European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 17, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 7 $150 million set aside to Aid Hurt by Dod cuts Washington up the Federal government is making $150 million available Over the next two years to assist As Many As 80,000 civilians affected by defense department cutbacks and base closings the labor department announced thursday. A we Are committed to assisting the working men and women affected by the current defense cutbacks a said labor Secretary Lynn Martin. A these individuals Are experienced workers who have a great Deal to offer. With the training retraining and other adjustment services the defense conversion adjustment program provides workers will get the skills they need to remain competitive in the  the labor department said the $150 million is in addition to the $526 million already provided annually through the economic dislocation and worker adjustment assistance program which serves approximately 400,000 workers a year. All civilian workers displaced by base closings or realignments and by cancellation or reduction of major defense contracts will qualify for an array of assistance including unemployment benefits the labor department said. Martin said the additional funding will allow the labor department to serve 70,000 to 80,000 civilians specifically affected by the defense related cuts. The funds will be provided to the states to provide the actual support services at the local level the department said. Individual states and local comm always in love Karen and Roger Caldwell enjoy each others company wednesday in their new Hometown of Tullahoma Tenn. They were married aug. 3 by their 24-year-old son who was born out of Wedlock and is now a minister. Mark Kittsy quest to find his natural parents after he was adopted led to their reunion after 25 years. Cities must apply to the labor department for the worker adjustment funds. The $150 million announced thursday will be used exclusively for retraining and re employment related assistance to workers adversely affected by military base closings and defense contracting cutbacks. In areas where base closings Are not scheduled to take place for several years the department said Advance warning will provide states and communities a an Opportunity to work with employers and workers to assess the local employment situation and develop a thorough and comprehensive action plan before workers actually lose their jobs and need the retraining and readjustment services available under the defense conversion adjustment  male Only admissions ruled illegal Detroit a Detroit Public schools must admit girls into three planned All male academies to offer both sexes an equal education a Federal judge ruled thursday. The american civil liberties Union and the now Legal defense fund sued aug. 5 to let girls attend the schools scheduled to open aug. 27. The groups argued that while focusing attention on the plight of Black males was admirable it denied girls the right to an equal education. . District judge George Woods ruled that excluding girls from the schools violated Federal and state Law. The judge said no matter How important the goals of improving education for Black males in Detroit it  happen while girls were excluded. A there is no evidence the school system is failing males because girls attend schools with them a the judge said. A girls fail  the 170,000-student school District intended to have the experimental schools officially named male Academy open to boys of All races but aimed at Blacks the curriculum stresses discipline civic responsibility High academic standards and a curriculum with special emphasis on african and african american history. The civil rights groups filed the lawsuit on behalf of a Detroit Mother with three daughters attending Public schools. A school District official said in an affidavit that girls could apply and would be considered on an equal basis with boys. One girl and 599 boys were admitted he said. 30 towns join Urban . Areas Washington a keep an Eye on places like Holland Mich. Sumter . And Idaho Falls Idaho. They May not be in a league with new York or los Angeles but the census Bureau says they arc on the fast track to the big time. The 1990 census put those three cities and 30 others on the govern my nth a list of a urbanized areas a the census Bureau said thursday. That Means the cities Are no longer considered Mere populated patches of Rural ground. To become an urbanized area a City and its surrounding territory must have at least 50,000 people. The newly urbanized areas were concentrated in the rapidly growing Sun Belt states. California and Florida each added seven. Eleven others were in Southern states. Altogether the 1990 census found 396 urbanized areas including those recorded in earlier population counts. Urbanized areas have a better shot at Federal dollars than do their country cousins. For example Federal Inkney for transportation planning and mass transit in cities goes to urbanized areas. The urbanized area designation also can be a first step toward recognition As a metropolitan area which Means even More Money. Urban growth 1 a list of the largest new 1990 i urbanized areas and their populations name pop Crystal take Iii. 72,498 Deltona Fla. 58,053 Denton Texas 66,445 Frederick my. 58,393 Fredericksburg a. 56,718 Greenville . 55,884 Hesperia Calif. 153,176 Holland Mich. 62,418 Hyannis mass. 66,713 Idaho Falls Idaho 56,356 Indio Calif. 56,038 Lewisville Texas 79,433 Lompoc Calif. 56,591 Myrtle Beach  58,384 Punta Gorda Fla. 67,033 Stuart Fla. 80,069 Sumter . 57.632 Vacaville Calif. 71,535 Vero Beach Fla 64,707 burial honors Irwin s two careers As astronaut minister Washington apr astronaut Jim Irwin was buried with full military honors thursday and remembered for his twin careers As a Moon Walker and As a minister whose unmet goal was to find traces of Noah Sark. Irwin 61, is the first to die of the 12 men who walked on the Moon. His death in Englewood colo., from a heart attack aug. 9 came one Day after the 20th anniversary of his return from the Moon. A the flew because he loved to Fly a said the Rev. William Rittenhouse of Nassau Bay Baptist Church near the Johnson space Center in Houston. Rittenhouse recalled that while Irwin was Riding across the lunar surface in a motorized vehicle his companion David Scott commented about the magnificent mountains in the distance. That prompted Irwin to recite a verse of scripture a i look into the Hills from whence cometh my help a Rittenhouse said. And then realizing Irwin his words were being monitored at Mission control the minister added Irwin said a a we re getting a lot of help from Houston  Rittenhouse recalled that on watching that scene on television Irwin smother said to him a listen to him brother Bill he a preaching to the  Irwin was born in Pittsburgh and graduated from High school in Salt Lake City. He was a 1951 naval Academy graduate and a test Pilot who Rose to colonel in the air Force. Irwin a widow Mary and his Mother were among the mourners. His grave is next to that of two other astronauts Virgil i. Grissom and Roger Chaffee who were killed in a fire during an Apollo launch pad training exercise in 1967. Present too were fellow astronauts Richard truly who now Heads the nation Al aeronautics and space administration retired Gen. Thomas Stafford and a1 Worden who stayed in the orbiting command module circling the Moon while Irwin and Scott were on the surface. From the Moon Irwin brought Back a Rock dubbed the a genesis Rock because at 4.2 billion years old it was the oldest material returned from the Moon. A the said it was As if it were in the Palm of a hand held out for me saying pick it up and take it Back a Rittenhouse said. In the same Way he added Irwin believed it was his lot to find Noah Sark. A somehow he Felt that if god wanted it to be discovered he would be the Man to see it a Rittenhouse said. Irwin is also survived by five children