European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday november 7,1990 world today French speaking nations open University in Egypt Alexandria Egypt a the presidents of Egypt France Zaire and Senegal have inaugurated a University for French speaking developing countries with a tribute to this Mediterranean a City a ancient history. The University is named for Leopold Sangor a former president of Senegal who also came to this Mediterranean port for the Campus dedication  leave Given Man seeking to adopt children Lausanne Switzerland apr the us Remc court has granted 16 weeks paternity leave to a computer Engineer seeking to adopt two children. It ruled that his employers refusal to give him paid Holiday violated Swiss sexual Equality Law. The rules at the state run Hospital where the married Man worked provided for 16 weeks paid leave to pregnant women and to women adopting children under 10 years old. _ _ the Engineer applied for paternity leave in 1984 to travel to Peru to adopt two children. His request was rejected although the children were under 10. The court upheld the Many a complaint that failure to apply the Hospital statutes to both men and women broke Swiss Law on sexual Equality at work. E household goods logjam could be resolved soon by Ken Clauson staff writer service members whose household goods were caught in a dispute among shipping companies should see deliveries get Back on schedule in two or three weeks an official said tuesday. Thousands of shipments were delayed because the military traffic management come stopped using three shipping companies that were not paying their foreign subcontractors said col. James o Keefe Ual property director for a tic Europe. Per Sona property director for a tic Europe. The command now has to Transfer shipping responsibility to other companies of Keefe said. A we want to resolve this As quickly As possible a of Keefe said. A we Are working to change carriers and that will probably be finalized by  the Transfer affects about 3,000 shipments to Europe from the states and about 400 from Europe he said. Since most people make More than one shipment far fewer than 3,000 Are affected by the disputes he said. The command ceased operations with american Ensign Van lines on oct. 24 and with Richardson forwarding and Sun forwarding on oct. 29, of Keefe said. He said the companies failed to meet their contract obligations. Commercial shipping companies in the United states Are hired by a tic to arrange shipment of service members and civilian employees personal property from one Point to another. These companies subcontract portions of that shipment to other carriers. A com Pany contracted by the command May use several additional companies to Complete the move a one from the Soldier s Home in the states to an East coast port another for the trans Atlantic shipment and yet another from the european port to the Soldier s new duty station in Europe. American companies negotiate shipping rates twice a year with the command and pay the subcontractors mown As agents in local currency of Keefe said. The severe drop in the dollars value this year has caused some . Companies to lose Money and not All have paid their agents he said. Shipments to and from military communities throughout Europe May be affected. But most of them involve the Frankfurt Kaiserslautern Numberg and Giessen communities in Germany and Mildenhall in England according to a command statement. People expecting household goods should wait a few Days before contacting their local transportation offices of Keefe said. Quot for this week just be patient because they probably can to Tell you anything a he said. A but starting next week Contact your loom transportation  unaccompanied baggage shipments Are less Likely to be affected be said. A a they re not As big or As heavy and a lot of it is moved by the military Airlift command from Dover md., to Rhein main or Ramstein. Mac is not going to hold the shipments for  contributing to this report Gary Pomeroy in Darmstadt it Many Kkt Leader in . Denies responsibility for fliers by Luke Britt staff writer a Kun flux klan Leader in the United states says his group Wasny to responsible for fliers bearing the organization s name that appeared in the Frankfurt military Community. . Farrands Imperial wizard of the invisible Empire of the Kkt said in a Telephone interview monday that the fliers probably were the work of someone a not really in touch with the Kkt a the fliers appeared in the ambassador arms Motel Annex oct. 25 and called for people to join or support the klan. Military police Are investigating the incident and Are offering a $1,000 Reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. Military Law officials said service members their families and civilian employees of the military Are prohibited from participating in the Kkt. Military police have no leads in the investigation a spokesman said tuesday. The fliers listed Farrands name and a Connecticut address and Telephone number. The address and Telephone number Are no longer valid Farrands said. The title Kun flux klan is used by hundreds of Independent groups in the United states said a spokesman for klan watch a group in Montgomery ala., that tracks Kkt activity. The spokesman said Farrands organization headquartered in Gulf n.c., is the largest and most Active in the world. A we do not actively recruit military members overseas a Farrands said. A because of their frequent moves it is too difficult for them to be Active in the  the klan watch spokesman said the Kkt targets military members in the states because the military has Many Quot conservative Blue Collar workers Quot that make up the bulk of klan membership. Farrands said German nationals have organized a Kkt in Germany and americans could be part of that group although he is not aware of any. He described the Tail police Are investigating the incident tracks Kkt activity. The spokesman said he is not aware of any. H guerrillas May have kidnapped american missing in Philippines German klan As a very Active but declined to give specific information about its size or location. Racial hate groups Are banned by the German Constitution a spokesman for the German Justice ministry said. Participation in such organizations carries penalties of up to five years imprisonment. It. Col. Allen Grammer Provost marshal for the Frankfurt Germany military Community said his office is investigating whether the klan is Active among Frankfurt military members and he has been in Contact with military police in other parts of Germany. He said that other than the fliers no information has been found to indicate that possibility. Manila Philippines apr an american has been missing since last month in Northern Luzon and May have been kidnapped by communist rebels . And philippine officials said tuesday. A . Embassy official speaking on condition of anonymity said Harvey drown believed to be from California or Washington was reportedly taken at gunpoint from a vehicle oct. 24 in Bagayan province 270 Miles North of Manila. Police col. Miguel Fontanilla said in a report that the american was on Board a jeep near the town of Aparri when it was stopped by a rebel checkpoint. Fontanillas report identified the american As a protestant missionary but gave no details about his denomination and How Long he had lived in the country. . Officials said that drown had not registered with the embassy in Manila and that they were unaware of him until receiving fragmentary reports of his possible abduction. American and philippine authorities said no Ransom or other demands had been made. . Officials said they doubted that the possible kidnapping was linked to this weeks scheduled resumption of talks on the future of . Military bases whose lease expires next year. Communist rebels oppose the bases. In May guerrillas in the Central philippine province of Negros Occidental kidnapped . Peace corps Volunteer Timothy Swanson. He was released aug. 2. . Authorities suspended peace corps operations in the Philippines and ordered All volunteers Home before Swanson s release. Soldier charged with negligent homicide Hanau Germany a amps a a 130th engr brigade Soldier has been charged with negligent homicide in the death of a Soldier crushed by a military truck in Darmstadt Germany a brigade spokeswoman said tuesday. Pvt. 1 Robert d. Eggers 20, assigned to co a 547th engr in at Kelley Barracks in Darmstadt is restricted to his Barracks pending the general court martial the spokeswoman said. The charges Stem from an oct. 23 incident in which pfc. Isaac Baerga Melendez died when a 2vi-ton truck rolled into him while he worked on another vehicle in the Kelley Barracks motor Pool. The spokeswoman declined to specify Eggers involvement in the incident because it is still being investigated. Eggers a combat Engineer joined the army in july 1989 and arrived in Germany in october 1989. No trial Date has been set. Swim in movie swimmers floating on rubber tires in an Amsterdam Netherlands Pool watch a movie featuring aquatic chess players. Three poolside showings of the film were sellouts last weekend