European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 06, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Saturday August 6, 1994 a act Leader rejects Calls to quit by the los Angeles times Washington refusing to yield to mounting demands that he resign the a act s executive director said thursday that it was within his authority to pledge association funds to pay As much As $332,000 to Settle a threatened sex discrimination suit. I have no intention of resigning from the a act the Rev. Benjamin Chavis said at a news conference in Washington. Chavis who said he has been under pressure from the National association for the advancement of col ored people and financial backers to clarify the Situa Tion said sexual harassment charges were not involved in the secret agreement with Mary Stansel his former aide. Chavis paid her $84,000 including $64,000 in a act Money As part of a settlement in which she dropped a sexual discrimination and wrongful Dis charge suit against the organization. But Stansel filed suit anyway claiming that Chavis reneged on the agreement. Chavis declined to discuss whether he had a personal relationship with Stansel or the nature of her duties during the six weeks she worked As his Deputy at the a act Headquarters in Baltimore. He acknowledged that news reports suggesting he sexually harassed Stan Sel have Hurt his standing with some a act members and with some financial backers of the organization. He labelled the sexual harassment reports As  at his news conference Chavis predicted he will re. Chive a vote of Confidence from the a act Board of directors when it meets aug. 20 in Baltimore. Toward that end Chavis said it was necessary to Knock Down the suggestion that sexual harassment was involved with the settlement. He said it was without Merit and has been used As a ploy to defame both my Good character and the reputation of the  Chavis distributed a letter he said was written and signed by Rose Sanders a noted civil rights attorney from Selma ala., who represented Stansel in the settlement. I at no time posed sexual harassment As an Issue the letter read. Sexual discrimination h6wev or was a claim raised and  As soon As Chavis was elected to Lead the organza Tion in april 1993, he was embroiled in  members of the Board Over his policies. Both critics and supporters say Chavis leadership of the a act has angered factions among the Organiza Tion s traditional supporters most notably older mid dle class Black members jewish leaders and labor. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago aug. 6,1984 actor Richard Burton 58, died in a Geneva Hospi Tal of a cerebral Haemorrhage caused by a stroke said the British Broad casting corp., which quoted Bur ton s brother Graham who is a bbl employee. 20 years ago aug. 6,1974 president Nixon released transcripts of three 1972 conversations that he said May fur ther damage my Case in the water Gate scandal admitting that he kept the evidence from his attorneys and omitted it from his Public statements. 30 years ago aug. 6,1964 . Aircraft destroyed or damaged 25 North Viet namese it boats and made rubble of the bases from which they had twice attacked american naval ves Sels. 40 years ago aug. 6,1954 vice president Richard Nixon appointed a six Mem Ber Senate committee to investigate the conduct of sen. Joseph Mccar thy r-wis., and consider proposals that he be censured. 50 years ago today aug. 6 japanese soldiers and tanks launch a fierce Surprise attack on Guam inflicting heavy casualties on a regiment of the . Army s 77th in div but american forces expand their hold to two thirds of the Island. On new Guinea. . Soldiers Battle retreating japanese troops in the a tape area. American troops capture Laval and Vire and Advance r toward be mans in France. Source 2194 Days of War. W. H. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world War ii. Bison books corp., 1931 a Ala senator hospitalized Washington a .  Heflin of Alabama was hospitalized thursday after complaining of Chest pains and was listed in stable and comfortable condition aides said. Tom Mcmahon a spokesman for the73-year-old Democrat said Heflin was taken to the Bethesda National naval medical Center in Maryland after telling attending physicians at the Capitol of his Chest pains. House oks $1.2 billion for sex foes Washington a the Houston thursday passed a $13.7 billion for eign Aid Bill that provides More than $1.2 billion for former communist bloc coun tries and gives $50 million in Aid for Rwanda. The measure approved on a 341-85vote, includes $99,. Million As a Down pay ment on president Clinton s promised $700 million in debt forgiveness for Jor Dan. The Money will leverage the first $220 million in loan cancellations. The Bill was sent to the Senate for final approval before going to Clinton to be signed into Law. Clinton s gesture came after Jordan s King Hussein and Israel s prime minister Yitzhak Rabin officially ended four dec Ades of hostility Between their countries. In addition the Bill provides $50 million in emergency Relief for Rwanda $20 million through disaster Aid programs and $30 million through refugee funds. Also in the Bill is $850 million for for Mer soviet republics $359 million for Eastern Europe and the Baltic states $802 million for the development fund for Africa and a set of restrictions on military Aid to Indonesia Greece and Turkey. The measure also contains the traditional military and economic Aid to is Rael $3 billion and Egypt $2.1 billion. The two Are perennially the largest recipients of . Foreign Aid a vestige of their 1979 Camp David peace agreement. In providing Aid to the former soviet republics the Bill recommends that $150 million go to Ukraine $75 million to Armenia and $50 million to Georgia. In response to Indonesia s human rights record in the disputed territory of East timor the Bill bans Small arms sales to Indonesia. It also withholds 10 percent of tur key s $364.5 million in military Aid Loans pending a report addressing allegations of abuses against civilians in Cyprus and holds Back 10 percent of Greece s $255 million in military Aid Loans while a re port is done on charges that Greece Vio lated . Sanctions against Serbia. Highway Abuzz a Chuck Dyckman of Dyckman s nuisance control has More than a nuisance on his hands As he removes one of 200 crates of bees after the truck carrying them rolled Over thursday near Tan town . Some 24 million bees bound from Massachusetts to Florida crash landed. Drivers warned to keep their windows rolled up were backed up for Miles. Eleven hours later the truck was removed. The Driver who suffered minor injuries in the crash and a Man who was stung All Over were in the Hospital. But the Only Way to control the bees according to beekeepers at the scene was to use pesticides so most of them ended up dead. Study finds chocolate s dark secret Fosse Philadelphia a College students who kept diaries of their Choco late cravings and popped Cocoa filled capsules led researchers to conclude what Many kids could save told them people hanker for chocolate because it tastes Good. University of Pennsylvania researchers determined that it s flavor that satisfies the chocolate yen rather than any partic ular ingredient in the Sweet. They did not Rule out however the possibility that some ingredient acts like a drug to make the taste so satisfying. The study monitored the cravings of 45 chocolate Friendly Penn and Massachusetts Institute of technology students for 12 weeks in 1990. The researchers found that capsules of Cocoa powder could not satisfy the jogging for chocolate. Nor did All the ingredients of a chocolate bar minus chocolate flavor. What is  that our study suggests that the satisfaction of the craving lies primarily in the experience of the sensory properties said researcher Paul Rozin a Penn psychologist and expert nonfood and taste. He said chocolate is special because of three potentially attractive features sen Sory Appeal texture Aroma flavor big Energy boost provided by calories and the presence of arousing chemicals such As caffeine and the similar the Bromine