MILITARY MILITARY FACES Nanofiber body armor 70th anniversary of Hillary Clinton could protect soldiers’ 1st US ground battle discusses Hulu most sensitive areas against North Korea documentary Page 4 Page 5 Page 15 Bucks, Lakers in strong position for restart » Back page stripes.com Volume 79, No. 56 ©SS 2020 Monday, July 6, 2020 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas Shame in the name Aircraft carrier honoring ‘Dixiecrat’ segregationist Stennis draws criticism BY KATHERINE HAFNER The (Norfolk, Va.) Virginian-Pilot VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — As a Mississippi senator, John C. Sten- nis signed the infamous “Southern Manifesto” decrying integration. He fought Black equality in the Navy and, as a pros- ecutor, sought ‘ Stennis the execution was the of three Black men who had heart, soul, been tortured and brains into confessing of the white to a slaying. supremacist For sev- eral decades, caucus in his name has the 1948 graced an Congress. aircraft car- ’ rier currently retired Lt. based in Nor- Cmdr. Reuben folk — the only Keith Green senator to have that honor. Now, amid a national reckoning over America’s racist roots, some are pushing for that to change. “Today’s sailors, Marines, and of- ficers should not have to make the SEE SHAME ON PAGE 5 Aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis . ERIKA KUGLER/U.S. Navy VIRUS OUTBREAK July 4th holiday fuels worries about skyrocketing cases Associated Press fuel for the nation’s surging coronavirus proving, it could be due to reduced report- before they were tested and missed mild outbreak. ing on a national holiday. cases. ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. — The United Johns Hopkins on Sunday counted The United States has the most infec- Worldwide, nearly 11.3 million people States has dipped under 50,000 new daily 45,300 new coronavirus infections report- tions and virus-related deaths in the world, have been infected and over 531,000 have infections for the first time in four days, ed Saturday in the U.S. after three days in with 2.8 million cases and nearly 130,000 died, with outbreaks surging in India, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins Uni- which the daily count reached as high as dead, according to the university. Experts South Africa, Pakistan, Brazil and several versity, but experts fear celebrations for 54,500 new cases. The lower figure does say the true toll of the pandemic is sig- the July 4th weekend will act like rocket not mean the situation in the U.S. is im- nificantly higher, due to people who died SEE CASES ON PAGE 7 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, July 6, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Military rates Switzerland (Franc)............................0.9449 Trump signs extension of business relief funds Euro costs (July 6) ................................ $1.10 Thailand (Baht) ..................................... 31.12 Dollar buys (July 6) ...........................€0.8681 Turkey (Lira) .........................................6.8660 British pound (July 6) ........................... $1.22 (Military exchange rates are those Associated Press more flexible use of the funding program after the Republican- Japanese yen (July 6).........................105.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (July 6) ............1,170.00 despite some grumbling among controlled Senate did the same. Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance WASHINGTON — President for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Bahrain (Dinar) ....................................0.3770 GOP conservatives. Trump had been expected to Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For Donald Trump on Saturday British pound .....................................$1.2477 About $130 billion of $660 bil- nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., sign the measure. Canada (Dollar) ...................................1.3557 signed into law a temporary ex- purchasing British pounds in Germany), lion approved for the program China (Yuan) ........................................7.0664 The subsidies come in the form check with your local military banking tension of a subsidy program for Denmark (Krone) ................................6.6258 remains eligible for businesses to facility. Commercial rates are interbank of federal loans that can be for- Egypt (Pound) ....................................16.1221 small businesses battered by the seek direct federal subsidies for rates provided for reference when buying given if businesses follow rules Euro ........................................ $1.1245/0.8893 coronavirus, payroll and other costs such as Hong Kong (Dollar) .............................7.7502 currency. All figures are foreign currencies such as utilizing 60% of the loan Hungary (Forint) .................................314.27 to one dollar, except for the British pound, The legislation extends the rent, though demand for the Pay- which is represented in dollars-to-pound, for payroll costs. The loans have Israel (Shekel) .....................................3.4357 June 30 deadline for applying for check Protection Program has Japan (Yen) ........................................... 107.50 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) the program to Aug. 8. Lawmak- pretty much dried up in recent been a lifeline to almost 5 million Kuwait (Dinar) .....................................0.3079 INTEREST RATES ers created the program in March firms, but business owners are Norway (Krone) ...................................9.4808 weeks. Philippines (Peso).................................49.48 Prime rate ................................................3.25 and have modified it twice since, The Democratic-controlled looking for more flexibility and Poland (Zloty) ..........................................3.97 Discount rate ..........................................0.25 aid that helps them survive over Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...........................3.7513 Federal funds market rate ...................0.08 adding money on one occasion House voted Wednesday to ap- Singapore (Dollar) ..............................1.3942 3-month bill ............................................. 0.15 and more recently permitting prove the extension of the the long haul. South Korea (Won) ..........................1,199.31 30-year bond ...........................................1.43 WEATHER OUTLOOK MONDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST MONDAY IN EUROPE TUESDAY IN THE PACIFIC Misawa 71/62 Kabul 87/59 Seoul 77/65 Baghdad 113/84 Kandahar 99/78 Osan Tokyo Mildenhall/ Drawsko 77/64 77/72 Lakenheath Pomorskie Busan 63/53 64/58 78/69 Iwakuni 75/72 Kuwait Bahrain Zagan Sasebo City 97/91 Brussels 67/64 Guam 111/90 64/54 Ramstein 77/74 83/80 Lajes, 64/59 Riyadh Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 111/80 114/86 67/64 65/60 84/65 Aviano/ Vicenza 83/64 Naples 85/69 Okinawa Morón 83/80 107/68 Sigonella Rota 87/62 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 101/86 88/66 80/73 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 14 Classified .................. 13 Comics ...................... 18 Crossword ................. 18 Faces ........................ 15 Opinion .................16-17 Sports .................. 20-24 Monday, July 6, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 PACIFIC DOD chides China for South China Sea drills BY WYATT OLSON that “no vessel shall be allowed claimed sovereignty over the USS Mustin conducted operations the exercise violates China’s Stars and Stripes to navigate within” during those Paracel archipelago, which China “in support of security and stabil- commitments under the 2002 days of operation. The number calls Xisha. ity” in waters near the Paracel Declaration on the Conduct of Chinese military exercises and types of vessels participat- The United States, among many Islands in late May, according to Parties in the South China Sea, being held this week around ing in the exercise were not other countries, regards much of the U.S. Navy. which calls for all parties to avoid disputed islands in the South disclosed. the sea as international waters The littoral combat ship USS activities that would “complicate China Sea “further destabilize” “The designated area where and thus open to free passage. Gabrielle Giffords was conduct- or escalate disputes and affect relations among nations staking the exercises are due to take In what it calls freedom-of- ing routine operations in the peace and stability.” claims in the waters, the Penta- place encompass contested wa- navigation operations, U.S. Navy South China Sea on Monday as China’s actions also “further gon warned last week. ters and territory,” the Pentagon ships routinely transit near reefs the Chinese exercise kicked off. destabilize the situation in the China state media announced said in a statement. “Conducting and small islets that lie in the The Giffords operated near the late last month that it would con- military exercises over disputed sea’s international waters but Chinese survey ship Hai Yang South China Sea” and conflict duct military training exercises territory in the South China Sea are subjects of disputed claims of Di Zhi 4 Hao, which over the past with China’s “pledge to not mili- in waters off the Paracel Islands is counterproductive to efforts at sovereignty by China, Vietnam, few months has ventured into the tarize the South China Sea,” the Monday through Friday. easing tensions and maintaining Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei exclusive economic zones belong- Pentagon said. The announcement included stability.” and Indonesia. ing to Malaysia and Vietnam. [email protected] descriptions of boundary