European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 10, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 5soviet officers boning up on democracy Boston apr soviet military officers who have spent their lives marching to the communist Credo have enrolled in academic Boot Camp at Harvard University to learn How an army operates in a democracy. The two week crash course which was to begin monday will cover topics ranging from the technology of the persian Gulf War and the lessons of the Vietnam Era to How the United states plans its defense in the 1990s. Harvard s John f. Kennedy school of government had planned the program for months but it became More important with the collapse of communism in the soviet Union and the breakup of Central authority in past weeks organizers said. A almost every element of the soviet military will be open for change Quot said Robert Blackwill a Kennedy school professor and former assistant to president Bush for the soviet Union and Western Europe. Blackwill helped prepare the so called a grand bargain Quot proposal drafted this year at the school setting a path for the soviet Union to develop a Market Economy with Western Aid. That work helped him design the military program for about 30 officers from the senior ranks of the soviet army general staff and the ministry of defense. A in the past they were responsible to the Central authority of the party. Everything was interpreted within the context of marxist and Leninist ideology a said Bernard Trainor. A retired Marine general and director of the school s National Security program. A now that goes and while that May not affect the purely military functions it affects the attitude of the officer. You re serving an elected  co discoverer Mcmillan Dies at 83 Al Cerrito Calif. A Nobel laureate Edwin m. Mcmillan a co discoverer of plutonium who worked on the world War ii project that developed the atomic bomb has died. He was 83. The physicist died at his Home saturday after a Long illness. Mcmillan who retired in 1973 As head of the University of californians Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory was awarded the Nobel prize in chemistry in 1951. Last year he received the National medal of science the nations highest award for scientific achievement. He and nuclear chemist Glenn sea Borg won the Nobel prize for their co discovery of plutonium or element 94. The radioactive element found in 1940 is essential for atomic bombs. Mcmillan also discovered Neptunium or element 93, the first transuranic element heavier than uranium. A i have known de Mcmillan As a Friend and colleague since 1934,�?� sea Borg has said. A this important and versa tile scientific contributions spanning physics chemistry and engineering and his great human qualities form an important chapter in the history of  Mcmillan also was a Pioneer in the theory of phase stability a concept that made giant modern linear accelerators possible. For that work he shared the 1963 atoms for peace prize with soviet scientist . Veksler. During world War ii Mcmillan helped develop radar and sonar devices for the Navy before working on the Manhattan project in los Alamos n.m., that produced the world s first atomic bomb. Although he helped create nuclear weapons he also had doubts about controlling them. A this country has in its hands some incredibly powerful weapons Quot he said. A the Way our government deals with the question of nuclear disarmament is shameful a a disgrace to our  Mcmillan was also a major contributor to the development of the Cyclotron or atom smasher used in the study of subatomic physics. He became head of the Berkeley Laboratory in 1958. Quot he was incurably curious Quot said one of his sons Stephen Mcmillan. A the was an explorer. He Wasny to looking at what was known but what  a physics Wasny to work a said his widow Elsie. A the loved it. I said if 1 Ever had a rival it was  other survivors include a daughter another son and three grandchildren. Mcmillan was born in 1907 in Redondo Beach near los Angeles. He graduated from the California Institute of technology in Pasadena and earned a doctorate from Princeton University in 1932, the same year that he moved on to the University of California at Berkeley. He came to Berkeley As a National research fellow and quickly became involved in work with the late Ernest o. Lawrence at the then radiation lab. He was appointed to the Berkeley faculty in 1935. Edwin m. Mcmilla thefts jeopardize youth rehabilitation program Camarillo Calif. Up trans world airlines May pull the plug on a program employing inmates at a state youth Camp As reservation agents after at in the stars and stripes10 years ago sept. 10,1981 a at Solidarity a first National Congress the Independent Union s powerful Warsaw Branch proposed a free and unrestricted elections in poland.