European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page a.,. The stars and stripes saturday May 10.1986 news updates College gets Tough Providence . A Providence col lege has posted Security guards to prevent Loreen Salagala from taking her final Chams. The College also has refused to accept a $22,000 cashier s Check for the tuition of the .22-year-old senior who has been attending classes without pay ing since her Sophomore year she said she will give up trying o get a degree from the school. I ton l want anything from that school even though 1 earned my she said. They be made life just miserable for  Saik Trgala was expelled from the school after her freshmen year for Nan payment but was Able to continue attending classes by informal arrangement with professors. Move investigation Philadelphia a a Brand jury will investigate whether the mayor another top City officials committed crimes in the police siege that killed 11 members of the Radical group move and destroyed 61 Homes the District attorney said. A grand jury is a body Best Able to draw the difficult distinctions Between neglect or poor judgment on the one hand and criminal conduct on the other. Ron Castillo i id in a four minute address on television and radio. He declined to take questions from reporters. Mayor w. Wilson Good a first term Democrat who has pledged to seek re election in 1987, said he welcomed the probe. Mistrial declared los Angeles a a jury s deadlock has resulted in a mistrial in the s42,5 million lawsuit hied by a stun woman Eft paralysed after a crash on these of cannot tall run in i9s2, Superior court judge Howard Thelin declared the mistrial after jurors in their fifth Day of deliberations said they were unable to reach a verdict a new trial was scheduled for May 21. Heidi von Beltz s lawsuit against Cannonball run director Hal Needham charged that a director s responsibility on the set is absolute. Boyfriend charged new York map two boys who plunged five stories from an apartment window were run Ning away from Home out of fear of their Mother s Boyfriend who is charged with assaulting them authorities said. Ken Williams 31, and the children s Mother Joyce Ortiz 21, have been charged with endanger ing the welfare of a child and Williams also was charged with third degree assault police said. He s physical with them and she lets hint get by with it said police spokesman sgt Ron so Crin. She does t interfere with  six year old monday Ortiz sustained internal in juries in the fall saturday ser Erin said he remains in critical condition said Laura Fibular spokeswoman for Laos Island jewish Hillside medical Cen Ter. His brother Christopher 8, was upgraded to satisfactory condition at Peninsula Genera Hospital with a broken right leg and unspecified injuries said nursing supervisor Bhoj Vind Lyal radiation danger lessening Many restrictions dropped Stuttgart us military officials Friday said environmental conditions following the soviet nuclear Accident arc improving throughout Western Europe and no restrictions should be placed on weekend activities. A Blue ribbon panel formed by the West German government reports that it is Safe for children to play in outdoor recreation areas including sandboxes a statement issued by Neucom said German and is. Authorities continue to Monitor Radia Tion Levels in food. Young children and adults May safely consume milk bought through grocery outlets Neucom said. Also Safe Are milk products such As Yogurt cheese or butter bought in the stores. Fresh fruit and vegetables including Leafy types May be consumed if purchased through commissaries cafes or Large German stares and washed thoroughly the statement said pc May be allowed outside with no additional risk la their health. Israelis have Rio Rifen tens of attacking Syria Peres says Tel Aviv Israel a prime minister Shimon Peres said Friday Israel has no intention of attacking Syria. He blamed Palestine liberation organization chair Man Yasser Arafat for stirring up a War scare in the past two weeks by sending reports to Arab countries claiming Israel was planning such an attack. I can t Sec immediate indications of a syrian attack upon us and the israeli position is Clear we have no intentions la attack the syrians Peres said an Israel radio. The israeli prime minister denied reports he also attributed to Arafat that the soviet Union had intervened to persuade Israel not o launch a preemptive strike against Syria. -. / referring to allegations that Syria was involved in an attempt to Plant a bomb aboard an �1 Al jetliner in Lon Don last month Peres said the syrians apparently thought that they could get away with murder. Syria has to make up its mind whether it wants to be recognized As next to Libya in her Central role supporting International  but he gave no indication that Israel planned a reprisal. Lbs television and an Arab Diplomat have reported Israel was preparing a major military strike in retaliation for the attempted bombing of the Al Al jetliner. I. Gen. Mcfie Levy armed forces chief of staff said Friday there was nothing to suggest War was imminent. I think the possibility is always there but 1 Don t see any thing special that Marks this week As the chosen Date for this attack he said. Brig. Gen. Ephraim Lapold an army spokesman also played Down the possibility of an imminent clash with Syria despite rising tensions since last november when Israel shot Down two syrian warplanes there is no change in the Golan Heights regarding the deployment of forces or their size either on the israeli Side or the syrian Side Lapid said in a statement. In