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...Army is the first military branch to act on a Defense Department goal to reduce smoking to 25% throughout the military by 1990. The example starts at the top: Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, Army Secretary John Marsh and Army Chief of Staff John Wickham are all nonsmokers...
...first few times we smelled it," he remembers, "we called the fire department. We didn't know what it was." It is a strange, foul odor, not unlike the stench from a sodden box of cat litter. It reminds many of the women of home-permanent solution. Karen Wickham, who teaches at the town's elementary school, thinks the smell is like "fecal matter, but also sweet and fruity," and Mary Lou Smith detects an onion aroma. "What it is," says Kenneth Vaniter, "is a take-your-breath-away smell...
...yucky in the lunchroom." Nauseated children were being sent home early. One day in November he evacuated the whole school, all 21 students. "The wind died down, and the odors got so darn bad. The fumes started rolling into our classrooms, more than we'd ever experienced before. Mrs. Wickham, the other teacher here, said she couldn't continue, I was already sick, and it was hard to breathe." School was closed for two days...
Responding to a question about the place of women in the Army, Wickham said that while he opposes mixed infantry squads, he feels women do many jobs better than...
...Wickham also said he opposes a draft because he feels Congress has provided strong incentives which have attracted a sufficiently talented all volunteer Army...