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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday november 10, 1985 in photo a left Britain Princess Dianand Prince Charles m greeted by Presl ind mrs. Reagan at the White Royal Welcome for Prince and Princess Tea ind a Printe chit with the presid Atud first tidy. The Prince and Princess arrived earlier at Andrews fab my group of handicapped children at Andrews including 16-year-om Jom Tocoa Lolar Center. He Gate or a hag Tut in clean Home saturday to Start their three Day after a Day and a half rest Stop i Hawaii of gospel Musk he recorded. The bind a who which helps Washington Roll the Royal couple had in right photo Diana right greets a Mao Mississippi teen Ager has As inoperable Haw terminal to baits. Brain Enmor that has stunted his  he got to meet Duna wok the hip of an organization called make hic Brtos Young people who questions in teacher Survey stir opposition Washington a a federally financed Survey is asking schoolteacher across the country about How often they Pray and How often they have sex their views on abortion and mercy killing and whether they voted for Ronald Reagan or Walter Mondale. The Survey is being conducted by the National Center for education information a private group that publishes newsletters and reports with a $72,461 Gram from the Secretary of education s discretionary fund. Former Secretary . Bell approved the Grant last year. An Oregon educator ordered her instructors not to co operate with the Survey. Shirley a. Woods assistant superintendent for instruction for the Corvallis ore., school system also complained about the Survey to people for the american Way a Liber Al anti censorship group. "1 Felt the questions were entirely inappropriate. I think that is a kind of probing that simply is unconscionable she said Friday. The Center s director c. Emily Feistritzer said the sex question was Only one of Many bits of information she was seeking to piece together a profile of America s classroom teachers. Only a few teachers have left the question Blank or written none of your business she said. The teachers were promised anonymity although the Survey forms were coded so that the Center could Send follow up letters to those who did not mail in their responses. Fei striker a former teacher said she was not trying to be the Kinsey of american education but to prepare a profile that will help educators find the estimated 1 Mil lion new teachers America s schools need Between now and the Early 1990s. The query about sex was near the Bottom of a list of 28 activities the teachers were asked to disclose How often they engaged in daily once or twice a week once or twice a month less than once a month or never. The list included watching television Reading a newspaper going to bars jogging going to Church and right after work in the Garden engage in sexual activities. A Story about the Survey appeared thursday in the National journal weekly Magazine under the headline teachers take quiz on having  the laundry list of activities was taken word for word from other National polls she said and contains Standard social research questions. We asked teachers stands on abortion on the death penalty on almost every current Issue that i can think of she said. They were also asked if they Ever prayed to god if they smoked and what their politics affiliations Wen. Her Center wrote principals at 500 schools in september asking them to distribute the surveys to four teachers at random. It is still trying to get teachers to mail the Mes Tion Aires Back and plans to report the results la february. Love w. Miller an education department spokesman said the department had not reviewed the questionnaire before it was sent out. He declined comment on the Propri Ety of the sex question but said it obviously makes u take another look at whether we should have review rights Over something like this that we give a Grant  the department keeps close tabs on work performed under contract but not Grants. Bell initially approved a Grant of s98.836 for the Survey As one of 40 discretionary Grants totalling $3.4 million. The available funds were subsequently trimmed to  Mil lion and the Survey Grant was reduced to $72,46, Miller said. Youngsters negotiate peace treaty peace does compute to Boston Geneva children Boston a president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev might take a lesson from youngsters in Boston and Switzerland who managed to negotiate an International peace treaty Friday on computers separated by 3,000 Miles. It was t easy. They said they wanted to collaborate and now they be bombed us 13-year-old Daniel Wagner grumbled at one tense moment during the trans Atlantic negotiations. Let s attack  but in the Long run peace prevailed. After i hours five Boston area children working on a computer at the City s museum of science became allies of unidentified teen agers at College do Leman in Geneva Switzerland. The Boston children broke into cheers. I wish we could meet the kids in Geneva said one. The simulated negotiations were arranged by Tom Snyder. A former school teacher who now runs his own computer software company. He wrote a computer program called tie other Side which the two groups used in Friday s delicate negotiations. The game played on computers linked by Telephone allowed both sides to bargain for fuel and Money deploy spies drop bombs and communicate via a hot line to build a Bridge Between the United slate Sand Europe. The Point of this u not to teach facts like How much Oil there is in Russia said Snyder. This is to teach kids that resolving a crisis is really working hard. The world Isa Complex place. Can a cat Tell Why a Bird can t Fly Worcester mass. A a 2 year old Bald Eagle named Sarah was Given a cat scan a sophisticated Type of a Ray usually reserved for humans by veterinarians trying to determine Why she can t Fly. The cat computerized Axial Tomo Graphy scan at the University of Massachusetts medical Center revealed no head injury or other abnormalities said or. Michael a. Davis director of radiology research at the Center. Veterinarians have also scheduled the Bird for a brain lean Davis told the Worcester Telegram. Sarah who has a seven foot wingspan was recently found unable to Fly near Lake Erie in new York. The Bird was raised and released from qua bin Reser voir in Central Massachusetts in 1984 As part of a five year Effort to restore the species which disappeared in Massachusetts about 100 years ago. A sch Lel. Sed i k he a of the wildlife clinic at Tufts University school of veterinary Medicine in graft on said that if the tests show the Bird was poisoned by a heavy Metal like Mer Cury there May be a need to examine the Lake Eric area for pollutants. The 12-Pound Anest resized Bird was strapped on an operating table for the scan of her head. If kids get at Good As this As they Are at zapping Pac Man we re All going to to Lagood  at one moment Synder cringed m the american children decided to bomb Europe. They re lying to us. They said they1 Low on Money and our spies say they have plenty of Money said Sarah Wagner. Daniel s 11-year-old  spies could be  Snyder re plied. Spies can be wrong she asked incredulously. It s been known to happen said Snyder. The bombing was called off and Money was sent instead. After the game was Over the Boston players said Reagan and Gorbachev have their work Cut out for them at the Geneva Summit nov. 19 and 20. Now 1 understand Why they re always fighting said Paul Herra 15. One coun try docs one thing and then the other immediately reacts Tike we d install patrols or bomb them. It kind of escalates " i used to feel Why can t they make peace just like that added Sarah Wagner. Now i see we Don t know what the other Side wants whether they want peace or How they want to go about it. It takes   
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