European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday october 31, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 9go if course in Furth will reopen today Furth Germany Monteith Golf course will reopen completely today a including the pro shop and dining area a As auditors continue looking into its finances said Sandra Boyce director of the Community a morale welfare and recreation division. The course was closed oct. 16 on orders from it. Col. Kenneth Pankey commander of the 416th base support in after an audit found problems regarding the financial accountability of tournaments at the course Boyce said. The Golf course manager Brian Peroutka and another employee were fired a week later. Both plan to Appeal. Boyce said last week that a a few thousand dollars could be missing from tournament funds. On Friday she said an examination of membership records found that another 2,000 Marks about $1,300, was missing. Members who visit the course and show membership cards Are being asked when they joined and who took their Money Boyce said. If there is no record of membership that will be reported to the forces unfazed by homosexual ruling . Worker Dies while helping clean Barracks Stuttgart Germany a a worker with the . European come logistics and Security assistance directorate collapsed and died thursday morning while helping clean Patch Barracks military officials said Friday. Christen a. Christensen jr., 53, was doing Volunteer work in the Patch Barracks autumn clean up Campaign when he collapsed. He was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician. The cause of death has not been determined. Christensen a retired army lieutenant colonel was a longtime resident of Lewiston Idaho. A memorial service will be held at 1 30 . Tuesday at the Patch Barracks theater followed by a reception at the Patch no club. Christensen is survived by his wife Lee Christensen a son Michael a daughter Lori a Stepson David Stock and stepdaughters Dena Dahl and Diana Merkel. By Joseph Owen Heidelberg Bureau Lahr Germany a canadians with the military in Europe appear quietly resigned to the news that the Canadian forces have dropped All restrictions against homosexuals in their ranks. But the decision prompted by a Federal court ruling tuesday that the military a anti homosexual policies violated the Canadian charter of rights and freedoms still leaves a Trail of unanswered questions. For example forces officials have not yet said whether homosexual couples Are entitled to rights and benefits now accorded to common Law marriages in which couples have lived together for More than a year. They also have not said whether the military plans to reinforce the latest policy decision by re indoctrinating troops or redefining behavioural standards. A we Are awaiting a new instruction on what a inappropriate sexual conduct in the forces will be a said army it. Col. Ralph Coleman chief spokesman for Canadian forces Europe. The policy change caused some Lively conversation but no apparent outrage among other canadians said. A it wont be Well received by the combat forces a one army sergeant assigned to 4 Canadian Mech brigade said but he added a a it a always been known that we had homosexuals in the the sergeant who refused to give his name predicted that commanders will have More trouble getting troops to accept this decision than a human rights commission order that opened All Job Fields to women a few years ago. Commanders also will have a hard time being objective when they write performance evaluations for admitted homosexuals he said. Even so the court ruling and the military a decision to abide by it was not a Surprise the sergeant said. A everybody has got to change one Day. Now its our turn to change he said. Gordon r. Strands director of military family support services in Lahr agreed. A a it a been an item of discussion in the Media and in conversational circles for a decade now. Its not like it dropped out of the Blue on people a he said adding that one forces member suggested to him it would be More difficult for the Navy to accommodate a vegetarian than a homosexual. The decision May require a redefinition of what a family unit is and a revision of dress and hair codes but it is accepted generally said strands whose Case workers often have to Deal with conflicts in military families. A a there a far More commotion about sexual harassment in the military than there is about homosexuality a said Janis l. Dobson the family support services administrator. A 1 Canadian air div Captain said acceptance of the decision will vary among service branches. A a it a not As much of a problem in the air Force As i see it a said the Captain who also would not identify himself. A a it a More of a problem in the Navy and the army. I think some of the problems will be controlling the heterosexual men who will have to live in close quarters for a Long period of canadians in Europe have been far too preoccupied with troop draw Downs Job insecurity the recent National constitutional referendum and peacekeeping missions to former Yugoslavia to concern themselves with the Gays a uniform Issue Community librarian Tia Halstad said. Her staff usually hears a lot of Patron reaction to current events she said but this time they Haven to had much to say. A i expected a negative reaction and in a surprised that there in to she said. A but in a pleased that there Isnit. Its Here Are the moves thursday in game 26 of the chess match Between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky. Benoni defense Spassky White Fischer Black 1. D4 nf6 2. C4c5 3. D5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. E4 bg7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. Nf3 bg4 8. H3 bxf3 9. Qxf3 nbd7 10. Qd1 e6 11. 