European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday april 25,1986 Pentagon asks $812 million to fund Dodds by Clint Swift Washington Bureau Washington the Pentagon is seeking $812 million to fund the depart ment of defense dependents schools next year including $402 million to pay 9,835 teachers who will have an estimated 156,000 students in classes. The schools fiscal 1987 budget request is up from $700 million approved for this year. It Calls for 90 new teachers of talented and gifted children 50 More people for an expanding pre kindergarten program and another 113 High school teachers to accommodate the new seven period Day Dodds spokeswoman Kay Garvey said. The budget would allow the school sys tem to hire 738 new people. Dodds has set a target of 15 percent of its 150,000 students to be in talented and gifted programs in three years. The pre kindergarten program is to expand from five to 25 Sites. Dodds officials have said they Are expanding the number of classes High school students can take to improve the Quality of education. Expanding the number of class periods from six to seven each Day or implementing other scheduling systems so that students can take More courses is designed so that students can take More electives. Of the $402 million for school level pay allowances and benefits Garvey said $21.6 million is for teachers raises. The amount of teachers raises is set largely independently of the congressional budget process. It is based on a Survey of raises Given teachers in . School jurisdictions of 100,000 or More students. This year teachers will see raises averaging 6.87percent. The budget includes $2 million for about 300 teacher transfers. The Transfer pro Gram was sharply limited this year because of budget cuts caused by the Gramm Rud Man budget balancing Law foreign currency fluctuations and inflation. If Congress approves the budget would permit monitors on buses carrying the youngest school children and the Handi capped. It also would fund lunchroom monitors and crosswalk guards. The defense resources Board the top Pentagon planning group has approved the funds but not the manpower spaces Garvey said. The service will have to be procured another Way such As by contract she said. She said the regions Are being polled to see How Many people would be required. The budget also requests a 15 percent increase in funds but no More staff for summer school Garvey said. Funds for summer school were Cut out this year to help the Pentagon meet Federal deficit reduction goals. Summer school primarily for children with individualized programs responding to special needs would be started where Dodds believes the need is greatest she said. About $138 million of the Dodds re quest would go to administer More than 60 schools on military installations in the United states. Dodds operates 270 schools in 20 for eign countries. News update Street renamed to Honor palme Stockholm Sweden up the unas suming Stockholm Street on which prime minister Olof palme was assassinated two months ago has been renamed in his Honor. The Street was completely blocked by More than 1,000 spectators who applauded As construction worker Carl Ivan Brobeck 64, bolted the Olof palme s Gata sign onto the Wall and placed a red Rose the Symbol of the social democratic move ment beside it. The 500-Yard-Long Street leads from where Palm Ewas shot in the Back feb. 28. Sheriff removed from office Bismarck . A the grand Forks county sheriff who has been convicted of Drunken driving twice in the past five years has been re moved from office by the governor. Sheriff Gordon Taylor was guilty of misconduct Gross incompetence and crime in office gov. George sinner said in a strongly worded order served on the sheriff. Clearly one prerequisite to respect for Law is respect for those who enforce the Law sinner wrote. When that respect ceases respect for Law i diminished As  sinner ordered grand Forks county commission ers to appoint a replacement for Taylor until his term expires. Taylor was convicted in 1981 and 1984 on Drunken driving charges and acquitted of similar charges following a september arrest. Suspect in Berlin bombing visited Libya at least once source says nationwide certification uttered Berlin a a palestinian held in connection with the West Berlin nightclub bombing that killed a . Army sergeant visited Libya at least once since moving Here in 1975, a source close to the investigation said thursday. The source who spoke on condition he not be identified said the trip by Ahmed Nawaf Mansur Hasi 35, is one indication he May have ties to the Radical North african Arab nation that the United states accuses of directing the april 5 bombing. Alleged libyan complicity in the attack was cited by president Reagan As a reason for the april 15 air strike son Libya. On wednesday a West Berlin Justice department spokes Man said a document found in Hasi s apartment indicated Libya was behind the bombing of the la Belle discotheque but the nature of the document was not disclosed. The source close to the investigation refused to give the Date of Hasi s trip to Libya or other details. Hasi is the brother of Nezar Hindawi 31. Hindawi has been charged in London with attempting to blow up an israeli Airliner by hiding a bomb in the Luggage of his pregnant