European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 11,1993 of. The stars and stripes a a b Page 5 Phoenix apr Arizona is set to emerge from years of conflict embarrassment and a Boycott championed by Stevie wonder when it celebrates its first official Martin Luther King or. Holiday this month. Wonder will be on hand and might even sing. Arizona volts approved the Holiday in november making new Hampshire the Only state without a Holiday specifically honouring King although it does celebrate civil rights Day on the same Day. A this will be the first time its a Celebration instead of a Celebration protest a said the Rev. Warren Stewart pastor of the institutional Baptist Church in Phoenix and a longtime King Holiday supporter. The biggest celebrations will be in Phoenix where thousands were expected to attend a City sponsored prayer breakfast Friday. Wonder was scheduled to attend along with Rosa Parks whose refusal to give up her seat and move to the Back of the bus triggered a 1955 Boycott in Montgomery Ala. A March from downtown to the state Capitol in Jan. 18, the Date of the Holiday this year also was expected to draw thousands. Rallies prayer vigils and concerts were planned by cities Church is and schools across Arizona. Although most of state government will close for the Holiday it will be a work Day for lawmakers and their staffs. But House speaker. Wonder Mark Killian a Republican said the Holiday wont be ignored by legislators. Routine committee hearings will be cancelled so members can attend the King Day rally and other events he said. Phoenix will hold its King Day breakfast at the downtown America West Arverta the new 20,00 seat Arena where the pro basketball Phoenix suns play. Wonder was among the first entertainers to Boycott Arizona Over its failure to enact a King Holiday. Organizers hoped he would Mark his return with a song at the breakfast. Approval of the Holiday by 61 percent of voters nov. 3 came two years after Arizona voters rejected two Holiday measures reinforcing the Boycott and costing the state the 1993 super bowl and an estimated $300 million in lost tourism and convention spending. Wonder said after a november 1986 concert in Tucson that he would not return to Arizona if then gov. Evan Mcchamp rescinded the King Holiday Stab shed by an executive order from Mecham a predecessor most major Arizona cities have celebrated King Day since it became a Federal Holiday in 1985,.in the stars and stripes 10years ago Jan. 11,1983 a the supreme court left intact the conviction of former Green Beret or. Jeffery Macdonald for the 1970 murders of his pregnant wife and two daughters20 year Sago Jan. I 1,1973 a Navy Secretary John Wamer presented flight training orders to a 24-year-old Ohio woman making her the first female military Pilot in american history.30 years ago Jan. 11,1963 to president Kennedy buoyed by a opening , set up a timetable for delivering three major messages spelling out his legislative demands for the new session of congress.40 years ago Jan. 11,1953 a a Small South korean passenger ship capsized 10 mites West of Pusan and 233 persons All believed to be South korean drowned within sight of land.50 years ago Jan. 11,1943 a the flying fortress a Boom town Quot bounced across the English Channel on two engines its Bombadier dead and two crewmen wounded after scoring direct hits on the Lorient France submarine pens and shooting Down three and possibly five German fighters. L world War ii 50 years ago today Jan. 111 e"9 4 3 1 v the German siege of Leningrad is partially broken when soviet troops Force open a narrow corridor South of Lake Ladoga in the South red army units recapture Georgiyevski. Pyatigorsky and Mirie Rawnye Vody in the caucasus. On Guadalcanal the. Americans gain some ground but. Japanese troops continue fierce resistance on mount Austen. Source 2\q4 Days of War w h. Set Iii publishers inc world almanac Book of world War ii a son books corpi98t a a to study War stress on women Post traumatic project first of its kind official says Boston a the department of veterans affairs plans to study combat stress in women including the problems caused by sexual harassment and sexual assault an official says. The Federal Agency is opening a special facility to study women at the National Center for Post traumatic stress disorder in Boston said or. Jessica Wolfe director of the new Center. The opening of the Center May be announced officially this week the Boston Herald reported sunday. The research project will be the first coordinated Large scale Effort to examine the stressful effects of War on women she said. A on an informal grass roots basis some a medical centers have been doing a reasonably Good Job of treating women who knew to come to them a Wolfe said. A but there have been no formal programs for women. There have been no formal standards for Calua Tjon of their  Post traumatic stress disorder is a treatable reaction to severe trauma wit report urges Washington a an internal government report recommends raising the medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67. It would affect about 76 million people and save billions of dollars for the system now headed for bankruptcy. The report acknowledged that such a move certain to face Strong opposition from senior citizens groups would Force some people to delay retiring so they could there Are aspects of traumatic exposure in military women that have never been recognized., in Many cases they have been diagnosed As having personality or character disorders.