European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes saturday september 14,1991 Dodds official pledges to Stop any discrimination brains of a thinkers or. Ilya Victorov head of the Laboratory at Moscow a brain research Institute holds a tray with a portion of the 30,000 slices of the brain of Vladimir i. Lenin which were prepared for analysis in 1925. Lenin a brain tissue As Well As that of soviet figures such As dictator Josef Stalin has been lying in secrecy virtually undisturbed for decades in the crypt like room. Room no. 19 holds the Gray matter of Many old bolsheviks dyed in Bright colors and smeared on Glass slides. But it is Only the mind of the a great thinker a As Lenin was known that the scientists still Revere. By Jimi Jones education writer Wiesbaden Germany a if racial discrimination exists in the 135 military dependent schools overseas the systems top regional official in Germany or. Joe Blackstead said he wants to put a Stop to it. But Blackstead said Friday some examples of discrimination cited by Arthur a. Fletcher chairman of the . Commission on civil rights in a report released this week appear to have been misrepresented. A a in a not to going to try to defend the system if he a found specific things that can be substantiated a said Blackstead in an inter a View at his office in Wiesbaden. A certainly we Are going to look into them. If there is any kind of discrimination going on we want to put a Stop to  Fletcher made the allegations in a preliminary report on civil rights complaints which he released on wednesday. The complaints were gathered last month when be visited military bases in Germany As a guest of the National association for Blackstead the advancement of coloured people and other groups. In addition to discrimination in the armed services Fletcher also said complaints indicated that the department of defense dependents schools in Germany seem to be failing Black youth just As Many schools in the United states Are. Fletcher said he received specific complaints from Black students of overt disparate treatment Patent failures to adequately educate curriculum inadequacies and discriminatory practices in school activities. Blackstead said he had not read Fletcher a report but he had made inquiries about some of Fletcher a comments that he had read in the newspaper. A a we be already looked into some of those allegations but the explanations Are indicative of a different situation than what he described a Blackstead said. One example cited involved an allegation that a Dodds teacher had called a Black student a chocolate  Blackstead said that a teacher came Forward and South african areas sealed off Johannesburg South Africa up police went into action by the thousands Friday in a bid to Stop six Days of violence in Black South african townships announcing they were sealing off entire areas South of Johannesburg. As the death count Rose to at least 120 people since sunday 1,200 police officers moved into position Friday morning around a squatter Camp known As Phola Park next to Tho Koza township where this weeks violence began. Police spokesman capt. Eugene Oppermann said police were searching the squatter Camp for weapons air defense brigade transfers to v corps Gie Belstadt Germany a the 69th air defense arty brigade was transferred from the 32nd army air defense come to v corps in a ceremony at Gie Belstadt army Airfield on Friday. The 1,800-person brigade will provide direct air defense to the corps a corps statement said. The brigade is comprised of three missile battalions a the 6th in 43rd air defense arty regt Patriot in Ansbach the 6th in 52nd air defense arty regt Haw located with the brigade Headquarters in Wurzburg and the 3rd in 44th air defense arty regt Chaparral in Crail sheim. The 69th s Transfer to v corps is part of an army wide tactical plan to allocate direct air defense support to All . Army corps a v corps statement said. And explosives. The violence was sparked last sunday when three unknown a and As yet uncaught a gunmen mowed Down 18 supporters of the mainly Zulu inkatha Freedom party in Tho Koza. Leaders from both inkatha and its rival the african National Congress have called that attack a deliberate bid to wreck peace talks which Are due to Start today. No blame has yet been placed by the two organizations senior leadership but there is mounting frustration in the lower ranks with the fact that not a single killer has been , 26, charged with murder of wife Kitzinger Germany a a 26-year-old 3rd inf div Soldier has been charged with the murder of his wife in their off Post government quarters in Kitzinger. Sgt. William k. Coffey a Chaparral senior gunner assigned to the 4th in 3rd air defense arty allegedly killed his wife Darci m. Coffey late wednesday or Early thursday said maj. Steven Shively a Public affairs spokesman for the 3rd inf div. An autopsy revealed that the 23-year-old woman was strangled and drowned. Darci Coffey a fully clothed body was found in the Bathtub at their quarters Shively said. William Coffey is in pretrial confinement at the army confinement facility in Mannheim. He has been in the army since november 1983 and has been assigned to his unit since August 1989. Darci Coffey was a mail clerk at Harvey Barracks in Kitzinger. A memorial service is being planned. Told him that the name was used in a class she taught on racial epithets As an example of Nam calling among students themselves. A a in a not prepared to make any specific comments that this was not a Good fac finding group that it was not accurate or that what they found is biased but i do wish head Fletcher come Here to talk to us a Blackstead said. To the allegation that minority teachers do not receive equal Opportunity for promotion Blackstead said a i certainly done to know of any examples where they have been discriminated against. Of course the people who did no to get the Job perhaps feel  Fletcher alleged that principal selections in particular were perceived to be politically motivated rather than based upon Merit. But officials say the principal selection process was changed to get away from the perception of a a paperwork routine for people within the system who could rely on the a Good old boy network for promotions. A we went to a system that is practice widely today in the United states a said Frank of Gara spokesman for the Region. Principals Are selected by a panel made up of various people including an administrator a teacher a Parent and a military member from the Community. Of Gara said the system strongly encourages parental input. The panels Are a very Well aware that we need minority principals and administrators and i think they look carefully for that Quot of Gara said. A if there is a minority candidate that qualifies for a Job he or she stands a very Good Chance in terms of consideration for the  Blackstead said he refused to Haggle Over whether or not the allegations Are True but welcomes suggestions from Fletcher and the a act on How to improve the system. A there is no sense in saying we did no to do this or that or this is the Way it is and not the Way he Fletcher said. That does t do us or the system any Good a Blackstead said. A fall i want is something positive about ways to improve the  a a i look Forward to those folks giving us some suggestions which we May not have considered ways to improve everything a the treatment of minority children the recruitment of teachers the selection of administrators the Transfer of people. If there is anything we Are doing wrong id like to see about correcting it.2 earn honors As Eagle scouts by the stars and stripes the following boy scouts have joined the ranks of the Eagle scouts the highest award in boy scouting. To earn the Eagle scout award a boy scout must fulfil requirements in the areas of leadership service and outdoor skills. This includes earning at least 21 Merit badges and completing a Community service project. The new Eagle scouts and their projects arc a Jeremy Matis 15. The son of col. Bruce and Joan Matis Jeremy is a Junior at Gen. . Arnold High school in Wiesbaden Germany. He collected furniture for members of his Church who Are serving As missionaries in Germany. Furniture was donated by Church members and Jeremy was allowed to Purchase furniture at a special Sale organized by the local defense re utilization and marketing office. Twenty one apartments were i Mishea with the donations and purchased items. Jeremy has been involved in scouting for eight years and is a member of troop 311 in Wiesbaden. A j. Mckay Smith 15. The son of chief warrant officer 4 Steven and Maria Smith Mckay completed his freshman year at Gen. . Arnold High school before his family returned to the United states. He placed More than 700 radon detectors in the Wiesbaden military Community housing areas. Mckay has been involved in scouting for seven years and was a member of troop 311 while in Wiesbaden