European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes March 1985 roman Catholic schools deny richest tag stateside Washington a two thirds of the nations roman Catholic High schools admit almost anyone who contrary to the notion that they Are reserved for the brightest and richest officials of parochial schools said despite the schools reputation for rigorous Stan the schools flunk out an average of Only one student a year and expel even fewer for disciplinary according to a statistical portrait unveiled by the National Catholic educational association the students in roman Catholic High schools Are getting an educational thanks in Large part to Low faculty salaries that Start at an average of according to the the Catholic High school a National tuition typically a year covered Only two thirds of the that the schools spent to educate each Pupil in those costs were less than per Pupil expenditures in Public the 254page funded by the Ford is based on a questionnaire sent to All principals of roman Catholic High schools in september 1983 some 910 of or 62 marys Catholic foundation helped pay for Publica Tion and distribution of the which documents the dramatic change in the composition of the Catholic faculty Over the past two in 69 percent of Catholic High school teachers were Brothers or the report they account for Only 23 percent of the once 49 Are now 14 the Robert Niceas vice president for development and the director of the said at a news conference despite the strengths documented in the Many schools have not yet reached their or they face financial strains that threaten their Well Twenty eight percent of the schools incurred deficits in but the average schools income exceeded expenditures by 6 the report found that 11 percent of students Are non and 18 percent Are of minority on a critical the report said educating the Handi capped is not a High priority in most Catholic High the principals reported that Only 5 percent of their students had any form of Michael executive director of the Niceas secondary school department and the projects associate said do Catholic schools As a group choose Only the whitest and the brightest and the richest but there Are some elements of a third of the High schools admit anyone who comes o the another third admit almost anyone and the other third Are rather he former education Secretary Bell wrote in a pref Many educators have been unaware of the tremendous contribution of Catholic this major Oncea study provides a picture of Catholic secondary schools which has not previously among the findings eight three percent of the Catholic High school graduates go on to compared with 52 percent of All More than 80 percent of the students Are on the College preparatory 10 percent Are on a business or vocational course of study and 9 percent Are on a Gener Al in Public 46 percent Are on the academic 43 percent Are in general studies and 11 percent Are in vocational thirty one percent of All students in 1982 came from families with incomes below 34 percent from those earning to and 35 percent from those earning More than Only 6 percent came from families earning less than 11 percent of All students families earned that thirty six percent of the schools had waiting lists for admission on the the rejected Only 12 percent of those who an unusual catch up photo Large planes must have smoke defectors Washington a the transportation depart ment on tuesday ordered airlines operating in the United states to install smoke detectors in lavatories of All their Large aircraft to give pilots Early warning of a fire that May not be easily the part of a series of proposals aimed at providing airline passengers with better Protection against also would require airliners to have automatic fire extinguishers in lavatory trash receptacles and additional handheld fire extinguishers in the aviation safety groups for years have been pushing for additional safeguards against fires aboard the efforts were renewed after a fire aboard an air Canada jetliner people in june 1983 As the plane made a emergency Landing at the air Canada plane had a fire extinguisher in the trash receptacle of the lavatory where the fire investigators were unable to determine what caused the although they have speculated that a flush motor May have been under the new airlines must install smoke Detec tors in the lavatories of All commercial jetliners within 18 the automatic fire extinguishers must be put in lavatory trash bins within two Ascencion Gaytan of holds up the fish he landed off South padre fish experts say that the creature is believed to belong to the scorpion fish but that it is not a common fish for that area of the Texas Nasa says 2 not will Fly on next shuttle Mission space Texas a two Mon instead will Fly on the space shuttle next month because of fears that the astronauts could be exposed to a form of Simian Robert a commander of the 51d space lab Mission set for launching april said at a briefing that the space Agency is insisting on flying Ger free monkeys to avoid the Remote Chance of infecting the Sevenman Crew with four Squirrel monkeys originally were planned for the seven Day science but Nasa scientists discovered that the animals Are infected with herpes virus most experts consider the virus to be noninfectious to but an extensive Nasa study of Monkey handlers uncovered proof that the virus did in fact Transfer from one species to Nasa is flying Only two leaving two other cages the Mission commander because they were unable to find four monkeys Hardy enough for a space flight and free of the monkeys Are being flown to test a new Cage that will be used in future space flights to House Bill a physician astronaut who will care for the monkeys in said he thinks the management decision was Weinberger favors press Pool for secret invasions by Norman Black Washington a defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger has decided to embrace the concept of a press Pool from which reporters and photographers could be drawn to accompany troops on any secret according to the pentagons top but ground rules for gathering stories and for the number of reporters allowed to accompany the first wave of any invasion Are going to be established on a Caseb Case according to Michael the assistant Secretary of defense for Public of we discussed the Issue about a month and a half Burch the Secre tary agrees with the Pool concept and he agrees that the size of the Pool should be determined on a Caseb Case we Are embracing the concept of soviet toll is mounting Washington a the soviet Union has lost 300 aircraft and billion fighting in by the count of the weekly news Magazine news and world report adding that Moscow controls less afghan territory today than when it invaded five years and our policy is now to take a Pool whenever i think we could put together a Pool now on very Short the Issue of news coverage of military operations has been in dispute Ever since the defense department citing the need for Mission Security prohibited on the scene coverage of the invasion of Grenada in october asked Why the Pentagon did not want to establish ground rules in Advance for reporters to follow in the event of another such Burch replied because one set of ground rules did not seem to serve of suit we didst seem to be finding any consensus the press on Advance so we will attempt to draw them up for each Burch had announced last year that the Pentagon was willing to establish a Pool of reporters who could be contacted quickly and secretly to accompany military that procedure had been recommended by a special panel of military officers and Corre formed after the invasion of Gre but Burghs latest statements would appear to Settle a controversy that erupted in october when the Pentagon announced that it wanted to limit the pools size to 11 reporters and Noje of whom would represent a daily the pentagons reasoning was that most newspapers receive reports from one or both or the nations major wire the associated press and United press in and that a and up would be represented in the amid protests spearheaded by the american newspaper publishers association and the american society of newspaper Burch announced that the question of Pool composition would be re on he confirmed that a tentative agreement had been reached to include newspaper reporters in the Pool but that nothing will be final until approved by the Secretary of Burch had subsequently remained silent on the status of a press Pool until last when he agreed to discuss the representatives of the an a and Asne said they were generally satisfied with Burghs although they still unclear on Certani Richard the president of the Asne and editor of the Oak rid Gerin Oak said Burch has been Given a list of 24 newspaper Compa Nies and the names of their reporters who would be available for Pool Smyser added that he didst How How the Pentagon would select names from the list or whether the order in which the names were submitted would be rotated Burch said during the interview that he want inclined to discuss such once Treyve Given us the there put of he then they have no idea whether the disappearance of some reporter Means a Pool has been we would like to see the ground rules and Pool procedures discussed with the newspaper organizations and make sure that something workable is responded Ana vice president Robert i am concerned about i wish they tie up the Loose Driver gets 9 years for crash that killed 3 san Diego a a 20yearold Man who led police on a Chase that ended in an Accident that killed three people was sentenced to nine years in the sentence for Jon Joseph though the maximum brought bitter responses from the victims i feel he deserves a life like we All said Suzanne Mother of one after Superior court judge Wil Liam Low pronounced the Stewart was convicted 6 of two counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of vehicular manslaughter with Gross he received the maximum sentence of eight years and eight with an additional eight months for violating