European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Say urday May 39 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 5lesbian colonel discharged from guard he u Cartel or re Seattle apr a decorated Vietnam voter to and National guard a. Tad pm Ursa. Military career b Over because he is a Lobou though guard officials want to keep her. The discharge makes col. Margarethe Quot Gres me Meyer one of the highest ranking soldiers moved from the because of homosexuality. Aid it. Col. Doug Hart a Pentagon spokesman. In a private meeting thursday with maj. Gen. Gregory p. Barlow the Washington National guard commander. Kammermeyer was Given orders that she be honorable discharged Quot from the guard and army Reserve on june 11, said guard spokesman it. Col. Joe Jimenez. Earlier thursday Kammermeyer said a i May not be Able to serve my country in uniform but maybe i can a c by Quot Tam inc up Mio my gov. Booth Gardner and my rarer Ltd Quot Onul Dele Cut son h of written to he in d a s. Dick Chenev to prote to us Don Quot i did the w w us her tonal guard of Beian a me Meyer. 5g the guard v Chi Quot our sentiment is that we would p re Ter n As a member of the National guard a we skills and Talent and Jimenez said. Barlow praised Cammer Myers work but told the Mornine news Tribune of Tacoma on wednesday that he mus carry out defense department policy. A does that make it easy for me to look the woman in the eve and announce that no. It does t. He said. A Federal recognition Board convened in july rec a mme tided that Kammermeyer be honorable Dis a d the Board said its recommendations could be if the Pentagon changes its policy barring Gmo a Mac from the military. At thus Point nothing less than intervention by or president Bush could save her military career Kammermeyer said. Kammermeyer said that she is ready for the Legal Battle and that her four sons a Ages 14 to 23 a stand behind her. Quot there Are a few times in our lives when we can stand up for what we believe Quot said Kammermeyer a clinical nurse specialist in neurosciences at the american medical Lake veterans Hospital. Camm Crever was married for la Vears. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago May 30, 1982 a British marines drove to within 25 Miles of Stanley for what Argentina admitted would be the Quot decisive Falkland islands Battle. Defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger affirmed that the United states would not become operationally involved in the conflict. 20 years ago May 30, 1972 a president Nixon and communist party chief Leonid i. Brezhnev signed a statement of Long Range principles agreeing to avoid military confrontations and envisioning eventual total world disarmament. 30 years ago May 30, 1962 a Israel s supreme court rejected Adolf Eichmann s Appeal against the death sentence in a Stern judgment upholding the former is colonels conviction for his role in the nazi massacre of the jews. 40 years ago May 30, 1952 a Willie Mays the sensational Rookie outfielder of the new York giants played his Farewell game before joining the armed forces. Mays had no idea which Branch of the service into which he would be inducted. 50 years ago May 30, 1942 British and . Military officials met in London. Although officials said they discussed armament there was speculation that the talks concerned opening a second front in Europe and possibly an invasion of the continent. Worl let War ii50 years ago today 30 may1 9 4 2 ,1 , i twin uni Simul govits up Ali ii i a i h fill Pliny i ii in i in i i Lii ii k 1111 11 in a a. Ill i i .1 Uli i m it i i t it 1 t i 1,11 f i i i i a i ii i i la i i ill ,11 a i a j a iia governor Given Kennedy award for courage to Levy income taxes Boston la Connecticut gov. Lowell Weicker was honoured with the John f. Kennedy a profile in courage award thursday for pushing through his states first income tax despite a deafening Public clamor against the idea. Weicker 61, who served three terms in the Senate As a Liberal Republican and ran successfully As an Independent candidate for governor in 1990, accepted the award on behalf of Connecticut men and women a who preferred truth with its aftermath of anger to the personal Comfort of false a Mthr makes the rough and Tumble of Public service he said. A for the scientist the moment is the Nobel or the Lasker for the journalist the pulitzer the actor the Oscar. For those in government it is the _ a month after he was sworn into office last year Weicker proposed a personal person >3 Milli income tax to offset a record s963 million deficit. Connecticut was one of 10 states without an income tax and had a Long history of resisting one. After unveiling the tax proposal Weicker stubbornly marshalled it through the state legislature and endured six months of Public outrage including Large demonstrations in which he was hanged in effigy. A handful of Connecticut income tax opponents was on hand As Weicker went to the John f. Kennedy Library on Boston Harbor to receive his a profile in courage award. A a they re giving him this award because they said he was courageous a said a1 Phillips Quot of Glastonbury. Conn., a member of citizens for repeal of the state income tax. Quot we feel he was anything but. We feel he is a stubborn Bull headed despite the Small protest the award ceremony was a Triumph for Weicker who received a 1t11 any Silver lantern and $25,000 stipend. In accepting he lamented that a a politicians has become the a must despised woul in today s lexicon Quot i u ant to set to v on no a Mei leans that in members of the Kennedy family watch Connecticut gov. Lowell a Cockcr receive the 1992 John f. Kennedy a profile in courage award. From left arc the slain presidents brother sen. Edward m. Kennedy a mass. Widow Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and the late presidents two children John or. And Caroline Schlos Sherg. Terms of volume of Opportunity there a no better profession in the world a Weicker said. A a it a the business of our democracy if Only enough people will do t he award was presented by Kennedy s widow Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis his two children John or. And Caroline Schlos Sherg and his Only surviving brother sen. Edward m. Kennedy a mass. 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