European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday january 12, 1990 Lacer of support kills women s programs Fly William j. Bartman Washington Bureau renewed interest in using women in  the end due to a Lack of Public support of two  for women in or involved with the military. For much of the last decade the women Ai 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. F1"the women and the military project com because of the financial collapse of the Nomme weal i december. Minerva on the Airlift the airwaves oct. 19 after nearly two  broadcasts when its Only sponsor withdrew in facial 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 soother 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 Haw the same Freedom to do what we did said Vicki a in former director of the action leade military Lical  meet twice a  issues. During its right  the women and the military project by  faced by military wont fir it also played at Jiin last year  military s Post Natal re cuthalion Law from four to six weeks. "1 think the biggest thine that we accomplished we 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 Miltan spouses Quality of life issues such As the  child care and the rights of lesbians which 4ft bul of weal s work in the  a. _. Hon is of the project is devastating because they 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 away of helping the new program with seed  of Cartr wanted to be a full time sponsor she said. 6mjeht others would get involved. But that did not happen?1, the sponsorship Ami rally withdrawn. As with the weal Procas forts to revive the Minerva radio program through financial support or donations also failed. Minerva continues however to publish magazines devoted to issues facing military women. News updates Stuart movie planned map less than Ai Stuart leaped to an Bridge Cusay it will make lit him and the kill i wife last october executive pro series Rescue Tive producer of has yet been hired Las been set. Lbs series an enter about people who had been Riding ambulance Crew Stuart s initial phone to his death  him Stuart s wife Art had told to Werc shot by a cd his Way into Newy Orwee after Cha his death off announced i a to  Arnold Shai Ducor of the 911."will Bee the film. No and no air Date said. A Crew for obtainment. Help Rescue Oil with the Boston that responded Calls for help on a Stuart jum4. After his Broil in the slaying Carol. Charles s. Lice he and his a Black Man who h their car As  a childbirth class on oct. 23. Mrs. Stuart died hours after the shooting. Their sin Christopher delivered  by caesarean Section died 1.7 Days later. Illinois smoking Law Springfield. Iii. A gov. James r. Thompson has signed a Law curbing smoking in Public places but said the legis lature should make it tougher. The Law makes it an offence punishable by a Fine of up to $500 to smoke anywhere other than in a designated area in most Public buildings. Restaurants stores the aters and other Public places May designate smoking areas. Bowling alleys bars factories warehouses foundries and Indus trial complexes not generally open to the Public would be exempt. Army to reveal future plans soon f6rfacilities housing Pershing outfits r Joseph Owen i Bureau two of the West German communities where  Pershing ii rockets Are stationed should scam within a Mont what will happen no the army facilities there after the missiles and troops Are withdrawn a West German defense ministry spokesman said thursday. West German Navy or nor. Stefan Lang said ministry representative twill meet Jan. 31 with Heilbronn area officus to reveal the planned future uses of 56urfield arty come Sites there. The ministry pans a Sim Ilar meeting on feb. 5 with sch Libisch Gelind area officials Lang said. \ no such informational meeting i scheduled to discuss the command s to cil tics in the ecu Ulm area he said. Memorial be for Darista Darmstadt a memorial service is a tuesday for Maria stall elementary to malaria. The service will b Racks Chapel. Vice set t teacher so Germany a in Dulce for 4 . Schrin a Darm Char who died of in the Kelley bar Schrin. 40, Taugh learning impaired children at the Choc the past two years. She died at 2 . Wednesday in the Frankfurt army regional medical Cen Ter. 36 assigned to each of the three communities since the treaty took effect june i 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 arc looking at the army posts \ covetous eyes because a continuing flux of ethnic German immigrants Fern Eastern Europe has exacerbated Thor Al ready critical housing shortage. Of the army plans to retain a flee of it holdings in at least one Community sch Sobisch Amund site f the com Mand s Headquarters he Lac City has. & us ii a  Tab a lilt the 56th Field arty come is in the fettle information Beyo Otrhal. Midst of a three year period of withdrawing 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 Stephen t. Cochran. The . Force Liaison officer for the Tate of Badin Wurt ctr incr told the Cufr that the army Hopes to continue using Ftp facilities there after the pc thing Mats leave. But in a Jan. 3letter to Stew sch Gelind mayor Wolf gang Schuif Cochrane said negotiation Between Jub kind West German officials to determine the at of Bismarck and hard caverns we Rcpt ill in Progress. The Miu Fles in the sch Gubisch gun area arc stored in the nearby town of Mut  area s representative in thewes Olferman parliament Diete Schulte  officials in november  units would replace the missiles Tyr re. But he did t say what kind of units buld move in. Mut Langen 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 the missiles removal Many of the protesters have served jail sentences for the blockades. Heilbronn City spokesman Helmut Miiller said municipal officials there Al ready have asked the army to turn Over Ibadan Crof Cavern and the missile Stor age site Camp re leg to the City. The missile site known locally As the Wald he id has often attracted demonstrator who demanded that the area be turned Inlo a Public  Neu Ulm area missile site the sch Grube is outside the town of Buch in Western Bavaria. Buch municipal officials. Thursday said they have no information Aboul what will happen to the site there. . Demands Exito admit fault in spill \ new York a state attorney on natural resources general Robert Abrams on wednesday Abrams said the stub should be done said he would sue Exxon for the Arthur under the supervision or Jhc stale kill Oil spill unless the company admits More than 56000o Gans of Home its liability within 48 hours and agrees of scaling Oil eak cd fro Trtat Exxon pipe pay for damages. Emo he Arthur kill watch raw off Staten it is imperative thai Exxon Zimardi a Atchly accept its liability not Only a klan up us spill but also to fully compensate the state financially for the in Iago to new York state s  Abrams said in a letter sent wednesday to Exxon president acc r. I Faymond. Abrams called on exx i to pay for an immediate study to of Cess the damage to natural resources mused by the spill and to determine the bust ways to restore Island on Jan. 2. Abrams said the Oil has Contaoi Natch critical waterfowl feeding and land areas of the environmentally  Island Bird  Exxon has also been criticised for handling of the spill of 11 million Gallons Oil from the Exxon Valdez Tanker last Man 24 along 1,000 Miles of Alaska coastline. It was the worst Oil spill in . History. On wednesday the Exxon corp. Said it had created a senior management Post Tion to Deal with its safely plans. Edwin j. Hess an executive former Yin charge of marketing refining and planning for International operations at the nation s largest Oil company has been named to the 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 Alini Alaska in the Arthur kill incident. 6 i in 32-car pileup near rail sheim ils Hofen. West Germany is six people were killed and another 18 injured wednesday in a 32-car pileup Northwest of trails him that included three . Military vehicles. It began with a minor Accident on the Mannheim Numberg Highway on the Koch Tal Bridge at 10 28 . When one car rear ended another said Friedrich Wildner a spokesman for the Lush open police. It was an extremely foggy morn 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. Non of the soldiers in the military vehicle twas injured. Another Ameri can solor in his private Auto was slightly injured in the Accident. Wild or said the Post severely injured per sons were by tag treated in four Hospi tals in the area the cause of the Accident is still under investigation the spokesman said. ,