European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday december 30,1993 a glance 1-1 French police Stop a surfer from entering the water after authorities dosed beaches because of explosive detonators that washed ashore re Henlly. Oceanographer Jacques Yves Cousteau says he can to hide his a Black anger Over tie Detonator incident. See Story on Page 8. Farewell to Somalia the final contingent of . Troops to withdraw from Somalia before the new year flew out of the Mogadishu Airport Page 4 psychiatrist visits americans Ages 25 to 44 make nearly half of All visits to psychiatrists a government study Page 5 new gun Swap eyed officials at foot locker inc. Said they would like to bring the District of Columbia a shoes for guns Page 6 altered dolls a group of concerned parents and feminists switched the voice boxes on some . Joe and Barbie dolls. Now the Soldier says Quot want to go shopping Quot and Barbie says Quot dead men Tell no . A Page 16 l ape i Abby Ann Landers 17 classifieds .20-23 comics. 17-19 commentary .11 crossword. 17 faces a places 16 Horoscope. 22 Jumble. 22 letters .10 Money matters .12 sports .24-28 to listings. 27 weather .9judge 1 correction i by the associated press in a Story about new state Laws taking effect in january the associated press erroneously reported that Oregon is raising its minimum wage to $4.90. The Correct state is Washington. The Story appeared in tuesdays stars and stripes. Prom Page 1 ment. Cacheris said he will decide those issues by Jan. 21. As Well As the amount of Legal fees due the couple and whether they Are entitled to monetary damages for emotional distress. A the record of this Case reeks with anti semitic and anti russian feelings a Cacheris wrote in his 26-Page decision. The judge also wrote in the ruling that the dismissals were in Pari reprisals for the Yudovich hcs complaints to lawmakers the inspector general and equal employment Opportunity officials about their treatment. When the two were fired Institute officials claimed that the married couple waft incompetent. The judo Vichrs who began teaching at the Institute in 1978, said the firings were prompted by racism among a new group of staff officers. Quot in a very Happy that the system works a Irene Yudovich 65, said wednesday. A it gives a lot of encouragement to people who know the Story and to those who began to doubt.�?�. She and her 69-Ycar-Oid husband expect to return to work at the school which has been renamed the foreign area officer language training Institute. The Yudovishes who have been . Citizens since 1988, estimate their three years of lost wages to be $282,000. The institutes primary Mission is to train officers for specially assignments related to the former soviet Union and Eastern Europe and to have its graduates serve As attaches intelligence officers and instructors. It educates students in the political economic and military history of the Region. Irene Yudovich was a professor of russian languages. Her husband taught political science. She said she Hopes the court decision will persuade Institute officials to change policies that affect jewish employees unfairly. A unfortunately this atmosphere is still there a she said noting that two current jewish teachers recently filed equal employment Opportunity complaints alleging religious discrimination. At the Institute army maj. Bond Wells director of the military studies program said administrators Nave few details of the court decision. It Quot we Haven t received the formal documents yet a he said. Quot Well do whatever the judge tells us to a Wells declined to comment about unresolved discrimination complaints and referred questions to the . European Comdr a Headquarters in Stuttgart Germany. The command referred questions to the Pentagon where it. Col. Don Maple said no decision has been made whether the government will Appeal. A and since the Issue of financial remedy is Stilt in litigation to say anything else at this Point would be inappropriate a he said. In his ruling Cacheris cited numerous examples of derogatory statements and actions by the institutes commander Deputy commander division chiefs and adjutant. The evidence was produced during a four Day trial in september. Most of the complaints involved it. Col. John Carlson the director of the institutes russian language division and Irene Yudovich a direct supervisor. Carlson was a major at the time. A Carlson expressed russian hostility by various insulting words made to other faculty members and expressed jewish hostility by among other things keeping a Mug with a Swastika on his desk a Ca Cheris cited in one example. _ a it is rare that the court has a smoking gun to illustrate discrimination. In this ease Carlson is a smoking platoon of weaponry a the judge said. The judge said the record showed that Carlson had told Institute staff members that he a hated sons Quot soviets and that when Irene Yudovich converted from a local National employee to a . Worker he said a now in be the judge also concluded that retired col. Richard Kosvich who was the Institute commander was just As responsible although his racist actions and remarks were not As open. A Kosevich hitched his Star and backed Carlson without doing an investigation he said he did not believe Carlson acted in a discriminatory manner a the Ludw said. 1 6 neither Carlson nor Kosevich who now live in the United states could be reached wednesday for comment. The ruling pointed out that Carlson and Kosevich had retaliated against an other jewish employee. A they lied when they terminated him and lied to the inspector general about it the Yudee wrote. 