European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday May 3, 1986 the stars and stripes Pago 3 =1 Frankfurt High school student Daniel Auxier blows chips from a Block of Slone he is sculpting. Elizabeth Stetson laughs at a classmate s humorous performance during her readers theater class. Cathy Day from Heidelberg works on a Waler color while Pitburg student Joe Smith plays with a giant chess set. High schooners make creative connections Beautiful scenery and a historic Castle were the inspiration for budding artists this week As about 60 students gathered at a youth Hostel located next to schonburg Castle on a Hill above the Rhine River. The creative connections workshop in Ober Wcisel allowed the students from department of defense dependents schools in Germany to work intensively with artists and other experts. Students selected for their creative potential picked subject areas they wanted to study and worked with local artists and Dodds experts. Study areas included air Brush painting recreational mathematics electronic computer music composition string ensemble wat Creolor painting computer graphics Slone sculpture readers theater video production and the culture of the Rhine Valley. The workshop gave students an Opportunity to study some subjects not offered in their schools or to devote full time efforts to special interest areas. In previous years students had these experiences through the artists in the schools program. But because of budget cuts. Dodds officials limited the number of artists coming to Germany this year. Is photos by i. Emmell Lewis or. Rich Munn from High school uses a rasp to smooth the rough edges on a Stone sculpture. Radiation Levels throughout Europe listed Frankfurt a Here is a breakdown of Friday s radiation Levels re ported by european countries following the nuclear Power Plant Accident in the soviet Union. No Levels dangerous to humans were reported in any country. There were no reports Friday from Norway Finland and Greece. Some countries provided measurements in Mil Lirums. A Milliren measures the effect that radiation produces in human tis sue. It is one thousandths of a rom u measure used in setting radiological Protection standards. in Frankfurt say an average West German receives about 110 Mil Lirums per year from Natu ral sources such As cosmic rays and Geo logical deposits and Mun mud sources such As fallout from nuclear tests Lippo sure to about 1,000 Milli rems in one ear is estimated to produce one or to o chances in 10.000 of developing fatal can cer. Austria the Federal office of the environment said radiation Levels remained above Normal Friday at about 0.05 Mil Lirums up from 0.037 Mil Lirums thursday. Spokesman Franz Schoenhofer said there were Normal readings monday and increased radiation began tuesday. Belgium a spokeswoman for the environment office said radioactivity Rose from 0.006 Milli rems to 0.009 Milli rms overnight. Mint Smet said studies showed the increase was caused by air borne fallout from the nuclear Plant but it was absolutely not Britain the National radio logical Protection Board said no increase in background radiation had been de elected thursday or Friday. Denmark officials at the Risco experimental nuclear station said 0.02 Mil Lirums were measured wednesday through Friday a level considered nor Mal. East Germany the state run news Agency adn said radioactivity in parts of the soviet bloc stale was about 100 times the average level before the soviet reactor Accident. It said Levels had been even higher on wednesday and thursday but there was no immediate danger to Public health. France the French Central service for the Protection against radioactivity said a minor increase in atmospheric radioactivity continued Fri Day in Southeast France but this had no significance for Public health Italy italian research stations reported radioactivity twice As High As Normal thursday and Friday but stressed it was far below the danger level. Health minister Runato Altissimo said that when the nuclear Cloud reaches Italy this week end inc radioactivity level could increase by 10 times Normal Levels but that no danger would be posed. Netherlands officials re ported 0.021 Milli rems radiation Friday up from 0.018 thursday. Both figures were about Normal said the dutch health ministry. Romania state run television reported much higher Levels of radiation than Normal were recorded Friday. It gave no figures. Spain atmospheric radiation Levels have been Normal since the soviet reactor Accident the nuclear Security Council said. Sweden the National Radia Tion Protection Institute said ground level radioactivity readings Friday were As much As 200 limes above Normal in the Uppsala Gavle area. It said the Levels were steadily decreasing nationwide and the radiation posed no health threat. Switzerland radiation readings ranged from 0.015 in the West to 0.080 m the cast As much As eight limes higher than Normal. Some readings were 10 limes higher than Normal thursday. West Germany the weather service reported readings it to is times above Normal Friday in the South East in the Munich and re Ginsburg areas and in scattered parts of the North West owing to shifting winds. Readings were up to 30 times higher than Normal on thursday. Yugoslavia radioactivity in creased sharply in Belgrade Friday to eight times the Normal Levels recorded thursday. Levels fell to twice Normal from three to four limes above Normal in Yugoslavia
