European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday october 10, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 3eo team s efforts called confusing by Effie Bathen Nimberg Bureau Furth Germany a a meeting with two of the six civilians now evaluating the army equal Opportunity to program in Europe left those attending confused said one person who went to a meeting tuesday in Bamberg. A there was no Clear mandate a said Tony Jones a former a act officer for the Bamberg chapter who was also chairman of the Legal redress committee for the european conference of the a act. Julius Becton president of Prairie View a amp a University in Texas and a retired lieutenant general and Jerry Newman vice chairman and chief operating officer for Siim fast foods in new York met with about 35 soldiers mostly enlisted from the 1st army div 3rd brigade. The two men and four other civilians were chosen by the army a Secretary to evaluate equal Opportunity programs in the service in Europe. The six people arrived monday and will leave Friday. Jones said a most of the people at the Bamberg meeting did no to even know Why they were there and were most had not filed discrimination complaints and had not heard of Arthur a. Fletcher a critical report on discrimination in the military in Europe he said. Fletcher the chairman of the . Commission on civil rights said in August that his tour of military bases uncovered rampant discrimination. A i was appalled that certain aspects of the Community were not involved a Jones said. He said dependent wives members of the Chain of concern or Community organizations such As the red Cross should have been notified of the meeting because they Are aware of discrimination and How to Cope with it. Jones said he Felt frustrated because the visitors had no published itinerary. He said he spent two Days on the Telephone trying to locate the time and location of an area meeting because six people with discrimination concerns had called him for information. He said he finally reached a representative for the 3rd brigade who invited him to attend. Spokesmen for the . Army in Europe have said that the individual team members schedules could not be released because they were too flexible. The six people visited at least 12 units on their second Day in Germany a spokesman for the group said. The group working in pairs visited soldiers family members and civilian employees in Gellhausen Fried Berg Stuttgart Bamberg Vilseck and Kaiserslautern said it. Col. Jimmy Jacobs who was assigned by the Pentagon As the groups spokesman. Jacobs said that Myrna Williamson a retired brigadier general and one of the six went to a base Bowling Alley after dinner tuesday and stayed until after Midnight talking to soldiers and family members. He did not give the City location. Another member of the group Ernest Garcia released his Telephone number to the press tuesday to allow individuals to Contact him. Start writer Luke Britt in Darmstadt Gormany contributed to this report russian officials quit say Reform not backed Moscow apr two senior government officials to the russian federation have submitted their resignations claiming the republics leaders Are reluctant to Back economic Reform a news Agency reported wednesday. The moves deepened a political crisis engulfing the government of russian president Boris n. Yeltsin which has been paralysed in recent Days by squabbling and disagreements among senior officials. Because of bitter infighting especially Over a proposed economic treaty linking the 12 remaining soviet republics Yeltsin a government has lost the political momentum it enjoyed after standing up to the hard liners in the military and communist party who tried to oust soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev in August. The disarray has intensified since Yeltsin went on a Black sea vacation late last month. He was expected Back in Moscow today. Yevgeny Saburova the minister of the Economy and Igor Gavrilov the minister of ecology both told government leaders tuesday that they were resigning the inter fax news Agency reported. According to inter fax Saburova cited the russian governments inability to stabilize the Economy As Well As a a Blunt reluctance of the government to support the economic agreement that was initiated last week by eight of the 12 republics at a meeting in Kazakhstan. Gavrilov cited similar concerns inter fax said. Both resignations were expected to be accepted. Haiti regains some normalcy with interim president in place port a Prince Haiti a with a provisional president in the National Palace Haiti came alive again wednesday after a week of violence and political turmoil resulting from the military ouster of populist president Jean Bertrand Aristide. International pressure to reinstate Aristide continued however with the organization of american states on tuesday calling for a freeze on haitian assets and a Trade embargo except for humanitarian Aid. The Oas also authorized creating a civilian Mission to help restore democracy in Haiti. Most shopkeepers in downtown port a Prince the capital threw open the wooden or steel shutters on their businesses wednesday. Supreme court Justice Joseph Nerette was sworn in tuesday As provisional president replacing Aristide the roman Catholic priest who was overthrown sept. 30 after Only seven months in office. Aristide speaking from exile in Venezuela called the inauguration of the 77-year-old judge a a second coup in Washington Oas foreign ministers condemned Nerette a appointment by the National Assembly. The lawmakers action came one Day after soldiers stormed the legislative Palace and roughed up some of the 40 members of a crisis committee trying to decide How to fill the Power vacuum left by Aristides folks. A a yugoslav army reservist taking advantage of a Lull in fighting near Vukovan Croatia sits on the grass and writes a letter to his family Back Home. At Midnight monday under a cease fire agreement the Federal army stopped All offensive actions against Security forces in the croatian Republic which is fighting for aids drug did approved by Fra Washington apr the food and drug administration on wednesday approved a second aids drug despite a Many unanswered questions about its Long term safety and effectiveness. A it is the victims of this dreaded disease who Are uppermost on our minds As we make today a announcement a Fra commissioner David Kessler said in announcing approval of Didan Osine or did. A the overriding importance of today a action is that it offers a new Means of defense against the aids virus and thereby brings Hope to those who cannot Benefit from at a Kessler said. The drug was approved to treat patients at advanced stages of infection with aids who done to respond to or can to tolerate at the Only other fully approved anti aids drug. Both drugs function similarly to slow progression of aids but neither cures the disease. A Thure Are still Many unanswered questions a said or. Anthony Fauci head of the National Institute on allergy and infectious diseases adding that studies testing Ddis Long term safety and Efficacy were continuing. He said the Fra action also deviated from the Norm because did was approved simultaneously for adults and children with aids. In the past the Agency has allowed use of a drug in adults before it has approved it for use in children. The drug will be marketed by Bristol Myers Squibb co. Canadian officials also announced its approval of did on wednesday. It was the first joint review of a drug by the Fra and Canadas health Protection Branch officials said. Aids activists said the Long awaited approval of did would give people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus or his More therapy options. But they said Access to the drug would depend on its Price and coverage by third party payers such As insurance companies. One administration source speaking on condition of anonymity said the Price of a years course of did was expected to be Between $1,500 and $2,200.that s about half the Price of at whose annual Cost has dropped from about $10,000 when it was approved in March 1987 to about $3,000 to $4,000
