European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 9, 1986. The stars and stripes Page 3 Agency helps reunite displaced people families editor s note this is Iarj third in a series of stories about he International red Cross 10 be published this month by Dan  staff writer Geneva s�il7crlantl the red Cross Learned Early in its history that prisoners of War worry about More than just themselves. During the Franco prussian War of 1870, when red Cross delegates visited prisoners on both sides the delegates began carrying messages from the prisoners Homes to the imprisoned soldiers finding displaced people Anil reuniting them with their families soon became a full time Job at the inter National committee or the red Cross and the Central tracing Agency was born. " ". Today the Agency Hiis on file about 40 million in for a lion cards each representing a person who was either a prisoner or was displaced by a War or internal conflict said Nicolas Vescy Agency director. The Agency keeps a file of registered prisoners. It exchanges messages Between prisoners and their families. It traces displaced people and reunites them with. Their families if possible. And the Agency provides transportation documents and proof for retirement or other administrative purposes that a person was a Pris Oner.  does t need official notification from a government to add a name to its list. During world War ii it accepted lists scribbled on cigarette packages and tossed from Infin windows by . Liven information collected from a cigarette package is considered confidential by the Agency. Govern rems. Anil institutions generally cannot obtain Agency information. Only family members of missing persons Cun request Agency assistance Vecsey said. There is an exception to the confidentiality of Agency information when the information concerns War criminals. It s entirely possible that people such As Adolf Eichmann Klaus Barbie and probably Josef Mcne Etc All accused War criminals from world War i fled Europe following world War ii with papers provided by the tracing Agency pc Csc said. They used false names ofcourse.". The Agency works through red Cross and red arcs. Cent societies to find people. The societies funnel re quests far information from families la Agency head quarters in Geneva. The Agency checks its files. If the. Missing person in t on file the Agency asks fur help from societies in countries where the person is believed lobe. The Agency employs 110 people to handle the 10,000 requests n year still being rce Civco for information concerning people lost during world War ii. Pc Csc said he expects to be working on that War until 2000. By the end of world War ii the Agency had 4.000 full time workers tracing prisoners of War and displaced persons. We had millions and millions of letters pc Csc said. Thirty Sis million precis 120 million letters Between prisoners and their families and 23 million letters be tween civilians living in countries i War passed through the Agency during the War. Among the people inc Agency recorded is being sought by their families during the War were Charles de Gaulle Maurice Chevalier and Francois Mitterrand.  files an those men arc an display in the lobby of the Agency Headquarters in Geneva one fourth of the Agency s current work pertains la world War ii. We could t close up after the War because there were so Many problems tracing the hundreds of thou Sands of refugees Vecsey said. The tracing Agency was Active in Vietnam until 1975, when tic . And vietnamese governments took Over All tracing1 activities. Since the Issue of americans missing in action or being held prisoner in Vietnam i such a politically sensitive Issue tracing Agency officials declined  whether they think americans arc being held in that country. The officials fear com ments could jeopardise inc International committee of the red Cross Neutral status the War Between Iran and Iraq also is leaving its Mark on the Agency. In 1984, almost 40,000 new discs were opened at the Central tracing Agency and 12,000 families were reunited twice a week we receive 10 or 15 Large parcels full of letters from Iran or Iraq pc Csc said. All Ilia Hope in All those bags. That helps them to live on to someone somewhere in n , Iraq jail it s a very huge thing.". Stud ends go of Fife head of the class Tor a Day by Dan Wou a Stuttgart Bureau Karlsruhe Germany teachers and students at Karlsruhe High school pulled a switch wednesday As students be came inc purveyors of Wisdom and teachers look seats in the Back Row. The student teacher turnaround was the brainchild of 15-year-old Sophomore David Ealy who was or Ealy on wednesday most of inc students and the adults who otherwise would have been leaching remembered to Confer that title on Ealy the principal for the Day. The switch Ealy said was la five every one a