European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes june 1985 education key to hispanics told by Ellen Ridge Slaff writer r Amstien Germany a deficiency in Educa Tion is holding hispanics Back and even keeping them out of the armed speakers at the federation of latin american clubs conference said promoting education is the key to the military tap Ping into americas growing hispanic said speak ers who kicked off the three Day the educational level of the hispanic population is the lowest in the said Mary l cultural anthropologist at Walter Reed army Institute of re very few hispanics have their bachelors de census reports show that 37 percent of hispanic youths aged in or 19 arc High school she Wiggins of the department of defense Eugual Opportunity and safety policy office said the military is looking for people with High school one of the criteria for enlistment in the armed forces is a High school if that Large a percentage of hispanics dont have their then the conclusion is Wiggins you have got to place an emphasis on the stayin school what we need is better and higher education said Carl Safe vice Cathey kicked off the three Day conference monday in front of about 150 putting the problem in Concrete Lozano and Wiggins presented demographic information on hispanics in the United states and in the who is researching the problems of hispanic provided an Overall picture of a fast growing hispanic Community in the United by and the hispanics Are a very Young peo he the median according to the latest is 25 As compared to 31 for the rest of the there Are 20 million hispanics in the United Lozano yet they make up Only 4 percent of the armed department of defense figures show that hispanics make up percent of the officers in the military and percent of the enlisted Wiggins also attributes the Low ratio of hispanic offi cers to educational Lozano and Wiggins agree that the hispanic influence in America will grow tremendously in the next few years and the department of defense has to take Steps to increase hispanic participation in the the armed forces Are going to have to reach out More aggressively to recruit said Navy John acting Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for equal Opportunity and safety Jose former president of the federation of latin american said one of the objectives of this years conference is to identify Means to achieve professional development of the conference Agenda includes workshops with his panic employment program managers on educational Job opportunities and career 12 Pennsylvania counties eligible for disaster Relief Washington a voicing sym Pathy for Pennsylvania storm president Reagan on monday declared 12 counties in the Keystone state eligible for disaster setting in motion a wide Range of help from the Federal As residents of Tornado stricken Pennsyl Vania and Ohio towns consoled one another and cleared away officials said the death toll could top the 87 already these storms Are among the worst in decades and have clearly taken a heavy the president i sympathize with the people of this Region at the same i Salute their courage in facing the tremendous task of rebuilding their lives and communities Laid waste by the at least 62 people died in Pennsylvania and More than 700 were injured As houses were destroyed in the tornadoes Fri damage could exceed the Pennsylvania counties designated for Federal Relief Are Union and reagans action permits residents in the affected counties to get individual and fam ily Grants and temporary housing assistance and makes victims eligible for disaster Loans through the Small business in where at least 12 people were Richard Celeste asked Reagan for Federal disaster Relief for four counties where damage was estimated at Mil the president saw television coverage and expressed deep concern for the loss of said Deputy press Secretary Larry on orders of the vice presi Dent George Bush was to make an inspection tour of the damaged areas in Pennsyl Vania on in route to a previously scheduled fundraising dinner for Republican Arlen Specter in baby from Page 1 baby die the entire Burgott family went into a while Kenneth was trying to revive the his called the staff duty and went banging on stairwell doors for i dont know where 7yearold Jea no Etc Burgett but she was not in the my wife was but she was in Laura brought Janis Kendall to the Kinda la is trained in car and was ready to step in if before she Nicholas responded to Burgetts he gave a cough and began to he had stopped breathing for one Burgett Terry stood by downstairs to guide the ambulance to the right i dont know who was on staff duty that but they were Burgett the ambulance was helped by the maps All the it was a 20minute drive from Fitzthum government quarters in Vilseck to the near est medical facility at chief warrant officer Earl the physicians