European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                No pass no play Rule defended by governor tuesday december 24, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 27 from press dispatches Dallas Texas gov. Mark while said sunday in a nationally Tele Vised news program that the state s no pass no play Rule has been fair and effective and defended the controversial requirement against a lawsuit and criticism that it has made life hard Formant students. I think that the Rule is appropriate and i think it s fair White told lbs news. And i think you la find that students Are studying harder and redoing belter the Rule which stemmed from a sweeping school Reform Law forbids students from taking part in any extra curricular activities for six weeks i they fail a single course. This country is in world Competition and we re not in the race in Many cases because of a weak educational program among our secondary schools White said on the Cbs-tv1 face the nation program. I want to make certain that we Nave the highest standards and i think you la find that the strongest support we have for it Are among Many of those professional athletes who arc going Back to get their education now he said. He said students Are not being pc nah cd through the Rule. They arc being encouraged to pass their courses first and then they la be Able to play he said. I prefer to refer to it As the pass play Rule. I think that s the Way we have to look at  we Send our kids to school to learn he said. Then Well have plenty of time to  but no pass no play has met mixed reviews from students and parents and coaches have vowed to fight the Rule forming a political action committee. A group of Texas parents filed suit against the no pass no play Rule but the requirement was upheld on Appeal. This Law is facially Overly harsh said Anthony Sheppard of washing ton an attorney representing the group of Texas parents. We re going to win in  he told lbs news an Appeal would be filed in the supreme court this week. Pat fans get a Jolt Foxboro mass. Five football fans received shocks sunday when a Sec Tion of a Metal goal Post broken off after the bengals patriots game touched a 13,200-Volt electric wire. The five who were not identified were taken by ambulances to Norwood Hospital. Trooper John Gillespie said four were severely burned while the fifth was in Shock. Trooper David Ria said the five were All males. Two were 20-year-Olds, one was 26, one 19 and the fifth a 15-year old boy. According to Rea the broken Section of goal Post was carried about a Quarter of mile along route 1 from Sullivan stadium by a crowd of about 800 and placed in a barrel marking traffic lanes on the Highway. When the Metal pole began to tip Over the five who were injured tried to right it. Rae said the pole touched a 13,200 Volt Utility wire overhead shocking the five. Slippery Rock 1 St san Francisco Chuck Sand ers a running Back from Slippery Rock University has become the first player from his school selected to play in the shrine East West football , who ran for 2,671 Yards in three College seasons was named Over sports wire the weekend to replace Virginia Back Barry Wood on the East roster for the game scheduled Jan. 11 at Stanford stadium. Runners share title London Alberto Cova Italy s olympic 10,000-Mctcr Champion shared first place with British National Champion Dave Lewis in a controversial dead heat finish in an International 8,000-meter Cross country race sunday. The italian unhappy with the result claimed outright Victory after appearing to Edge out the fast finishing Lewis on the finish line at Alexandra Palace stadium. But the judges gave both runners the same time of 24 minutes 34 seconds. De Eyestone of the United states was third one second behind the co winners. Pacific wins Volley title Kalamazoo Mich. Freshman hitter Elaina Oden had 24 kills sunday night in leading Pacific to the Mcaa women s volleyball championship with a 15-17, 15-7, 15-12, 15-13 Victory Over Stanford at Western Michigan univer sity. Pacific which also got 20 kills from Sophomore Teri Mcgrath erased a 9 Point deficit in the decisive fourth game to upset the top ranked Cardinal. Norwegian skier wins Tarcisio Italy Norway s Geir Andersen won the world cup combined nordic event at this Northern italian re sort sunday after placing third in the Cross country skiing race. Andersen collected 427.055 Points for the Cross country and ski jumping events and emerged in the top spot in the world cup classification standing with 25 Points. Freddy Glanzmann of Switzerland won sunday s Cross country race in 40 minutes 41.40 seconds followed by norwegian Tomb join Lokken in 41 07.20 and Andersen in 41 09.70. West German Hermann Weinbuch who finished fourth in the Cross country with a time of 41 14.80, emerged from the two Day event with 423.990 Points. Compatriot Thomas Miller had the third highest combined score of 419.205. Italians sweep tourney Valdora Italy italians swept the three top spots in world cup sled Ding sunday with Norbert Huber Tak ing first place in the single men s com petition with a time of 1 51.81 on the artificial run. Italians also took first place in the women s single Competition with a run by Laric Luise Reiner in 1 53.51. Players refuse drug test new Orleans new Orleans saints player representative Bobby Brenner says it s a matter of contract interpretation that has prompted team members and maybe All National football league players to refuse to submit to drug testing at year cod physicals. Brenner said his teammates voted unanimously to say no to the tests Dur ing their postseason checkups on Mon  members of the St. Louis Cardi nals also refused to submit to the test when that team took physicals earlier in the week. Cardinal players who said no were fined $1,000 each. Brenner said he warned his saints teammates to expect similar fines. Gas prices drop slightly altering trend los Angeles a plummeting wholesale gasoline prices forced a modest drop at the pump during the past two weeks reversing a three month trend to Ward higher retail prices an Oil Industry analyst said sunday. A Survey of 14,000 service stations nationwide showed retail prices fell .22 cents per gallon during the two week period compared with a wholesale Price drop of 1.42 cents per gallon analyst Dan Lund Berg said. Lundburg attributed Domestic wholesale Price decreases to plunging International crude Oil prices that prompted refiners and suppliers to sell off inventories quickly in Case the downward trend continues. Lundburg s latest twice monthly Survey showed the average per gallon Price at self service pumps was $ 1.09 for regular leaded Down 0.23 cent $1.17 for regular unleaded Down 0.18 cent and si.29 for Premium unleaded Down 0.09 cent. At full service pump which Lundberg says account for less than a Quarter of the Market prices were $1.31 per gallon for regular leaded Down 0.17 cent $1.38 for regular unleaded Down 0.16 cent and $1.45 for Premium unleaded up 0.04 cent. Overall prices were $1.212 per gallon during the two weeks just ended compared with $1.2142 during the previous two weeks Lundburg said. During 1985, prices Rose an average of6.51 cents per gallon he said. To today conversion rates London up monday s cd Osier rates for the is. Dollar to other currencies. Figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound and other local currencies to dollars to Price o Gold crowd Al u2775 an ounce Litver by flan Pound. German Mark for town franc. Oulch Guilder. Belgian franc italian lira. Sofii franc. Greek drachma turkish lira Spanish emf portuguese Licud Canadian Dollar austrian Schilling norwegian Krone. Dan Lvi front. Ec.20 .1 4247 .2.5205 .7.7270 275 .5170 1.71725 2.1125 .15040 577.39 .iss.50 15950 .13964. 17.47 .7.49 .9.140 decj3 i.42vo 2.5200 7.1900 3.1245 51.15 1.709.70 2.1015 11035 156.25 15900 1.3950 1744 7177 these Are commercial rates and can be related Only to the use of foreign currency by . Forces for official business. 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