Washington Clovis Maksoud the Arab league s ambassador to the United nations said thursday that Israel had been contemplating a strike against Syria for a Long time. He did not say Why he believed Israel was preparing for such an assault Israel s longstanding policy is to retaliate for acts of terror whenever and wherever it is deemed necessary. Is Rael has carried out 16 air strikes against palestinian and lebanese guerrilla targets since january 1985, speculation about a War taking place As Early As this summer arose in february and March after Syria deployed anti aircraft missiles along the Border and briefly in  said the Sa-2 and Safi missiles interfered with its ability to Fly reconnaissance flights Over lebanese and palestinian guerrilla bases in Lebanon. Levy said Syria would risk possible israeli military action if it tried to expand its forces in Lebanon they have under their own volition withdrawn troops from Lebanon. If they see a reason to return those troops to Lebanon they will face All the consequences of possible israeli reaction he said an israeli army radio Friday Levy gave no indication that Syria had built up tvs forces. The syrian army s troop level reached 30,000 be fore the 1982 Lebanon War but was reduced by More than half after Israel s withdrawal test june. Of the threat in general he said the syrians have never liked us and they arc always looking for a Way to prevent our  Brig Gen. Danny Yelm was quoted by the had Ashot daily As saying Syria is speeding up the strengthening of its army which has expanded and been reared by the soviet Union since being beaten badly during Israel s inva Sion of Lebanon in 1982, Syria has refused peace negotiations with Israel until it achieves military parity with Israel which syrian presi Dent Hafez Assad s government said is necessary for the two sides to talk Ai equals. Texas reports 96.7 % pass rate by teachers who took state test Austin Texas a nearly 97 percent of the Texas teachers who look a stale competency test passed exceeding education officials predictions of a 93 percent passing Rale. The failure rate was about 3,3 percent. If the 4,579 teachers who failed the March 10 Reading and writing test do not pass a second exam in june they will lose their teaching certificates. The figures released thursday showed that 96,7 per cent of the 202,084 certified educators were rated compe tent. That s an a in anyone s Book gov. Mark White said. The teachers did fantastically far exceeding our expectations said education commissioner William Kirby. Officials had predicted that 10,000 teachers or about 5 percent might lose their right to teach. The March test failures included an 18.4 percent rate among Blacks 6 percent among hispanic and 1.1 percent among while the commissioner said. But since More than 5,200 teachers did not list their race on the test a More precise breakdown was not possible. The test was required by the 1984 school Reform act to try to improve the Quality of Public school education in Texas state Law requires local school districts to offer toe teachers who failed the test remedial help to prepare for the june 28 exam less than 1 percent or 1,597 people failed the Reading part 1.7 percent or 3,514 educators failed the writing part and less than 1 percent or 1,468, failed both parts Kirby said. Board member Mary Ellen Berlanga urged that All pos sible assistance be offered the teachers who flunked the exam particularly the More than 2,800 Black teachers. Member Jack Strong asked he Texas education Agency to investigate the failing grades and find out where. Those teachers received their teaching certificates. We need of Lake an intense look at the colleges where these come from he said. -. One of those who opposed the test Charles Beard presi Dent of the Texas state teachers association said these tests underscore the fact that we have just wasted some j4.7 million of taxpayers Money. We do not know any More about teacher competency in Texas than we did two months or two years ago. " Monument memorializes Wal weasels by Jean Albright Tilburg Bureau Spang Dahlem a Germany the second generation of wild weasels dedicated a Monument Friday o weasels who became prisoners of War or Are missing in action in Southeast Asia. The Mission of the wild weasels is to find and shut Down surface radars and anti aircraft guns and missile Sites so fighter aircraft can safely perform their own mis Sions. In Vietnam f-10j Thunder chief performed that mis Sion which now belongs to the f-4 phantoms of Spang Dahlem s s2nd tac fighter Wing. On Friday a Stone engraved lest we forget was unveiled near an fios on permanent display inside the main Gate. Gen. Charles l. Donnelly jr., Safe commander was one of the fliers protected by the weasels in Vietnam. He flew 127 combat missions Over Vietnam and Laos with the 555lh tac fighter so in Thailand. We pilots would hear. Guns at 10 o clock. No threat. Sams surface to air missiles Al 10 o clock. No threat that was thanks to the f-105 and its Crew lots of pos and my As were weasels and part of the scarch and kill team. Thai s our reason for honouring those who fell and those who May or May not be  James Eugene Mclnerney jr., & retired major general and a Farmer f-105 Squadron commander with the 388th tac fighter Wing in Thailand also spake to those Gath ered for the dedication. He said historians Are looking less at the win of toss question of the conflict and More at in va1ue4 they Are looking at seeds sown for the future he said. We did learn lessons that we can apply to Airpower. Those Are carried out in the 52nd tac fighter Wing mis