European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                \ Friday March 22, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5fort Stewart school May lose accreditation fort Stewart a. Apr As fort Stewart soldiers from the 24th inf div Mech used expensive High tech weapons to beat Iraq in the persian Gulf War their children were being taught in classrooms so run Down that the school is in danger of losing its accreditation. A.  Diamond elementary one of two schools on the army base was built for 500 students in the 1960s. It houses almost twice As Many now and 12 trailers in desperate need of repair help to accommodate the overflow. V. A a a / foil covers some windows to keep heat from escaping. Carpets Are soaked by rain. New panelling on the Walls Only partially hides the Mold left from earlier leaks. Sections of the floor Are spongy and roped off. A a it a merely Stopgap measures band aids a said assistant principal Neil Koven. A a it a nothing  Thos Stopgap solutions Are All school officials have until the Pentagon comes through with Money to expand and renovate the school. The defense department citing budget constraints has not requested any Money for school construction a Quot since 1988. But a spokesman said it plans to do so now and that the school is on the Pentagon a priority list. If the renovations Aren t completed by the end of the school year fort Stewart s two school system could lose its accreditation. The Southern association of colleges and schools which accredits schools said Diamond s Library Media Center is one fourth the required size. Other facilities a rundown trailers Small classrooms with Only two electrical outlets and world War 11-Era buildings on Cement blocks a also will fall below Standard if not improved soon the association said. A this is a serious position to be in. If you do not Correct a violation of Standard you lose your accreditation a said superintendent Paul e. Ward. The governments 68 military schools Are run independently of state Public schools but Are supposed to meet the same standards. Children of fort stewarts soldiers must attend one of the two Post schools through the sixth Grade after which they Transfer to Public schools. The other Post school Brittin elementary was built in 1983 and is in Good shape. The cure for the schools accreditation woes is in the blueprints of a $6.9 million proposed expansion and renovation Ward said. Pentagon spokesman maj. Doug Hart said the department has about,$110 Milton in military school construction needs and Diamond Falls in the top 25 percent. A a a. A the department plans to request Money from Congress for some school construction projects including the Diamond expansion. Hart said. He said the Pentagon had t requested Money for the project sooner because a there Are simply just no funds available in the construction  rep. Lindsay Thomas a whose District includes fort Stewart sought funding for Diamond at an appropriations subcommittee hearing last month. A when the men and women of the 24th infantry division come Home from combat in the Middle East and ask me Why the government will not give their children a decent school building then the government better have a different answer than a i done to know a Quot Thomas said a. A a a a a a a a a a. A a a a a a. Ward said the school will continue emergency measures until the Federal dollars arrive. A we will make do. We will Belt tighten Quot he said. A but that a not a solution. There is no solution other than.  leak Likely cause of Miami explosion Miami apr a late night explosion on his life Cayard said a fall 1 can say is Ernest Aristide left and an unnamed companion carry artwork from Aristides haitian restaurant which was demolished in an explosion in Miami. That ripped apart a building housing a haitian activists office was probably caused by a Gas leak not a bomb a fire official said wednesday. Fire investigators wednesday removed a Gas shut off valve from a new restaurant in the building. A a in be seen what Gas explosions look like. That a what this looks like a said fire department spokesman Giovanni Felipe. Detectives investigating the recent slayings of two haitian pro democracy radio commentators joined bomb squad members Fri agents and agents from the Federal Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms at the blast site Early wednesday. No injuries were reported in tuesday nights blast. The office occupied by building owner Ringo Cayard a haitian radio commentator and lobbyist was levelled. Asked if that the Fri is investigating the  sgt. David Rivero a Miami police spokesman said investigators Quot have not ruled out  he said the building contained at least one furniture store and the office for the haitian american organization Cayard amp associates inc. The company a card describes the firm As a