European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Friday. September 30,1994 b-52 crash m by Seattle Post intelligencer Seattle. The Pilot blamed for the crash of a b-52h bomber at Fairchild fab in june violated multiple safety rules Over three years and As Many As 10 senior officers May be disciplined for fail ing to act on the situation according to officials knowledgeable about the Case. The senior officers face possible disciplinary action up to courts martial for leadership and supervision failures the officials said wednesday. The june 24 Accident at Trie base near Spokane wash., killed All four Crew members aboard. An air Force investigation into the crash found that Pilot error by it. Col. Arthur a. Holland 46, the in the stars and stripes 10 years ago sept. 30,1984 president Rea Gan in his first Public report on talks with soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko said he assured the Kremlin official that Moscow would get a fair Deal if it sought peace through negotiation. 20 years ago sept. 30,1974 America s chief Energy planner said the United states had no Short term policy to halt or reverse rising world Oil prices. A. / -,./ 30 years ago sept 30,1964the United states warned that increased communist pressure including stepped up infiltration from North Vietnam could Force an expansion of the War in South Vietnam. 40 years ago sept. 30,1954 Secretary of state John Foster Dulles warned the Western world that the United states might have to withdraw its troops from Europe if the current nine nation talks on West German rearmament failed. 50 years ago sept. 30,1944 -,. 9th air Force b-26s attacked Siegfried line defences inside Germany and a rail Center at Saa Brucken As bad weather curtailed 8th air Force operations which had been averaging 1,500 planes daily. World War ii 50 years ago today sept. 30 1944 american tanks throw Back a German attempt to retake Grem Lecey Forest in France the battered German defenders of Calais surrender to Canadian troops polish soldiers take Merks Plas Northwest of turnout Belgium. In the Pacific . Commanders declare the Battle for Pel Eliu Over but bitter fighting will continue among mount amur Brosgol a jagged rocks for 58 More Days. Source 2194 Days of War. W h. Smtth publishers inc. The world almanac of world War ii Bison books corp. 1981 a aircraft commander was the prime cause. But the report sharply criticized the Wing leadership s poor supervision of Holland.,. The leadership failed to discipline or ground Holland a native of Suffolk va., after multiple violations of aircraft flight safety rules Over three years according to the Accident investigation report com piled by the air combat come the Par ent organization of Fairchild at the time of the crash. The report was scheduled to be released thursday. A summary of the report obtained by the Post intelligencer did not mention disciplinary moves but officials who asked not to be identified said adminis women Richmond a. A a program at a private women s College would t give women the same opportunities that cadets get at the All male Virginia Mili tary Institute government lawyers argue wednesday. They re still saying women Are not Tough enough to make it at Vii Justice department lawyer Jessica Silver said after a hearing before a three judge panel of the 4th . Circuit court of appeals."-/. Lawyers for the state supported Mili tary school argued that the leadership program planned at Mary Baldwin col lege is an acceptable alternative to end ing Vii s 155-year-old, male Only admissions policy. The program was proposed to satisfy a4th circuit ruling that Vii must admit women or go private unless the state of fers comparable training for women else where. " . District judge Jackson Kiser who originally upheld Vii s admissions policy ruled in May that the proposed leadership program met the comparable training requirement. The Justice department appealed. Men go to Vii for the Challenge an the rigor of the program Silver told the judges. When women choose a College they May be looking for the same Chal Lenge and the same  All Vii students Wear military uni forms live in spartan Barracks and Are called cadets. They Wake to reveille an take communal showers. First year Stu dents Are forced to shave their Heads an undergo rigorous discipline and physical training. The proposed program at Mary Bald win operated under contract with Vii would not include those conditions. Testate argued that women do not fare As Well As men under such intense training. If a woman enrolled at Vii the pro Gram there would have to be revised so substantially that the Ery benefits she Tractive and possible criminal charges Are being considered at the highest Levels of the air Force. Three months before the crash it. Col. Mark Mcgeehan commander of the 325th bomb so at Fairchild attempted Mohave Holland permanently grounded after he almost crashed during a Low level Man Euver at the Yakima training Center on March 10. A senior Wing staff officer reprimanded Holland for flying recklessly within 30 feet of a Ridge line but also overruled Mcgeehan the report said. The senior officer denied it. Col. Me Geehan s request to ground Holland and stated that it. Col. Holland would continue to Fly and with whomever he wanted it said. This is a real tragedy said one offi Cial familiar with the investigation this Guy was a Loose Cannon an Accident wait ing to happen and no one tried to too  the air Force is considering disciplinary action that could Range from letters of reprimand to possible courts martial for 10 officers who held senior leadership roles at the 92nd bomb Wing Between 1991 and the base s conversion to an Aeri Al Tanker command and Transfer to air mobility come supervision july 1. They include Wing commanders senior Wing Deputy commanders and Squadron commanders of the 325th bomb so theb-52 unit at Fairchild. Enos Emfs commandant maj. Gen. John Knapp and his wife Peggy leave a Richmond,va., court after a hearing on the proposed enrolment of women at the school. Sought would continue to elude her state Deputy attorney general William Hur said. A judge Paul v. Niemeyer said question shave Arisen about whether the alternative program was proposed merely to get the government of Vii s Back is this just a storefront or is it some thing real Niemeyer asked. I believe the commitment is there said Vii attorney Anne Whittemore. It is viewed As a step Forward in women  but it won t be Vii Silver said. The Institute where Confederate Gen. Thom As j. Stonewall Jackson taught before the civil War is steeped in history so a pm degree is valuable she said. It was unclear when the court would Rule on the Appeal. Vii and the Citadel  Carolina Are the Only state supported schools in the nation with a single sex admission policy. At the Citadel Shannon Faulk Ner is attending Day classes while the school appeals a Federal judge s order granting her admission into the school scores of cadets. Exchange students turn up nose at sniffy letter Bossier City la. A High school administrators have caused a stink by sending a letter about body odor to 16 Exchange students. The letter was sent sept. 21 after a teacher complained about the Hygiene of one of the students said airline High school principal . Machen. The better said that americans find body doors highly offensive and that the students should adopt a daily ritual of cleanliness so As not to offend your american  i read it and put it in the trash be cause it was so stupid said Leo an tunes a 16-year-old brazilian. After three students complained a Chen and Counselor Gene self who wrote the letter apologized to All 16 who Goethe letter. Self should have spoken with the one student privately Machen said. She realizes she made a mistake there he said. In the letter self wrote of her observations while travelling in Europe. American girls shaved their legs where european girls on the whole did not the letter read. Americans seemed to pay More attention to appearance. They were Well groomed neat squeaky clean. The boys were clean shaven with Short hair. No one looked like Andre a  she said that despite the Tennis Star s appearance ill Wager he showers daily uses deodorant and washes his hair  Agassi an american who sports a scruffy Beard shoulder length hair and earrings won the . Open earlier this month