Chance to walk in the shoes of another. I be Only scratched the surface As Prin Cipal he said. But it s Given me a lot of insight. I respect him principal William j. Mara More us a person rather than just from fear Ealy proposed the idea la the student Council which is supervised by teacher Patricia Strobe. I be been involved in other student teacher exchanges and i be seen in work before slab cd said. Of the school s 28 teachers 15 spent All or some of the Day As students. Involvement was voluntary for students and teachers. Student who wanted to Lake a crack at leaching nut together lesson plans with the help of their teachers. About 35 students prepared lessons and gave an hour of in Sis photo by Dan William Sophomore Bretyn of bomb teaches a second year German class at Karlsruhe High. So auction. Kelly Hodsdon a 17-year-old Junior said he lost control of the lib Grade English class he taught. I had a terrible face line because i did t have any control he said. I did t know what t should do to get their attention.1 Hodsdon assigned the class a creative writing project in which students had to explain to him what they would be doing. I had he kids conic up and give me an outline he said. About three quarters of them had done  Hodsdon said he s pretty sure he does t want to make teaching his livelihood. Evelyn Osborne a Sophomore taught a second year German class an easy Tusk for her because her German Mother taught her to speak the language fluently. " i Wai fun she said. No real sur Prises. In was a Little weird to see the Stu dents looking out the  Strobel said the Exchange gave her the Opportunity to see the class from her Stu dents eyes. I had a laugh Lime in one lesson she said. They All said now you know How we feel " Ealy s primary Jab was to walk around the school and evaluate the students As teachers. He Felt most of them did an Excel Lent  students were All pretty attentive and i think they got something out of it he said. Ealy said in was pretty much a regular school Day just different teach ers teaching Ealy hoped for two things to came from the Exchange for students to appreciate their teachers and Tor teachers a know they Are appreciated. But he does t believe such exchanges will result in everyone appreciating every one else. Some students appreciate their teachers and same Are indifferent Ealy said. I guess that s How they Are in every school Esso stations in Germany changing pump nozzles by Wendy Bourland stiff writer Esso stations throughout Germany Are changing Gaso line pump Nal Lucs to prevent the use of leaded gasoline in cars designed far Lead free Gas. Complete conversion is planned by the end of the year Bui americans who removed the catalytic converters from cars made for unleaded Gas can Pui unleaded Gas in their vehicles continue to buy leaded Gas at cafes stations or buy an adapter so their Gas tank will accept the new Noules at Esso. If the car was originally equipped with a converter the engine can run an unleaded even without the converter said Tom Zukert spokesman for Esso Headquarters in Hamburg. Quite a lot of germans use unleaded Gas with out a  All Esso stations that changed leaded pump nozzles now offer unleaded gasoline. Zukert said unleaded gasoline can be mined with leaded gasoline without harming a car. Esso made no announcement before changing the nozzles of leaded gasoline pumps he said. The switch is to protect newer German cars equipped with catalytic converters Ultcht said. The converter can be damaged by operating a car designed for Lead free gasoline with leaded gasoline. Americans can buy an inexpensive adapter for their Gas tanks to continue getting leaded Gas at Esso stations said capt Mark Besich cafes Europe spokesman. The adapter is available at Many Auto parts locations through out Germany he said. The adapter is on order for cafes Auto parts stores and Gas stations he said the nozzles of leaded Gas pumps at cafes Europe stations Are not being changed. No cafes service stations in Germany offer unleaded gasoline but cafes Europe recently received local com _ Isoline Al the Bremerhaven station Besich said. It will be available in inc next few weeks. Cafes unleaded Coupon sales arc projected Loac count for Only 2 percent of total motor fuel sates for Ger Many in May 1986," Besich said cafes will continue to Monitor the trend in unleaded sales and will introduce unleaded products when consumer demand warrants  currently 1,009 Esso stations carry regular unleaded gasoline �94 of these carry Premium unleaded Behieh said. By the end of this year Esso plans to have 2.000 or Mure stations offering regular unleaded gasoline. By the 1990s, Zukert predicted Germany will have Only Lead free Gas. A spokesman for the German ministry or the Interior said the government has no Dale for when unleaded Gas will be offered exclusively