European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday september 26, 19s6 the stars and stripes � 1 Page . Tops in Basic literacy study says Washington a a new study indicates that the United Stales has the world s highest Rale of Basic literacy but Many Young adults stumble when asked to glean information from a bus scheduler decipher a Road map. The National assessment of educational Progress said wednesday tests it gave americans in their Early 20s last year found 6 percent could not read As Well As inc average fourth grader 20 per cent could not read Ai Well As an eighth grader and 38.5 percent were unable to read at an Ith Grade level. Two percent of the 3,600 adults approached by the testing Agency wore deemed incapable of taking the literacy test because it would unduly frustrate or Embarrass Blacks lagged far behind Whites on tin Reading tests with hispanics scoring in Between. The report literacy profiles of America s Young adults said More than 99 percent of those tested could sign their names to a social Security form or write a few simple sentences de scribing a Job hey would like. But 43 percent had trouble following directions on a map and 20 percent were stumped by a question that required them to read the Fine Prim on a bus schedule. Thomas g. Slight. A literacy expert wrote in a foreword to the report that by the standards of a Century ago the ability to sign one s name virtually All Young adults Are literate " he said the . Literacy Levels exceed those of All other countries including the soviet Union Cuba and the scandinavian nations. Secretary of education William j. Bennett whose department commissioned the 52 million study commented in a statement the United states is not Awasti in illiteracy but most of our Young people Are not very literate. For inc $263 billion America spent on education last year we should do bet Ter Ihan a 1979 census Bureau study Esti mated that less than one half of i per cent of adults were unable to read. The education department using figure drawn from a 1973 University of Texas study once estimated there were 23 Mil lion adult illiterates. The National assessment refrained from offering a new estimate but Gregory Anrig president of educational test ing service Lold a news conference the figures arc belter than expected. What you have is a country that has reached a 95 percent level of literacy. There is no other country in the world that has achieved the 3,600 Young adults tested at Home ens year were said to be representative fall 21 million americans Ages 21 o 25. Sticht said that if he results held True for adults of All Ages then at least 10 million americans Lack the language and literacy skills of competent fourth Grade that number May even be higher he said because prisoners Street people and military personnel were not tested and older americans tend to have less education. This was the first Lime the National assessment has tested adults. Since the late 1960s, it has periodically tested a Cross Section of 9-, 13-and 17-year-Olds in Reading math and other subjects. Ninety six percent of those tested could locale a single fact in a newspaper panicle or Grilc a Brief description of u Job they wanted. Among whiles Only 2 percent were unable to do that but among Blacks almost 14 per cell failed and among hispanics 6 percent. Eighty percent of the Black Young adults and 6$ per cell of hispanics scored below the average of All those tested. Published reports on chernobyl is Fer prefab on expert says l1vermore, Calif. Up a biophysicist tues Day labelled As untrue published reports concerning a study Hii Agency conducted on radiation from the chernobyl nuclear disaster in the soviet Union the reports in the new York times and the Washington Post quoted or. Lynn r. Anspaugh As saying the amount of Long term radiation released in the Acci Dent into the atmosphere topsoil and water was As much As from All the nuclear less and bombs Ever exploded. Anspaugh said that the reports stemmed from re Marks he made at a meeting of the american nuclear society in Saratoga Springs n.y., last wednesday and that what he said apparently had been misinterpreted. Anspaugh who works at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lold a news conference he total amount of cerium 137 released at chernobyl is about one tenth of the cerium 137 released by All atmospheric tests. An exception is Germany where measurements 10 limes greater than All previous nuclear tests were found in some areas he said cerium 137 is the primary Long term component in radioactive fallout. It remains dangerously radioactive for More than 100 years and has been linked to cancer and genetic diseases. The amount of cerium 137 released in the Cherno Byl Accident is quite significant and is of concern the scientist said. But he added the total amount of cerium 137 released from the Accident is not measurable and Nei ther Are its total effects. We Don t have the ability to make any prediction As