European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday june 11, 1977 half Days by Barbara Fulenwider staff write Frankfurt is the sole Hope for equal treatment for locally hired do school teachers went into the legislative Hopper in late february it s House bui#3698 and if passed it will guarantee local hires the same overseas differentials an allowances now granted Only to . Hires. I think this Bill has a Good Chance of being passed Over other Bills introduced in previous sessions because this one was introduced Early and subcommittee hearings have already been held on it us de Sie Maszko  chairman of the " half Dac committee  teacher Bills not sponsored by Dod get introduced very late in the ses Sions so hearings on them Are also held very late. Last year the hearings were injure and Congress was in effect Over in october so congressmen could get Homeland beat the Bushes for votes Siemaszko said. Out front Early but congressman White Richard c., d-tex., who introduced the Bill during thelast Congress wanted committee hearings held on it before the session ended so that this year they could get the Bill off the ground in a hurry he  it seems to have worked that Way. Rep. Gladys Spillman d-md., got the Bill out front Early. She succeeded White As chairman of the House subcommittee on retirement and employee benefits of the committee on Post office and civil service and was also on the subcommittee hear Ings last summer on two previous Bills introduced to end discrimination based on Point of  will be held on the newly introduced Bill july 17, according to  strangest argument for the Bill and the reason i have the most optimism is that the committee said Dod is not following the intent of Congress in writing regulations based on local hires and that these regulations Are arbitrary. That s a pretty Strong statement for a congressional com Mittee to make Siemaszko  chances Good according to congressman White an Mccluskey Ronald p., counsel for the subcommittee the Bill will be Able to get through the House. They weren t sure what would happen in the  said he fell there was an obvious injustice and that congressmen would see that. He took a very forceful position. I know the subcommittee was very Strong i supporting the Bill. Spellman indicated that after the hearings in july she d try Roget some speedy action Siemaszko said. Another reason Siemaszko cited for his optimism is a pts Resolution in support of the legislation. That s the first time on of the Parent involved groups has come out for equal compensation but also decided Todo something positive about  Siemaszko said that in testimony before various congressional committees by Dod civilian personnel officials As Wellas by or. Anthony Cardinale director of department of defense dependent schools they never claimed there is no discrimination against half Days on the contrary they have attempted to justify such discrimination on the basis of Doland state department  he said that from 1959 to april 1971, do interpreted Public Law 86-91 by allowing full benefits to All full time permanent employees of Dod schools. Stateside hires received benefits automatically and local hires got the benefits after 150 Days of continuous service in one school year he  1971 Dod requested that the state department alter regulations which had been in effect for More than a decade Solo Cally hired teachers would permanently be Harrisons divorced London up former beatle George Harrison and his wife Patti have been granted an uncontested divorce on the grounds that they lived apart for More than two years. They were married in 1966. Locay hired teachers pinning their sole Hope for equal treatment on Bill now before House better not to give them to anyone hired to excluded from receiving benefits eve after they were converted to permanent status Siemaszko  Coakley personnel manage ment specialist for Dod. In testimony before Congress said the reason for this action was the tremendous problems we were having in applying judgmental fac tors As to the purpose of an individual being in the country. It was decided that Cally cart w. Yewlow Deputy assistant Secretary of defense on manpower and re serve affairs testifying in subcommittee hearings last september said. It is our belief that the benefits in question were in tended to be recruitment and retention incentives and that they would Only be offered when necessary to attract or re Tainan employee to a foreign area. In our Way of thinking there is no justification incentive where an  Pinata or taken up residence in a foreign area Tor us for her own personal convenience prior to i being employed by the United states Dewlow said. Siemaszko said that since  8641 wag interpreted differently from 1980 to 1971" than it has been since 1971. One is tempt Edt ask was Dod acting in contempt of Congress during the 60s. Or Are they acting in contempt of Congress during the tour rather than try to judge who should get it the benefits and not get it it would be sex pts head Calls situation unfair1 loss of very Fine teachers a fed the situation is unfair. It s an interpretation problem. With no change in the Law Dod merely changed their interpretation and we want it  said cmdr. Dave Black Stone naval attache at the . Embassy in Bonn and past pts president  got involved because we lost three very Fine teachers from the High school Here who were All local hires. They we rehired in the Early 70s and had All been Here for about three  had their housing Cut then lost their Home leave and finally their transportation agreement through no fault of heirs or because they were doing any Dif Ferent Type of teaching Job said Black Stone who was also past president of the Luns urges w. Europe to buy cruise missiles to counter Russ ss-20 Ottawa up the soviet Union could deploy its new Mobile nuclear ss-20 missile within hours to positions fro which it could