European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes sunday november 10, 1991 Diane Novotny Young Center and Jean Keopple right hold posters promoting Strohs Beer. The two women and Lisa Meagher left Are among five women who have filed lawsuits against the brewery charging sexual harassment. Beer ads led to harassment female brewery workers say from wire reports St. Paul Minn. A five female brewery workers say in lawsuits filed against the Stroh brewing co. That the company s television ads featuring Bikini Clad women contributed to sexual harassment Monthe Job. The five women one of whom has been Laid off said Friday that they were subjected to verbal and physical confrontations by male co workers and supervisors that caused them severe mental and physical stress. Some of the lawsuits said Stroh also has produced a sexist degrading promotion posters and  George Kuehn senior vice president for the Detroit based company said he could no to comment on the lawsuits. However he added a i can say Stroh for upwards of 10 years has maintained and enforced a definite policy against discrimination including sexual harassment. A but Lori Peterson a Minneapolis attorney representing the plaintiffs said a Stroh has contributed to sexism and violence against women on a nationwide  Peterson said other companies have dropped promotions using caricatures such As the frito Bandito and Little Black Sambo after hispanic and african american groups complained they were insulting. Peterson said that women in old Milwaukee ads a Stroh product similarly portray women As a giggling and jiggling objects whose sole purpose is to please  a a let a be consistent and understand that Strohs old Milwaukee swedish Bikini team ads demean and harm women in the Stroh workplace and the country at Large a Peterson said. Dewitt Helm president of the association of National advertisers in new York said he thought these were the first lawsuits of their Type. A to associate sexual harassment with the advertising of an employer s product i think is a Little far fetched and bizarre a he said. A i just done to see a cause and effect in this whole  four of the lawsuits filed against the brewing company and several male employees seek compensatory damages in excess of $50,000 on nine causes of action. The four complaints Are Tammy Meyers and Diane Novotny Young both of St. Paul Jean Keopple of new Richmond wis., and Lisa Meagher of Inver Grove Heights. The fifth lawsuit filed by Lana Haston of Shoreview seeks in excess of $50,000 on each of 11 causes of action. Haston 36, who was hired in 1986 and has been Laid off says she was sexually assaulted by a Foreman at the St. Paul brewery. An american Indian Haston also claims she was discriminated against because of her race and because of a disability. The plaintiffs Are machinists and bottlers in the Plant. Stroh is the nations fourth largest brewing company and employs about 3,000 people nationwide. There Are 298 employees at the St. Paul brewery including 47 women. Last year Stroh spent $19.1 million on advertising. Peterson cited the ads for old Milwaukee known As the a it does get better Adas an example of advertising contributing to a climate conducive to harassment. In the television commercial Large breasted Bikini Clad women from the a swedish Bikini team Parachute with Beer into a Rocky campsite occupied by men who have just found a Large Gold Nugget and a crate of lobsters. The women Are featured in suggestive and submissive postures. Five held in record seizure of Quot ice Quot Honolulu Hawaii up1 a Federal agents arrested five men and seized a record 37 pounds of the drug a a ice valued at $12 million following a two year investigation into korean and . Organized crime activities officials say. The men were arrested about noon thursday without incident at three Waikiki Beach area resort hotels said Ralph Girardi assistant special agent in charge of the Fri in Honolulu. Quot the suspects a two korean nationals and three . Citizens a were booked on charges of conspiracy and Possession of drugs with the intent to distribute them. Agents arrested Kiwoon Kim. 46, David Seong Kim 30, and Jae Wong Yoon 55, All of Honolulu Young bum Hyon 42, of los Angeles and Yong Tae Kim 31, of Garden Grove Calif. All five were scheduled to appear Friday in . District court to determine their bail. Girardi said arresting agents found Cash along with 37 pounds of a Nice a or Crystal methamphetamine a Crystal smoked in the same fashion As Rock cocaine. It was the largest Quantity of the drug Ever seized in the United states. A it seems to be the drug of Choice Over Here a Girardi said. A it s kind of like a substitute for cocaine. It offers a longer lasting and some say higher High than cocaine. A also involved in the two year investigation were the Honolulu police department the drug enforcement administration the immigration and naturalization service and . Customs. At the Peak of the investigation 25 Fri agents were assigned to the Case. Girardi said the investigation targeted a the entire korean organized criminal Enterprise that was based in Honolulu and that stretched from the Republic of Korea to the .  damaged in Maine new Hampshire from wire reports Kittery Maine a several lighthouses along the coasts of Maine and new Hampshire were severely damaged by the fierce Atlantic storm oct. 30, the coast guard says. Boon Island Light off the Southern Maine coast and the Isles of Shoals Light off Portsmouth n.h., were knocked out of commission chief Petty officer Greg Creedon said Friday. Waves up to 30 feet pounded the coast flooding several Maine Beach towns. President Bush whose vacation House was damaged declared coastal York county a Federal disaster area on thursday. Creedon said initial damage estimates to the lighthouses Are $450,000. Boon Island lights electronics equipment and Generator were damaged doors were destroyed and 50 percent of its shingles were torn off. At Isles of Shoals Light the Generator hut Boathouse ramp and a Walkway were destroyed. Its emergency Horn and a fuel tank Are missing. He said three other lighthouses in Maine sustained damage totalling about $40,000.court to toss out Case Salem Ore. A the Oregon supreme court intends to dismiss a disciplinary Case against a judge accused of deciding cases by Coin flips because the judge soon will leave office. The state commission on judicial fitness and disability last month recommended that Ralph Currin a District court judge be suspended without pay for six months. The panel heard testimony from police officers and motorists that Currin used Coin flips to decide several traffic cases. He has denied the allegations. Currin is 75, the mandatory retirement age for judges under state Law and is required to retire by dec. 31.killer s hearing denied san Francisco a a Federal appeals court has denied a new hearing for condemned murderer Robert Alton Harris who could become the first person executed in California since 1967. Harris still can Appeal to the . Supreme court although it has rejected his appeals three times before. Harris also could seek clemency from gov. Pete Wilson who is a death penalty supporter. The 9th . Circuit court of appeals which had turned Down Harris twice before declined on Friday to Send the Case to an 11-judge panel to consider arguments that Harris had brain damage and mental disorders undiscovered during his trial. He was convicted of the 1978 murders of two san Diego  thief sentenced Pittsburgh a a Man who used a stolen front end loader to steal an automatic Teller machine was sentenced on Friday to 26 months in prison. James h. A a junkyard Anthony 31, of Fawn township had pleaded guilty to a Federal charge of Bank burglary for his role in the May 21 crime in Buffalo township outside Pittsburgh. Anthony admitted that he and an accomplice stole the loader. He drove it to first Seneca Bank and rammed the atm a Brick housing. After demolishing that he scooped the machine itself into a borrowed truck and fled. The pair used a cutting Torch to open the atm burning much of the $16,665 inside. The Fri traced the truck several Days later and arrested the pair. Wayne p. Walker jr., 32, of Fawn also pleaded guilty and faces sentencing in  pick up scent Cincinnati a police officials believe they be sniffed out a suspect in the Case of the perfume pistol packing Bandit. Ivery j. Johnson 28, of Cincinnati was arrested for allegedly using an Avon perfume bottle shaped like a pistol to Rob three Cincinnati restaurants. He was charged with aggravated robbery robbery and kidnapping. Police said Johnson got $40 from his first robbery. He had less Success at two other restaurants where employees resisted. Johnson then allegedly hijacked a passing car and forced the Driver to take him to another part of the City. He was arrested when officers spotted him walking by police Headquarters