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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday november 14,1992 the stars and stripes b Page 3civilian control urged for to system by de Reavis staff writer Frankfurt Germany a More than a dozen people levelled charges of racial Bias and discrimination against the . Military cafes and the military a overseas schools in Europe on Friday during the last Day of hearings by an n Acap fact finding panel. The recurring theme by complainants was that equal Opportunity programs should be put in the hands of civilians outside the military Chain of command and that the process to resolve grievances should be seeded up. The five member panel from the National association for the advancement of coloured people is in Europe to determine whether the equal Opportunity system works. But As at other meetings this week several people cited specific problems. The complaints came from nearby Hanau and Worms but also from a Netherlands civilian who said she was fired from her Job because of racism. The chaplains office in Worms came under fire when Elaine Redman spoke on behalf of her a gospel services congregation. She said the command is systematically closing Down such religious services which arc predominantly frequented by Blacks. From Frankfurt staff sgt. Frederic Davis said he was forced into psychiatric care because he insisted on filing an equal Opportunity complaint. Col. Elton r. Shauf director of the inspector general regional office in Europe told the panel he did no to agree that there was widespread discrimination in the military in Europe. A but judging from what in be heard and read i do agree that there is racism a Shauf said. American attorney Robert Fiore who often represents military members and civilians in Europe in discrimination or harassment complaints against the government told the panel the two greatest fears on the part of soldiers and civilians were fear of reprisals and fear of being branded a complainer or troublemaker. Fiore said the Only time the military or the government takes immediate and visible action is in sexual harassment suits. Quot that a because of All the publicity in the Tail Hook scandal a he said. A people done to dare not take action in sexual harassment cases because they know their Job will probably be on the line if they  panel members said they Are collecting information for a report to the department of defense which also will contain a act recommendations on improving the to system. A session scheduled for late Friday evening was to be the last in Germany. Some panel members will hold an _ t. Is cd parties can Calll it Unity officials for the location. Informal meeting at 4 . Sunday in Aviano Italy. Interested parties can Call local equal employment oppor a meeting also is set for 5 30 . Monday at the Vicenza Chapel in Vicenza  unit in Croatia sets up Hospital for . Zagreb Croatia apr a tent City was rising Friday at Zagreb a Airport rapidly transforming the freezing Tarmac into a . Army Hospital that is americans first major contribution to the . Peacekeeping Force. Doctors nurses and technicians from the army a 212th Mobile army surgical Hospital Mash have been putting up tents and containers getting ready to Start sunday on treating . Troops deployed in the former Yugoslavia. The first contingent of the 400-Membcr medical staff arrived tuesday from bases in Germany As the first major . Operation within the . Protection Force. The Mash task Force commander col. Gregg Stevens said its Mission is to provide a full Range of health care for the 22,000 . Troops that will be deployed in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina by mid december. It is one of the biggest . Peacekeeping operations in history. A there is a Large group of people that will need medical care so the Hospital is an essential part of such a Large Mission a said . Spokeswoman Shannon Boyd. A a we re very Happy they re  the . Had been putting a Strain on croatian civilian medical facilities occupying about 40 Hospital Beds and consulting local doctors one added. Since . Soldiers were sent to the former Yugoslavia in april 20 of them have been killed and another 273 have been wounded. A sgt. Lisa Hart Field 30, from Texas a member of the army a 212th Mobile army surgical Hospital prepares Beds in a tent at Zagreb Airport Friday As part of her unit s Mission to treat . Peacekeeping forces. A fall of us Are excited a Stevens said mane vering through containers and half raised tents shouting through the noise of pneumatic drills screwing the tents frames to the Tarmac. One of the hangars will shelter four Large tents serving As wards with a total of 60 Beds. The rest of the Hospital a operating rooms a Ray unit Ana laboratories a will be just outside on the Tarmac. Maj. Paul Ehrlich the chief nurse said the Hospital will be consist of 11 tents and five Large Mobile containers providing a fall facilities a Hospital has to  a group of 30 people picked up a huge tent and moved it a few inches adjusting exits which will have to match perfectly with the tunnels connecting each Section. A a it a going to be actually a whole City made of tents and containers so once we go inside we wont have to go out to a different Section a its All going to be connected with tunnels a said an a Ray technician sgt. Ethan Reeves 30, of water buy Conn. Many of the Mash staff in the Region for the first time were worried about the bloody conflict. A i was scared before coming but when i arrived it was not like rumours on to and stuff a said Catherine Dodds 23, a medical technician from Santa Monica Calif. A there has been a Little bit of anxiety which goes with every deployment in different countries a Stevens said. A but ail of us Are excited. That a what we came to the army to do. This is the most honorable Mission in the  spec. Chu Shane 25, from los Angeles studied a map before coming a just trying to understand who a fighting against whom but i  figure it  Stevens said the deployment had gone smoothly thus far. A if nothing else a very Good thing about it is that there is no mud a he said pointing at the Tarmac. A everything else Well Cope  Skeleton dates Back 230 million years Washington a an ancient Fossil Skeleton found in Argentina in 1988 is from a 400-Pound reptile that probably was the ancestor of tyrannosaurus Rex history s largest meat eater a researcher reported fonday. University of Chicago Pale oncologist Paul Sereno said the almost Complete Skeleton of a 239-million-Ycar-old animal called Herrer saurus a represents the most primitive Early phase of the carnivorous Lute of  the scientist said characteristics of the Heirera Sauris show that the evolution of dinosaurs into specialized Hunters and Plant eaters began very Early in the 180-million-year Dinosaur reign. His report was published in science a Washington based journal. A we see in these deposits that Dino Saurs had already split into a couple of groups a he said. A dinosaurs had already done a Little branching already even researchers in the Andes mountains found an almost Complete Skeleton depicted in this drawing of a powerful 400-Pound reptile. Though they did not then dominate numerically. This is a bit  the Herrer saurus was first identified 30 years ago said Sereno but the proposed appearance of the animal was wed on leg and Pelvis Bones. In 1988, he said University of Chicago research ers found almost Complete skeletons of the animal in a Valley in the Argentine Foothills of the Andes mountains. Distinctive features found in the competed Skeleton showed that the animal Tad already developed adaptations that Ater would be found in the tyrannosaurus Rex the 40-foot Hunter that ruled the final Era of the Dinosaur age. Herrer saurus lived about 230 million years ago near the very beginning of the Dinosaur age and tyrannosaurus Rex first appeared about 70 million years ago. Dinosaurs became extinct about 65 million years ago. Sereno said adult Herrer saurus dinosaurs were 10 to 20 feet Long and weighed 300 to 450 pounds. The animal had Long powerful Hind legs and Short forearms that ended in a hand with three dominant fingers. It could rip apart its prey with its jaws and claws  
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