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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 8, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 7 v. Is. Jvn s v so Ltd a a is x. V a a s v n a sx-vs-.,-. ,.<%�-.<�x a a. A a. Int v is it no f Vav let vows is it it it a a a a a i y a x a x a k a sgt % la it \ a Quot a xxx in a a. A ,. X f the last of the Pershing ii missile rocket motors to be destroyed under the inf treaty is fired. Final . Missile destroyed under nuclear reduction pact Karnack. Texas apr the Iasi . Nuclear missiles covered under an arms reduction treaty with the soviet Union were destroyed monday As military officials from kith countries watched. Quot within one week the soviet Union will destroy its last is 20," ambassador Ronald f. Lehman ii director of the . Arms control and disarmament Agency told the 1.000 spectators. Quot through our treaty on intermediate Range nuclear forces two nations a the United states and the soviet Union a have achieved in the control of arms what Many thought would never be  Wuh the last Pershing 11 destruction All the 846 . Missiles identified in the 19s7 joint intermediate Range  treaty have been eliminated. Soviet Gen. It. Vladimir Medvedev said the process has paved the Way for destroying Longcr Range intercontinental ballistic missiles. A the tracks Are already made a Medvedev director of the soviet nuclear risk reduction Center said through an interpreter. A a lot of facts have been solved a Medvedev said. A talks have entered their final stage. I Hope it 1ci3m reduction will Start very soon or in the near  Medvedev Leader of the 18-Membcr soviet inspection team at longhorn army ammunition Plant said the last of More than 1,800 soviet missiles identified in the treaty would be eliminated sunday. Stress at work growing worry new study says by United press International a study issued monday concluded stress in the workplace is a severe and growing problem which led 34 percent of american employees  quitting their jobs last year. A employee burnout americans newest a Pic Mic a a copyright study by Northwestern National life insurance co., indicates 46 percent of american workers find their jobs highly stressful. That is More than double the percentage indicated in a 1985 National health interview study report which reported 20 percent claimed a High level of stress. Stress Levels were heightened by , with 40 percent of workers rating they Felt More pressure to prove their value to their employer. Any major change in workplace staffing a a often a result of recession a is Likely to a Eeler ate stress the research indicated. Significant burnout occurred in firms which substantially Cut benefits changed ownership required frequent overtime or reduced the work Force Northwestern National said. The study says stress is costly to american business in terms of lower productivity greater worker turnover higher absenteeism and More frequent health problems than recognized. Conclusions from a Survey in january and february of a representative Sample of 600 workers a a. Seven of 10 american workers say Job stress is causing frequent health problems and has made them less productive. A 17 percent reported higher absenteeism. A 82 percent said victims of burnout deserve disability pay from their employer. The sampling was 55 percent male and 45 percent female representative of the nations work  respondents were Ages 18 and Over and represented All education Levels companies of various sizes and a variety of jobs. Unlike Many earlier studies the company said the report a is believed to be the first to correlate causes and cures in All occupations and Popula Lions across the United  of had released controller in fatal . Crash los Angeles apr the air traffic controller involved in putting a commercial jetliner and a commuter plane on the same runway resulting in a fatal crash had been relieved of duty As an air Force controller in 1977 and urged to seek psychiatric help a just released Federal report said. The National transportation safety Board report also disclosed that controller Robin Lee was bar had made similar errors during an evaluation shortly before the feb. 1 crash that killed 34 people. _ a caseber was urged to get psychiatric help shortly after her parents were killed in a plane crash according to the report. The report made Public As the Nosb opened hearings into the collision at los Angeles International Airport also said  . Cohn of Shaw had traces of  in his blood when he died h the crash. The Federal aviation and Tain stration prohibits use of the sedative before flying. Shaw was not at the jets controls when the collision occurred. His co Pilot David Kelly was flying the plane. Faa spokesman Ted Lopatkiewicz said investigators would determine whether the drug had a role in the Accident. An audio tape the Faa released in March showed that the collision occurred when Wascher directed a us air Boeing 737 to land on a runway where she had earlier told a sky West commuter plane to wait for Takeoff clearance. The Faa gave no explanation of what caused the error. The hearing that began monday will include testimony from experts and other witnesses. It will concentrate on the Job of controllers the visibility of air plane running lights and How Well aircraft can be seen from the Tower. Wascher 38, has worked for the Faa As an air traffic control specialist since 1982. She was an air Force controller in Mississippi in 1977, at the time her parents Light plane disappeared after Takeoff. The Craft was never found. A month later Wascher told an air Force flight surgeon that her parents death left her a incapable of controlling traffic safely a the report said. Wascher was relieved of duty and told to visit a military mental health clinic. The Day after her examination she received an honorable discharge. The report did not detail Wascher s military discharge and medical record because of privacy concerns. She has refused to comment. X the report however contained the following account of her work with the Faa a. A a a a Wascher enrolled in the Faa Academy in 1982 As one of the replacements hired after president Reagan fired thousands of striking controllers. The Faa did not have her military records when she was hired. When the Agency received them she was asked to undergo a psychiatric evaluation a psychiatrist found no evidence of problems that would make her unfit. Wascher received a satisfactory Overall report on her most recent evaluation hut an examiner reported some deficiencies. The reviewer said her a awareness was not maintained on one plane on a runway while another was coming in to land and the incoming plane aborted its Landing attempt there were no further de a tails. A. -. The report also said tests on Shaw 48, of Huntington md., showed the presence of phenobarbital. A prescription vial dated 1989 was in his flight hag. V shawls personal physicians had prescribed the phenobarbital for a spastic Colon they said they had warned him not to use the medication while Hying. Suspect pleads innocent in aids assault Case re itu1 Aki an u. Rui a. I v. Of i. V up t a a former to As nations \ with a fact _ t n 1 it to s 1 i i 2 Rwy a v a v _ a it. J. Nor Leo a a charges of rape kidnapping Oral copulation and sodomy. He has publicly denied being infected with the virus. But prosecutors subpoenaed medical records from the state department of corrections showing Barker May have carried the virus since at least 1987, according to Stacy Walthall Alameda county Deputy District attorney. Walthall said neither the alleged rape victim nor a female Friend of. Barkers have tested positive for the aids virus. Both women appeared before the grand. Jury that indicted Barker last week. Even if their tests remain negative the aids related counts of assault with a deadly weapon will continue to be prosecuted. A you can shoot. A gun and miss. That a still assault with a deadly weapon a said Deputy District attorney Jack Quatman. Barker who served Lime on a previous robbery and burglary conviction a is arrested last month. Parole a a officials tipped police r alter learning that Barker had reportedly boasted to friends that he planned a to take As Many women As i can with me before i  Barker has said in newspaper interviews that he never would intentionally Hurt women because he loved them  
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