The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 24, 1978 Page: 1 of 32
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VOL. 37 NO. 25
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A 2nd Armd. Div. (FWD) liaison team
from Germany is visiting Ft. Hood this
week to bring deploying personnel up-to-
date on their forthcoming PCS move and
make quarters assignments to the first two
departing battalions.
MAJ. CHARLES ABELL brigade
personnel officer and Capt. John Bonin
liaison officer at Bremerhaven told Ft.
Hood personnel that with minor exceptions
everything connected with the PCS deploy-
ment is going according to schedule. Abell
explained that there could be slight delays
for a few families earmarked for three
bedroom apartments due to a slippage in
the construction schedule.
By BOBBIKUROWSKI
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It can happen at any time during the day
or night. Maybe you’ve just finished eating
dinner or perhaps you’re busy at work but
as with most cases it’s late at night and
you’ve been asleep for a couple of hours
when the phone rings.
Still half asleep you pick up the receiver
and in return you hear someone breathing
heavily. Your first reaction is confusion.
Then as you realize what’s happening you
become upset and slam the receiver down.
You’ve just been the victim of a harassing
phone call.
SINCE THE FIRST of the year MPI
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l/4 1 st Inf. back to basics Pg. 2A
Military school bus stops Pgs. 1-8B
How fast can you die? Pg. 1C
Historic Cove stage stop Pg. 3C
2 /7th Cav. drill team Pg. 4D
By the end of this week all command-
sponsored families from the 2nd Bn. 50th
Inf. and the 5th Bn. 7th Cav. will know ex-
actly which set of quarters in Osterholz-
Scharmbeck they are being assigned to.
Abell is also encouraging all families to
stop by the 2nd Armd. Div. Brigade 75
Center (Bldg. 108) which has housing area
maps and diagrams of each type of
quarters.
The team also brought good news when
they announced that the first dependent
flight from Ft. Hood to Germany has been
moved up to the week of Nov. 9 rather than
Nov. 16 as reported earlier.
am ilies will leave t. Hood on
Thursdays and arrive at the Hanover
estimates it has received 65-70 reports of
phone calls that can be classified as being
scen e th re ate in or a rra ss-
ing/prankish calls.
The classification of a call is broken into
these three categories. An obscene call en-
tails the caller using offensive language to
the victim. A threatening call involves the
caller threatening the recipient or other
members of the family with bodily harm.
Harassing/prank calls are those when the
caller wakes strange noises heavy
breathing or no sound at all.
“About 50 percent of the calls made are
just a one-time thing” commented In-
vestigator Mike Wilson of MPI. “It’s the
Obscene calls no joke carr
Women’s Equality Day set by public law
in 1974 is observed on Aug. 26 the 59th an-
niversary of the Constitutional amendment
giving women the right to vote. Ratifica-
tion of the 19th Amendment on Aug. 26
1920 marked a long-sought victory for
women’s suffrage.
One of the most militant advocates of
equal suffrage for women was Susan B. An-
thony. In 1873 she insisted on voting at an
election in Rochester N. Y. and was subse-
quently arrested tried and convicted. On
June 18 of that year she was sentenced to
pay a fine for her violation of the voting law
but she never did.
THE ORGANIZED CAMPAIGN for
women’s suffrage in the United States
began in 1848 but gained little momentum
except in the wild and wooly West. The Ter-
ritory of Wyoming passed the first law giv-
ing the vote to women in 1869. It was to be
another 24 years before Colorado enacted a
similar law in 1893 followed by most of the
other western states.
Little headway was made in the eastern
states however. On the national level it
was not until 1920 that the 19th Amendment
to the Constitution was passed guarantee-
ing that the right of United States citizens
to vote “shall not be denied or abridged by
the Federal Government or any State on
account of sex”.
This was the culmination of the struggle
of the American women’s suffrage move-
ment but only the beginning of the fight.
The late Dr. Alice Paul drafted the Equal
Rights Amendment in 1923 and had it in
Liaison team visitin or PCS qtrs.
Airport on Friday where they will be met
by representatives from the brigade. From
Hanover the families will take a two and
one-half hour bus ride to their new home of
Osterholz-Scharmbeck.
persistant calls that we worry about” he
said.
