European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page s the stars and stripes tuesday May 6, 1986 budget cuts hurting Dodds Union official says by Chuck Vinc Washington Bureau Washington the amount of Money Congress allocates to the depart ment if defense dependent schools system should be an embarrassment to the gov Ern men,1 teachers Union official said. It is the opinion of our educators Thiol we will Sec a a seedy decline in student and a i Caily decline in Tenne competency due id the mass exodus or nullified personnel As a result of Dodd budget cuts uld Jack Rollins president of the oversell education . Which represents about 7,500 Dodds teachers. Rollins said slate department of Educa Tion figures show hat children of service members and civilians Oversea Are Kotrc Cimring a comparable education to other . School systems. Rollins testifying before the House appropriations subcommittee on defense urged subcommittee members to exempt Odds from future budget cuts and re funds that Hutc been Cut to bring funding per student at least up to the National average. Rollins Siirid Dodds ranks 43rd Amon state school systems in per Pupil expenditures this fiscal year a substantial drop from fiscal 1 is when Dodds ranked 31st. During his fiscal year. Dod reduce the do i ads budget by approximately s36 million from ss54 million to about$517 million As a result of cuts imposed by Congress Rollins said As a result of Ada further reduction was imposed resulting in a loss of another j25.4 million leafing the budget nillion Rollins said that because of the school system s size and locations it incurs unique costs that other systems Don t have such a overseas allowances for employees and transportation costs for the reassignment of employees. These unique costs need to be consid ered separately from the monies identified for student programs he said when the unique costs Are deducted from the $492million, there is an allocation of Only $2,908 per student. This should be an Embarrass Mem to the Federal in contrast Rollins said Alaska will spend about js.oj4 per student in fiscal 1986. The National average for this fiscal year is $3,677. Rollins said teachers look the Brunt of this year s budget cams. Staff was reduced resulting in greater class loads for he remaining staff lie so id. Dodds is second Only to Utah in the number of pupils enrolled per teacher with 24.3, he said. The National average is 18.12. The use of substitutes was suspended he said. Training opportunities were sus Pended. The 19s6-n7 school year opening was delayed. The teacher Transfer program was students also Hare been affected he said. News update Hudson s sister surfaces los Angeles up a woman who say she was the adopted sister of Rock Hudson claims she was wrongfully left out of the actor s will an plans 10 sue for As much a the entire estate her lawyers Ald. ". When Hudson died in october 1985 at age 59of acquired immune deficiency syndrome it was thought he had left no close relatives but Alic Waier 32, of Grants pass ore., How claims she was Hudson s adopted sister and hired lawyer Mclvin Belli and Paul Monzione to Challenge the will. Army releases name of Soldier who went on shooting spree Fuerth Germany 1st army Day officials monday identified the Soldier who went on a thursday night shoot ing spree outside a Guesthouse As sgt. William Santiago of buy a 1st in 94lh Field arty. Division spokesman master sgt. Jimmie Ferguson said Santiago was turned Over la military authorities Friday und is being held in pc trial confinement at the . Army confinement facility in Mannheim. Ferguson said the 29-year-old new York native discharged by military Aetna relies Wilh two counts of at tempted premeditated murder attempted murder an wrongful and wilful discharge of a firearm. German police said the incident began when Santiago argued Wilh the owner of the Pils stube on Nuernberg cars Wrasse in Furth not far from William 0. Darby Ca sern where Santiago is assigned. The police said Santiago left the establishment returned a few minutes later an fired five bullets into the front window and door Frame. A woman walking her dog nearby told police that shews also fired upon a customer who knows Santiago led police to his apart. Mint where they found a ,32-Calibcr Walther pistol that had been recently injuries were reported. Go found unconscious in Field victim of attempted murder Amberg Germany a German Farmer discover Dan unconscious and seriously beaten 2nd army Cav regt Soldier in a bavarian Field authorities said monday. The victim who was found Friday morning was identified As spec. 4 Carl l. Abrahams 33, of the 3rd so based it Pond Barracks in Amberg said regimental spokesman capt Christopher hol Shelc. Abrahams was last seen leaving a disco at 11 30 . He was discovered about 6 30 . Friday. The German newspaper sued Cutsche Zeitung reported monday that the Soldier suffered serious Skull injuries. It called the incident an attempted murder the paper also reported that police found a Hammer with a broken handle near Abrahams body Holshek said Abrahams was taken la Erlanger univer sity neurological Hospital 45 Miles West of Amberg where he to listed in critical condition. Both . Armand German criminal authorities arc investigating. Pentagon study finds armed forces getting bigger and better educated by Norman Blackcap military writer Washington the defense department now employ More people than at any paint since 1975, and it is charting a Small baby Boom among the families of it Active jury personnel while supporting he largest number of retired individuals in its history today s Active duty military Force also is slightly older and belter educated and includes More women than a year ago. It also has grown in Overall size and has More men and women deployed and other statistics Are disclosed in the latest edition of an