European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes Friday september 13, 1991 at a glance i i . Mary Louise Wright smiles after being placed on probation wednesday. The woman was arrested this summer after being a fugitive since her prison escape 22 years ago. See Story on Page 7.fbi joins investigation the Fri joined the investigation into the crash of a commuter plane that witnesses said went Down after a fiery explosion blew off a Wing near Eagle Lake Texas. All 14 people aboard were killed. A Page 4auto death rate Down transportation department officials said that As of april the rate had dropped to two deaths per 100 million vehicle Miles travelled and that if the trend holds the figure for the year would be the Best since records were begun in 1921.�? Page 6 student disarms gunman a boy armed with a sawed off Shotgun took 22 fellow High school students hostage for about four hours wednesday in rapid City s.d., before a student disarmed him. A Page 7aquino wants vote president Corazon Aquino will ask voters to decide the future of the . Subic Bay naval base in a referendum if the Senate rejects a new lease for the base. But administration and Senate sources said the referendum proposal is dead. A Page 9wholesale prices up wholesale prices posted a modest 0.2 percent increase in August As the third straight decline in food prices helped to offset the biggest jump in Energy costs in 10 months. A Page 17index Abby Ann Landers. 19 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 iraqi from Page 1 thinner line of trenches on Moreno a left flank was attacked by the 1st brigade commanded by col. Lon Maggart. Maggart estimated that his Force buried about 650 iraqi soldiers. Estimates could not be obtained from 3rd brigade commanders. The 3rd brigade was made up of units from the Germany based 2nd army div officers of that unit were unavailable for comment. Moreno and Maggart were among 1st div troops to provide the first Public details of the Trench line attack during a series of interviews with new Day. Secretary of defense Dick Cheney made no mention of the 1st dives tactics in a recent interim report to Congress on operation desert storm. The Only mention of burying iraqi troops came when Cheney Yacknow Liged that 457 dead enemy soldiers were buried by . Forces at 56 Sites during the ground War. In most cases each Section of Trench line was assigned two Abrams main Battle tanks with plows shaped like giant Teeth. The tanks took up positions on either  of the trenches most of them 3 feet wide and 6 feet deep. Bradley fighting vehicles and Vulcan armoured carriers straddled the Trench tines and fired into the iraqi soldiers As the tanks covered them with Mounds of Sand. A i came through right after the Lead company a Moreno said. A what you saw was a Bunch of buried trenches with Peoples arms and things sticking out of  every american in the assault was inside armoured vehicles impervious to iraqi Small arms fire. As the juggernaut rolled along it had a dramatic effect on iraqi troops watching the operation. A was iraqi soldiers saw what we were doing and How effective Ana fast we were doing it they began jumping out of their holes and surrendering a Moreno said. Moreno and Maggart said the tactic was used As a Means of minimizing . Casualties. A i know burying people like that sounds pretty Nasty a Maggart said a but it would be even nastier if we had to put our troops in the trenches and clean them out with  Moreno acknowledged the attack was at Odds with an army doctrine that Calls for but does not require troops to leave their armoured vehicles to clean out the trenches or to bypass and isolate fortified positions. A this was not doctrine a Moreno said. A my concept is to defeat the enemy with your Power and equipment. We re going to bludgeon them with every piece of equipment we be got. In a not going to sacrifice the lives of my soldiers a its not  the 1st div Engineer it. Col. Stephen Hawkins who helped devise the tactic said it was designed in part to terrorize the iraqis into surrendering and to destroy defensive positions for troops who might reinforce the defensive line. A it caused an instant hands up in Many places a Hawkins said. Both Hawkins and Maggart stressed that the assault tactic gave iraqi forces an Opportunity to surrender. But All the participants involved said the prime objective of the burial assault was to destroy the iraqi defenders. Hawkins ordered construction of a three mile wide replica of the front lines at the iraqi saudi Border so that the division could practice the burying tactics before the actual assault. The Pentagon has withheld details of the assault from both the House and Senate armed services committees according to committee officials. Senate chairman Sam Nunn d-ga., said he was unaware of the burial of iraqi troops during the assault. A it sounds to me like another example of the horrors of War a said Nunn who said he would seek additional information from the  from Page 1 overseas schoolteachers Active duty members and their spouses and civilian government workers. The complaints he said appeared to represent