European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 18. 1990 the stars and stripes Page 7navy officer cleared of dating female Sailor Orlando Fla a an officer at the Orlando naval training Center has been cleared of accusations he was dating a female Sailor in violation of military policy. A naval investigation found no evidence to support allegations that cmdr. John Fullerton was having an improper relationship with a Petty officer third class said rear adm. Louise c. Wilmot commanding officer of the Center. Wilmot spent six hours saturday interviewing Fullerton the unidentified woman and eight other people before reaching her conclusion a base spokeswoman said. Navy rules prohibit officers from dating enlisted personnel and ban social Contact Between students and instructors. The training Center is under investigation by the Pentagon for its handling of sexual assault cases and enforcement of rules concerning social relationships. Fullerton 41, was transferred toothed duties at the naval and Marine corps Reserve Center in Orlando during the inquiry. He was to return to his Post monday As second in command of the division that handles housing food recreation and other services. It. Cmdr Nettie Johnson a base spokeswoman said Friday that an Anonymous caller to the base Legal department hot line had accused Fullerton of having a Long term relationship with the female Sailor. The caller also alleged that at a party on nov. 24 he got into a hot tub w Ith a  Quot women. Both full Luton who is married and the female Petty officer denied any romantic involvement Fullerton was at the party and acknowledged getting into the hot tub but witnesses said everyone was a Propri Atel clothed Fullerton was not immediately available for comment but according to Johnson he said he and his wife were exhausted from the ordeal and they Are glad it s Over. A High level Navy probe in july criticized the. Naval investigative service for the Way it treated some women rape victims at the training Center during questioning. The Nis is the Navy a investigative Arm. The report however noted that Wilmot a who once headed the Navy s equal Opportunity office for women a has improved the working climate and health benefits for female sailors since taking command of the base in May a it. Last week a military judge ordered four male instructors to stand trial on charges that they dated or made sexual advances toward students or recruits. A second team of Pentagon investigator was scheduled to begin a Survey of All female employees at the base this week to determine if sexual harassment or improper relationships Are  has Eye on Alaska grown potatoes a u Palmer Alaska up a the soviet far East City of Nadyr across the Bering Strait from Alaska has asked its Northern neighbor for potatoes the Alaska division of agriculture says. A they requested potatoes a 4,000 pounds for this Winter and 4,000 tons for next year a because they re worried about food a said Frank Mielke state agriculture director. Potatoes do Well in the far North thriving in the Brief but intense summer of near constant sunlight. And Nadyr has turned to its closest potato growing neighbor for More of the daily russian Staple a Alaska potatoes taste a Little sweeter than other american varieties because of the Long Daylight a Mielke said. A a a. He said the russians tried them liked them and asked for More. Although Alaska does no to grow enough potatoes to meet local demand a about half the potatoes in Alaska stores Are shipped up from Washington and Idaho a Alaska has land for planting More potatoes to meet the Nadyr request Mielke said. There have been numerous charter flights Between Alaska and the soviet far East and next Spring regular flights Are scheduled to begin but Large shipments probably would go by ship Mielke said. Soviet fishing vessels regularly Stop at the Aleutian Island port of dutch Harbor and last summer sought to buy potatoes and cabbage another Staple that grows a i International r Date Uno 160� 150� 140�?~ 60 Vav 1 h Aso Vij o a a a a a a w it Jalaska Anchorage 4 i -. Its Al a a a _ -.1 s4s Susan Harny Well and very big in the North. The Chukota agro Industrial firm has offered Cash for the first Small shipment but cannot pay for its larger request of 4,000 tons. Instead it has offered Reindeer hides and Antlers which would be sold to asian customers who already shop for Reindeer products in Alaska. Asian buyers often visit Northwest Alaska Reindeer ranches at Antler whipping time. Antlers Are ground up for medicinal tens in the Orient Mielke said a broker would arrange to sell russian Reindeer Antlers to asian buyers probably in Korea and Taiwan who would pay Cash that would go to Alaska potato Farmers. A a in a trying to put things together now and word is out to the potato growers a Mielke said. Alaska has 10 commercial potato Farmers who Plant 1,000 acres and earn $3.5 million. Mielke said the amount of acreage i