European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 02, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday. April 2, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 5 by David Reed. Associated press writer Roanoke when Virginia. Military Institute s male Only admissions policy goes on trial this week govern mint lawyers will portray the . Military Academy As an example of How successful women in military schools can but Vii lawyers want to bring up the disciplinary records of the nations oldest to noutary acad Myat West Point . They will argue that the records will show a pattern of sexual tension and harassment in the 15 years that women have been admitted to West Point. A min a primary argument in the trial that begins thursday is that the Constitution allows for a single sex Public school at a time when the state is trying to provide a diverse system of higher education. Bringing women into the corps is not necessary since they can get military training at nearby Virginia tech the. School says. And. It argues that a change would destroy pm la a camaraderie rigorous physical and psychological training in an atmosphere devoid of privacy. The effect of coeducation on West Point has become a secondary Issue in the vol Case at a hearing last week Vii attorney William Clineburg suggested that West Point has gone soft. Arguing for Access to West Point disciplinary records Clineburg told . District judge Jackson Kiser that government attorneys will attempt to show that the integration of women into West Point has not created a substantial deep seated problems which have plagued West Point from the beginning of this process to the present he said he believes More than 150 harassment incidents have occurred since a 1976, a figure Justice department attorney Judith Keith called exaggerated. The judge indicated he would Rule onion the stars and stripes Issue the request later. Ironically earlier in the Case Clineburg had argued that comparisons to West Point should be barred saying the Federal Academy a policies had no bearing in the constr Tationa Lidyof Emfs male Only policy Kiser ruled against him saying the Justice department could put West Point officials on the stand. That s when Vii began pressing for the disciplinary records. Both. West Point and Vii have a Strong tradition of preparing soldiers. At West Point which has an enrolment of about 4,280 including More than 460 women cadets graduate As second lieutenants and Are required to serve in the. Army for five years. At the 152-Ycar-old Vii which has an enrolment of about. 1,300, a dist 70 percent of graduates receive military commissions. Women have been enrolled at West Point since 1976, the year after Congress passed a Law that required women to be admitted to the Federal service academies. The first female cadets at. West Point endured Tough treatment from the upper classes and hostility and resentment front male Peers staff and faculty a As did their female colleagues in the nations other three service academies. But in 1990, a woman Rose to the top student Post at the Academy Bucom ing brigade commander and the first female Captain of the corps of cadets. And the schools two Rhodes scholars were women. The dispute Over Vii admissions policy has been somewhat of an embarrassment to Virginia gov. L. Douglas Wilder the nations first elected Black governor and a potential democratic presidential contender. For months Wilder a refused to take a stand on whether he thought women should be allowed to enrol . Last june when he repeated that he had no opinion of Vii admissions policy he was greeted with a chorus of groans and hoots from an audience of teen age girls attend a Cadet officer inspects a fellow cadets Rifle at a Vii changing of the guard. Ing a conference on state government. After Wilder came out against the Vii policy several months later Justice department lawyers sought unsuccessfully to have him testily for their Side. Neither Wilder nor pm la a lawyers wanted the governor to testify. Robert Patterson a lawyer for Vii accused the Bush administrations Justice department of trying to politicize the Case. A a since the beginning of this the . Government has sought to make this a political Issue and not a constitutional one a Patterson said. Though the. Justice department called the charge baseless Kiser accepted arguments. That the governors testimony would have no bearing on the constitutional question at hand. Vii is one of Only two state supported military academies in the United states that does no to admit women As cadets. The other is the Citadel in South Carolina which does allow women to take evening academic classes. The Justice department has studied the citadels policies but has thus far not initiated a suit. 10years ago april 2,1981 a a Ordinary peo pie Quot was named Best picture at the Academy awards ceremony.,Robert de Niro was named Best a poor for his performance in a raging Bull Quot and Sissy Spacek won Best actress for her performance in Quot Coal Mineros . 20years ago april 2,1971 a vice president spirit. Agnew denounced negative propaganda mounted by War critics and encouraged americans Quot to go out of our Way to assure our Vietnam veterans that we do Welcome them Home and do appreciate their service to this . 30years ago april 2,1961 a the soviet Union pro Quot pcs eco an immediate 14-nation peace conference to end the civil War in Laos and agreed to join Greal Britain in calling for a ceasefire. A a a a a Quot a 40years ago. April 2,1951 a the motion picture association of America ruled out movie use of stories relating to 1 illegal drugs and abortion and tightened regulations on scenes depicting suicide. California City s new museum offers no smell garbage recycling displays san Jose Calif. Apr anyone who. Thinks garbage stinks Hasni to been to the City a latest attraction a a museum where talking trash is Good clean fun. Half eaten pizzas empty Beer cans and disposable diapers Are part of the new museum created to get people to think about How much rubbish they throw away and to spread the word about a it a a great Outing for parents and their children plus it does no to smell bad a said museum spokesman Jim Lochmiller. _ the museum run by Browning Ferris at its Sll million recycling Center is drawing school groups and scout troops by the score. It will open to the general Public saturday. A a a this is pretty neat a said Amy Dao a fourth grader visiting with her class from Vinci Park school in san Jose. A a in be never seen so much garbage visitors encounter the a Wall of garbage a a 100-foot-Long, 20-foot-High display of paint thinner cans styrofoam Quot containers egg Cartons old shoes broken dolls and scraps of food. The Wall represents the amount of trash discarded by the entire United states every second in Santa Clara county every three minutes and by one person Oer a 6-year period. All the garbage is real but it does no to stink because its been sterilized. In the ease of food and other perishables items have been carefully preserved. _. Another exhibit features a Large electromagnet on a rail that allows museum goers to separate tin aluminium and Alloy cans for their recycling destinations. Another shows How methane is obtained from dumps. A a a a one display shows visitors the different forms of Glass bottles Metal cans and paper goods As they go through recycling. Aficionados can pick up bits of garbage and recycling lore. For instance the aver age car Interior contains 60 pounds of recycled paper and each recycled can saves enough Energy to Power a television for three years. A spokeswoman for Browning Ferris. Based in Houston said youngsters like to know about trash and what happens to it. A what we re offering is the rags to riches Story of waste Quot said company sales manager Anne Petchauer. Mississippi nears Accord on gunslinger Law Jackson miss. Apr Mississippi would ban concealed handguns in bars Public Parks at sporting events and the state Capitol under Compromise legislation amending the states a a gunslinger Law legislators reached a Compromise saturday to Amend the 9-month-old Law a to the Chagrin of gov. Ray Mabus some legislators and Law enforcement officials. It allows gun permit holders carry their weapons almost anywhere. The legislature was expected to approve the Bill this week and Mabus has indicated his support. The Compromise would allow people to keep weapons in their cars regardless of whether they have a permit. In Addi Iron the identities of permit holders could not be publicized for 45 Days after permits Are issued. The Bill would ban handguns from Sev eral places including churches government offices athletic events Public Parks and bars and nightclubs. A a the a a gunslinger Law went into effect july 1. It allows a Mississippi resident Over age 21 to carry a concealed weapon after paying $100 fora permit. / the Only exceptions Are felons fugitives drug and alcohol abusers the mentally incompetent illegal aliens those Dis honorable discharged from the military those who renounce their citizenship and those who falsify permit applications. A a
