European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes . J Friday june 3,1994 lesbian colonel exults at reinstatement Rulin Kramek succeeds Kime at Helm of coast guard from wire reports Washington vice adm. Robert e. A. Kramek took office wednesday As the 20th commandant of the . Coast guard. Kramek was sworn in by transportation Secretary Federico Pena. He succeeds adm. John William Kime Kramek has held a variety of commands since graduating from the coast guard Academy in 1961. He was coordinator of the War on drugs in the Caribbean and As commander of the haitian migration task Force led the interdiction and Rescue of 37,000 haitians. Kramek has earned advanced degrees from Thea University of Michigan Johns Hopkins University the University of Alaska and the naval War . Police end sick out los Angeles a police officers frustrated by stalled contract talks recovered from the a Blue flu wednesday but City and Union negotiators appeared no closer to agreement on officers demands for higher pay. The police department reported Normal staffing for its Day shift signalling an end to a three Day sick out by hundreds of officers. Police Union leaders rejected mayor Richard Riordan a request for a mediator. They called instead for binding arbitration. Calls to Riordan a office wednesday afternoon were not returned. Riordan said tuesday that the City was facing its a gravest fiscal situation since the great depression and  afford More than a 3 percent raise Over two years. Union members overwhelmingly rejected the offer last week. The officers called in sick every other shift forcing Many who did show up to work overtime. During some shifts More than 50 percent of those scheduled to work stayed off the  sound of silence new York a does your Boogie Boogie fever give your neighbors the blues the solution is now at your fingertips the silent ssh Hohf a piano is Here. The latest in keyboard technology was unveiled wednesday by Yamaha which has created a piano that Only the player can hear. The instrument is a hybrid of a traditional piano and a digital piano. So what  that mean other than no complaints from the rough audience in the next apartment the piano has a system that can be turned on to prevent the hammers from hitting the strings. The player listens to the music through headphones plugged into the  Law ruled fair san Antonio the background checks required under the Brady Law done to constitute an undue hardship on authorities enforcing the gun control Law a Federal judge ruled wednesday. A the Brady act confers great discretion on each chief Law enforcement officer to determine what is a reasonable background search under the circumstances a . District judge de Prado said in denying Val verde county sheriff . Koog a Challenge. A Koog argued that the Law is unfair to Small departments that do not have the personnel to make the background checks. The Taw which went into effect feb. 2s, has been challenged in six states. Murder charges dropped Chicago a charges were dismissed against two men accused in the slaying of the Road manager of for the group Boyz ii men. Christopher Foley and Kenneth Copeland both 22, had been charged with murder attempted murder and aggravated Battery in a 1992 altercation that left Roderick Rountree dead. Foley Copeland and a third Man Christopher Babbington said they went to a Chicago hotel in search of a party on May 25, 1992, when they encountered Rountree and an assistant Rountree and the assistant tried to Force the three out of the hotel authorities said. Babbington 22, is on trial this week in the slaying. Babbington told police he shot Rountree in Sel defense after Rountree pistol whipped him in an elevator. Seattle apr a National guard colonel who was dismissed after acknowledging that she is a lesbian Felt like a a general who a won a War after a Federal judge ordered her reinstated. The Pentagon a restriction on Gays is based solely on a fear and dislike of homosexuals a . District judge Thomas Zilly said wednesday in ruling that col mar Gar the Cammer Meyer a constitutional rights were violated when she was discharged by the Washington state National guard. The ruling is not a direct Rebuff of the new a a done task done to Tell policy under which Gays May serve if they keep their sexual orientation to themselves. Cam Mcimeyer was forced out in 1992 under the ban that preceded the current policy. But Cammer Meyer a attorneys noted that Zilly had examined All the justifications used for adopting the new policy and rejected them. Among other things he rejected the governments position a that homosexual a orientation is equivalent to homosexual  a Zilly is not the first Federal judge to make such a ruling and both sides had indicated the Case would probably go to the 9th . Circuit court of appeals in san Francisco whatever the judge decided. Justice department spokesman Joe Krovisky said from