Though it could be just a joke a call of
this nature should never be taken lightly.
There is always the chance that this call is
just the beginning of a constant barrage of
calls to come.
IT’S IMPORTANT THAT the victim stay
calm when they receive such a call. “Many
callers thrive on their victims becoming
upset or disgusted—it’s the reaction they
want’ Wilson explained.
“It’s best if the person tries to remember
any unusual phrases the caller used or if
the caller had some sort of regional accent
he noted. “Many times background noises
that may indicate the location of the caller
can be heard. All this information includ-
ing the date and time of the call should be
written down and reported to the Military
Police” said Wilson.
The influence of television police shows
seems to compel many husbands or
boyfriends to try to stop the caller
themselves rather than contact the MPs.
“Trying to stop a caller yourself is a bad
move to make” warned Wilson “because
you really don’t know what type of a person
you’re dealing with. If you should accuse or
assault the wrong person you could be lia-
ble for a civil or criminal law suit” he
added.
Many of the methods used by both on and
off post law authorities can not be dis-
closed. If disclosed these methods would
lose their effectiveness.
As Wilson explained “It’s just not as
easy as you see on ‘Baretta’ or some other
police show to get a wiretrap (not tap).
There is a lot of paperwork involved.”
A LETTER OF approval to place a
wiretrap on the phone must be acquired
from the victim and the telphone company
has to be notified about the matter. The
co an in general of the post
FORSCOM and DA must approve the use of
a wiretrap before any action can be taken.
“Because of the paperwork involved the
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troduced in Congress for 49 consecutive
years until it was passed on March 221972
and sent to the states for ratification.
The amendment is still several states shy
of being made part of the Constitution but
as President Carter said last year “Equal
rights for women are an inseparable part of
human rights for all.”
“Published by Bell Publishing Company a private firm in no way connected with the Department of the Army. Opinions expressed by writers here in are their own and are not to be considered anoffirial expression of the
Department of the Army.The appearance of advertisements in this publication does not constitute an endorsement by the Department of the products or ..services advertised.’
IF THE NEW amendment is not ratified
by the required number of states by March
1979 its chances of becoming apart of the
Constitution are slim.
As the women’s suffrage movement pro-
ves legislative endorsement of women’s
rights can take along time. Carter recently
pointed out “The successes of the past
“WE WILL HAVE a German gasthaus
set up” Abell said “where families will re-
unite with their sponsors and receive a
short welcome briefing prior to taking
them to their new quarters.” Families will
be free over that weekend and then begin
processing the following Monday. During
the processing week the brigade also plans
a “New Neighbor” mixer where German
and American families will have a chance
to get acquainted.
On the subject of driving in Germany
Bonin stated that gasoline is rationed but
said “There shouldn’t be any real problem
unless someone intends to take along trip
and then they can get a supplemental ra-
tion of gas.” Bonin explained that larger
wiretrap method is not advantageous and
so far has not been necessary here. We
used other methods but these can not be
discussed or printed. They would lose their
effectiveness” he added.
When an obscene caller is apprehended
he faces a stiff penalty.
According to the Uniformed Code of
Military Justice (UCMJ) section 134 the
following are the maximum penalty for ob-
scene phone calls.
COMMUNICATING A THREAT carries
a punishment of: a dishonorable discharge
forfeiture of all pay allowances and three
years of hard labor.
Obscene insults made to a female age 16
and over carries a maximum penalty of a
dishonorable discharge forfeiture of all
pay allowances and one year of hard labor.
Obscene insults made to a female under
16 carries the same as the one listed above
with an additional year of hard labor.
“Of the three ODScene phone callers
caught this year one is in Levenworth
(Kan.) one has received afield grade Arti-
cle 15 and the third which involved a
civilian is still pending” said Wilson. “The
civilian case will probably be going under
federal statutes and the Texas penal code”
he added.
Civilians face strict punishment also. Ac-
cording to Lt. John Carlson of the Killeen
Police Department an obscene call can be
defined as being a threat sexual sugges-
tion indecent language or repeated calls at
unreasonable hours.
A CALL THAT has been defined as an ob-
scene call is a Class misdemeanor. It
carries a maximum fine of $1000 or 180
days in jail or both.
