European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes april v photo by Gus Schuettler Dodds teachers distribute leaflets at Wiesbaden Haine Berg shopping Center protesting mandated seven period school teachers open informational Campaign against 7period Dodds school Day by Charlie Bowden staff writer Wiesbaden Dodds teachers opened an informational Campaign Here saturday protesting the change to a seven period Day next year that has been ordered for overseas High the sponsored by the local chapters of the overseas education association and the overseas federation of is designed to protest the change and to inform parents of the possible ramifications of the leaflets distributed throughout the Day by the teachers were headlined dont be fooled and stated the unions position that such a change will rather than the Quality of education in the the leaflets also included the names and addresses of school system officials and urged parents to communicate their views about the the teachers were Given permission to pass out the leaflets by Community officials As Long As certain guidelines were Union officials emphasized that the teachers were not picketing but were try ing to inform parents about the switch to a seven period school the two rival unions Are in agreement on fighting the and both have pro tested the action through formal the Oft lodged a grievance that is due for an arbitration hearing next the sea has filed an unfair labor prac Tice charge against the unions say the change would in crease the workload on teachers by about 20 if classes Are shortened to fit the extra period into the class it would affect student they the plan included Junior High schools and prohibited no instructional use of the such As study that has since Only those schools with a 12th Grade must adopt the seven period and the extra period can be used for study Halls and other activities in some principals May seek a oneyear waiver to the Rule according to Union offi at least seven schools in Germany have asked for such a the waiver must be approved by the Region director and will be granted Only with sound according to re Gion schools Are citing budget constraints As one reason and Supply Short Ages As one Union official school Supply orders were due March before the seven period controversy the leaflet Campaign is scheduled to continue through the next two Union officials Pope plans 11day visit to Benelux Vatican City up Pope John Paul ii will meet with Royalty and factory government immigrants and students during an 11day tour of the Luxembourg and the Vatican said the John Pauls 26th outside Italy since being elected pontiff years will begin May when he will Fly to the and will end May according to the John Paul will make stops in More than 20 cities and will celebrate nearly 20 masses and prayer serv including several out of he will by train and Auto Mobile and in his special local Royalty he will spend five Days in the nether one in Luxembourg five in Bel meeting in each country with local Royalty and government As Wellas with roman catholics and representatives of other including jews and his schedule includes visits to the inter National court of Justice in the Hague on May Luxembourg european Center on May 15 and the Brussels Headquarters of the european economic Community on May John Paul will celebrate a mass for workers and immigrants in Luxembourg on May is and in Brussels fallen stadium on May to Honor Wei dead during the Benelux he will visit two Sites where apparitions were reported by catholics and will make a special Stop in Belgium to pay homage to soldiers who died in world War since becoming John Paul has twice visited Spain and Portugal and has made one trip each to san Austria and because he was unable to fit Liechtenstein into next months the Pope is expected to make a on Day visit to that tiny Princi Pality on Vatican spokesman Joa Quin Navarro vails mormon official Dies Salt Lake City a Bruce a member of the mormon Church highest advisory the quo rum of the twelve has died at Mcconkie served 26 years As a member of the governing body of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latte Day the first coun cil of the in he became a member of the the Church highest advisory areas of Idaho blanketed by unseasonable Snow by the associated press Winter Hung on in parts of the West saturday with Snow blanketing higher elevations in Utah and Idaho after a wave of tornadoes and winds gusting to 90 Mph caused widespread damage in Nebraska and the Earl morning temperatures promised an easing of fridays extremes that found record High temperatures tumbling from the Plains to the Atlantic coast while skiers found their pleasure in Snow that hit the Colorado ranged from the upper 50s to near 70 from the Plains to the Mississippi while those in pans of the Northwest were in the a Winter storm warning was issued for areas of Utah above and Stock mens advisories were in effect across the where More than a foot of Snow was expected in the Northern the collision of the cold front with warm air spawned tornadoes in Oklah Nebraska and South Dakota Friday tornadoes either touched Down or were sighted in David Offutt fab and grand six to eight businesses and 40 to 50 houses were damaged in David including a dozen Homes that bad severe structural said mayor Larry two sections hit by the twister were cordoned and an overnight few was Novak fro injuries were the storms ended a fou Day spell of unseasonably warm weather As record highs were reported in Nebraska on tues wednesday and most Cit ies in the state had highs in the and a few had readings above at least 15 cities in the East also reported record highs Friday including the 99 degrees in Baltimore that was 2 degrees above the 1896 also registered in 5 inches of Snow was re ported Friday at Loveland Basin and Mary Jane ski four inches was on the ground at Aspen Arapahoe Basin and Winter scattered Snow showers were reported Over the Northern Rockies Early while a mixture of rain and Snow showers fell on the Central a travellers advisory for blowing and Drifting Sand was posted for parts of the desert areas of Southern the National weather service forecast called for showers and thunderstorms across the Northern Plains and showers from the Northern Pacific coast to the Northern Central with Snow showers Over the widely scattered showers and thunderstorms were predicted Lor the Southern Plains and the Mississippi Valley and from the upper Ohio Valley u Southern and Central new highs in the 40i and Sis were predicted Over much of the Northern in the sos on the Northern Pacific coast and new in the sos to near 90 from the mid Mississippi Valley to the Midat lactic coast and in the sos from the South Ern Plains to the Southern Atlantic China to reduce army by 1 official says Wellington up China will Cut its military by Reching by almost one Quarter the worlds largest standing armed communist party general Secretary he Yanbang has on a fou Day trip to new also said which has Only a Small nuclear would be willing to take part in negotiations aimed at reducing or eliminating nuclear China will Cut Back conventional forces starting this year a decrease of one Mil lion conventional chinese he told a news