European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes tuesday february 11, 1992 at a glance Stephanie Jones climbs out of a m1a1 Abrams tank during a morning of Quot follow the  Jones was one of is Mannheim Germany High school students who were paired with Community leaders for a firsthand look at How leaders Lead. See Story on Page 9. Haitians beaten . Says haitian refugees have told . Officials that they were beaten or abused after returning to their Homeland. A Page 4 Miyazawa under pressure opposition parties in Japan threatened to press their advantage and oust prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa after a candidate from his governing Liberal democratic party was soundly Defeated in a by election. A Page 8 Hospital considers layoffs civilian employees at the Augsburg army Hospital in Germany were told that the Hospital is examining the possibility of layoffs. A Page 9 open wants production Cut the president of open said he would press for a significant Cut in Oil production to prop up sagging prices which have dropped by 20 percent since november. Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers .20 action line. .16 comics. 18-20 commentary. .13 faces no places .10 letters. .12 Money matters a .17 sports. 21-28 to listings. .27 weather. .11 correction because of an editing error . Sen. Trent Lott r-miss., was incorrectly identified sunday in a list of House of representative members. Firm knew in 71 of problems with breast implants files show Washington a Dow Corning knew More than 20 years ago that its silicone gel breast implants could leak and that the fluid could cause medical problems according to company documents released monday. The breast implants which have been voluntarily withdrawn from the Market while the government determines whether they Are Safe have been the subject of lawsuits and allegations that the company knew they were unsafe. At the demand of the food and drug administration Dow Corning on monday released a phone Book thick stack of internal documents outlining what and when the company knew about problems with its implants. One company memo dated March 9, 1971, told of a new Orleans patient who experienced irritation in her breast about four months after receiving an implant following a Mastectomy. On two occasions the doctor treating her prescribed penicillin for what he diagnosed As an infection. The irritation went away and then came Back. After the third occurrence the doctor found a the irritation had lacerated and the fluid was oozing from the wound a the company memo said. The doctor then removed the implant and found it a was partially empty of gel and what gel was there was extremely fluid and oozed out of the prosthesis and the surrounding tissue a the memo said. The memo said that the doctor was afraid of being sued for malpractice and added that he had done at least a dozen similar operations without a problem. The company acknowledged that silicone gel in the body causes problems. A testing completed to Date shows that do not indicate any association Between these silicone materials and cancer or diseases of the immune  the documents made Public were to have been released Jan. 27. Dow Corning however delayed the release saying it wanted to add background. A a we be been using that time to put them in some context that is meaningful because its so unusual for documents that Are not valid scientific evidence to be part of this process a Barbara s. Carmichael a company vice president said in a statement last week. Hope from Page 1 european Council president Joao de Deus Pinheiro the portuguese foreign minister. The United states so far has committed $5 billion in food and medical Aid to the former soviet Union. Baker was asked saturday if russian president Boris n. Yeltsin were attempting a kind of blackmail when he predicted a revolt unless More Aid were received. A i done to think so. That a certainly not the Way we interpret it a Baker told can. A a he a making the Point. That we spent trillions and trillions of dollars to win the cold War and we therefore ought to be willing to invest something far far less than that in winning the  at the Frankfurt press conference Baker again touched on the United states willingness to invest in peace. A operation provide Hope is not Charity. Above All it is an investment in Security a the West a Security and global Security and stability for decades to come a he said. The United states was one of 54 nations that agreed last month at the coordinating conference on assistance to the newly Independent states to help the Cis overcome a severe food shortage. After the operation provide Hope ceremony which was hampered by intermit tent rain and Hail Baker was due to travel to the Cis. Five of the american flights departed from Rhein main a on monday the other seven departed from Ankara a and in Ciurlik a m Turkey. Those 12 flights were destined for the cities of Alma Ata Bishkek Tashkent Dushanbe Ashkhabad Baku Minsk Kiev Kishinev Yerevan St. Petersburg and Moscow Petrakovic said. The spokesman could not confirm How Many flights were scheduled to leave today. Over the next two weeks at least 54 flights will carry a total of 2,250 tons of food and medical supplies to 22 cities in the Cis. Panel from Page 1 army a leadership insights into How the programs can be improved and  the statement also promised that the army will take Steps to further Analyse the a a underlying cause of some of the specific  the consultants most of whom have experience with the military were a Arthur e. Thomas president of Central state University in Wilberforce Ohio. A h. Minton Francis special assistant to the president of Howard University in Washington. A Jerry Newman vice chairman and chief operating officer for slim fast foods in new York. A Julius Becton a retired lieutenant general and president of Prairie View a amp a University in Prairie View Texas. A Myma h. Williamson of Alexandria va., a motivational speaker and retired brigadier general. A Ernest e. Garcia vice president of the Washington based source i co. And a former assistant Secretary of defense for legislative affairs. During their visit to Germany the consultants talked to soldiers civilian employees family members and commanders at All Levels the army statement said. Many soldiers in Europe however complained about a Lack of Access to the consultants who travelled with undisclosed itineraries. Panellist Garcia said monday in a Telephone interview that he found the programs to be Good but requiring continued attention. A the system that is in place has a lot of Merit a he said. A in some places it works quite Well and in some places not so  Garcia a Marine corps reservist who served in the persian Gulf said he found the army Secretary and usage  a commander Gen. Crosbie e. Saint totally committed to equal treatment for everyone. A i Hope this trip sent a Clear signal to those who would otherwise choose to ignore what the army a senior leadership is saying on this Issue a he said. A but More training is needed. Some people never get the  Garcia went on to say a i did see some problems at the mid Levels a people who did no to really know what equal Opportunity was about and How to achieve  some specifics from the reports Are expected to appear in a defense department report on equal Opportunity programs due later this year. According to Pentagon officials the report will Combine assessments the individual services have made on their status in the civil rights  from Page 1 gency room at about 11 . Sunday Marvin said. Haley had been scheduled to speak at a banquet tuesday at the naval submarine base in Bangor Wash. He won the 1977 pulitzer prize for roots a mix of painstakingly researched fact and imagined fictional Quot detail tracing his ancestors Back to the Village in Gambia West Africa where they originated. The 12-hour miniseries adapted from the Book Drew 130 million viewers then the largest audience in television history. A it was the Story of our people. It was the Story of How we came from Africa a said Benjamin Hooks executive director of the National association for the advancement of coloured people. A the facts about the extended family he grew up in and that most Black families grow up in is so  for the last five years Haley travelled around the county telling stories of afro american heritage at Black family reunion celebrations. Haley was born in Ithaca n.y., and grew up in the West Tennessee town of Henning. He said he was inspired to become a writer by the Story telling of his older relatives. His grandmothers and great aunts storytelling led Haley to devote 12 years meticulously tracing his mothers Side of the family Back six generations. Haleys warm hearted and Rich descriptions of his ancestors lives set off a wave of interest in genealogy that lasted Long after the Book faded from the bestseller lists. Haley enlisted in the coast guard in 1939 As a mess boy and served for 20 years in the military before starting a Magazine writing career. His first Book the autobiography of Malcolm a sprang out of a series of Playboy interviews Haley conducted with the civil rights Leader. Haleys first Book after roots was a Novella a different kind of Christmas which told the tale of Fletcher Randau a wealthy Southern Plantation owner who undergoes a moral conversion and joins the underground Railroad to help free a group of slaves