of an innocent nature but a Yale Dean labelled it i form of sexual assault. The Yale Check leading squad with the support of the Dean of student affairs sent a complaint thurs Day to the Academy that cited the conduct of mid Shipmen at an oct. I game at the Annapolis md.,  the Start of the game midshipmen earned away at least three female Yale cheerleaders but managed to get Only one into the stands according to Anna Chavez Captain of Yale s  squad. Sophomore Kim re Cdr told the Yale daily news that she suffered bruises and scratches on her upper and lower body when she was passed feet first into the stands and that her skirt rolled Back during the  guess that it s possible to be transferred up to the stands without any sexual Contact but that was t the Way it happened there re Cdr said. The episode left the cheerleaders so distraught Chavez said that they could not perform Well during the first half of the game which Navy won 41-7. "1 Don t care if the Navy considers it a common practice said Betty Trach Lynberg Yale s Dean of student affairs. I Don t find it justifiable at All Trachtenberg called Academy officials wednesday to Alert them to the pending complaint and to Tell them that she viewed the custom As a form of sexual  is ironic and somewhat unfortunate that Many of your midshipmen will hold the position of protecting the welfare of the same citizens that they once endangered and humiliated Chavez said in her letter to Academy officials. Her complaint was accompanied by a letter from Yale College Dean Sidney Allman deploring the midshipmen s conduct. Jim Riser an Academy spokesman said he was sure the midshipmen meant no harm. There is always horns play going around he said. These Guys Are fun Loving  Riser noted that former Navy and Dallas Cowboy quart Ciriack Roger staubach was accorded the same treatment at this year s Homecoming. Obviously when you Are passed up you arc going o be touched and that could be misconstrued. Riser said. I am sorry this  the cheerleaders said they would like to receive on apology from the midshipmen and a guarantee they would not be exposed to similar stunts in the future. Yale and Navy arc not scheduled to meet again for at least the next two years. This month s encounter was the first Lime since 1901 thai the game was played Al Annapolis. Navy s other Home games against Yale were played in Baltimore the last one in 1952. Alleged nazi flees . While facing deportation Washington a the head of the anti defamation league wants the Justice department to explain Why it did not reveal that Boleslavs Maikovskis an alleged nazi Collaborator fled the United states while awaiting deportation to the so Viet Union Maikovskis 83, secretly left the United states and is believed to be in West Germany a government source said Friday. He said he did not know when Maikovskis left the United Stales. The whole thing is a Little bit strange Adl National director Abraham Foxman said in a Tele phone interview from new York. We Are baffled by the secrecy around this , a latvian who had lived m Mincola n.y., since 1951, had been awaiting deportation since 1986 when the supreme court turned Down his Appeal. Maikovskis departure came to Light Friday after the Adl issued a press release urging attorney Gen eral Dick Thornburgh to conduct an immediate investigation into Maikovskis whereabouts and to Lake prompt action to bring him to Justice. Foxman said the Adl confirmed thursday that Maikovskis was missing from his Home and called the Justice department to report it they said in Confidence they know that he s missing and they know where he  Foaman said. So we said Why Don t you Tell the american peo ple they said they can t do  Foxman then decided to go Public with the Only information Adl could confirm thai Maikovskis was no longer in Mineola. Boleslavs Malkov skis Neal scr director of the Justice department s office of special investigations confirmed that Maikovskis had left the United states but declined to say where he had gone or How the department knew this. We have just Learned Afler a massive investigation to find this Guy that in fact he is out of the country and in effect the deportation order has been effectuated scr said. He also said there was nothing further for the Justice department to investigate. His being brought to jus Tice is out of our hands he said. But Foxman said his group wants to know under what circumstances Maikovskis Kif when he left whether he will be brought to trial and whether the . Government has any agreement with West Germany. Scr suggested that the Adl Deal with German authorities. Maikovskis Hud been a chief of a nazi created police Force in Latvia during world War ii and is accused of having ordered the mass arrest of res dents in the lat Vian Village of Andrini and then burning the town. The 200 villagers were later executed by the nazis. Maikovskis was sentenced la death in absent a in the soviet Union in 1965. Deportation proceedings against him began in the United Stales in 1976 and dragged on through several appeals. His deportation was upheld by a Federal court of appeals in 1985 and his final Appeal Wal rejected by the . Supreme court in 1986. Maikovskis designated Switzerland As the country to which he wanted to be deported but the Swiss refused to accept him and he faced deportation to the soviet Union. . Sends Check to ., cuts debt to $366 million United nations a the United Stales has Given a Check for $85.6 million to the United nations but Washington owes millions More that the Reagan administration withheld pending  measures. . Ambassador Vernon a. Walters delivered the Money during a Surprise Visil Friday to Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar. The Check reduced the . Dbl to the regular budget to s366.3 million. A  Statement said the payment was the second instalment of the $188 million president Reagan promised 10 pay by the end of the year. The United states earlier paid $15.2 million. The payment was made one Day after the Sovil Union which is paying its own arrears pledged the equivalent of �600 million to  Relief and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. The United nations remains financially weakened and unstable because re serves arc substantially depleted said a  Statement if this situation is not corrected in could impede inc carrying out of new peace missions in said referring to  Peacekeeping forces currently in the persian Gulf and new forces planned for Southern Africa and eventually for Cambodia. Since Reagan took office Highl years ago his administration has harshly criticized the United nations for what in Calls anti Western Bias bureaucracy and waste. The administration withheld part of . Regular budget dues to the ., some peacekeeping dues and other tees in order to pressure the world body Mio fiscal and administrative reforms. Reagan acc Cully acknowledged that the  Had made Progress in reforms and pledged to pay Back inc withheld dues by the end of this year and the rest Over several years. But . Officials said Washington will continue to withhold $59 million in dues promised this year until a key  Com Mittee approves a new Ausie Rily by decl and of her administrative changes the no York times reported in weekend editions the fifth committee of the general Assembly which oversees the  S finances is still considering a new austerity budget adopted by a smaller commit tee last month in said. If at first you Don t like it fear Nof it la grow on you Chicago a Bill Harding is a differ Cal kind of Lailor crafting clothing that conveys a message about the environment a message thai grows because his fashions Are made of grass growing on fabric. Harding an artist began growing grass on clothing and other objects Aboul nine years ago. Now he has decided to Sec if there s a Market for grass cloth ing. Ill be Selling Long grass covered Robes for 1150, he says. And i m pulling together an jb5 grass growing kit which ii contain a on size fils Al Robe already seeded a Hanger a Plas tic bag. A Plant mister and an instruction  Harding 29, recently taught a class on growing grass clothing Al express ways children s museum on inc North Side and two weeks later his students wore their Green outfits in a Parade around the museum. Wearing one is a unique experience he says. It s the Only instance besides being in the womb where you re enclosed in a living thing. Us heavy and Damp a Robe May weigh 1s pounds Bui after wearing the suit for an hour you feel relaxed and energized. In retains your body heat and stays at body temperature too. "it1 your own portable Environ ment. If everyone took care of their environment like people take care of their grass clothes we d be on a path to  concern about the environment prompted Harding to Plant his first grass seeds on fabric growing Minia lure lawns on a suit of clothes including shoes lie and hat for an Art show. After in was grown i put it on then came onstage and had someone Chase me with a Lawn Mower. The idea was that our environment is being pursued mowed Down by technology Harding says. He says his social and political statements with grass Aren t difficult or expensive to grow and he buys the garments that support the wearable lawns from Thrift shops. Grass is especially Good for my purposes since it does t take As Long As most plants to germinate if it s sufficiently watered he says