�?T. A or. Jessica Wolfe symptoms ranging from intrusive memories and nightmares to depression anxiety and  a it occurs in rape victims and survivors of crashes and natural disasters but is most often linked with men who had difficulty adjusting after serving in the Vietnam War. It has been determined that some pc male nurses who served in Vietnam also suffered from the disorder because they had seen More severe injuries and death than the average combat Soldier. But Wolfe said it has widely been assumed that women who suffer from the disorder have the same symptoms As men. A there arc aspects of traumatic exposure in military women that have never been recognized a she said. A and when a roman vets have developed symptoms the cause has gone unrecognized. In Many cases they have been diagnosed As having personality or character Disord-crs.�?�. Carolyn Bycraft a former . Army Captain and the author of several reports on women a roles in the military welcomed the decision to study women a War experiences. A it shows that they no longer believe a Veteran by definition must be a Man Quot she said. Keep their employers health insurance. It also admitted that some people who retired Early would be left without health insurance and As a result would delay going to the doctor for preventive care the rising eligibility age would be phased in Over 25 years. A gradually changing the medicare entitlement age to 67 would save. Three quarters of a trillion dollars Over a 30 year period beginning in the year 2003,�?� said the draft report by the inspector general s office at the department of health and human services the Parent Agency of both medicare and social Security. The report a copy of which was obtained by the associated press said the change was needed because of the Large Federal deficits and a the projected insolvency of the medicare Trust  treasurer aided private firm paper says Washington a the Fri alleges in a sealed affidavit that . Treasurer Catalina a Villalpando exerted indirect control Over a private company and received benefits from it while in office a published report says. The Washington Post reported in sundays editions that it Learned from sources familiar with the inquiry that a six month wiretap of Villalpando a Home revealed that she instructed employees of communications International. Inc. On routine matters while serving As treasurer. The newspaper quoted the unnamed sources As saying Villalpando continued to accept financial benefits from the company after the Treasury department reprimanded her in december 11 90 for not severing ties to the telecommunications firm. Villalpando has been on administrative leave from her $u2,300-a-year government Job since the Fri raided her apartment and company offices oct 29, citing possible violations of statutes that govern bribery contract fraud conspiracy and racketeering. The Post said communications International based in Atlanta allegedly made rental payments on a condominium Villalpando owned gave her furniture paid Money to her parents provided her with a $51,000 Jaguar and paid off about $20,000 in purchases on her personal and company credit cards. Federal officials Are not permitted to accept benefits from former employers except such items As pre existing stocks and Severance nor retirement packages that Are approve Uby the office of government ethics. Villalpando a lawyer David h. Martin was quoted by the Post As saying the condominium arrangement was a a legitimate arms length transactions because she owned the unit and the company paid her rent to House company employees there he said the other payments were part of a $250,000 Bonus she earned while working for the company. Martin director of the office of government ethics under president Reagan said she cleared the Bonus arrangement and that her conduct was proper even though she was reprimanded in 1990 for continuing to collect on the Bonus while in office. Martin and Joseph profit sr., founder and owner of communications International said Villalpando had no involvement in the company a business after she resigned in late 1989