European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes wednesday May 18,1994 at a glance Theodor Geisel the late author better known As or. Seuss still has some stories to Tell. The latest one Daisy head Mayzie was discovered by his widow in the Bottom of a drawer. It will be published next Winter. See Story on Page 8. Soldiers Home Burns sgt. Rudolph Smiths routine Day went up in smoke tuesday when he found smoke billowing from his apartment in Darmstadt Germany. A Page 4 company cleared a new York company has been cleared of causing the deaths of seven . Marines in a Friendly fire incident during the persian Gulf War according to a plea bargain a a v a a Quot a page5 Puller honoured Lewis b. Puller jr., the tormented Veteran of the Vietnam War who kilted himself last week has been Laid to rest in Arlington National cemetery. Quot Quot a Page 7 scam admitted a Maryland Man has pleaded guilty to charging the . And foreign governments More than $6 million in bogus shipping costs in connection with Pentagon sales. A Page 10 interest rates Rise the Federal Reserve on tuesday increased two key interest rates sending a signal it was determined to head off any inflationary spiral. A Page 15 i Index -1 Abby Ann Landers. 22 classifieds. 28-31 comics. 22, 26-27 commentary .19 crossword .22 faces a places. 16 focus. 23-25 Horoscope. 30 Jumble. 30  18 Money matters .15 sports. 32-40 to listings .39 weather. 17 women Washington a rep. Maxine Waters saying a facilities Are a not Friendly places to women a won committee endorsement tuesday of a Bill that would set up a Center for women within the veterans affaire department. The House veterans affaire committee gave unanimous support to the Bill that would establish the Center and appoint a director who would report directly to the a Secretary and make recommendations on improving services to women. A committee chairman . Montgom Erv d-miss., said he expected the House to take up the Bill in the next week or two. Quot this is a great Day for women veterans a Montgomery said at a news conference. He said that because of weaknesses in the system a women veterans Don t know the benefits that Are out there. They think its a Many a  a a. Waters d-calif., the main sponsor of the Bill noted that the number of women vets has multiplied five times in the past 20 years to 1.2 million today and that 12 percent of Active duty forces Are women. Quot this Center for women veterans is vital  Are to ensure All americans veterans Access to the services and benefits they need and  women veterans underused the vans medical system and Many complain that a hospitals Are ill equipped to handle women a health needs Waters cited a a horror stories of hospitals not having patient gowns for women or women having to share rooms with men. Retired air Force maj. Linda Schwartz said that one fifth of women who served in Vietnam came Back with service connected disabilities but a they did no to find the a to be a very welcoming  a Secretary Jesse Brown recently created a position to oversee women a affairs but Waters said her legislation would make that position permanent. Children s grave site to get wreaths Ramstein a Germany a amps German and american Kaiser Lautem arca residents will join in a ceremony saturday in remembrance of the 454 american children buried in Kaiserslautern a Wai Friedhof from 1952-71. The ceremony begins at 9 45 . At the Kleber Chapel. Participants will walk from the Chapel to the cemetery where members of american legion Post 1 and the German american women a club will place wreaths at the grave site members of Ramstein area chiefs group will Light candles in memory of the children and place a Rose on each nameplate. The children most of whom died before they were 3 months old belonged to parents stationed in the Kaiserslautern military Community. At the time assistance from the government or from the american red Cross was not available to help parents pay for a stateside burial. 2 live Crew rapper charged in assault Case Miami a 2 live Crew rapper Luther Campbell was arrested Early tuesday and charged with aggravated assault for allegedly aiming a gun at a woman and threatening to kill her. Metro Dade police responded to his Home in Miami Lake so Campbell an unincorporated suburb after a disturbance Call was made by Tina Barnett 22. A a they were having a verbal altercation Over their relationship and the altercation escalated to or. Campbell pointing a gun at her and saying t swear i will kill you and dump you in a Lake somewhere a a said police spokesman Patrick Brickman. Campbell was released on $7,500 Bond. It Brickman identified Barnett As Campbells wife. But Debbie Bennett executive vice president of Luke records inc., said Barnett a was his Girlfriend. They lived  she said they done to live together now. From Page 1 branches of the armed forces can do in carrying out various missions from Intel Lig Cnoc gathering to gaining air superiority during