0-0 exd5 12. Exd5 ne8 13. Bd2 ne5 14. Be2 f5 15. F4 nf7 16. G4 nh6 17. Kg2 nc7 18. G5 nf7 19. Rb1 re8 20. Bd3 rb8 21.h4 a6 22. Qc2 b5 23. B3 rb7 24. Rbe1 rxe1 25. Rxe1 qb8 26. Bc1 qd8 27. Ne2 bxc4 28. Bxc4 ne8 29. H5 re7 30. H6 bh8 31. Bd2 rb7 32. Rb1 qb8 33. Ng3 rxb1 34. Qxb1 qxb1 35. Bxb1 bb2 36. Kf3 kf8 37. Ke2 38. Kd1 39. Kc2 40. Kb3 41. Nh1 42. Ka4 43. Ka5 44. Kb6 45. Bc2 46. Ba4 47. Bd7 48. Bc3 nh8 ke7 bd4 bf2 bh4 nc7 kd7 kc8 nf7 kb8 nd8 na8 final positions White kb3, bd8, nh1, pawns on a2, c4, d5, f4, g5, h6. Black kc8, bh4, nc7, pawns on c5, d6, f5, g6. 49. Kxa6 nc7 50. Kb6 na8 51. Ka5 Kab 7 52. Kb5 nc7 53. Ka4 na8 54. Kb3 kc7 55. Be8 kc8 56. Bf6 nc7 57. Bxg6 hxg6 58. Bxd8 Black resigns Baltic states assail Russia for halting troop pullouts amps Spassky wins Narrows Gap to 9-5 Belgrade Yugoslavia apr staving off match defeat for at least one More game Boris Spassky beat his old Nemesis Bobby Fischer on thursday slowly trapping Fischer until he was forced to resign after Spassky a 58th move. A win could have clinched the $5 million chess rematch for Fischer. By winning the 26th game Spassky narrowed the americans Lead to 9-5. The first player to win 10 games takes the match and the $3.35 million top prize. The runner up gets the remainder. Ties do not count under rematch rules. The next game will be played today. Spassky 55, won thursday by forcing Fischer into a very cramped position with no room to Man Euver. Playing $ slow but methodical game Spassky gradually increased his advantage Over Fischer. After thursdays game Spassky said he had a a clearly better position on the Board after the 30th move. But several experts said he gave away an Early Victor it after the 41st move. Fischer 49, said he a should have sealed the Queen Side at some Point but agreed Spassky had a a slight Edge in the crucial phase of the game at Belgrade a Sava Center. After beginning several games with e4, Spassky playing White opened thursdays game with d4. Fischer repeated the Benoni defense which brought him Success in game 16. Spassky a 12th move exd5, led to a symmetrical position More characteristic of the Kings Indian defense. After 46 moves the consensus among expert observers was that Spassky would win. Moscow Apall three Baltic states on Friday accused Russia of violating International agreements by halting its troop withdrawal from their countries. Russian president Boris n. Yeltsin issued an order suspending the withdrawal thursday. Yeltsin said the order was linked to his a deep concerns about the rights of the russian speaking minorities in Latvia Lithuania and Estonia. Estonian president Lennart Meri said Yeltsin a decree violates the 1992 Helsinki final act which Calls for the immediate and orderly withdrawal of foreign forces from the Baltic states. The decree a contradicts the obligations Russia has taken in regard to Estonia Latvia and Lithuania a Meri told the associated press in a phone interview from the estonian capital of Tallinn. Meri said he would Call on foreign ministers in the conference on Security and cooperation in Europe to discuss the matter at their meeting in Stockholm in december. Russia had agreed to remove All 150,000 former soviet troops from the Baltic by the end of 1994. Russia took control of the troops following the collapse of the soviet Union at the end of 1991. All three countries have demanded a faster timetable. Russia says it has a shortage of housing for the returning soldiers. It also must build new Homes for former soviet forces being pulled out of Eastern Europe. Yeltsin a decree says the troop withdrawal will not resume until agreements Are signed with each of the Baltic guaranteeing a social Protection for soldiers officers and their families. A social Protection usually refers to housing pension and other living conditions. But Yeltsin a statement linking the troop withdrawal to human rights suggests he is looking for broader guarantees for All russian speakers in the Baltic. He said economic agreements would not be signed with the Baltic countries until these other issues were resolved. All three countries speculated that Yeltsin was trying to appease russian nationalists at Home. Hard liners pro communists and Ultra nationalists have attacked Yeltsin a economic reforms and accused him of neglecting ethnic russians living in other former soviet republics. They have vowed to curb Yeltsin a reforms and Force the government to resign when a new session of parliament begins dec. 1. The soviet army occupied the Baltic in 1940, following a secret pact Between the soviet and German foreign ministers dividing Europe into spheres of influence. Russian officials on thursday displayed what they said was the original secret pact. The soviet government acknowledged the pacts existence in the late 1980s, but claimed the actual document could not be found. Yeltsin a military adviser Gen. Dmitri a. To Logonov said the pact was found in the communist party Archive during a routine search russian Media reported. The Baltic nations gained their Independence from the soviet Union following the failed August 1991 coup