to the future the reports also predicted thousands of deaths As the result of radiation from the explosion Anspaugh said he could not predict How Many would die. "1 Don t think making predictions is useful anyway he said. Our ability to predict is not he also noted hat nuclear weapons tests Are differ ent than nuclear accidents. In a nuclear explosion weapons test everything comes out instantaneously. In a nuclear Accident the release is totally different. In s Over a period of Lime and therefore it is extremely difficult to make a prediction of Long term but he emphasized i Don t want to downplay chernobyl it is a serious Accident an incident of con Cern loaf of . Concerned about safety of 2 soviet reactors in Cuba Vienna. Austria up the United states is concerned about the safely of two soviet designed nuclear Power reactors under construction in Cuba 90 Miles off the american coast . Energy Secretary John herring on said wednesday. Herrington told a news conference the cubans Are building two Small but powerful 400-Megawalt re actors but the United states does not have any specifics and is concerned about their safely. We Don t know what the containment is. We need to know More he said referring to the ability of a reactor to contain radioactivity released during an Accident a senior american official who beefed reporters later said the soviets first confirmed the existence of american writer acquitted of accusations in Rome Rome a a rom court wednesday acquitted american writer Claire Sterling of charges connected to an article she wrote for the new York times about the investigation into the alleged plot to kill Pope John Paul ii. Sterling was charged with revealing state secrets for quoting a report listing the recommendations for indictment in the Case to a judicial panel. She was also charged with aiding and abetting for refusing to disclose the name of Ute person who gave her the report written by prosecutor Antonio Albano after completing his investigation. The reactors to . Officials at a bilateral meeting on nuclear Power in August. . Landsat satellites had detected the reactors one As Early As 1983. The official who requested anonymity said the re actors Are different from the chernobyl reactor in inc Ukraine where a series of operator errors led to an explosion april 26 that resulted in 31 deaths and sent a Cloud of radiation across much of Europe. The official said the chernobyl reactor used graph Ite to moderate Energy and lacked a second containment facility to guard against releasing radiation in an Accident. The reactors being built in Cuba known As wer 440s, use steam to Cool and moderate the units. The offi Cial said the United slates believes they have cylindrical containment facilities but the extent of Protection is unknown. Soviet wer-440s Are operating in Czechoslovakia Hungary and Finland and Are under construction in Poland. The finns however made extensive modifications to Mel their own requirements. The cuban reactors Are near Cienfuegos on the South Era part of the Island about 90 Miles from the United slates. The cubans Are proceeding slowly and the first Plant is not expected to be operational before the 1990s. There s a lot More interest on our part since Cher Nobyl because icy Are close the official said. The american Delegate said there is no evidence the cubans will use the plants to make atomic weapons. The 113-member International atomic Energy Agency is holding a special conference in Vienna on the chernobyl disaster. A photo italian automobile stylist Sergio left shakes hands with John across the new Cadillac Yuante. Italian designed Cadillac Allante Coupe unveiled san Giorgio javanese Nlaly up general motors and Pini Farina unveiled tues Day what they describe As the most expensive and exclusive automobile Ever produced by an american car maker. We sought to unite the Best american technology with italian creativity said Cadillac s general manager John Gre Llenberger. The Cadillac Allante equipped with a 4.1 -Literv-8 engine will go on Sale in the United state after the Start of next year. Pini Farina will pro Duce the bodies for the two seater convertible at a specially built Plant at san Giorgio Cavaney i � Miles from Italy s Auto capital of Turin. The bodies will be flown to Detroit on an air Bridge of jumbo jetliner nights plying the Atlan tic three tunes a week. Pm plans 10 produce 8,000 Allante a year Fornix years. To feature front wheel drive four Speed Auto Matic Gearbox and Bodywork by Pini Farina one of Italy s most prestigious sports car design ing houses that has worked with general motors since 1931 and has also designs cars for Ferrari Peugeot Lancia and other car makers. Gre Llenberger did not say exactly How much the car will Cost although he described it As the most expensive and exclusive automobile produced so far by an american Auto House. Auto motive experts estimate the car s Price at $sd,000. Cadillac s most expensive Model has retailed at 137,500,
