European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page2 the stars and stripes Friday january 12,1990 Lack of support kills women s programs by Willuam j. Bartman Washington Bureau Washington renewed interest in using women in combat coincides with the end. Due to a Lack of Public support of two private programs for women in or involved with the military. For much of the last decade the women and the Mili tary project sponsored by the women s equity action league helped form some significant policy changes affecting military women civilian women working Tor the services and family members of service personnel. Additionally a radio program called Minerva on the  devoted exclusively to military women s is sues was carried by the armed forces radio and Tele vision service. Both of these services however ceased at the end of the decade. The women and inc military project ended because of the financial collapse of the non profit weal in december. Minerva on the air left the airwaves oct.19 after nearly two years of broadcasts when its Only sponsor withdrew financial support because of a Lack of additional sponsors. Efforts to attach the former weal project to another women s group have been unsuccessful. There is no other organization that offers the same Range of Legal support and counselling services to women in or affected by the military. There s dacoits defense advisory commit tee on women in the service but that does not have the same Freedom to do what we  said Vicki  Quill former director of the action league military project. It s politically appointed and they Only meet twice a year and Only address Broad issues. During its eight year history the women and the military project publicized sexual harassment faced by military women. It also played a part in last year s Extension of the military s Post Natal recuperation Law from four to six weeks. I think the biggest thing that we accomplished was that we kept the women s Issue before the Public Eye Almquist said. We were Able to keep the Issue alive. And there was always an organization where people could go  women Learned of the organization through word of Mouth and Media publicity. Weal s project used advocacy and special services to help thousands of women in the areas of career development employ ment opportunities for military spouses Quality of life issues such As the need for child care and the rights of lesbians which grew out of weal s work in the sexual harassment area. The loss of the project is devastating because the dealt with Public policy issues said Linda Grant do Pauw director of the Minerva Center and creator of the Center s radio show. Minerva has been developing Broad research and information bases. And we complemented each other very  Minerva on the air was dedicated to news about and affecting servicewomen. It went on the air in de Cember 1987 with a nationwide insurance company Greico As its initial sponsor. Company spokeswoman Jody Goulden said the firm saw its sponsorship As a Way of helping the new program with seed  we never wanted to be a full time sponsor she said. We thought others would get involved. But that did not happen. The sponsorship was finally withdrawn. As with the weal project efforts to revive the mini a radio program through financial support or donations also failed. Minerva continues however to publish magazines devoted to issues facing military women. News update Stuart movie planned new York a less than a week after Charles Stuart leaped to his death off a Boston Bridge lbs announced wednesday it will make a to movie about him and the kill ing of his pregnant wife last october. Arnold Shapiro executive producer of the lbs series Rescue 911," will be executive producer of the film. A Crew from the series an entertainment program about people who help Rescue others had been Riding with inc Boston ambulance Crew that responded to Stuart s initial Calls for help on a car phone. Stuart jumped o his death Jan. 4. After his brother implicated Himin the slaying of Stuart s wife Carol. Charles Stuart had told police he and his wife were shot by a Black Man who forced his Way into their car As they left a childbirth class on oct. 23. Mrs. Stuart died hours after the shooting. Their son. Christopher delivered prematurely by caesarean Section died 17 Days later. Army to reveal future plans soon for facilities housing Pershing units Eagle scout Munchweiler. West Germany Samuel Walser a member of troop 189, has joined the ranks of the Eagle scouts the highest award in scouting. For his Eagle scout project the 17 year old collected prescription medications throughout the Munchweiler Mili tary Community and arranged for their proper disposal. Walser a Junior at Owci Bruckn High school has been involved in scouting for nine years. He is the son of Michael d. And Rhonda l. Walser. To earn the Eagle scout award a boy scout must fulfil requirements in the areas of leadership service and outdoor skills. This includes earning at least 21 Merit badges and completing a Community service project. Memorial service set for Darmstadt teacher Darmstadt West Germany memorial service is scheduled for 4 . Tuesday for Maria a. Sherin. A Darm Stadt elementary teacher who died of malaria. The service will be in the Kelley bar Racks Chapel. Sherin 40, taught learning impaired children at the school the past two years. She died at 2 . Wednesday in the Frankfurt army regional medical Cen Ter. By Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau two of three West German communities where . Pershing ii rockets arc stationed should least within a month what will happen to the army facilities there after the missiles and troops arc withdrawn a West German defense ministry spokesman said thursday. West German Navy cmdr. Stefan