European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 16,1990 the stars and stripes Page son Kings Day still much to overcome by the associated press Church Bells across the country tolled the loss of Manin Luther King or. On monday As echoes of the racial conflicts the slain civil rights Leader struggled to overcome still haunt the nation. Quot with each ring we arc called to an accountability an accountability of the soul and of the heart s conscience that asks. What have you done to let Freedom ring Quot said Pennsylvania gov. Robert p. Casey during a ceremony at the Liberty Bell. A moment of silence was called to reflect on King s lessons or non violence in his Pursuit of racial Equality. Organizers said Bells chimed at 12 30 . In All 30 states and 144 countries. The new York Stock Exchange paused for a moment at noon. Quot today the sound of Liberty is being heard All around the world Quot said James Farmer founder of the Congress for racial Equality who pounded the Liberty Bell three times with his fist. Quot those who have been denied Liberty love it most. Or. King loved Liberty and he fought and died for  the silences followed Church services. Parades and other celebrations during the weekend before the Federal Holiday which for the first time fell on King s actual birthday. He would have been 61. Much of monday s focus was on Atlanta where King grew up As the son of a Baptist minister. Quot now is the time to organize a global non violent movement based on or. King s teachings to put an end to the scourges of poverty hunger racism and bigotry War and  said his widow. Coritta Scott King at an annual service at Eben Czar Baptist Church where her husband delivered some of his most stirring orations. A a March of Celebration also was held despite bitter objections from one of King s top lieutenants in the civil rights movement who charged that the Parade trivialized the Day and wasted Money that could serve the poor. A this has been prostituted More than any other Holiday except Jesus Christ s birthday Quot the Rev. Hosea Williams said at a new s conference in front of an Atlanta housing project. During his lifetime. King led non violent marches and protests in the South during the 1950s and 1960s to end discrimination against Blacks and other minorities. His first blow against racism came w Hen he led a yearlong Boycott of segregated buses in Montgomery. Ala. Front there he established the Southern Christian leadership conference to set the Pace of working peacefully for equal rights for Blacks. In 1964. He received the Nobel peace prize. He was shot and killed on april 4. 1968, in Memphis. Tenn. But racial inequities and clashes still tear at americans conscience. In the South there have been bombings and threats apparently racially motivated and in Boston race relations were strained after an apparent murder conspiracy in which a White Man claimed that a Black mugger fatally shot his pregnant wife and wounded him. Boston residents on monday spoke of the racial implications of Charles Stuart s grisly fraud. Quot the Stuart Case has shown How fragile race relations arc in this country Quot state rep. Byron Rushing said. Quot and it has become a kind of metaphor for  the Holiday however came at a moment of gains for Blacks the first Day on the Job for the nation s first elected Black governor in Virginia and the Start of a new administration for new York s first Black mayor. L. Douglas Wilder a Victory in Virginia inspires some said. A is it not poetic Justice that the first Day of Doug Wilder s stay in office takes place on the birthday of or. Marlin Luther King jr.?&Quot the Rev. Jesse Jackson asked at a prayer breakfast in the Rev. Jesse Jackson hugs Coritta Scott King after her a state of the dream address sunday at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Washington. In new York on sunday. Mayor David Dinkins spoke to 400 people at Judson memorial Church. Quot or. King took us to the Dawn of a new Era Quot Dinkins said. Quot it is up to us to push on into the Bright Light of  in addition to the celebrations. King s birthday was marked with quiet observances. In Concord n.h., about 200 Merrimack Valley High school students walked out of morning classes to recognize King Day which their school docs not observe. A school custodian hoisted the american Flag to half staff As the Stu dents recited the pledge of allegiance during the half hour ceremony. New Hampshire is one of four states without a King Holiday. The others arc Arizona. Montana and Idaho. In Phoenix a crowd estimated by police at 16,000 heard lawmakers and Community leaders at the Capitol urge them to Register and vote in a referendum this fall Over whether to let a King Day Observance become Law. In Columbia mo., about 200 students sat Down inside the University of Missouri s administration building to protest the school s decision not to cancel classes for the  doubts women in combat Bill will pass Washington apr rep. Patricia Schroeder said sunday she doubts her Bill to allow female . Military personnel into combat will get very far in Congress since most members Are up for re election next november. A they want to Duck Waffle Lap dance and everything  Schroeder. A Colo. Said of her colleagues on lbs tvs Quot face the  a i think they re terrified to take the next step because of the emotionalism and irrationality surrounding the  most members of Congress she said fear that i Sands of time they voted to allow women in combat opponents would Campaign against tent As a the congressman who voted to put your daughter in combat  a member of the House armed services committee Schroeder announced after the . Invasion of Panama last month that she would introduce the Bill when Congress reconvenes Jan. 23. Sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., chairman of the same committee in the Senate has said he opposes changing the current Law. The Navy and air Force Are presently prohibited from assigning women to combat ships or planes. While the Law docs not explicitly include the army assistant Secretary of defense Christopher John and on the same program sunday that the army takes its Quot Cue Quot from the statute that Congress does t want women in combat. Jehn said there Are senior military officials on both sides of the question but that the Pentagon itself has no official View. Quot it s really an emotional political Issue that we think needs to be resolved in the Congress not by policy edict in the defense department Quot he  the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Jan. 16. 1950 a retired Gen. Of the air Force Henry h. Arnold who led the army air forces during world War ii died at the age of 63 at his ranch Home near Sonoma Calif. He had been in ill health since 1944 and retired in 1946,30 years ago today. Jan. 16. I960 a disaster Crews scaled the Dike breach through which North sea canal water escaped to flood a suburban Amsterdam town. Some 8.000 residents had been forced to flee their homes.20 years ago today. Jan. 16, 1970 a defense Secretary Melvin r. Laird reported that . Military troop strength would be Cut by some 300,000 within six months in a move toward Quot smaller and More efficient military  author of a Peter principles Dies in . Home at 7010 years ago today Jan. 16, 1980 a some $500,000 in bogus $100 Bills was seized during a raid on a Fried Borg West Germany printing Plant. Six persons were arrested and four others were suspected of being involved. Los Angeles apr author Laurence j. Peter whose a Peter principles held that things tend to go wrong in bureaucracies because employees arc promoted to the level of their incompetence died at age 70, his wife said sunday. Peter who suffered from heart problems and a stroke died in his sleep Friday at his los Angeles Home Irene Peter said. Peter a psychologist and professor of education was Best known Lor the 1969 Book co authored with Raymond Hull Quot the Peter principle Why things always go  a satirical chronicle of incompetence based on his experience with educational and other bureaucracies. According to Peter in hierarchies every employee tends to Rise to the level of his or her incompetence. This Means he wrote that if you can do your Job to your superiors satisfaction you will be promoted. If you function appropriately in your new position you arc eligible for promotion again. Eventually however you will be promoted to a Job you cannot do. And there you will remain As a meddlesome obstructive incompetent. In Lime Peter said every Post tends to be occupied by someone too incompetent to carry out its duties. He said the Only people who accomplish any useful work Are those who have not yet been promoted to their level of incompetence. In addition to his wife Peter is survived by sons John and Edward daughters Alice and Margaret and three grandchildren