strike any part of Western Europe a top North Atlantic treaty organization official said thursday. An unspecified number of the missiles Are now in the Field in Western Russia and deployment to firing positions would be question of hours nato Secretary Gen eral Joseph Luns  recommended that nato s euro Pean members consider purchasing the american built cruise missile to counter the  ss-20 carries three warheads has a Range in excess of 5,000 Miles and can removed by tracked vehicles or shipped by rail to preselected launch Sites. It requires no firing is to. The cruise missile which is still underdevelopment would evade soviet radar by flying slowly at Treetop height for Long Dis Tances. After penetrating defences the missile could unleash three self directing warheads. That is an ongoing discussion not yet decided Luns said when asked if euro Pean nations planned to Purchase the cruise missile. About the ss-20. Luns said. I can say that the soviets now have the possibility of car mishap injures Dennis Weaver s wife North Hollywood Calif. Up the wife of actor Dennis Weaver Star of the Mccloud to detective series was injured when her car was struck by an Auto being pursued by police in a High Spee Chase authorities reported. Police said Geraldine Mae Weaver was rushed to Riverside Hospital after the  said she had stopped at a Boule Vard intersection and had just started up again when her Auto was struck from behind by another car travelling at an Esti mated 60 Miles an hour. Police said they were chasing the Auto that struck mrs. Weaver s after a traffic violation. Deploying them. We have no evidence no hard and fast evidence that they Are deployed in the Forward areas of their de sense territory. But do Bear in mind that the ss-20 mis Sile has a rather Large Range so they could be fired from the soviet Union and hit Western Europe. European countries Are deeply concerned with the deployment of this mis  Luns said because it could hit Mostof Western Europe from the place they Are now he insisted the missiles could not yet be considered fully deployed. There Are circumstances where it would be advisable to the soviets not to fire from the Market place Luns said in cryptic explanation. Asked what military response to the ss-20 should be considered Luns said let me Only say one thing cruise  Pope of canonize . Male Saint in open air rites Vatican City up Pope Paul i has decided to canonize the United suites first male Saint in an open air ceremony in St. Peter s Square Vatican officials said Friday. The officials said at least 100,000 Pil grims were expected to attend the june 19 canonization of the 19th Century Philadel phia Bishop John Nepomucene Neumann. St. Peter s Basilica where the canonization Are normally held can accommodate Only 30.000 persons. Neumann a Bohemian bom naturalized american who lived from 1811 to i860, was the fourth Bishop of Philadelphia and helped establish the roman Catholic school system in the . Pope Paul beatified Neumann in 1963,and canonization will make him the third . Saint and the first male one. The others Are Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini and Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton canonized in 1946 and 1975 respectively. School advisory  said both organizations have voted to work toward obtaining equal benefits toe All teachers regardless of where they Are hired. The two groups Are in the midst of bombarding congressmen Alto Fetters urging them to vote for House Bill 3698, he said. 7 this is not just a teacher Issue. Rethink it s important that Congress knows parents care and Are worried about the problem. We feel that the disparity in treatment Between local and stateside hires causes a great teacher turnover in the schools that adversely affects our Chil Dren. As it is there Are no incentives for a locally hired teacher to stay and it is really a bad morale Factor Blackstone  of the local hires who has been affected is Mark Scanlon Doddle Arteacher for the past five years and recipient of a Dodd eur sustained Superior performance award Worth 200 and Vari Ous letters of , even we slow learners can take a hint. They have impressed me wit the fact that they Don t want me Scanlon said. Story is typical Scanlon s local hire Story is typical the draft was edging closer so he quit graduate school in 1968 and joined the army for Athree year hitch in Germany. In 1971, he was hired locally As a science teacher a Frankfurt Junior High school. While teaching there he and his wife started an extracurricular Type thing on weekends Tor outdoor  that they both received $200 awards and expanded the student outdoor program into a permanent summer feature that s now offered at Dodd eur s outdoor education Center at Hinter Brand Lodge in Berchtesgaden  if you Are Active duty military take an overseas out and Are hired full tune Over seas within one year after separation you Are eligible for housing Scanlon said. Soothe first year that he taught he was give housing. Because of the reinterpretation of the Law and the rewriting of regulations hews fired at the end May 1972 and rehired in the same Job the following  he said that because be had a break in service and it was More than a year since he d separated from the military civilian personnel determined he was ineligible for housing. Raw Deal i never met one person in Dod or the entire bureaucracy that did t think i had t gotten a raw Deal. They All encouraged me to keep fighting and 1 did for five years. I be gone through All the grievance procedures i be written people in Washington you name  Scanlon  be been in Berchtesgaden for two years now working As an instructor in out door education with school groups that come from All Over Europe for a week at time. It s a great Job and 1 love this area so i m leaving with considerable reluctance. It took me four years to decide to  got tired of  Barbara Fulenwider