European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 10, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 court says rudeness to woman Nof harassment Atlanta a there a no la again being a Jerk a court has determined. The Georgia court of appeals ruled that a Conner Bank manager had no grounds to tolled damages fro her Bow or an allegedly obnoxious co worker even if the co worker was the Boorish obnoxious prankster that she claimed he was. Alleged tasteless and rude social conduct. Is no actionable the court declared after listening to the co worker s alleged affronts. Nita Mundy of Jonesboro. Who was Branch manager of the Anchor savings Bank in suburban Hap Civile had charged in her lawsuit Hal h. Street Kornegay a Public relations officer subjected her to humiliating pranks because of his feeling that a woman should  a Bank. Mundy said Kornegay s behaviour finally drove her from her Job and landed her in therapy. She said wednesday she has nol worked since 1985 and still i being re Ald for the distress she said was caused by Kornegay. I m definitely not satisfied wish the court s Opin Ion she said. The decision reversed 3 lower court ruling in a Cravor. Among other things Mundy alleged that Over a six month period Kornegay made comments about her hair color in front of colleagues interrupt cd her while she was talking to customers swept objects off her desk while she was on the Telephone with a customer and walked behind Teller lines Over her objections. These alleged incidents whether considered individually or collectively do not As a matter of Law. Rise to the requisite level of egregious or outrageous behaviour which justifiably results in thai severe fright humiliation embarrassment or outrage which no reason Able person is expected to endure the court said in its fcb 22 ruling. Mundy s attorney James t. Party said he docs not plan to Appeal. Kornegay now retired and living in Rosw Eji did not return Telephone Calls wednesday. According to the ruling he denied Mundy s allegations. Wade k. Copeland who represented the Bank was out of town and could not be reached. Mundy who with her husband sued Kornegay and the Bank said that after leaving her Job she Felt unable to go into a Bank for More than a year. Working with the added stress or distress created such an environment that eventually 1 could nol function As a manager she said in a Telephone interview it was very distressing it took away from me person ally and professionally.". Mundy said she thought Kornegay disliked her be cause she was a Strong manager though he was not under her supervision. It was More or less a premeditated plan to get me but of the Branch from his personal belief thai a woman could riot manage As Well As a Man she said. I ran the Branch and he did t want me to be a Strong. Manager.".  Oklahoma cily firefighter killed Oklahoma City a a 4-Yedr old boy playing with a Heater accidentally set a fire wednesday that engulfed a Wood Frame House and triggered an explosion that killed one firefighter and critically burned two others officials said. V authorities said the Flash Over detonation of gases produced by combus Tion pushed the temperature in the House Over 1,000 degrees Rudling the coif is and protective gear Oft Lac firefighters. Firefighter Jeffrey , 23, a four year  brother helped fight the same fire was the first Oklahoma City fire fighter to die while fighting a fire since 1950,fire chief Tom Smith said. Bennie d. Act incr 44. And Jimmy l Ayers .46, were hospitalized in critical condition will second and third degree Burns covering 70percenl to 90 percent of their bodies officials said. Two other firefighters sustained minor injuries. The heal was so bad it disintegrated everything they were wearing said or. Peter Silverstein of the Baptist medical Center Burn Center who estimated their exposure at ,000 degrees. Smith said the temperature was probably even higher. These Guys arc Young healthy men and we expect that their vital organs will give us a Good fight and keep  . Physiologically icy land the Best chances of anybody of  ". The fire in a Frame House in Southwest Oklahoma City was started in a closet by a child who was playing with Wood in an open faced Heater ire officials said. Smith said the child s Mother tried Opul the fire out with water before going to neigh. Bors Homes to Gill the fire  Smith said funeral services have not Bee scheduled for Lindsay who is survived by his. Wife Melissa Lindsay who is expecting their first child. Csc Ftp bus Nessman cd is flu in efforts to ban worm de wee reunited actress Fay Vray mugs far the camera As she is reunited with her ill Dirk leading Man front the 1933 urn King  the mechanical Kong is a featured Lour attraction at Universal studios. Washington a an Idaho businessman complained to Congress wednesday