Lang said ministry representatives will meet Jan. 31 with Heilbronn arca officials to Rcv a the planned future uses of 56th Field arty Cornel Sites there. The ministry plans a Sim Ilar meeting on feb. 5 with sch Sobisch Amund arca officials Lang said. No such informational meeting is scheduled to discuss the command s facilities in the Neu Ulm area he said. The 56th Field arty come is in the midst of a three year period of withdraw ing and destroying its 108 Pershing ii missiles in accordance with the 1987 intermediate Range nuclear forces treaty with the soviet Union. Maj. Jerry Hart a command spokes Man said the command has removed and destroyed 27 missiles nine of the 36 assigned to each of the three communities since the treaty took effect june 1,1988. It also has de activated three mis Sile batteries of 179 soldiers each. No . Withdrawals have occurred since january 1989, though. The treaty Calls for an asymmetrical reduction re Quiring the soviets who had More mis Siles to eliminate to drop to the .level by november. Some of the command s Host communities Are looking at the army posts with covetous eyes because a continuing in flux of ethnic German immigrants from Eastern Europe has exacerbated their Al ready critical housing shortage. The army plans to retain some of its holdings in at least one Community Schwa Isch Amund site of the com Mand s Headquarters but the cily has Little information beyond that. Stephen t. Cochrane the . Forces Liaison officer for the stale of Badin Wurt Lemberg told the cily thai the army Hopes to continue using its facilities there after the Pershing units leave. But in a Jan. 3 idler to Schwabish Amund mayor Wolf gang schuster Cochrane said negotiations Between . And West German officials to determine the Fate of Bismarck and hard caverns were still in Progress. The missiles in the Schwabish Amund area Are stored in the nearby town of Mut Langon. The area s representative in the West German parliament. Dieter Schultz told Multan gun officials in november that no combat units would replace the missile there. But he did t say what kind of units would move in. Multan gun has repeatedly served As the stage for protests by peace organizations senior citizens groups Law yers and others who blockaded the storage facility Gates and demanded inc missiles removal. Many of inc protesters have served jail sentences for the blockades. Heilbronn City spokesman Helmut Miiller said municipal officials there Al ready have asked inc army to turn Over Badin Crof Cavern and inc missile Stor age site Camp red log to the City. The missile site known locally As the Wald hide. Has often attracted demonstrators who demanded that the area be turned into a Public Park. The Neu Ulm area missile site Sheleh Grube is outside the town of Buch in Western Bavaria. Buch municipal officials thursday said they have no information about what will happen to the site there. . Demands Exxon admit fault in spill new York a state attorney general Robert Abrams on wednesday said he would sue Exxon for the Arthur kill Oil spill unless the company admits its liability within 48 hours and agrees to pay for damages. It is imperative that Exxon immediately accept its liability not Only to clean up us spill but also to fully compensate the stale financially for the damage to new York stale s natural resources Abrams said in a letter sent wednesday to Exxon Percsi Donl Lee r. Raymond. Abrams called on Exxon to pay for an immediate study to assess the damage to natural resources caused by the spill and to determine the Best ways to restore our natural  Abrams said the study should be done under the supervision of the state. More than 560,000 Gallons of Home heating Oil leaked from an Exxon pipe into the Arthur kill waterway off Stalen Island on Jan. 2. Abrams said the Oil has contaminated critical waterfowl feeding and wetland areas of the environmentally sensitive Ralls Island Bird  Exxon has also been criticized for the handling of the spill of 11 million Gallons of Oil from the Exxon Valdez Tanker last March 24 along 1,000 Miles of Alaska coastline. Twas the worst Oil spill in . History. On wednesday the Exxon corp. Said it had created a senior management Posi Tion to Deal with its safety plans. Edwin j. Hess an executive formerly in charge of marketing refining and planning for International operations at the nation s largest Oil company has been named to inc new position of vice president for environment and safety. Hess will report to Raymond. Since the Alaska spill Exxon share holders have called on the company to show greater accountability. The company subsequently named an environmentalist to the Board of directors and Cre ated a special committee to review environmental issues. Abrams accused Exxon of creating a mini Alaska in inc Arthur kill incident. 6 die in 32-car pileup near Crail sheim ils Hofen West Germany is six people were killed and another 18 injured wednesday in a 32-car pileup Northwest of Crail sheim that included three . Military vehicles. It began with a minor Accident on the Mannheim Nurnberg Highway on the Ochetal Bridge at 10 28 . When one car rear ended another said Friedrich Widner a spokesman for the ils Hofen police. It was an extremely foggy mom ing with visibility less than 30 feet and the Road was Slick with  several of the victims were severely burned in a fire ignited by the crash. By thursday afternoon five of the dead still had not been identified Wildner said. None of the soldiers in the military vehicles was injured. Another Ameri can Soldier in his private Auto was slightly injured in the Accident. Wildner said the most severely injured per sons were being treated in four Hospi tals in the area. The cause of the Accident is still under investigation the spokesman said