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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes May Congress near agreement on Dodds Bills would keep schools within defense department by Clint Swift Washington Bureau chief Washington schools for children of service members overseas would remain in the defense depart ment under an agreement that is under consideration in Capitol Hill staffers have an amendment passed this week by the Senate As part of next years defense authorization Bill would rescind the requirement to Transfer the department of defens Ede Pendents schools to the education department and would provide some Protection to the schools Parent teacher advisory a member of the Senate armed services committee staff said the language of the amendment has been cleared with the Central players in the House the armed education and labor and government operations the two houses of Congress were to write terms of the agreement into the proposed Law during the conference on their authorization but the same language the Senate passed As an Amend ment May be offered on the House floor to Speed action on the measure and to ensure that its goals Are a Dodds spokeswoman said school officials had not seen the amendment and could not the Senate measure was offered by Dan and cosponsored by Robert one of the staunchest advocates of the Transfer during the last three years of floor fights that postponed the the language was drawn up with the cooperation of the overseas education Quayle support of the largest Dodds teachers Union removed the last Strong opposition to rescinding the Law that had called for the Transfer since two years after creation of the education overseas education association president Jack Rollins said the unions Effort had largely been a failure with its own who he said believed reports that a trans Fer to the education department might Cost them benefits they had built up in the defense he said that the association had supported the Transfer for two main reasons and if the need the Union might seek congressional support for the Transfer Rollins said the million Dodds budget is a single line item in a billion defense but he said the budget request would receive line byline congressional scrutiny if it came before education com under the education Dodds also would have to staff and fund education programs for the handicapped and other special students the Way stateside schools he said funding and staffing for those pro Grams currently compete with resources for the rest of Dodds resulting in what he considers crowded classrooms and heavy teaching Dodds director Beth Stephens has said the system complies with Federal Law on special under the the Secretary of defense would be required to consult with the Secretary of education on educational programs and the amendment also would allow the Union representing teachers at a school to appoint one nonvoting member to that schools advisory As a further part of the Quayle stated on the floor that members of the armed services committee expected that Public documents on such As the would be made available to interested i do not believe that citizens should be refused such information or that they should have to go through com plex and Tim consuming procedures to obtain he the Dodds spokeswoman said she was not aware that anyone was having trouble obtaining budget documents once the president had announced his budget and sent it to the the amendment transfers the system wide advisory Council to the defense so it is in the same department As the the Council had been set up in the education department when Congress voted to trans Fer the schools the amendment seeks to retain the current membership Structure but states explicitly that professional organizations such As the teachers Union May select their own it also says that representatives of the secretaries of defense and education will remain As co chairmen and that the Secretary of defense will coordinate appointments to the Council with the education another provision states that the Council will meet at least twice a the defense department had proposed language that would have placed a ceiling on meetings at four a but some Council members and the overseas education association feared that the Council might not meet at All under that Maureen Reagan to attend Parley with new team Mac flights Washington a four state department women working to prepare for an upcoming women conference have resigned or been Given new assign ments since Maureen Reagan was named to head the the which begins july 15 in is to assess the Progress women have made internationally since the decade for women was declared 10 years the original project Betty quit her Job in March after six that was shortly after the presi dents daughter was named to Lead the Del at about the same two foreign service officers who worked with Dillon were reassigned without being told a third was reassigned a couple of weeks Reagan said tuesday that she believed one reason for the reassignments was that Paula who replaced Dillon As co needed her own team because she has had to work fast to Complete All preparations in time for the in Reagan said she was under the impression that some of the reassigned women had voiced dissatisfaction with cer Tain she did not i did not perceive any acrimony on any body Reagan All anybody seems to give a Damn about is whether somebody mad at this is Ridic the reassignments were carried out by Gregory who Heads the state departments Bureau of International organization Newell was out of the country and could not be reached for com his Roger refused to explain Why the reassignments were i dont think i want to get into Why these things Kirk adding that the foreign service officers involved were Fine and the incident should have no Adverse Impact on their Kirk said the new team headed by Kuz Mich was very Nancy Clark a prominent Washington businesswoman and personal Friend of president Reagan who is the delegations alternate said she Dinh know the specifics but believed it was Maureen reagans right to assemble a group with whom she could work Comfort Maureen is a very smart per son who knows exactly where Shes going and what she wants and i am sure she wanted to put her own team Reynolds but everybody goes through the shake Down Reynolds she is confident about the people she has its her Call i dont mean she made this but after her she is the one responsible for the officers were Ann director of International women programs at the state department Barbara who once held the same position and Ellen to although the women would not speak for the sources familiar with the Situa Tion said Maureen Reagan wanted the changes and Newell simply carried them i think this administration trusts its own said one speaking on Condi Tion of i dont really think it trusts career people that in Boneparth a source the implication was there were personality conflicts and that the decisions about re assignment were not being made in the another source said the problems apparently stemmed either from on sided personality conflicts or differences on policy and such As How to Deal with delegations that Are from countries that Arent Friendly to the United the following information on military Airlift come commercial contract flights arriving and leaving Rhei main Ger Between May 27 and june is provided for customer All times Are local and the schedule is subject to american military passengers May Fly to and from the United states with a valid identification card and proper leave or travel american citizen passengers who not in the military need a valid pass but children listed on a parents pass port do not need a separate non american passengers need a passport and valid military members must be in a service uniform unless civilian clothes Are authorized in their All passengers leaving Rhei main Are reminded that they May Check in As Early As six and a half hours prior to the no later than not checking time listed for further flight information Call Rhein main military or Auto on Rhei main a to Charleston Date flight not departs number checking arrives May 28 May May 30 May june 1 june Rhei main a to Philadelphia arrives May May May May May 1 killed when army copter collide a a sin Gle engine plane and an army medical Heli copter collided feet in the air killing one person aboard the authorities none of the seven aboard the copter was the which carried six army personnel and one lost part of its main Rotor in the collision but made a Safe Landing about 500 Yards from the crash authorities the copter was flying from fort Riley to Topeka when the collision occurred wednesday afternoon about 15 Miles South of wreckage from the plane was scattered up to 400 Yards from the and the wings were stripped from the authorities the victim was identified As Jeff of according to Geary county sheriff Bill authorities were checking flight records to determine whether anyone else was aboard the Piper said John Swank of the Feder Al aviation administration in Kansas both aircraft were flying under visual flight rules and were not under the air traffic control Swank the helicopter was being used to trans port the child of a military family from Irwin army Community Hospital to Stor Mont Vail regional medical Center in to Peka for an undisclosed said fort Riley spokeswoman Cheryl the Pilot of the chief warrant officer 3rd class Raymond did one whale of a Job putting that chopper said fort Riley spokesman Harvey he Only had three fourths of the Rotor left one of the helicopter Crew members told authorities he observed a advised the and then it at this we dont believe either aircraft saw the Deppish the National transportation safety Board and a military team from fort will investigate the Deppish Date flight not departs number checking May 27 May 28 May 29 May 30 May 31 Rhei main a to Louis Date flight not departs number checking arrives May 28 May noon May 30 May May 31 am May Charleston fab to Rhei main a right departs number arrives Rhei mahi May us3kw May am May us3kw May May us3kw june Philadelphia to Rhei main a flight departs number arrives Rhei main May us2ko May am june pm june Imam june pm june Louis to rheinma1n a flight departs number arrives Rheb Maln May us4kn May pm us4kn fray flight number prefix code b Jet charter c cwt flair o Arrow air ways f flying g global International j n o National p pan am u United v Rich w world x american trans or  
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