European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 28, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7house probes hiring by japanese firms Washington apr Congress is investigating whether the hiring practices of japanese owned companies operating in the United states discriminate against women and , the Bush administrations Job Equality chief said he has misgivings about investigating employers on the basis of National origin. A was a nation we Welcome japanese investment a said rep. Tom Lantos d-Calif., during a hearing of his House subcommittee on employment and housing. However he added the panel a will not rest until japanese owned companies provide the hiring and promotion opportunities required of domestically owned firms. Lantos said complaints of Job discrimination in japanese owned operations appear to be rising As a the Jap Venus photo shows old lava flows Pasadena Calif. A a new picture by the Magellan spacecraft shows solidified lava that once flowed almost 500 Miles from the base of a Volcano on Venus. The lava flows stretch northward from the 2,300-foot-High Volcano the Northern flank of which also is visible in the new picture one of three Nasa released Friday. The flows Are located on the Lavinia Plains in Venus Southern hemisphere. They measure nearly 500 Miles from North to South and about 240 Miles from East to West. It Magellan Hasni to yet discovered an Active Volcano on Venus but a it is very Likely that somewhere on the planet a Volcano is erupting at any Given time. The problem is to find it a said Steve Saunders Magellan project scientist at nasal a Jet propulsion Laboratory. Magellan was launched by the space shuttle Atlantis on May 4, 1989, and started orbiting Venus last aug. 10. The spacecraft uses radar to peer through Venus thick Clouds and take pictures of the planets rugged landscape which has been shaped by tens of thousands of volcanoes and extensive movements of the planets crust. By the end of july Magellan will have circled Venus 2,351 times travelling 75 million Miles the National aeronautics and space administration said. Magellan has made radar pictures of anese have gobbled up american companies taken Over factories hotels movie studios and purchased real estate from the sidewalks of new York to the streets of san  Lantos presided Over a hearing last week and announced a follow up aug. 8 session in san Francisco to hear allegations of employment discrimination by japanese owned Banks and other enterprises in his Home state. Meanwhile the chairman of the equal employment Opportunity commission said there is no conclusive evidence that japanese owned companies Are significantly different in their hiring practices. A by and Large japanese employers resemble the Overall business Community a Evan Kemp or said. Quot some Are Model employers and some require a great Deal of  he said Lantosy request for investigation of japanese owned companies is a the first congressional request in jeep cd a 26-year-old history for a comparison among hiring practices of companies based on the owners  Kemp said Only a handful of 900 employment Dis a a Crim nation cases in litigation involve japanese employers. In 1989, he said women made up 38.5 percent of the work Force in japanese owned companies Blacks 8.4 percent and hispanics 6 percent. Their representations in the work Force As a whole Are 46.2 percent for women 12.5 percent for Blacks and 6.5 percent for his Janics he said. However 13 percent of employees at japanese owned firms were of asian or Pacific islands ancestry compared with 2.6 percent at All companies. Magellan a radar photo of Venus surface shows Light coloured solidified lava that flowed Down the Northern flank Bottom left of a once Active Volcano. Almost 90 percent of Venus surface. It has collected twice As much picture data As All other . Spacecraft combined Saunders said. However a lot of computerized picture data sent to Earth by Magellan still must be processed into pictures. Also the amount of data used to make one of Magellan a radar images is much larger than the amount used by other spacecraft to make optical photographs he said another newly released photo shows a 300-mile-wide circular feature named the i Thynoha Corona on Venus Lada Terra Highlands. Scientists believe Coronas Are huge bulges on Venus landscape caused when blobs of molten Rock move upward from deep inside the planet. The third new picture shows belts of Mountain ridges located North of the huge lava flows on the Lavinia Plains. Each Ridge is a couple of Miles wide and tens of Miles Long. Suit comes off the top of his head Orlando Fla. A a Man is suing a styling shop Over a haircut that he says was botched so badly he was forced to Wear a hat and seek psychiatric help. The unsightly coiffure has left him ashamed and ridiculed by friends Eric s. Graham said in a Federal suit filed last week. He is seeking More than $10,000 in damages from a . Penney co. Salon at the Florida mall. Graham charged that he lost More than 9 inches of hair in March when a stylist failed to follow his request for Short hair on the sides and Long curly hair on top. Instead he received a haircut that was too Short on top and too Long on the sides Graham said. He lost hair that had taken him 2vi years to grow he said and the whole episode has deprived him of his right to enjoy life. Graham wears a hat to hide the haircut and has received psychiatric treatment to control a panic anxiety disorder that followed the Messy Job the lawsuit claimed. He refused to comment on the Case thursday. Enid Stepner a spokeswoman for the Dallas based . Penney co., also declined to comment on the lawsuit Friday. J Apic  a Ivy. A Magellan has made radar pictures of another newly released photo shows a tens of Miles Long. I chinese stowaways seek Asylum in . Seattle apr a chinese woman who stowed officer from san Francisco lawyer Dan Danilov said a from what in be done in the democracy mov. I into i Ca h Pri Huv Paihau a its outstanding and important a a person i Seattle apr a chinese woman who stowed away on a freighter to the United states said Friday that she could be executed for her pro democracy activities if she is not granted political Asylum and is deported to China. Hua Riazi 37, and a Yuan 27, were released from a . Immigration detention Center thursday their lawyers said. Each will have a private interview monday with a . Immigration and naturalization service Asylum officer from san Francisco lawyer Dan Danilov said Friday. If their applications Are approved the women must remain in the United states for 12 months before they can pursue permanent residency status. Hua wore dark glasses to obscure her appearance As she spoke to reporters for the first time since the two women arrived june 30 aboard the Neptune Diamond a 550-foot Container ship based in Tokyo. They boarded the ship when it was docked in Hong Kong. A from what in be done in the democracy movement a its outstanding and important a a person like me going Back to China would face severe punishment including execution a Hua said through an interpreter. A the chinese government has been very harsh to me a she said. A after i reached Hong Kong i was still treated harshly so we had to escape to the United  both women said they participated in pro democracy demonstrations in Beijing in 1989.1.2 million Lambskin condoms ordered seized Newark . A a Federal judge ordered More than 1.2 million Lambskin condoms seized after . Officials filed a lawsuit claiming labels failed to warn that the prophylactics done to protect against disease. . District judge John Bissell whose court is in Newark ordered Federal marshals Friday to seize the a Kling Tite natural Ambo condoms from trojans warehouse in Cranbury. The a a Labelling is false and misleading because it fails to reveal that natural membrane condoms Are ineffective for preventing the transmission of certain groups of sexually transmitted diseases a according to the lawsuit filed by the . Attorney on behalf of the food and drug administration. The Fra maintains that the natural membrane condoms Are effective in preventing pregnancy because sperm Are too Large to get through the pores but organisms that cause sexually transmitted diseases May be Small enough to pass. Only Latex condoms effectively protect users from sexually transmitted diseases because their pores Are smaller than those in Lambskin condoms the Agency said. Kling Tite condoms Are manufactured and distributed by Carter Wallace inc., which has its Headquarters in new York. Carter Wallace said in a statement late Friday that it began relabelling the product in response to an Fra request earlier this month. The new Label reads Quot to help reduce the risk of catching or spreading Many sexually transmitted diseases use a Trojan Brand Latex condom a the company said