European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. April 29, 19b9, the stars  stripes court orders Blacks promoted at air Force base Atlanta a a Federal appeals court spam ing charges of reverse discrimination affirmed an agreement thursday that Calls for the government to promote 240 Mack civilian workers at Robin fab. The 11th . Circuit court of appeals upheld consent degree issued by . District judge Wilbur Owens thai also required the government to pay.i3.75.1.million in Back pay to 3,200 Black civilians who were employed at inc base bal Wen 1972  1979. The agreement reached in 1984 on a lawsuit filed in1975, was one of the largest discrimination settlements in air Force history. The three judge appeals panel agreed i n Owen that Black civilian workers were entitled to the promotions because or past discrimination at inc base Nea Warner Robins about 18 Miles Southeast of Macon. The. Appeals court earlier had ordered Owens tallow a group of White  non minority employees called the Warner Robins constitutional rights fund to Challenge the promotions. The court ruled on an Appeal by the fund upholding Owens  saying inc fund had failed to present any evidence thai i ruling would have Hurt their own chances for promotion. " Robert , fund president said the group would discuss the ruling before deciding whether to . But he added we thought from the beginning i would be a Case that would have to be decided by inc supreme  thursday s opinion written by circuit Jud Echarles Clark noted that 169 promotions were granted to Blini is under the decree Between december 1984and october 1986  that those promotions com prised Only 4.3 percent of the promotions made Awarner Robins during that period of  the court noted that the decree was narrowly writ ten so the promotions were made Only to 38 target positions to which he original Black plaintiffs had demonstrated that Black employees were promoted in proportions less than their representation in the workforce or in lower  Clark wrote that the while  non minority employees did not present any evidence that any one of them otherwise eligible fora target position was denied that  Robins fab spokesman Dale Brinkman said thurs Day night Ihal base officials had not had time to study the court s ruling so  be premature for me tomake any statement on it.". Page 7 scientists at in Roii museum of science Milelr monitors shortly after the robot was Tost Robert Ballard is shown on screen. $2.8 million robot recovered Boston up1 the Occa biographer who Dis covered the wreck of the titanic has recovered his s2.8 million underwater robot camera system about a Day after it Sank in the Mediterranean while some 2,000 scientists Iii the United states watched via satellite transmission. Robert Ballard of the Woods Hole Ocean graph in institution on Cape cod mass. Found the Argq-ja50n system about 2,000 feet below the surface thursday said spokeswoman Nancy Green. It s pretty upbeat news Green said. We fee really Happy about,it.1  real sunk when we first Hoard about it ,. But it s All upwards fro now  the robot known As Jason  its 8,000-Poundmother vehicle the Argo Sank wednesday mid Way Between the Northern coast of. Sicily an Naples As Ballard s team was exploring a sunken roman ship. The robot had been in Lac water Ghoul to  before a Cable snapped  the $2,8 million in equipment plummeted to the Ocean  planned to iry to raise the sunken equip ment to the surface with a grappling Hook when Strong winds subside Green said. Ballard located the wayward equipment  camera system known As Mangus which transmitted video images showing that  appeared to be sitting undamaged in the mud on the sea floor Green  is a descendant of Jason jr., the under sea robot Ballard used in 1985 when he led a .-French team of researchers who discovered the watery crave of inc titanic about 370 Miles South of Newfoundland.  Cable broke wednesday Ballard was using the equipment to explore the wreck of a roman Trade ship that Sank about , 300. The robot was to transmit live television pictures of the ship to 300,000 students at 13 museums in the United states  Canada via a satellite Hookup with Turner Broad Cooling systems inc. In Atlanta beginning Noil week some 2,000 scientists nationwide were watching a satellite transmission of the operation As the Jason was lost. 18 who jumped in Rivers oceans burning autos honoured As heroes Pittsburgh a James Clay ton Bailey or. Says he stripped to his underwear  jumped into near freezing water in the Tennessee River to grab a dockworkers who had fallen off a Barge because "1 just hated to see a Man  related Story Pagi 16. The Paducah ky., Man Wai among 17 americans  a Canadian recognized wednesday by the Carnegie Ilco fund commission. A $2,500grant was awarded to each hero or each hero s survivors Bailey a business manager for ,Bailey co., his family s Oil business said he had just walked out onto the company s River Dock in caly Crl City. Ky., on Jan. 23, 1 fuss when a group of frightened men iced him 20-ear-old Rockey a jobs had fallen into the River. Bailey stripped  swam about 130feel to Jobe. With the help of the men on the Bank Bailey was Able to pull jobs out of the water. Jobe quickly re covered. The Carnegie hero fund commis Sion has recognized 37 people so far this year  7,331 since it was founded in 1904 by industrialist Andre Carnegie. Other heroes honoured wednesday were Michael j. Ruthc Mcyr 26, of Houston  Gary c. Williams is. 28,of sugar land Texas who pulled a father  son from a burning car i Houston on april 27, Eric j. Prindle 35, of Xenia Ohio who pulled a woman from a Bur Ning car in Xenia on june 25, 19se, Geronimo m. Barreras 37, of Mesquite n.m., who rescued a  from a,Man.,tiring  pistol in Mesquite on dec. 2, 1987, Thomas m. Booth 15, of Cordova tcnn.,  c. Arthur Dimori .19, of Pittsburgh who saved Pitmond two children from drowning in the at lactic Ocean no a jugs head n.c., on july 7, 1988. Dimond drowned. Paul a. Thompson 26, of Moun Vernpn n.v., who saved a Man from a burning apartment in mount vermin on sept. 4, 19rs, Michael s. Weatherhead 32, of Jefferson Maine who pulled a girl from the Swift current of a Stream in Jefferson on May 3. 1988. John e. Roach 43, of Tooele Utah who pulled three women from a burning car into Elc on oct. 8, 1988, Truman. A Nickoll 58, of Leb anon mo., who saved hts grand daughter  another girl from drown ing in the Gulf of Mexico near Galveston Texas on july 14, 19sb,. Gerald Thomas Grimm 30, Osmor Rimoun no. Who saved a police officer struggling with a Man who at tempted 10 grab his gun in  l ark.n.j.,. 4. I9ss. Paul k. Dostie 42. Of Haver Hill mass., James a Scott 40, of new stir Pori mass., who pulled a Man out of a burning car in Haverhill on dec.17, i9bs Salva we site in 36, of Toronto a. To helped save a Man w to had fallen Olfa chartered boat on Lake Ontario on aug. 2,1986. Silva san drowned. Craig Wrolson ,33, of West Camp,n.y.,  Jonathan d. Nilam 27,  Richard a. Bates 29, both of fort Lauder Dale fla., who helped pull a Man out of the Allanice of can near Udud Crdal by the sea fla., on March 24,1988. Navy delays test launch for Trident 2 Washington up the thursday pushed Backie Lixi test Date for a submarine launched Trident 2 mis Sile from april to july to make necessary design changes in the Wake of Las month s spectacular crash. In the first sea test or inc $26.5 million missile March 21, the  s deadliest weapon broke through the surface of the water off the coast of Florida cart wheeled off course  exploded in burst of fiery debris. The seen was captured on videotape  shown on television around the world the same Day. Tentative plans arc still for the news Media to attend the next submarine launch test the spokesman  Hope in next one will not pro vide the same kind of video As the Lastone  a second submarine launch lest Wasset for april. Hut Pentagon spokesman Dan Howard said thursday that the lest was pushed Back to in mid july