Washington d.c., that Agency attorneys had not read the ruling and that he had no comment. It. Col. Donna Hubbard a spokeswoman for the Washington state National guard also refused to comment. A i feel a Little bit like a general who a won a War a the 52-year-old Kammermeyer said. A it was the right decision and it is  Kammermeyer was chief nurse for the guard from 1986 until her discharge. The 26-year military nurse who was awarded a Bronze Star in Vietnam said she cried when she read Zilly a ruling. A it seems like a vindication of All the struggles so Washington apr surgeon general Joycelyn elders says lesbians should be allowed to join the girl scouts and politicians  worry a about anyone s bedroom but their  a i feel that sexuality is up to the individual a elders said in an interview with Usa weekend Magazine made available wednesday. The interview conducted april 22, will run this weekend. Elders defended an interview she gave to the advocate a Gay newspaper in which she said sex was for Leasure not just procreation and urged the boy couts to admit homosexuals. A i also think girls who Are lesbians should be allowed to join the girl scouts a she said. A none of us is Good enough or knows enough to make decisions about other Peoples sexual  a what goes on in someone a bedroom is really none of my business a she said. A i done to fee that policy Mak Pensacola Fla. A a $130 million lawsuit accuses Navy installations in the Pensacola area of racial discrimination against Black civilian employees. The complaint alleges that Blacks have been denied promotions and training arc underrepresented in management Are disciplined More severely and arc required to provide More documentation on Job applications. A if you re not among the chosen ones you will never Ever get promoted a Thelma Roby said tuesday. A and if you exercise your right to protect your rights they will. Retaliate against you and you will get  she is among 32 plaintiffs who filed the suit in Federal court in May. Most complaints were against Nas Pensacola a aviation depot a helicopter overhaul facility slated for closure by september 1995. The suit also targets the pen Many of us have had a said Kammermeyer who works at the veterans administration Hospital at american Lake near Tacoma. It was not Clear when she would rejoin the guard. Zilly said that a the rationales offered by the government to justify its exclusion of homosexual service members arc grounded solely in  Kammermeyer military experts who testified at a hearing in april a conceded that their justifications for the policy arc based on heterosexual members fear and dislike of homosexuals a Zilly said. A Mere negative attitudes or fear Are constitutionally impermissible bases for discriminatory governmental  the discharge violated  a fifth amendment rights to due process and equal Protection Zilly said. Zilly ordered the guard to reinstate Kammermeyer remove any reference to her sexual orientation from its files and refrain from taking action against her because of her homosexuality. He also ordered the government to pay her Legal costs. Kammermeyer disclosed her sexual orientation to an investigator in 1989 while being interviewed for a top Security clearance she had sought in Hopes of becoming chief nurse of the National guard in Washington cars and decision makers should worry about anyone a bedroom but their  on other subjects she said a she has spoken with president Clinton a probably Only four or five times since she came to Washington last year but he recently a congratulated me on what in be been  a the nicotine in cigarettes is a drug and should be regulated 1 a she has never discussed the presidents eating habits with him. A probably i need to discuss my own first a said the 60-year-old surgeon general who grew up in Arkansas on her mothers Fried Chicken and pork chops. A a in be lost 1,000 pounds. I Start to eat right and As soon As i lose weight i Start rewarding myself a with ice Cream she said. A a in be tried to move on to  Sac Ola naval Hospital and naval education and training program management support activity at Saufley Field. Roby who operates Metal blasting equipment at the depot and is a Union representative accused officials of twice passing Over her for promotions for which she was qualified. She also complained in court documents that depot officials failed to take disciplinary action against a White woman who assaulted her. Cmdr. Joe March a spokesman for vice adm. Robert . Kihune said it would be inappropriate to comment on pending litigation. As chief of naval education and training Kihune is the highest ranking officer in the Pensacola area. The suit is patterned after one filed against nearby Eglin fab. That suit was settled for a total of $3.2 million in the 19s0s. Surgeon general supports admission of Gays to scouts Black civilian employees sue naval facilities Over racial Bias