European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday May 2, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 9over Here Gen. Dugan plans no big change nominee for of chief of staff presents his views by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a West Germany a president Bush s nominee for air Force chief of staff predicts that the services a touch and tone wont change when he takes Over the Post. A a it la be a different picture on the wheaties Box a said Gen. Michael j. Dugan commander of . Air forces Europe. Dugans nomination was announced thursday. If confirmed by the Senate the Albany n.y., native will succeed Gen. Larry d. Welch when Welch retires june 30. Dugan 53, assumed command of Safe and Allied air forces Central Europe in april 1989, succeeding Gen. William Kirk. The nominee said he does not think the congressional debate Over the 1991 defense budget will be particularly disruptive. A budget cuts Are a Way of life. So 1991 is a continuation of the policy. There a a question of extent but there a a question of extent every year a he said. Nor does he expect world events to match those in Europe in the last year. A How could one find a More tumultuous year than �?T89?whatever happens in Washington next year is not going to be tumultuous compared with what in be watched Here in the last since Dugan surfaced As a front runner for chief of staff some congressional attention has focused on the former combat pilots views on Star wars defense. The controversial strategic defense initiative is an attempt to create a defensive shield in space that would attack enemy missiles at any stage in their flight. A a in a interested regardless of what you May have heard a Dugan said. A but is the. Idea mature enough to do anything about that today probably not. But its one of those capabilities that. May have great Dugan said he has not studied Secretary of de is s Lynda Davidson Gen. Michael j. Dugan sense Dick Cheney a proposal to Cut by $34.8 billion the acquisition of sophisticated new aircraft including the b-2 stealth bomber through 1997. But Dugan thinks Cheney a move to trim but not eliminate those purchases demonstrates a belief that modernizing the forces is crucial for protecting . Interests. A and we Are not going to leave the playing Field to other nations and to other air forces to be the leaders in important military Fields a he said. Dugan dealt with Cheney when the defense Secretary served in Congress and the four Star general was a principal witness for the air Force on intelligence related matters. Dugan remembers Cheney As a a Tough questioner. He got right to the heart of an Issue without dancing around the floor a by some accounts Cheney acts without consulting the service chiefs. Reflecting on those reports Dugan said a i done to know anybody in big business that likes to make decisions on their own. One needs thoughtful advice. One needs facts. One needs perspective on How the rest of the world works. I think or. Cheney understands what the office of Secretary of defense does and what he does in Dugan expects to spend most of the next two months in Europe. He does not yet have an invitation to discuss his nomination with the Senate he said. But he wants to see through or continue a number of projects before he leaves Safe. Among them Are the first round of . Base closures in Europe. A we did a number of reviews of places where we were getting a dollars Worth of value for a dollars Worth of Cost every year a Dugan said. A and there a some places out there where we re Only getting 99 cents Worth. Id like to get on and eliminate those and put the resources. Into the installations that Are clearly giving us a Dollar and a half s Worth of other projects Are the Transfer of the 401st tac fighter Wing from Torrejon a Spain to Croton Italy and the Safe debut of new equipment such As f-16 Jet fighters outfitted with navigation equipment that turns night into Day for fighter pilots. A i just like to see important things get handled and handled gracefully a Dugan said. A a in a sure my successor will be Able to do that very Well but i like doing important things. And difficult and challenging things Haven to bothered me yet. Dull things arc the Only ones that do bother people live longer 50-year study confirms Princeton . Up a the results of a 50-year Cross cultural study released monday confirm earlier indications that married people live longer than those who Are single widowed or divorced. An analysis of death rates for single married widowed and divorced men and women in 16 developed countries As far Back As 1940 confirmed the other studies findings that married people tend to live longer. The results of the lengthy study conducted by Yuan eng he and Noreen Goldman of Princeton University were announced in the May Issue of the journal demography. The average mortality rate for unmarried men is twice As High As that for married men and for unmarried women it is 1 i times higher the study found. Divorced persons especially divorced men generally had the highest death rates among All the unmarried groups. The study found divorced and widowed persons in their 20s and 30s had particularly High risks of dying relative to married persons of the same age. By contrast among single persons the highest risks were usually associated with men and women Between their late 20s and Early 40s. In most countries the excess mortality of the unmarried Over the married has increased Over the past two to three decades according to the study. For example the study found that single persons in most countries experienced an increase of about 10 percent to 20 percent in their mortality ratios. The trends in these ratios for divorced persons varied widely from country to country ranging from an 85 percent increase for males in France to notable decreases for males and females in Canada and Portugal. Japan emerged As the most apparent exception to Many of the study a generalizations in that its mortality Rales for single men and women a vhf times higher than its married population a were so much higher than the general pattern found in the other countries. Japan a mortality ratio for single women is 70 percent higher than it is for the country with the next highest ratio. However while most other countries saw their mortality ratios for single persons increase in the years Between 1955 and 1980, Japan a dropped 40 percent. A we were struck by the general similarity of the results across the countries we studied and by Japan a anomaly a Goldman said. A it May be that so few people stay single in Japan that a Strong selection is operating. Or it May be that the unmarried Are at a greater social the data for All countries was consistent with the notion that healthier individuals May be selected for marriage. In any age group the smaller the proportion of persons who never marry or who Are divorced the More Likely these persons were characterized by High risks of morality the study found. It is also possible that persons who belong to relatively Small groups experience greater stress due to possible social isolation the study said. The consistency of findings across a Large number of countries suggested that similar processes were responsible for producing the higher death rates of unmarried persons in diverse social settings the study said. Such results strengthen previous speculations about the importance of marriage in maintaining health and reducing the risk of dying and the increased stresses associated with being either single or divorced. The countries included in the study were Austria Canada Denmark England and Wales Finland France Hungary Japan Netherlands Norway Portugal Scotland Sweden Taiwan the United states and West drop women a vow to obey husbands Salt Lake City apr in a rare revision of mormon ritual the Church has dropped wording that required women to pledge to obey their husbands and portrayed the clergy of other religions As agents of satan. Women must now vow to obey god rather than their husbands in the a a endowment ceremony a ritual the Church teaches is necessary to enable members to be with god after death. The ceremony is performed Only once for each person but a member May go through it any number of times As a proxy for those who have died. The revised ritual took effect last month in ceremonies performed in the 43 temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter Day saints As the denomination is called. Mormons attending Temple were read a statement from the governing first presidency informing them of the changes. The statement said the revisions were unanimously approved by the three member body and the advisory Council of the twelve apostles. Bruce l. Olsen managing director of the churches communications office said Church leaders would not comment on the revisions because Temple ceremonies Are considered too sacred for Public discussion. But some Church members praised the changes. A i think we re gradually moving away from the subjugation of women a said Ross Peterson co editor of dialogue an Independent mormon journal. A i think Church leaders Are developing a recognition that there Are Many highly intelligent Independent capable and educated women in our ranks today who have a great Deal to among other changes a theatrical portion of the ceremony that included a non mormon a a preacher paid by satan to spread false doctrine has been excised. A the general consensus is that its a breath of fresh air a Peterson said. A you done to put Down other churches or imply that they arc satan a
