European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 08, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I monday february 1993 . The stars and stripes Page 7 new allegations made against Packwood .1.3 More women claim kissing fondling Washington a thirteen More women have accused sen. Bob Packwood of making unwanted sexual advances toward them according to the Washington Post. The account in sunday editions brings to 23 the number of women the Post said have recounted stories of uninvited overtures by the 60year-old Oregon Republican Over a period of nearly two decades. The initial 10 accusations were reported by the Post on nov. 22. The paper said 10 of the total 23 have allowed their names to be used including six in the latest Story and that four additional women have agreed to have their identities disclosed to pack Wood. Packwood the Post said pack Wood whose actions Are  by the Senate ethics committee declined several requests to be interviewed about the new allegations while we sympathize with the pain these women Are expressing we have determined that the appropriate forum to respond to these assertions is the Senate ethics committee Packwood s lawyer James Fitzpa trick said in a statement saturday night in 11 of the 13 new cases the Post said it interviewed people who said the women making the accusations had told them about their experiences with Packwood often within Days of the alleged incidents the Post quoted Gena Mutton As saying Packwood met her at a restaurant in Eugene ore., 13 years ago when she was 35, after she had agreed to serve Asun paid chairwoman of his local Campaign in 1980. As Packwood walked her to her car she said he put disarms around her and kissed me sensuously. His Tongue was finding its  the Post said Gillian Butler who was 23 at the time reported another 1980 incident in which Packwood leaned across the front desk of the hotel where she was working As a clerk and kissed her on the lips. It was kind of a weird thing the paper quoted the woman assaying. Another incident occurred in 1983 and involved a intern who was a 17-year-old High school senior who had asked Packwood to write a recommendation for her College applications the newspaper said. The Young woman who was not identified in the Story said Packwood Ajtan cd to deliver the letter of recommendation to her Rte me at a time she was alone and As he was leaving Laid a Juicy kiss on my lips. I could feel the Tongue coming. Another of the fou women whose names were not disclosed in the latest Story said she had never met Packwood before a brie visit to his office during the mid-1970s when he escorted her to the Public corridor outside his office and without warning gave her a French kiss. Sharon Grant told the paper she was 28 when Shemet with Packwood in 1969 in his Capitol Hill office to talk about a Job and that the senator made it Clear he wanted to spend the night with her. He did t know me at All vet he Felt he could have what he wanted with impunity said Grant. I was Young vulnerable and he Felt he could just do what he  the paper said one former employee in Packwood Portland office said the senator kissed her on the Mouth on nearly a a dozen occasions in the mid-1970s,usually out of the Blue but did not press her further and said her impression at the time was that he would just go around and kiss people and that she did not consider it a serious matter. It said another former employee in the Oregon office said Packwood chased me around the desk one Day that she viewed his conduct As juvenile and that "1 re member thinking it Way vary strange behaviour for a grown  the paper said a Eugene woman who did not Panther name used told of a 1986 Inci Chhn n Bend ore., restaurant when Packwood asked her to Oance and his hands were All Over my Back sides and Buttac jts and he made suggestive  the same woman said he made another Advance later in the year after a political event in Eugene when she drove Packwood and an aide to their hotel. When the aide got out Packwood remained in the carved kissed her the woman said. It turned into a French kiss and i said i Don t appreciate that and i pushed him  another assertion reported by the paper came from Lois Kincaid who said she had never met Packwood when he walked up behind her at a 1971 fund raising event at an Oregon  of a sudden he just grabbed me out of the Blue without saying a thing the Post quoted her As  woman who was 27 at the time said Packwood acted kind of confused and mumbled some kind of apology like excuse me like it was inadvertent which was pretty ridiculous considering the size of the  military wields polls As weapons on Gay Issue by Melissa heal los Angeles times Washington the military services gearing up to fight a change in the policy toward homosexuals Are arming themselves with opinion polls that show military personnel widely oppose the admission of Gay men and lesbians into the armed forces Pentagon officials  surveys Are the first Ever to measure the Opin ions of the military s rank and file on the Issue an they provide an unprecedented gauge of opposition to president Clinton s proposal to lift a Long standing prohibition on Gays and lesbians in the services. The results Are certain to spark heated debate on the Impact lifting the ban would have on morale and discipline among the troops and on the other hand Over whether their opinions which opponents of the ban View As a form of bigotry should be allowed to influence the ultimate decision. The president announced