European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 5, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Saturday february 5,1994harassment at Washington apr midshipmen at the . Naval Academy manacled a woman to a urinal and photographed her. Another female student was secretly videotaped taking a Shower. A West Point Cadet asserted that women attend the school mainly to sleep with a lot of men. Those were some examples of sexual harassment and hostility toward women detailed in a government report on the army air Force and Navy service academies. The study by the general accounting office found that the vast majority of female students witnessed or experienced sexual harassment. One example in the report made Public thursday at a Senate subcommittee in the stars and stripes 10 years ago feb. 5,1984 a a commercial communications satellite launched from the shuttle challenger was lost and project officials decided to delay deployment of an identical satellite funded by Indonesia. 20 years ago feb. 5,1974 a police raided hide outs in Frankfurt and Hamburg arresting seven people suspected of preparing to carry out a new wave of terror in West Germany. 30 years ago feb. 5,1964 a cypriot president Makarios accepted with qualifications a .-British plan for sending an Allied peacekeeping Force to Cyprus while a mediator tries to work out a peace plan Between the greek and turkish cypriot communities British officials said. 40 year Sago feb. 5,1954 a soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav m. Molotov categorically rejected the Western proposal for free All German elections pushing the big four foreign ministers conference toward a crisis. 50 years ago feb. 5,1944 a the House passed a Bill that would allow individual states to determine How they would handle voting procedures for military personnel rejecting president Roosevelt s assertion that such legislation was a a fraud Quot on servicemen. World War ii 50 years ago today feb. 5 1 a 9 4 �4 . Soldiers fail to push into the Flat lands in front of Monte Cassino Italy the americans dig in on High ground less than one mile across the Valley from the massive Abbey on the Mountain that dominates the area. Soviet troops capture Rovno and Lutsk in the Ukraine. Argentina Breaks diplomatic ties with Vichy France Bulgaria Hungary and Romania. Quot source. 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world War ii Bison books corp., 1981 _ a hearing showed that up to 97 percent of female students reported they Felt some harassment in 1991. Top civilian and uniformed officials also told the Senate armed services personnel subcommittee that the concept of Honor at the naval Academy is declining shown most recently by a major cheating scandal. A Between half to about three quarters of Academy women experienced various forms of harassment at least twice a month a the Gao reported. The Gao is the investigative  of Congress. But sen Dan Coats r-ind., criticized the Gao for drawing so inclusive a definition of harassment that the statistics were skewed and that a manageable problem appeared to be out of control. Coats Saia that under the Gao definition a Cadet saying a a you a better shape up a during exercises could be accused or harassment by a Cadet of the opposite  study covered the . Military Academy at West Point . The naval Academy at Annapolis my. And the . Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs Colo. A Survey of the class of 1993 at All three academies found that 80 percent of the female cadets either observed or experienced sexist comments in the past year. A 1992 air Force Academy Survey found that 78 no crying Over spilt milk Pamela Tessler of the pure food Campaign dumps a two gallon bucket of milk on a be ? York sidewalk thursday to protest Federal government approval of Bovine growth hormone. About two dozen people gathered in front of a supermarket to protest the growth hormone made by Monsanto that can be injected into cows to boost their milk production by More than 10 percent. The hormone went on Sale Friday after nine years of scrutiny by the food and drug administration. Washington a the . Naval Academy is under attack by the Senate a senior Democrat for holding up Iran Contra figure Oliver North class of 1968, As a a role Model by inviting him to hold a Book signing on Campus. Sen. Robert c. Byrd d-w.va., directed his fire at rear . Thomas a Lynch the Academy superintendent during a hearing thursday on a cheating scandal at the Annapolis md., school. But there was Little doubt that Byrds real target was North a retired Marine lieutenant colonel who admitted lying to Congress As a National Security Council aide under president Reagan and now is seeking the Republican nomination for the Senate from Virginia. A colonel North was held up As some kind of role Model for midshipmen to emulate a said Byrd who is the Senate a president pro tempore and also Heads the powerful appropriations committee. A what kind of message does this Send to the midshipmen we re talking about cheating and what has happened that May have caused  unlike North who went on the offensive in his appearances before Senate investigators Lynch was deferential and apologetic. The Exchange thursday took place at a hearing on a 1992 scandal at the Academy in which 133 midshipmen conspired to cheat on an electrical engineering exam and then lied about it to investigators. Last november Lynch agreed to North a request to visit Campus to sign his Book one More Mission a Memoir of his Vietnam War experiences. While some faculty members objected Lynch said he approved the appearance in Hopes it would promote healthy debate. To Byrd it seemed a poor Way to instill Honor and honesty on a Campus riven by the scandal. He read from a Campus advertisement that described North s Book As a a testimony to bravery and  Byrd also read at length from the report on the Iran Contra affair. In particular he quoted North a own admission that he had been a erroneous misleading evasive and wrong in testimony to Congress in the mid-1980s. North was convicted of helping submit false information to Congress and of accepting an illegal gratuity a a Security Fence for his Home. But the conviction was overturned on Appeal because some evidence used against North was based on testimony Given to Congress under a Grant of immunity. Percent of All female students and 52 per cent of the men said they daily heard sexist or demeaning remarks about women. Women Overall make up Between 11 percent and 14 percent of the student Boay at the academies. Written Survey responses by cadets illustrated the prevailing attitudes. A women done to belong Here a one Cadet wrote. A i know a great number of women who come Here just to have a 10-1 Man woman ratio so they can have sex As often As they  a West Point Cadet wrote that he wished he had come of age during the Eisenhower administration a before females destroyed this place. I vesti in Case Washington a Hillary Rodham Clinton represented Federal regulators in a savings and loan Case against a family Friend and political supporter in 1987, a Federal official confirmed thursday. V a a a a a the Federal Deposit insurance corp. Is trying to determine whether Clinton or her employer the Rose Law firm submitted to the government the required notification of a potential conflict of , Odic spokesman David Barr said. The defendant Dan Lasater had both personal and political ties to president Clinton that have been widely reported. The discovery that the first lady had settled the governments lawsuit against Lasater while she was living in Arkansas was first reported thursday by the Chicago Tribune. Law and accounting firms generally Are barred from representing the government in a amp a cases if they have previously represented the Thrift or have personal ties to any officials or targets of the lawsuit. They Are required to notify the Federal Agency a in Hillary Clinton Scase the defunct Federal savings amp loan insurance corp. Folic a of any conflicts before getting such contracts. The $3.3 million complaint was settled for $200,000. Barr said the Odic thinks the Lasater Case records Are at its Chicago office but they had not been located As of late thursday. 3 Idaho quakes shake 4-Stafe area soda Springs Idaho apr three earthquakes near the Idaho Wyoming state line rattled portions of four states thursday. There were no reports of serious injuries or damage. The first two quakes measuring 4.5 and 5.9 on the Richter scale struck at 12 15 . And 2 06 . In the Caribou National Forest. The third quake measured 5.2 on the Richter scale and occurred at 7 42 . About 30 Miles Northwest of soda Springs the . Geological Survey in Reston va., reported. It was followed about 20 minutes later by a 4.0 aftershock. The first two quakes Shook dishes off shelves and clocks off Walls in Afton  right near the Idaho Wyoming state line. The larger quake also was Felt in Provo Utah and grand Junction Colo., about 150 and 300 Miles from the epicentre