European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 20, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5 psychologists to fight Dod ban on Gays from wire reports san Francisco a the american psychological association on sunday called the military a policy of excluding homosexuals discriminatory and pledged to help fight it. The association passed a Resolution denouncing the policy and Banning military advertising in its publications after 1992 unless the policy is abolished. Stephen Morin a member of the association s Board of directors said the organization would assemble a coalition of groups to work against the ban. The association had previously been on record As opposing discrimination in general on the basis of sexual orientation. Pentagon spokesman capt. Sam Grizzle had no immediate comment on sundays action. The advertising ban was the Only part of the Resolution contested during discussion by the association s policy making Council of representatives. Opponents said they feared the ban would harm research and the practice of psychology in the military by hampering efforts to recruit psychologists. Prejudice not scientific data is behind the defense departments policy barring homosexuals from military service according to a paper delivered at the associations an ritual conference. Research by psychologist Gregory Hyrck of the University of California Davis found that the Pentagon a policy prohibiting Gay men and lesbians from military service a is not based on any scientific data Only on prejudice and could drastically reduce the number and Quality of military  defense Secretary Dick Cheney recently said the policy is a a bit of an old chestnuts but gave no indication he will try to change it. One of the chief reasons the defense department has Given for barring homosexuals from the military is the fear they would be subject to blackmail. A Gay men and lesbians arc no More Likely than heterosexuals to be a Security risk and susceptible to blackmail to suffer from a personality disorder to have emotional distress or be psychologically unstable and to be unwilling to uphold Laws or regulations or be untrustworthy a Herek said. Singer Preston booked on sex assault charge by the los Angeles times Malibu Calif. A Singer Billy Preston who wrote the hit Ballad you Are so Beautiful and played piano with the beatles was arrested sunday on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy at his Malibu Home authorities said. Preston 45, was arrested for investigation of sexual Battery showing pornographic material to a minor possessing cocaine and being under the influence of a controlled substance los Angeles county sheriffs Deputy Rafael Estrada said. He was booked at the sheriffs station in Malibu 10 Miles West of downtown los Angeles and released after posting $10,000 bail Estrada said. The 16-year-old boy told deputies that Preston had picked him up sunday morning at an intersection known As a gathering Point for Day labourers Estrada said. The boy whose name was withheld because of his age said the Singer Begaw smoking cocaine and showing him pornographic pictures shortly after he accepted the ride and entered the car. Preston then allegedly drove to his Home and took the youth to a barn behind his House Estrada said. There the boy told deputies Preston pushed him to Singer Billy Preston is escorted from the Malibu sheriffs station after posting Bond. 3 die 11 Hurt As Pavilion collapses after storm hits . Family Outing the ground and grabbed him around the Chest Estrada said. A the juvenile was Able to push Preston off and ran to a neighbors House Quot Estrada said. Deputies went to Preston a Home to arrest him at 9 30 a.m., Estrada said but the Singer was not there. They returned a half hour later and found Preston in the barn with a 19-year-old Man Estrada said. He was then taken into custody the Deputy said. From the Early 1960s, when he was a los Angeles teen Ager performing with some of the biggest names in gospel music through the mid-1970s, when he scored a string of Solo hits Preston Rode a wave of musical Good Fortune. He recorded with the beatles laying Down one of pop music a most memorable piano solos on get Back. From 1972 to 1974, he had four top five hits including two no. Is with. Will it go round in circles and nothing from nothing. He also wrote you arc so. Beautiful for gravel voiced British Rocker Joe Cocker. He began playing music when he was 3, expressing what he has called a a god Given  by his teens he was performing with such gospel stars As the late Rev. James Cleveland and Andrae Crouch. The stars and stripes10 years ago Stratham . A a Park Pavilion collapsed during a severe thunderstorm sunday killing three people and injuring 11 others at a family reunion and picnic for mental Hospital patients. About 50 people were under the 40-by-60-foot Wood Pavilion at Stratham Hill Park when it collapsed state police Cpl. Chris Colitti said. The wind apparently blew heavy Pine Trees onto the Pavilion state police maj. Sheldon Sullivan said. A second smaller Pavilion nearby also was destroyed but no one was inside it he said. A Trees started falling around the Pavilion and All of a sudden the wind started going sideways a said Gary Simpson who was with the Hospital group. A there was Hail and wind. We  breathe. In the wind a he said the patients were from ports Mouth regional Hospital which cares for the mentally ill. The reunion was for the family of j. Henry and Yvonne Fournier of Ames Bury mass., said Henry Fournier the couples son. Police identified the victims As Lucina Gorski 61, Kevin Robinson 33, and Daniel Strauss 34. Henry Fournier said Gorski was his aunt and Robinson was his cousins Fiance. About 200 relatives and friends were at the Park but most left before the Pavilion collapsed said Henry Fournier who Wasny to at the reunion but spoke with relatives afterwards. A they were playing softball and everybody packed up and scattered when the storm came a he said. Stratham fire chief Stan Walker did no to know How old the Pavilion was but said it was in Good shape. He said it would have collapsed in any Case under the weight of the fallen Trees. Eleven people were taken to hospitals. Two were in critical condition two were admitted with less serious injuries and seven were treated and released officials at two hospitals said. Officers described the scene As a Complete devastation like a Small Tornado Nad touched Down a Colitti said. Trees and Power lines were Down and the Pavilion was destroyed he said. The National weather service in Concord said it  confirm any twisters in the Stratham area which is along new Hampshire a seacoast about 50 Miles North of Boston. The Pavilion May have been destroyed by a Down burst a a Rush of wind that comes straight Down from a thunderstorm and spreads out when it hits the ground a meteorologist Joe Sirard said. A aug. 20,1981 the Pentagon announced that two Navy tomcat fighters answering a unprovoked Quot fire shot Down a pair of soviet built libyan planes in a one minute dogfight Over the mediterranean.20 years ago aug. 20,1971 a the administration proclaimed a Tough Quot no exceptions Quot policy on president Nixon s 90-Day wage Price freeze including denying pay raises for the military.30 years ago aug. 20,1961 a in response to the movement of East German military forces into East Berlin president Kennedy ordered a 1,500-member Battle group to bolster the 11,000 Allied forces already stationed in West Berlin. Streetwise cops tune in on drug scene40 years ago Hartford Conn. A the five of rap Crew is a Street smart Bunch and they re regulars at the City a police station. But that a by Choice. These rappers Are police officers a and proud of it. The five have been rapping together for several months making music they Hope will inspire City kids to stay away from drugs and crime. One of their songs entitled a drugs done to believe the hype a is a straightforward Appeal for kids to steer Clear of drugs and violence. A when i say a it brings a tear a i am being really sincere. That s really How we feel a Saia officer Clifford Smith the groups writer and producer. A we have to go out to work every Day and see people get shot every Day a he said. A it does no to faze them. We want to say a hey it does bother the police  we done to just go out there and arrest  the group which includes a female officer Giselle Gambel has had its songs played on local radio stations. Aug. 20,1951 a , and communist fighters tangled in a vicious Battle near North koreans Yalu River following the heaviest ground action of the War since armistice talks got under Way. Meanwhile . Officials announced that a korean armistice a May be in sight Quot if the communists Are sincere