Girlfriend. Hasi will go before a judge monday for a hearing to determine whether he should continue to be held air invest to native custody Walter Neuhaus a Justice department spokesman said thursday. Until then we can t comment any More on this Case he said. Although officials say the documents found in Hasi s apartment could link him to the discotheque bombing Hindawi they appeared concerned that the evidence might be insufficient to keep him in custody. They refuse to describe the documents. The Berliner mor Gen Post newspaper said thursday the documents Are sketches that police at first assumed showed the discotheque. But the newspaper said police now disagree on that Point. According to the arrest warrant Hasi is suspected of assisting in the nightclub bombing which killed the . Soldier and a turkish woman and injured 230 people. He has not been formally charged. Hasi and Hindawi met in West Berlin earlier this year. But officials said they have found no evidence so far that would indicate the Brothers had plotted terrorist action together. Hasi born in Jordan in 1950, has lived in West Berli since 1975. Usa eur Aem bks instructors army of lift Berlin travel prohibition Vi-iwbt"7imr Cut a mnn., Itcan Jiin i _ 1schwetzingen, Germany Usa eur aerobic fitness instructors have the Chance to become nationally certified by passing an Industry wide exam being Given May 28 in Anaheim Calif. The test will be Given during the three Day annual Aero bics convention. Institution of the standardized testing program Marks the first time Industry leaders have coordinated their efforts to provide nationwide certification according to information received by 1st personnel come sports officials. There is no charge for the exam. Individuals who want to attend the May 29-31 aerobics convention must pay a $320 registration fee. Additional information is available from i.d.e.a., 4501 Mission Bay drive suite 2f, san Diego Calif., 92109. The Telephone number is area code 619 274-2770. By the stars and stripes the army and air Force in Europe thursday lifted their prohibition against unofficial travel to Berlin by serv ice members but the commands temporarily discourage such travel. The travel prohibition was imposed by Usa eur april 17. The air Force in Europe followed suit saturday. The prohibition was imposed because of terrorist threat against americans in Europe. The policy change discourages service members on Ordi nary leave and passes from visiting the City due to the Security situation that exists in Berlin military spokesmen said thursday afternoon. State department officials in Berlin released a statement thursday saying they have received numerous inquiries at the . Mission and the american consulate from american citizens concerned about the safety of travel to Berlin. When the . Government believes that it is unsafe for american citizens to visit any area a travel advisory is issued by the department of state the statement said. With respect to Berlin no such advisory has been issued. It is the View of the . Government that there is no reason for american citizens to change or postpone business or tourist travel to Berlin at the present  the release said those responsible for Security in the City have limited resources at their disposal to ensure the safety of people in Berin. Obviously the larger the population that must be protected the More those resources Are stretched the statement said. The military is helping out by temporarily keeping the number of non essential visitors to the  f-15 flaws being repaired at 36th tac fighter Wing by Jean Albright Pitburg Bureau Pitburg a Germany the 36th tac fighter Wing is grounding and re pairing f-15 eagles with cracks and other flaws in the tails. Two person maintenance teams from the air logistics Center at Robbins fab ga., have been at Pitburg since the Wing first found the problem in the fall. The jets Are routinely a Rayed As part of Normal maintenance. When the a rays turn up the problems the planes Are repaired a process that takes about two weeks. Two of the Wing s 72 f-15s Are being repaired 15 have been fixed since the flaws were first found. The faults result from vibrations at High angles of attack maintenance engineers a Robbins said. In All but one aircraft the problems were in the left of two vertical stabilizers. The engineers said that is due to heavier equip ment in the left Antenna pod atop the left vertical Stabilizer. The air logistics Center at Robbins fab is responsible for f-15 research up grades and repairs. A plan to improve both vertical stabilizers of All f-15s built during or before the 1981 contract year is to begin when kits of necessary parts and materials Are available to support the program. The kits which repair left and right stabilizers Cost $18,000 and Are expected later this month. Although both stabilizers on the f-15s will eventually have the work Only those which have already developed the flaws Are being repaired immediately due to limited availability of the kits. Cracks in the f-15 wings which devel oped in Pitburg s eagles a year earlier than engineers predicted Are also being repaired at Pitburg. Another team is replacing cracked ribs in the wings with thicker Riband braces. The 36th was the first european Wing to get the f-15s when the planes arrived i april 1977