European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Autumn a Alsace be stripes Magazine Dilgart army ital study Page 5 names to go on t memorial Page 7 cards beat royals in series Page 17 the stars and stripes vol. 44, no. 190 Friday october 25, 1985 0 8693 a Dod studying charges army helmets defective by Norman Black Washington a a contractor hired to produce a new combat helmet fur inc army produced substandard head gear prompting a Pentagon investigation into whether the firm ignored manufacturing specifications to improve its profits officials said wednesday. The helmets produced Over the last two years by gun tax corp. Of Carbondale pa., do not offer the required Protection the military ordered said William Caldwell a Pentagon spokesman. The helmets Are made of a special resin and synthetic fiber material known As Kevlar. More than 460.000 Kevlar helmets out of the 800.000 already in use by Arim and Marine corps units Are affected by the investigation. Gentes no longer makes the helmets itself but still supplies the Materi Al for production by two other firms Cald Well said. Gentes denied any wrongdoing. So far there has been no determination that the gentes helmet tails to meet the Gen pro c ii he Hel ral minimum eating soldiers i cull said. He let is Superior let it replaces. Ballistic standards for against thing shrapnel. Added that the client cd to the old Meel pot rut the Pentagon has concluded the gentes helmet has an unacceptable weak spot on the Var top. Caldwell . We re saying they did t meet the construction standard1, and that the top of the see helmets on Page 24 Hijacker names Abbas As Leader reports say . Iliili not one of four hijackers of the italian cruise liner Achille Lauro was reported wednesday to have told italian investigators that Mohammed Abbas was the Leader of the hijacking. Justice ministry officials in Genoa and in Rome refused to comment on the reports. The reports carried in italian newspapers were similar to charges raised earlier this week by a Palestine liberation organization Leader in Tunis that the four hijackers were acting on inc written orders of Abbas. The reports appeared As Buttino Praxi the caretaker prime minister left for a meeting with president Reagan in new York on Friday. The reports said the Hijacker was collaborating with italian magistrates investigating the Osc. The reports arc potentially embarrassing for Praxi who is seeking to smooth relations with the United states. Relations were seriously strained Over Italy s decision to allow Abbas to leave Italy oct. 12 de spite an american request for his detention. Washington has described Abbas As the Mastermind of the hijacking. They could also complicate difficult negotiations to rebuild Praxi s five party government which collapsed last week Over his handling of the hijacking affair. Praxi is acting As caretaker prime min ister because his government fell when the Small Republican party withdrew its three ministers. The republicans staunchly opposed Abbas s release and in a full Day of negotiations tuesday Praxi failed to Bridge differences with the republicans. According to the news reports inc pales Tinian who has declared his willingness to cooperate with magistrates also confessed to having killed Leon Klinghoffer. A 69 year old invalid from new York. He was shot dead and his body cast overboard on the second Day of the hijacking. Italian television reported wednesday night that the Hijacker who has not been identified was transferred from a prison near spoil to in Central Italy where the four palestinians were being held to a maximum Security prison near Genoa. Luigi Carli the Deputy prosecutor in Genoa who is in charge of the investigation was absent on monday and tuesday from his office prompting speculation that he was questioning the palestinian. The palestinian reportedly said that Abbas promised him and his accomplices after they were arrested that his Organiza Tion w Ould carry out assassinations and hijackings to Force their liberation. Decades Long four ending for sex so Der by  staff Hank Shuber came i Europe the Queen i i Beth we the luxury liner  a troop ship Streetcar named desire still Raju his native new Orleans he s leaving 42 years later on All air plane his first flight for a country he has t seen since then. Shuber. Who retires next week from inc i a Arhur  sup a port division with the second Longcr continuous service of any . Foj employee in 1-Tirope, a s he s Vous about his  ride or j to the Stales. When you Hai t Actu ally experienced some thumb you Don t really know  to to a about it or have much to fear "1 know the mro vicars Don t run any More in new quins except for one Mac and Lypo a few of my favor Ite eating pm pcs arc no longer in Busi Ness.  More cars More people but Rii jul have to adjust. It will take Lee Soldier on Page 24 is Fiolo by Linda w so arks Hank Shuber. Never planned to Sta this Long 7-per/od school Day meets with mixed fee Ings by Mary Hladky it Yin off or Crothe seven  off to a Stormy Start. Ii lug two months after most d Parl Montot Pendents High schools in Europe added an extra class period to inc daily schedule the change still is prompting anger controversy and debate. Teachers Are very unhappy about it said Ernie Lehmann european director of the overseas federation of teachers which represents teachers in the Dodds Mediterranean Region. They arc frustrated an arc  the Oft filed a grievance on inc go is of school to protest the change and  before an Arbi Trator sometime this winliil1 the gricvanccanfw3s that teachers now arc acquired to do it cent More work and should be paid for it of try demanding 20 percent More in salary Lehmann said. We think they re exploiting the work  the Union grievance is one of several formal protests by teachers in Europe. C overseas education association we Atlantic and gcridm004mis asked period in mid year. A Acuff Imam it my Jim asked principals loj. Cried opponents say they Are falling Sfeir teaching schedules because class periods have been shortened to so acc a a seventh class into the schedule. They argue that students Are learning less in the 45 minute classes and that teachers have less time to Grade papers prepare for class and work with students. A 45-Minutc period just does t make it at a High school level. We Aren t Able to accomplish what we need  said Mary Ibele an English teacher at Munich High school. Students she added Are having problems adjusting to the bigger course Load. "uv_the1$su