that staff Mem Bers of the consumer product safety commission had used heavy handed tactics in trying to ban his Only product a Metal worm harvesting probe total uses elec tric currents. Philip a Dye of Caldwell told the consumer Protection subcommittee of the House Energy and com Merce committee that Agency staff members also had acted in an underhanded fashion in their investigation of his product and had refused to discuss possible safely improvements. His problems he said showed thai members of the commission should be equipped with business knowl Edge and experience and most of All what is lacking now common  a safely commission spokesman declined substantive comment but a commission member defended  s Effort to get the product off the Market suggesting the device probably is against every known product Standard in the civilized  Dye and his wife operate p & m. Enterprises producing the worm gelt r,1 a device to drive Worms Lothe Earth s surface. It is made up of a pair of prongs with is or 12metal tips each inserted into the Earth and connected to a common two wire 120-Voll a household circuit. The current flowing into the ground forces Worms sought by fishermen to crawl to the surface Dye says no one has been killed or injured from the 30,960 probes he had sold at prices ranging up to s29.9s, since starting the business six years ago and Only one person had been known to receive a Shock. However the commission staff citing 20 deaths since 1980 from other probes often homemade says the worm cur instructions Are inadequate and Faa seeks limits on handicapped seating Washington a handicapped people or others who could impede escape from an Airliner would nol be allowed to sit m rows next to emergency exit doors under a Rule proposed by the Federal aviation admin str Alibel the air transportation association which rep resents airlines said the Rule is needed to provide uni form procedures. But Mark Maurlr president of the National federation of Trie Blind said this proposals both silly and discriminatory and Well resist it Maurlr a former attorney with the now defunct civil aeronautic Board said in some situations smoke filled or darkened aircraft for example a Blind person might be the Best one to have at the Exil because he or she would be accustomed to the dark. Spokeswoman Leslie Roland of the airline association said rules  among companies. The Faa Rule making notice said handicapped peo ple often argue that the airlines have no right to refuse hem scats by an exit in fact a Bill is pending in Congress that would guarantee a Blind person s right to sit in any seat. The proposed Faa Rule is to be published in the Federal Register on monday one Day before a Senate committee nearing on the Bill. The Faa Rule would Lake effect after a 90-Day period for Public comment unless the Agency sees reason to change it. The device itself poses a Good Chance Ufa Shock Strong enough to kill. The commission voted in iss7 to seek the recall Oft lie worm gelt a but i failed to win a Federal court order in Idaho last  remove inc device from the Market. An administrative Law judge  the commission stall s petition to declare the probe a substantial product Hazard that the commission could ban. Attempts were made to Compromise with the cps shielding the product victa probe was suggested by us instruction changes and warnings were offered. None of these was acceptable Dye said. He said commission  by subterfuge got Access to his customer lists from his shipping company and visited customers seeking information causing some to cancel orders his appearance was arranged by republicans on the subcommittee. Rep Howard c Nielson Rulah said this instance of what appears to be an abuse of a the privy without a sufficient in Clural basis is of interest because it was one of the prime reasons Why the com Mission was not reauthorized last year 1 Sands 3f time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago foe a ,.march 10, 1949 the 69-year ban on liquor in Kansas was officially ended when the Topeka journal published the state s no liquor control Law allowing for both the Possession and Sale of liquor. 30 years ago today. March 10. 1959 soviet Premier Nihil Khrushchev said he would drop his previous demand that All Western troops leave Berlin if a minimum of soviet troops also could be stationed in the City. 20 years ago today. March 10, 1969 air Force chief of staff can. John p. Mcconnelt announced Hal As of january 1970aerobics would be the official exercise for All airmen women would be exempt until suitable aerobic exercises could be developed for them. Of years ago  10, 1979 the slate department announced Hal president Carter had signed a waiver that would allow delivery of american planes Lanks and armoured personnel carriers to North Yemen without congressional review