European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 news updates the stars and stripes Friday february 3,1989 palme murder Case Stockholm Sweden a a swedish District court thursday re arraigned a suspect in the 1986 assassination of prime minister Olof palme while Interpol searched for witness who might provide a link in the Case officials said. It was the third Extension of Cus Tody against Christen Pettersson 41, who was arrested dec. 14 after manhunt of nearly three years. The court gave the prosecution two More weeks to file charges but Hans Olvero the detective in charge of the investigation said he believed More time would be needed. Olvero said he had asked Interpol to help find a foreign resident who May have witnessed the killing which occurred As palme was walk ing Home from a movie theater with his wife Lisbet in Stockholm. Crash victim Dies Reading England a scientist died of injuries suffered Jan. 8 in the crash of a British Midland airways jetliner bringing to 47 the number of people killed when the Boeing 737 broke up on the Side of a Highway. Or. Barry Copestake 47, died tuesday at the Royal Berkshire Hospital said a Hospital spokes Man. The spokesman refused to reveal Copestake s Hometown say ing it was against Hospital Airliner crashed near Keg Worth in Central England after los ing Power in both engines and fail ing to reach a runway at East midlands Airport. Seventy nine people survived. Slayings alleged Montevideo Uruguay a a statement purportedly from a leftist group that raided an Argentine army base last month claimed troops killed guerrilla who had surrendered. The half Page statement was signed by the popular resistance front and published wednesday in the uruguayan newspaper la Republica. It said what the soldiers did was take advantage of their superiority of arms to tread on our companions with tanks after they had fallen to incinerate them with phosphorus after they had fallen to shoot them after arresting them. From now on they soldiers Are going to pay. We swear to continue the fight until newspaper did not say How or where the statement was obtained. Frankfurt service set for red Cross worker Frankfurt West Germany is a memorial service will be held tues Day for a Veteran american red Cross employee. Janet m. Baker manager for Frank Furt s american red Cross since 1984, died of stomach cancer in Miami on Jan. 19. She was 53. During her 24 years with the red Cross Baker worked on a variety of re Lief efforts. Between 1965 and 1967 at Clark a Philippines she assisted serv ice members wounded in Vietnam. In 1972, Baker coordinated the arrival of about 500 evacuees from earthquake ravaged Managua Nicaragua at Mahdi Ilab Fla. Other red Cross duties took her across the United states Europe an Korea. Baker is survived by her Mother Elizabeth Baker of Miami. The service will be at 1 . In the Chapel of the Frank Furt army regional medical Center. Lawmaker says Black officer s Case reflects sexual racial harassment by William j. Bartman Washington Bureau Washington a Black air Force officer who was harassed while she suffered through two failed pregnancies is proof that the military has failed to control racial and sexual harassment in the ranks rep. Patricia Schroeder says. Over the past year i have been receiving increasing numbers of letters and Telephone Calls from servicewomen complaining about the atmosphere of sexual and racial harassment in the military and the Inadequacy of the internal grievance procedures Schroeder said in a letter to Frank Carlucci before he left his Post As defense Secretary last month. These reports Are distressing because it was not so Long ago that the military was in the forefront of civil rights the letter from the Colorado demo crat said the Case indicated that the Mil itary is reluctant to discipline its officers even when they Are found guilty of sex Ual and racial she added that the military also is reluctant to either change its attitudes or to Institute Means to eliminate a in a Telephone interview Schroeder said she was considering introducing a Bill that would put some accountability into the system. She had no specifics on the proposed legislation. Air Force officials confirmed that sex Ual and racial discrimination occurred in the Case of the Black officer but said information on the disciplinary actions taken was protected by the privacy act. Without this information the offi cer did not feel that she had any basis on which to conclude that her Case had been resolved satisfactorily Schroeder said in her letter to Carlucci. The woman officer now assigned in Europe declined to discuss the Case wit the stars and stripes. According to Schroeder s office the woman filed a complaint with her state Side social action office citing repeated sexual and racial harassment by her com manding officer. The allegations against her commander a colonel ranged from racial and sexual jokes to the denial of convalescent leave after a difficult preg Nancy. He allegedly taunted and pressured the woman on her Job both before a Dafter a miscarriage. Complaining about her use of a civil Ian Hospital the colonel is alleged to i Aye described the Captain As a Little Princess who is too Good to be operated on by a military the woman also claimed that during an evaluation of her performance the colonel questioned her adaptability to stress because warriors do not have defense officials said Schroeder comments would be reviewed by the proper authorities. Additionally a Pentagon spokesman pointed out that a worldwide Survey of harassment prob lems is under Way. The Survey mailed in