European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 03, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Monday january 3,1994 blocked Marine a i ton finds by the new York times Washington four years ago Bruce i. Yamashita was on the Brink of earning his commission As a second lieu tenant in the Marine corps when he was discharged abruptly for leadership  but last week Yamashita a japanese american who was born and reared i Hawaii won his commission after successfully proving that he was the target officious racial and ethnic harassment Dur ing his 10-week officer training program. In fact Navy Secretary John h. Dal ton in overruling the marines authorized that Yamashita be commissioned a Captain two ranks higher than second lieutenant to take into account his Likely rank if he had been commissioned in1989. The significance of Yamashita s Cas extends far beyond his personal plight. In the stars and stripes 10 year Sago Jan. 3,1984 France announced hours after its troops came under a fresh attack that it would pull one fourth of its peacekeeping Force out of Beirut Lebanon. 20 year Sago Jan. 3,1974 president Nixon signed a Bill requiring All states As a Gas saving measure to reduce the maximum Speed limit to 55 Mph under threat of losing Federal High Way funds. 30 years ago Jan. 3,1964 Auburn University calmly awaited its first Black student with no sign of stand in the door de Fiance by Alabama gov. George c. Wallace. 40 years ago Jan. 3,1954 the United states Britain and France formally agreed to the soviet Union s proposal for a four Power meeting of foreign ministers in Berlin on Jan. 25, regret Ting Only that it could not be held earlier 50 year Sago Jan. 3,1944 a heavy night As Sault on Berlin and continued at tacks on the invasion coast of France opened the 1944 air Offen Sive against the nazis Over the new year s Day weekend. World War ii 50 years ago today Jan. 3 soviet tank spearheads in the Ukraine push within about 10 Miles of the 1939 Border capturing of Omsk and Novograd Volynsky. In Italy Allied troops begin regrouping for an amphibious Landing at Anzio behind the Western end of the front. Nationalist chinese troops resume attacks on the japanese near Taipa a in far Northern Burma. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War ii. Bison books corp., 1981 his Challenge prompted the Marine corps to discover during a review in 1992, that members of minority group drop out of its officer training programs at higher rates than White candidates. The corps has expressed bafflement about Why this is and the Marine corps commandant Gen. Carl e. Mundy jr.,created a storm of criticism last october when he tried to explain the puzzling Issue. He told the lbs news program 60minutes that statistics showed that Marine officers who Are minorities do no shoot swim or use compasses As Well As White officers. Under the Navy department s offer Yamashita will be placed in the standby Reserve the last Echelon of military reservists who Are kept in an unpaid Back up capacity. Yamashita would be required to com plete six months of additional training if he decided to join the Active duty  Yamashita 37 and now a lawyer in Washington will not join the marines As a military attorney As he had planned to do four years ago he said Inan interview Friday that he Felt vindicated in his Long administrative Battle with the  m very pleased with this outcome Yamashita said in a Telephone  just shows that sometimes at least right can Triumph Over , who formally accepted Dalton s offer Friday said he hoped the Navy s decision would help in appeals he still plans to make to Navy administrative boards for Back pay Yamashita s Case and the perception that Marine training programs were racially biased prompted the Marine corp officer candidate school in Quantico va., to revise its manual last february. Staff personnel shall not make Alina Maria Salgado Furna Nycz right granddaughter of cuban Leader Fidel Cas Tro shares a Toast with her Mother Alina Fernandez Revuelta in Columbus a. Castro granddaughter reunited with Mother Columbus a. A granddaughter of Fidel Castro was reunited with her Mother who defected from Cuba last week and then pleaded that the girl be allowed to join her in the United states. I m going to meet a lot of new peo file. I have to learn the language. And want to study a lot something could not do in Cuba Alina Maria Salgado Fernandez 16, said through translator during a news conference Friday night. The girl and her Mother Alina Fernandez Revuelta then toasted the new year with Champagne. Joining them was Elena Amos the wealthy cuban american who helped Fernan Dez sneak out of Cuba. Alina Maria left Havana on Friday morning for Miami. There she was whisked aboard a Jet to Atlanta where she met her Mother in private. Then the two came to Colimbus where Fernandez has been staying with Amos. Reminded by reporters that there Are Many cuban americans who want to be reunited with cuban relatives Alina Maria said my Mother and i feel for everyone who does t have their Mother. I can t explain Why they let me go and Don t let others  Fernandez an outspoken critic other father s regime said she now can speak More freely about it. From now on i will say what want to say she said. In Cuba Fernandez was under virtual House arrest and under constant surveillance. In contrast to her Mother s Clandes Tine departure from Cuba when she was disguised in a wig and used a fake passport the daughter left the country with the approval of the government. The Rev. Jesse Jackson met with Castro last week and said the cuban Leader told him he would not object tothe girl s leaving if her father approved. The father granted Permis Sion tuesday. Thomas Fischer immigration an naturalization service regional director said Fernandez and her daughter will be allowed to remain in the United states until they make a decision on permanent residence. Fernandez s Mother Natalia Nati Revuelta had a Public relationship with Castro in the mid-1950s and Early 1960s. Statements or gestures or engage in an action that could be interpreted As racial gender or ethnic prejudice or Bias said one paragraph that was added. In november Dalton ordered the assistant Secretary of the Navy for manpower and Reserve affairs Frederick . Pang to review opportunities for Minori ties in the Navy and corps which is part of the Navy department. Yamashita s ordeal started almost immediately on reporting to the training program at the officer candidate schooling 1989. According to Marine records instructors taunted Yamashita about his Heri Tage and at one Point told him we Don t want your kind around Here. Goback to your own  two Days before the training Prog amended Yamashita was dismissed for what his instructors called leadership fail " woman who posed As Man b. Found slain Humboldt neb. A a woman who posed As a Man and dated women was found shot to death with two other people two weeks after residents of this Rural area Learned her True identity. Two men accused of sexually assaulting Teena Brandon were arrested for investigation of murder. But authorities refuse to say if the slayings were the result of the assault charges or Brandon s Cross dressing double life. Friends said Brandon 21, had pose for two months As a Man named Brandon Teena and had told various stories of having an incomplete sex change opera Tion or of being a hermaphrodite a per son with both male and female sex or Gans. She said she Felt like a Man inside but she was a female outside said Mich Elle Lotter a Friend of Brandon s and Sis Ter of one of the men arrested. The bodies of Brandon 23-year-old Lisa Lambert and an Iowa Man whose name was not released were found Friday in a farmhouse about three Miles South of Humboldt a Southeast Nebraska town of 1,000 residents. John Lotter 22, and Marvin Nissen,21, both of Falls City were arrested for investigation of murder and held in the county jail. They also have been charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting Brandon on Christmas Day said Rich Ardson county attorney Douglas Merz. Authorities had been investigating the kidnapping and assault allegations but did not Issue an arrest warrant on the until after the bodies were found Merz said saturday. Brandon had lived with Lambert for about three months but their relation ship was unclear Merz said. Her friends said she moved to the Are from Lincoln about three months ago and went by the name Brandon Teena. Among the women she dated was 19-year-old Lana Tisdel of Falls City who said she met Brandon at a party in no vember. The two dated for about a week Antisdel said she thought she was going out with a Man until Brandon was arrested about two weeks ago on alcohol and Forg Ery charges. After authorities referred to Brandona a woman Tisdel said she confronted her. She told me that she had a Exchange and it s not All done Tisdel said. Brandon told others she was a hermaphrodite