assistant on checked Nicholas he gave the baby a clean Bill of health and advised having him checked out according to Tours from Page 1 checkout scanning system to debut in overseas facilities Washington the army will Start installing scanning checkout sys tems at the first of 71 overseas commissaries and annexes this according to a spokesman for the army troop support commissaries at Camp Zama Annex and Sagami depot Annex in Japan will be among 15 to get the new systems this the spokesman commissaries in Europe will not Start the move to the new systems until the new District oriented store system is operational about a year from he the european which has 84 of the army 178 commissaries and is being divided into six districts for better the installations Are part of a 10 million contract that includes training and the spokesman the contract was awarded to nor of the army has scanning systems operating at four stateside and it has an option to extend the contract to in clude the remaining 103 he the scanners help Speed reduce errors and keep track of bases or communities for commercial trav in some the two travel concessionaires will be competing for a share of the travel especially for scheduled air line but perhaps a greater threat to both comes from the military expanded scheduled airline ticket although the satos exist primarily to schedule offi Cial duty the offices Book follow on flights for those taking leave in conjunction with official travel and can Book Leisure the opening of a Sato at Ramstein a in october forced american express travel officials to close Down one office de scribed As one of their most american express officials said that before the expansion of about 25 percent of the company business was in official Sun Tours now operates out of a head quarters in downtown Mannheim and a travel Bureau in the Hanau office is licensed by the International air trans port Basinger All locations must be licensed with according to contract offices also must be but the contract allows More time for computerize As a relative newcomer to the military travel Basinger brought in a marketing consultant familiar with the desires of travel Happy americans living in the Vivienne immediately put together a wis list for Basinger that ranges from travel posters to a mix of German and american we recognize that the travel Industry is a service and if we dont provide Well lose repeat said that Means knowledgeable pm she and enough of Basinger said he already has hired about 40 several of them former american express travel his plans also include adjusting office operating hours to meet Peak demand temperatures june 2 l h 46 82 72 los Angeles 50 84 84 Louisville 34 52 96 Memphis 75 97 92 Miami Beach 60 81 Atlantic 59 Paul 57 81 94 Nashville 42 60 93 new Orleans 74 95 80 new York 39 69 83 Norfolk 57 82 94 Oklahoma City 54 75 69 Omaha 53 82 97 Orlando 80 104 81 Philadelphia 60 84 90 Phoenix 54 64 76 Pittsburgh 62 80 77 60 77 70 Ore 74 92 82 Providence 48 74 88 Rael Gih 50 72 Des 57 Reno 55 76 86 Louis 44 74 91 Petersburg 35 60 72 Salt Lake City 48 82 68 san Diego 69 87 68 san Francisco 73 90 87 san Juan 65 85 65 Seattle 74 100 82 Syracuse 61 73 Kansas 93 Tucson 62 86 Las 85 Washington 75 91 Little 80 Wichita go drowns at German recreation area Germany a 20year old american Soldier from Btry 2nd 2nd air defense arty at bad Hersfeldt drowned saturday afternoon while swimming with an american Friend and a German woman at a German recreation Accord ing to a 32nd army air defense come the Hawk missile launcher crewman and his a Hawk missile radar operator from the same were about Halfway across the 85yardwide Fulda Aue Lake when the victim was overcome by the spokesman his buddy tried to save him but was he the Friend swam to a Rowboat operated by some germans and then returned to the place the victim was last but could not find the Lake where the two privates first class were swimming is of limits to sol Diers because there is no lifeguard on the spokesman the German police and fire department searched the Lake with divers saturday and returned to search further the Vic Tims body was recovered at about noon Sun Day by a German lifeguard and Rescue according to a Usa eur the name of the German woman and the victims Friend were not the name of the victim is being withheld until notification of next of european weather forecast for tuesday parity Cloudy skies for the majority of mostly Cloudy with a Chance of rain showers and thunderstorms in Southern High temperatures will run from lows from Sunset tuesday Sunrise wednesday Outlook for wednesday mostly Cloudy skies with a continuing Chance of afternoon no change in recorded Mon Day 4am 4pm f 63 91 i 55 77 f 63 79 p 66 79 f 54 79 p 48 70 f 79 4am 4pm f 54 68 f 52 79 t 52 77 m so 72 f 50 70 f 59 81 f 79 of far Cloudy mostly provided by Del 7h weather tra Bentzar