European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Shultz gives Confidence vote to Africa Deputy Washington a Secretary of state George Shultz gave a Vole of Confidence saturday to his Dep Uty for african affairs whose removal is reportedly being sought by the chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee. The state department issued a statement saying Shultz continues to value the tremendous contribution being made by Chester a. Crocker assistant Secretary of state for african affairs. He intends to keep him where he is the depart ment said. A congressional aide close to sen. Richard Lugar r ind., said the influential commit acc chairman who is usually an ally of president Reagan told Shultz he is concerned about the effectiveness of the slate depart ment team devising South african policy. Crocker was the architect of the Reagan administration s policy of using diplomacy not economic pres sure to get South Africa s White minority govern ment to Grant rights to Blacks and improve its rations with neighbouring countries. Lugar who led an uprising of Senate republicans against Ihal policy and shepherded a package of . Economic sanctions past a presidential veto lust month feels Uherc has been a failure within the slate department o address the Issue properly said the aide who spoke on condition of anonymity. He said Lugar has praised the state department officials who shaped inc successful . Policy to Ward the Philippines earlier this year and feels the african team docs not compare favourably with thai group. Lugar also was said to believe that now thai sane Lions have been imposed people who no posed the measures should no be in charge of implementing them. When that questions we raised earlier this month Reagan vowed to follow the letter of the Law. Attempts to get Lugar and Crocker to comment were unsuccessful. The slate department s statement supporting Cracker was prompted by a report in saturday s Washington Post thai quoted both administration and Capi to Hill source As saying Lugar told Shultz that Crock or s dismissal would help smooth relations Between the administration and Congress. Tuesday october 2b, 1986 Page 9 such a Deal an almost new Oil Rig the Gloner Arctic ii nil be auctioned off nov. 2 by Phillips of Edinburgh a found. The Structure reportedly u the largest and May be the most expensive object Ever to be sold by auctioneers. The Rig b expected to sell far boat $11 million and is located in Scotland s or unmet Foilb evidence found of endangered woolly Rhino Herd new York. Up signs of a Herd of shy woolly rhinoceroses has been Dis covered in a Remote malaysian Valley a tropical Haven that May save the extremely rare species from extinction it was announced saturday. Tracks and other biological evidence show a Herd of Ai least five animals that appears to he healthy and Breeding said Julian Caldy col a 30-year-old Liritis biologist who hinted for four Days into the Remote Valley in August after hearing a Rumor of the rhinos existence. "1 was very excited because this is a Chance to save a species thai seemed doomed Cald Coll said in an interview in new York. It is also a reason and excuse to save this Valley. It really is Lite a lost Valley of  the Valley is in an undisclosed re Gion on the Island of Borneo. It is sur rounded by High mountains and filled with Lush vegetation monkeys and Birds a said. It is believed Only i to Sumatran two homed or woolly rhinoceroses exist in Southeast Asia where they roamed in the thousands before the turn of the Century. The Small 4-fool-High rhinos were hunted ruthlessly before world War ii for their horns which were used in China to make a Medicine believed to reduce fever and cure stomach cramps. Cald Coll said remaining woolly rhinos continue to be killed and their horns sold on the Black Market. They exist in ones and twos Here and there but hey Are one of the most endangered species still in existence he said this is a real Herd that is Breeding. It gives us Hope this species May be  the woolly Rhino is one of Only five Rhinoceros species said Caldecott. Two Rhino species Are in Africa one is in North India and the fourth is native to the Island of Java. The woolly is the smallest of the five and closely resembles the woolly Rhinoceros hunted by prehistoric Man in ice age Europe 30,000 years ago. Caldecott said the animals Are furry at birth but lose much of their Wool by adulthood. They Are Picky eaters feeding Only on Choice leaves in Southeast asian tropical rain forests. He said the animals Are so shy he could not even catch a glimpse of them through the Lush foliage. He said he Dis covered the Herd by studying their distinctive three toed tracks and other biological evidence. There Are at least five and i believe there May be As Many As a dozen he said. I know they Are Breeding because t found baby  Caldecott who works for Earth life foundation a London based Environ mental group said the malaysian government is proposing a National Park to protect the lost Valley the location of which main a secret. He plans to hike Back into the tropical Valley and further study the elusive Rhi nos. I m sure i la catch a glimpse one of these Days he said. Probably of its Back Asil runs away. They shy away from Man they have reason  10 education related projects awarded funds Washington a Secretary of education William j. Bennett announced the award of nearly s725,000 sunday for 10 research projects on such issues As dropout prevention reducing gang violence and student ability group ing. Winning projects were chosen from 339 that vied for funds Irving Spergel a University of Chi Cago professor will get s 80,000 for his efforts to find strategies to reduce gang violence. Spergel will work with eighth Grade boys in six Chicago schools. John e. Chubb of the Brookings institution and Terry m. Moe of Stanford University won 190,000 for their work studying the relationship of school or Ganu Alion and environment to student performance. The two contend that Pri vate schools gel better results than Public schools because they Are decentralized Ami free to set their own standards. Judith linger a Stanford education professor received j 33,130 to study learning among High school students focusing on trends in teaching Waling and higher order thinking skills. W. Norton Grubb of the University of California. Berkeley Institute for the study of family work and Community received 158,000 to examine College enrolment trends. Mary m. Atwater an education pro Fessor at Atlanta University in Georgia received 150,000 to study Black students commitment to and achievement in math and science. Mauree Hallinan a University of notre Dame sociologist received 1110,000 for research on How students Are tracked in Middle schools and How such assignments affect their future accomplishments. Two Boston University education professors Ruth s. Nickse and Jeanne Par Alore won 132,02v to lest the effective Ness of using College students to Tutor illiterate adults. Marvin Lazerson. A visiting professor at Harvard s graduate school of Educa Tion got 174,298 to study the history of the . Commitment to excellence and equity in education. Scott g. Paris a University of Michi Gan education professor received 185,000 to develop ways to improve Stu dents Reading comprehension John Al Dejung a University of Ore gon education professor won $59,791 for his research on dropout prevention