European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February the stars and stripes Page 5 truancy cure but costly port Texas up an educator Learned a costly lesson about student motivation during a recent Public school week children will do almost anything for ice Cream sundaes even go to school regular Martin superintendent of Point Isabel said the Atten dance boosting Experiment he dreamed up worked almost too Pena promised teachers ice Cream sundaes for All classes turning in 100 percent enrolment for the five Days the superintendent was confronted by 16 All boasting perfect figuring 30 students to the class Pena calculated the school districts ice Cream Bill at i didst expect he but if that what it Well keep our end of the weather killed Cost Over billion in 80 Washington a the weather claimed More than american lives and Cost the nation Well Over billion in a year dominated by a heat wave and the government reported thurs because of the summer it certainly has been a very bad said Mal Colm Reid of the Center for environmental assessment in addition to the the 1980 Cli mate Impact assessment detailed an Assort ment of other disasters including the eruption of mount wind and rainstorms and but the big Story was the drought and associated heat wave which affected 42 states and claimed according to the Many of the heat wave victims were old or living in non air conditioned damage was primarily concentrated in with losses estimated at according to the heat led to a billion Bushel decrease in the soybean damaged up to 90 percent of the Spring wheat crop Over Large slowed parts of the Power consumption widespread buckling and melting of drinking water became scarce in some livestock growth and caused the loss of thousands of acres of cover leading to in creased soil milk and Hay production were Down sharply in affected areas and water Levels dropped dangerously there is Only one instance in the last few years that was anything even approaching this that was the severe Winter of 197677 when industries had to close jumped because of use of air conditioners and irrigation fires destroyed Large areas of Timber and governments had to spend billions in disaster the report estimated total climate re lated damage for 1980 at including billion in damage done by the eruption of mount other major climate events of the year National product for the Winter said comparative statistics for previous years Are not readily available because 1980 was the first year for the climate Impact assessment the Impact was Felt not Only in lives and the report the heat led to first time in 20 years number of of smokers in High schools declines Annap in for the first time in 20 the number of High school students smoking marijuana de social psychologists at the University of Michigan there was an increase in the number of students using some including stimulants and the sedative Metha the researchers at the University Institute for social research i would say that we Are observing a gradually increasing conservatism among Young people in their attitudes to Ward said Lloyd one of three social psychologists who compiled the we still have a Long Way to go before we return to anything like the relatively drug free years of the Johnston in it seems unlikely that we Ever will return to those but the dramatic Rise Over the last two decades in the proportion of Young people involved with illicit drugs appears at or very near an the results of their five year nationwide Ijuana peer pressure not to use the drug has they reasons for the increased use of stimulants and methaqualone Are Bachman far fewer students use those drugs than use he it now appears that 1978 and 1979 May have marked the Crest of a Long and dra Matic Rise in marijuana use among Ameri can High school the researchers the level of drug use in America is probably higher than that in any other industrialized nation in the they Jerusalem dentists claim tax harassment Jerusalem a Jerusalem dentists staged a on Day strike to protest the Taxman claiming tax authorities have singled them out in a drive to boost tax a spokesman for tax authorities denied Down and there was a drop in the Gross and their according to the a snowstorm in the South on March 12 that caused heavy property damage and some including nine in traffic circus goers were stranded for Days in and 300 people were stuck overnight on a Bridge Between Georgia and South wet weather in March claimed six lives and caused widespread flooding in sout Central an outbreak of Tornado april 79 Cut paths through parts of 13 states with at least 56 twisters High winds and Hail caused widespread property dam four deaths and 130 thirty two people were killed May 9 when a ship struck the Sunshine Skyway Bridge Over Tampa Bay during a blinding rain on june 3 there were five deaths and 200 injuries when Tornado hit grand is damage was estimated at Hurricane Allen killed 17 people and caused millions in damage when it swept onto the Texas coastline More than families suffered some Type of but Early warnings Are believed to have helped keep the death toll Botticelli Spring being restored in Florence Italy a Botticelli Spring has been removed from the uffizi gallery for the museum painted in shows a mythological scene of Young women with Long Blond hair dressed in transparent White gowns dancing in the their hands clasped and the museum said the restoration would be difficult and it did not give an estimate of How Long it would Survey will be published next month by the that dentists have been targeted for special National Institute on drug abuse As treatment and said tax collectors were just from student drug use in America according to Johnston and fellow social psychologists Jerald Bachman and Patrick the researchers compared nearly seniors in the class of 1980 with seniors from previous the researchers found that Only 34 per cent of the students had used marijuana in the month before the 1980 com pared with 37 percent the year of perhaps greater the pro portion of the age group who frequently use marijuana also has been from a High of 11 percent in 1978 to 9 percent in the researchers the researchers believe one reason for the decline is that medical studies have found new health risks associated with mar British writer Dies London a David one of the last survivors of the Bloomsbury group of British writers and has died in France at the age of a novelist and Friend of bes known novel was lady into published in operating according to the general policy of tightening up spellbinder Pat dubbed the hip hypnotist by comedian Lenny now has the longest running show on Holly Woods Sunset for nine straight years the glamorous hypnotist has been putting herself Over by putting people Collins celebrity club is filled to its 200seat capacity every Friday and saturday up Dond of time 20 of fighters will join koreans in exercise Washington up the air fighter Wing at George air Force Force will Fly 20 fighters across the Pacific will leave March 3 for Kunsan air Ocean to South Korea next month for joint base and will depart March the Penta exercises with South korean the Pentagon announced two air Force units will Fly separately to South Korea for participation in exercise team spirit the Pentagon it said 12 f111d swinging fighter bombers from the 27th tac fighter Wing at Cannon air Force new will go to Sachon air base March 4 and will stay until March the twinset aircraft can carry a nuclear eight older f4g phantom wild Wea Sel fighter bombers from the 35th tac gon All of the aircraft will be refuelled in flight from kc135 the military version of the Boeing the Al 1 ids will in the stars and stripes 30 years ago today 1951 the army announced it will return immediately to the traditional Large Chevron markings for noncommissioned the Large Olive drab Chev Rons were abolished in 20 years ago today 1961 the is Short at least Auto Auto Indus try officials said the Boom in car Man fac refuel at Hawaii and the f4gs will Stop at tuiin8 has prompted the need for More re Hawaii and c141 Star lifter transporters with about 500 maintenance and support personnel and ec135 Early warning radar plane will a 70 years ago today 1971 the North american company the the Pentagon air defense come Norad mistakenly other air Force tactical fighter wings issued an authenticated Alert message were on similar deployments in Norway and that led Many radio and television stations West Germany for training exercises this across the nation to go off the air As they would in a real