december i seeking responses from 34,000 men and women in uniform. The four part poll which asks recipients whether they Are or have been the victims of uninvited unwanted sexual attention is designed to study the scope of the problem in the military. Senate panel delays vote on Tower Washington a the chair Man of the Senate armed services com Mittee said thursday that the panel has delayed a vote on the nomination of de sense Secretary designate John Tower and another senator said additional meetings with the Fri were planned. Tower a one time chairman of the committee had appeared headed for confirmation after telling his former col leagues on wednesday that he had no alcohol problem and would not be swayed by past business ties with defens contractors. But sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., while serving As chairman of a hearing on the Savannah River nuclear reactor announced that the committee would not vote thursday on Tower s nomination. The committee s ranking Republican sen. John Warner of Virginia said he and Nunn would be meeting with the Fri on additional information. Warner asked by reporters later i there were new facts said just information that i would not attach any Mea sure of credibility or non credibility to. Sen. Trent Lott r-miss., a member of the committee was asked if the information dealt with Tower s personal or professional life. Possibilities in both areas he said. Nunn said wednesday that he expected the panel to vote thursday to recommend that the Senate confirm Tower s nomination. In his testimony on the fourth an final Day of he Annas Tower rebutted statements made tuesday by conserva Tive activist Paul Weyrich that he had on a number of occasions seen Tower publicly inebriated and in the company of women other than his wife. Asked by Nunn if he had a drinking problem Tower replied i have none. I am a Man of some the 63-year-old former senator told the committee it is essential that the Secretary of defense be at All times Capa ble of exercising the duties and responsibilities of his office some of which Are even More sensitive and More critical than the general Public realizes. Therefore i think there should be Zero toleration of anyone As Secretary of defense or any other sensitive Job in the defense department who has an on the subject of women Nunn asked Tower whether he would tolerate any sexual harassment in the defense department. I will answer again with the term Zero tolerance for discrimination against women the sexual harassment of women Tower said. I believe that professional women should be afforded the respect and the deference that they deserve. I will say that i do not believe women should serve in combat i go killed 3 Hurt in copter crashes fort Ord Calif. A two army helicopters crashed during training flights at fort Ord Calif., killing one Soldier an injuring three others the army said. Investigators were trying to determine thursday whether the two choppers each with two soldiers on Board collide before they went Down 150 Yards apart wednesday night said capt. Guy Shields an army spokesman. The soldiers names were being with eld pending notification of the families. One injured solider was in stable condition at the base s Silas b. Hayes army Community Hospital 10 Miles North of Monterey. The extent of his injuries was not immediately known Shields said. The other two were treated and released. The two downed aircraft were an ah-1 cobra attack helicopter and an of 58d Kiowa observation helicopter. Both were unarmed and assigned to fort Ord s 123rd combat aviation brigade Shields said. The cobra broke apart and was lying in a Clearing surrounded by Trees in a Remote training area its main Rotor lying on the ground Shields said. The Kiowa was in a Ravine several Hundred Yards away and could t be seen at night by rescuers. Investigators did not know if the weather had anything to do with the crash. It had been raining off and on throughout the Day but it was unknown if it was raining when the incident occurred Shields said. The Federal aviation administration was notified of the crash. Marine apologizes for desert death Camp Lejeune . A Amarine who was demoted from sergeant to Lance Corporal sought forgiveness Fortis role in the death of a Young Marine abandoned in the Mohave desert. I d like to apologize to the Marine corps my regiment my battalion my offi cers and subordinates but most of All to the family of Lance Cpl. Jason Rother and Hope in time they can forgive me Christo Pher Clyde said in a statement prior to sentencing wednesday. Clyde 28, was Rother s platoon ser Geant when the 19-year-old Marine was left behind after being posted As a Road guide for a nighttime exercise at Twenty nine Palms Calif., aug. 30. Rother of Minneapolis was not reported missing for almost two Days. His re Mains were found dec. 4. Maj. Kent Smith the military judge ruled that Clyde was negligent by failing to follow policies failing to report the status of his marines and to properly account forthe whereabouts and the welfare of his marines. Clyde was found innocent of Willu disobedience of an order. Smith demoted Clyde to Lance Cor poral but ordered no other penalty. He could have ordered a reduction in ran to private forfeiture of two thirds of his pay for three months and confinement for three months. A court martial was set to begin thursday for Rother s squad Leader b. Turnell 25, of Elrama a. He is charged with dereliction of duty wilful disobedience of a lawful order and unauthorized absence. Also facing charges is 1st it. Allen , who is scheduled for court mar tial on feb. 7
