European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 14, 1993 a a tits. The stars and stripes Pago 5woman cleared to attend the Citadel Charleston . A a Federal judge has ruled that the Citadel South Carolinas state supported military College must let a woman student take classes while he decides the constitutionality of its mates Only admission policy Shannon Faulkner said she was thrilled with . District judge c. Weston Houcks ruling thursday even though she wont be admitted to the corps of cadets the military training program. A this is something i really wanted. I done to think i would have gone this far just to prove something a said the 19-year-old Powersville woman. Taking daytime classes at the Citadel wont give Faulkner full equal rights Houck said but a that a the Only alternative we have pending a final ruling. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago aug. 14,1983 a president Reagan decrying what he called misconceptions about his Central american policy said the United states seeks to prevent a ruthless communist Dicto ships Quot from taking Power in the Region. 20 year Sago aug. 14,1973 a watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox filed a Legal Brief arguing that president Nixon has a an enforceable Legal duty not to withhold material evidence from a grand  30 year Sago aug. 14,1963 a Secretary of defense Robert s. Mcnamara said that . Nuclear superiority Over the soviet Union has increased substantially and that the country now has warheads a in the tens of  40 years ago aug. 14,1953 with 4 million workers already off the Job France s strike fever Rose higher still As newspaper employees and civilians in National arsenals were called out in Token protests. 50 years ago aug. 14,1943 about 500 . Bombers flying out of Africa gave Rome its second pounding of the War concentrating on the key san Lorenzo and Littorio rail Yards that feed supplies and equipment to Southern Italy. World War ii 50 years ago today aug. 14 1 �9 4 3 fees r 31 a american and British troops. Advance rapidly in northeastern Sicily taking Randazzo. Hoping to stave off further bombing raids on Rome italian leaders declare the capital a demilitarized Quot open  Allied commanders Issue the naval plan for operation Avalanche the september Landing at Salerno South of Naples on the italian Mainland. Source 2194 Days of War. W h Smith publishers in world almanac Book of world. War ii. Bison books corp ,1981 a night classes at the Citadel Are open to women. Citadel president la Gen. Claudius e. Watts Iii said the school May Appeal. Classes begin aug. 27. Faulkner will have to make her own living arrangements the dormitories Are All male. The Citadel accepted Faulkner As a student last year when it thought she was a Man a a misapprehension she helped along by deleting All references to her sex on her High school transcripts. The College changed its mind when it found out the truth. Gender aside Faulkner had what it took to. Get into the Citadel one of Only two All male publicly funded colleges in the nation. She had a 3.7 average and was involved in sports. Her attorney Caid Faulkner had a Legal right to ask her High school to delete any reference to her sex on her transcript. And the citadels own admission Fonaris done task an applicants gender. She sued after the school revoked its provisional offer of admission in february arguing that the All male policy is unconstitutional. The Justice department joined the Case on her Side. The Virginia military Institute in Lexington va., is the Only other All male state supported school in the nation. Houck based his decision on a ruling this year involving Vii from the 4th . Circuit court of appeals. In that Case the court said Virginia could not offer single sex education to men at Vii without offering women something comparable. ,. A in May the . Supreme court turned away pm la a Appeal. Vii has until sept. 29 to come up with a plan that complies with the Appeal court ruling. Houck delayed ruling on a request from three female veterans for admission to the citadels Day program. Their cases arc different he said because they Only want to join the citadels engineering program. Engineering programs arc available elsewhere in the state while military training programs like the a bps of cadets arc not Houck said. The Citadel had argued that allowing Faulkner to enrol might open the doors to More women. And it said her presence would be disruptive. Amp Detroit a a prosecutor armed thursday that the beating death of Alicc Green resulted from police asserting a raw and naked Power a while a defense attorney called it a a life and death  in closing arguments Wayne county assistant prosecutor Doug Baker described 53-year-old Larry Nevers As an aging Detroit police officer proving his virility when he repeatedly clubbed Green Over the head with his heavy Metal flashlight. A this is grim determination. He is not going to be bested by this Man in front of anyone else a Baker said a a it a the assertion of raw and naked Power Over malice  when the beating was Over Nevers was a the picture of a Man covered with blood his club covered with blood flushed with  Nevers and his former partner 47-year-old Walter Budzyn Are charged with second degree murder. They face life in prison if convicted. A third officer Robert Lessnau who arrived on the scene later that night is charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm and faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. All three were fired. Arguments for Budzyn were scheduled for Friday with jury deliberation to Start today. Arguments for Lessnau whose Fate will be decided by Detroit recorders court judge George w. Crockett Iii will be monday. Green 35, died nov. 5 outside a suspected crack House. He was confronted in his parked car by Nevers and Budzyn who asked for his Drivers License. Witnesses say the beating began when Green an unemployed Steelworker refused orders to open his fist which some witnesses said held drugs keys or a scrap of paper. A a it a a contest of wills. And he a got a. V if a \ w Xii Yggins v.  a attorney John Goldpaugh right gestures toward his client former Detroit police officer Larry Nevers during closing arguments to the jury thursday. The club and he a beating and its not going to Stop. This was the ultimate abuse of Power a Baker said of Nevers. A the real crime of malice Green was that he affronted Power he did no to  but Nevers attorney John Goldpaugh said Green did More than disobey a command to open his clenched hand. Nevers had testified that Green grabbed the handle of his gun. He said he was Only defending himself when he hit Green Over the head five or six times with his flashlight. A in officer Nevers mind and in officer Nevers heart is a life and death struggle a Goldpaugh told jurors. When Green  get the gun he grabbed for his pocket knife but pulled out keys instead Goldpaugh said. A it was a metallic object. He Nevers did no to know what it was a Goldpaugh said. A a described Nevers As a Goldpaugh Brave and decent Man devoted to Law enforcement. A no he can t run As fast As he used to i done to know if he could Ever jump that High. But he had experience. He knew the precinct. He thought he was making a difference a Goldpaugh said. Goldpaugh also said the prosecution had not proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the beating caused greens death. Three pathologists had testified for the defense that cocaine and alcohol in greens system contributed to his death. But Baker said Green was beaten to death a Plain and  the official autopsy showed he died of Blunt Force trauma to the head after being hit at least 14 times. Detroit braces for verdict and violence Detroit apr Justice in court or violence in the streets. Some people in the neighbourhood where malice Green died say the City will get one or the other when the verdicts come in for former police officers charged in his slaying. The ramshackle neighbourhood of burned out buildings and vacant lots is still scarred from 1967 riots ignited by a police raid on an after hours drinking establishment. Forty three people died in what was the nations worst civil disturbance of the Century a until last years los Angeles riots triggered by the acquittals in the police beating of Rodney g. King. A you think California was bad let them be found not guilty Here. It will be �?T67 All Over again a said Mark Thomas 19, who rested on a car Hood As he sipped a fruit drink outside Alpine Market. Inside store owner Ken Mccaa agreed. A everybody Here says if they get Orr Scot free there a going to be a riot Over Here a said Mccaa 33, a former truck Driver who bought the convenience store shortly before greens death a few blocks away. At the site where Green died a portrait of him is painted on the Wall of a shuttered storefront. The portrait is festooned with Flowers posters and poems. Joe Williams 49, who As Young Man tried to put out some of the fires during the 1967 riots said he was confident there  be a repeat of the violence. He said he was sure the officers would be convicted though probably of manslaughter. A if they tighten that sentence up i think it would be acceptable a he  throughout the trial police have downplayed the risk of violence. They also have been tight lipped about preparations. A we done to expect anything but we re ready a executive Deputy chief James Bannon said