European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 02, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Good turn Sharon Wynn somersaults Oil the beam. Turn to top left of Page 3 to see her land. Is Schueller the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 37, no. 15 tuesday May 2, 1978 1sc do us 1 f 21855 a Nixon thought tapes gave him Protection i United 1 Russ International Richard Nixon realized his presidency was doomed when his watergate tapes became known but he decided not to de stroy them because they would give me at least some Protection if aides turned against him As he feared. In the second instalment of his memoirs published in monday morning s Edi Tion of the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers Nixon voiced fears that other key aides besides John Dean would aban Don him As their own watergate problems intensified. On july 16, 1973, while Nixon was recovering from viral pneumonia in Bethesda naval Hospital. Alexander Hutler Field told the Senate watergate committee about Nixon s taping system. In the Hospital i raised the idea with the Selling of the president s Book p. 7 chief of staff . Haldeman of whether we should not destroy the tapes  Nixon wrote. Finally i decided that the tapes were my Best insurance against the unforeseeable future. Soviet president i Enid Brezhnev second from left is clearly the hero of Moscow s May pay Parade As he re Star of the show views in red Square the procession of marchers toting posters with his por trait quotations and Praise for his Book of War reminiscences. They Over shadowed the usual portraits of u Nin and Marx. Story Page 28.1 a i was prepared to believe that others would turn against me just As John Ivan had done and in that Case the tapes would give me at least some  this reason for one of the watergate s enduring mysteries Why Nixon did not destroy the tapes that ultimately drove him from office differed considerably from the answer he gave during the David Frost television interviews last year. At that time. Nixon said he did not be Lieve the tapes Ever would become Public and had he destroyed them it would have continued on Page 28, col. 2 american released in spy Trade Berlin up the United states traded a soviet spy monday for an Ameri can College student who tried to help a physician and his family escape communist ruled East Germany. Initiators of the barter Hope it will Lead to Moscow s release of jewish dissident Anatoly Shch Aransky a Man the soviet Al Leges is a Cia agent a charge Washington denies. Alan Van Norman a 22-year old wind of. Minn., student Cut off from the world in East German prisons for the last nine months told reporters he Learned Only Early monday that he was being released by the East germans. The East germans traded Van Norman for Robert v Thompson sentenced by 9 . Court in 1965 to 30 years in prison for spying for the russians. He had just be come eligible for parole. Israeli member of parliament Sammy Flatto Sharon who sparked the Exchange by contacting East German lawyer Wolf gang Vogel a Well known people broker told reporters several Days ago that other prisoner trades will follow As a result of his initiative. He refused to give details. But informed sources said he Hopes that the exchanges that began with the release by Mozambique under East German pressure of an israeli Pilot 10 Days ago. Eventual continued on Page 28. Col 1 Dodd eur officials in favor discuss issues involved High school competency test problems a red by Jim Cocks Iii Sis schools reporter Karlsruhe. Germany is a a juror raging in Lakeside schools May soon be spreading to  k. He debate concerns minimum competency testing re uric mints for High school graduation or for promotion the next higher Grade said or. Bill Bastendorf of pop Beur s evaluation division. The idea behind minimum competency testing is that Tad ends must demonstrate at least Basic skills before  on the world. Bastendorf said. Or. Dennis Holmes Uko of the evaluation office said the problem goes Back to the educational Over reaction caused by the a russian Bunch of sputnik. It was thai same mentality that led to the development of leaching machines in the 60s. It is an Over reaction a panic that our graduating Stu drifts Don t have the skills to Cope with our complicated  said at least 31 states now have legislation requiring competency testing for graduation. The slates have gone into this on a legislative basis. We Don t have thai kind of pressure Here frankly we re not anxious to dive into this area. There Are Many Many problems associated with competency testing that need to be re  Bastendorf said. Some he talked about include whal areas to evaluate for competency 1 what do you do with a child who passes the test Early in ins High school career what do you do about the student who can t pass the lest even after special tutoring to you teach the Lesl or Lesl what has been taught to you adjust the test for ethnic origin or give a i continued on Page 2s.