European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february 12, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 15navy harassment termed dangerous retired officer cites details from 8 cases in thesis san Diego apr a retired Navy officer asserts in her doctoral thesis that sexual harassment is widespread in the Navy but Many women Are fearful of reporting it. Retired cmdr. Kay Krohner a study included a detailed review of eight sexual harassment cases that resulted in formal complaints hearings and punishment the los Angeles times reported sunday. A the harassment suffered by the eight women in this report is the tip of a very Large iceberg posing a dangerous threat to the . Armed forces a wrote Krohne who retired in 1989 and lives in suburban san Diego. The 250-Page dissertation is believed to be the first in depth study of the effects of sexual harassment on female naval officers. It earned her a doctorate in december from the University of san Diego a College of education. Navy officials said that they were not surprised by Krohner a findings which parallel a 1990 defense de eastment report that found 64 percent of women in the . Military had been sexually harassed. A one of our recent Navy surveys showed that 75 percent of the women and 50 percent of the men said sexual harassment was a problem a said capt. Martha Whitehead special assistant for women a policy to the chief of naval personnel in Washington. A a it a a very High level concern in the  Krohne said she was subjected to harassment Early in her 21-year Navy career but transferred away from the Captain who pressured her for sex and never looked Back until she began her research. Forty of the 61 female officers Krohne interviewed Between 1988 and 1990 said they had been sexually harassed. Most of the incidents involved off color jokes sexual remarks and unsolicited physical Contact. Krohne also found that reprisals of various forms Are commonly taken against women who report sexual harassment. More than half the women who told her they had been harassed said they did no to report it for reasons including fear of reprisal and Lack of Confidence in the system. A male naval officers do not View sexual harassment and discrimination As seriously As they do racism a Krohne said. Some victims went to great lengths to Stop or discourage the harassment. One of them told Krohne that she intentionally gained weight to look less attractive while another said she stopped wearing makeup and began wearing uniforms that were two sizes too big to discourage unwanted sexual advances. 75 percent of letters to Anita Hill Tell stories of sexual harassment new York up fifteen percent of the letters received by Anita Hill in the months after the confirmation hearings for supreme court Justice Clarence Thomas reveal personal accounts of sexual harassment Glamour Magazine reported monday. Of the 24,377 letters telegrams and other messages sent to Hill up until dec. 9, 4,449 letters were opened and sorted and 15 percent of them contained personal references to sexual harassment on the Job the Magazine said. Glamour editor Susan Sedman who reviewed the letters said about 98 percent expressed support for Hill a Law professor at the University of Oklahoma Law school. Hill caused a storm of Public attention to be focused on Thomas confirmation hearings by accusing him of sexually harassing her on the Job. Sedman was assigned to help Hill after last november a ceremony honouring her As one of Glamour a 10 women of the year. Of the 15 percent who wrote of harassment a Many were older women who had experienced harassment during the depression or when their husbands were serving in world War ii a Sedman said. A they wrote of feeling they had to put up with almost anything from their Bosses to keep their family  younger women cited similar circumstances a when they found themselves newly  some men wrote about a a daughters experience others As witnesses to sexual harassment at their  a they wrote in As Whites who identified with her As parents who after watching her testimony thought of her As a daughter a Sedman said. A Over and Over they wrote a thank you for speaking  a conservative lawmakers Hurt aids fight Bush s doctor says new York a president Bush a personal physician accused conservative lawmakers sen. Jesse a. Helms and rep. William e. Dannemeyer of hindering the fight against aids a newspaper reported monday. Dannemeyer r-calif., a takes a very subjective and prejudicial attitude toward aids or. Burton Lee told the new York Post. Lee blamed legislators with a very ignorant views for blocking programs that could slow the spread of aids the Post said. When pressed to specify he named Dannemeyer and Helms . In Washington White House press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said Lee was speaking for himself. A we  comment on specific members of Congress a Fitzwater said. A we do share the doctors concerns about aids research and aggressive aids medical programs to fight that disease. Or. Lee was a member of the aids commission. He feels very strongly about  the White House physician criticized Dannemeyer and Helms for blocking funding for safer sex education and for a research project on sexual behaviour. A we do need More research on sexual matters for crying out loud a Lee told the newspaper. Lee was formerly at Manhattan a Sloan Kettering memorial cancer  Gandhi Britain a Prince Charles and Princess Diana Lay a Wreath at a memorial to Mohandas k. Gandhi in new Delhi India on monday. The hindu spiritual Leader called Mahatma was a major figure in India s struggle for Independence. He was assassinated in 1948. The Royal couple started a six Day visit to the former British  held after parachuting from Tampa building Tampa Fla. Up a two sky divers were jailed monday after a daring Parachute jump from the top of the a amps Bank Plaza building. Roy James Stevens said he and a buddy were just a stealing altitudes sunday when they leaped from the building Only to be greeted at the Bottom by a police officer. Stevens a self employed sky diving instructor said the jump from the downtown Tampa skyscraper was just like the revious eight times he had parachuted rom one of the City a High rises. A ooh Man what an adrenaline Rush a Stevens said As he was led away in hand cuffs. A we like stealing Altitude. Is that a crime a Stevens 30, and Jack James Burke 24, were arrested after touching Down in a parking lot on the Hillsborough River North of the Brorein Street Bridge. They were charged with trespassing on a construction site. Officer Joe Caravella who was working extra duty As a night watchman at the 42-Story a amps Bank Plaza said he heard fabric canopies pop open High above downtown Tampa and he drove to the parking lot moments before the parachutes drifted to the ground