systemic discrimination. Thirty three of those written and videotaped complaints Are now being reviewed by the commission he said wednesday. A the system itself still discriminates and Isnit applied evenhanded by and we re hopefully going to find put which individuals at overseas military installations allow that to continue a Fletcher said. He noted however that a clearly the key leadership of the . Military intends to Root out All vestiges of discrimination in the armed services. The problem appears to be that they Haven to done it yet and a great Many americans in uniform and their families Are hurting because of  Overall most Black service members believe that disciplinary actions Are More readily taken against them than against their White counterparts while Black officers feel they receive lower officer evaluations because of their race. Fletcher said another belief is that a Black civilians Are still the last hired and the first fired a and if hired they Are usually denied Access to higher positions. Department of defense dependent six cases cited by Fletcher specific cases of discrimination alleged in Europe that were cited in Arthur a. Fletcher a report include a a Black woman who said she was attacked and raped was accused of a bringing it upon herself and told that the crime appeared to have been an act of adultery rather than rape. Later when she persisted with the complaint the army demanded that before any actions would be taken she would have to prove that forcible rape occurred by taking a lie Detector test. A a White officer attacked a Black civilian employee in an unprovoked incident and administered a severe beating while referring to him with racial epithets. The officer received punishment by non judicial proceedings and was required to pay a $200 Fine. The paperwork was placed within the restricted portion of his military file so As not to affect his promotional opportunities. A a Black non commissioned officer was accused by the wife of a White fellow Soldier of sexual harassment by alleging he attempted to fondle her while her husband was in the Field. The no elected to be court Martiale. During the hearing it was established that the wife had lied in several of her statements that her husband had made racially ambiguous remarks and that both had expressed jealousy of the Success of the accused and his family. A a not guilty verdict was delivered. A a Black senior no was accused by five White females of sexual harassment. During the court martial it was established that the women had schemed together because one of their husbands stood to Benefit from the a co a removal from his position of prestige. The jury found him not guilty on All charges. A a Black woman staff sergeant was convicted of possessing marijuana although she had passed a polygraph test and questions surrounding Security of a urine Sample. The Case was reversed on Appeal. A a White commander fondled the buttocks of a Black woman Junior officer under his command. He has remained in command and received no disciplinary action. This was not a . Commission on civil rights sponsored trip the report is not a commission report and this is not a commission hosted Pross Contti Fwicks. The contents of the report Are mine and mine atonal Arthur Fletcher schools teachers consistently complained about breaches in impartial hiring administrative and promotion practices. Only eight of All 138 school principals in Germany Are Black Fletcher said. Fletcher alleged that of the few principals promoted evidence had been provided that systematic measures Are used at the institutional level to discredit the Black administrators leadership. One Black school administrator in Germany or. Venita Stovall was quoted in Fletcher a report. Stovall assistant principal at Kaiserslautern Junior High school gave Fletcher during his visit examples of How Lack of support from the school system and the military Community undermined educational efforts for All children. A i know i will suffer repercussions for opening my Mouth a Stovall told the stars and stripes on thursday a but i walked picket lines and i did no to do that because i was afraid of  to unearth the truth about the allegations Fletcher has recommended that official hearings be scheduled overseas. The commission will vote today on whether to hold hearings in Europe said Charles Rivera a commission spokesman. If approved the commission would attempt to fully document civil rights abuses by comparing records that would prove discriminatory practices. Copies of the preliminary report will be delivered to president Bush defense Secretary Dick Cheney Gen. Colin Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and the service secretaries and congressional leaders Fletcher said. Military officials including Gen. Cros Bie e. Saint the . Army Europe a commander have staunchly defended usage urn a record on civil rights and the army a system of redress of complaints. Military and school system officials on thursday said they were unable to comment on the Fletcher report by press deadlines. Staff writ Jami Jonas in Darmstadt control Tertad to this report