potatoes would have to increase by up to 40 percent to meet the Nadyr request. Y a y a a y a. Most of alaskans very limited farming occurs around Palmer and Wasilla in the Matakuska Valley North of Anchorage. Farms also arc located farther North near Delta just Southeast of Fairbanks. Although Moscow has asked the United states for food Aidi the relatively tiny request by Distant Nadyr seems to show apparent fear about being at the end of the food Chain Remote from the Central government. It also represents Art Effort to establish agriculture ties As part of the newly developing Trade and travel across the Bering  Nadyr has an estimated 30,000 people and is a regional administrative Center located on the Gulf of Al Adyr across the Bering sea West of Nome Alaska. Most confused by cleanup of environment new York up a most americans Are willing to pay an additional $200 a year in taxes to help clean us the environment but they Are confused Over How to Deal with the Messy problem a Survey released sunday says. A / the time Magazine and Cable news network Survey reports that 80 percent of those asked agree with the statement a there Are so Many contradictory things said about the environment that it is sometimes confusing to know what to  / a a a a a. It also found that 64 percent of the respondents regularly return cans or bottles for re cling but 17 percent never do. Only 29 percent of those questioned said they avoid products from companies with poor environmental records a some 70 percent said they would be willing to pay $200 More in taxes each year to help clean up the environment whereas 25 percent said they . And 44 percent said they a be willing to pay an extra $500 in taxes earmarked for environmental projects. Time and can questioned 1,000 adults in the Survey when was conducted nov. 27 and 28. It had a sampling error of plus or minus 3 percent Kemp expects financial assistance for minorities to be maintained Washington a housing Secretary Jack Kemp predicted sunday that the Bush administration will find a Way to preserve minority Only scholarships that Are linked to students financial needs. The White i Louse and Justice departments Are reviewing a controversial opinion from the education departments top civil rights official that cast doubt on the legality of race based scholarships. / y Kemp sneaking on lbs tvs a face the nation a said Quot like most americans i done to believe in race based or religious based  but he added Quot i do believe in affirmative efforts by colleges to open up Opportunity to minorities and Low income  dispute which has upset Many College administrators and civil rights groups was triggered by an opinion circulated by Michael Williams the assistant education Secretary for civil rights. Williams maintains that Federal Law bars College scholarships predicated Only on race. But Kemp said Williams interpretation of the Taw did not Rule out scholarships based on race As Well As financial need. President Bush said Friday that he had asked his staff for Quot a Quick readout on that so we can make a  y top White House officials including chief of staff John h. Sununu said they were caught by Surprise by Williams stance. They Learned of Williams position after he sent a letter to organizers of College footballs fiesta Bow in temp ariz., cautioning bowl officials about plans to provide $200,000 for minority scholarships at the University of Louisville and the University of  source said Williams even held up his letter to the fiesta bowl organizers for a week before sending it without approval from anyone in the White House Bush a longtime Backer of the United negro College fund angered civil rights leaders by vetoing a Job discrimination Bill a few weeks before the november elections. Bush said the Bill would have forced employers to resort to hiring quotas which he opposes. Official says Fig in peril of going broke Washington not the chairman of Federal Deposit insurance corp.,  William Seidman says the governments fund that protects Bank deposits already at its lowest level in history will probably lose $5 billion next year moving it perilously closer to insolvency. That is the most dire portrait yet drawn by the government of the funds problems. The fund has incurred increasing losses paying out More than it has received in premiums from Banks As the government has had to compensate depositors at Banks that have failed in recent years. Such a loss next year on top of expected losses this year of at least $4 Bil Ion would leave the fund with about $4 a billion. And much of that Money might not be readily available in Cash Seidman also predicted that 170 to 2b0 Banks would probably fail next year comparable to the number of failures expected this year. His remarks made on the Abc news program a meet the press and in an interview later went considerably beyond recent glum forecasts about the fund by the general accounting office and the congressional budget office