European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes. . Saturday july 9, 1994freezing sperm urged in tandem with vasectomies Stanford Calif. A men could share the Burden of birth control by freezing and banking their sperm then getting vasectomies two scientists say. The scientists contend prospects remain dim for developing a male contraceptive Pill. Quot Carl Djerassi of Stanford University and Stanley Leibo of the University of Guelph in Ontario offer their ideas in thursdays edition of the British science journal nature. They also said the . Military should freeze and store semen from Volunteer servicemen to Sec if sperm Frozen for years would remain viable. A if successful reversal could be a guaranteed a Young men who have never fathered children might become candidates for Vasectomy thus transforming it into a new method of reversible male contraception a they said in the  the stars and stripes 10years ago july 9,1984 a president Reagan directed his administration to begin preparations for the possible resumption of nuclear arms talks with the soviet Union the Washington Post reported. 20yearsago july 9,1974 a a sen. Henry m. Jackson a Wash a Back from a trip to China called for full diplomatic recognition of the communist nation and the withdrawal of the . Embassy from Taiwan. 30yearsago july.9,1964�? Premier Nikita Khrushchev said the soviet Union had As much right to Fly Aerial inspections Over other countries As the United states had to keep sending reconnaissance planes Over Cuba. 40years ago july 9,1954 a the . Embassy in Prague said the czechoslovak government had not replied to a state department note denouncing it for the a a abduction of seven a. It american soldiers and demanding their return. I world War ii 50 years ago today july 91 �?�9 4 4 British Ana Canadian troops drive German soldiers out of the Northern part of Caen a City that had been a first Day objective of the a Day invasion. American soldiers capture Volterra Italy. On the Central soviet front red army units take Lida about 50 Miles East of Grodno and Advance to the outskirts of Vilna. Organized japanese resistance Enas on Saipan in the Mariana islands source 2194 Days of War we Smitn publishers inc. The world almanac of world War it Jison books corp., 1981 a deadly fire out of control As flames near freeway Glenwood Springs Colo. Apr a wildfire that killed at least 12 firefighters raged out of control Friday creeping closer to an interstate Highway and forcing officials to close one of two westbound lanes. Helicopters removed the charred bodies of the dead firefighters thursday and dropped buckets of water to Cool the Mountain while air tankers dumped fire retardant. Authorities planned to resume their search for two missing firefighters at  the victims were among 52 firefighters trapped on storm King Mountain five Miles West of Glenwood Springs when winds whipped the fire out of control wednesday. Some survived by using fireproof blankets As Shields. One Man out raced the flames Down the Mountain Ridge. Four firefighters were injured. Two were hospitalized in stable condition and two were treated and released. Officials planned an investigation into the tragedy. A spokesman for the Bureau of land management said firefighters were surprised by How quickly the wind picked up. A typically when winds pick up in Speed firefighters Are pulled Back off the line a said Jay Thompson. A we done to know exactly what happened in this firefighter Tim Hunter takes a break from fighting the Blaze on storm King Mountain near Glenwood Springs Colo., on thursday the fire threatened an interstate Friday Case. Search Crews found the victims Early thursday within a 200-Yard radius along the Ridge. All were burned beyond recognition. The fire had burned about 2,200 acres. Thursday leaving blackened Trees across the scorched Mountainside. About 140 firefighters worked to build lines around the Blaze but completed Only about one fourth of what was necessary  Forest service officials said. Smoke drifted across Glenwood Springs a picturesque town of about 6,000 people where residents put up purple ribbons and wore purple armbands  of the firefighters. President Clinton called gov. Roy Rome with condolences. The fire triggered by lightning monday soldered in fewer than 50 acres until the wind picked up wednesday afternoon. A the wind just took fire bands Over the tops of the Trees. Sparks and chunks of Wood started flying a said Volunteer firefighter Larry White who was about 800 Yards from the Blaze As it swept across the Ridge. Fire bands Are Waves of flames that jump from Treetop to treat up. Gamut of beards to Battle hardware covered in Senate s defense budget Washington a from the vital to the obscure from funding for air aircraft Carrier to a new policy on whether members of the sikh religion can Wear beards the defense budget seems to have something for everyone. Along with the funding for major weapons systems military bases and troops the 1995 defense budget just passed by the Senate includes a grab bag of provisions. A must survive conference negotiations with the House before becoming Law. Here is a sampling a beginning this fall the military services would be allowed to use nonviolent state prison inmates for various custodial and construction jobs on bases. They a May not displace government or defense contractor employees a or involve services for which there is a surplus of labor locally. A. The Senate armed services committee noted that a Navy run Pilot program this year was a Success for both the Navy and the inmates. The inmates would not be paid. For. The work but the. Service secretaries could pay a nominal sum to the state or local government that provided the inmate.  Secretary of the army would be ordered to review two Post civil War Era cases involving the dismissals of Blacks from the . Military Academy. James Webster Smith the first Black appointed to West Point was dismissed in 1874. John Chestnut Walker the third Black to attend the Academy was dismiss. De in 1882. A according to historical accounts both individuals met academic and physical requirements but faced extreme racial prejudice from their classmates a the armed services committee reported. Based on the army Secretary a review president Clinton could Grant posthumous commissions to Smith and Walker. A in 1981, the army stopped granting waivers to members of the sikh religion from restrictions on facial hair. For nearly a decade prior sikhs in the military were allowed to follow one of their fundamental religious tenets of leaving All the hair on their bodies intact. The army justified its policy change on grounds that Gas masks work poorly Over facial hair. The committee pointed out that advances in technology have led to masks that work Well Over beards. The Bill gives the Pentagon six months to review the  Senate Bill provides $3 million for the Pentagon to finance a logistical support and personnel services to the 1995 special olympics world games next summer in new Haven Conn. The House armed services committee expressed concern that the defense department is paying Bills for Protection of athletes and fans a when the event organizers Are profiting from the athletic  repeat Drunken Driver must Post offence on plate new York a a Man with six convictions for Drunken driving must hang a Modem version of a Scarlet letter on his License plate a sign that reads a convicted  the punishment imposed by Nassau county judge Marc Mogil on Roy letter Lough of Hempstead was unanimously affirmed by a panel of judges from the state appellate division in a decision made Public this week a i would never impose this on a first offender Quot Mogil said thursday. A but this is a 56-year-old Man and after six times he a just about spit in the Eye of society. So i. Had to take some measure that protects innocent people that walk along the  but Barbara Bernstein who Heads the Long Island civil liberties Union called the sentence a a Scarlet letter a a reference to a Scarlet a a a once worn by someone convicted of adultery a this is a violation of his constitutional right to free speech because it compels him to say something that he does no to believe in a she said. Letterlough was sentenced in 1992 to five years probation a $500 Fine and treatment after his sixth arrest for Drunken driving. His License was revoked and Mogil ordered him to attach the sign to his License plate if his License was restored before the probation was up. When he got his License Back after two years he challenged the judges order to hang the sign arguing that it was embarrassing and a violation of his rights. But the higher court upheld the unusual punishment