European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday May 10, 1994 Anita Hill Washington a High profile lawsuits accusing big names of sexual harassment Arentt All bad because they Force Public discussion about the Issue Anita Hill says. \ a these cases can serve a purpose. Because they Are High profile they get Peoples attention and people talk about them a Hill said sunday on cd so face the nation. A a a a Quot a a. A Hills allegations in 1991 that Clarence Thomas sexually harassed her when she worked for him nearly Cost him the nomination to the supreme court and sparked a continuing National debate on the Issue. A these cases provide examples of the kind of behaviour individuals find objectionable and they give us a Chance As a society to talk about things that happen in the workplace a Hill added. Paula Corbin Jones filed a Federal civil suit last week alleging that president Clinton while Arkansas governor sexually harassed her in 1991 during a meeting in a hotel room in the state. Clinton through his attorney has denied the incident occurred. Hill a University of Oklahoma Law professor aired her allegations before the Senate judiciary committee. The staff had interviewed Hill about Thomas in preparation for his supreme court confirmation hearings. She came Forward after details of her allegations were leaked to the news Media. V Hill worked for Thomas when he was chairman of the equal employment Opportunity commission and head of the civil rights division in the department of education. His nomination was eventually confirmed. Meanwhile Republican sen. Bob Packwood of Oregon who has been accused of multiple acts of sexual harassment and misconduct said he wished a statute of limitations existed for these types of cases. Packwood who has admitted kissing some of his accusers said that behaviour now considered offensive Wasny to treated that Way decades ago and that it has become a problem Only because of changing values. A a it a funny 20, 25 years ago if you made an Advance to a woman and she approved and was receptive that was All right. And if you made an Advance to a woman and she did no to and you were a gentleman you did no to follow it up a he said sunday on abcs this week with David Brinkley. A but i done to think you thought of it then As sexual misconduct just by making an Advance a a Packwood said. A if 20 years ago you made an Advance toward a woman and she said a Bob done to do that a and you did no to do. It again have you done something abnormal Are you guilty of sexual misconduct if you when rebuffed let it go at that and that was the end of it a Suzanne garment author of a Book about government scandals said the cases were not a sign that people Are misbehaving More. She said they Are just learning More about How to expose and punish harassment. A a we be really broadened the scandal Field and we re now living with the consequences a said garment who also appeared on the Abc program. A a in the stars and stripes 10 years ago May 10,1984 a victories in the Industrial states of Ohio and Indiana breathed new fire into into sen. Gary Harts faltering presidential candidacy offsetting Walter  Dales wins in Maryland and North Carolina. A a a a. 20 years ago May 10,1974 a Fri director Clarence m. Kelley describing the tight Security within the sym ionese liberation army said that Quot we Are stumped Quot in the investigation of the kidnapping of Patricia Hearst. 30 years ago May 10,1964 a Tornado Cut a wide Swath of destruction through communities along the Anchor Bay Shoreline Northeast of Detroit killing at least 10 people and injuring from 400 to 600. 40 years ago May 10,1954 a a terrible silence continued to mask the Fate of the9,000 defenders of Dlen Bie Phu two Days after the fall of the former French bastion in Indochina. 50 years ago May 10,1944 a the . Senate passing a Bill to extend the lend lease act another year forbade president Roosevelt to make any commitments on postwar economic military or diplomatic policy without its approval. T world War ii 1 50 years ago today May 10 194 4 australian warplanes Chase japanese troops from Karubian in Northern new Guinea and american infantrymen Advance from nya Parade to capture the town without opposition. In Burma a nationalist chinese Force begins crossing the Salween River at Mengtak ferry twelve Allied divisions quietly move into positions for a major offensive in the Cassino sector of the Western italian front. Source 2194 Days of War. W. H. Smith publishers inc. Tha world almanac of world War ii Bison books corp., 1981 a we must be a family first lady says Washington a Hillary Rodham Clinton delivering a mothers Day message to College graduates sunday called for an a extended family of americans a friends neighbors and citizens caring for each other As traditional american families dwindle. A your Community must be a family a she said in the commencement address to George Washington University. Wearing a Blue Cap and gown the first lady was greeted by 4,800 hooting and hollering graduates. A Hillary i love you a one Young Man yelled. She received an honorary doctorate of Public service in a Chilly outdoor service near the Washington Monument. The presidents wife compared a Moth Eros counsel Protection and nursing to Public issues most important to her education crime and health care. A the great issues of the Day Are not just about politics and policy and dollars and cents. They Are about our moral obligation As individuals to protect and car for All within our Large Community a she said. The obligation is even More important today with fewer traditional american families she said. \ / a instead of families looking like the cleavers on leave it to Beaver we have families that include test tube babies and surrogate moms. Instead of sunday night family dinners we now have Cross country Telephone conference Calls. Instead of aunts and uncles and grandmas arid grandpas we have nannies and Day care centers a she said. A but remember As you go Forth,.no matter what a family unit looks like today the family remains the essential ingredient of commencement speaker Hillary Rodham Clinton receives an honorary doctorate sunday under the supervision of George Washington University a marshal Jill Kasle. Shaping our later lives and you have no greater responsibility ahead of you a the graduates responsibilities wont Stop at Home she said. They must look out for their friends neighbors and fellow citizens As they would members of their own families. A when the traditional Bonds of family Are too often frayed we All need to appreciate that in a very real sense we have become an extended family a she said. A your Community must be a  St. Louis a one of the 25,000 skiers who spent Spring break in Summit county colo., apparently started a measles outbreak that has nit at least 176 people in six states the St. Louis pos dispatch reported sunday. The skier was probably free of symptoms during the vacation in late March but passed the highly contagious disease to a 29-year-old Joplin mo., woman and a 14-year-old girl from Elsah iii., a Small town near St. Louis the newspaper said. The Joplin Case did not spread. But the Elsah Case spread because the girls family follows Christian science a religion that shuns medical care. So far All the victims in Eastern Missouri and Illinois Are Christian scientists. A this is a disease that is vaccine preventable and could be totally stamped out a except in St. Louis county and Elsah Illinois where we have this big of unit Mumzez people a said it a. Linda Fisher St. Louis county a chief medical officer. All but a handful of the Missouri victims attend the Principia a 96-year-old school for Christian scientists in a St. Louis suburb the Post dispatch said. Five children from other states who visited the Principia in mid april have developed measles As Well. Tok amp a live in new York Maine California and Washington. Many polled adults vague about computer net new York a one in three adults in a National poll say they have seen heard or read something about the information superhighway. A a even among the 34 percent who have heard about it most say that they have Little understanding of what it is a Humphrey Taylor president of Louis Harris and associates said in a column being published monday. The Media have Given extensive coverage to the increasing amounts of information being exchanged by computers Over Telephone lines worldwide. They have compared it to traffic on a Highway with ramps tolls and potholes. As powerful computers become household items Many people a including vice president Al Gore a have speculated How telecommunications and Cable to networks can change the Way people do business and receive information and entertainment at Home. Six in 10 of those who have heard of the information superhighway think it sounds like an excellent or pretty Good idea the poll said. The Harris poll of 1,255 adults was taken april 4-7. Results have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage Points