Community government affairs  the blast ripped off chunks of the roof scattered debris Over a two Block area and caused a fire. A. Rivero said detectives investigating the slayings of local pro democracy haitian radio commentators Fritz Dor and Jean Claude Olivier were on the scene. Dor 33, was gunned Down in Miami a Little Haiti Section Friday As he walked to his car after work. Olivier was shot to death As he got into his car outside a haitian american nightspot in the same the explosion could have been an attempt neighbourhood feb. 18. Policy that excludes Fertile women from certain jobs ruled illegal in the stars and stripes 10years ago from wire reports Washington a the supreme court ruled wednesday that it is illegal for companies to exclude Fertile women from certain jobs Over concern for the health of their unborn babies. The court unanimously reversed a decision of the 7th . Circuit court of appeals that had ruled that the so called fetal Protection policy of a major Battery manufacturer could stand. The policy excluded women from certain jobs out of concern that Lead exposure could cause birth defects in unborn children leaving the company open to lawsuits. The court said title Vii of the civil rights act allows Only for Job restrictions when sex or pregnancy actually interferes with the employees ability to perform. That condition was non existent in the policy of Battery manufacturer Johnson controls inc. The company gave Fertile women the option of becoming sterilized or moving to jobs that did not include exposure to High Levels of Lead. Women a groups and labor unions said Johnson controls policy discriminates against women by barring them from higher paying jobs on the Mere belief they might become pregnant and the work might pose a danger to a fetus. Opponents of the policy also argued that Lead exposure can cause reproductive harm in men by lowering sperm counts and cause genetic damage that can Lead to birth defects in offspring. A the Bias in Johnson controls policy is obvious a the court said. A Fertile men but not Fertile women Are Given a Choice As to whether they wish to risk their reproductive health for a particular  the court also ruled that american supreme court Roundup injured in foreign countries May not sue . Employees based abroad. The 8-1 decision effectively bars . Citizens overseas from recovering damages in such cases. They already Are prohibited from suing the government for injuries suffered on foreign soil. Justice John Paul Stevens in his dissenting opinion said wednesdays ruling a has closed the door to All Federal and state courts for american victims of malpractice by Federal health care personnel stationed  Marcus and Hildegard Smith of Elpaso Texas said their son Dominique suffered massive brain damage because of negligence by William Marshall when the boy was born in 1982. Smith then was stationed in Vicenza Italy and Marshall worked at the army Hospital there. The court said Marshall was entitled to immunity under a 1988 Law known As the Federal employees liability Reform and tort compensation act that Law was enacted by Congress after the High court in 1988 ruled Federal employees Are not entitled to Blanket immunity from personal injury lawsuits. The justices then reinstated a lawsuit by an injured army warehouse worker in Alabama who sued his supervisors. The court held that Federal employees generally Are immune from being sued for policy making decisions but not for actions undertaken in performing routine duties. The justices wednesday said the 1988 Law was intended to assure that Only the government May be sued in such cases. The appeals court that ruled in favor of the Smiths said that interpretation leaves those injured by Federal workers abroad without recourse. In another wednesday ruling the High court overturned a $44,000 award to a nursing student kicked out of a Rhode Island College for being too fat. March 22,1981 a the Pentagon plans to withdraw 18 of the 54 military advisers sent to Al Salvador by july and most of the rest by september military sources said. 20years ago. March 22,1971 a the . Come told Washington that a Lack of Money for the Vietnam War has been More crucial in determining the rate of troop withdrawals than has the Progress of Vietnam nation or what the enemy does on the Battlefield. 30years ago March 22,1961 a Usa eur officials announced that army agencies in Europe will hire dependents in its no appropriated fund activities As one Means of controlling the outflow of dollars but that no local National employees would be discharged to create vacancies. 40 years ago March 22,1951 a Secretary of state Dean Acheson told a press conference that Gen. Douglas Macarthur needs no further . Authority to Cross the 38th parallel into North Korea but the United states is consulting with its fighting allies on the subject