European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday february 15, 1993 . The stars and stripes a Page 5 Clinton scans women for Pentagon jobs by Melissa Healy los Angeles times Washington the White House determined to break new ground in filling senior political jobs with women is combing its resume files for female executives who could be appointed to some of the Penta gon s most visible posts including secretaries of the three military services. Clinton administration officials say that among the candidates for air Force army and Navy secretaries respectively were Sheila e. Widnall an aeronautical Engineer and associate Provost at Massachusetts Institute of technology Antoniia handler Hayes a Washington attorney and former air Force undersecretary and former rep. Beverly b. Byron of Maryland an expert on military personnel matters. Long a bastion both of machismo and maleness the Pentagon is seen As a crucial new testing ground for Clinton s commitment to make his administration look like no woman has Ever filled any of the Pentagon s top four slots or become the civilian head of a military service and department of defense officials have complained that the Pool of experienced women with backgrounds in management and military affairs is scant. It is Clear that with men already slated for virtually All of defense Secretary Les Aspin s top policy making spots women arc unlikely to penetrate deep into the Pentagon s inner circles during the current administration. The Job of a service Secretary is both managerial and ceremonial and has shrunk in importance in re cent years when Power has been increasingly centralized in the office of the defense Secretary and the office of the joint chiefs of staff. Furthermore the Trio of service secretaries is unlikely to come up All female Clinton administration officials said. Washington attorney John Holum a Clinton confidant who drafted options for lifting the prohibition against homosexuals in the military has emerged As a leading candidate to head the Navy. But the Choice of even one woman to Lead a military department would be a significant symbolic gesture to the military services As they struggle with a Host of so Cial problems ranging from sexual harass mint to the introduction of openly homosexual service members to declining personnel Rolls. Women also Are in the running for two other key posts in the department of defense including director of defense research and engineering and assistant Secretary for environmental restoration. Anita Jones a University of Virginia computer scientist is said to be a front runner for the director s Job a Post overseeing the department of defense massive acquisitions bureaucracy. Sources said that Barbara a ciders a theoretical chemist who is chief of research at the arms control and disarmament Agency s science adviser s office is under consideration As assistant Secretary for economics and the environment. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago feb. 15,1983 present Rea Gan might Challenge congressmen s favorite military projects if they press too hard for cuts in the defense Bud get a key defense department offi Cial warned. 20 years ago feb. 15,1973-thedevalued . Dollar was hit by a wave of sell ing in foreign exchanges slipping to 2.925 German Marks As govern ment ministers sought to restore monetary stability. " 30 years ago feb. 15,1963 communist raid ers from two pirate boats boarded a venezuelan freighter 370 Miles North of Caracas seized the vessel and took the Captain and Crew hos Tage. 40 years ago feb. 15,1953 a new message has been received from the Vatican regarding an Appeal for intervention on behalf of accused atom spies Ethel and Julius Rosenberg the White House said. 50 years ago feb. 15,1943 Raf bombers left the nazi sub base at Lorient France in flames after dropping incendiaries and More than 1,000 tons of explosives in two smashing raids just Over an hour apart. World War ii 50 years ago today feb. 15 German Field marshal Erwin Rommel throws some of the afrika Korps into the Axis offensive in Western Tunisia leaving most to guard the South against Britain s 8th army. The 15th Panzer div and some italian troops capture Hafsa. An attack by the inexperienced . I stared div is repulsed at Sidi Bou Zid and american troops abandon Djebel Les Souda. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smitn publishers inc world almanac Book of a cold War ii. Bison books corp. 1981 a Ion in . Is Royal Relief to scandal plagued Prince Charles from wire reports Williamsburg a. Lady Cynthia lady Polly and lady Virginia three proper Middle aged women arrived at William and Mary Hall on sat urday morning wearing construction paper tiaras decorated with Gold glitter ribbon and buttons. As parents who had forked Over a Small Fortune for tuition they Felt entitled to celebrate a visit from Prince Charles with a touch of irreverence. We paid dearly for our crowns said lady Cynthia with a Wink. That gentle tweak aside the colonies welcomed the beleaguered Prince with open arms saturday. More than 10,000 students faculty members and alumni gave him a whistling cheering standing ovation As he entered the Hall to be key note speaker for William and Mary s 300th anniversary Celebration. Relief seemed to Wash Over the face of Charles whose popularity in England is at an All time Low after his december separa Tion from Princess Diana and the Publica Tion of a sexually explicit Telephone Call supposedly Between Charles and a Long time Friend the very married Camilla Par Ker Bowles. The Royal visit his first trip to the United states since All Heck broke Loose be came an informal referendum on the Man who might be King. I m very touched if i might say so he told the audience. All i can say is that it s wonderful to come to Virginia and receive such an incredibly warm and encouraging Welcome. Thank you very much William and Mary the second oldest Prince Charles left poses for photographer with vice president Al Gore and wife Tipper at the Gores Home saturday in Arlington a. University in the nation after Harvard was chartered by British monarchs King Wil Liam Iii and Queen Mary ii in 1693.Charles, 44, was the first person to receive an honorary Fellowship making him a member of the school for life when he initially visited the Campus in 1981, two months before his marriage to Diana. In those Days i was Young and relatively inexperienced joked the Prince. In these Days i am Middle aged and relatively Inex night he travelled to Arlington va., for a private dinner with vice presi Dent Al Gore and his wife Tipper. Among the guests were president Clinton and the first lady. It was billed As a private dinner and identities of others were not disclosed. Grocer who survived la. Riot Dies in beating los Angeles a an elderly korean grocer who survived last Spring s riots to rebuild his looted Market was beaten to death last week police said. Hyung Soo Kim 65, died Friday of in juries he received thursday. Police said Kim was lured outside by two youths who were writing on the Wall of his store. When he came outside to try to Stop them a Man attacked him. They re All part of the same gang officer Don Cox said. Two unidentified youths were in custody saturday and police were seeking the adult. Cox said one of the youths was 13 but did not know the other s age or on what charges they were held. Although tensions Between the City s Black and korean communities have been High for some time Kim s family said they Don t believe the slaying was racially motivated. Police said All three at tackers were Black. The killing was just pure and simple a very brutal crime said Kim s 28-year-old son who asked that his name not be used. I Don t want this racial problem to be blown up Trevone Gray a Black Auto Mechanic who works next door said Kim was popu Lar and was not killed because of his race. It s More just that everybody s Hun Gry he said. Everybody is hungry for Money a Job others however fear his death will further Strain relations Between the City s Black and korean communities. Tension Rose after a korean grocer was sentenced to probation for fatally shoot ing a Black teen Ager and scores of korean businesses were attacked in the riots last Spring that started after White police officers were cleared of beating Black Motorist Rodney g. King. Relations certainly Haven t got any better since the rebellion and they May have in fact deteriorated said Joe Hicks Southern Christian leadership conference executive director. But Kim s son said his father believed the two groups could learn to get along and he added that the family has been comforted by Flowers and condolences sent from customers in the mostly Black and hispanic neighbourhood. We have to live together said the son. This is what my father always said. We have to learn to love one another All the time