the Early phases of a Campaign. It also would require for the first time that the services plan their budgets cooperatively ceding turf or eliminating weapons where top military leaders decide that another service can do a Job better. Today each service plans its own budget. Owens already has gotten the project under Way using a Little known committee known As the joint requirements and oversight Council a a High level panel composed of the vice chiefs of staff of each of the individual services All of them four Star generals and admirals. The group has begun reviews aimed at identifying weaknesses duplication and overlap in the various services modernization and procurement programs with the  of eliminating redundancies and filling any vacuums. In considering those issues however the group also is expected to thrash out potential changes in the roles and missions of each service and potential changes in military doctrine that May be necessary to Cany out any reshuffling that it proposes. Among the questions that the panel is pondering for example is whether the air Force should take Over army pro Grams for High Altitude air defense and whether the army a multiple launch rocket system should be adapted for use by Navy warships. The panel also is expected to recommend adapting current precision guided weapons sensor systems and computer software so that All four services can take advantage of common High technology. Systems such As satellite links and target acquisition devices. That in turn could require the services to give up some of the pet weapons projects they now have on the books that were launched a decade or so ago when the services operated More As individual forces. A a a. A. Officials said Owens Hopes to have an initial set of proposals sometime this autumn in time for the fiscal 1996 budget. But critics caution that the Effort is so Radical that it is unlikely to yield Many major changes for at least a year or More. Fret from Page 1 and enlisted. And How to get people to work together. In wives clubs or family support groups senior wives say that the Young wives do not come to meetings or support programs. Young wives on the other hand say that they feel intimidated by the senior women a i had to go shopping to buy something to Wear to this conference a said Brenda Myers of Vii Eck. Germany. She is the View president of an enlisted and noncommissioned officer spouse group. Her husband is an army specialist. The 21-year-old Mother of a toddler son said she often has lunch with wives of soldiers in her husbands unit but they do not go to meetings with commanders wives because they feel out of place. That a because Quot i have to constantly prove myself because i am an enlisted wife a she said. Myers also Felt discouraged because work she did recently on a battalion picnic w ent unrecognized while credit was Given to an officers wife she said. Elaine Rodriguez a advice to Myers was to stay with her group but to express her concerns quietly and politely to the officers wife. Rodriguez a battalion commanders wife from Berlin said Myers situation might be a More due to her youth than to her  Cindy Stover a former army truck Driver for 10 years who also lives in Berlin said that in her experience the rank consciousness was More prevalent among the enlisted people than the officers. Mixing the wives of officers and enlisted people is like joining together the hat Fields and the Mccoy Quot said Karen Ridley a Counselor who led a seminar on diversity in military Community groups. Rank she said is Only one of Many factors that identify a person. A Why should women worry about rank when it Isnit even theirs in the first place a she asked. Issues that people also use to classify themselves Ana others include age gender race income religion family status Job level and education. Those who have Many of these things in common May form cliques making others feel left out. A a done to you remember the cheerleaders in High school a Ridley asked women at the conference whose accessories varied from Pink Tennis shoes to pearls. People make More headway if they put aside their Petty jealousies and prejudices and acknowledge their differences she said. Diversity Ridley noted can Lead to catastrophe. Or it can create synergy. A variety of backgrounds adds to the Gene Pool of an organization. Many officers wives at the conference commented that communities needed the younger people. They Are the ones with the ideas Many said. A the modern military wives they re like Hillary Clinton. They have their own Caj Reers said Lois Gordon 29, a captains wife from Butzbach Germany. They do not fit the stereotype of an officers wife who goes to luncheons wearing Little White gloves she said. In cases where Small communities Are having difficulty getting Young wives to participate in activities Rodriguez a in a Cotton plaid skirt a advised a be careful what you Wear. Family support group leaders Wear Blue jeans please