European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 06, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday september 6,1977 West Point military Academy easing its rules in Effort to avoid repeat of last year s cheating scandal. I if a. Not Lin my a a West Point . A the  Academy is softening Cadet life reducing class time and discarding numer ical rankings in an Effort to ease the pres sures that helped create last year s cheating  is my Hope that these and other actions Wiir Felp Clear the Way for a system Atic and thoroughgoing reappraisal of the whole Range of Pur major activities an for prompt institution of changes where needed As we move Forward the new superintendent it. Gen. Andrew j. Goodpaster tells  changes since Goodpaster became superintendent on june 13 also include easing harassment of plebes strengthen ing the role of supervising officers and eliminating Cadet peer  new system changes the numerical grades introduced by Sylvanus Thayer in1817 to letter grades ending the class standings that cadets used to compar each other s performance. Also gone is the Goat the last ranked Cadet who traditionally receives a Dollar from each class mate at  tension off the emphasis is now on learning say senior Cadet Kenneth Curley who has re turned after his ouster in the biggest cheat ing scandal in the history of the 175-year old institution. It does t encourage cheating any More it takes the Damn tension  was among 98 cadets who completed summer training after being rein stated for next june s graduation under a leniency program. Two thirds of the rein stated cadets had to repeat the electrical engineering course that led to the Depar Ture of 152 cadets in disgrace. Mostly members of the class of 1977, they were accused of collaborating on Homework. The changes implemented by Goodpaster plus Honor system reforms that pre ceded him appear to follow recommendations in the report last de Cember of a special commission headed by former astronaut Frank Borman. Called inadequate the commission said the Honor system was grossly inadequate corruptly administered and widely abused in part because of unrealistic goals and pressures placed on  acquisition of a Quality College education within a military environment must have first Call during the academic year on the time and energies of a Cadet the commission said. Where cadets last year could ask the Academy s computer to Tell them their total Grade average to Date and their standing in the class this year they can find out Only their Grade from a plus of in each course. Under the old system anything less than 2.0 was failure 3.0 waste top Grade. The letter grades will ultimately be translated into a numerical Quality Point average so that graduating cadets can continue to be assigned to service branches based on their performance and so that a valedictorian can be selected. Officially stated the new grading system encourages cadets to achieve their full academic potential while at the same time reducing undue  Are to be measured against a body of knowledge As opposed to being measured against each  change reduces time spent in classes and adds time Between classes. No class will run longer than an hour where Many previously lasted 8q , for example had Long math classes six times a  cadets will have two hours Between their first class which begins at 7 30  their second class. And the Day s four classes will end at 2 40 p.m., 35 minutes  these innovations give the cadets less time in the classroom they give them More time for study reflection and contemplation. The course substance has not been lessened says an Academy spokesman it. Col. Jere k.  adds that the Academy is reducing the number of trivial tasks demanded of cadets such As administrative work for Cadet officers and attitude  line with this West Point has followed a key Borman recommendation to enhance the role of the tactical officers who Over see military training and now assume More of the administrative work. They retaking a stronger role in evaluating Leader ship potential As Well eliminating peer evaluation twice a  concedes that the Academy s alumni Are bound to recoil from the hooked on candelabra Liberace admires a pair of one of a kind candelabra made of German North Woods red Deer Antlers mounted on Silver base at a department store in Allentown pa., where some 5,000 fans mobbed him for autographs during personal appearance. Liberace who has quite a candelabra collection of his Awn confined his actions to merely admiring the $1,000 item. Up photo West virginian Sells 24 acres of land woman 85, becomes overnight millionaire Huntingdon , up at age85, White haired smiling Ada Braley of Huntington w.va., has fulfilled a lifelong ambition of Many she s become a million Aire. Bride s parents file lawsuit to teach them a lesson Hays Kan. A Ruth Weilert an Phillip d. Miller Are married but hardly with the Blessing of the Bride s . And mrs. Lawrence Weilert sr., filed suit against their 20-year-old Daugh Ter and her new Mother in Law for