European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday March 12, 1986 Viets find More remains possibly of mias a _ tvs 1 term i � a a by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington vietnamese officials have in formed the defense department that they have found what they believe to be the remains of 21 american serv ice members missing in Southeast Asia a Dod official said tuesday. Richard Armitage assistant Secretary of defense for International Security affairs said the information was provided last week during the first technical meeting be tween . And vietnamese officials under a new plan to resolve the Mia pow Issue within two years. Armitage calling last week s meeting the busiest and most substantial to Date said the vietnamese should be providing further information on the 21 remains within the next few weeks. We look Forward to Early repatriation of these remains so we can begin our identification work he said. Armitage said the vietnamese also discussed excavations of aircraft crash Sites. They took our team to a crash site not previously visited which might be a Candi Date for unilateral vietnamese excavation he said. He said the vietnamese have indicated they would explore this crash site without . Assistance. He added that the vietnamese gave no explanation for their insistence on investigating this site on their own. They also accepted additional Case files for investigation and our suggested list of candidates for future join excavations he said. He said the United states has asked the vietnamese to investigate three particular reports of live sightings of americans. A total of 112 live sighting reports Are still unresolved according to Armitage. We think All 112 cases Are Good candidates for investigation but these three Are the Best cases for which we can provide information at the moment without compromising our sources and methods for gathering information he said. We Are pleased with the substantive nature of last week s meeting and believe it bodes Well for the future As implementation of the two year plan proceeds Armita Essaid. Armitage also addressed charges of government efforts to cover up information on americans that May still be prisoners in Southeast Asia. The Issue has been addressed by two House investigations the pow Mia task Force and the House Perma nent select committee on intelligence he said. Both concluded the charges were not warranted and that our defense intelligence Agency was doing a thorough and objective Job. Yet in some quarters the charges Armitage said the defense department is inviting for Mer Dia chief it. Gen. Ret Eugene Tighe and Texas billionaire h. Ross Perot to independently evaluate the Dia s efforts to resolve the pow Mia Issue. It. Gen. Tighe would be part of a senior review panel to provide the american people additional assurances that All that can reasonably be done will be done Armitage said. Or. Perot will receive a full briefing on Tighe and Perot have been critical in the past of the government s efforts to resolve the pow Mia Issue. Armitage also released the names of five americans whose remains were repatriated to the United states in december. All were lost Over North Vietnam. They Are air Force col. Robert w. Hagerman of Chicago Iii Navy capt. William d. Mcgrath of Colton Calif. Navy cmdr. Barton s. Wade of Jasper ind. Navy it. Cmdr. Robert s. Graustein of Fryeburg Maine. And Navy it cmdr. Richard w. Minnich or. Of Collegeville a. Poor math scores blamed on students study choices los Angeles a education Secretary William Bennett says the failure of Many students to take rigorous courses of study is to blame for the poor showing of american youths on math tests compared to their european and japanese Peers. The math skills of american eighth graders lagged behind those of 13 other countries and the top . High school seniors scored lowest put of 10 nations according to results of International testing in1982. Eighth graders from Japan the nether lands and Hungary scored highest on tests of arithmetic algebra geometry statistics and measurement. Average scores of . 13, before significant percentages of them dropout of school. The study found american students Are receiving More hours of instruction in mathematics than students from other nations but the math curriculum in Japan and the top scoring european nations was More in Tensive. By Grade seven the japanese and euro try and mathematical problem solving said Joseph Crosswhite professor emeritus at Ohio state University and a consultant on the study. In the United Stith nah Geria Thailand and Sweden. In a separate 10-nation comparison in which the top 5 percent of 18-year-Olds were tested in algebra and calculus the american students scored lowest. The department of education published some of the scores without comment last week in a research report. The results were first reported in september 1984. Bennett said he was disturbed by the performance and blamed it on the failure of by arithmetic we be slipped 1964." computation he said. In most categories since most countries that ranked highest have school systems run by Central ministries of education whereas in the United states it is by states or local boards of education. Ranking above the United states in the eighth Grade Sample were in order Japan the Netherlands Hungary Belgium France Canada British Columbia Uit Lluc Iau ure of Many students to take a rigorous course of san ols Hong Kong Canada Ontario smart Money up photo Theodore Smith of Springfield mo., held in Williamsburg a. Smith Earne Calls Home to let his parents know he s top honors and the big Check of Winner of a $10000 scholarship prize Competition with students from All 50awarded at the Century Iii conference state and the District of Nokia study in Middle and upper grades. Our children Are capable Bennett told the los Angeles times. It s a question of what we re giving them what they Are studying. The japanese Don t use some sort of magic. They work harder at the first International mathematics study took place in 1964 and included 12 nations. Then american students tended to score near the median results at the time considered disappointing. A team of mathematicians originally rep resenting 21 countries designed the tests to gauge students knowledge of math at age _ � � inv in Vuic i main Ai age irom those to Yea asst we founder 3 school a More than 11 million serv service last Friday priv ooh u i i Ings of Frozen pizza made for the National school lunch nationally that a of recast h a � gals contamination had occurred program Are being put through Metal detectors by the Eardine Tony s Pina of the r to effect re taken place at the Kansas a ,1. Vij in Gaius us Luiey � Alzza and mat the Tenn cd Nam of a us i j r a to of Wmk tfx xxx Lluc in school Scotland England and Wales Finland new zealand and Israel. Ranking below the United states in order were Sweden Thailand Nigeria and Swaziland. On the 12th-Grade tests the ranking was Japan Finland Canada Ontario Hun Gary Sweden new zealand Belgium flemish language school Canada Brit ish Columbi England and Wales Scot land Belgium French language schools and the United states. In the United states 6,648 seniors were tested in a random Sample of 280 class rooms. The top 5 percent were selected fro Thos 18-year-old students. Washingto a e than 11 l _ 1u1jvj1 program a t l s manufacturer after reports that razor Blades were found in three pizzas the agriculture department said tuesday. Karen stuck of the department s food safety and inspection service said the inspection is being carried out by Tony s pizza which has about 120,000 cases in storage in Kansas City Kan. Each Case contains 96 pieces. Stuck said the inspection will require a couple of Days or so and should give an idea of the scope of the problem of in Speictt fo"T?1 rep its that a razor Blade was found in a school lunch p,z2a in Memphis tenn., on feb in pizzas in Florence s.c., the agriculture department s food and nutrition j i of in a Nevi re. Tonys pizza d that the food should not be served until further notice stuck said. But the food and nutrition service which administers child nutrition and food stamp programs did not mention the potential danger of razor Blades stuck said. On Day the Agency issued another notice to the states explaining the reason for holding up the use of Tony s pizza. The department did not Issue a Public announcement of its actions or of the company s inspection of its warehouse pizza. Tony s pizza is a subsidiary of Schwan sales enter Prises inc., Marshall Minn. The Plant is located in Salina Kan a company spokesman Tom Caron confirmed that contamination but he denied that it had e. Production had been Luton hold he said. Last october Glass was found in Tony s pizza that had been served in a Kissimmee fla., elementary school. An investigation showed that the Glass did not originate at the Plant but had fallen onto the pizza when a Light bulb exploded in the school s oven. The razor Blade in Memphis was found in a pizza slice served to a fourth Grade student at double tree Elemen tary school on feb. 21. Shirley Watkins director of food and nutrition services said the Blade was embedded in the crust underneath the layers of Memphis school officials at first recalled All pizza from that lot then removed All pizza from the menu after two More razor Blades were found in pizzas in Florence s.c.,on March 3
