European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday january 5,1989 the stars and stripes Page 9 100 years old and beaming the inscription "100 ans meaning 100 Between the second and third floors were years gleams from the Side of the Eiffel lit on sunday and will remain illuminated Tower the famed Symbol of Paris. The night and Day throughout 1989 to Cele letters which stretch roughly 13 Yards brate the Tower s Centenary year. Moscow rights talks 2 other conferences endorsed by Reagan los Angeles a president Reagan has decided to support a sched ule of three human rights conferences including a 1991 session in Moscow the White House announced wednesday. Deputy press Secretary roman Popa Diuk said Reagan has authorized the . Delegation in Vienna to support the three conference plan in cooperation with like minded allies to encourage continued Progress on human rights in the soviet Union. In addition to the Moscow meeting planned for 1991, conferences Are scheduled for 1989 in Paris and 1990 in Copenhagen he said. A White House statement noted significant Progress on soviet human rights in the past three years including the re lease of hundreds of political prisoner Sand an end to the jamming of voice of America radio Liberty and other West Ern broadcasts. But Popadiuk added the president recognizes that there is much yet to be done in the soviet Union before that nation meets acceptable and Universal human rights  . Agreement to participate in the conference signals american support for soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev s internal reforms and sets the stage for opening new East West negotiations on cutting troops and arms in Europe. Secretary of state George p. Shultz has recommended that the human right conference and the european arms negotiations which Are linked proceed base Don soviet advances in human rights a . Official said tuesday. Reagan vacationing in California decided tuesday to accept Shultz s advice said another official who also spoke on condition he not be identified. The Start of talks Between the Nort Atlantic treaty organization and the Warsaw pact on reducing convention alarms has been awaiting completion of a 35-nation review of human rights in the soviet Union and Eastern Europe. The review is taking place in Vienna. Evidently Reagan has seen enough Progress in the soviet record to close the Vienna conference and move on. It s not a perfect scorecard but they be done a lot said one . Offi Cial who spoke on condition of Anonym Ity. They be come amazingly  the state department Friday credited the soviets with significant Progress in its treatment of political prisoners an jewish refuseniks citizens who Are re fused permission to emigrate. The soviets have released More than 600 political prisoners in the last two years including All the monitors of the 1975 Helsinki agreement which held out the Promise of an improvement in human rights state department spokeswoman Phyllis Oakley said Fri Day. All prisoners charged with violating political or religious constraints Are now free and less than a dozen of 120 cases of soviet citizens denied permission to join family members abroad remain unresolved Oakley said. Jamming of .-sponsored radio broadcasts has ceased and soviet presi Dent Mikhail s. Gorbachev pledged in his speech . 7 to the . General Assembly that Laws bearing on human rights would be changed she said. Meanwhile the National conference on soviet jewry reported monday that 3,652 jews had left the soviet Union i december the highest monthly total since december 1979. The exodus for 1988 totalled 19,287,the highest for any year since 1980 when 21,471 jews left. The soviets recently turned Over tothe state department a list of about 50 refuseniks who were to be Given exit per mits. The move helped prompt Shultz to recommend . Approval of the pro posed Moscow rights conference. . Military on list of Best employers of Blacks new York a at to Exxon corp., general motors corp. And the . Armed forces Are among the Best places for Blacks to work Black Enterprise mag Azine said tuesday in a report based on the employers commitment to affirmative action and minority recruitment. Earl g. Graves the Magazine s editor and publisher said recent Waves of corporate takeovers and restructuring have significantly affected the number 9f Blackland advancement opportunities for Blacks in some companies. But he added our Survey clearly indicates there Are still Many in the corporate Community strongly committed to the creation of a work place in which minorities can make solid professional contribution Sand gain positions of Power and influence. To compile the list of 35 companies with the bes affirmative action records Black Enterprise said it surveyed 270 employers on the number of minority professional and non professional employees compensation minority recruitment management training and employee development programs minority vending opportunities and contributions to Black organizations. Others on the list include International business machines corp., Avon products inc., Eastman Kodak co., Ford motor co., Gannett co. Inc., Mcdonald Scorp. And Amtrak. The list is contained in the Magazine s february Issue scheduled to reach Newsstands on Jan. 19. Here Are the companies and government agencies where affirmative action and minority recruitment efforts Are strongest american Telephone & Telegraph new York. Amtrak Washington . Anheuser Busch St. Louis. Atlantic Richfield los Angeles. Avon products new York. Chase Manhattan new York. Chrysler Detroit. Coca cola. Atlanta. Adolph Coors. Golden Colo. Eastman Kodak Rochester . Equitable life Assurance society of the United states new York. Exxon new York. Federal express Memphis Tenn. Ford motor Detroit. Gannett Arlington a. General Mills Minneapolis. General motors. Detroit. Hallmark Kansas City. International business machines a Monk . Johnson & Johnson new Brunswick . Kellogg Battle Creek Mich. Kraft Glenview Iii. Mcdonald soak Brook Iii. Merck Rahway . North Carolina Mutual life insurance Durham . . Penney piano Texas. Pepsico Purchase . Philip Morris new York. Port authority of new York and new Jersey. Procter & Gamble Cincinnati. Ryder system Miami. Joseph e. Seagram & sons new York. Soft Sheen products Chicago. . Armed forces Washington . Xerox Stamford Conn. 1 do Happy alabamian now Blissful with no. 17 Birmingham Ala. Up Cleveland Yelder had tied the knot 16 times but that did t keep him from taking wife no. 17 last month. I never heard of a Man being married that Many times said the latest mrs. Cleveland Yelder 48. But it did t bother me a  Yelder 46, said his divorces show that marriages can be ended without violence. In All those marriages i be never killed anyone. I be never shot anyone he said in an interview published sunday in the Birmingham news. The alabamian has been married to 15 different women. Records show that Yelder married the Sam woman in 1965, 1976 and in 1979. Probate courts in Jefferson and Tuscaloosa coun ties list 16 of Yelder s marriages starting when stage 18, he married a 15-year-old girl. Yelder said another marriage took place in 1967 or 1968 when he was in the air Force. Among his marriage memories marriage no. 4 in1969 lasted 10 months before separation no. 5 in 1971 lasted six months no. 6 in 1973 lasted on month no. 8 in 1974 lasted five months no. 11 in 1977 lasted three weeks no. 12 in the same year lasted five months Lucky no. 13 in 1978 lasted two weeks no. 14 in 1979 went two months and no. 16 in 1984 lasted five weeks before separation Accord ing to sworn testimonies in the divorces