annual Pentagon study selected the new edition consists of 192 pages of tables an j covers fiscal 1985, the year that ended last sept. 30,the report shows that As of that Dale the Pentagon had 2,151,032 men and women on Active duty and 1,171,054civilian employees around the world including foreign nationals. The total Dod manpower level increased to Over 3.3million persons the highest since Jane 1975," the report the study blocs not contain any narrative to explain trends it does show the increase in Overall employ ment results from a major hike in civilian workers. During fiscal j9s5 atone the civilian work Force Rose by More than 42,000, the Active duty Force also grew however climbing by about 12,800. On balance Many of the tables buttress the statements of Pentagon leaders that the Active duty Force is in its Best shape in decades curing fiscal 1985, for example the percentage of enlisted personnel holding a High school degree climbed past the 95 Pyrc Enlil reports Nave shown a dramatic increase in the number of new recruits with a High school degree. The fiscal 1985 study however covers All enlisted personnel not just recruits. It found the number of enlisted men and Bufe re. There were also Smalt but noticeable declines inthe number of men aged 19 and 20. The tables show women continue to make gains in Tho military. In fiscal 1984, the number of women in the military surpassed the 200,000 Mark for the first Tim since 945 the last year of world War ii. In fiscal 1985, the number of female officers and enlisted personnel surged to 211,606 compared with 202,830 the year before. That increase included a jump in female officers from 28,665 to 30.322. The study also includes some troubling statistics How Ever. One table shows for instance the number of Mili tary annuitants supported by the Pentagon climbed lo1.48 million As of last sept. 30 the highest level Ever recorded to the Pentagon an annuitant is an individual who has Ither retired with a pension after a minimum 20 Yean of service retired with benefits because of a disability or family entitled to survivor benefits. Most of the annuitants about 1,17 million Are regular pensioners. In 1950, there were Only 58,752 to cry retirees. The increase has already prompted Congress to begin reforming the pension system to Cut costs. The report further shows that efforts to retain personnel in the All Volunteer system and to provide them belter pay Are leading to an increase in dependent thai intern can Lead to increased demands for housing school and recreational facilities. Roughly 54.2 percent of All military personnel Are no married up from 54.0 percent in fiscal i9s4 and there Are now almost 2.9 million military dependent. Of that total 1.6s million Are children up almost 32,000 from just the year before. Every service the air Force Navy Marine Cor Sand army has More military dependents ban to does Active my personnel. The study shows there were 13,659 Academy Cadet an women with High school degrees Rose from 94.2 percent in midshipmen As of last september and 515,367 Active duty fiscal 1984 to 9s.5 percent last year personnel deployed to foreign Points either ashore Orthe study also found today s Active duty Force to be slightly older thanks to some changes on the male median age for women held Stead 1 a 23, but the median for men Rose to 25 compared with 24 the year personnel afloat. The Academy count is up by 100 compared with 1984,bul the count of foreign deployments u up by More Ian 4,600. Turkish quake kills at least 8, injures 100 Ankara Turkey a an earthquake rocked Turkey s Southeastern provinces on monday killing at least eight people injuring 100 and causing widespread damage stale radio reported. The township of Doga Nseir 40 Miles South of Malaty province was hardest hit with six dead and at least 745 houses damaged the radio said. Earlier reports by the radio and by news agencies said15 people were killed. The Deputy governor of Malatya cd Ami cover told the associated press that the higher toil came from Early reports came from residents of the area. But the death toll was lowered when officials arrive Din the disaster areas to Check out the reports personally Goce said a switchboard operator in Makhlya said that panicked residents of Doga Nseir took heir Beds out of their houses to spend the night outdoors. Gower said that the weather was mild and that enough tents were sent to Doga Ruener to shelter he homeless. The turkish red Crescent the equivalent of the Redcross sent 3,000 loaves of bread and five cars filled Wilh vegetables and clothes to Doga Nseir. The death toll could go higher when isolated Village finally Are heard from. The Semi official Anatolia new Agency reported that nothing had been Beard from 13villages in Malatya province. Many people were steeping when the quake struck Atli 35a.m. The quake registered 5.8 of the open ended Richter scale. A spokesman at Kandill Observatory said the earthquake s epicentre was 620 Miles East of Istanbul. There will be a drastic reduction i funding far extracurricular programs and school materials. Classes will be Over loaded resulting in less time for individual student attention by said the results of the cuts will show up in future staffing ratios thai Wilt move Dodds even further from the National a Erac for per Pupil expenditures an sea spokeswoman said the feared exodus of teachers from Dodds a a result of budget cuts will be one of the primary topics at the Union s Board of director meeting this month in Washington on Friday about 200 representatives of the National education association the Parent Union of the sea protested Odds budget cuts in front of lie while House. We re trying to Lake the Dodds Story to teachers across the United states be cause that s where our teacher recruits come the spokeswoman said. We re trying to Alert them to conditions within the
