European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Army reverses stand bans taking part in rights March by Luke Britt staff writer the . Army in Europe overturning earlier military statements announced thursday that . Soldiers army civilian employees and their families cannot participate in an upcoming civil rights March in Frankfurt. However organizers said the saturday March will proceed As planned. The . European come issued a pol icy statement thursday stating that military regulations prohibit All . Service members from participating in demonstrations in foreign countries. The announcement conflicts with statements made tuesday by air Force and army spokespeople who told the stars and stripes that soldiers and airmen were not restricted from taking part in the March. The controversy entered around the use of the word a demonstration a said cmdr. John Woodhouse Neucom spokesman. In planning the March organizers described the event As positive in nature military officials said. However of the intent of the March is to protest then it becomes a demonstration according to air Force and army officials. Woodhouse refused to say whether the March should be considered a demonstration. However Usa eur spokeswoman Millie Waters said thursday that Quot a March is a service members who participate in demonstrations overseas could face disciplinary action under the uniform code of military Justice according to department of defense and service regulations. A a it a not appropriate to speculate re see army on Page 2on their Way scientists head into the sealed biosphere ii on thursday As member Abigail ailing left fights to hold Back tears. The eight Crew members plan to remain inside the domed Structure for two years. See Story on Page 9.Iraq giving in to . Team asks for evidence inventory United nations a the Security Council accepted an iraqi proposal thursday As the basis for ending the three Day detention of . Weapons inspectors in Baghdad the . Ambassador to the United nations said. The inspectors have been held in their bus and in six cars since they uncovered documents describing iraqis secret nuclear weapons program. A the team should be Able to leave immediately with the documents and they Are prepared to do an inventory a . Ambassador Thomas r. Pickering said. Diplomats said the documents photographs and videotapes will stay in the Possession of the inspectors while they and iraqi authorities prepare a Catalon of them. The president of the Security Council is preparing to Send a letter Back to Iraq accepting the nations demand for cataloguing with that condition. The letter a will go to the iraqis almost immediately a Pickering said. He said the commission was prepared to a do an inventory immediately in the presence of the iraqis offer to end the siege of the inspectors came in a letter wednesday from iraqi ambassador Abdul Amir Al Anbari to . Security Council president Jean Bernard Merimee the French ambassador. In new York Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii was asked earlier thursday if Iraq in its letter was see related stories on Page 2 -4 a playing a games with the United nations. A a you a have to ask them. Its not uncharacteristic of the Way they behaved before Jan. 15,�?� said Baker referring to the mixed signals from Baghdad before the .-led coalition went to War to Force the expulsion of iraqi troops from Kuwait. The associated press reached the . Inspectors by satellite Telephone several times thursday. Before the Security Council decision the team chief David Kay said the inspectors had the ability to Catalon the Doc see Iraq on Page 2women, minorities face Cement ceiling adviser contends by Cary Pomeroy Staft writer Frankfurt Germany a women and minorities working in government say the limit of their Advance often called a a Glass ceiling a is made of much sterner stuff says an attorney who advises government and private agencies on equal Opportunity matters. A you know what they Tell me its not Glass baby its Cement and you re going to need a Keg of dynamite to get through a said Dorothy e. Nelms a private consultant who specializes in equal Opportunity Laws and programs. Nelms said that opportunities for minorities and women in the Federal government especially the defense department have improved since she joined the government printing office As a gs-2 photo negative stripper in 1950. Much of the change was brought on by equal Opportunity Laws first passed by Congress in Nelms 1972, said Nelms who retired in 1978 As a gs-15 in the department of housing and Urban development. Nelms who is holding two weeks of equal Opportunity and motivational workshops in Frankfurt said civil see related Story on Page 3 Ian and government managers act As though Laws have fixed the problem. A a it a not fixed a she said. Managers complacency has created several problems ranging from mistrust in the equal Opportunity system to the perception of a a Glass a i truly believe there is some kind of Glass ceiling that a cutoff Point is established and very few Blacks and women hispanics and it Cetera went beyond cer see women on Page 2
