European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse At a ounce air Force staff sgt James Douglas Pou faked his death in 1987 and started a new life in California. On monday his second life came to an end in a March fab courtroom under the watch til eyes of representatives of seven television production companies seeking to buy his Story. See Story on Page 4. Pow Hunt broadening the search for soldiers still listed As missing from the Vietnam War is being expanded to Czechoslovakia and other Eastern european countries. A Page 4 . Judge keeps Job a new York state judge charged with harassing his sex Lover remains head of the states judicial system. A Page 5gulf timing praised Gen. Sir Peter de la Billie re commander of British forces during operation desert storm says the Allied coalition would have collapsed if the persian Gulf War had not ended when it did. A Page 8cost of care to Rise civilian employees can expect further increases in health care charges at military hospitals Over the next years. A Page 9record Fine paid Tel Edyne industries inc. Has paid a record $17.5 million Fine for faking tests on electrical switches used in Many . Weapons. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers 19 comics.19-21 commentary.13 crossword.19 faces a re places 22 letters.12 Money matters .17-18 sports.23-28 to listings .27 weather .11 Navy turns Back Gay Sailor in Defiance of court order san Jose Calif. A the Navy on monday refused to give a homosexual Sailor his Job Back despite a court order against the military a ban on Gays. A the Day i had hoped for apparently has not arrived a Keith Meinhold said outside the Gates of Nas Moffett Field. A i will never Back Down until the policy is changed. I will fight this to the Meinhold 30, is a Petty officer who trained radar crewmen aboard p-3 submarine Hunters. A 12-year Navy Veteran he was Given an honorable discharge in August after telling a television news program that he is Gay. After he was discharged Meinhold filed a lawsuit seeking reinstatement arguing that the Navy violated his constitutional rights by discharging him because he is Gay. On Friday . District judge Terry j. Hatter or. In los Angeles issued a temporary order reinstating Meinhold to his former rank. But when Meinhold showed up at Moffett on monday All he was Given was a letter referring him to the office of naval personnel in Washington. The Navy said in a statement a emr. Main hold a current status remains unchanged pending evaluation of possible responses to the judges Moffett spokesman John Shackleton said officials at the base Are not authorized to reinstate Meinhold. Meinhold who has been working As a computer Salesman in Palo Alto wore a civilian coat and tie As he walked onto the base. He said he had hoped to walk out dressed in the Navy uniform taken from him when he was discharged. A it is unfortunate that Washington thinks it can still disregard the orders of a Federal judge a he said. John Mcguire one of Meinholdt a lawyers said he and his client Hope president elect Clinton will fulfil his Campaign Promise to Issue an executive order ending the ban on homosexuals in the military. A there arc thousands of Gay men and lesbians serving in the military right now. It la finally lift that Cloud a Mcguire said. Meinhold said he Hopes his Case will encourage Clinton to Issue the directive As soon As he takes office. A i want my Job Back a he from Page 1 its chairman civil rights Leader Vernon e. Jordan will Convene in Little Rock next week. The spokesman also suggested that the president elect who has had no formal conversations with the press since winning office is Likely to hold his first news conference sometime this week. Earlier in the Day after a morning jog and workout at the Myca Clinton met with Arkansas it. Gov. Jim Guy Tucker and mapped out a schedule for the governors resignation. A we still have a things we need to get a handle on a said Tucker declining to announce any Date for the Transfer of Power. Last week a court in Little Rock ruled that Tucker would take Over the remaining two years of Clinton a governorship. But the ruling is expected to be appealed by democratic state attorney general Winston Bryant who wants to be governor and by the state Republican party. The president elect also spent part of the morning returning Calls to German Chancellor Helmut Kohl israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and South african president . De Klerk All of whom had phoned to congratulate him on his win and express a desire to meet with him from Page 1 a act spokesman James d. Williams said. Hayes asked several army equal Opportunity advisers for written statistics about the number and types of complaints they had received. A if you Are concerned about doing a Good Job in eviscerating vestiges of discrimination you will want to make sure that record keeping is in place a he said later. Some people addressing the panel raised problems that seemed to Stem from sexual discrimination abuse of military police authority or personality conflicts instead of racial Bias. Others spoke of incidents in which suf or visors racial prejudice was the Only actor contributing to on the Job friction. No supervisors were present to answer the allegations but the hearings were not designed for that. Panel members consistently tried to determine How much the speakers had tried to use the equal Opportunity system and whether it had functioned As it was supposed to. The equal Opportunity advisers told the panel that soldiers and commanders receive to training that they try to protect people from reprisals and that they follow up on complaints to see if the problem lingers or creates new difficulties. But programs sometimes Lack commanders guidance one adviser said. An a act meetings announced for German italian Sites the National association for the advancement of coloured people is holding meetings in military communities in Germany and Italy. Times and locations of Public hearings in Germany Are a today Stuttgart Panzer Community club 2 to 5 . And 6 30 to 9 30 . A thursday Ramstein a recreation Center 1 30 to 5 . And 7 to 10 . A Friday Frankfurt Terrace club 1 30 to 5 . And 7 to 10 . Informal sessions Are planned in Italy to allow people to air their concerns. However no hearings of the full panel Are scheduled. The forum schedule is a sunday Aviano location to be announced 4 to 7 . A monday Vicenza officers and civilians club 5 30 to 7 30 . Other complained that his service As an adviser had hampered his chances for promotion. Others who addressed the panel said harassed Blacks Are reluctant to use the to system because they think it wont work or they fear reprisals. A shortage of to advisers Lack of response to complaints and a failure to require thorough training for commanders undermine the systems effectiveness said 2nd it. Gloria Davis of the 649th engr in. Blacks from her unit have been discharged involuntarily from the army without mandatory initial counselling Davis said. One pregnant Black Soldier was forced to participate in a Field exercise while a pregnant White Soldier was allowed to remain in the Garrison she said. Many Blacks suffer such treatment silently because they fear that speaking out would cripple their careers Davis said. Staff sgt Marilynn a. Jones of he co 1st personnel come said Many of her Black colleagues also have suffered from on the Job prejudice but they do not fight Back. She filed a still pending to complaint in july she said and since then key witnesses in her Case have moved Back to the United states a a there a no Faith in the system a Jones said adding that when soldiers heard How Long some to investigations take that creates the attitude that it does no to Schwabish Hall Germany a amps a a memorial service will be held at 2 . Friday in Schwabish Hall for Katherine a a Butch Richardson 66, who died saturday in san Antonio. The service will be held in the Dolan canucks Chapel in Schwabish Hall. Richardson who died of kidney failure after a Brief illness was a civilian Quality ammunition worker Assurance specialist in ammunition surveillance. She had worked in the Field for More than 45 years. At the time of her death she was on leave while in route to an assignment at the . Army defense ammunition Center and school in Savanna 111. She had been with the 101st Ord in As chief of the surveillance division in Schwabish Hall for three years. The Colorado a had been stationed in Korea Vietn Grenada and the persian Gulf Rej during the conflicts in each place. Richardson is survived by two Dat ters Sandy Richardson of Australia Jong Hee Andrean of san Antonio two grandchildren Charles and made Andrean of san Antonio
