European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 26, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7naval Academy issues pledge to women Annapolis my. Apr the head of the . Naval Academy wants new female students to know the institution will not tolerate incidents like the recent handcuffing of a woman to a urinal. Rear adm. Virgil l. Hill or. Wrote to incoming female midshipmen a to extend his personal commitment to the Protection of their civil rights Here a it. Cmdr. Mark Van Dyke Academy spokesman said late last week. The letters dated june 1, were mailed to the women who on july 3 will begin their military careers at the Academy. Van Dyke said the Academy this year accepted 136 of 170 female applicants. Male candidates for the class of 1994 were not sent letters Van Dyke said. About 1,000 students Are in each class. Van Dyke said Hill was concerned about the Adverse publicity the Academy received with reports of the handcuffing of former second year midshipman 2nd class Gwen Marie Dreyer. Dreyer 19, resigned in april to protest the punishment meted out to male classmates who dragged her from her room handcuffed her to the urinal and snapped photos. Two male midshipmen were penalized with loss of leave time and demerits and six others were issued written reprimands. Van Dyke said Hills letters congratulated the incoming women on being accepted to the Academy and explained the circumstances of the Dreyer Case noting that the male midshipmen responsible were a severely  a Hill also indicates in his letter that he did not feel the news coverage accurately conveyed his disgust Over what happened and that the Academy will not condone this behaviour a Van Dyke said. The Case triggered National Media coverage and congressional and Navy inquiries into student hazing and sexual harassment at the Academy. Last month the Academy toughened its rules so any midshipman found guilty of physical abuse of a plebe will be expelled. Previously midshipmen were expelled for the More narrowly defined hazing. In the Dreyer Case a hearing panel found the male midshipmen had not planned the action they took and it therefore was not hazing. The new rules also Call for increased demerits and restrictions for forcing a fellow Middick to engage in  Leader backs Challenge of a. Ban on masks Atlanta apr a Kun flux klan Leader says he Hopes the Challenge of a Georgia Law that bans masks in Public will result in More members and More donations. A a lot of people told us they a be Happy to join if they could remain Anonymous a said Dave Holland grand dragon of the Southern knights of the Kkt. A with them its possible wed have enough financial contributions to run people for  the 1951 Law was struck Down May 25 by a judge who said it violated a Klansman a right to free speech. The Klansman had staged a masked one Man demonstration at a courthouse and was arrested on the Misdemeanour. Star crossed lovers do Shakespeare for real the state appealed the judges ruling to the Georgia supreme court which will hear arguments in september. In the meantime the Law which carries up to a $ 1,000 Fine or a year in jail is being enforced. Some who Monitor hate groups fear a resurgence in klan strength and violence if klansmen Are allowed to Wear masks. That fear is unwarranted Holland insisted. A the people who would Only join a protest anonymously would be local businessmen schoolteachers police officers a people who would not carry out acts of violence a he said last week. Danny Levitas executive director of the Center for democratic renewal which monitors hate groups called Gwinnett county judge Howard Cooke a ruling a major setback for civil rights activists. The Law forbids people from concealing their identity on Public property. It exempts Holiday costumes Gas masks for safety reasons or sports masks. Authors of the Law said it was intended to destroy the klan. The judge said the Law was vague and too Broad. He agreed with the klan that its members could face persecution for their racist views if they did not have the Protection of hoods and masks. Bedford a. Apr two Star crossed lovers who rewrote the plays of Shakespeare for amusement committed real life murder most foul. Jens soaring and Elizabeth Haysom Honor students at the University of Virginia plotted the fatal stabbings of Haysom a parents in 1985 and fled to London. A jury thursday found soaring guilty of two counts of murder and recommended two life terms. Haysom testified against him after pleading guilty to being an accessory to murder. She was sentenced to 90 years in prison. At soaring a a trial Haysom 26, testified that soaring stabbed her parents Derek and Nancy Haysom because they wanted to end her relationship with soaring and because soaring wanted to win her love. Haysom admitted playing lady Macbeth by manipulating soaring a Pudgy Bookish West German and diplomats son who was in love for the first time. She said she was in Washington preparing alibis while soaring committed the deed. But soaring 23, painted himself As a love struck chivalrous Young Man. He testified that Haysom committed the murders and persuaded him to take the blame to save her from the electric chair. Soaring said he figured he faced deportation and a Light sentence. However authorities in London agreed when they arrested the two to turn soaring Over to the United states if prosecutors would not press for the death penalty. Haysom had attended one of Britain a finest boarding schools Wycombe Abbey where she played the enchantress Cleopatra in a Antony and  she was accepted into Britain a National theatre and wrote three plays of her own. She and her Lover shared an interest in Shakespeare. In court prosecutor James Updike Drew parallels to a Macbeth a in which lady Macbeth persuades her husband to commit murder. A did you see yourself As lady Macbeth a Updike asked Haysom. A yes sir i did a she responded. Civil rights chief claims Bill wont mean quotas Washington apr the head of the . Civil rights commission said sunday he had been unable to convince president Bush that a proposed civil rights Bill would not Lead to racial hiring quotas. But Arthur Fletcher said he hoped Bush would Back away from a threat to veto the civil rights act of 1990 unless it is modified. Fletcher who appeared on Abc tvs a meet the press program with Jesse Jackson was asked whether he believed Bush would veto the legislation. Fletcher responded a i Hope  but he added a i can to Tell you what the president is going to  the Bill is designed to overcome a series of supreme court decisions last year that made it More difficult for workers to sue employers for alleged Job discrimination. But the Bush administration has sought changes in the measure co sponsored by sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., and rep. Augustus f. Hawkins a Calif. The Bill May be brought up for Senate consideration this week. The administration has claimed that the i m As drafted would in effect Force Busin a s to resort to hiring quotas to reduce their exposure to lawsuits. Backers deny that the Bill requires quotas either directly or indirectly. Fletcher appointed by Bush in february said the commission voted 7-1 last week to support the legislation. However the commission wants included a statement that there is no intention to Force quotas. Fletcher said he had tried to convince administration officials that the Bill As drafted would not do so. A i obviously Haven to convinced them  Disney a dazzling derring do Driver Ivan Alp saw and navigator race in Harrison n.y., on sunday. Merritt Harpole take off in their the 4,000-mile race for 120 pre-1936 Model a dirt track speedster from the automobiles is expected to finish at starting Gate of the great american California s Disneyland in 13 Days