�?T�?T20 years ago sept. 10,1971 a in a two hour television interview with Dick Cavett John Lennon said Yoko Ono his second wife did not break up the beatles. Quot How could one girl or woman split the beatles a said the former member of the Rock band. Quot we were Drifting apart on our own."30 years ago sept. 10,1961 a soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev rejected an Anglo american offer for a halt in nuclear tests in the Earth a atmosphere but expressed concern Over the mounting tension surrounding the Berlin crisis.40 years ago sept. 10, 1951 a Japan signed a Security agreement with the United states allowing it to maintain land air and sea forces in and about Japan after the Allied occupation ends under a recently signed peace treaty. Least one former inmate racked up thousands of dollars in charges using stolen credit card numbers. The airlines program at the Ventura school near Camarillo began in 1986 and has been touted As a High tech tool to help Young criminals learn a Trade and repay their debt to society. Many of the programs 213 graduates now work at airlines and travel agencies. But that All May end after dozens of customers credit card numbers were found in the Possession of one of the programs alumni Carl Simmons 20, who is now serving two years in state prison apr theft. The los Angeles times reported sunday that California youth authority officials have tightened Security after Simmons arrest. And a Twa lawyer Mark Buckstein told the newspaper he thinks the program a needs to be evaluated. In its  still Buckstein said he would Quot hate to see a program that a designed to rehabilitate the youth of California doomed because of the transgressions of one of its  on the other hand some Twa customers question the Wisdom of entrusting teenage convicts with their credit card numbers. A i done to want to begrudge someone a Chance to make it Back into a productive life a said new Hampshire businessman Phillip Parker whose american express card Simmons admitted using to buy $3,419 Worth of custom car wheels. A but giving them a Chance where there a a significant amount of potential for financial fraud or risk a maybe there a other things that would make  Simmons was serving two years for Petty theft at the Ventura school when he joined the Twa program in september 1989. During 15 weeks of intensive training he Learned How to use a computer system lied by phone lines to the Twa mainframe computer in  Angeles some 50 Miles Southeast. About three months after starting Simmons began collecting credit card numbers for himself and had in excess of 60 numbers in his Possession at the time of his arrest Santa Barbara county Deputy District attorney Hilary Dozer said. In one Case Simmons used another Many a american express Gold card to charge $6,500 in airline tickets More car wheels phone Calls and jewelry All within two Days. Obscene phone caller gets 6 years Ventura Calif. A a Man who made threatening and obscene phone Calls to hundreds of women was sentenced to six years in prison. Steven Imler 38, of Lakewood received two years less than the maximum sentence Friday from Ventura county Superior court judge Frederick a. Jones. The judge said that although Imler had no previous record the number of Calls and the a lasting and recurring pain Quot to victims required prison time. Imler pleaded guilty to 10 counts of making terrorist phone Calls. Between september 1989 and March this year Imler called women throughout Southern California from his office at a Compton company where he was a telemarketing manager prosecutors said. Phone records indicate Imler called or tried to Call As Many As 7,500 people lie surrendered March 26 after authorities located the source of the obscene Calls. Imler would Tell a woman that he had her husband at gunpoint and would harm him if she did t answer sexually explicit questions and perform sexual acts. On at least one occasion he said two men were waiting outside to rape the woman if she did no to comply. 2 of 7 teachers strikes end in Michigan Richmond Mich. A bargaining sessions in two Michigan school districts ended in tentative contracts sunday but five teachers strikes remained unresolved. Teachers were to be Back in the classroom monday in Richmond 30 Miles Northeast of Detroit. Talks also ended a strike in Indian River Inland lakes about 30 Miles South of Mackinaw City said Michigan education association spokeswoman Kim Brennen Root. A a in a pleased that its Over and also disappointed because its not As Good a settlement As what our people deserve a said Roger Olsen of the Richmond teachers Union. He declined to discuss specifics. The school Board had refused to negotiate after the Richmond strike began sept. 3, the first scheduled Day of classes for 1,780 students. The Board threatened to fire teachers if they did not return to work monday both agreements depend on teacher ratification. Root said weekend bargaining yielded no settlements in five other districts Lei in strikes