European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 03, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Pages the stars and stripes . Wednesday. November 3,1993 judge lets Gay Marine stay in now Jacksonville . A a Gay Marine sergeant suing the department of on Gays in the after Clinton s announcement Ohop the defense and the Marine corps May re position to ending the ban resulted in the saying Marine corps regulations do Noton Friday the . Supreme court Al authorize involuntary discharge soley on Lowed the Clinton administration to the basis of sexual its policy while officials a Breuer said the ruling was important peal a lower court s ban on Dis criminal because it was made by the same judge who will hear Elzie s lawsuit. . Dis peal Elaine Lund right is hugged by Friend sunday after Church services in Laguna Beach Calif. Land Home was one of the hundreds of residences destroyed by fires in the City and the surrounding area last week. Life Springs from he ashes of charred areas of California Lacuna Beach. Calif. A some kids los their Homes others just their Homework. Teachers however had hugs and kind words for everyone monday As Thurston Middle school and the rest of Southern California returned to Normal after week marred by fire and smoke. In every classroom i be got two or three kid that have lost everything Laid Mark dressier a theater and language teacher at the Ridgetop school where fire destroyed 14 of its 26 classrooms last s kind of hard to feel sorry for yourself when they have a smile on their face and they re anxious to put their lives together said dressier whose files and lesson plans also were an assist from Cool weekend weather fire fighters were Able to douse or contain most of 13major wildfires that broke out along a 200-mile arc from Ventura county through los Angeles and Al the Way to the mexican Border. The fires whipped by Santa Ana winds coming off the deserts East of los Angeles burned across 171,368 acres destroying or damaging 830 buildings including at least 700 residences. About 62 people were injured most of them monday Crews enjoyed More of a truce than an outright Victory As they awaited the next High pressure system from Canada was expected tuesday to mix with warm dry air from Nevada and Arizona and bring Back the fire feeding Santa Ana winds. Northeast of los Angeles in san Bernardino county winds kicked up monday while fire Crews stockpiled equipment replenished sup plies and prepared for new re definitely keeping everybody around for a while said capt. Gary Hankins a spokesman forthe san Bernardino county fire department and the California department of can t control High winds but we can ensure we have adequate firefighters Calif. Gov. Pet Wilson said. Owners of Homes and businesses in eluding 366 burned out in Laguna Beach alone trooped to Federal offices in four counties for help with rebuilding Loans. Red Cross volunteers issued meal and clothing vouchers and Many californians organized their own Aid for five families Here said a sign on the door of Earlene Moses gallery one of the Doz ens of pleas posted in this Seaside artists Haven. They need everything. Please Thurston kids will double up in classrooms on a Short schedule until trailers Are ready next week All my Homework was in the part which by Ned which made me Happy said Joey Moldenhauer. 13."i would rather not have had the school and Homes Burn. Now the animals and some people Are Andrew Converse 11, sat on a Wall looking Down cast. He had lost his Home. It s so sad. We Don t even have a neighbourhood he said. It s just after a half Day of school most of the 560 pupils assembled on the athletic Field a Green Island surrounded by a blackened residential Hillside. To Morrow we Are going to Start school and return to system that is somewhat Normal dressier told them. Ion against Gays in the armed forces that ruling was made by . District strict court judge Stanley Sporkin. Judge Terry Hatter or. Of los Angeles in you have a Federal judge saying Toa suit filed by Navy Petty officer 1st the military that sergeant Elzie is very class Keith Meinhold who was Dis Likely to win his Case because a ban uncharged in 1992. Hatter s ruling has been people because they re Gay is Dis criminal appealed to the 9th circuit court of a tory Breuer said. My for belittling minority Washington Jap the Marine corps to general apologized tuesday for any offence that May have been taken from his remarks that minority Marine officers do not shoot swim or use compasses so Wella Whites. Gen. Carl Mundy made the remarks on the sunday lbs to program 60 minutes during a segment which aired allegations by various minority marines of racism and a Lack of promotions for minority officers in the Marine corps. Mundy s comments Drew demands for an apology and retraction from several Black leaders. Asked about the controversy Pentagon spokesman capt. Michael Doubleday read a statement at the Pentagon briefing saying Mundy regrets any offence that May have been taken by his Doubleday said Navy Secretary John Dalton the civilian chief of the Marine corps has no plans to discipline Mundy for the remarks. But Dalton has ordered a Complete review on the recruitment retention and promotion of minorities both officer and enlisted in the naval Dalton would like to see More minorities in positions of leadership in the Navy and Marine corps and wanted the study to examine the process and to deter mine How we can achieve that objective Doubleday said. The Pentagon is totally committed to equal Opportunity for Alt individuals to compete and Advance through the ranks. The Secretary has Complete Confidence in the leadership of the Marine corps dedication to carrying this goal to reality Doubleday said. Earlier this year Mundy also stirred Public protest when he attempted to bar hurried recruits from the corps but was forced by defense Secretary Les a Pinto rescind the order. On the program sunday Mundy said promotion inthe Marine corps has to do with performance according to a transcript provided by the Pentagon. In the military skills we find that the minority offi cers do not shoot As Well As the non minorities. They Don t swim As Well. And when you give them Compass and Send them across the terrain at night in a land navigation exercise they Don t do As Well at that sort of Mundy said. I m saying that there Are problems that we have Gotto identify that will show us what it is that causes us to promote at a reduced rate. It is not intended that we do the four Star Gen eral went on to say. At tuesday s briefing Doubleday said Mundy was referring to the objective test scores achieved in certain skills during initial entry level the Navy Captain said Mundy believes the program did not accurately reflect his statements on the subject because unfortunately Only 30 seconds of a two hour interview were aired on that according to fiscal 1991 data there were 34,200black enlisted men and women in the Marine corps 19.7 percent of the total number and 980 Black offers or percent of the total