Juveniles ages 10-16 usually make only
prank calls but if it’s found they were mak-
ing calls that fall under the Class misde-
meanor category they are sent to juvenile
court and dealt with there.
Juveniles under the age of 10 are con-
sidered children and their parents are held
responsible for their actions.
Women 9s Day lunch
held at NCO Club
The week of Aug. 21-28 has been designated as National
Women’s Week. Ft. Hood will observe Women’s Day on
Tuesday Aug. 29 with a luncheon and program at the Main
NCO Club from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The club is located
on 37th Street between Tank Destroyer Blvd. and Head-
quarters Avenue. The guest speaker will be the Honorable
Wilhelmina Delco Austin representative to the Texas
State Legislature.
The luncheon is open to all civilian and military person-
nel and interested community members are invited to at-
tend. Tickets are $3 and must be purchased in advance.
For ticket information contact Lavem Goyins 685-5805
Maria Suniga 685-7437 or Polly Elmore 685-7167.
were dearly bought and this final effort
will not be easy. Achievement of this goal is
essential in order to secure meaningful
equality for all our citizens.
On the other side of the coin literally and
figuratively Susan B. Anthony might be
honored in the near future by having her
portrait placed on anew U.S. dollar in-
tended to replace the bulky and little-used
Eisenhower silver dollar. The new coin will
be smaller: about the size of a quarter.
Just as with every movement to give
women their rightful place in American
society the new coin has caused a con-
troversy between those in congress who
want to see Ms. Anthony honored and the
old guard in the mint who want to revive
cars are authorized approximately 105
gallons per month while smaller cars re-
ceive about 52 gallons.
Presently a gallon of regular gasoline
costs about 60 cents. Coupons purchased in
the post exchange can be used at on-post
AFEES facilities all German Esso Sta-
tions and BP stations located on the
autobahns (freeways).
BONIN WARNED FAMILIES coming to
Germany that telephone costs are high. He
said that installation runs about 200 D.M.
(approximately $100 U.S. dollars) 32 to 33
D.M. monthly service charge and then the
user still pays for every individual call.
The Bremerhaven hospital facility has
“Military justice if it goes to a court
martial is more harsh than Texas laws
but I think this is only fair just due to the
mental anguish I’ve seen victims go
through” said Wilson.
One woman for example received ob
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victory
that nebulous American figure Miss
Liberty.
American women will continue to de-
mand and get their just rights in one of the
few great democracies of the world. If they
did not they would be betraying a trust
that began more than a century ago with
the women’s suffrage struggle of which
suffrage reformer Carrie Chapman Catt
noted: “Hundreds of women gave the ac-
cum ulated possibilities of an entire
lifetime thousands gave years of their
lives hundreds of thousands gave constant
interest and aid as they could. It was a con-
tinuous seemingly endless chain of activi-
ty. Young suffragists who helped forge the
last links of that chain were not bom when
it began. Old suffragists who forged the
first links were dead when it ended.”
IN THE TRADITION of such dedication
today’s women continue the fight for equal
rights. The Presidential Proclamation
declaring observance of Women’s Equality
Day notes that on-going actions to insure
women’s equality also benefit men: “As
women achieve equality men too are
liberated from ancient prejudices and re-
lieved of arbitrary barriers to personal
fulfillment.”
Thus’ the underlying significance of
Women’s Equality Day is not for women
only. As the Presidential Proclamation
further points out: “The needs hopes and
problems of a complex society demand the
talents imagination and dedication of all
its citizens without regard to sex.”
received approval to augment their staff
and Abell said that additional doctors
nurses and medical personnel will begin ar-
riving in November. The Garlstedt clinic
to be operated primarily for brigade
soldiers is scheduled for completion in late
November or early December this year. In
addition the 159th Medical (Evacuation
Helicopter) Detachment is being moved
from Nurenburg to Garlstedt and will be
available for standard “Lifesaver” mis-
sions.
The liaison team will complete their
housing assignments today. Tomorrow
they are scheduled to brief deploying com-
manders and staffs at 10 a.m. in the 2nd
Armd. Div. Conference Room.
scene calls for two and a half months
before the caller could be identified and
captured. By the time he was apprehended
she had become emotionally unstable and
lost close to 20 pounds.
(Continued on Pg. 5A)
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