6 in 1991, the Institute had six jewish faculty members five of whom lost their jobs. A Kosevich personally directed each of these appointments not to be extended a the judge wrote. In the ruling Cacheris twice noted a question asked by then Secretary of the army Michael . Stone when he visit the Institute in october 1989 a a he asked Kosevich How Many jews worked at Uearl. I find that inquiry very disturbing.�?�, despite All the evidence the judge noted that the Institute a denies discrimination and alleges that plaintiffs created their own a a it a difficult to understand the defendants position in the Case when it conceded in final argument that Carlson was anti semitic a Cacheris said. George Chuzi the attorney for the couple said Quot it really came through that the judge was ticked off. A and when the defense attorneys admitted that Carlson was an anti semite 1 imagined the judge then asked himself what we were All doing there a Chuzi this is a total vindication for our position and an absolute rejection of the government a defense department officials said they could not comment on the Case because the governments position had been Han died by Justice department attorneys. A Justice department spokesman declined comment. I contributing to this Story Joseph Owen staff Walt of in Heidelberg Germany bomb from Page 1 new York and one person was wounded. The bombs were delivered in Brown cardboard boxes measuring about 3 inches by 12 inches by 18 inches with tape wrapped around the parcels authorities said. Inside were Metal tackle boxes containing the homemade bombs. Several boxes carried a return address of a the Liberty Iron and Metal company Quot of Erie a. The bombs apparently were detonated by opening the boxes. Authorities said they had not determined the Type of explosive used. A whoever did this knew what they were doing a Fri agent Dave Webster said. The parcels were delivered either by private delivery service or through the mail to members of the family of Robert and Eleanor Fowler of West Valley. Quot there was some relationship in this family to bring this terrible Type of tragedy on them Quot state police superintendent Thomas Constantine said a the bombings were not one bomb destroyed the fowlers Home killing Eleanor Fowler. Her husband was killed by a bomb sent to his workplace at the armoured car garage a co worker of Fowler a John of Donnell also was killed in the blast and another Man was wounded. Pamela Epperson Eleanor Fowler a daughter by a previous marriage was killed by a bomb sent to her apartment in Rochester. A Man who was not a member of the Fowler family also died in that blast. And Epperson a Uncle William la Zorc was wounded by a bomb mailed to him in Hogansburg. Constantine said another bomb was sent to the fowlers daughter Lucille who lives in new Albion 40 Miles South of Buffalo. Police defused that bomb. P a bomb also was sent to her Boyfriend Scott Kemp at a prison 50 Miles Southwest of Buffalo where he works As a guard Constantine said. The prison refused the package and it was being returned to Buffalo in a delivery truck when authorities intercepted it. Lucille Fowler Kemp and Lazore All were in protective custody wednesday. Lazore who was being treated for a leg injury told investigators that the bomb went off when he opened the tackle Box. A a that a the last thing he remembers a Constantine from Pago 1 have died in weather related Auto accidents. New England and much of new Jersey new York Maryland Delaware Virginia and Washington d.c., were in for More Snow late wednesday and today from a storm system the National weather service said. In Minnesota on wednesday morning the temperature was 6 below in International Falls and 3 below in Hibbing. Blowing Snow and wind chills near 30 below made conditions hazardous for travel in southwestern Minnesota Early wednesday. J Federal employees in Washington were sent Home tuesday because of Snow and National Airport shut Down for a Short time. In new York City every available shelter bed a 5,234 for single men and 1,014 for single women a was taken tuesday night said Mary Brosnahan executive director of the coalition for the homeless. Mary to Copeland who runs the sharing amp caring hands Day shelter in Minneapolis soaked More numb digits than she could count As the Mercury fell to 15 below Zero tuesday _ three deaths in the Washington area included two homeless men one found near a trash Container and another in a car that had been his Home. The other dead included two people in Indiana and a 64-year-old homeless Man found Frozen in an Alley in Toledo Ohio. In new York City a Man was found Frozen on a Bench. Two homeless men also died in new York but the cause of death had not been determined. Virginia a first storm of the Winter made roads impassable in spots. In Kentucky Snow Depths ranged from 6 inches in. Ashland to 3 inches along the Ohio River As a storm advanced. The cold had a different effect on a burglary suspect caught by police near Rochester n.y., after a four mile Chase through Fields. A the Guy said you can take me because i m not going any farther. It too cold a sheriff Richard Pisciotti said. It does no to happen often but every once in a while the cold weather makes our lives a Little