last month that the Mili tary would Stop discharge proceedings against homosexuals for six months while administration congressional and military officials consult on the Issue. The armed services however will be allowed to take other less severe punitive measures against Gay men and lesbians during the six month  military poll results illustrate a dramatic con Trast Between the civilian Public s views of the Issue and those held by members of the armed forces. In a number of recent polls american Public Opin Ion has been roughly split Between those who sup port a lifting of the ban and those who oppose it. But polls conducted for the air Force and army suggest a much greater level of opposition among rank and file  a result the findings have become hot political properties suppressed by one service and actively nobody would give a Damn what the troops thought if the military s leaders backed the policy Brookl Nga institution s Lawrenc Korb controlled by Secretary of defense los Aspin who i struggling to rein in lobbying by the armed services against Clinton s  one air Force Survey conducted in november by an Independent polling company roughly 75 per cent of air Force personnel who responded said they oppose a change in policy while is percent indicated no objections to such a change. An army poll of soldiers conducted in december by pair of Independent military sociologists found similar results. Of 478 army men queried 75 percent said the believed that allowing openly Gay soldiers in the service would be very disruptive of  and 90percentof the men polled said they would feel uncomfortable having to share a room with a homosexual. A majority of army women polled also opposed changing the policy although to a slightly smaller  of the army men agreed that they would fee uncomfortable if there were some homosexuals in my unit and 74 percent agreed with the statement that homosexuality is abnormal and per  surveys appear to support claims by military Lead ers that allowing openly Gay men and lesbians into the ranks will cause disruption sagging morale and even Vio Lence. But some experts argued that opinion polls do not reflect the actual effects a change of policy would Haven troops who Are subject to strict military discipline and whose values Are often imposed from the top Down. People who Don t want this to happen arc going sorely on these surveys said the Brookings institution s Lawrence Korb a former Pentagon official. People who Are opposed to the initiative know what opinions Are and they take a Survey to support their Point of View to say Well we d love to do this but see Well have this problem nobody would give a Damn what the troops thought if the military s leaders backed the  after All asked Korb do we have surveys to ask troops whether they want to get up at five o clock in the morning do we ask them whether they support having a curfew or whether they think we should let women in the Barracks or have drinking at lunch the air Force recognizing the sensitivity of its polling data has held up the release of its poll. But a Pentagon official familiar with its results offered details of the sur vey s findings. Since Clinton agreed to the six month consultation period military officials have begun preparing for the debate by taking Steps that include conducting still More polls. Army officials said army chief of staff Gen. Gordon. Sullivan has created a study group headed . Thomas c. Jones an army criminal investigator who i currently the service s director of human services. Jones group is to compile and assess data on the Issue and is preparing a new More detailed round of polls to go to the Field in the next several weeks. The Marine corps is also readying polls. The Navy however has adamantly refused to use polls or to establish a planning group to draw up Contin gency plans for any change in policy believing that such planning would undercut its opposition to lifting the ban Pentagon officials said. Navy to court martial Sailor on alleged Gay advances Pensacola Fla. A a Navy Petty office will be tried at a court martial for allegedly making homosexual advances toward other sailors. The trial comes months after he thought his Casenas resolved without punishment. Chief Petty officer Edmond Bourinot was ordered Fri Day to stand trial in the Case that also led to the Resig nation of an Admiral accused of trying to cover it , who denied any wrongdoing faces court martial on five counts of indecent assault two counts of assault with intent to commit sodomy and one count each of communication of indecent language and solicitation to commit  is a former aide to vice adm. Jack h. Fetter Man who was appointed to Root out sexual Bias after the scandal Over sexual harassment at the Tail Hook convention of Navy aviators. Allegations that Fetterman tried to protect his aide led him to resign last year As chief of naval education and training at Pensacola , 36, could be sentenced to 50 years in Mili tary prison if convicted on All charges. In the court martial is scheduled to begin March 8. The misconduct allegedly took place in san Diego i1987 and in Pensacola in 1991. When the accusations surfaced in february 1992, hearing officer recommended a Couri martial. But Bonnet s commanding officer cmdr. Wayne Hurst instead counselled Bonnot and issued him a non Puni Tive letter of censure. Fetterman accepted the decision without review. An inspector general s report later concluded Fetterman should have turned the matter Over to naval investigators