using the Weilert names on the wedding invitation. I want to teach them a lesson said Lawrence Weilert in explaining the $10,000 suit which charges the defendants wit causing mental pain anguish and suffer the action also seeks a court order i neither Weilert nor his wife attended the wedding saturday at immaculate heart of Mary roman Catholic Church. But the Bride s nine Brothers and Sisters were among the 250 gathered at the Church and Otto m. Weilert in his 80s, escorted his granddaughter Down the aisle. The Bride s father a wealthy business Man in Hays has opposed his daughter s marriage to Miller 21. But no one has said much about the disagreement beyond the Issue of the wedding invitations. Of the future Miller who is a Pressman at the Hays daily news said "1 Don t know but in doing so she parted with the last24 acres of the 56-acre farm she was brought to As a Bride in 1911.the land that made her literally an Over night millionaire had Cost the Braley about $4,000 in 1931. She sold her pea Ridge Road land to Crown american corp., of Johnstown pa., which bought it As a possible site for a new regional shopping Center for the largest of West Virginia s cities. She told the developers that in order to obtain her land they had to make her a tax free millionaire. Crown american calculated it owed her and the . Govern ment $1,372,000 and wrote out a Check. Changes As a softening of the Cadet but denies this is the Case and contends i would depend upon How you look  of the 4,475 cadets starting classes this week 176 Are women. Of the 119 women who turned the Academy coed a year ago 82 remain. And 94 of 104 who entered Las june made it through Cadet Basic training which is called beast  women s dropout rate last year was slightly higher than that of male  attrition rate for women this year is somewhat lower than last year Forbus notes saying he did t know  Why fewer women entered in the second year he replied my Best guess Isth women who entered this year had a much greater foreknowledge of what the would encounter  Elvis craze gives Solace to merchants Memphis a to shirts posters bumper stickers records Elvis pres Ley s fans Are determined to keep his memory alive and Many merchants Happy to help Are turning grief into Gold. I guess a lot of us especially around Here took Elvis for granted said Jim Godown owner of to shirts International which is Selling Elvis shirts As fast As they  All expected him to die an old Man and All of a sudden he was gone. I thin the Overall demand for Elvis souvenirs has naturally come because of the death  s firm had not printed any Elvis shirts before his aug. 16  had never really gotten into retail printing until recently but when we we redoing custom printing we rarely got re quests for something to do with Elvis. But now everything we have that has Elvis on it is doing  Type added another to shirt firm the great Ameri can to shirt co., had carried an Elvis shirt in Stock for Over a year. After Presley s death the firm added another Type to the Stock. Every other customer who comes inhere wants one said Salesman Mike Clark. When we heard about the death we ordered As Many shirts As we could  la order them As Long As we can get them.1 Novelty shops Are doing As big a Busi Ness in Elvis mementos ast shirt stores. The fun shop carried a poster of pres Ley for a number of years in its regular selection of movie actor stills. Now anything the store can offer featuring Elvis some one wants. They Are buying anything said , whose brother owns the shop. We can t keep things in Stock. All this started when he died and we re Selling As soon As we get something  fans who come to Memphis to see where the Rock n Roll legend lived and was entombed often want More than posters or to shirts to take Home. They Are clipping grass at the Foresthill cemetery mausoleum where Presley was entombed aug. 18, breaking branches from Trees that overhang the Walls of Graceland mansion Chipping pieces frock from the Wall that surrounds it and buying copies of his  husband originally purchased the farm in 1908. It had a 1,000-foot frontage on newspapers magazines and paperback pea Ridge Road North to the Guya Dotte books featuring Elvis have sold out As fast renting that guests be notified the Weilert what i d like to do. That s part of the prob did not Issue the invitations. Lem River. The Braleys sold most of their farm 49.9 acres in 1926 for $48,400. But they re purchased it in 1931 for $4,000 at a trustees Sale. In 1940, . 60 Cut a Swath through the property and the woman divided Section for her daughter and son then later sold other portions of 6.1 acres for $140,000 an two additional acres for $26,000. As they reached the shelves. A special edition of Elvis Hometown newspapers the commercial Appeal and Memphis press scimitar Lias sold More than a million copies and orders were still being received. Mrs. Pat Boren of the Memphis publish ing co. Said the company has 30 people working weekdays and about 15 on week ends to process the 30,000 orders a Day