European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Teenagers february 1978 the stars and stripes Poge study shows Young americans have less interest in politics since Vietnam Washington up in he years Ifica watergate and american teenagers snowed declining knowledge of Liiv emment and less interest in increased respect or the poor and t her a new study said the financed by the department education and com Lared responses from teenagers be stoned in the 196970 and 197172 school car to responses in one purpose was to determine what flanges occurred in political knowledge during the Vietnam War and amps the study showed that teenage aware Ness of government declined by the Lime of the 197576 study knowledge of Congress underwent a sizeable knowledge of local government fewer teens were participating in the political recognition of constitutional rights declined slightly among those 13 and there was considerable uncertainty about How presidential candidates Are even though the Survey was con ducted during a presidential election when asked about a state 55 percent of the students in correctly identified it As belonging to the legislative Branch of a decline or 14 percentage Points from this wont Hurt a bit doctors my the University of Penn Sylvania school at veterinary medi Cine perform some not caul work on an Mumar patient at the Philadelphia a bar Vearold siberian broke a piece Tif one of its canine up Usu a and causing it Perior Mync the delicate work Are Tutty Ingbor kit and Mark Dpi photo slightly fewer teens believed libraries should have books that speak against de the study showed Howe in teenage respect for persons of other incomes and and concern for the rights of those accused of crimes also in teens were More Likely to be open minded about people of other races if the encounter was not too asked if they would be willing to have a person of another race live in their vote in elections or attend their More said yes on elections and churches than neigh 1 the study was done by the National assessment of educational which conducts annual surveys in 10 subject Anna president of the National Council for the social said the de Clining knowledge of teens on government was disappointing but not social studies is receiving very Low priority in the school curriculum and the attrition Rale of these courses is very she Freeman chairman of an advisory panel of the National task Force on citizenship said the situation needs prompt and drastic attention by the Public and educators social scientist claims schools antidemocratic Washington a american High schools Are with Stu dents from working class and minority families shunted aside in programs for Low a leading social scientist has Kenneth in an address sponsored by the office of attacked the system of tracking in which talented students Are steered to elite High schools or courses while the majority of Young people Are considered educationally expend Clark said american High schools Nei ther facilitate upward mobility nor prom ise equal in under the Guise of democracy in selection and the maintenance of Stan Dards of they Are very effective instruments Tor the maintenance of racial and class distinctions and the resulting discrimination and he Clark called on political and Church leaders to commit themselves to changing he Structure and organization of High schools to make them More demo he said the educational process needs to be humanized to instill in students a deep and functional respect for the rights and dignity and humanity of our fellow human the reinforcement of mans Capac Ity for empathy and kindness must become As much a part of our future educational goals As the development of intellectual and cognitive dark proposed a Broad outline for a new vision of american High schools in which All students would be taught the arts and As Well As Basic the students of the future would not be handicapped by pretentious High schools which Are Concrete demonstrations that some human beings Are More worthy of respect than others who Are he has been a professor of psychology at City College of new York since and has been involved in education As a member of the new York state Board of he has written several books on Educa poverty and and has server As a consultant to a number of Orga including the a act and the state the supreme in handing Down its historic Brown Board of education de segregation decision in cited experiments by Clark that showed the harmful effects of school segregation on Black Stu Dies in fire trying to save dog a a 9yearold boy was killed Here when he ran Back into his blazing Home to Rescue his pet police James brie Dickens top Arnelly was overcome by smoke and burned to death in the officials erics 15yearold discovered the fire and woke his father and five Brothers and who fled according to Harry county police Manning gathered the Chil Dren in the Yard and drove off in his car to gel Floyd when he he Learned that his had gone Back into the House to Rescue the which the boy got about a year ago when it was a the dog was rescued by Mem Bers who smashed out a window and pulled it to erics Maggie was working at a Conway textile null when the Ore broke the family six room Frame dwelling was completely de authorities plastic surgery now world must wait a week suspense mounts does Dennis look like Elvis up it will Lake a week before the world knows whether Dennis Wise now looks like Elvis but his doctor says one thing is certain he Doest look like Dennis Wise any underwent six hours of plastic surgery on his lips and Chin said his Danny Oday said it would take a week for the swelling and bruises caused by the opera Tion to subside enough to Tell How much Wise resembles until Wise Oday he wont allow photographers to Lake his Pic who is a plans to have an Elvis imitation Complete with a Back up band that has begun and Oday said the group could begin touring within two Wise says he wants to use the Money for a museum to House Elvis Memorabilia Oday said the plastic surgery on performed by an unidentified doctor in a private look place after Wise underwent dental work during the weekend to make his Teeth took like he said Wise was heavily bandaged and sedated when he went to the recovery room tuesday the doctor came out and i How does he took and he he Doest look like Dennis Wise any that for 1 think weve got a Oday the doctor is quite Dennis is doing Oday said the operation was painful and but thai Wise knew what it would be like before be was taken to the operating Wise said last week i guess Ive been an Elvis fan Ever since i was about s years my Mother started she was an Elvis fan Ever since he originally from now lives in