European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Thursday september 22,1994cia says it s trying to Dean up its act by Tim Weiner new York times Washington the Cia is working hard with mixed results to eliminate racial and sexual harassment in its ranks and to promote women and members of minorities the Cia director said tuesday. Testifying before the House permanent select committee on intelligence the director James Woolsey said he took a very seriously the complaints of female employ Ces in pending lawsuits against the Cia and was striving to break Down barriers against their promotion. A the ability to understand a Complex diverse world a a world which is far from being All White male a is Central to our Mission a Woolsey said. A being Able to tap a diverse work Force gives . Intelligence unique  Woolsey a testimony did not touch on two sex discrimination cases pending against the Agency a class action complaint drafted by More than 100 women at the operations directorate where the spies work and a suit by a for Mer Cia station chief Janine Brookner who contends that she was denied a top overseas Post and placed in administrative Purgatory when she hit a a Glass ceiling imposed on women at the intelligence Agency. Instead the director detailed his efforts to diversify the Cia where 45 percent of All women and minorities reported in 1991 that they had experienced sexual or racial harassment from their colleagues. While the Agency has tried to improve the climate of tolerance at the Cia by training people to Stop harassing one another and by putting More women and minorities in positions of Power a the report card is mixed a Woolsey said. A minorities Are still underrepresented in the Agency a work Force and the advancement of women and minorities is still limited a he said. Making things More difficult he added is the fact that the Cia is hiring so few new people now and has been forced to limit its recruiting at College campuses and in Large cities. Nonetheless nearly half of the promotions at the Cia went to women last year and 17 percent went to minority members he said. About 42 percent of the Agency a employees Are women and 14.5 percent Are minority members a figures not notably different from those for other Federal agencies. But there is still not enough room at the top of the Cia Quot for female Black hispanic and asian intelligence officers Woolsey said. They a continue to be underrepresented in positions above Middle management he added and they run few of the overseas stations and administrative divisions in the Covert operations directorate. The director offered facts and figures to show that he was working to overcome a men Only tradition at the Cia a tradition most deeply embedded among the spies in the operations division. The lawsuit bled by the former station chief Brookner details her experience of dealing with several Bosses who she says were drunks seducers or oafs. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago sept. 22,1984 a the United Auto workers reached agreement with general motors corp. On a three year contract and picket lines were coming Down at Many of the 17 plants struck nationwide by 91,300 workers. 20 years ago sept. 22,1974 a Rescue Crews parachuted into the town of Cholo a Honduras where at least 2,200 people were killed by Hurricane fifi the National emergency committee said. 30 years ago sept. 22 1964 a a War style Convoy the first since 1945, slipped out of Weymouth Bay on Britain a Southern coast launching the biggest naval exercise in nato history. 40years ago sept. 22,1954 a the . General Assembly voted to postpone for 1954 the Issue of seating communist China following a demand by the soviet Union that the world body give the Beijing regime the seat held by nationalist China. 50years ago sept. 22,1944 a stars an stripes reporter Herb Palmer Given an Opportunity to join . Paratroops on a combat jump into hoi land accepted the Challenge and became the first Allied Soldier in Eindhoven Netherlands world War ii 50 years ago today sept. 2219 a 4 4 polish paratroops dropped near arnhem in the Netherlands try to break through to British paratroops trapped near the Rhine River. Soviet forces take Tallinn Estonia on the Northern front and reach Arad Romania in the South. A . Army regiment lands on Pel Eliu to replace a. Marine unit worn out by fighting japanese troops dug into mount amur Brosgol. Source 2194 Days of War w. H Smith publishers inc the world almanac of world War ii. Bison books corp. 1981 a in Vii   forced to bypass Florida because of weather the discovery lands tuesday at Edwards fab Calif., after an 11-Day Mission in space. Detoured discovery lands in California Edwards fab Calif. Apr no sooner had discovery and its Crew of six made a perfect Landing in the Mojave desert than Nasa resumed planning the next space shuttle Mission 10 Days away. The interval Between discovery a 2 13 . Landing tuesday and the planned sept. 30 launch of endeavour would fall just Short of the nine Day record set last year. A a. A a a Quot a a any kind of turnaround that Short. Is quite an accomplishment a shuttle manager Loren Shriver said after discovery a wheels touched Down on a Concrete strip along a dry Lake bed. Shriver said endeavours engines have been replaced since they shut Down 1.9 second before Takeoff last month. Discovery a smooth Landing in Clear Blue skies was marred Only by the failure of part of a navigation system and Back up units took Over without incident. The easy descent followed an 11-Day, 4.57-million-mile journey highlighted by the first untethered spacewalk in a decade. The approaching shuttle generated a pair of thunderous sonic booms that rat tied windows throughout the los Angeles area 70 Miles away. The Landing Drew 300 to 400 visitors to a Hillside viewing while another 1,000 Nasa employees watched from the base. The astronauts families who were expecting the shuttle to land at Kennedy space Center in Florida could Only watch on television. A this is front your families they said you landed on the wrong coast a Mission control told shuttle commander Richard Richards. A probably my wife said a again a a rainfall eases puerto Rico s water plight san Juan puerto Rico a authorities ended draconian water rationing for about 750,000 Island residents tuesday after a month of heavy rain filled a main Reservoir to capacity. But another 1 million residents continue to endure restrictions that leave them without water for As Long As 40 hours at a stretch. Two thirds the Normal level of rainfall since August 1993 forced authorities to Start rationing in May and to gradually reduce the hours that residents receive water Over the ensuing months. By Midsummer 1.8 million residents a half the . Commonwealths population a were affected. At its Low Point Lake Carrizo the main Reservoir that supplies the san Juan area fell to 26 feet below capacity. But seasonal heavy rain since aug. 25 l Richards replied. His last shuttle flight in 1992 was supposed to end at Edwards fab but rain there forced a Detour to Kennedy. Nasa would have preferred a Kennedy Landing because the West coast diversion costs More than $1 million and it takes an extra week to ship the shuttle Home to Florida atop a jumbo Jet. But two Days of storms finally forced the second California shuttle Landing of 1994. Bad weather brought another shuttle to the desert in april. Nasa expects the shuttle to leave Edwards sunday or monday. The Crew was to depart wednesday. While in orbit astronauts Mark Lee and Carl Meade took turns unhooking their lifelines to discovery and trying out nasal a new $7 million Jet pack. Filled the Jake. An unusually Strong storm since monday raised the level by almost eight feet. Another Reservoir la Plata remains at 60 feet below capacity meaning rationing a will continue for 1 million people. To avoid future problems authorities unveiled a plan to build a a super aqueducts to carry water 50 Miles from a Lake in North Central puerto Rico to san Juan