European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Pages world today the stars and stripes thursday november 8,1990french-speaking nations open University in Egypt Alexandria Egypt a the presidents of Egypt France Zaire and Senegal have it re de iter inaugurated a University for French speaking a coping countries with a tribute to this medi a Aneano a City s 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 supreme 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 Man s complaint that failure to apply the Hospital statutes to both men and women broke Swiss Law on sexual Equality at work. Household goods logjam could be resolved soon Byke 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 coma stopped using three shipping companies that were not paying their foreign subcontractors said col. James o Keefe personal 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, o Keefe said. He said the 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 soldiers Home in the states to an East coast port another for the trans Atlantic shipment and yet another from the european port to the soldiers new duty station in Europe. American companies negotiate shipping rates twice a year with the command and pay the subcontractors known 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 Nimberg and Giessen communities in Germany and Milden Hau 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. A for this week just be patient because they probably can to Tell you anything a he said. A but starting next week Contact your local 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 Twila report Gary Pomeroy in Darmstadt Germany 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 organizations 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 the fliers appeared in the ambassador arms Motet 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 Fot them to be Active in the the klan watch spokesman said the Kkt targets military members in the states because the military has Many a conservative Blue Collar workers 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 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. Bennett reported resigning As nation s anti drug Czar Washington a William j. Bennett who crafted the strategy for the Bush administrations War on drugs will resign within a week an administration source said tuesday night. Bennett 47, feels he has completed the task of designing a strategy for the drug War and that it is working said the source. This source said personal reasons including safety concerns for himself and his family played a part in his decision to resign As director of the office of National drug control strategy. The Washington Post reported on the resignation in wednesdays editions. The White House has scheduled a ceremony to announce the resignation and that a could possibly be before Friday a said the source who spoke on condition of anonymity. No one has yet been tapped to replace Bennett the source said. The source denied that Bennett was leaving because of boredom. A the set out to do a task. He a done it and he a seeing the fruition of it. Now he a going on to the next phase of his the personal reasons and Security concerns have become increasingly important in the past few weeks according to the source. A a there a been some threats bomb threats personal threats a the source said. On a recent swing through Alaska where he campaigned for a ballot measure to re criminalize marijuana a third bodyguard was As signed to Bennett. Bennett and his wife have two Young sons. President Bush joined Bennett in september to Mark the one year anniversary of the drug strategy and to Call attention to signs that the cocaine crisis appears to be abating. Such signs include higher prices and lower purity slightly fewer emergency room cases involving cocaine and surveys showing americans of All Ages turning against illegal drugs of All kinds. Bennett a Job was created by Congress in 1988 to coordinate the efforts of several dozen Federal agencies involved in the War on Borbon Dies san Jose Costa Rica up Manuel Jimenez Borbon former president of the inter american press association and publisher of the local newspaper la Nacion has died after a Long illness. He was 54. Jimenez suffered from gastrointestinal cancer that later spread to his Bone marrow family members said Bennett 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
